EPTI have stumbled across a new sport. It is played by Japanese cadets at the National Defence Academy of Japan.
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It's a tough and brutal game comprising 2 teams of 150 players each. Each team has a defence of 75 men and an attack of 75 men. The objective is to charge, vault, elbow, kick, and judo throw your way into opponents heavily fortified pole and tear it down to at least a 30 angle.
Below is a video which zooms out to show the 2 games being played at once.
VARIOUS STRATEGIES
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PUSH AND PULL
Utilise 10-15 players to pull out support from one side of the defence, while using the others to vault in from the other side.
This is innefective as it takes 2 attackers to drag 1 defender away from the pole.
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ZERG
Stay together and charge in from the front with all your players. Use your first 30 to 40 players to create immense pressure on one side and to create a ramp for the rest of your team to vault up onto the pole. Extra players are required on either side of the attack to prevent the defence from flanking the vaulters and slowing their momentum.
This strategy is based on using your momentum from the initial running start to overpower your opponent from the beginning.
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THE FAKE
Split your attack at the start to either side, and fake a pincer movement on your enemy. However, one side then turns around and runs to the other side which has already set itself up to create a vault up onto the pole.
This is effectively a delayed ZERG which hopes to capitalise on the quick change of direction to increase it's effectiveness.
This video also has a great example of blocking. One defender (around 2:20) blocks at least 4 people charging in, then it takes 4 dudes to restrain him from his warpath of courage.
Split your attack at the start to either side, and fake a pincer movement on your enemy. However, one side then turns around and runs to the other side which has already set itself up to create a vault up onto the pole.
This is effectively a delayed ZERG which hopes to capitalise on the quick change of direction to increase it's effectiveness.
This video also has a great example of blocking. One defender (around 2:20) blocks at least 4 people charging in, then it takes 4 dudes to restrain him from his warpath of courage.
Hopefully this catches on because it's one of the coolest things i've ever seen.
