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The Final of the Champions League is tonight.
The dream final, Manchester United (Present European Champions and Premiere League Champions) go up against Barcelona (Present Spanish Champions and Copa Del Rey Champions) in Rome.
I hope that its a classic, but most finals at this level usually aren't.
Lets hope Man Utd win.
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I'd say soccer is about as exciting as this thread has been so far.
Let it begin...
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Yawn. Wake me when something actually exciting happens in soccer.
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It's still better than baseball.
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Doof's day:
1: "Are you watching the match tonight Doof?"
Doof: "No"
2: "Are you watching the match tonight Doof?"
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3: "Are you watching the match tonight Doof?"
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5: "Are you watching the match tonight Doof?"
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The whole third person thing never gets old, huh?
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Originally Posted by Laminar
The whole third person thing never gets old, huh?
Shaddim doesn't think so.
Silly Euros, real football starts in August.
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I've randomly watched Australian-rules football on television a few times recently and found it fairly entertaining, although I have no clue what's going on.
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Originally Posted by Laminar
Never gets old, does it?
Originally Posted by Laminar
The whole third person thing never gets old, huh?
You know what never gets old ? You asking if something doesn't get old.
Just saying.
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Originally Posted by Shaddim
Silly Euros, real football starts in August.
Is that the sport where all the hamburger and cheeseburger testers who are too scared to play rugby get to put on BMX protective gear and make an event that should last 1 hour, last 4 so that the whole team of 400 get to have a go? And they don't kick the ball with their feet much?
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Actually the maximum number of players on an NFL roster is 53, although college football is a different sport entirely.
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I was going to make a thread but decided not to because I knew the usual dumbass American responses would come flowing in.
I knew an early goal would blow things wide open. It hit United pretty hard and it became obvious a half-time chat from Ferguson was the only thing that would snap them out of it.
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We'll see if it works. Messi is playing us off the pitch. Hopefully only 45 more minutes of this to suffer through.
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Originally Posted by turtle777
You know what never gets old ? You asking if something doesn't get old.
Just saying.
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Really? You actually found two whole occurrences?
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Originally Posted by mattyb
Is that the sport where all the hamburger and cheeseburger testers who are too scared to play rugby get to put on BMX protective gear and make an event that should last 1 hour, last 4 so that the whole team of 400 get to have a go? And they don't kick the ball with their feet much?
Yeah, the sport that that doesn't suck*.
(*the same can't be said for soccer)
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Originally Posted by mr. burns
I was going to make a thread but decided not to because I knew the usual dumbass American responses would come flowing in.
Too late, the dumbass comments started with thread title.
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Originally Posted by Laminar
Really? You actually found two whole occurrences?
Did you expect me to start a full-blown search on this ?
Sorry to disappoint...
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Originally Posted by starman
Yawn. Wake me when something actually exciting happens in soccer.
Its typically after the game - its called a riot. The game is so boring the drunken fans need to burn off some extra energy
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Originally Posted by turtle777
Did you expect me to start a full-blown search on this ?
Sorry to disappoint...
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Laziness never gets old, huh?
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Originally Posted by Shaddim
Too late, the dumbass comments started with thread title.
Oh you are soooo clever.
Your response is a perfect example. Thanks.
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Originally Posted by Maflynn
Its typically after the game - its called a riot. The game is so boring the drunken fans need to burn off some extra energy
True that. At least in hockey the fights are during the game, and the hooligans who start them are making 6-7 figures.
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Be honest people, soccer is awful and boring.
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It can be. But so can any sport. I've seen boring rugby, basketball, hockey and baseball games.
The final of a few years ago between AC Milan and Liverpool when Liverpool did their comeback wasn't boring. The FA Cup Semi Final in 99 between Man Utd and Arsenal was magnificant (for Man Utd fans). Sometimes a 0-0 can actually be a very good game.
I do like watching American football, for much the same reasons that I'd watch Aliens vs Predator for example - the spectacle. Every time I see a game, I imagine them trying to go up against some decent rugby players. Baseball is just a commercialized version of rounders and just as painful to watch. Now if you were to insult cricket, I would supply you with the ammunition.
Each to their own I suppose.
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Originally Posted by IceEnclosure
Be honest people, soccer is awful and boring.
This. I've tried liking soccer. It's soooooooooo boooooooooooooring because they just leisurely trapse around the field kicking it baaaack and foooorth and never getting anywhere. I see VERY little strategy at all. I feel the same way about hockey. Can't stand it.
And to people that think baseball is boring: it's not. Every pitch, every throw has some strategy to it.
