Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: politiepet on June 14, 2008, 08:59:02 AM
Title: Ec 2008
Post by: politiepet on June 14, 2008, 08:59:02 AM
It\'s about time someone made a thread about the European Championships, even if non of you yanks give a shit. And since the Dutch (yay :)) are absolutely dominating this tournament (I\'m looking at you BizioEE ;)) by defeating the world champions Italy and runner up France (see picture) by 3-0 and 4-1 respectively, I guess I\'ll be the one setting this up.
So what are you\'re thoughts on the tournament so far?
Title: Ec 2008
Post by: Samwise on June 14, 2008, 09:05:53 AM
The Holland-France match was great. I rooted for the Dutch as well, so good times all around... they\'ll go far I\'m sure. :)
Title: Ec 2008
Post by: Jumpman on June 14, 2008, 09:06:15 AM
lol soccer
Title: Ec 2008
Post by: politiepet on June 14, 2008, 09:07:37 AM
lol jumpman
Title: Ec 2008
Post by: Jumpman on June 14, 2008, 09:09:10 AM
lol joke forum member
Title: Ec 2008
Post by: Luke on June 14, 2008, 09:35:28 AM
I always root for the Dutch.
Title: Ec 2008
Post by: Viper_Fujax on June 14, 2008, 09:45:08 AM
i root for italy..but theyve started off pretty badly. the netherlands have been kicking ass, murdering france and italy
i only pay attention to these country vs country types of tournaments though so im not that big of a fan of all the players
Title: Ec 2008
Post by: Cerberus on June 14, 2008, 11:35:08 AM
england didn\'t qualify, so fuck it.
having said that, holland 4-1 france = :) :) :) :)
holland need to use their heads now and take a dive against romania, that way, both france and italy will be out
:)
Title: Ec 2008
Post by: square_marker on June 14, 2008, 03:36:20 PM
Podulski!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ballack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Germany For The Win
Title: Ec 2008
Post by: Raz The Friggin Grea on June 14, 2008, 03:41:42 PM
It\'s not football season is it? I thought the preseason was in August?
oh wait - we\'re talking about that other football..
Yeah................ Mm...
Title: Ec 2008
Post by: Luke on June 14, 2008, 03:51:51 PM
I would be way more interested in soccer if I could keep up with it... Theres so many damn tournaments and leagues I can\'t keep up.
Great sport however... and I LOVE the world cup.
Title: Ec 2008
Post by: Jumpman on June 14, 2008, 04:01:08 PM
I enjoying playing soccer but watching 90 minutes of it is painful. Absolutely the worst spectator sport. Deep down Euro\'s and other crappy countries know the sophistication of North American sports blow their crappy game away so try and hype it up as much as they can.
Title: Ec 2008
Post by: Joker on June 14, 2008, 04:09:31 PM
Know whats great about soccer? when some dude just randomly has a heart attack.
seriously tho, apparently falling ill to a massive heart attack isn\'t completely rare in the sport. Young healthy guys with no drugs in their system just falling over dead =| very athletic game to play at a professional level.
oh and I think the guy in the video actually died of a brain hemorage or something and not a heart attack. But all the other heart attack videos of soccer players weren\'t as comical and have sarah mclachlan playing in them.
Title: Ec 2008
Post by: Raz The Friggin Grea on June 14, 2008, 04:23:54 PM
I\'ve never watched a single game. I\'ve never played a single game.
It reminds me of Golf...No wait, it reminds me of baseball...Boring...........zzzzzzzz..........
Title: Ec 2008
Post by: Paul2 on June 14, 2008, 06:47:49 PM
that must have suck dying from a heart attack. very weird that his heart were beating fine and healthy and then the next sec, he got a heart attack and died from it.
what are the chances of athlete dying from a heart attack. it\'s extremely rare, but it does happens.
Title: Ec 2008
Post by: Raz The Friggin Grea on June 14, 2008, 08:22:28 PM
Quote
that must have suck dying from a heart attack.
As opposed to dying from everything else?
Title: Ec 2008
Post by: Paul2 on June 14, 2008, 09:10:15 PM
some people has gentle death though. like dying of natural causes such as in their sleep.
Title: Ec 2008
Post by: Samwise on June 14, 2008, 09:25:22 PM
I know this isn\'t about American football vs. real football, but still... how can you complain that \'soccer\' is boring to watch, then go back to NFL where the game stands still every other second?
(It\'s just a cultural thing, I know.)
Title: Ec 2008
Post by: Joker on June 14, 2008, 09:32:22 PM
I don\'t like NFL cause it seems to be mostly a running game and I don\'t like the stopping every few seconds.
