The finals of a revived 3,000-year-old ball game have been played in the Mexican city of Teotihuacan
Organisers have been trying to bring back the game, known as Ullamaliztli in Mexico, because of its ancient cultural and religious significance.
The game was played across Central America before being banned by the Spanish conquistadors.
The tournament, only the second since 2006, is being played by ten teams from across Mexico.
According to ancient texts the ball game was seen as a struggle between light and darkness and provided the energy to keep humanity going. Who should I root for, Sup Forums?
Ryan Russell
The memes keep spreading...
Jeremiah Stewart
>In ancient times losers of the game were often sacrificed to the Gods, but this year organisers opted for a knockout tournament instead.
Jason Rivera
shame they don't play the game like before, with the head of the captain from the defeated team.
Landon Ortiz
I love this. I hope the interest for this game keeps going
Michael Turner
>According to ancient texts the ball game was seen as a struggle between light and darkness and provided the energy to keep humanity going.
kek I wish they did this in all sports
David Gomez
>not sacrificing the winners
Asher Bell
>yfw the meme of giving all "x" team your energy can become a reality >mfw i have no face
Nathan Sanchez
What should be its Sup Forums denomination?
> thighhoop
Camden Edwards
I remember having an autistic obsession with Aztecs as a child and i tried to play this game in my room
Noah Sullivan
>I rate tekn'ilatazhu
Christian Turner
>the city of chapultepec
Jace Richardson
FUCK OFF
FUCK OFF
FUCK OFF
FUCK OFF
FUCK OFF
STOP BEING SO FUCKING OBSESSED WITH US
FUCK OFF FUCK OFF
Elijah Nguyen
Well at least there won't be a shortage of human heads to use as balls
Cooper Garcia
>Us
You have no connection to the ancients, spic.
Leo Anderson
FUCK OFF, CHICANO TRASH.
Nathaniel Murphy
>mcc un méxicano estaba enojado cerca de mí ¿Por qué los méxicanos no se gusta la sua cultura?
Levi Sanders
so they just hit it with their ass?
Nathan Powell
>his team doesn't get sacrificed every game
Jonathan Smith
Calmado, Juan.
Andrew Sanders
>sacrfriceball
Luis Long
>revive
don't people already still play this as far as amateur sports? or am i thinking of another game where you have to hit a ball with your hip?
Alexander Flores
>Tonantzin >Elite
Fucking lmao, bitch only has a career because he's married to the Tlatoani's daughter
Wyatt Sanchez
>being a fan of a dead team Remind me to pray to the gods before i sacrifice you so that the sun may shine tomorrow
Owen Bennett
Faget my team has Tlaloc's favor, your bitch ass team's blood will bring a nice rainy season
Samuel Peterson
You now remember Xochipilli and Yaretzi
Nathaniel Reed
This makes no sense. Unless someone were suicidal, no one would try.
Colton Wood
based daniel
Jackson Rodriguez
>winners get sacrificed to Quetzalcoatl Would you play, Sup Forums?
Parker Gonzalez
>banned by the Spanish conquistadors.
Jack Adams
they may very well do so, it's in Mexico after all. plenty of newly detached heads every week.
Xavier Price
>the crumbling, ublooded altar of Texcoco
Daniel Martin
Based
Grayson Brown
who /lifelong/ here?
Noah Nelson
'Tis be /bundes/?
Elijah Baker
it is really boring to watch
Jackson Hall
what's the pay like
Nathaniel Torres
>2017 >playing sacrificeball
Josiah Rodriguez
What does Prince have to do with white people ruining everything?
Joshua Howard
>yfw Texcoco get blown out by Tlacopan AGAIN
Jack Walker
if i wanted to watch people larp i'd browse Sup Forums
Joseph Sullivan
>mfw Ingalano'takatu wins one for da tenochtitlan
Asher Cox
Any webms?
Angel Evans
>he rates T'zlotltuochican
Landon Ortiz
Actually, this is the version I've heard. People considered it to be a high honour to be sacrificed as the best quality oblation.
This would also solve, once and for all time, the problem of /xywinslol/ and overpaid athletes.
Jacob Kelly
Why is animee always pedo-loli shit and never like this pic. I would maybe even consider watching then.
Luis Stewart
Tfw your country was once in the top 10 nations for decapitateball but now everyone plays cancerhoop instead
Still have some good sunday leagues going on in the mountains though.
Brody Gomez
>Today the game is played by teams of seven players, who knock a heavy solid rubber ball up and down a narrow pitch, using their hips rather than their feet. HIPHOOP
Charles Foster
>smash transfer record to sign Teoxihuitl (a blanket and some beads) >he gets his head chopped off the day before his debut
Jack Reyes
>le cut off head man
John Richardson
>"P-please watch our sport"
Carson Ross
100% QUETZALCOATL
Jacob Foster
>the call that saved Tenochtitlan
Wyatt Young
>wanting to live in Mexico And remember, back then it was nothing but Mexico all the way to the Great Lakes. Suicide was the only release, and they were hellbound unbaptised heathens regardless.
Caleb King
But she is a character from an anime show called Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid/Kobayashi-san Chi no Meidoragon.
Joseph King
this policy is good for parity, desu
Jaxon Smith
WE
Joseph Barnes
>cant win in the national sports >revives another
Lucas Brown
this sport was in some disney-esque cartoon movie around the turn of the century, right?
Xavier Campbell
This is a cool idea but the game itself looks kind of retarded
Cooper Bailey
kek
Sebastian Turner
For me, it's Quetzalcoatl
Jonathan King
>he doesn't rate Quetzalcoatl
Jace Sanchez
EL DORADO
THE MAGNIFICENT
AND GOLDEN
Josiah Rodriguez
Does the winner play the Spanish team?
Adam Wood
>tiny ass goal >hard to aim I dont think this semen slurping sport id for me guys
Cooper Gonzalez
>yfw steps curry gets a career-ending sacrifice
Caleb Gomez
They also banned human sacrifices. Disgusting spaniards.
