Yakball Revolution

[raysox]

I wanna say mburmy came up with it. There's 9 counties in the Bay Area, and I originally pitched the team having 3 home arenas all around the metropolis.

The teams from Canada are done, gonna work on the event logo tonight and post it

[raysox]

When Major League Yakball formed, all the 16 teams were all American. This angered some Canadians, due to the growing following of the sport. The game was picking up steam in Quebec, and the Canadiens' ownership group persuade a club. When they were denied, Patrie Montreal formed and started up a small league. This quickly formed under the Yakball Association umbrella.

National Hockey League owners began following suit, because they could give themselves discounts on arena leases. Many of the teams are similar to their hockey brothers. In 2019, the league started. There were 16 teams, split into 3 divisions. The West was the largest, stretching from Winnipeg to Victoria. The Ontario division was 5 teams located around the province. The East included both Montreal teams, and stretched to St. John's. It was decided the top 2 in the division would make the tournament, then the top 2 wild card teams advanced too. Each team would play 46 games over the course of the summer.

The national team grew rapidly with 16 teams producing Canadian talent, and made the league easy to promote the league with. Companies jumped on board with naming rights and sponsorships for teams. The Canadians would go on to host, and beat the Americans in the 2024 World Yakball Cup. This was huge for the country, as they would be known for a non-winter sport.

The Championship rotated to a different division every event, and this one took place in Montreal.

It felt right that the two Montreal teams won the East. Ottawa and Hamilton won in Ontario, and Vancouver and Calgary moved on in the west. The wildcards were tight. The best wildcard team was St. John's, which only was 2 games clear. Rapid Saskatchewan lost on the last day of the league to Toronto, letting Winnipeg into the playoffs.

The teams were seeded, setting up the tournament that started the next Sunday. Patrie Montreal was the first seed, and lost to Winnipeg at home. Vancouver took care of St. John's, Calgary beat Hamilton, and the Montreal Maroons beat Ottawa. They were the last hope to defend the Bell Centre. Calgary got to play the 8th seed, and they won by 12, embarrassing the Patrie fans who bought tickets to the semifinals. Vancouver played the Maroons, and they ended the hopes of the city.

Vancouver had a core of players since day one, they had one of the best passing attacks in the league. Calgary became a huge producer of talent, only to sell their players to richer teams. Vancouver had beaten Calgary 5 of the 6 meetings this season, and didn't come out in their best form. Calgary United was hard hitting, and controlled possession. They went into half 6 points clear. Vancouver couldn't get any rebounds, and couldn't get points. Calgary, as a 4 seed, went out and won their first title.

Calgary has the traditional striped sleeves, same as the original series. The crest is based off of the city crest, and pays homage to the Flames. Vancouver is similar to the original look, but with straight stripes on the chest. The pattern also was introduced to the sleeve, to give more of a hockey look.

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[JMtexan09]

wow both are beauty!

[Roadrunner8ball]

This series so far has been simply amazing. The way you took a sport you made up when you were a kid and made it into this huge concept is amazing. The Vancouver jerseys are a great piece of work. The "V" intersecting the stripes makes the jersey something very unique. The Calgary jerseys great as well. I love the pant stripe as well as the sleeve design. This has been some fantastic work so far and I can't wait to see what you have in store!

[Silence of the Rams]

Love this series. At first I'll admit I didn't think yakball was a good name (no offense) but after the story and initial uni set. I'm hooked keep er going.

[KittSmith_95]

Wow..... I'm speechless. From the sport itself, to the fields, to the uniforms... man, you've done it all!

I like the soccer-ish style of the jerseys, albeit... I could see something AFL-like working well here too.

Would you mind if I tried out a cross-over series with your template?

[derschwigg]

Glad to see Yakball making waves as it used to. My only complaint is that the Yakball crest on the front of the jersey might be a little too large. It's competing for real estate there. It's cool that it's there, but maybe 75% as big as it is now would fix it?

Great work as always!

[jaha32]

The dark red shadow under the Tim Horton's oval really gives that logo a lot of nice depth. I like the way all your designs use simple shapes and shadows. Very clean and easy on the eyes.

[CrossDeblaze]

Wondering, Raysox is this continuing?