Sports, I Love Reality

[OtherSlater]

I love sports. I love this reality in general. There’s so much story to tell with being the best. I don’t know why, but fantasy never appealed to me. I’m not telling you my most important reason but another big one is the power fantasy. I don’t like it. No hate if you do! But the inherent struggle you have in sports is so compelling. Pro Wrestling made me cry sometimes. Basketball brings my city together. I LOVE it. I implore everyone to look outside the usual dragons and magic and look outside, everyone has a story!

 

[xizl]

I like sports stories but don't care for sports.

 

[Rachel_Leia_Cole]

I’m the opposite, I like sports, but not the stories. ? I have seen they have a pretty big following on other platforms I’m on though.

 

[L1aei]

In some other thread, I believe I explained that sports is my most challenged topic to write about. But as for reality? I played plenty of games against neighboring teams in football for years. That didn't mean I liked it, just kind of was fitting for me to be in one and social pressure back then got to me. I eventually declined joining in on the last season.

 

[georgelee5786]

whatever your favorite team is Seahawks are better

 

[seavmun88]

sports stories are almost always power fantasies in their own way. maybe not magic powers and big explosions unless its super mario strikers but its all about the protagonist being The Best Ever and winning all of the important matches. only losing when it isnt really a setback just to heighten tension.

the real problem is you almost never see fantasy AND sports together. you're never gonna see an orc doing an alley oop on an elf. you're not gonna see the stout, slow dwarves winning in baseball because they're strong enough to keep hitting home runs. we're not even gonna get Tiger Woods sweating bullets at the final hole while golfing against a tiger in the woods. serious missed potential with all of it. it would be cooler with any visual medium instead of writing tho

 

[OtherSlater]

sports stories are almost always power fantasies in their own way. maybe not magic powers and big explosions unless its super mario strikers but its all about the protagonist being The Best Ever and winning all of the important matches. only losing when it isnt really a setback just to heighten tension.

Disagree. Most sports stories about the underdog. The protagonist is penned in the story to lose. Rocky wasn't the best ever. He lost his big match. Even if they do win, like I said it's not easily earned, the exact opposite of a power fantasy.

 

[WriterTrek]

I assume you've read Player Manager / Soccer Supremo? I think it's a great read on Royal Road.

 

[OtherSlater]

I assume you've read Player Manager / Soccer Supremo? I think it's a great read on Royal Road.

I don't go on RR like that. Maybe I will now.

 

[CharlesEBrown]

I love sports. I love this reality in general. There’s so much story to tell with being the best. I don’t know why, but fantasy never appealed to me. I’m not telling you my most important reason but another big one is the power fantasy. I don’t like it. No hate if you do! But the inherent struggle you have in sports is so compelling. Pro Wrestling made me cry sometimes. Basketball brings my city together. I LOVE it. I implore everyone to look outside the usual dragons and magic and look outside, everyone has a story!

If you don't mind reading print or e-texts on a reader, Robert E. Howard (you know, the guy who created Conan?) had a lot of sports stories. Lost my Kindle Omnibus to a badly done upgrade so only read one of the boxing stories but sports were his third most prolific area of writing (Sword & Sorcery fantasy, Dark Fantasy before it was a "thing," Sports, Horror and Americana 'Tall Tales' pretty much in that order of output)

 

[Juia_Darkcrest]

I have only ever gotten into two 'sports' stories. Both were VNs, and for the first, the focus wasn't on basketball but on everything else going on around the MC as he tried to bring his university team from last place to the state championship. The other was about a couple who were into downhill street racing, though it was also part game, not that the game part was hard. The MC ended up getting trained by a professional driver who used to race that hill, teaching him how not to just 'wing it'.

Honestly, it has been so long, nearly 20 years, that I can't even recall the names of either VN/game.

 

[LastMinami]

I love sports, especially soccer, which is arguably the most famous and important. But actually reading about it... well, that's a different story. Many are generic, or the protagonist is a genius who always gets lucky. The only three good ones, in my opinion, are manga or anime like: Captain Tsubasa (the protagonist is a Gary Stu, but I liked the supporting characters), Giant Killing (the coach's point of view is incredible and interesting), and Orange Heart (the perfect evolution of Captain Tsubasa; my only regret is that it doesn't last very long).

 

[TinaMigarlo]

I didn't do a sports novel, per se.
But my MC's story started out at a big top ten university.
*not* a "school" novel, not a sports novel.
But, my character I wanted to have certain traits.
all of those traits, it only made easy sense for them to be a sports star.

I even use the sports ball(@LastMinami, soccer ball) , as a sort of recurring motif on my covers.
covers plural, because the writing effort spawned a series.
I swear, writing is *much* easier when you have all that experience with the same characters.

 

[LastMinami]

I didn't do a sports novel, per se.
But my MC's story started out at a big top ten university.
*not* a "school" novel, not a sports novel.
But, my character I wanted to have certain traits.
all of those traits, it only made easy sense for them to be a sports star.

I even use the sports ball(@LastMinami, soccer ball) , as a sort of recurring motif on my covers.
covers plural, because the writing effort spawned a series.
I swear, writing is *much* easier when you have all that experience with the same characters.

I suppose so. But for example, if you ever read my prologue, I'll just tell you that I wasn't a bum like my MC, hahaha.

 

[FRWriter]

I don't think I'Ve ever stumbled across a realistic sports story. I mean, if you want realistic sports, you can watch actual sports. Usually, these stories always have a gimmick or are clearly exaggerated to make them more interesting.