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== From the archives of The First Creek Falls Age. ==
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WORLD CUP FANS WARM TO ANTARCTICAD
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{{Infobox Character |
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subject_name= antarcticad| photo= |
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caption1= Roleplaying| field1= [[World Cup]] footballer|
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caption2= National Team| field2= [[Errinundera]]|
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caption3= Local Team| field3= [[Ellery Camp]]|
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caption4= Noted For| field4= Hairstyles, doping scandal|}}
  
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PARTNER IS SHUNNED
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Extraordinarily gifted striker who became more famous for his hairstyles than for the number of goals scored.
  
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(Huge close-up of a smiling Antarcticad; small side picture of dejected oreadest with hands on hips and kicking ground)
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==World Cups==
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*Stats include qualifying matches
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*leighm medal is voted upon by the Errinundrian coaching staff for the Player of the Series.
  
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He may not have kicked many goals on the field this tournament but Antarcticad sure has kicked a few winners with the fans in Tanah Burung. And it’s not just the amazing green haircut. Throughout the series he and crowds have got on like a house on fire. So it comes as no great surprise that he has been popularly elected as people’s player of the tournament. Oddly, his red counterpart, Oreadest, hardly rated a mention.
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'''[[World Cup 5]]'''
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*1 goal
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*3 leighm votes
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*Errinundera qualified but didn't progress beyong the group stages.
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*Voted people's player of the tournament (see [[Errinundera News Media]] archive: [[First Creek Falls Age|WORLD CUP FANS WARM TO ANTARCTICAD]])
  
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Errinundera’s champion goalkeeper and recently appointed WC6 captain / coach, fionar, has no problems with their extroverted behaviour. “There isn’t any hint of artificiality about these guys. What you see is what they are really like. To them life is fun. They play best when they are happy.”
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'''[[World Cup 6]]'''
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*13 goals
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*13 leighm votes
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*Errinundera lost in the play-off for 3rd place in a penalty shoot out.
  
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Outgoing captain / coach, filthyl is just as positive in his comments. “Sure, they didn’t kick a lot of goals in Tanah Burung but they followed my instructions to the letter. So, for all their individuality they are great team players.”
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'''[[World Cup 7]]'''
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*14 goals
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*9 leighm votes
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*[[World Cup 7 Final Day in Errinundera|Errinundera wins the World Cup.]]
  
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antarcticad was typically exuberant in his reaction to the award. “This is sensational, man,” he said. “Tanah Burung has been like a second home to me. Somehow the local fans and Errinundrians are on the same branch. Particularly the fans in the villages. They now how to live and have a good time. Football is fun, you know. The villagers understand this.”
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Note: antarcticad's name is an example of Errinundera's quaint use of [[Capital Letter Technology|capital letter technology]]
  
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His erstwhile colour co-ordinated twin, oreadest, wasn’t so sanguine. “Look, I mighta understood being pipped at the post but I got hardly any votes at all. I’d have thought my red hair was much more noticeable than his green hair. Well, that was the theory. I can only imagine it happened because it’s always antarcticad and oreadest, not oreadest and antarcticad. Well, next world cup I’m doing my own thing and he won’t know which tree he’s in.”
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{{Image|http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g136/regnans/East%20Gippsland/dicksonia-antarctica-fr-250.jpg|right|antarctica|Dicksonia antarctica (soft tree fern) inspired antarcticad's name and his first World Cup hairstyle}}
  
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Our man in Tanah Burung, pvox, travelled to Findabaya, the scene of on-field and off-field triumphs for the team, to find out why they found our man so magical.
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==That hair==
  
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Warung Agus (village head lady): You should see him dance. The way he wiggles his bum is out of the trees.
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In the first matches of [[World Cup]] 5 antarcticad's hair cut was inspired by tree ferns. In fact he was named after the soft tree fern (Dicksonia antarctica). Yep, he looked like he had fern fronds growing out of his head. His fellow [[Ellery Camp]] striker, oreadest was named after the Gippsland waratah (Telopea oreades) so he sprouted a bright red style. In the second qualifying round against [[Tanah Burung]] it went down a treat. From there the legend grew. By the fifth match everybody at the matches would have dyed green or red hair, regardless of which country they barracked for.
  
