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A Tartan Tory posted:That's uh, something Habeas. You think Wrexham's digital success and the pressures of 
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Niric posted:You think Wrexham's digital success and the pressures of No, that's just the Ray Parlour's effect on people. Seriously, it's... not very well behaved over there. Especially around World Cup season. Four years ago England (huge fanbase) and USA (huge fanbase) met in the World Cup and the mods had a meltdown because there was no chance in hell of maintaining control over the forum with THAT looming.
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Jun 13, 2014 02:08
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Yeah, it's a pretty toxic atmosphere. I should probably stay away from it. And to be clear, I do not endorse killing a referee's family, no matter how many times they screw up. I stand by my support for instituting instant replay for penalty calls and adding refs, though.
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Jun 13, 2014 02:11
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habeasdorkus posted:Yeah, it's a pretty toxic atmosphere. Don't worry about it, I'm pretty sure football has caused me to sing nasty things about a certain religion as well!
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Jun 13, 2014 02:26
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Violence isn't the right answer to bad officiating, but there are other options: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkPtW3vSQwY&t=50s
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Jun 13, 2014 02:53
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lol if your predictions have England making it to and/or past the quarterfinals
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Jun 13, 2014 03:08
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dadgummit posted:lol if your predictions have England making it to and/or past the quarterfinals There is an above average chance of LOL Italy making another appearance so theres that.
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Jun 13, 2014 03:20
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dadgummit posted:lol if your predictions have England making it to and/or past the quarterfinals There's a pretty good chance they will get out of the group, and if they get out of the group, they will be going up against the dross in group C. Wait, why the gently caress am I defending England again? 
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Jun 13, 2014 03:58
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habeasdorkus posted:Baseball is the most gif-able sport. It is known. Yup. There's not much crazy bullshit happening in your average baseball game, but the real reason is frequency. MLB has 2430 games a year, not counting spring training and postseason play. The MLB also has several feeder leagues that also play a comparable number of games. I'm not looking up numbers because gently caress that, but there could easily be tens of thousands of televised baseball games a year.
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Jun 13, 2014 04:10
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Sky Shadowing posted:Four years ago England (huge fanbase) and USA (huge fanbase) met in the World Cup and the mods had a meltdown because there was no chance in hell of maintaining control over the forum with THAT looming. note: in this context a draw qualifies as a win
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Jun 13, 2014 06:44
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JT Jag posted:Especially after the US won! Lets be fair, everyone won from that game, except perhaps the goalkeeper.
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Jun 13, 2014 13:47
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I watched a replay just to watch it, and the one thought I took away from it is "thank god for no vuvuzelas in Brazil".
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Jun 13, 2014 15:36
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Sky Shadowing posted:I watched a replay just to watch it, and the one thought I took away from it is "thank god for no vuvuzelas in Brazil". Here you go, I know I can't stand watching the world cup without the sound of hornets in my skull! http://www.vuvuzela.fm/
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Jun 13, 2014 15:56
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Hah, I remember two things about the last World Cup. 1. The first time I turned it on, I'd never really watched soccer before but I decided 'hey why not', it was early morning and nothing was on. My first thought was 'is the stadium overwhelmed by bees?'  2. Playing a trick on my dad saying that there was a virus going around causing all internet browsers to just buzz vuvuzelas at you, when in reality I'd used one of those sites that overlayed a vuvuzela guy in the corner and BRBRZZZZZTTTTed at you. Then I researched because I knew nothing about anything with soccer, learned about promotion, relegation, continental structures, etc., and the deal was pretty much sealed the next year when I watched the Womens' World Cup, saw Football Manager, read about how easy it was to customize (my go-to strategy for sports games where I have no loyalty is to create my own team, which is super easy in FM), and pounced. EDIT: If you want to see an example of 'bad reffing' that probably isn't corruption, Mexico has had 2 goals that should have stood disallowed to keep the game 0-0 against Cameroon. Sky Shadowing fucked around with this message at 17:40 on Jun 13, 2014 |
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Jun 13, 2014 16:44
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Never blame corruption for what can be explained as pure incompetence. Both are very frequent in soccer, but reffing is usually just bad instead of having evil intentions in mind.
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Jun 13, 2014 18:33
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Dias posted:Never blame corruption for what can be explained as pure incompetence. Both are very frequent in soccer, but reffing is usually just bad instead of having evil intentions in mind. Usually I would agree with this, but nobody could afford for Brazil to lose that game given the current riots situation. It was quite obvious.
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Jun 13, 2014 19:17
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A Tartan Tory posted:Usually I would agree with this, but nobody could afford for Brazil to lose that game given the current riots situation. It was quite obvious. As a Brazilian, let me assure you that the rioters would riot regardless of the result - it's a crowd that isn't so much concerned with the results than it is with the World Cup happening at all. There's this weird detachment here between the World Cup-Event and the World Cup-Big-Football-Thing, actually, and most protests are about the former, not the latter. In fact, most people that care about the World Cup games think the protesters are basically spoiled college kids making a mess for the sake of making a mess. Not that having a bunch of angry drunk fans would've done us much good, mind you, but it'd be a different problem.
