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Curling is seriously loving stupid and I hate all of you for pretending to like it.
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Dec 5, 2014 17:36
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MourningView posted:Curling is seriously loving stupid and I hate all of you for pretending to like it. It's like watching golf. It's loving boring but there's short bursts you can pay attention to and it looks pretty in HD.
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Dec 5, 2014 17:38
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I have literally never watched more than a 3 second clip of curling, and I don't plan to change that. If we are importing Canadian sports, I wouldn't mind seeing some of the chuckwagon races from the Calgary Stampede on national tv. Sure watching that stuff led to a 12 year old me seeing a dude crushed to death, but it probably built character or some such.
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Dec 5, 2014 18:04
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MourningView posted:Curling is seriously loving stupid and I hate all of you for pretending to like it. Curling is some kind of evil Canadian brain virus. Like, at first it's just on so you have some background noise while doing something else, but as the hours pass you get sucked in more and more. It's amazing.
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Dec 5, 2014 18:18
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Darts should loving suck to watch on TV but that English Premier Darts has a bunch of fat fuckers drunk as poo poo in a huge arena while other fat drunk dudes throw darts and everyone goes crazy and it owns. Watch darts.
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Dec 5, 2014 18:20
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sportsgenius86 posted:Darts should loving suck to watch on TV but that English Premier Darts has a bunch of fat fuckers drunk as poo poo in a huge arena while other fat drunk dudes throw darts and everyone goes crazy and it owns. Also they had that announcer who was so excitable he made it seem like the greatest thing
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Dec 5, 2014 18:42
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It's amazing what good announcers do. I got REALLY into that stupid bike Olympic event where two guys peddle REALLY slow until one decides to gun it, mostly because the announcers would go apeshit when someone exploded off the back.
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Dec 5, 2014 18:59
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morestuff posted:It's like watching golf. It's loving boring but there's short bursts you can pay attention to and it looks pretty in HD. http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/page/instantawesome-141104/this-curling-shot-definitely-best-curling-shot-ever-seen Haters gonna hate, baby.
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Dec 5, 2014 20:03
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Curling is one of those things that's fun to get into every 4 years but I couldn't imagine actually watching it regularly. Same with every Olympic sport, really. Luge and biathalon and poo poo like that kinda lose their charm when you're watching it all the time and actually know what's going on.
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Dec 5, 2014 20:21
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Benne posted:Curling is one of those things that's fun to get into every 4 years but I couldn't imagine actually watching it regularly. I thought this until I got the universal sports channel and now I'm oddly obsessed with alpine skiing.
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Dec 5, 2014 23:28
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Be In Sports keeps pimping this team handball tournament but the commercial doesn't say when it's on, what the hell
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Dec 5, 2014 23:51
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Team Handball owns unconditionally
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sportsgenius86 posted:I thought this until I got the universal sports channel and now I'm oddly obsessed with alpine skiing. I love it, but I used to ski competitively, so yeah. Not quite the same amount of fun as watching ski porn a la old Warren Miller, but it's up there.
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Dec 6, 2014 00:08
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morestuff posted:
Also after further review it seems to be US online-only coverage http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2014/12/espn-acquires-u-s-rights-to-seasons-of-champions-curling-events-through-march-2015/ And Cheryl Bernard is doing commentary on this event on right now Yeah
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MourningView posted:Team Handball owns unconditionally I played one winter just for something to keep in shape, and the coach was, like, 100% sure a bunch of Minnesota guys who never played the sport before would be in the Olympics. Then I rolled an ankle because holy poo poo is that game basically all running jump-stops.
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MourningView posted:Curling is seriously loving stupid and I hate all of you for pretending to like it. I cannot even begin to enumerate on the ways in which you are a billion percent wrong. quote:It's like watching golf. It's loving boring but there's short bursts you can pay attention to and it looks pretty in HD. It is absolutely nothing like golf. Vertical Lime posted:Also after further review it seems to be US online-only coverage No reason to do coverage outside of the US. Canada already gets streaming and VOD curling coverage through regular cable subscriptions that have TSN. Streaming the Scotties and the Brier is really awesome. Also Vic Rauter might be the best pbp broadcaster that isn't Vin Scully. He's just the Canadianest.
