Global Games - To Be Decided

[heywoodu 16,460]

Pole sports! They even had a tiny attempt once to get in the Olympics, who knows, the Global Games may be a first step towards the World Games.

 

I'd also except CrossFit, it's been a thing for years now, so why not. Not my thing, but it certainly has a longstanding competitive tradition: bodybuilding.

 

It might be a serious logistical challenge, so not sure elephant polo would be a good addition. Maybe if it's in an elephant-rich environment, don't know.

[heywoodu 16,460]

Oh, oh, oh! This may be somewhat controversial in the current geopolitical world, but fuck it: we NEED to have the awesome tank biathlon  

 

This may certainly be that sport where you do really want to avoid certain match-ups, but that's a secondary concern. On the other hand, it's tank biathlon, go play some children's game like kickboxing or "jumping from a 6 meter wall" if you don't want to get hurt.

 

God, there are just so many options when actually searching for them. We are really going to need that 4th major event of which the name isn't yet sure.

Edited August 18, 2025 by heywoodu

[JoshMartini007 2,861]

I'm assuming you have checked out the list of International Sport Federations

 

As mentioned this might get a bit too big. We may have to restrict it to sports/events who regularly have at least 8-12 nations participating at the World Championships/equivalent.

[PanchoB 25]

In that case basque pelota has 32 country federations, and 8 countries have won medals in the World Championships.

 

it is also an official sport in the Panamerican Games,

[Fly_like_a_don 1,162]

Kho Kho 

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Kho_Kho_World_Cup

 

[Fly_like_a_don 1,162]

Chess

Minigolf

Lawn Bowls 

Pencak Silat 

Bowling 

Sepaktakraw 

Air Badminton 

E Sports

Jet Ski

Obstacle Racing 

Kabaddi

Kho Kho 

Beach Soccer 

Beach Rugby

Vovinam

Futsal

Arnis

Underwater Hockey 

Alysh

Netball

Belt Wrestling 

Arm Wrestling 

Vocotruyen

Khurash

Darts

Rollball

Yogasana

Soft Tennis 

Bodybuilding 

Tennikoit

Ball Badminton 

Robotics (inspired by ABU Robocon Contests held every year)

 

Edited August 18, 2025 by Fly_like_a_don

[heywoodu 16,460]

1 hour ago, Fly_like_a_don said:

Chess

Minigolf

Lawn Bowls 

Pencak Silat 

Bowling 

Sepaktakraw 

Air Badminton 

E Sports

Jet Ski

Obstacle Racing 

Kabaddi

Kho Kho 

Beach Soccer 

Beach Rugby

Vovinam

Futsal

Arnis

Underwater Hockey 

Alysh

Netball

Belt Wrestling 

Arm Wrestling 

Vocotruyen

Khurash

Darts

Rollball

Yogasana

Soft Tennis 

Bodybuilding 

Tennikoit

Ball Badminton 

Robotics (inspired by ABU Robocon Contests held every year)

 

Quite a lot of these have already been added, but not all, so thanks

 

 

[heywoodu 16,460]

2 hours ago, JoshMartini007 said:

I'm assuming you have checked out the list of International Sport Federations

 

As mentioned this might get a bit too big. We may have to restrict it to sports/events who regularly have at least 8-12 nations participating at the World Championships/equivalent.

That might be a good idea for the Global Games, with that criterium alone I think we will already be able to fill it up very nicely.

 

There's still going to be a lot of other sports left then, so for those we will likely have to go for a fourth event indeed, not sure about the name yet.

 

Don't worry about the practical issues of organizing it, one of the steps in our plan is to find a billionaire who wants to fix this for us, so it's basically just a matter of following our plan. No doubt Qatar will want to host it, or who knows, Nepal or Brunei or something would be cool. That'll likely sort itself out once we find our source of finances.

Edited August 18, 2025 by heywoodu

[heywoodu 16,460]

There's also the squash-like thing where the ball reaches extreme speeds, I believe an Indonesian sounding name...something with a J I think.

[hckošice 16,613]

Fishing ?