Ringers

Ringers was a precision sport in which individual players, called tossers, competed to throw metallic disks through a series of rings.

Ringers was played in an arena in which were suspended many moving metallic rings. The rings varied in size, shape, and movement pattern; some moved in irregular arcs, others in a spiraling orbit. Standing on a line, the tossers took turns trying to throw the disks through multiple rings, called "making a ringer." To limit opportunities for cheating, all tossers shared the same equipment. Making a ringer required great skill and patience, and a skilled competitor knew how to wait for the rings to align for an advantageous shot. This made for a slow-paced game that Imperial investigator Zeck Tambell compared to "watching duracrete dry." The excitement of watching ringers largely came from gambling on the tournaments. The sport was popular on the planet Stassia during the era of the Galactic Empire.

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