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Soccer team has had enough

RACISM in Tasmanian soccer is threatening to drive some African players interstate as the sport investigates a weekend brawl where police were called to intervene.

The clash between Metro and Hobart United in Southern League One at North Chigwell was abandoned with Metro leading 3-1 after players and spectators started brawling.

Yesterday striker Juma Barabara from Hobart United, a team made up largely of Sudanese and Congolese players, said racism was rife within the sport.

"In soccer, it always happens," Barabara, 27, said.

"Once I get the ball, people call me anything. I try to ignore that and keep playing my soccer. It is hard for me and I don't know what to do.

"I have nearly moved to Melbourne or Perth because of this thing happening all the time.

"We are being treated differently than the other teams."

Barabara said Hobart United received seven yellow and two red cards during the match, compared to one yellow card for Metro.

A Tasmania Police spokesperson said there had been no arrests at the game.

"Police attended and assisted with the safe departure of Hobart United players and officials. According to the attending police there was no indication the disturbance was racially motivated," the spokesperson said.

Football Federation Tasmania chief executive John Boulous has promised to crack down on violent and anti-social behaviour at matches. This was the second incident in two weeks.

The Glenorchy Knights-Beachside match on June 17 was called off as tensions threatened to boil over after a Knights spectator allegedly racially abused a Beachside player.

"The FFT will not tolerate violent or anti-social behaviour in our game," Boulous said.

"We view incidents like this as extremely serious, which damage the positive reputation of our game and the many clubs, players and coaches that uphold the values of football."

Boulous defended recent incidents as rare last week, but following the outburst of violence at North Chigwell, the federation is aiming to apply firm sanctions.

"Clubs, players and spectators that are found guilty of violent or anti-social behaviour can expect lengthy suspensions and hefty fines, the behaviour will not be tolerated," he said.

"FFT does not condone violence or anti-social behaviour at any games and will take the appropriate action after a full review into the latest incident.

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Nostalgia is an odd thing.  Sometimes it can deceive you, cloud your judgment and mistake trash for treasure.  I used to love the TV show "Land of the Lost" as a kid.  I saw it again recently, excited at first, but then I couldn’t believe I ever enjoyed it.  At all.  It happens that way.  But sometimes, nostalgia is dead-on balls accurate.  About 10 years ago I played the original Final Fantasy Tactics for the original Playstation.  At the time, I thought it was one of the best games I had ever played.  It had a great story (if you could get past the horrendous translation) and awesome, deep strategy RPG gameplay (if you could get past the difficulty level).  So when I heard they were remaking it for the PSP, I was both excited and a little anxious.  Would it be as good as I remembered – or was I fooled in some way by "new-ness" or the fact that I loved FFVII so much?

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Story stuff aside, FFT is a strategy RPG.  If you’ve played anything like Tactics Ogre or Shining Force, you’ll know what your getting into.  You have a party of up to five characters that engage on strategic battles on various maps.  Each map has different terrain and obstacles to work with, and you can use things like elevation and such to your advantage. 

FFT sheds many of the limitations of classic RPGs through its job system (which you may have seen in other FF games, like FFV).  Basically, each character is not limited to a single "class."  You can switch around willy nilly and do what you feel like doing.  All characters start out with at least the two base jobs, Squire (fighter) and Chemist (Healer/Magic).  As you fight, you get the normal experience points to raise your level, but you also get job points.  Job points (JP) are spent on new skills and abilities.  A chemist, for instance, will use JP to purchase the ability to use better health potions, or special antidotes.  As you level your various jobs, more jobs will become available to you.  Hit a certain level as a Squire and the Archer job opens up.  Hit a certain level with the Archer, and you can become a Thief.  The unlocking jobs isn’t always linear, either.  To become a Ninja, you’ll need to get to a certain level with 3 different jobs.

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