#asksports

That's a good question, and one that I wish I could answer with a picture! I'm not able to scribble one up right now, but I will say that uniforms are standard in Damijani public schools. The rules and uniforms may be different for private schools, but I think uniforms are more common than not in this empire.

As for Folkvar Kingdom, I imagine only certain private schools require uniforms, and only the fancier ones.

The World Athenaeum College doesn't require students to wear uniforms during lectures, but it does have unique uniforms for its competitive chess team. Go Bookworms! 🐛

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A lot of them do play sports in their leisure time!

Evan: His sheer bulk makes him a great wrestler. He demonstrated this in "Evangelites Skip, Matuzans Sway".

Lukas: Archery, obviously. He's also a good sprinter thanks to his long legs and lean frame. Criminals who try to run from him don't get far...

Glenvar: Canoeing and rafting, since he's so comfortable in boats. Also hockey because he's immune to cold and he loves hitting people. That sport was made for him!

Alaine: She would dominate at competitive swimming. She's canonically good at poledancing, if that counts?

Jeimos: They’re super tall, so I feel like they'd be good at volleyball. They're too wimpy for basketball. As we saw in "As Nature Intended", they're apparently a great marksman, so I'm gonna say competitive shooting (guns, not bows).

Isaac: He loves parkour/freerunning, and also flying rocback if that counts. He'd also be into some quirky shit like cup stacking and yo-yoing.

Linde: Linde demonstrated her ice skating skills in "Resistance is Futile". She also has the ideal body for gymnastics.

Balthazaar: He likes boxing and wrestling. Too fat for horse racing but he does enjoy watching it!

Skel: He plays snotty sports like golf and tennis just to mingle with the upper classes lol. And yes, he uses his telekinesis to cheat!

Javaan: He's a great foot racer. He likes to race against centaurs and horses alike!

Elska: She would love American football. She's like a bulldozer, ain't NOBODY stopping her.

Mr. Ocean: He'd enjoy some chill, low-impact sports like bocce ball or shuffleboard. You better believe he whips everyone's ass at water polo!

Zeffer: Darts. And hilariously, baton twirling.

Zacry: Competitive videogaming? Zacry’s in the Zareenite arcade, smashing everyone's high scores.

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Lore Masterpost

(Translated with Google Translator)

In this world where it emerged in a ball game? Soccer or basketball type. (In our world it was already practiced in civilizations such as the Mayan, being a form of ritual)

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Google did not do a very good job translating this question, but I'm assuming you're asking where sports like soccer and basketball originated on Looming Gaia?

I think many cultures have sports similar to these, but the first one that comes to mind is the roshava of Koeshan. The Koeshi people have always been interested in sports. In fact, they were one of the first civilizations to build sports arenas! Basketball would be a good sport for people with four arms, so I think they were one of the first to play a game like it.

As for soccer, I suspect it would have emerged from a flat, open place like Rodanga (Matuzu Kingdom). There is plenty of space to play here, and also a lot of incentive since it's a rural area with not much else to do.

Today, these sports are popular all over Looming Gaia. But those are the most likely places they originated.

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For fun? Yes. But professionally? Not usually, but it depends on the species and the sport.

Just imagine a foot race between a troll and a centaur. Or a wrestling match between a human and a roshava...matches like these would be totally unfair. So, professional athletes on Looming Gaia are filtered into a bunch of categories and sub-categories to keep competitions as fair as possible.

For example, say you have a professional martial arts league. Trollish competitors are given their own league for trolls, then among those, male and female trolls get their own separate leagues. A 400lb troll vs. a 700lb troll wouldn't be fair, so the male and female groups are further divided into weight classes.

In the story "Evangelites Skip, Matuzans Sway", the Uekoran king holds a fighting tournament where all species are allowed to compete against eachother. But it turns out the "competition" was all a ruse and the king himself is always destined to win, so it doesn't matter anyway. Weird cases like these are the exception, not the rule.

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It's a very popular sport! I don't think it originated in any particular place on Looming Gaia, because I imagine several cultures had their own version of it. Wrestling is possibly the oldest sport in the real world and some version of it can be found in all real-world cultures as well.

As for sumo wrestling specifically, yes, popular with all peoples on Looming Gaia, but especially with heavyweight species. I understand the goal is not to pin the opponent like traditional wrestling, but to knock them out of the ring. Species with natural bulk and dense muscles would really excel at this kind of thing.

The roshava of Koesh are known for their ancient love for wrestling. I could imagine a lot of wrestling-adjacent tournaments happening in this city, including sumo.

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Good question! The answer is yes! But while the real-world Olympics are held in different countries, Looming Gaia Olympics are always traditionally held at the World Athenaeum, which is located in Matuzu Kingdom.

The World Athenaeum compound doesn't necessarily belong to Matuzu Kingdom though, it belongs to every kingdom. It staffs representatives from all over Gaia to make decisions that are compatible with all cultures--or at least as many as possible.

The World Athenaeum has its own massive stadium where the "World Games" are held, which is basically their version of our Olympics. Athletes from all over Looming Gaia come here to compete in different sports.