From the Good Folk at SI - Page 5

darkhorse · 06-18-2005, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by spleen1015

These boards aren't going any where.

Markus inferred otherwise in a conversation I had with him late last year.

Crapshoot · 06-18-2005, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by silvam14

Or the fact that fans of soccer tend to condescend to each other and at times hurt and kill each other over the sport. No wonder they close the pubs early in England

Yes, bravo- this is insight. What an idiot.

GreekMetsFan78 · 06-18-2005, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by D Love

Am I not reading the sarcasm here?

There is no sarcasm. I live in a country where every sport besides soccer sucks. For me it's only soccer that sucks, simple and plain. Nobody likes all the sports. Some people hate basketball others baseball, i hate deadly soccer, where's the big deal?

disposableheros · 06-18-2005, 05:33 PM

i've never had any trouble with the SI forums or anyone there. i guess i dont go looking for it though. an occasional post about a football thing i dont know (im a complete newb to the sport, thanks to FM '05

) and an occasional post about OOTP to answer a blok is about as much as i can handle.

dont get me wrong, i hope and pray this place stays around. i wont be spending as much time at the SI forums as i do here, if they do close us down. im just not very fond of the style, speed, or convenience of the SI boards.

Hoiles · 06-18-2005, 06:49 PM

GreekMetsFan,
Isn't basketball pretty big in Greece (I thought it was even bigger than soccer, until they won Euro last year). A good friend of mine if from there and he seems to be much more into hoops. Though I don't think he gets baseball.

D Love · 06-18-2005, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by GreekMetsFan78

There is no sarcasm. I live in a country where every sport besides soccer sucks. For me it's only soccer that sucks, simple and plain. Nobody likes all the sports. Some people hate basketball others baseball, i hate deadly soccer, where's the big deal?

So the fact that a company produced a popular soccer game means you won't buy a baseball game that they pay someone to create? Seems odd. And what happens if you find out that Markus is also a soccer fan besides being a baseball fan? Will you stop using any version of OOTP?

treedom · 06-18-2005, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by GreekMetsFan78

As much as i love OOTP the 6.5 version will be the last i own. I don't buy anything with Sports Interactive logos or visit their forums. I hate foccer so much i don't want to have any connection with a company whose main product is a soccer game.

You can't be serious. That's gotta be the stupidest reasoning not to buy a product that I've ever heard.

randomlefty10 · 06-18-2005, 09:02 PM

Does anyone know of a link that does a good job explaining how cricket works? I've been fascinated by the game for awhile but can't find (read: haven't looked) any good resource on it to help a newbie.

SSG Troyer · 06-18-2005, 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Cooleyvol

I can't wait for the merge to sit back and watch.

Hehe ... reminds me of a poster I saw at a job a while ago ...

It's not my job to run the train.
The whistle, I can't blow.
It's not my job to say how far
The train's allowed to go.
It's not my job to let off steam,
Or even clang the bell,
But to let the damn thing jump the track
And see who catches hell.

sahyder1 · 06-19-2005, 01:14 AM

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Originally Posted by randomlefty10

Does anyone know of a link that does a good job explaining how cricket works? I've been fascinated by the game for awhile but can't find (read: haven't looked) any good resource on it to help a newbie.

Want the rules of the game?

http://www.icc-cricket.com/rules/

I'll try finding some sites that actually teach the game.

Malleus Dei · 06-19-2005, 01:27 AM

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Originally Posted by treedom

You can't be serious. That's gotta be the stupidest reasoning not to buy a product that I've ever heard.

A woman I know refuses to buy any products from a major software company simply because it has the same name as her ex-fiance. IMO that's even dumber.

GreekMetsFan78 · 06-19-2005, 03:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Hoiles

GreekMetsFan,
Isn't basketball pretty big in Greece (I thought it was even bigger than soccer, until they won Euro last year). A good friend of mine if from there and he seems to be much more into hoops. Though I don't think he gets baseball.

Basketball was huge during the 90's. From 1987 (year the Greek natioal team won the Eurobasket until 1998). Since then nobody cares. The only you can watch on tv is soccer, any kind of soccer you can imagine....

rdklein · 06-19-2005, 03:36 AM

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Originally Posted by phenom

in that case, isn't soccer kinda like...

player kicks ball to other player... player then kicks ball to another player... player then kicks ball to another player... player kicks ball out of bounds.

rinse

repeat

player falls down... player rolls around in agony grabbing his leg... referee shows yellow card... player is carried off field my medics... player run back on field a minute later... fans pelt player with bags of urine and bottle rockets.

