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Originally posted by paranoik0 no, that's exactly why i love football. if i wanted to see ass-kicking i'd watch boxing or the WWF. i like watching tactics and technique. of course it all has a physical element, but meh. i can't really objectively explain why i like it. to all the chicks saying they can't get into it, well sorry, it's a male thing even here in europe

I dont think you understood my point.

ok so some players dive and pretend to be injured in order to convince the ref. it's not nice, but it doesn't make me enjoy less the game at all.

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Originally posted by Ian This is the thoughts of many people this way. There's a huge perception of them being less sports & more just long advertisments

the commercials are the best part of major sporting events! well, at least for me.

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Originally posted by eROs.au rugby is lame, soccer and australian football owns...

Bloody Melbournites!



Australian Football FTL

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Originally posted by eROs.au rugby is lame?

Not as lame as American football, the americans wear pads cause they is pussies.
rofl.


ROFL!!!

http://www.abc.net.au/rugbyunion/wo...3_wilkinson.jpg
thats a game, some of the players are HUUUUUUGE!

I'd watch soccer if the ball was coated in gasoline and lit on fire.

^^best sig!!! there should be a best sig award, id vote for you

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Originally posted by philliez baseball sucks, and is boring as shit. take that shit back to the 1930s, i dont wanna watch that shit.

Nah, not really. Baseball is just more intricate and refined when compared to other sports, so it takes a certain level of appreciation to be able to enjoy it, which unfortunately, is a lost cause with people nowadays. I wish I could say the same thing about basketball, hockey, and especially US football (which I absolutely despise), but I can't.

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Originally posted by DJ Intrigue Nah, not really. Baseball is just more intricate and refined when compared to other sports, so it takes a certain level of appreciation to be able to enjoy it, which unfortunately, is a lost cause with people nowadays. I wish I could say the same thing about basketball, hockey, and especially US football (which I absolutely despise), but I can't.

yeah i understand, i was just saying that in an assholeish way because im not into baseball

It just isnt interesting enough for me to get into so i cant appreciate it

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Originally posted by DJ Intrigue Nah, not really. Baseball is just more intricate and refined when compared to other sports, so it takes a certain level of appreciation to be able to enjoy it

This is what all baseball fans say. I just don't see it. Okay, so some times you match a specific pitcher to a specific batter to gain an advantage, you take notes of what player can/can't hit what pitches, etc. but really that type of strategizing takes place in every sport. The problem with baseball is that it takes a hell of a long time for nothing much to happen. It's a game of waiting for 3 second bursts of low intensity action.... that's boring to watch. You want to watch an exciting sport.... try lacrosse.... and not that pansy field lacrosse shit they play in the states... Box Lacrosse... that's a sport!

For a thread about "not caring", this sure has a lot of caring

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Originally posted by Lira For a thread about "not caring", this sure has a lot of caring

i care about not caring!




by the way, i also would like to point out that a lot of people who don't fully understand sports in general and who didn't grow up playing every sport in the book (usually girls), probably have a hard time following sports in general.


that's my excuse for not having an interest in soccer or most sports for that matter. i'm not really that competative by nature, so i'm always just like rooting for "good plays" not teams. hahah i go back and forth cheering on the players themselves. it's kinda weird.


like D. Wade from the Heat will have a sick 3 pointer shot and i'm like, "DAAAMN!" and then someone from the Mavericks will have a sweet shot and i'm like, "DAAAAMN!"

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Originally posted by Slylee like D. Wade from the Heat will have a sick 3 pointer shot and i'm like, "DAAAMN!" and then someone from the Mavericks will have a sweet shot and i'm like, "DAAAAMN!"

so you're pretty much sittin there going "DAAAAMN!" for 2 hours?

i only like it cause it reminds me of the bestest football pc game of all times - Striker (from 1991)

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Originally posted by philliez so you're pretty much sittin there going "DAAAAMN!" for 2 hours?

actually, my boyfriend says that i either say, "NICE!" or "what the fuck?!"

hahaha


i dont really pay attention to what i say when i'm watching basketball, but i guess every time someone makes a sweet shot (ok generally speaking, i'm obviously rooting for the heat cuz i'm from miami, but i'll still applaud a nice shot from the other team) i say, "Nice!" and then if the heat makes a crappy play or loses the ball or something, i'm like, "what the fuck?"

he just sits on the couch laughing at me every 2 seconds, but i can't help it. it's like those are my two automatic responses.

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Originally posted by Moral Hazard This is what all baseball fans say. I just don't see it. Okay, so some times you match a specific pitcher to a specific batter to gain an advantage, you take notes of what player can/can't hit what pitches, etc. but really that type of strategizing takes place in every sport. The problem with baseball is that it takes a hell of a long time for nothing much to happen. It's a game of waiting for 3 second bursts of low intensity action.... that's boring to watch. You want to watch an exciting sport.... try lacrosse.... and not that pansy field lacrosse shit they play in the states... Box Lacrosse... that's a sport!

Well, to each their own though. Yes, I'll agree that it isn't as much of a huge action-fest like other sports, especially when there is a back-and-forth pitching duel going on with little opposition. But baseball does go beyond just the simply pitcher vs. batter scenario. It's also about clutch hitting and sacrifice plays, defense, baserunning/steals, pitch counts and keeping the hitters off balance, late-inning rallies, and keeping errors to a minimum. Those things are all pretty damn cool to watch if done right and if you know what to look for.

