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Jul 12, 2018 15:18
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football owns but diving is easily the worst aspect of the modern game sorry you don't earn any smugness points by pointing it out cuz every football fan is already aware and hates it just as much as anyone else
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Jul 12, 2018 15:22
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fridge corn posted:football owns but diving is easily the worst aspect of the modern game Unfortunately there are people who do think it's just part of the game and everyone should stop whining about it. The same people are usually against video refereeing. Some poo poo about "culture".
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Jul 12, 2018 15:47
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It's football you drat yankies.. you don't even use your feet in your "football" except for field goals. "Hand Egg" or "Risk Averse Rugby", up to you which you choose.
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Jul 12, 2018 15:53
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Sport is a thing that happens on American TV to pad the space between adverts.
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Jul 12, 2018 15:55
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Durzel posted:It's football you drat yankies.. you don't even use your feet in your "football" except for field goals. People who us the term hand egg are almst as bad as the sportsball people. The name doesn't have to correlate with how exactly you play it. Like whats a hockey? Or a tennis?
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Jul 12, 2018 15:56
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yeah I eat rear end posted:People who us the term hand egg are almst as bad as the sportsball people. The name doesn't have to correlate with how exactly you play it. Like whats a hockey? Or a tennis?
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Jul 12, 2018 15:58
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The football/soccer/handegg debate is pretty much the same as "correct way to eat pizza" debate, as in only the most boring people on the planet would ever engage in either.
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Jul 12, 2018 16:00
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Guilty as charged. 
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Jul 12, 2018 16:02
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fridge corn posted:football owns but diving is easily the worst aspect of the modern game If that's the case why don't they do anything about it?
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Jul 12, 2018 16:04
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ChesterJT posted:If that's the case why don't they do anything about it? They are, that's one of the reasons VAR is being rolled out.
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Jul 12, 2018 16:06
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I've never been much of a soccer fan but I watched a bunch of the World Cup this year. I enjoyed it and gained more appreciation for the sport - right up until the inevitable "go down like you were shot and clutch your leg" moments that happen every 3-5 minutes. If they would knock that poo poo off it would be roughly 100x better.
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Jul 12, 2018 16:09
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ChesterJT posted:If that's the case why don't they do anything about it? That's the really maddening bit about it cuz diving is already a bookable offence but rarely do you ever see the refs get their cards out for it even when it's most blatent at least var will help in certain situations but not when it happens in less innocuous areas of the pitch
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Jul 12, 2018 16:10
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I mean var will help make sure the ref makes the right call wrt whether a foul has been committed or not but it's not gonna stop players dropping to the ground at the slightest hint of contact Until players start getting sent off for trying to cheat and start costing their team matches I don't think it's gonna stop
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Jul 12, 2018 16:15
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Make a rule that if the ref summons the stretcher guys you can't cancel it. You WILL be taken to the hospital and you WILL wear a cast for ten weeks.
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Jul 12, 2018 16:20
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Icochet posted:Make a rule that if the ref summons the stretcher guys you can't cancel it. You WILL be taken to the hospital and you WILL wear a cast for ten weeks. If you're found out to be faking an injury the opposing team gets to actually give you that injury.
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Jul 12, 2018 16:21
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bloom posted:If you're found out to be faking an injury the opposing team gets to actually give you that injury. Can't wait for neymar to actually get his ankles blown off by a shotgun
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Jul 12, 2018 16:24
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Just curious, but is there an esports league for sports video games? because I could really use a good laugh this morning.
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Jul 12, 2018 16:25
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Rad-daddio posted:Just curious, but is there an esports league for sports video games? there is a Madden esports league and the players all look and sound exactly like you'd expect
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Jul 12, 2018 16:29
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Beefeater posted:I've never been much of a soccer fan but I watched a bunch of the World Cup this year. I enjoyed it and gained more appreciation for the sport - right up until the inevitable "go down like you were shot and clutch your leg" moments that happen every 3-5 minutes. If they would knock that poo poo off it would be roughly 100x better. cool well founded and original thought right here folks
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Jul 12, 2018 16:30
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Rad-daddio posted:Just curious, but is there an esports league for sports video games? EA's E3 2018 presentation actually has what you're looking for with Madden Esports. Not even kidding. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekKth75c4bg&t=2498s E:FB but I at least gave a link. Also: 
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Jul 12, 2018 16:32
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Rad-daddio posted:Just curious, but is there an esports league for sports video games? Is there a "Dive/Feign Injury" button in the FIFA video games? vivisectvnv posted:cool well founded and original thought right here folks Thanks buddy. 
