@GamewithDave It was this text based pirate game we played in the computer labs in primary school. Cannot remember what it was called but it was the pinnacle of fun at the time
Fun fact: Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival started in 1999 to push back against high ticket prices.
Now it’s $649 to get in, $20 for a beer, $17 for coffee and $150 for a caviar burger.
Mission accomplished.
@blegg2@TrackGazette Gout Gout was educated at Ipswich Grammar. He was born in Queensland to parents who arrived in Australia years earlier. He is as Australian as Billy Hughes, Tony Abbott, Olivia Newton-John, Jimmy Barnes & John Farnham, althought those 5 were all born overseas.
The fastest woman alive flew to rural Australia to chase down amateurs on a grass field for $27,500.
The Stawell Gift is a 148-year-old handicap sprint held every Easter in a town of 6,000 people in western Victoria. 120 meters. On grass. Uphill. Lanes separated by rope, not paint. The twist: slower runners get up to a 10-meter head start. The world champion starts at zero.
Richardson gave away 10 meters to her closest competitor. Some runners started 25 meters ahead. She had to close that gap over 120 meters of grass while running uphill. She won her heat in 13.8 seconds.
In 144 years of the men's race, only two men have ever won from scratch. In the women's race (started 1989), only two women. The handicap system is specifically designed so the fastest runner should lose.
The race started in 1878 at the end of the Australian gold rush. The distance, 120 meters, comes from the gap between two pubs in Sheffield, England, where professional sprinting began. Competitors historically trained by chasing kangaroos.
737 athletes entered this year. Prize money: $40,000 AUD. Last year they paid Australia's teenage sprint star Gout Gout $50,000 just to show up. He got eliminated in the semis. The handicap ate him alive.
Richardson said it felt like being a kid again, playing tag. The woman who runs 10.65 described the hardest race on her 2026 calendar as "playing rabbit."
It’s mad that Italy were dogshit for a decade, then out of nowhere they peaked during Euro 2020 just to cockblock England out of their first trophy since 66, then straight back to being absolute wank again 😭