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Jun 13, 2014 19:36
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Yeah, I don't actually think the ref in the Brazil game was bribed. I just think he was awful. It's easy to make the accusation, though, considering how much corruption there is in FIFA. And today's early game also had horrible calls, Mexico should have won 3-0.
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Jun 13, 2014 19:53
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I will say in part thanks to this thread and copious amounts of down time at work I have actually been watching the games. I haven't cared so much in the past, so what matches should be considered must see?
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Jun 13, 2014 20:21
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KKKLIP ART posted:I will say in part thanks to this thread and copious amounts of down time at work I have actually been watching the games. I haven't cared so much in the past, so what matches should be considered must see? Spain - Netherlands is happening right now and it's a replay of the last World Cup finals. I'd start by that.
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Jun 13, 2014 20:27
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KKKLIP ART posted:I will say in part thanks to this thread and copious amounts of down time at work I have actually been watching the games. I haven't cared so much in the past, so what matches should be considered must see? The current match is between 2 Of The Best, which may or may not be a fun game to watch.
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Jun 13, 2014 20:27
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Dias posted:Spain - Netherlands is happening right now and it's a replay of the last World Cup finals. I'd start by that. Yeah I'm watching it now, I really like an up-tempo style of play.
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Jun 13, 2014 20:39
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KKKLIP ART posted:Yeah I'm watching it now, I really like an up-tempo style of play. Did anyone else think that penalty kick was a bit silly? I'm at a a Dutch bar (well, an Irish bar overrun by orange) but I'm not sure I disagree with the mood here that Spain didn't earn it's goal, though it's been nicely back and forth
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Jun 13, 2014 20:53
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habeasdorkus posted:Yeah, I don't actually think the ref in the Brazil game was bribed. I just think he was awful. It's easy to make the accusation, though, considering how much corruption there is in FIFA. You say that but go back and watch some of the stuff from when Korea hosted the World Cup. Any time Korea were playing, the refs were utterly blind to any foul committed by Korea and would constantly book/send off/disallow goals for whoever they were playing If you can stand some OTT dramatic music, give this a watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPd8YmFcvtQ
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Is it still possible to change my entry? I'm suddenly regretting only having Netherlands finish #2 in their group.
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Jun 13, 2014 21:22
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Yes, anyone watching the World Cup just watched the myth of Spanish invincibility die a brutal death.
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Jun 13, 2014 21:31
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Sky Shadowing posted:Yes, anyone watching the World Cup just watched the myth of Spanish invincibility die a brutal death. I always had a problem with that as a concept ever since the newly crowned world champions lost to England in '11.
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Jun 13, 2014 21:34
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Sky Shadowing posted:Yes, anyone watching the World Cup just watched the myth of Spanish invincibility die a brutal death. Hopefully their Tiki-Taka football dies a quick death as well.
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Jun 13, 2014 21:55
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*sniff* That match. It was so beautiful.
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Jun 13, 2014 22:05
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beru04 posted:*sniff* It really, really was. A good game of football like that is literally better than porn.
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Jun 13, 2014 22:09
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A real cracker. Now for the Aussies/Chile to cool off a bit.
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Jun 13, 2014 22:10
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I'm Dutch, so I'm a little biased, but this was maybe the most enjoyable match I've seen in a LONG time. That first goal by Van Persie... Amazing. Also this: 
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Jun 13, 2014 22:26
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If Chile win convincingly things would start looking tricky for Spain. P.S. This was one of the best matches I have ever watched.
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Jun 13, 2014 22:28
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A Platinum Turtle posted:Also this:
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Jun 13, 2014 22:34
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That first Dutch goal was insane, Robben's first goal was really cool, and Fernando Torres failing to score was just great. This game will be remembered as a World Cup classic.
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Jun 13, 2014 22:34
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Munin posted:If Chile win convincingly things would start looking tricky for Spain. If Australia win convincingly we'll know who the equivalent of Bastable is. 
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Jun 13, 2014 22:41
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Teddybear posted:If Australia win convincingly we'll know who the equivalent of Bastable is. 
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Revenant Threshold posted:When Spain brought Torres on, the BBC commentators talked about how he was a controversial choice for the squad. Poor bastard. At this point in the game we were completely trashed already. The third goal (which was ilegal, they charged Casillas in the small area) really crushed Spain's spirit. That said, it was a completely deserved victory. I've never seen Robben run like that, even when he was 15 years younger.
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Jun 13, 2014 22:53
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Fat Samurai posted:At this point in the game we were completely trashed already. The third goal (which was ilegal, they charged Casillas in the small area) really crushed Spain's spirit.
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Teddybear posted:If Australia win convincingly we'll know who the equivalent of Bastable is.
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