Interstellar Yahn Sun League

Interstellar Yahn Sun League
Organization Profile
Type	Sports League

The Interstellar Yahn Sun League (IYSL) was the main Yahn Sun league.

Overview

The IYSL grew out of the formalization of Yahn Sun, a space-based sport, in the years of the Tikonov Grand Union. Crew of the Tikonov Grand Union JumpShip Yahn Sun formalized the rules of a traditional spacer game and created a tournament structure. The initial approach to tournaments — impromptu ones whenever ships with players crossed paths — was replaced with a more formal system once the game had spread enough.

The IYSL used an algorithm to create a number of equally sized Divisions out of all participating ships, based on who they would encounter on their routes. Initially, there were three Divisions; the number varied over time before stabilizing at ten around the 2930s.

Each Division had a three-year regular season of internal competition and a Divisional Championship tournament. Champions from each Division entered the Durban Cup Finals (first hosted in 2348) and the final Durban Cup Champion would have their name etched into the Cup itself. The winner would also be given a custom playing cap, and their ship would earn the right to transport the Cup to the next Durban Cup tournament. The cup itself had to be replaced at least once; it was destroyed by Clan forces in 3051.

The 3136 197th Quadrennial Durban Cup Finals were hosted on the IYSL DropShip Cape of Good Hope, near Canopus IV. It was the first to ever have a Clan player, Nigel Wolf, reach the championship match, and the first in over 200 years to have a player, Marcus Loretti, foul out.

Bibliography

• Dark Age: LinkNet Articles (3136)