Chronicles of the Blade is a Craab based movement devoted to Street Hockey and Motorball. This movement derives its name from the fact that both these sports are played on in-line skates or, as they are commonly known, "Roller Blades." Street Hockey is much like Ice Hockey except that it is played on asphalt or concrete, making it more accessible than its icy counterpart. The majority of our games are played in the parking lot of Emerson Elementary, found on the northeast corner of University and Westwood, in Mesa. Motorball is a sport of our own contriving, inspired by the sporting event, of the same name, found within the pages of Yukito Kishiro's post-apocalyptic cyberpunk saga Battle Angel Alita. It is a high contact race where teams fight for control of the Motorball while completing circuits around a track. The majority of our Motorball events are held on the Wheelchair Course located on the Mesa Community College campus, which is found on the southeast corner of Southern and Dobson, in Mesa.

Thursday, March 22, 2001

Hockey: March 22nd, 2001

The unexpected highlight of Hockey on March 22nd was the sudden and totally unforeseen appearance of Brandon "Bushido" Shoemaker. Despite the months of missing in action, he held his own and, at times, even schooled those who have been playing this whole time. Others in attendance were Ammon Shepherd, Jacob Boyle, Angus McKay, Jessica Shepherd, and Kohl Glass. Head injury jokes were made before, after and during the intense Hockey that went on.

Monday, March 19, 2001

Chronicles of the Blade: March 19th, 2001

Congratulations
To Tim for becoming the first CRAAB father
To Iris for emerging victorious in her battle against pregnancy
To the little unnamed Boyle for making it here OK

Emerson's parking lot, MCC's Wheelchair Course, and Deep Space . . . silent, so very, very silent. Spring Break came and went and the silence remained. There have been many theories formulated to explain this phenomenon but Aaron Shepherd said it true when he said, "We should have played Hockey this week." Yes, Aaron, we should have. I apologize for the silence on my end. Things were . . . hectic. Beyond the smaller turn out of our last game, and then the absence of games these last two weeks, things are going well. Here it is the 19th of March and we have already past the total number of posts in February. All of the site's links and "extras" are up and working. We also had a (record) 64.075882353% turn out at the voting poll, which was somewhat controversial because it delved into the true identity behind The Chronicler. Steve received one vote, Chris received one vote, Josh received one vote, and Bruce Laborin received one vote, but the mass consensus identified The Chronicler as Tim Boyle, with a sweeping six votes. As The Chronicler, all I have to say is, you couldn't be more wrong. I wanted to keep my identity a . . . "secret" doesn't seem right to say . . . a less known fact, because I wanted The Chronicles of the Blade to be fair, equal, and devoid of agendas, opinions, and biases. This can only be done if an unknown entity, also fair, equal, and devoid of agendas, opinions, and biases is the one who moderates and maintains the forum. I can conceal my identity but I cannot conceal my personality, and therefore I think it has become a little too easy to identify who I really am. So no more charades. I will maintain the title as The Chronicler when dealing with this forum, but no longer will I continue under the pretense that my identity is a secret (as of late, I am the only one who thought it was). I am Kohl Glass, I am Katana. You can call me what you want but don't you dare call me late for dinner!
-The Chronicler



Friday, March 2, 2001

Hockey: March 2nd, 2001

The call had gone out and answers of confirmation given. Promises of presence made. Yet upon the dark pavement moved only four figures. These alone had been true to their word. They fought like lions and found sweetness of victory and agony of defeat. Yet these emotions were shared by so few. Do they stand alone in this world of uncertainty? Will the call go unheeded forever? Let it be known that those present were Boo McAllister, Angus McKay, Steve Crandell and Leslie Edmunds. May those four who stood true to their word and their blades find great blessings in large numbers poured out upon their heads. And to those who hid their faces, a pox be upon them and their posterity. Will you show your faces and attempt to redeem yourselves? Or remain ever in exile? When the call goes out, who will answer?...
-Beast