Prickle Ping Pong

Published July 2020

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Rules & How to Play

There are six players on a team. There is a captain, two defenders at the rear, two middle players, and one hedgehog is always sitting ready on the bench. Every time a team scores a point, the positions change (see picture on left side): one hedgehog moves out and the hedgehog on the bench takes its place. To score a point, hedgehogs try to throw the ball so that it hits the floor on the other side of the net. In order to make sure that the other team does not score, hedgehogs will try to catch the ball with their prickles. If they succeed (and it is caught with elegance), the team that catches it may get up to 3 points. Another way to make sure the other team doesn't score is by catching the ball on their snout. If they balance the ball for more then 5 seconds, they score 2 points for their own team. If a team successfully scores by bringing the ball to the other side of the nets ground, they score 5 points for their team. The game is over after 30 minutes, and the team with the most points wins. If the points are even, the game will go on for 10 more minutes. After that, even if the score is still a tie, the game is finished.

Interview

Reporter: Hello, Ms. Prickli! Are you a fan or have you actually ever played Prickle Ping Pong?

Choco: Well, I was on the national team 15 years ago, I am totally offended *sniff*, or does that not count???

Reporter: *turning red* Why did you quit?

Choco: Quit??? Who told you I quit? I broke about 45 prickles and could no longer play, and you call that quitting?

Reporter: *turning bright red* No...Do you enjoy watching Prickle Ping Pong?

Choco: Well, yes, but I don't approve of the new rule that you can get 2 points if you balance the ball on your snout. In my days, you were kicked off a team if you had a too flat snout.

Reporter: Thank you for this interview, Ms. Prickle!

Choco: Its PRICKLI!

Reporter: *Turning beat red*

Learn more about Choco Prickli here!

Meet the Hamsterville Home Team! Hamstington's international Prickle Ping Pong Team

Coach: Helga III Von Prick

Helga III Von Prick played professional Prickle Ping Pong 30 years ago, she stopped when she broke her snout for the third time. She is not very strict, but continuously has to tell Sabrina Well-Tempered Snout to stop chatting! She enjoys coaching and hopes she is nicer then her couch was to her. She still demonstrates how to play Prickle Ping Pong , but hasn't played a real game since 1992, where she played a quick game with her friends. She is not married and enjoys surfing off the coast of New Guinea Pig City.

Captain: Larissa Beauty Snout

Larissa Beauty Snout is a woodland hedgehog; she is very picky about her prickles (never insult them in front of her!). She was born in Hamstervill and has lived there all her life. She recently became captain of the team after Vincent De Prickly lost an eye. He was the captain before her. She enjoys Prickle Ping Pong and last year almost broke a prickle when the ball came at the wrong angle and almost snapped it in half. She has a very good sense of smell and has remarked that each ball seems to have a different smell.

Jenna Mini Prickles

Jenna Mini Prickles is good friends with Henrietta Pink Clover. She most enjoys having the role as defender during a Prickle Ping Pong game. She is a woodland hedgehog and is the next door neighbor of Larissa Beauty Snout. They often practice together. Jenna is also an active swimmer. She is on the New Lemmington swim team. Jenna's mother, Dianna, is a good friend of Helga III Von Prick. Whenever Jenna was struggling (when she first joined the team), she would have Helga do some private lessons with Jenna.

Anthony Strong Prickles

Anthony Strong Prickles used to wear glasses, but he decided to switch to contacts after his glasses got broken for the 52nd time. Anthony is very small for a hedgehog and very quiet. He enjoys reading and has even published some of his own books. Anthony lives in New Guinea Pig City, but he is hoping to move to Lemmingvill, which is in the mountains. Anthony enjoys Prickle Ping Pong, but he is thinking of quitting the team and studying Library Science.

Sabrina Well-Tempered Snout

Sabrina Well-Tempered Snout is a long eared Hedgehog. She is good friends with everyone on the team and can get very chatty. She lives in the woods surrounding Gerbil Town, and she invites the entire team over for coffee every week, much to the annoyance of Madame De Pompadour (see more info HERE), her next door neighbor. She also does ice skating but isn't on the national team. She does hope, however, that when her time comes to step away from Prickle Ping Pong that she can take up ice skating as her main hobby.

Christopher Prickle-Hopp

Christopher Prickle-Hopp is the oldest Prickle Ping Pong Hamstervill Home Team member. He was very new when Choco Prickli broke 45 of her prickles and had to leave the team (to learn more about Choco Prickli click HERE!). He was offered the position of team captain, why he rejected it remains unknown. He is good friends with Henrietta Pink Clover and Anthony Strong Prickles. He is a four toed hedgehog, but he lost a toe in a Prickle Pong Pong accident.

Henrietta Pink Clover

Henrietta Pink Clover is the newest team member. She has very sturdy prickles and is a European Hedgehog. She speaks with a slight Italian accent and does not like to roll her Rs. She is very good friends with Jenna Mini Prickles, and they both enjoy styling their prickles in new and crazy ways. They once came to Prickle Ping Pong practice with their prickles pink and standing on end!🤣 She is also very fond of lavender lemonade.