colors_tcg | Colors World Cup Day 9: Criss Cross Crew

Today's World Cup event is brought to you by Tobi-han, Colors' own great world traveller. Last year, he uncovered a musical cipher—this year, he's brought one from his friends in another country! He likes to call it Criss Cross Crew after those friends and their favourite sport.

Peculiar shape, isn't it? The rules for filling it in are simple, though! Each word must be related to sport somehow and you may only use any unique word once. You must justify your answers! For example, if you fill in #1 with "bats", you might state "Bats are used to strike the ball in baseball" or any other explanation clarifying the word's connection to sport. This explanation is mandatory.

This is an open game, which means other players' answers will be visible, but please make sure your entry does not copy other players, or you will be asked to submit a new cipher. Tobi-han values variety, so no matter what, you can only use two words already used by other players.

Use the following form to submit your completed cipher.

The form above features a bonus area; you can win a crayon for providing any of the following: The name of the series feature in the banner, the sport featured in said series, or the country said sport is native to. It's also one of the official sports of this country!

Enjoy the second-last event in the Colors World Cup, which will remain open until noon GMT on August 18!

Threaded | Top-Level Comments Only

Please ask any questions you may have here!

Your team: Shirocchi Hotspur
Your name: Katie
Cipher:

#1: Many sports refer to a match as a "meet".
#2: A "goal" is what scores you points in sports like soccer.
#3: The "home" team is the one that usually practices at the place where the match is happening.
#4: The highest prize in an Olympic event is the "gold" medal.
Bonus: oh my gosh I didn't know there was a Lacrosse manga!

Your team: Fumika
Your name: FC Murasaki
Cipher: 1. free
2. line
3. dive
4. veer
#1: A free kick is a kick made to put the ball in play in football.
#2: The goal line is the front end off the zone in football.
#3: A dive is a type of play in football and part of the Triple option strategy.
#4: A veer is a type of offense option in football.
Bonus: Baggataway / Lacrosse / Canada

Edited (Bolding the words in the justification!) 2014-08-09 23:26 (UTC)

Your team: Real Midorin
Your name: ReneeTwist
Cipher:
#1: POLO is a sport played on horseback where you hit a ball with a mallet
#2: POOL is a structure holding water where people swim
#3: FOUL is an illegal play in sports
#4: GOLF is a sport where you hit a small ball across distances with a club.
Bonus: The sport is lacrosse!

Edited 2014-08-09 21:54 (UTC)

Your team: Pam
Your name: FC Murasaki
Cipher:

#1: safe (when a player reaches base without being put out during baseball)
#2: pole (a flexible rod used in vaulting for a track and field event)
#3: golf (a type of sport involving a tiny ball being struck with a club and inserted into holes)
#4: sled (a vehicle for traveling over snow or ice; used in competitive sledding)
Bonus: Lacrosse

Edited 2014-08-09 21:59 (UTC)

Just a small thought
If the answers aren't screened, isn't the answer for bonus part obvious after the first person's comment?

(no problem in it though, the game is super cool!)

Edited 2014-08-09 21:39 (UTC)

Your team: A.O.I.
Your name: Ralene
Cipher: (image if desired)
#1: pass (when a football or soccer ball is transferred between players, it is known as pass*ing*)
#2: mitt (a mitt is used as part of baseball to catch balls in)
#3: hits (anytime that the ball hits a bat and is not foul is called a hit or hits)
#4: mats (mats are used in wrestling to use for actually wrestling on)
Bonus: no clue at all unless this is lacrosse?

Edited (adjusted spelling and numbers because I'm silly) 2014-08-10 19:04 (UTC)

Your team: A.C. Kou
Your name: Ouji
Cipher:
#1: Ball - A lot of sports are played with a type of ball.
#2: Goal - A goal is a commonly used term to describe when a player scores a point.
#3: Foul - A foul is when a player performs an unfair act.
#4: Call - When a referee passes judgement upon a player or a shot during a game, it's called a sports call.
Bonus: Manga is BaggataWay, sports is Lacrosse and it's native to the First Nations Iroquois

Your team: A.O.I.
Your name: Nat
Cipher:

#1: Sets (players play best of three or five sets in tennis)
#2: Pull (a pull shot is a type of shot in cricket)
#3: Punt (a punt is a kicking style in American football)
#4: Hole (a hole set is an offensive position in water polo)
Bonus: I recognize lacrosse but that's it D:

Your team: Eintracht Akai
Your name: Sammich
Cipher:
#1: EPEE: a sword used in fencing events
#2: RINK: the playing field in hockey events
#3: DIVE: what you do in diving events
#4: BIKE: what you ride in cycling events
Bonus: It's from BaggataWay, a manga about lacrosse!

Your team: Torpedo Gin
Your name: Raven
Cipher:
#1: BOLD - a bold move, like putting your grandma in the goal instead of your best goalkeeper
#2: RAGE - state you are in after you lose (at least I am)
#3: WALL - created by defenders during a free kick, speciality of Chelsea Tobi
#4: FREE - a free kick, can be awarded after you, for example, kick the opposing player in the balls
Bonus: Lacrosse, Canada

Your team: Shirocchi Hotspur
Your name: Ari
Cipher:
#1: SEED a competitor or team who is given a preliminary ranking & then "planted" into brackets
#2: POOL a usually artificial container of water intended for swimming
#3: LOVE is synonymous with zero points in a tennis match
#4: KILL a successful point-scoring play in volleyball
Bonus: lacrosse! from canada

Edited (oop forgot the bonus ) 2014-08-09 22:36 (UTC)

Do organisation abbreviations count?

Your team: Nikita
Your name: Torpedo Gin
Cipher:
#1: TOSS - In volleyball, setters are responsible for tosses during the game.
#2: BACK - Backstroke, a swimming stroke, is usually simply called back.
#3: CAPS - Swimmers wear swimming caps to contain their hair/minimize resistance.
#4: FAKE - Players often perform fakes, or trick moves, in order to trick their opponent.
Bonus: Lacross and Canada!

Your team: FC MURASAKI
Your name: Dawn
Cipher:

#1: Feet, a number of sports you can only use you're feet
#2: Fast, a Fast ball is a type of baseball throw
#3: Game, a competitive activity aka a sport
#4: Mits, you use mits in baseball.
Bonus: The manga is called BaggataWay, sport is lacrosse and it comes from Canada

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QUESTIONS

EINTRACHT AKAI

MIKAN UNITED

A.C. KOU

REAL MIDORIN

A.O.I.

FC MURASAKI

CHELSEA TOBI

TORPEDO GIN

SHIROCCHI HOTSPUR

SAINTE-KUROCCHI OLYMPIQUE

Re: SHIROCCHI HOTSPUR

Re: FC MURASAKI

Re: REAL MIDORIN

Re: FC MURASAKI

Re: QUESTIONS

Re: A.O.I.

Re: A.C. KOU

Re: A.O.I.

Re: EINTRACHT AKAI

Re: TORPEDO GIN

Re: SHIROCCHI HOTSPUR

Re: QUESTIONS

Re: TORPEDO GIN

Re: FC MURASAKI