------------------------------------------------------- Press from the Sherwood Bandits ------------------------------------------------------- Roll on the '99 Season! ------------------------------------------------------- Press from the Melbourne Bloods ------------------------------------------------------- Hmmmmm I just realised. What sort of a season am I gonna have this year when my number one rival is in Silver this season????? Good luck Chris.... Any takers for my number one rival this season form an orderly line to the left, please....... ------------------------------------------------------- Press from the CSUA ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- Press from the Uluru Dingoes ------------------------------------------------------- The ViewSim viewer at http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/~evan/sparf/ has been updated. It now: - has sound under Windows as well as UNIX; - pauses after a goal/behind if sound isn't available/used; - starts up in a usable manner on 800x600 screens; - maintains more statistics; - has a configuration window for field size, sound files and pause length. Thanks to Scott Emery and Chris Paragreen for feedback on the last version. Future progress will depend on feedback (or Mel moving the goalposts). If anyone knows where to find decent sound files unencumbered by potential copyright problems, please let me know. ------------------------------------------------------- Press from the Buffalo Knights ------------------------------------------------------- The Knights trained this week with incident or injury, I first for the team's pre-season activities. Newcomers John Chris, John Sorvino, John Agoraphobia and John Shania worked out well with their new team and all are hoping for big points this season. "There's a lot of pressure on us to perform this year" admits John Shania. "We want to do well, and not just because we want to avoid the wood-chipper out back. We're hoping for a legit shot at the Cup finals but it'll take a team effort and no injuries." The rest of the team agreed that injuries were the key to success this season and all promised not to repeat last season's foolish hang-gliding, parachuting and knife-throwing parties with Neve Campbell. -Knights Mgmt ------------------------------------------------------- Press from the Manix Maulers ------------------------------------------------------- From the pages the Manix Financial Times: After a truly horrid season last year, hopes in Manix are high for the Manix Maulers Football Club. Last season, the team faced hostile takeovers, kidney operations, invasions by Gerald McRaney look-alikes, and headless Nar Nar Goon players, and the Manix Industrial Index responded in kind, dropping from 510 1/8 to 7/8 over the course of the ill-fated season. Hope, as they say, springs eternal. Large Manix corporations are in a mad rush to sponsor the Manix Maulers. Television and radio stations are broadcasting an onslaught of ads that feature Manix players hawking products in addition to the occasional program. The Manix Industrial Index has responded in kind, soaring up a half point to 1 3/8 since their initial press release last week. Some analysts say that the trend could quite possibly continue, but maybe not. "This should be the time that a shrewd investor increases his holdings in recreational drugs, including steroids. One should also consider diversifying in those sectors that gouge the Maulers, such as the Gaudy Mansion Industry and the High-Priced Defense Attorney Industry." ------------------------------------------------------- Press from the Newcastle Novas ------------------------------------------------------- Back in gold, and struggling already ... ------------------------------------------------------- Press from the Air-Pacific Groundhogs ------------------------------------------------------- The Air-Pacific Groundhogs are in fighting form this season after a listless season spent mainly adding more depth to the team. Coach Nemeth has been seen humming "L'homme Armee" to himself in the halls of the Conservatory, always a bad sign for the opposi- tion. Meanwhile, Music History students brace for a grueling battery of listening quizzes... This is KUOP, severing the Central Valley and Mother Lode areas. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------------------------------- Press from the Petawawa Purple Platypi ------------------------------------------------------- Loopy Creature "current"ly on assignment and cannot be reached for comment. The gods be praised. ------------------------------------------------------- Press from the Viking Raiders ------------------------------------------------------- Simulations to run, paper to write, code to hack, SPARF to train... no time for press! ------------------------------------------------------- Press from the Livermore Rowdy Yobbos ------------------------------------------------------- New faces on the scene. By twos and threes they realize "This is the year", but it usually isn't, the old ones sag and fade. Yeah, Yobbos will try for the Cup, but it's next year, next year, next... The LRY: Perpetual Flux Plan is vibrating aimlessly at the apex of its achievement waiting for old errors to creep out of the lineup, hoping that Viewsim results will provide a clear direction. The new Yobbos are coming along nicely, but is it just too late for their kind of good to be contenders? The LRY: Oh yeah we do T-shirts Full Press Gang are looking at their early efforts, past glories. Well the money has to come from somewhere and they are pressing the new "LRY: Break out the Hurting" T-shirt in time for their Gold revitalization! Undefeated so far! And with new T-shirts! W L T 0 0 0 Support your local team! Go Rowdy Yobbos!