Ragnar · 06-19-2005, 03:50 AM

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Originally Posted by rdklein

player falls down... player rolls around in agony grabbing his leg... referee shows yellow card... player is carried off field my medics... player run back on field a minute later... fans pelt player with bags of urine and bottle rockets.

Thats total bull. The player usually gets right up after the yellow card is displayed. Such sportsmanship.

Thats the one single thing i hate when i watch the world cup. The guys rolling around faking. It is so obvious.

GreekMetsFan78 · 06-19-2005, 04:06 AM

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Originally Posted by treedom

You can't be serious. That's gotta be the stupidest reasoning not to buy a product that I've ever heard.

I know it’s stupid. But God I hate soccer so much! When you heard statements like the Americans are morons because soccer isn’t popular there and baseball is a zany sport and football is for wild and wooly people what are you going to do? In the end I’ll probably bookmark the OOTP forums on their site and buy the game too. For now I’m just bitching….Greek people just doesn’t know what the word sports mean, They think that sports is kicking a ball. If I lived in the USA I would just don’t give a **** about soccer. Living in Greece makes me hate it.

treedom · 06-19-2005, 04:08 AM

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Originally Posted by GreekMetsFan78

If I lived in the USA I would just don’t give a **** about soccer. Living in Greece makes me hate it.

I guess I kind of know how that is. I live in Canada and can't stand hockey.

GreekMetsFan78 · 06-19-2005, 04:09 AM

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Originally Posted by rdklein

player falls down... player rolls around in agony grabbing his leg... referee shows yellow card... player is carried off field my medics... player run back on field a minute later... fans pelt player with bags of urine and bottle rockets.

Urine and bottle rockets?

That's nothing in Greece they throw the players and the refs bricks, rocks, chairs, even tubs. Then the same player they wanted to kill they cheer him when he plays for the National team.

GreekMetsFan78 · 06-19-2005, 04:10 AM

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Originally Posted by treedom

I guess I kind of know how that is. I live in Canada and can't stand hockey.

Yeah but at least you can catch Baseball, Basketball, Football whatever you want. I wish i lived in Canada, i love hockey,

geoff · 06-19-2005, 04:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Ragnar

Thats total bull. The player usually gets right up after the yellow card is displayed. Such sportsmanship.

Thats the one single thing i hate when i watch the world cup. The guys rolling around faking. It is so obvious.

The above post I think really hits the nail on the head and rarely, if ever, gets mentioned in the whole 'Why do Americans dislike soccer?' discussion.

Speaking (perhaps inappropriately) for my friends, all of whom are a) Americans and b) rabid fans of football, baseball, basketball and hockey, we have zero tolerance for the ridiculous diving, the grabbing the ankle/face contorted in agony/writhing on the ground acting display only to see said player hop right to his feet completely unscathed once the thing has been resolved.

Call me crazy, but to me that's just lousy sportsmanship. I dont understand why the soccer culture allowed things to go in that direction, or that far, where that type of thing is not only acceptable but considered 'part of the game'.

21C · 06-19-2005, 05:15 AM

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Originally Posted by geoff

Call me crazy, but to me that's just lousy sportsmanship. I dont understand why the soccer culture allowed things to go in that direction, or that far, where that type of thing is not only acceptable but considered 'part of the game'.

To an extent I agree with you but there are facets of every game that have head-scratching moments in their culture.

For the life of me, I cannot understand the bench-clearing nature of baseball "fights". For a game that considers a player weak if they rub their arm or leg if they get hit with a pitch, why do they go through the inane spectacle of coming off the bench to "support" their team-mates if two players go at it? For God's sake, the benches cleared when two managers had a disagreement ( Frank Robinson and Mike Scioscia ). It's even considered bad form if the guys in the bullpen don't run to the "fight" but walk instead.

I love baseball but I hate seeing the benches clear just because two players start jawing at each other. [ /end rant ]

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06-18-2005, 06:49 PM	#85
Hoiles All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 574	GreekMetsFan, Isn't basketball pretty big in Greece (I thought it was even bigger than soccer, until they won Euro last year). A good friend of mine if from there and he seems to be much more into hoops. Though I don't think he gets baseball.

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randomlefty10 All Star Starter Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 1,438	Does anyone know of a link that does a good job explaining how cricket works? I've been fascinated by the game for awhile but can't find (read: haven't looked) any good resource on it to help a newbie.