Comments on 'JOUST'Sir Williams removed his yellow helmet as his ostrich landed on a floating strip of rock and sand. He dismounted and stepped to the edge of the turf. A gust of hot air knocked him backward as he eyed the precarious drop to the lava lake. He remounted his ostrich, grasped his lance with his left hand, shield in his right.
He dug his heels into the ribs of his avian steed and was airborne again, flying high above his comrades. He descended and circled the lava pit, running through his mental checklist before engaging the enemy. "Time to cook up some poultry," he said aloud as he zoomed in on the flock.
Sir Williams raised his lance and engaged a swarm of silver hunters and red bounders. He toppled a nearby huntress from her buzzard and circled around to find another fowl enemy nearby.
As he engaged a blue shadow lord, a giant lava troll hand appeared before him. It grasped the powerful legs of his ostrich and pulled them closer. The ostrich wings beat invisibly fast as its toes touched smoking magma goop.2008-03-15T01:05:25Zhttp://ficlets.com/feed/story/24499Comment on JOUST<p> AWSOME !!!!!!</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/24499?basename=485772008-03-15T01:05:25ZDARK!http://ficlets.com/authors/darkComment on JOUST<p>Kinda going for that corny “Starship Troopers” narration here – personally, I think it fell short… : P</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/24499?basename=485542008-03-14T23:59:15ZYodaOnCrackhttp://ficlets.com/authors/yodaoncrackComment on JOUST<p>Wonderfully dramatic. Your story makes <em>Joust</em> (in my opinion) a little less silly. Nice job. :)<br />Oh, and nice reference: Sir Williams! I love it!<br />LoA</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/24499?basename=484012008-03-14T15:47:40ZCapital "W" Writer (LoA's Geekus Awesomeus)http://ficlets.com/authors/capital_w_writerComment on JOUST<p>Very dramatic telling. I vaguely remember the game, but I don’t think I got to play it. Actually makes for a neat story.<br />LoA</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/24499?basename=483672008-03-14T13:48:48ZTHX 0477http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477Comment on JOUST<p>Here’s the description I based this on from the www.klov.com web site:</p>
<p>“You are a knight flying on an ostrich, battling buzzard-mounted enemies. To fly, you repeatedly hit the flap button. To topple the Buzzard-Riders “the highest lance wins.” Two-player head-to-head play is excellent.”</p>
<p>the direct link is here:</p>
<p>http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=8243</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/24499?basename=483542008-03-14T12:54:56ZYodaOnCrackhttp://ficlets.com/authors/yodaoncrackComment on JOUST<p>I’m a video game buff and I’m just amazed by the mind of Joust’s creator, Eugene Jarvis. I mean – was he doing drugs when he came up with this stuff? Flying ostriches? Ostriches can’t even fly… Giant hands, lava trolls, stork / ostrich steeds? I almost did “Burger Time” to be different, but chose this instead…</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/24499?basename=483452008-03-14T11:04:02ZYodaOnCrackhttp://ficlets.com/authors/yodaoncrack