What football will look like in the future - Football 17776 Thread

Spoiler: TODAYS UPDATE

OH NO!

 

Spoiler: updoot

NOT THE BULB

 

Spoiler: Upda7e

Tbh the thing with Lacrecia at the cliffhanger was genuinely upsetting

 

Spoiler: Chapter 20

For a moment there I thought they were going to talk about basketball instead of football, which would have absolutely ruined the entire story for me.

 

Spoiler: yeah it all feels like

like they're strangely broken
and
man
i really really want to fucking know what happened with all the people who would've been kids/babies/fetuses at the time aging and death stopped
like did they get stuck in that young state or what

 

Spoiler

I mean, aging and growing are two different mechanisms. They'd just grow until their 20s and stay that way.

 

Spoiler: todays update

The fact that eddie talked about how he literally got younger once aging stopped makes me...concerned. how much younger? is this why there arent any more children around? did they also get hit by whatever this is, and immediately regress so far in aging that they ceased to exist?

THIS WAS A GOOD, UPSETTING UPDATE BUT REALLY WHAT IM WONDERING ABOUT IS THE KIDS.

 

so i decided to venture back and read the tim tebow cfl chronicles and boy howdy.

Spoiler: there's thematic connections here

nonsensical extreme football obviously
but also the idea of like
humans realizing they can't in their lifetimes get anywhere else
speed of light as an ultimate limitation of travel
and so they just fuck around on earth playing sportsball instead

eta okay i just finished the tim tebow one and

Spoiler

it's not the same timeline or universe or anything
2026 is unusually significant in both, and a technological advancement is relevant in both
but in ttcflc they lose football
they lose the love of it
and it's a tragic ending
but they're seemingly still mortal and the species is continuing so that's something

 

Spoiler: Like, Nyah

The kid question is still in mind but Uhhhhhhhhh

Literally cried a bit when Tim was apologizing tbh

I dunno

It's like, a relatable feel

Eta the don't go in the cave tangent was good tho and also the other stuff

 

Spoiler

I remember thinking how strange it was that the light was still on. I thought that, well, if he was gone, then the light he switched on should've turned off. That as soon as he went, everything should go with him.

 

Spoiler: re: the aging discussion

Looks like we have an answer!

 

I am not caught up yet, but...
I am incredibly charmed by Lacrecia and also my soul hurts

 

Spoiler: Chapter 23 onwards

Well, that was kind of an abrupt ending, but while I would have definitely read a much longer work about weird future football games, I guess there's only so much more you can say about the topic and have it still be meaningful.

 

Spoiler: Mmm

It's closed, and it was wild n neat while it lasted

 

I am going to cry wtf

I don't even like football

 

That was two of his NBA Y2K episodes: the death of basketball and ten years to midnight.

 

Rezzing this thread for College Football

 

Sequel has started: https://www.sbnation.com/secret-base/21410129/20020/chapters-index

Spoiler: Chapter 1

They've got a pretty good clusterfuck going on already. I don't think it measures up to Game 27 in terms of sheer nonsense (there are few things that can), but in terms of scale it's doing well.

 

need and want upd8 culture

 

seeing my university’s stadium featured for like 2 frames or w/e gave me the first shred of school spirit i’ve ever really felt for my uni’s football team. also it made me wonder how much of the campus my team’s field would cut through, but i thibk the only building it cuts through that i’m actually familiar with is the art building.

in conclusion i am stoked about 20020 and also i miss my campus a bit.