You know you want to play some Faceball
I’m sure most of you have wished a time or two that you could let lose on some of your coworkers in a semi-violent or vengeful manner. Enter Faceball, the game where you can ridicule your colleagues under the pretense of clean, wholesome fun.
So what is Faceball, besides being founded by John Allspaw and Dunstan Orchard?
At it’s simplest level Faceball involves two people hitting beach balls at each other’s faces. At a deeper level it’s a vehicle for the release of personal animosity, and the Shaming of the Weak.
Brilliant! Releasing personal animosity and shaming the weak are my lifeblood. Looks like someone released a little personal animosity on this biatch. But it looks like Tom Coates doesn’t mind a little shaming of the weak. Flickr seems to have a ton of people documenting this latest work-place phenomenon.
A video documentary and some more Faceball links after the jump.
If you need a little background on the history of Faceball, check here. If you just want to learn how to play, download the PDF instruction manual.
Faceball, a documentary from Face Ball and Vimeo.
It sure is better than some of the antics people in my office do for fun. If anyone is interested in setting up some type of regional pod-tournament between offices, holla’ at me.
Those guys at Flickr need something better to do…
Robguy: Yeah, watching the video made me insanely jealous about the job those guys have. If I tried to start a new game in my office I think the boss man would put me in a rear-naked choke.
It sounds so sexy when you say it like that ;)
Robguy: As soon as I hit ’submit’ I *knew* you’d have something to say about it… :)
i can hear the theme song now… “Are you ready for some Faceball? Monday Night Faceball?!?”
minijonb: As long as they get a country-western singer to sing it!