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Mogong Pilo (tree farmer): I really liked how they joined us in the trees after the match. We sat and told stories until dark.
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The two also became noteworthy for their gorilla routines during matches and their acrobatic stunts after the games in the stands or trees with the fans. Oddly enough they weren't kicking a lot of goals but no-one seemed to mind.
  
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Reelise Reeus (student): We called them monkeys to take the piss out of them but they really got into the spirit of it. I loved antarcticad’s and the other guy’s monkey routine each time a goal was scored.
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By the group rounds it was becoming noticeable that the number of green dyed heads were outnumbering the red dyed heads.
  
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Ovatha Dop (village sports administrator): At their own expense, antarcticad and the red bloke have arranged a young footballer exchange program between Findabaya and their village, Ellery Camp.
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Despite this worrying trend, the two young strikers set up a young player exchange program between [[Ellery Camp]] and the [[Tanah Burung]] village of Findabaya.
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A young woman, Canabe Livit, will be going there next year. They are terrific blokes.
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Min Kibaz (shadow puppeteer): Weren’t the acrobatics they did after the match amazing. They could make a serious living in Tanah Burung just from that.
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==The Depa Doping Debacle==
  
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Canabe Livit (budding footballer and first recipient of the Findabaya – Ellery Camp exchange program): His haircut is just wild. When I first saw pictures of antarcticad and oreadest I couldn’t make up my mind to have green or red hair. antarcticad’s picture was first in the paper so I went for his colour.
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antarcticad was stood down from the team for the first seven qualifying games of [[World Cup 6]] after he tested positive for the horse stimulant, depa. Investigations eventually revealed that he had been doped by an envious oreadest, using drugs he purchased in [[Tanah Burung]]. It transpired that he resented antarcticad's greater popularity with the fans. He also felt that he wasn't getting the chance to show his skills while antarcticad was playing along side him. The ostracised oreadest never played for any Errinundrian team agan, however he was welcomed with open arms in [[Tanah Burung]] where he had a successful career in the local competition.
  
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We asked football commentator, spouth, to rate him as a player. Like some Errinundrians he thought he was a little overrated but reminded us that he was still only nineteen years old. “I think he will be under the microscope much more next time round. Much bigger things will be expected of both of them. I hope they deliver. If they do it will be delirious. antarcticad is already only second to moschatum in pure skill level. And his fitness levels are magnificent. I await WC6 with anticipation.”
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There was an odd and unexpected twist to the depa scandal. Errinundrian genetic engineers crossed the depa plant with the infamous [[Tanah Burung]] [[evisceratomatoes]] and came up with a very beneficial hybrid. People would glow purple for a while after eating them but that only added to the appeal.
  
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As the team’s boot-studder, phudson, was not available we give the last word this time to princec, the team’s gopher, “my wife, dip, and I went out for dinner with him. We laughed all night. We were spellbound.”
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==More Hair==
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Soccer fans were stunned when antarcticad returned to the football field. His hair glowed brightly. And this had nothing to with depa or [[evisceratomatoes]]. He declined to reveal how it was done. At the first qualifying match for [[World Cup 7]] antarcticad shocked everyone again, but this time he was bald.
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“It’s not by choice I tell you,” he said. “It all fell out. The glowing hair was powered by a subcutaneous battery linked to optical fibres sown into the scalp in between the hair follicles. The battery leaked and has killed all the hair follicles. That’s the price of fame, I guess.”
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And that was end of the hair circus.
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==Career off the Field==
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*Coach at the National Football Academy in [[Ellery Camp]]
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*Head coach at the National Football Academy
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*Head of the National Football Academy
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*Married and had 15 children with rostac
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== From the Archives ==
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Read the transcript of an interview from Late Night Live with adamsp [http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Errinundrian_Broadcasting_Corporation#Radio_Errinundera here].
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Read an account of antarcticad's hat trick game in [[World Cup 7]] from the [[Errinundera News Media]] archives:
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[http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Mount_Ellery_Evening_Gazette#LONGFOOTS_IN_AMAZING_SECOND_HALF_BLITZ LONGFOOTS IN AMAZING SECOND HALF BLITZ]
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[[Category:Ellery Camp]]
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[[Category:Errinundera]]
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[[Category:Errinundera Football]]
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[[Category:Errinundrians]]
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[[Category:Sports characters]]
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[[Category:World Cup Hall of Fame]]

