Basketball Team: Northwest Thunderbirds

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Summary: The Northwest Thunderbirds are a Highschool Basketball team that is currently rated the second strongest team for the Highschool, and fourth strongest over-all team. They are well known for their monster "Ace" new member, and the fact that most of the team is currently old benched members beyond the ace. They are looking for new members actively and wanting to focus on team power building. Most time will be spent bonding, and practicing with one another to encourage growth as a team instead of individual skill growth.

The club is open to any and all skill levels, welcoming training new members due to the extreme shortage of members and the heavy reliance on the team's current Ace. Current a bit of a dysfunctional family, the goal is to gather new members and become a high functioning family and team. The team tends to go to meals together after the initial practice, and are closely affiliated with the "Sports Club" and "Cheerleading Squad" due to the closeness in work- and they often plan gatherings together with the clubs.

OOC Note: If you are uncertain on participating due to a lack of knowledge on the sport oocly, don't feel intimidated! I'll happily work with anyone, and me and Kyros have found several sites and guides to help understand as we go. :D If we can get enough attention, I'd like to even have crossovers with the sports club, and possibly even sport events and competitions along with the casual team roleplay. Keep in mind the NPC will likely be moved down to "Bench Seats" as PC's join to replace them.

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There are five players per team in a basketball game and each player plays a specific position on court.

Each position can be thought of as a role, although these roles can be a hybrid when each player is required to play two or more positions at one time. This is due to the nature of the sport where players move around the court and play flexibly, doing what is needed in a given situation.

Here are the five basic positions in basketball.

1. Centre
The centre is generally the tallest player who is positioned near the basket as he must be able to get up as high as possible for rebounds. He is also required to be more physically domineering with more physical strength and overall athleticism.

Offensive — The centre's goal is to get open for a pass and to shoot. They are required to block defenders, and to open other players up for driving to the basket for a goal. Centres are expected to get some offensive rebounds and put-backs.

The centre should be good at making quick jump shots, hook shots, and using the backboard on his shots.

Defensive — On defense, the centre's main responsibility is to keep opponents from shooting by blocking shots and passes in the key area. They also are expected to get more rebounds because they're taller.

2. Power Forward
The power forwards are usually the next tallest players in the team, who are closest to the centre in physical attributes and playing style, but with more speed. A forward may play under the hoop or are expected to operate in the wings and corner areas.

They must be strong and comfortable with a lot of physical play and must be an effective rebounder and effective inside shooter like the centre. The power forward is also expected to shoot from further distances than the centre.

3. Small Forward
The small forward is usually the shorter of the two forwards on the team. However, the small forward must have enough height and ability to play inside, and on top of that, play like the centres and power forwards, but also be able to guard.

Small forwards are also the second or third best shooters from distance of the five positions as they also play defensive roles.

4. Shooting Guard
The shooting guard is potentially the shortest player in the team. However, he has to be good at dribbling fast, passing and having court vision by seeing the court. He is responsible for bringing the ball down the court and setting up offensive plays.

The shooting guard is also the player who takes the most shots. He needs to be an accurate shooter from three-point range.

The shooting guard is potentially the shortest player in the team. However, he has to be good at dribbling fast, passing and having court vision by seeing the court. He is responsible for bringing the ball down the court and setting up offensive plays. In terms of height, shooting guards are taller than point guards.

5. Point Guard
The point guard needs to be the best ball handler, dribbler and passer as he handles the ball the most out of all the players on the team. He needs to bring the ball down the court and initiate offensive plays.

Point guards can also be the shortest player on the team as they use their intelligence and court vision to coordinate all his teammates on offense.

Point guards need to have a good long distance shooting, though it's not quite as crucial as for shooting guards. However, some point guards take as many shots as shooting guards.

Affiliated Clubs: Sports Club & Cheerleading Squad
Location: Sports Feild & Gymnasium

Leader: Seiken Jin Hou (Ace)
Members & Positions: Listed Below.

