Lights flashed as rapper Adeem and DJ DQ brought a crowd of 600people into the first Four Square tournament in the pit betweenBracken Library and Emens Auditorium.
The event, sponsored by The Revolution, collected $260 for theBoys and Girls Club of Muncie. Carl Frost, the founder of theevent, was completely pleased and said he had no problems duringthe course of the night.
"People loved it and [I heard] nothing but positive [comments],"Frost said.
Some attendants showed up in capes, wigs and on scooters. Theenergy was high as the 150 four squarers played, Frost said.
Sophomore Kristopher Hampton was the overall winner of the FourSquare tournament. He has played regularly with the Four Squareclub for three years.
The skills needed to win a Four Square tournament areexperience, placement of the ball and finesse, he said.
His advice for future participants in the Four Square tournamentis to go out and play and don't second guess.
"Watching does not teach you how to play the game," Hamptonsaid. "You will never know all the fundamentals of Four Squarewithout actually playing."
Dan Oblon, a Studebaker East resident assistant and co-founderof the Four Square campus movement, said it was a good opportunityto do something around Ball State without going out and gettinginto trouble.
"[The event] was a lot bigger than the doubters expected," Oblonsaid. "Multiple [residents of mine] came out and challenged me andwe had our own little game."
Alicia Morrell, a senior who played in the Four Squaretournament, said she enjoyed it and thought the rap performanceswere amazing.
"It was great seeing everyone enjoy a truly old school game andto top it off, it was for a good cause," Morrell said. "Four squareis truly for the kids."
The Four Square club's goals are to break a Guinness WorldRecord of the longest Four Square game or to become involved in theFour Square National League where the winner would play in Memphis,Tenn.
The Four Square club is currently not associated with BallState. However, Hampton said the club is looking for a facultysponsorship.
To become more involved in the Four Square club, contactKristopher Hampton at kjhampton@bsu.edu.
Four Square is a game where the king player stands in a squareand hits a kickball to one of his three opponents. The basic ruleof Four Square is do not hit the ball twice in one square. Once ithits your square, hit it back. The ball needs to be kept inside thefour squares to be in bounds. The king needs 15 points to win.Every time someone gets out, the king receives a point. The kingcan also be eliminated. The player is eliminated if it bouncestwice in their square, fails to hit the ball or hits the ball outof bounds. When a player is eliminated, a new player steps into thesquare. The game ends when the king has scored 15 points oreliminated all players involved.
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