Latest revision as of 09:34, 22 January 2007

The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. The correct title is antarcticad.
antarcticad
Roleplaying
World Cup footballer
National Team
Errinundera
Local Team
Ellery Camp
Noted For
Hairstyles, doping scandal

Extraordinarily gifted striker who became more famous for his hairstyles than for the number of goals scored.

World Cups

  • Stats include qualifying matches
  • leighm medal is voted upon by the Errinundrian coaching staff for the Player of the Series.

World Cup 5

World Cup 6

  • 13 goals
  • 13 leighm votes
  • Errinundera lost in the play-off for 3rd place in a penalty shoot out.

World Cup 7

Note: antarcticad's name is an example of Errinundera's quaint use of capital letter technology

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Dicksonia antarctica (soft tree fern) inspired antarcticad's name and his first World Cup hairstyle
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That hair

In the first matches of World Cup 5 antarcticad's hair cut was inspired by tree ferns. In fact he was named after the soft tree fern (Dicksonia antarctica). Yep, he looked like he had fern fronds growing out of his head. His fellow Ellery Camp striker, oreadest was named after the Gippsland waratah (Telopea oreades) so he sprouted a bright red style. In the second qualifying round against Tanah Burung it went down a treat. From there the legend grew. By the fifth match everybody at the matches would have dyed green or red hair, regardless of which country they barracked for.

The two also became noteworthy for their gorilla routines during matches and their acrobatic stunts after the games in the stands or trees with the fans. Oddly enough they weren't kicking a lot of goals but no-one seemed to mind.

By the group rounds it was becoming noticeable that the number of green dyed heads were outnumbering the red dyed heads.

Despite this worrying trend, the two young strikers set up a young player exchange program between Ellery Camp and the Tanah Burung village of Findabaya.

The Depa Doping Debacle

antarcticad was stood down from the team for the first seven qualifying games of World Cup 6 after he tested positive for the horse stimulant, depa. Investigations eventually revealed that he had been doped by an envious oreadest, using drugs he purchased in Tanah Burung. It transpired that he resented antarcticad's greater popularity with the fans. He also felt that he wasn't getting the chance to show his skills while antarcticad was playing along side him. The ostracised oreadest never played for any Errinundrian team agan, however he was welcomed with open arms in Tanah Burung where he had a successful career in the local competition.

There was an odd and unexpected twist to the depa scandal. Errinundrian genetic engineers crossed the depa plant with the infamous Tanah Burung evisceratomatoes and came up with a very beneficial hybrid. People would glow purple for a while after eating them but that only added to the appeal.

More Hair

Soccer fans were stunned when antarcticad returned to the football field. His hair glowed brightly. And this had nothing to with depa or evisceratomatoes. He declined to reveal how it was done. At the first qualifying match for World Cup 7 antarcticad shocked everyone again, but this time he was bald.

“It’s not by choice I tell you,” he said. “It all fell out. The glowing hair was powered by a subcutaneous battery linked to optical fibres sown into the scalp in between the hair follicles. The battery leaked and has killed all the hair follicles. That’s the price of fame, I guess.”

And that was end of the hair circus.

Career off the Field

  • Coach at the National Football Academy in Ellery Camp
  • Head coach at the National Football Academy
  • Head of the National Football Academy
  • Married and had 15 children with rostac

From the Archives

Read the transcript of an interview from Late Night Live with adamsp here.

Read an account of antarcticad's hat trick game in World Cup 7 from the Errinundera News Media archives:

LONGFOOTS IN AMAZING SECOND HALF BLITZ

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