I'm going to be honest and say this. I'm not a sports person. I love to exercise and I do martial arts (non-competitive, but I guess I could get into MMA if I wanted), but when it comes to sports, it's a rare thing that I take interest in them. There was that one exception when I went to a boxing tournament to watch a dozen matches of boxers having at one another, and a single college football game, but that was it.
That being said, sports are still a massive part of human culture. Sports probably started out as a way of keeping people fit for things like war and hunting, and maybe other activities, and were very localized. In fact, it wasn't until the late 19th century that sports were really formalized and their rules really set. Take for example football/soccer. Up until the 1870s or 1880s, there were countless variations based on region, until someone decided to set the rules.
So here's my questions: In your settings/worlds, how prominent are sports? What kind of sports do people play? Do you make up your own sports, transplant real world sports to your world, or make sports that are variations on real world sports?
I did make one sport that's basically a variant of association football. I changed the playing field, the ball, and a few of the rules. Since my world has a few non-human species, I had to create rules for them as well. I haven't gotten to the free kicks (and variations thereof), but if I was to make a video game of the story, the inspiration would be clear.
That being said, sports are still a massive part of human culture. Sports probably started out as a way of keeping people fit for things like war and hunting, and maybe other activities, and were very localized. In fact, it wasn't until the late 19th century that sports were really formalized and their rules really set. Take for example football/soccer. Up until the 1870s or 1880s, there were countless variations based on region, until someone decided to set the rules.
So here's my questions: In your settings/worlds, how prominent are sports? What kind of sports do people play? Do you make up your own sports, transplant real world sports to your world, or make sports that are variations on real world sports?
I did make one sport that's basically a variant of association football. I changed the playing field, the ball, and a few of the rules. Since my world has a few non-human species, I had to create rules for them as well. I haven't gotten to the free kicks (and variations thereof), but if I was to make a video game of the story, the inspiration would be clear.