I guess it just depends on whether you prefer a sport with full-on action or not. I'll just say though that I'd rather take a naturally drawn out game like baseball over an unnecessarily long "stop again, start again" game that turns normal playing time into 3-4 hours like that of football, excitement or not.

As far as lacrosse goes, I can't say I'm all that familiar with it.

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Originally posted by Moral Hazard This is what all baseball fans say. I just don't see it. Okay, so some times you match a specific pitcher to a specific batter to gain an advantage, you take notes of what player can/can't hit what pitches, etc. but really that type of strategizing takes place in every sport. The problem with baseball is that it takes a hell of a long time for nothing much to happen. It's a game of waiting for 3 second bursts of low intensity action.... that's boring to watch. You want to watch an exciting sport.... try lacrosse.... and not that pansy field lacrosse shit they play in the states... Box Lacrosse... that's a sport!

One other thing... if you want a truly boring sport, go watch a nascar race. It's nothing but 2 hours worth of stock cars driving around a circular track 500 times trying to pass each other.

I HATE NASCAR WITH ALL THE HATE I CAN POSSIBLY HAVE!

See I'm a huge Formula 1 fan, and I love motorsports. I love everything about advancements in the automotive industry, I like LeMans type racing, GT cars, touge, wangan and all that shit. NASCAR, i mean ASSCRAP is a disgrace to motorsports completely and just makes Americans look stupid. Every mother****** talks like hillbilly, they drive PUSHROD(!!!!) V8s around an OVAL track for hours, in cars that have the susupension set up just for TURNING LEFT in cars that are all the same except for the stickers on the front end to represent whatever car the company says its supposed to be. WTF ever

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Originally posted by philliez I HATE NASCAR WITH ALL THE HATE I CAN POSSIBLY HAVE! See I'm a huge Formula 1 fan, and I love motorsports. I love everything about advancements in the automotive industry, I like LeMans type racing, GT cars, touge, wangan and all that shit. NASCAR, i mean ASSCRAP is a disgrace to motorsports completely and just makes Americans look stupid. Every mother****** talks like hillbilly, they drive PUSHROD(!!!!) V8s around an OVAL track for hours, in cars that have the susupension set up just for TURNING LEFT in cars that are all the same except for the stickers on the front end to represent whatever car the company says its supposed to be. WTF ever [/rant]

as a f1 fan i understand you perfectly, but over the last few years f1 has developed a whole new level of "boring". seriously, barcelona and silverstone were completely dreadful.

The World Cup is brilliant, the fact it is only every four years makes it even more special. It's the ultimate prize, I don't think that you could top winning the world cup with your country, except maybe scoring the winning goal.
This year is great too, as there are four or five teams at the minute who look like they can win it, the Czech Republic have impressed me the most so far.
And as for the word 'soccer', I hate that. Football was around first, let the yanks think up a new name for their 'sport'. The only good things about NFL/American Football are the videos with all the hits and the film 'The Waterboy'.
American Football is rugby for wimps. They look like fucking Power Rangers with padding.

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Originally posted by noikeee to all the chicks saying they can't get into it, well sorry, it's a male thing even here in europe

i retract this statement, right now my mom is reading the magazine i bought about the world cup

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Originally posted by philliez ^^best sig!!! there should be a best sig award, id vote for you

+1,000,000...

p.s. that's racist... just thought I'd let you know... why he has a yellow apple and not... burgundy apple? or chocolate-covered apple? huh? ok. back on topic.

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Originally posted by paranoik0 as a f1 fan i understand you perfectly, but over the last few years f1 has developed a whole new level of "boring". seriously, barcelona and silverstone were completely dreadful.

True, they seriously need to increase the competition.

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Originally posted by RickyM American Football is rugby for wimps. They look like fucking Power Rangers with padding.

Interesting... yet rugby and American football injury list reads almost the same. Though, I do give props to rugby players to have the balls (or crushed balls) to come on the field and play a very similar game with same-sized boys as NFL. Though, it's quite entertaining to see a 400Lbs linebacker pound into 185Lbs Wide-receiver. I am actually surprised how these ******s get up aferwards.

Oh, and you try playing in 15+ kg of gear for about 4 hours (not to mention sometimes in scorching-fucking heat like 33 Celcius with 98% humidity).

I watched the most exciting footbal team in the world play the lamest fucking game today. Can you guess who it was???

THAT'S RIGHT - Brazil vs. Croatia.

Brazil played like bunch of primadonna pussies. And what's up with Ronaldo comming out later than everyone else on the field? What? is he fucking special? he gets free minutes on T-Mobile (for those watching commercials in US), or he gets to take extra long shit? Plus he played lame.

the funniest thing was when they announced "KaKaaaaaaa" - it sounded like a parrot: "KaKaaaa! KaKaaaaaa!!!!". In russia they'd call him simply: KaaKaa. which means - SHIT.

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Originally posted by aNYthing the funniest thing was when they announced "KaKaaaaaaa" - it sounded like a parrot: "KaKaaaa! KaKaaaaaa!!!!". In russia they'd call him simply: KaaKaa. which means - SHIT.

Ironically enough, it does mean the same in Portuguese if you ignore the acute accent over the last "a"

(his name is Cacá)

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