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Jul 12, 2018 16:38
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everybody gets mad at americans for calling it "soccer" but why does no one get mad at the italians for calling it "calcio".. a word which is also, you might notice, not "football"
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Jul 12, 2018 16:42
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It's hosed up how soccer players are seen as sex symbols just because of their toned runner's bodies and symmetrical features. The cameras should be pointed straight into the sky so we're no longer put into a state of sexual despair every time we watch the sport. Everyone is beautiful and should be allowed to play the Beautiful Game and be in the Calvin Klein ads if it is their wish
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Jul 12, 2018 16:43
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FIFA sucks as an organization and has killed any desire I had to watch the world cup. I don't care about what/who they show in the stands.
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Jul 12, 2018 16:43
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Rad-daddio posted:All spectator sports are bad, and every professional sports organization exists soley to configure the original game to maximize commercial time slots. tennis is still a fun sport to watch. and the video game based on it, which is called mario tennis all stars, is an excellent video game
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Jul 12, 2018 16:45
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Squashing Machine posted:It's hosed up how soccer players are seen as sex symbols just because of their toned runner's bodies and symmetrical features. The cameras should be pointed straight into the sky so we're no longer put into a state of sexual despair every time we watch the sport. Everyone is beautiful and should be allowed to play the Beautiful Game and be in the Calvin Klein ads if it is their wish Modric looks like a rat goblin.
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Jul 12, 2018 16:46
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Durzel posted:Suppose.. except when a word is made up of two key components "foot" and "ball". I mean, it's pretty descriptive in this instance, isn't it? Hmm a game played not on horseback with a ball?
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Jul 12, 2018 16:49
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Earwicker posted:tennis is still a fun sport to watch. and the video game based on it, which is called mario tennis all stars, is an excellent video game Amen. Haven't played the new Mario game but tennis games in general are easy to pick up and fun to play. I watched hours of high level Wimbledon play yesterday which included a couple of guys full on diving for a ball. They grimaced in pain but shook it off like an adult and went right back to playing. I nominate Tennis to be the new "beautiful game."
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Jul 12, 2018 16:56
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ChesterJT posted:Amen. Haven't played the new Mario game but tennis games in general are easy to pick up and fun to play. I watched hours of high level Wimbledon play yesterday which included a couple of guys full on diving for a ball. They grimaced in pain but shook it off like an adult and went right back to playing. I nominate Tennis to be the new "beautiful game." the even more beautiful game is racquetball but thats not on tv
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Jul 12, 2018 16:59
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If they rebranded as TIFA they'd get way more support
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Jul 12, 2018 17:15
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hosed-Up Little Dog posted:Also the Sweden England game was amazing because all the Brits looked like muddy goblins made of lumpy turnips gurning and moaning while the Swedish crowd were all healthy, beautiful happy people
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Jul 12, 2018 17:15
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVEo8SWL4Tc
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Jul 12, 2018 17:18
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Tennis is boring cuz its the same players make it to the final every tournament and do you really need to watch a federer/nadal/murray/djokovic final 9000 times over the course of 10 years??
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Jul 12, 2018 17:19
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This is your reminder that back in the late 90's this album actually happened. Team USA.
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Jul 12, 2018 17:25
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Why doesn't soccer add more officials on the actual field?
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Jul 12, 2018 17:31
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Soccer is cool because they only cut to commercial at halftime and i wish i had a reason to watch more than every four years
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Jul 12, 2018 17:38
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Pube Factory posted:Soccer is cool because they only cut to commercial at halftime and i wish i had a reason to watch more than every four years you can watch any time you want!
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Jul 12, 2018 17:38
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I'm not sure why it took until this World Cup and Neymar's antics for the entire world to acknowledge this is a huge problem. A friend tried to get me into the 2010 World Cup and it looked like they were LARPing a WW2 battle because 2-4 people would throw themselves to the ground like an artillery strike landed and then lay there screaming until they figured out which person the Referee believed the most and was actually going to pay attention to so the rest could bravely pretend they were shaking their non-existant injuries off and be completely fine 2 minutes later unless they had another opportunity to pitch themselves into the dirt. I was used to American sports so I didn't understand what was going on until I realized there is no clock stoppage and people figured out you get infinite and instant time-outs by diving. Momentum against you? Dive! Leading near the end? Dive! Their best player inhaled the same oxygen as you? Dive and get him penalized! I think the entire last 15 minutes of one game was doctors carrying a steady stream of players off of the field because the team that was up 1-0 was coincidentally suffering a huge amount of devastating and time wasting injuries and they won because everytime the other team got posession one of their player's skeletons spontaneously detonated. This suckass crybaby poo poo is a core fundamental tactic in the sport that has been prevalent for a long time so its weird that soccer fans claim its just a problem that needs fixed when the entire sport is based around it. You may as well award points for the best acting and most strategic dives at this point.
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Jul 12, 2018 17:41
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Earwicker posted:you can watch any time you want! I'm american though and mls seems pointless
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Jul 12, 2018 17:41
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