Sure it's just 2-on-2 and the basic controls run simple, but there's a bit of strategy and some satisfaction in spiking a ball in someone's face and knocking them down.
It is related-to but not in the same culture as hardcore punk, and so excessive spiking, bleaching, and accessorizing is not definitively emo, though moderate amounts are acceptable in the culture.
I present a simple model of a spatially extended spiking neuron which can be studied analytically.
Though it was not clear what the artist meant to express by depicting the so-called King of Rome spiking the earth with a stick, the allegory apparently seemed to Napoleon, as it had done to all who had seen it in Paris, quite clear and very pleasing.
Before applying the fertilizer, spike the lawn with a fork or with a spiking machine and water the area thoroughly.