Coach: Open
Manager: Open

[Captain] Court Seat #2: Akihiro Takeshi (Point Guard) [NPC]
[Ace] Court Seat #1: Seiken Jin Hou (Center/Power Forward)

Court Seat #3: Jason Hamilton (Shooting Guard) [NPC]
Court Seat #4: Sebastian Silver (Power Forward/Center) [NPC]
Court Seat #5: Stephanie Thatch (Small Forward) [NPC

Bench Seat #1: Open
- More Added as Required.



Age: 16
Species: Human
Year: Junior
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 158 lb's
Hair: Black
Eyes: Red
Skin: Pale
Power(s): Precognition & Illusion


Age: 17
Species: Nephilim
Year: Senior
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 175 lb's
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Grey
Skin: Peach
Power(s): Regeneration & Healing


Age: 15
Species: Human
Year: Sophmore
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 140 lb's
Hair: Ginger
Eyes: Brown
Skin: Light Tan
Power(s): Light Production/Manipulation & Light Transformation


Age: 18
Species: Wereraven
Year: Senior
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 137 lb's
Hair: Black
Eyes: Green
Skin: Pale
Power(s): Animal Empathy & Raven Transformations

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So~ A second post to specify what I'm offering and what I'd like to see with the team. As well as some details on how/why Seiken became the Ace, and so forth.

After instantly taking him up on joining the team, almost purely due to his size, they were astounded that due to a combination of reasons at his talent and skill. Due to Seiken being unable to have his powers "Shut down" from the sports bracelets (due to his powers being quite literally- his anatomy, making the bracelets useless). This, combined with being trained in not only the sport actively- but martial arts, Seiken became the new Ace for the team.

As previously stated, this caused them to win their first match against one of the better teams that were primarily new seniors. However, though he has immense talent, and power- allowing him to easily overwhelm practically anyone, the teamwork of the team is still atrocious- in fact, it's getting worst as they have begun to completely rely on Seiken. The man whom only joined for a deal with Emily- he has no actual drive, and never really "tries" afraid he would hurt the fellow players anyway.

I'd love to see a "work hard" type that came up from nothing, with little to no natural talent. The interactions between them and Seiken due to him being the complete opposite and forcing some team conflict to push Seiken's development, develop friendships, etc would be incredibly interesting. As well, he's terrified of hurting someone on the court- a large part of why he doesn't try, due to being Biologically Engineered the usual "power shut down bracelets" doesn't work on him.

As such, another Bio-Weapon, or something similar, that he wouldn't feel as scared of hurting, to become a possible rival and spark his interest in the sport again- would be amazing. Overall, I'd love to focus on teamwork, team conflict, and team development between the characters to assist int heir individual growth- to possibly lead into sport based forum events, and more. :D
 

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Hiiiiii

Alright so Steven is pretty tall yet nimble, so going for small forward as said in plot chat. He also a meta-human, however no of his abilities have that much of an impact on his physical performance. However Steven is someone who takes on a lot of hobbies and attacks them with gusto.

Steven is also someone who like to succeed and is willing to put the effort to do so. So Seiken seeing attacking the sport with everything he has, when unlike others he might not have the physical edge like other member nor the training. He is fast at learning.

He hates seeing people waste their potential, and would probably at first see Seiken as layabout coasting on his innate abilities. He might make some witty comment, but wouldn't openly antagonist however, instead trying to him into the team spirit. He also likely, see that the npc's are using on him too much and make comments about that as well. Telling them they should aspire, instead of feeling overshadowed.

I'm not entirely sure of how an opening would be. Either Steven passing by the club on practise and asking if he could join in, and discovering he isn't that bad, but has a lot to learn.
 

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I think having Steven passing by the Club and then joining in on practice could work just fine, probably have some interaction with the NPC and Seiken from the sidelines- since he doesn't participate since he's still "easily good enough".

May allow for Steven to notice that the others "practicing" isn't really much of a practice either and they aren't putting forth any effort, allow for him to try and make an impact in that way as well, etc.

I'll throw it up for us in a few once I get some food in me and edit the link in here. :D

Note: Others of the team will be welcome to join in as well of course. :D Anyone interested is welcome to pop by.

Link to the Thread: [Here]

Also added in basic information for all the NPC to use for now. :D
 
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