I can stand the CFL (lol cfl) more because they only get 3 downs so theres lots and lots of passing.
Title: Ec 2008
Post by: politiepet on June 15, 2008, 12:05:05 AM
Quote from: Raz The Friggin Grea
I\'ve never watched a single game. I\'ve never played a single game.
It reminds me of Golf...No wait, it reminds me of baseball...Boring...........zzzzzzzz..........
I\'m glad that nowadays people are able to judge something without having seen it even once... makes things so much easier...
Title: Ec 2008
Post by: Jumpman on June 15, 2008, 04:57:47 AM
Quote from: Samwise
I know this isn\'t about American football vs. real football, but still... how can you complain that \'soccer\' is boring to watch, then go back to NFL where the game stands still every other second?
(It\'s just a cultural thing, I know.)
After WWII its called soccer, don\'t dispute the name. If US/Canada failed liberating Europe it would be called NaziBall.
Or CommiBool.
Title: Ec 2008
Post by: Viper_Fujax on June 15, 2008, 06:45:29 PM
i got lucky and turned on the turkey vs czech game right before turkey got the tieing goal..then eventually the winning goal. was a damn good 15 minutes
Title: Ec 2008
Post by: politiepet on June 16, 2008, 12:18:31 AM
no it wasn\'t, it sucked. I hate those arrogant pricks.
Title: Ec 2008
Post by: Viper_Fujax on June 16, 2008, 12:22:04 AM
all you euros are arrogant pricks :D
Title: Ec 2008
Post by: Cerberus on June 17, 2008, 01:46:57 PM
well, that\'s the frogs out, so I\'m happy
shame holland didn\'t follow the same plan of thinking as I did, or they could have killed 2 birds with 1 stone and sent the eye-talians home at the same time
oh well, maybe in the first KO round
Title: Ec 2008
Post by: politiepet on June 17, 2008, 11:30:30 PM
Spain will take care of them, woth Pirlo and Gatuzzo out. Holland is just too good to willfully lose a game :)
Title: Ec 2008
Post by: Living-In-Clip on June 18, 2008, 08:55:21 AM
Quote from: Samwise
I know this isn\'t about American football vs. real football, but still... how can you complain that \'soccer\' is boring to watch, then go back to NFL where the game stands still every other second?
(It\'s just a cultural thing, I know.)
Well, it\'s all about if the game is cool and fun. "Real football" is not. American football is.
America wins. Rest of world loses.
Title: Ec 2008
Post by: Joker on June 18, 2008, 09:00:39 AM
no one ever did answer my question as to why a game where you mostly use your hands was named football
Also this didn\'t warrant a new thread but according to wikipedia Steven Seagal is a homosexual http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_seagal
Title: Ec 2008
Post by: Jumpman on June 18, 2008, 09:03:58 AM
American football contains some action at least. Every play...something happens. The action forces itself.
Soccer...nothing happens save for 5-30 seconds every 90 minutes.
Winner=American Football.
Title: Ec 2008
Post by: Luke on June 18, 2008, 09:04:56 AM
Quote from: Joker
no one ever did answer my question as to why a game where you mostly use your hands was named football
Also this didn\'t warrant a new thread but according to wikipedia Steven Seagal is a homosexual http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_seagal
* American football is a derivative of rugby football, and while the feet are used more often in rugby than on the gridiron, much of the game is still played by handling the ball. Both variations are still considered football.
* North America style football didn\'t used to allow the "forward pass" and much more of the play involved foot work, such as the "drop kick" and the running punt kick. In the first rules, only the " side pass" was allowed, as long as the two players were side by side, with no forward motion of the ball, similar to rugby rules. The Canadian Football League ( CFL ) still allows a drop kick to score a field goal, and also has a thing called a "rouge" when the kicker is able to kick the ball thru the end zone, so it lands out of play , it is worth 2 points. Both the NFL and the CFL still have the drop-kick available as a weapon - on the point-after-touchdown, or from the field for 3 points. The "rouge" is worth a single point in Canada.
Title: Ec 2008
Post by: Jar O Pickles on June 18, 2008, 09:07:34 AM
someone should tell his wife
nevermind he\'s divorced being gay is a good reason for divorce
Title: Ec 2008
Post by: Living-In-Clip on June 18, 2008, 09:09:27 AM
Quote from: Luke
* American football is a derivative of rugby football, and while the feet are used more often in rugby than on the gridiron, much of the game is still played by handling the ball. Both variations are still considered football.
