Hey folks! So, for those of you who follow me, I may have mentioned the FBA, or the Furry Basketball Association in passing. And despite the fact I tend to talk about the drama that's happened there, I still think it's a pretty cool place where you guys can open your creative minds up for anything!

So, because of that, I have a proposition for you PPCers: you may not know this, but the FBA runs a draft every year, at which the community gets to add new characters to the player rosters. The form opened a little bit late this year, but we're still accepting submissions, and in fact we'll be accepting submissions until July!

So, if you're at all interested, here are a few pointers:

1) Hardcore sports knowledge is NOT mandatory. It will certainly help, but it's not mandatory. Hell, I first jumped into the FBA not knowing anything about sports. The only thing you'll need for sports is knowing playstyles if you hope to develop a Top 24 Character, and even that isn't much of a problem: the Draft Form itself will have links to resources that can help you build your character, and the committee will contact you if you mess up some things.

2) The FBA is ICly big on diversity. It's a heck of a place here, given that the FBA is very equal opportunity: it's a co-ed league, most of the players and staff members in the league these days fall somewhere on the LGBTQA spectrum, and international players from the UK through Camaroon and American Samoa all the way to Iran inhabit the league. So if you want to make an international character/a female character/an LGBTQA character, go for it!

3) No, there is no betting pool for money here. (And yes, I'm bringing this up: this was one of the first things my parents brought up when I told them about the FBA.) It's not just that this is a story clique that writes story: the amounts of conflict of interest would pretty much mean a betting league is out of the question.

4) No, you don't have to create a player character if you don't want to. Some people find they fit better doing other things in the FBA. Hell, we have one contributor who basically has a jackal at NASA who just talks about space all day. So if you're not feeling especially confident giving a basketball player a spin, we're always looking for ways to flesh out the FBA universe! (And on a side note, this actually means you don't have to fill out a Draft form: just jump right in!)

So, if you're thinking about creating any characters lately, consider submitting something for the FBA today!

And as for the links, well... here's a link to the FBA's home page: http://furrybasketball.net/wiki/index.php?title=MainPage

We also operate a chatroom on Slack, the link for which is on the FBA's home page. You'll need permission to get into that, though, but if you want to join in on the FBA's slack chat you can email dorourkie@gmail.com for access to that.

And as for Draft stuff, well...

Here's the Draft Submission Form: <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeeQEMMzB3sfaAout6nkyv6SyexO7dguv5Za4op39eG5oaEw/viewform?c=0&w=1">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeeQEMMzB3sfaAout6nkyv6SyexO7dguv5Za4op39eG5oaEw/viewform?c=0&w=1

Here's a resource page for making a Draft Candidate: <a href="http://furrybasketball.net/wiki/index.php?title=DraftCandidateResource">http://furrybasketball.net/wiki/index.php?title=DraftCandidate_Resource

Here's Draft Express, a site that produces stats for incoming NBA draftees, and can serve as a jumping off point for creating FBA draftees; http://www.draftexpress.com/

If you guys have any more questions for me, throw them at me in the comments below!