Crossball

Crossball is a team sport between two teams of 13 which use mostly their feet to propel one of two balls forward into enemy goals, with the objective being to score the most goals. The game is estimated to be the most popular team game in Red. It was created in the University of Pantsiviostok with the rules being formed in 1860.
== Rules ==
In crossball, each team has 13 players. The only positions that are mandated by the official rules are the three goalkeepers, who are also the only players allowed to use their hands to control either ball.
The pitch is square and has four goals, one for each corner of the pitch. The two goals that are on the bottom-left from each team's perspective are called the "forts". The two goals on the bottom-right from each team's perspective are called the "holes" and begin unclaimed; if a team scores on a hole, it is now theirs to defend, and switches affiliation if the other team scores on it.
== Positions ==
There are several variations on these positions, but the following are the most common:
There are three goalkeepers, as the game mandates. The usual division is between the holekeeper, fortkeeper and the floater. The fortkeeper and holekeeper keep the named goals and the floater switches between them, sometimes "sweeping" up balls near the bottom of the field.
The most common defensive positions beyond the three goalkeepers are the centre-back, fort-back and hole-back, with the fort and hole backs working nearer to the aforementioned goals. The next positions are the midfielders, either central, attacking or defensive, then the centre-forward and the fort/hole winger.
== Popularity ==
The game is most viewed in Red, where the Red Crossball League finals are usually the most viewed event in any given year on television and streaming and the players can earn high wages and go on to become celebrities.
One of the earliest other colors to adopt crossball was Purple, especially Tyrium, which has produced many world-class players despite having a 10th of the population that Red has. Yellow has also grown significantly in participation since the 1970s, when the Powon Bears' popularity exploded due to the Yellow holekeeper Guillermo Scarlet, causing several Yellows to pick up the game.
== Variants ==
The most major variant of crossball is magic crossball, a version played on an octagonal pitch and with the addition that Purple magic is used. This game is practiced by around 30 million people in the west of Tyrium and the rest of Purple to varying degrees. It used to be strictly separate from the non-magic code, but since the 1990s various Purple players have crossed from one code to the other, especially in the context of the Tyric Games.