The Australian National Football Council's primary role was to govern the game at national level to facilitate interstate representative and club competition.

As a sidelight to his prominent role in changing the game to the power game, the frequency and popularity of Ruth's home runs eventually led to a rule change pertaining to those hit in sudden-death mode ( bottom of the ninth or later inning ).

The game was inspired by Richard Adams ' fantasy novel Watership Down, and the players were given the opportunity to take on the role of rabbits.

Whatever the truth of the matter, Jaques certainly played an important role in popularising the game, producing editions of the rules in 1857, 1860, and 1864.

Dicing is mentioned as an Indian game in the Rigveda, Atharvaveda and Buddha games list ; it also plays a critical role in the great Hindu epic Mahabharata, where Yudhisthira plays a game of dice against the Kauravas for the northern kingdom of Hastinapura, which becomes the trigger for a war.

The audience may have a passive role, as in the case of persons watching a play or opera, a television show or a movie, or active, as in the case of a video game.

There are several deities in EverQuest who each have a certain area of responsibility and play a role in the " backstory " of the game setting.

The role of a gamemaster in a traditional role-playing game is to weave the other participants ' player-character stories together, control the non-player aspects of the game, create environments in which the players can interact, and solve any player disputes.

The role of a gamemaster in an online game is to enforce the game's rules and provide general customer service.

Each gaming system has its own name for the role of the gamemaster, such as " judge ", " narrator ", " referee ", " director ", or " storyteller ", and these terms not only describe the role of the gamemaster in general but also help define how the game is intended to be run.

This is the only Heretic / Hexen video game that is unrelated to id Software, apart from its role as engine licenser.

In his role as journalist, he campaigned against the detrimental effects on the game of both alcohol and gambling.

The game played an important role in displaying the potency of the forward pass and " open offense " and convinced many coaches to add pass plays to their play books.

* Materia Magica, a virtual world role playing game

" In November 2007, Mr. T appeared in a television commercial for the online role playing game World of Warcraft with the phrase " I'm Mr. T and I'm a Night Elf Mohawk ".

A player character or playable character ( PC ) is a character in a video game or role playing game who is controlled or controllable by a player, and is typically a protagonist of the story told in the course of the game.

The game was the first occasion of the use of a designated hitter in a National League ballpark in a regular-season game ; Ryan Howard was the first player to fill the role.

She appears briefly in Disney's Hercules, but has a more dominant role in the television series.

He plays an important role in Homer's Iliad and in the Epic Cycle, a series of epic poems about the Trojan War.

This role was taken in the first two series by Lord Percy Percy, played by Tim McInnerny, with Hugh Laurie playing the role in the third and fourth series, as Prince George, Prince Regent, and Lieutenant George, respectively.

The Goths appear to have established a loose political hegemony over the existing tribes in the region, or at least to have played the leading role in a series of major invasions of the empire launched by a grand coalition of lower Danubian tribes from ca.

In television, Campbell is known for his lead role in The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., his portrayal of Autolycus ( the King of Thieves ) in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess, and notably for his role as Sam Axe on the USA Network series Burn Notice.

In the 1990s, he had the role of Lennier in the syndicated sci-fi TV series Babylon 5, and he also served as narrator of A & E Network's Emmy Award-winning series, Biography.

He is perhaps best known for his role as Will Robinson on the CBS science fiction television series Lost in Space ( 1965 – 1968 ), as well as for his role as ambassadorial aide Lennier in the syndicated series Babylon 5 ( 1994 – 1998 ).

The cast was rounded out by Academy Award-winning actress Miyoshi Umeki, who played the role of Tom's housekeeper, Mrs. Livingston ; James Komack ( one of the series ' producers ) as Norman Tinker ( Tom's pseudo-hippie, quirky photographer ) and actress Kristina Holland as Tom's secretary, Tina.

Charles has played this role in all eight series, until 1999, and in the 2009 three-part special, Red Dwarf: Back to Earth, for channel Dave.

Charles played the emotionally disturbed and violent prisoner, Eugene Buffy, in the high successful Lynda La Plante drama series The Governor ( 1995 ); the title role in the Channel 4 pirate sitcom Captain Butler ( 1997 ); the warden of a women's prison in the Canadian sci-fi fantasy Lexx ( 2001 ); Detective Chief Inspector Mercer in 7 episodes of the BBC soap opera Doctors ( 2003 ); and soccer agent, Joel Brooks, in the Sky TV football soap Dream Team ( 2004-5 ).

