Talk:Mecha-soccer

Where's the "Primus League Cup" from? --ItsWalky 15:16, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

I suspect the reason Derik used "football" as the European name is because Blaster (IIRC) was once asked if they had football teams on Cybertron, and he gave a brief listing of some teams (the only one I ever remember is Throttlebot Wanderers, portrayed as perpetual underdogs/failures [and quite possibly intended as a knock on Wolverhampton, and that one involved the Combaticons) - this is probably also where the Primus League Cup comes from.

Also, if you ask me, it's funnier if the European name IS just "football", since that emphasizes that of all the sentient races in the universe, it's only the US that has a different name for it. -LV 18:14, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

So, does that mean there's no real reason to think that Mecha-soccer and Football are the same sport? I guess I can see the humor in the European name being just "football", but your explanation of the joke doesn't quite fit -- on Cybertron apparently it's called neither football nor soccer, making it not just the US that sticks out. --Steve-o 22:00, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

What's the source for this? Is it from the UK comic? A cartoon?--G.B. Blackrock 22:14, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Krok was a mecha-soccer player. The back-story on the professional leagues being essentially disbanded come the Great War comes from his MtMtE profile. (This jibes with the strictly amateur championships midway detailed later.)

Cybertron's football teams, the Primus Cup, the main league- the fact Cybertron football is organized enough to even have relegation- comes from the UK Letters Pages. Football is discussed 3-4 times, by different letters-page hosts. Who have favorite teams and grudges. They take it seriously.

And while the Throttlebots were no-hopers one year, they were in the running for the Primus Cup in a subsequent (or previous, i might have the order inverted) year until Goldbug suffered an injury on foul from Brawl.

...do people want me to post my complete list of teams and details?-Derik 22:26, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Football Leagues

(each of these chunks is further forward in time. The middle 2 chunks are quite close, chronogically, so the 2nd may be reflecting the injury specifically mentioned in the 3rd.)

Dreadwing was a fan of

• Cybertron United &
• Polyhex City (before they got relegated.)

Two big football teams:

• Dynamo Dinobot/Dinobot Dynamo
• Terrorcons United.
• Throttlebot Wanderers (no hopers this year)

Primus League Cup:

• Throttlebot Wanders (Goldbug has a fusion servo problem after being professionally fouled by Brawl, which will likely cost the Autobots the 'cup.
• Combaticons Hove Albion
• Aerialbots
• Protectobot Academicals
• Technobots Wednesday (Nosecone likely for Mechanoid of the Millinium, Strafe best all-around.)
• Seacons

Cybertron Premiere Division:

• Actionmaster Academicals (Run of 12 wins, most recent against...)
• Horrorcon Thursday (Includes Blot and Skullcruncher, who got into an on-pitch fight with Jazz, a member of the former.)
• Dinobot Dynamo vs.
• Triplechangers Town (the game pitched by Galvatron, who went on to wreck it.)
• Bruticus All-Blacks v.
• Defensor United—a real 'clash of the titans.' Brawl scored a goal on a foul from Vortex which the refs- Micro Battle squad missed on account of being stood on. This blows Defensor's championship hopes.

Sports Merchandise

The Wal-Mart around here (and probably elsewhere) has soccer balls, basketballs and footballs with ROTF branding, either as Optimus or Bumblebee. Should we cover those on here? --G1MarvelBlaster 16:01, 14 November 2009 (EST) (not necessarily volunteering)