* North America style football didn\'t used to allow the "forward pass" and much more of the play involved foot work, such as the "drop kick" and the running punt kick. In the first rules, only the " side pass" was allowed, as long as the two players were side by side, with no forward motion of the ball, similar to rugby rules. The Canadian Football League ( CFL ) still allows a drop kick to score a field goal, and also has a thing called a "rouge" when the kicker is able to kick the ball thru the end zone, so it lands out of play , it is worth 2 points. Both the NFL and the CFL still have the drop-kick available as a weapon - on the point-after-touchdown, or from the field for 3 points. The "rouge" is worth a single point in Canada.
If I recall, American football still allows the " drop kick" for a field goal or extra point. Didn\'t Bledso or someone do it for the Patriots a few years back?
Title: Ec 2008
Post by: Luke on June 18, 2008, 09:15:57 AM
You might be thinking of a quick punt maybe? Sometimes a quarterback will take a third and long situation and just get the ball and punt it, trying to get field position when in a 3rd and long and the other team has nobody back to return the kick.
Title: Ec 2008
Post by: Joker on June 18, 2008, 09:25:48 AM
Quote from: Jumpman
American football contains some action at least. Every play...something happens. The action forces itself.
Soccer...nothing happens save for 5-30 seconds every 90 minutes.
Winner=American Football.
Blasphemy you hoser. Thats exactly the reason people who don\'t like it call it boring in the first place, there isn\'t action every play. Most the time its watching someone gain minimal yardage, stop, reset, repeat.
Yeah every once in awhile something cool like this will happen
but its few and far between.
Also thanks to Luke for busting out the knowledge about the origin of its name.
Title: Ec 2008
Post by: Living-In-Clip on June 18, 2008, 09:29:00 AM
Quit posting YouTube clips. You\'re making me wish it was football season already.
Title: Ec 2008
Post by: Joker on June 18, 2008, 09:31:40 AM
I do have to say. I give props to that dude for getting up so quickly after that hit and for holding onto the ball.
I do think the sounds of helmets smashing is pretty sweet tho.
Title: Ec 2008
Post by: Luke on June 18, 2008, 09:41:51 AM
Thats a little too much celebration for one tackle. I understand that was a good hit and all, but get back to the huddle and get ready for the next play douchebag.
Thats the one thing that pisses me off about football... 2 minutes of chest thumping after every, single, play.
Title: Ec 2008
Post by: Cerberus on June 18, 2008, 12:39:05 PM
Quote from: Joker
no one ever did answer my question as to why a game where you mostly use your hands was named football
Also this didn\'t warrant a new thread but according to wikipedia Steven Seagal is a homosexual http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_seagal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_seagal)
every american I ask that to online never comes up with a definitive answer.
Title: Ec 2008
Post by: Jumpman on June 18, 2008, 12:48:27 PM
Quote from: Joker
Blasphemy you hoser. Thats exactly the reason people who don\'t like it call it boring in the first place, there isn\'t action every play. Most the time its watching someone gain minimal yardage, stop, reset, repeat.
Yeah every once in awhile something cool like this will happen
but its few and far between.
Also thanks to Luke for busting out the knowledge about the origin of its name.
Few and far between...compared to Soccer, where its EPICALLY far and between. Its already the scoring. Who wants to watch people dump a ball into defenders rinse repeat for 90 mins? Morons that\'s who. In football you have drives, anticipation, action...soccer has nothing of these.
But its the only sport in Europe.
If baseball was the only sport in American then it would be retardedly popular too.
Title: Ec 2008
Post by: Luke on June 18, 2008, 12:50:29 PM
Quote from: Cerberus
every american I ask that to online never comes up with a definitive answer.
Please see my post just after his.
Title: Ec 2008
Post by: Joker on June 18, 2008, 01:10:13 PM
Quote from: Jumpman
Few and far between...compared to Soccer, where its EPICALLY far and between. Its already the scoring. Who wants to watch people dump a ball into defenders rinse repeat for 90 mins? Morons that\'s who. In football you have drives, anticipation, action...soccer has nothing of these.
But its the only sport in Europe.
If baseball was the only sport in American then it would be retardedly popular too.
I thought baseball was popular in the states, national past time and all that
and I never said soccer was the most amazing sport to watch live. I just said I think football is boring. But I will say, highlight reels of football games are quite enjoyable but I just can\'t get into watching it, at home, on my couch. Playing it on the other hand, I think its a blast.
But there is a reason why it doesn\'t catch on around the world the way it does over here. (https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.daretogamble.com%2Fuploaded_images%2Fnfl-europa-775148.jpg&hash=1af22247db5aaed62a262398934514e8179ed32a)
Regardless, neither of them can hold a candle to the andrenaline pumping action of ultimate frisbee. Thats a real sport, too manly even for the Olympics.
PS: That homosexual comment about seagal on wiki from this morning is already gone. Wiki tampering is funny.