This role as a sink for CO < sub > 2 </ sub > is driven by two processes, the solubility pump and the biological pump .< ref > The former is primarily a function of differential CO < sub > 2 </ sub > solubility in seawater and the thermohaline circulation, while the latter is the sum of a series of biological processes that transport carbon ( in organic and inorganic forms ) from the surface euphotic zone to the ocean's interior.

In 2006, Hayden Panettiere, star of Bring It On: All or Nothing, took another cheerleading role as Claire Bennet, the cheerleader with an accelerated healing factor on NBC's hit sci-fi TV series Heroes, launching cheerleading back into the limelight of pop culture.

He had a guest voice-over role in the animated comedy series SpongeBob SquarePants as SpongeBob's cousin, Stanley.

Kane is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Simka Dahblitz-Gravas, wife of Latka Gravas ( Andy Kaufman ), on the American television series Taxi, from 1981 to 1983, and also for her role as Allison Portchnik in Woody Allen's Annie Hall.

Kane earned two Emmy Awards for her work in the series and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the film Hester Street.

Kane was a regular on the 1986 NBC series All Is Forgiven, a regular on the 1990 – 1991 NBC series American Dreamer, guest-starred on a 1994 episode of Seinfeld and had a supporting role in the short-lived 1996 – 1997 sitcom Pearl, which starred Rhea Perlman.

As this expansion into current languages ( mainly Italian and French ) and current topics continued, the press took on another role and made perhaps even more important contributions.

However, the role of Western bishops as civil authorities, often called prince bishops, continued throughout much of the Middle Ages.

Her deputy Mark Popescu became responsible for editorial content in 2004, a role he continued in until the appointment of Bakhurst as Controller in 2005.

The emperor's role became more autocratic, although Zhu Yuanzhang necessarily continued to use what he called the " Grand Secretaries " ( 内阁 ) to assist with the immense paperwork of the bureaucracy, including memorials ( petitions and recommendations to the throne ), imperial edicts in reply, reports of various kinds, and tax records.

Filial piety has continued to play a central role in Confucian thinking to the present day.

Egyptians today often refer to Cairo as Maṣr (), the Arabic pronunciation of the name for Egypt itself, emphasizing the city's continued role in Egyptian influence.

Drinker became Beaux's role model, and she continued lessons with Drinker for a year.

Cannon were crucial in Napoleon Bonaparte's rise to power, and continued to play an important role in his army in later years.

Throughout that year, she continued to work on Broadway, playing the role of Natasha in Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters.

His schooling continued, focused on the nature of the next war and the role of the tank in it.

The role of elves as Santa's helpers has continued to be popular, as evidenced by the success of the popular Christmas movie Elf.

When Naka no Ōe's mother re-ascended, he continued in the role of her heir and crown prince.

Artwork continued to play a role in Francis ’ teachings in Asia.

Francis I continued his leading role as an opponent of Napoleonic France in the Napoleonic Wars, and suffered several more defeats after Austerlitz.

Kelly continued to make frequent TV appearances and, in 1980, appeared in an acting and dancing role opposite Olivia Newton-John in Xanadu ( 1980 ), an expensive theatrical flop which has since attained a cult following.

Davenant cast Thomas Betterton in the eponymous role, and he continued to play the Dane until he was 74.

The IEC held its inaugural meeting on 26 June 1906, following discussions between the British Institution of Electrical Engineers, the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, and others, which began at the 1900 Paris International Electrical Congress, and continued with Colonel R. E. B. Crompton playing a key role.

The cycle continued the trend towards reducing the role played by Arthur in his own legend, partly through the introduction of the character of Galahad and an expansion of the role of Merlin.

Consequently it was mainly employed in the defenses of major fortifications, in which role it continued to be used until the 1870s.

Ferrigno continued playing the Hulk role until 1981 — although the last two episodes were not broadcast until May 1982.

After Macready " retired " to America, he continued to perform in the role ; in 1849, he was involved in a rivalry with American actor Edwin Forrest, whose partisans hissed Macready at Astor Place, leading to what is commonly called the Astor Place Riot.

Their daughter also had a small role in Cape Fear using the name Domenica Scorsese and has continued to act, write, direct and produce.

During the 2000 PBS documentary The Commanding Heights ( based on the book ), Friedman continued to argue that criticism over his role in Chile missed his main contention that freer markets resulted in freer people, and that Chile's unfree economy had caused the military government.

In 1968 Miyazaki played an important role as chief animator, concept artist, and scene designer on Hols: Prince of the Sun, a landmark animated film directed by Isao Takahata, with whom he continued to collaborate for the next three decades.