Big shout out to RUwisc for the second news story below:
https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...d.php?t=320554
Today in the CBO
News and Notes - Reports from around the Commonwealth
by Nat Wright-Kowalski
26 November 2297 - Yao Guai Make Changes
The Fairline Hill Estates Yao Guai have announced they are also cooperating with Nate Howard's marketing campaign to shorten team names. Starting in the 2298 calendar year (begins January 1), the team will now be known as simple the FHE Yao Guai.
I will say that this reporter is happy not to have to type out "Fairline Hill Estates" every time. It is a league rule that media must refer to teams by their official names. Now that the team is FHE, I feel it will save everyone time.
Now that Piper Wright is the official owner of the Yao Guai, she has also put her stamp on the team and BosCom Circle, the Yao Guai's stadium. Advertisements for the current and upcoming TV shows are going to line the entirety of the outfield walls.
Fans of the pilot Silver Shroud three-show series, "No-Nose" are looking forward to the Christmas premier of the official full Season 1 of the Silver Shroud show. Weekly episodes of Season 1, "The Mechanist," will feature repeat roles by John Ordinary as Silver Shroud, Dana Massachusetts as Den Memory, and Twila Detiveaux as Mistress of Mystery. Season 1 will feature the antagonist the Mechanist played by Nina Rodriguez with a special guest appearance by the real Mechanist, Isabel Cruz. Season 1 of The Silver Shroud will also feature guest appearances by Dirk Drizzler as Grognak the Barbarian and synth Shaun Howard as Vault Boy. Sheila Dirt-Wallace will make an appearance in a teaser for Season 2's show, featuring her as the antagonist, Mystery Person. Voice work for all HCU shows and movies will be performed by former Hollywood actors Keith McKinney and Gilda Broscoe, who are both now robobrains.
29 November 2297 - CBO Announces Expanded Schedule
The CBO has a schedule in the works for the 2298 season. The schedule will feature a 108-game schedule over 22 weeks, including 60 division games and 48 association games. Teams will not play interassociation games except for the two teams in the Sole Survivor Series.
Teams in the North Charles Association will be made up of the Brotherhood and Institute Leagues, while teams in the South Charles Association will be made up of the Minutemen and Railroad Leagues. Games will be played on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Friday, Saturdays, and Sundays, except for times when that needs to be changed. Mondays and Thursdays are rest and travel days.
The 60 division games are like the previous two seasons where teams will play 12 games, four three-game series, versus each division opponent in a 6-6 home-away matchup. Those games will be played on Fridays-Sundays in the final 20 weeks of the season.
Association games will be played against the six teams from the other division in the two associations. They will consist of 8 games, four two-game series in a 4-4 home-away matchup. Those games will be played on Tuesday-Wednesday for most of the 22 weeks with there being two exceptions.
The first exception is that the first two weeks, or 12 games of the season, will be association games. During the first week, teams will play a four-game set on Tuesday through Friday either against one opponent or two opponents. If travel is difficult due to distance and time, teams will play at a neutral site between their travel locations. During that first week, teams will have Saturday off as a travel day, and then play a two-game association set on Sunday and Monday. In week two, teams will play a fourth series on Wednesday and Thursday, and then a fifth series on Saturday and Sunday before moving into the regular schedule of Tuesday and Wednesday association games and Friday through Sunday division games.
The second exception to the schedule is that there will be the first ever All-Star game, a midseason game that will feature the best players from both associations for a battle of who has the top stars. Players will be selected by fan votes at stadiums and through the intranet system.
30 November 2297 - Deathclaws Closer Pounded
University Point Deathclaws closer Marc Pondsip was mauled by a supersledge-wielding super mutant primus on Sunday.
Responding to a call for help, Pondsip and others in the Leicester area--about halfway between Boston and Bradberton (Nuka World)--saw a group of settlers bagged and tagged by super mutants. In a desperate attempt to free the settlers from becoming mutant appetizers, Pondsip and the people with him began an assult on the super mutants.
In the attack, Pondsip was hit in the back by a supersledge. While the super mutant primus received a finishing headshot to prevent him from getting in another swing, Pondsip was seriously injured and had to be treated with emergency meds and chems. He was later treated by a traveling doctor.
There is no word yet of Pondsip's current condition. Team officials with University Point stated that they were sending a vertibird with team doctor, Dr. Musst Short, to check on Pondsip's condition and see if he could be transported to Milton General Hospital or The Castle for treatment.