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Originally Posted by starman
And to people that think baseball is boring: it's not. Every pitch, every throw has some strategy to it.
Without the strategy stuff it would be ULTRA-BORING instead of just really-boring.
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Having played soccer most of my life I can say it's not just 'trotting' around the field, in fact, soccer players run around 5 miles per game.
Having said that, I find watching soccer on TV dreadfully boring most of the time, but it's a womderful sport to play.
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The trouble with football (and this tends to be on every continent) is what happens between the supporters of the opposing teams. I've never understood why this happens in football but not in rugby for example.
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Originally Posted by starman
And to people that think baseball is boring: it's not. Every pitch, every throw has some strategy to it.
Every move in chess has strategy to it too, but I doubt you'll endorse it as "exciting to watch".
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Originally Posted by Kerrigan
I swear Laminar/Dakar is some type computer.
Error. Does not compute.
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Originally Posted by Dakar V
Every move in chess has strategy to it too, but I doubt you'll endorse it as "exciting to watch".
Depends on your definition of exciting.
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Originally Posted by IceEnclosure
Be honest people, soccer is awful and boring.
Not. At. All.
For me a game is interesting when the main success of a team is scoring a point (goal) instead of preventing the other team from scoring...as it's like in basketball for example.
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Originally Posted by SpaceMonkey
Depends on your definition of exciting.
The one where watching gets you excited.
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Originally Posted by badidea
Not. At. All.
For me a game is interesting when the main success of a team is scoring a point (goal) instead of preventing the other team from scoring...as it's like in basketball for example.
Yeah, because basketball doesn't have goals.
What game doesn't have some kind of defense? Darts? Golf?
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Aren't sandtraps and waterhazards "defense"?
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Originally Posted by Dakar V
The one where watching gets you excited.
Then I submit that some people find watching strategies play out, as in chess or baseball, exciting.
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Originally Posted by Laminar
Yeah, because basketball doesn't have goals.
Who said that?
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Originally Posted by Dakar V
Aren't sandtraps and waterhazards "defense"?
Also, incompetent caddies.
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Originally Posted by SpaceMonkey
Then I submit that some people find watching strategies play out, as in chess or baseball, exciting.
I submit that these people are probably boring in real life.
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Originally Posted by Dakar V
I submit that these people are probably boring in real life.
Maybe, but I'm not sure why that matters.
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Originally Posted by SpaceMonkey
Maybe, but I'm not sure why that matters.
Because it goes to judgment.
I think Maxis games are fun, but I'd be lying through my teeth if I called them exciting. But hey, there's strategy in many of those decision, so maybe they are exciting.
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Originally Posted by Dakar V
Because it goes to judgment.
I think Maxis games are fun, but I'd be lying through my teeth if I called them exciting. But hey, there's strategy in many of those decision, so maybe they are exciting.
I think your definition of exciting is unfairly narrow. If a game is engrossing such that you want to keep playing it, then literally one could call it "exciting."
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Originally Posted by SpaceMonkey
I think your definition of exciting is unfairly narrow. If a game is engrossing such that you want to keep playing it, then literally one could call it "exciting."
No, there's a reason they're not synonyms. Books can be engrossing, but very few are exciting. Conversely, movies can be exciting, but very few are engrossing.
Comparing baseball to a book feels apropos.
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Originally Posted by Dakar V
No, there's a reason they're not synonyms. Books can be engrossing, but very few are exciting. Conversely, movies can be exciting, but very few are engrossing.
Comparing baseball to a book feels apropos.
Huh? Sounds like you just prefer movies to books.
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Originally Posted by SpaceMonkey
Huh? Sounds like you just prefer movies to books.
When I want to be excited, yes.
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Originally Posted by Dakar V
When I want to be excited, yes.
Yes, and when that is the case you go see a certain kind of film, no? (My apologies if you thought Barbershop was a "thrill ride.") Just as if you want to be excited by a book you go read a certain kind of book. You might favor one medium or the other, of course. By "exciting" I mean "stimulating emotion or activity," which one could experience through movies, books, or even baseball depending on their personal preferences.
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Originally Posted by SpaceMonkey
Yes, and when that is the case you go see a certain kind of film, no? (My apologies if you thought Barbershop was a "thrill ride.") Just as if you want to be excited by a book you go read a certain kind of book. You might favor one medium or the other, of course. By "exciting" I mean "stimulating emotion or activity," which one could experience through movies, books, or even baseball depending on their personal preferences.
If you have to work this hard to parse the word exciting down to fit baseball, then my point is made. At face value, the word exciting and baseball do not mix.
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