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Dec 6, 2014 04:47
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The fact that I can now watch TSN's coverage of major Canadian curling events on my TV in my American living room using a Chromecast (or any other way of beaming WatchESPN to my TV) means this is a great time to be alive. Full disclosure: I'm an active curler, so I suppose it's possible that non-curlers may not be as excited
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Dec 6, 2014 11:50
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Curling is basically an excuse for fans and players to both drink before, during, and after a match. It's basically Canadian NASCAR.
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Dec 6, 2014 14:16
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I can get down with something where you get drunk and do stuff without being too invested in the results but still have fun. I could see curling being like casual (important distinction there) rec league softball or something. Basically, get shitfaced, do something even slightly physical, enjoy the camaraderie. edit: basically like a circle jerk except you can still make eye contact with people afterwards.
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Dec 6, 2014 15:47
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it is literally shuffleboard
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Dec 6, 2014 15:54
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MourningView posted:it is literally shuffleboard shuffle-ice, cuz Canada
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Dec 6, 2014 17:48
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MourningView posted:it is literally shuffleboard Nah, much more like bocce.
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Dec 6, 2014 19:36
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OrangeKing posted:Nah, much more like bocce. oh well then
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MourningView posted:Team Handball owns unconditionally If we're going to start importing sports lets just do Aussie Rules Football.
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Dec 6, 2014 20:23
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Benne posted:Curling is one of those things that's fun to get into every 4 years but I couldn't imagine actually watching it regularly. I'm with this. I can get hyped for some curling once every four years because it's a silly game that's taken so seriously. I couldn't imagine following it year-in, year-out.
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Dec 6, 2014 20:36
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people should be getting hyped for something badass like luge or that poo poo with the skiing and the guns instead
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Dec 6, 2014 20:44
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Y'all should try following quidditch. It's actually pretty cool.
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johnfw50 posted:Y'all should try following quidditch. It's actually pretty cool. I work for a local sports channel and we broadcasted that once. Collegiate Quiddich. Holy poo poo it was the most hilariously sad thing.
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Dec 6, 2014 21:23
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DJExile posted:I work for a local sports channel and we broadcasted that once. Collegiate Quiddich. Holy poo poo it was the most hilariously sad thing. How long ago? It's actually kinda legit nowadays.
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Dec 6, 2014 21:25
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johnfw50 posted:How long ago? It's actually kinda legit nowadays. I don't mind nerd poo poo like Magic and DOTA becoming legit things, but we as a society need to draw the line at loving Quidditch
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Dec 6, 2014 21:28
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johnfw50 posted:How long ago? It's actually kinda legit nowadays. The one I did was 2-3 years back. I'm sorry but it is nothing approaching legit. It's probably fun if you're some super big college harry potter nerd but c'mon now
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Dec 6, 2014 21:32
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DJExile posted:The one I did was 2-3 years back. I'm sorry but it is nothing approaching legit. It's probably fun if you're some super big college harry potter nerd but c'mon now I mean I know I'm not gonna win this argument but it's actually trying to distance itself from Harry Potter and a lot of the weird poo poo like capes has been phased out. How it currently is basically rugby/handball with people on brooms.
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Dec 6, 2014 21:35
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MourningView posted:people should be getting hyped for something badass like luge or that poo poo with the skiing and the guns instead Skiing and guns really should be awesome but the biathlon is the worst. They need to mix in downhill skiing and shooting guns at the same time or something.
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Dec 6, 2014 21:35
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johnfw50 posted:How it currently is basically rugby/handball with people on brooms. Then just play loving rugby or handball and spare yourself the second-hand embarrassment of pretending to be a wizard
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Dec 6, 2014 21:36
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johnfw50 posted:I mean I know I'm not gonna win this argument but it's actually trying to distance itself from Harry Potter and a lot of the weird poo poo like capes has been phased out. How it currently is basically rugby/handball with people on brooms. is it full contact and if so are there giant rear end in a top hat enforcers?
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johnfw50 posted:a lot of the weird poo poo like capes has been phased out johnfw50 posted:people on brooms
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Groucho Marxist posted:is it full contact and if so are there giant rear end in a top hat enforcers? Yeah. And kinda. Depends on the team. I know Texas a&m recruits guys who come to try and walk on PASS THE MASH fucked around with this message at 21:43 on Dec 6, 2014 |
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johnfw50 posted:How long ago? It's actually kinda legit nowadays. 
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