WFTDA expands to 98 member leagues, including 9 new full members

Weekly Rollup and Open Thread, 3/19/2010

By Justice Feelgood Marshall, Last updated Fri Mar 19 2010 4:27am

If you haven't seen it yet, WFTDA.com has their March Skater of the Month and League of the Month up: skater is the totally irrepressible Jackie Daniels of Windy City, and league is the totally repressing Denver Roller Dolls.

Wondering what's up with the Frozen Codebase roller derby video game that's been in development for the last couple of years? Shacknews has a little background (summary: keep waiting).

Pepsi is giving away money. Please take a moment to vote for the Angel City Roller Girls' proposal to take Pepsi's money. Note that the top 10 proposals in each category here receive funding from Pepsi, and that Angel City's proposal is currently #17 of 100 -- they're really close! Further note that the current #8 proposal has a downright terrifying title and will surely only hasten the Cylon apocalypse. Help roller derby and save humanity at the same time.

What do ski cross, short-track speed skating and, uh, Saturn's rings all have in common?

If men's derby and women's derby are different animals, you sure wouldn't be able to tell by this St. Louis Beacon piece on the weekend debut of St. Louis' men's team, the Gatekeepers.

Finally, you'll probably figure out where this Cincinnati Rollergirls ad is going in the first 5 seconds, but the payoff is still totally satisfying.