Akilini

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Akilini was the official sport of Metru Nui. This sport was said to have been invented by Kodan, the Po-Matoran Chronicler of Metru Nui. Numerous legends arose about how he first came up with the idea or how he first set up a crude Akilini field in a Po-Metru canyon. However, over the years other Metru insisted that the idea for the sport actually came from one of their Matoran. In the resulting confusion, no one was really certain anymore who deserved the honor. After Kodan disappeared and was presumed deceased, a monument was erected to him in Po-Metru giving him credit for the invention.

The original version of Akilini featured a ball and later evolved into a popular sport played with Kanoka disks. Matches drew hundreds of spectators. If matches weren’t being played at the Coliseum, they were being played on improvised fields all over the city. In Akilini, two to four teams of two to six Matoran competed to see who could throw more Kanoka disks through scoring hoops, while “surfing” around the field on a Kanoka disk. At its most basic, Akilini was played on a round field surrounded by posts upon which the scoring hoops were mounted. The game required both speed and skill to play. The game often led to a lot of fouls, due to its physical nature. The field was not free of obstacles – in fact, the prevailing wisdom was the more, the better. Matoran surfed up and down structures, through chutes, and even through tunnels in the Archives, popping up only long enough to take a shot. “Street Akilini” became so popular and such a menace to pedestrians that the Vahki eventually had to crack down on it.

Akilini tournament games were played at the Coliseum, where the floor was designed to shift, creating obstacles for Akilini players. Retractable Chutes were also installed above the Coliseum to aid in Akilini maneuvers.

There were three tiers of Akilini play in Metru Nui. These tiers were defined by the Kanoka used in play. The lowest group used Kanoka with power levels of one to six. The second tier used level seven Kanoka. The third tier, comprised of the best Akilini players, used level eight Kanoka. As an honor for tournament winners, the Kanoka used by a winning team would be shipped to Ta-Metru and crafted into Kanohi.

Contents 1 Rules of Akilini 2 Trivia 3 Appearances 4 See Also

Rules of Akilini

1. Akilini matches are played between more than one, but not more than four, teams.
2. An Akilini team consists of at least two, but not more than six, players.
3. At least one player on each team must serve as a defender. A defender is forbidden to take shots and may only launch disks to deflect the shots of opponents. A maximum of two players may serve as defenders.
4. At least one player on each team must be a launcher. If the team has more than two players, a maximum of four players may serve as launchers.
5. One point is scored for every disk that passes cleanly through an opposing team's hoop. Disks that strike the hoop are not considered goals.
6. Akilini tournament play ends when one team reaches 21 goals.
7. Disks in play may be retrieved by any launcher or defender from the launching team but may not be recovered by opposing players.
8. Disks that leave the playing field are considered to be open to all and may be retrieved by players from any team.
9. Players must keep at least one foot on their transport disk at all times. Transport disks may not be launched. Launching disks may not be used for transport.
10. Players who go more than one bio outside of the field of play on any side will be considered out of bounds. However, players may go as far above or below the field of play as they wish and still be considered in bounds.
11. Players may not make physical contact with a defender at any time.
12. Players may make physical contact with launchers, but only after their disk has been launched. Striking, tackling, or otherwise making physical contact with a launcher in the process of making a shot is considered "roughing the launcher" and will cost the offending team one launching disk.
13. Players may not use disks from other Metru. For example, only Po-Matoran may use disks made in Po-Metru (This rule came into existence because players of other Metru often went to Hewkii, a Po-Matoran disk maker, to get Kanoka to play with since his were considered of the highest quality)

Trivia

• In Mystery of Metru Nui and other material from early 2004, Akilini was sometimes called "Disk Kolhii". However, the proper name is Akilini.

Appearances

• BIONICLE Adventures 1: Mystery of Metru Nui (Mentioned Only)
• BIONICLE Adventures 4: Legends of Metru Nui (Mentioned Only)
• Dark Mirror (Mentioned Only)
• Dwellers In Darkness (Mentioned Only)
• BIONICLE: Metru Nui - City of Legends (Mentioned Only)
• BIONICLE Encyclopedia (Mentioned Only)
• BIONICLE Encyclopedia: Updated (Mentioned Only)

See Also

• Kolhii

Matoran Games
Kolhii | Kanoka Toss | Akilini | Disk Surfing Great Ussal Race | Ignalu Lava Surfing | Kewa Bird Riding | Huai Snowball Sling | Ngalawa Boat Race

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