 The in @-@ game story of Blitz begins in 2197 as a Los Angeles gang sport used to find recruits . Over 20 years later , the illegal sport is picked up for broadcast by the Prime Network , who forms the Blitz Disc Association ( BDA ) and plans for the first Blitz competition with exhibition games and prize money . Through exhibition games and prize money , 13 teams of humans with various competitive augmentations are chosen to compete . 
