World Cup 2006

MixedMyth · Post by **MixedMyth** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 4:11 pm

PeppermintAfterlife wrote:Football is pretty cool. Dunno why it's not popular in the US. I mean, baseball is the most boring thing in the universe and everyone watches that.

But football IS popular in....oh. You mean soccer.

Skylark King · Post by **Skylark King** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 4:11 pm

The only way I really ever pay attention to soccer is when the players (usually female) make an effort to remove thier clothes. More of that.

CaptainClaude · Post by **CaptainClaude** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 4:12 pm

MixedMyth wrote:
PeppermintAfterlife wrote:Football is pretty cool. Dunno why it's not popular in the US. I mean, baseball is the most boring thing in the universe and everyone watches that.
But football IS popular in....oh. You mean soccer.

FUT BAWL!

Vorticus · Post by **Vorticus** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 4:43 pm

I feel sorry for the US team, even if they win most of the sports fans in their country won't care.

Rickford · Post by **Rickford** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 5:40 pm

MixedMyth wrote:
PeppermintAfterlife wrote:Football is pretty cool. Dunno why it's not popular in the US. I mean, baseball is the most boring thing in the universe and everyone watches that.
But football IS popular in....oh. You mean soccer.

*Fires Flaming Oxford English Dictionary from Angry Cannon into MixedMyth's face*

Robbie · Post by **Robbie** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 5:44 pm

I'm looking forward to the day that Gatorade stops trying to get me to care.

Skylark King · Post by **Skylark King** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 6:50 pm

Robbie wrote:I'm looking forward to the day that Gatorade stops trying to get me to care.

Did you know you don't have to be into sports to drink Gatorade? You just have to be a really thirsty dude. I think they're missin gout on a pretty big market, here.

-paraphrased from Mitch Hedberg

Rickford · Post by **Rickford** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 6:57 pm

What is this Gatorade of which you speak? Is it some kind of liquified alligators? Cause I'd sure as hell pay for some alligator flavoured goodness.

Tim · Post by **Tim** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 7:54 pm

grabmygoblin wrote:I sometimes watch baseball, if it is either the red sox, the cubs or the mets, because they almost never win and I like to root for the underdog.

Excuse me?!

October, 2004 would like to disagree with you.

If you want to root for underdogs, go with the Royals. They suck outright.

Sorry. Yeah, anyway, the World Cup and soccer in general gets a big "meh" from me as well.

Ahaugen · Post by **Ahaugen** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 7:59 pm

how is soccer exciting? the games are always won by one goal margins, and the players take a dive if you breathe on them. at least in hockey, when you get hit, you get right back up.

Grabmygoblin · Post by **Grabmygoblin** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 8:03 pm

Tim wrote:
grabmygoblin wrote:I sometimes watch baseball, if it is either the red sox, the cubs or the mets, because they almost never win and I like to root for the underdog.
Excuse me?!
October, 2004 would like to disagree with you.

If you want to root for underdogs, go with the Royals. They suck outright.

Sorry. Yeah, anyway, the World Cup and soccer in general gets a big "meh" from me as well.

...so their record is now 1 win out of 100 instead of 0 out of 100? I'm afraid I'm unimpressed. but I'll also root for the Royals at your request.

Tellurider · Post by **Tellurider** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 8:04 pm

Soccer/Football IS exciting! It's fast paces and has guys with really buff legs running around and being all manly. And I've played the game before, I know how much freaking skill they have.

Go Spain and Germany.
...and the US I guess.

Sports are fun to watch because it's being able to see years of work and dedication right there in front of you, in action. I don't know, I just like it, is all.

And I think football fans are WAY crazier than hockey fans. When's the last time you heard of a hockey ref getting killed for making a bad call?

Tim · Post by **Tim** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 8:12 pm

grabmygoblin wrote:
Tim wrote:
grabmygoblin wrote:I sometimes watch baseball, if it is either the red sox, the cubs or the mets, because they almost never win and I like to root for the underdog.
Excuse me?!
October, 2004 would like to disagree with you.

If you want to root for underdogs, go with the Royals. They suck outright.

Sorry. Yeah, anyway, the World Cup and soccer in general gets a big "meh" from me as well.
...so their record is now 1 win out of 100 instead of 0 out of 100? I'm afraid I'm unimpressed. but I'll also root for the Royals at your request.

6 out of 101. Enough for 3rd overall. But who's counting?

But I had also meant their overall performance.

RPin · Post by **RPin** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 8:45 am

One can't truly understand the magic of the World Cup unless they live in Brazil. For a month it changes everything around here.

Recently we had an outbreak of riots on some prisions, and on top of the demands, the prisioners wanted TVs to watch the world cup. Our love for football is beyond crazy, it's surreal.

Dutch! · Post by **Dutch!** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 2:20 pm

Our indigenous game of football (Australian Rules) is similar to that if you come from one of the five of seven states that play it. Unless you're from New South Wales or Queensland (and we;re making progress converting those heathens too) it's the number one game in the world.

Although no, it isn't played internationally although several countries including the US have their own domestic competitions.

Similarly to soccer in Brazil, although probably not quite so fanatical, AFL has the same sort of majesty (which will be argued by other Australians here because they are computer nerds and not supposed to like sports).

In Victoria we have a phrase. Football isn't a religion. It's more important than that.

I reckon soccer in Brazil is pretty much the same, eh?

Ida · Post by **Ida** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 3:15 pm

Bah, I don't really like sports, and Denmark didn't even make it to the finals. Still, the amount of attention World Cup is getting makes it nogh-on impossible NOT to watch just a little bit of it, so I'll be cheering for Germany, simply because no one else does. (Well, except the Germans, I suppose)

Robin Pierce · Post by **Robin Pierce** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 2:08 am

Germany wonnnnnn ... their first game :3
*grooves*

I came very close to throwing a fit because I have no TV and had to follow along with a match cast ;-;

Cope · Post by **Cope** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 3:01 am

PeppermintAfterlife wrote:
KittyKatBlack wrote:
Tynan wrote:Weirder than furries?
Much.
They paint their faces and travel all over the world to watch men play with their balls. Then they beat up people who like the opposing team and riot whether their team wins or loses.

*giggles like a mad thing*

Faceless · Post by **Faceless** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 6:44 am

ahaugen wrote:how is soccer exciting? the games are always won by one goal margins, and the players take a dive if you breathe on them. at least in hockey, when you get hit, you get right back up.

That is because they where tonnes of protection.

Vorticus · Post by **Vorticus** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 7:50 am

At least he didn't try to say that American football players are tougher than regular football players.

Comic Genesis Forums

World Cup 2006

...and it's called SOCCER.