Trigram: GRÆ
Demonym: Græntfjaller
Team nickname: Super Wolves
Head coach: Leonard Sebastiansson
Assistant coaches: Theo Simonsson, Casper Fabiosson
Conditioning trainer: Vilbert Thorleifsson
№ Name Pos. Height Club
4 Tom Farmansson PG 1.98 m Western Rifles
5 Reidar Felixsson PF 2.09 m Árberg Ice-Pandas
6 Galti Fossmarsson SG 1.98 m Odinsfluss Voyageurs
7 Noel Skíðisson(c) SG 1.98 m New Háttmark Blizzards
8 Laurin Philipsson PF 2.02 m Western Rifles
9 Conz Þórlaugursson C 2.10 m New Háttmark Blizzards
10 Hilmar Eldgrimsson PF/C 2.10 m New Háttmark Blizzards
11 Henning Sandelsson SF/PF 2.00 m Western Rifles
12 Erwin Isaksson SF 2.01 m New Háttmark Blizzards
13 Benjamin Iirosson C 2.13 m Árberg Ice-Pandas
14 Þorkell Herfinnursson PG 1.90 m Hinteram Ghouls
15 Michael Matheosson C 2.13 m Hinteram Ghouls
In common with other Græntfjaller teams, the Super Wolves have size and strength – but not pace or skill. They are also, how to put this delicately: a team of “scrappy gym rats”. Now to put it indelicately: they’re painfully white. Team captain Noel Skíðisson, an ephemeral shoot-first-ask-questions-later combo guard, no longer leads the offense, nor even starts, instead of being relied on as a three point specialist off the bench. Galti Fossmarsson, another three point shooter with a more rounded game, takes over as primary ball-handler. Tom Farmasson has a more limited offensive set but shoots well from the line and is an excellent perimeter defender with great size for his position. Erwin Isaksson is there for 3&D, not in that order; Henning Sandelsson is there to crash the boards. Benjamin Iirosson is the big man up front, without the greatest hands but a good enough free throw shooter to stay on court at the end, where his defensive prowess is valuable. A mix of defensive subs and specialist wing shooters round out the bench.
Group stage games
In the absence of a single dedicated national arena, games will be played around the country. It is currently summer in Græntfjall; basketball is a winter sport here so the GBC arenas are not in use. Græntfjaller summer is warm, not hot; Græntfjallers are welcoming of foreign tourists, but mostly to wring every króna out of their pocket; accepting of female and non-human players (if they might get a stare or two); and enthusiastic but not wholly knowledgeable basketball fans.
MD2 v TJUN-ia: Royal & Imperial Recreation Club Arena
The historic arena in the capital, Háttmark, got a makeover when the new GBC franchise the Blizzards decided to locate there, bringing a splashy modern sensibility to a fusty old relic of 19th century sporting traditions. So under fencing trophies and regatta banners, teams scrap for rebounds and buzzer-beaters. This arena hosted the final of IBC30.
MD4 v Crystal Empire, MD17 v Saterun: Florus Basketball Arena [non-commercial name: Altendalur Basketball Arena]
Altendalur is Græntfjall’s westernmost city. An industrial powerhouse with a large working class population, pretty unreconstructed from the Communist days from which it not-so-secretly still pines, vanguard of the western schism that hates the easterners. It’s the warmest city (which is not saying all that much) and visitors might be able to survive with only two or three coats on. The Florus Basketball Arena is a new, purpose-built arena, very modern, home to the GBC title winners the Western Rifles.
MD7 v Magnecia, MD12 v Aristan Republic: IceBank New Park [non-commercial name: Hinteram New Park]
Hinteram is a suburb of Háttmark, better known for its highly successful ice hockey team, but the predominantly middle-class community have the enthusiasm for basketball to convince the club to expand with a GBC franchise and build a small, but modern, new arena.
MD9 v Trolleborg, MD10 v Ranoria: Kyrkdorf MSK Arena
Kyrkdorf is a city at the foothills of the Græntfjaller Alps, which dominate the southern half of the country. It was home to the most successful basketball team in the country in the old GSL; the Tungsten Miners have been unable to replicate their success in the new GBC. The Kyrkdorf MSK Arena is small but newly refurbished.
MD14 v Drawkland: Grander International Arena
Steinaux, Háttmark, does not have a new GBC franchise. The arena is big, modern, slightly soulless. Perfectly Steinaux, then.
- Code: Select all
If my opponent RPs first, they may:
Choose my scorers: Y
Choose other statistics (e.g. rebounds, assists) for my players: Y
RP injuries to my players: N
Godmode sporting events: Y
Godmode injuries: N
Godmode other events: N (ask first)
If you use non-photoshopped photographs, please don’t say they’re my players without asking. Please do not RP violence on Græntfjaller soil. Open to any IC collaboration, just ask.
Style modifier: Purple