While the fan-friendliness of the Regionals tournament structure will probably continue to be debated, there's no doubt that it did wildly succeed in one intended way -- with all participating teams playing either three or four bouts over the course of the weekends, it's a heck of a lot easier to compare teams now for accurate rankings.
Justice Feelgood Marshall's blog
Your assignment for the day: Defeat Robocop
Voting closes at midnight tonight. You know what to do.
New York Times Commits Blatant Act Of Journalism
Ever since the inception of DNN about a year and a half ago, I've used the blog space to take more than a few (arguably cheap) shots at shoddy, cliche-ridden media pieces about modern roller derby.
ONI Press Announces Roller Derby Comic Book Anthology
Recently received from independent comic book publisher ONI Press: here's something guaranteed to appeal to the inner fanboy/fangirl in all of us:
ATTENTION all DNN readers - I have three questions for you:
(1) Are you a derby girl (seasoned vet or Fresh Meat), WFTDA league announcer, staff member or ref?
(2) Is your brain ready to burst with a creative, unique, interesting, or otherwise KICK ASS derby story you're DYING to see come to life in beautiful full-color illustrations?
Exciting new breakthroughs in ref-dissing technology!
Since the 2007 ECE, this infamous sign has always been the gold standard when it comes hating on roller derby refs:
However, at last weekend's Carolina vs. Madison bout, a strong new contender has emerged:
Killbox retires (sort of)
Just read this on the Myspace blog of Detroit Derby Girls' star (and Team Awesome stalwart) Killbox:
I have officially changed my derby name;
My new derby name is my name: Sarah Hipel
It's been about a year in the making and I won't go into the rational behind it, but;
'I would like to skate under my own name' kind of sums it up.
Big opportunity for a member of Team Douchebag: go register "Sarah Hipel" on twoevils.org and then complain that Sarah Hipel stole your name :)
Men's Derby Conference II Hits Baltimore This Sunday
The second Men's Derby Conference -- a combination scrimmage day and networking opportunity for the increasing number of men's derby teams popping up around the nation -- will be hosted by your humble journalist's team, the Harm City Homicide, in Baltimore on Sunday, December 7th.
We get letters
We've received so many thanks from the DNN audience for our coverage of the WFTDA tournaments, but here was one of our favorites so far, from B-17 of the Nickel City Knockouts local team in Buffalo's Queen City league.
November 8 Scrimmage-a-Thon in Atlanta
The ladies from the Atlanta Roller Girls are throwing an all-day scrimmage-a-thon in a couple of weeks, which will be culminating with a sanctioned WFTDA bout between Atlanta and Nashville. If you're within a reasonable distance, or you've got some frequent-flier miles burning a hole in your pocket, you could do a lot worse than showing up for the fun.
KCRW's Bruz-Her On MSN's Front Page
It is DNN's pleasure to inform you that the Captain of the Universe, Kansas City's Bruz-Her, is currently featured right dead center on the MSN network's front page as the prime example of their current series in Profiles in Fearlessness. Note that Bruz-Her is officially ranked as more fearless than Terrell Owens, Girl Talk and ... Ted Nugent.
