Could this new offensive philosophy change ultimate?
Laura Cincotta contributed to this article.
“You guys wanna see something new? Pass me that empty pizza box.”
A novice’s early attempts to describe Hex–and someone actually saved it for posterity in their garage. Photo credit: Francesco Ricci Bitti
I was in Italy for a fun reunion tournament, during a break between games with my old teammates on Canieporci Imola. As I started sketching an ultimate field and seven dots on a greasy cardboard pizza box, I saw puzzled looks around me. The seven dots were not in a line. This was neither vertical nor horizontal. The dots were scattered around the field if you were to connect them, you would see a polygon. A polygon that nature knows well: a hexagon, the bestagon!