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 The following are simply popular and well-known athletic activities for the current living generations of [[species:iromakuanhe]]. The following are simply popular and well-known athletic activities for the current living generations of [[species:iromakuanhe]].
  
-**Traditional**+Traditional
   * //[[domesticated fauna#Gualmyan|Gualmyan]] Riding//   * //[[domesticated fauna#Gualmyan|Gualmyan]] Riding//
   * //[[domesticated fauna#Jarin Wyrm|Wyrm]] Riding//   * //[[domesticated fauna#Jarin Wyrm|Wyrm]] Riding//
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-**Martial**+Martial
   * //[[domesticated fauna#Gualmyan|Gualmyan]] Jousting//, with repulsion lances which can knock an opponent off their mount without an actual impact. A favorite of the [[sund wakir]].   * //[[domesticated fauna#Gualmyan|Gualmyan]] Jousting//, with repulsion lances which can knock an opponent off their mount without an actual impact. A favorite of the [[sund wakir]].
   * //[[domesticated fauna#Jarin Wyrm|Wyrm]] Jousting//, using repulsion harpoon guns and long repulsion lances. The users must fly in continuous circles and can freely reverse their flightpaths to catch the opponent off-guard. Generally practiced with a safety field to prevent death from falling.   * //[[domesticated fauna#Jarin Wyrm|Wyrm]] Jousting//, using repulsion harpoon guns and long repulsion lances. The users must fly in continuous circles and can freely reverse their flightpaths to catch the opponent off-guard. Generally practiced with a safety field to prevent death from falling.
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-**Extreme**+Extreme
   * //[[Quodr_liftracer|Quodr]] Racing//   * //[[Quodr_liftracer|Quodr]] Racing//
   * //[[Ravas Liftcycle|Liftcycle]] Racing//   * //[[Ravas Liftcycle|Liftcycle]] Racing//
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-**Team**+Team
   * //Fieldball//, a contact sport played in a field of tall grasses, where the players wear little protection and advance by push and drive rather than tackle. For safety reasons, all players have their horns sheathed in safety material, and must wear shatterproof goggles. The main tactics of the game are to retreat the ball as needed and exploit the weaknesses of the opposing team as they shift their defenses to compensate for aggressive advances.   * //Fieldball//, a contact sport played in a field of tall grasses, where the players wear little protection and advance by push and drive rather than tackle. For safety reasons, all players have their horns sheathed in safety material, and must wear shatterproof goggles. The main tactics of the game are to retreat the ball as needed and exploit the weaknesses of the opposing team as they shift their defenses to compensate for aggressive advances.
  
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 The following are simply popular and well-known media and pop-culture for the current living generations of [[species:iromakuanhe]]. The following are simply popular and well-known media and pop-culture for the current living generations of [[species:iromakuanhe]].
  
-**Music**+Music
  
   * //Fried Runyaens,// a five-man band with a distinctly 'alternative rock' sound that once catered to the brainy twentysomethings of the last generation. Considered a paradigm of songwriting, instrumentation and music video direction by critics and old fans, the new generation of listeners is either put off by their extremely mainstream nature, or feverishly devoted.   * //Fried Runyaens,// a five-man band with a distinctly 'alternative rock' sound that once catered to the brainy twentysomethings of the last generation. Considered a paradigm of songwriting, instrumentation and music video direction by critics and old fans, the new generation of listeners is either put off by their extremely mainstream nature, or feverishly devoted.
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-**Film**+Film
  
   * //2nd: AR 794,// is a war drama popularizing the events of the [[faction:iromakuanhe:recent#s9|2nd Outer System Conflict]] and the socio-political impact of the humanoid combat platform 'VANDR', released around the time of the [[faction:iromakuanhe:recent#ar_900|3rd Outer System Conflict]]. Considered to be one of the greatest critical and box-office successes in recent history, and generated renewed interest in the 1st and 2nd Conflicts.   * //2nd: AR 794,// is a war drama popularizing the events of the [[faction:iromakuanhe:recent#s9|2nd Outer System Conflict]] and the socio-political impact of the humanoid combat platform 'VANDR', released around the time of the [[faction:iromakuanhe:recent#ar_900|3rd Outer System Conflict]]. Considered to be one of the greatest critical and box-office successes in recent history, and generated renewed interest in the 1st and 2nd Conflicts.
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-**Games**+Games
  
   * //Arm Fugue: Online,// is a highly popular science-fantasy massively multiplayer online roleplaying action-adventure/simulator game((MMORAASG)), set in the fictional world of Ixo. Players are generally allowed to do as they please by questing for wealth and power, explore the massive digital world or setting up their own private empires. Combat maybe be done one real-time battlefields with up to thousands of players at once, or in duels, combining foot infantry, cannoneers, spellcasters and large mechanical suits of armor known as Arm Fugues. The game servers may occasionally peak in the low hundred of millions at once.   * //Arm Fugue: Online,// is a highly popular science-fantasy massively multiplayer online roleplaying action-adventure/simulator game((MMORAASG)), set in the fictional world of Ixo. Players are generally allowed to do as they please by questing for wealth and power, explore the massive digital world or setting up their own private empires. Combat maybe be done one real-time battlefields with up to thousands of players at once, or in duels, combining foot infantry, cannoneers, spellcasters and large mechanical suits of armor known as Arm Fugues. The game servers may occasionally peak in the low hundred of millions at once.
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-**Television**+Television
  
   * //AND,// also known as Astral News Distribution is the primary news outlet in the Commonwealth, which offers professional and unbiased reports of the news. Although it strictly believes in journalistic integrity, AND has been known to delay the publication of some information when pressured by the government, leading to some conflicts in its administration.   * //AND,// also known as Astral News Distribution is the primary news outlet in the Commonwealth, which offers professional and unbiased reports of the news. Although it strictly believes in journalistic integrity, AND has been known to delay the publication of some information when pressured by the government, leading to some conflicts in its administration.
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-[[OGNEIR.net|OGNEIR.net]]**+[[OGNEIR.net|OGNEIR.net]]
  
   * //OGNEIRLIFE// is the largest online forum in the Commonwealth, and most [[species:iromakuanhe]] have been there at some point in their lives, if they aren't regulars. The registration system is complex and allows for each user to have a number of different handles, each tied to one main identification number. Subforums exist for every topic imaginable, including music, film, and relationship problems (with subsubforums for nearly every romantic pairing). OGNEIRLIFE also serves those who wish to roleplay, with options for several fantastic settings and pre-existing worlds from other popular games. It can be found on [[ogneir.net#ogneir_civil.net_civilian_layer|OGNEIRCIVIL.net]], and as such there are many OGNEIR cafes that are packed day and night with users.   * //OGNEIRLIFE// is the largest online forum in the Commonwealth, and most [[species:iromakuanhe]] have been there at some point in their lives, if they aren't regulars. The registration system is complex and allows for each user to have a number of different handles, each tied to one main identification number. Subforums exist for every topic imaginable, including music, film, and relationship problems (with subsubforums for nearly every romantic pairing). OGNEIRLIFE also serves those who wish to roleplay, with options for several fantastic settings and pre-existing worlds from other popular games. It can be found on [[ogneir.net#ogneir_civil.net_civilian_layer|OGNEIRCIVIL.net]], and as such there are many OGNEIR cafes that are packed day and night with users.

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