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Not trying to be a troll or anything, but I'm always confused as to the fuss over the worldcup.
My dad: Never watches soccer or speaks of it, but suddenly when Worldcup is on, he starts watching it religiously.
My friend: Hates soccer, finds it boring, yet checks in constantly to the scores.
(Choose primary reason)
Poll: Why do you watch the world cupLove watching Soccer (108) 44% Don't watch it (79) 32% Pride for my nation (34) 14% B/c everyone else is doing it. (27) 11% 248 total votes Your vote: Why do you watch the world cup (Vote): B/c everyone else is doing it.
(Vote): Pride for my nation
(Vote): Love watching Soccer
(Vote): Don't watch it
  
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Where is the "I don't watch soccer" option?
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i watched EPL, La Liga and just football in general on a regular basis for the past 3 or so years.. so
this is actually the first World Cup i'm watching "religiously" so to speak haha. it's fun to watch for sure especially with friends!
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I love watching football and pride for my nation 
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its kinda like the olympics. no one REALLY watches those sports. but its the best of the best and only once in 4 years. should be worth watching right?
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I don't watch soccer ever, but the world cup is fun because its kindof like a mini world war and you get to root for your country.
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The short of it is that people who watch tv are bored and waiting for something new and sexy to kill time.
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Wait. You realize you are posting this on a forum dedicated to watching random asian kids play a video game at 2-4 AM in the morning. And you are complaining about people watching the most popular sport in the world? Seriously?
All forms of sport and competition are fun to watch at the highest levels of competition. Football is no exception, and it's pretty fun to watch high level teams with great teamplay and country pride on the line.
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Based on your poll you believe there are two possible reasons why people like your dad are watching:
1) pride for nation
2) because everyone else is doing it
... but I really think there are other reasons some people would do it besides those two...
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It is really cool to see the whole world coming together for this event. Different playstyles from different countries, friendly people from all over the world having fun together, 600 players fighting for the most prestigious soccer trophy in the world.
That is what makes it great for me .
And fuck this national pride thing.. I find the sudden mass of german flags repulsive..
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On June 14 2010 06:06 samachking wrote:
Wait. You realize you are posting this on a forum dedicated to watching random asian kids play a video game at 2-4 AM in the morning. And you are complaining about people watching the most popular sport in the world? Seriously?
All forms of sport and competition are fun to watch at the highest levels of competition. Football is no exception, and it's pretty fun to watch high level teams with great teamplay and country pride on the line.
This! Exactly, I appreciate most sports in the world, except for curling which I dont get..
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World Cup and Euro Cup games are the only thing who matters when it comes down to soccer.
Forget about the Champions League, Calcio, Liga etc ...
Winning a Champion League makes you a great player but when you win a World Cup you become a legend.
I don't really care about soccer until the final stages of WC / EC because the amount of hype is unrivaled in any other sport.
+ watching national teams is better than clubs and their mercenaries. I really don't know how people can be fans of clubs when squads are changing each years for $$$.
I feel no connection at all with clubs.
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For World Cup Liquibet so I get a nice icon when I win.
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For a lot of people in the US, people watch the World Cup because it conveniently falls into the "blackout" period for the popular American sports. The NBA Finals will be over shortly, NHL Championship just finished, baseball is in the middle/boring part of the season, and college football/the NFL haven't started yet.
Personally, the World Cup is the only soccer I watch, but I enjoy it quite a bit!
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I actually don't watch the World Cup, since I am not a fan of sports. That said, I do have a passing interest in it simply due to how major of a spectacle it is and I might watch a game or two for a few minutes.
Simply put, when there is a football frenzy, it is kind of hard not to be a bit curious about it.
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Most of the people who only watch the sport when the WC is on do it because it is easy to follow and has a lot of other people following it too. If you compare it with a whole season of football over a year, it is drawn out and potentially boring but a WC compresses the whole fun into four weeks of sheer awesomeness, excitement and cultural belonging. Thus, a WC is a great way to be entertained.
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I don't like playing soccer, and I don't watch regular soccer. I say I'm not going to watch the World Cup and I end up watching some. I think I watch it just for the intense competition.
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WC is the most awsome thing to happen. I do watch football regularly and I look foward to World Cup for 4 FKING YEARS. Plus Chile is in it for 2nd time since i'm alive, so I'm counting every 2nd till this wednesday when we play.
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you know how most sports have an all-star game halfway through the season where all the best players go against eachother? the world cup is basically like 7-8 all-star teams and a bunch more really good teams playing against each other. i don't watch soccer normally, especially with the random times of european matches in my time zone, but for world cup there's a game every day at 7am and 2pm, so it's really funt o watch. i also have some friends from Holland who moved here a few years ago, and it's fun to watch with actual european fans. european soccer fans are crazy fanatical about their national teams
edit: also the TL world cup section has lots of activity, you basically just chill with people like ret, infernal, naruto, and twisted talking about WC instead of SC
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World Cup just brings everyone together. I remember when Ivory Coast qualified for their first World Cup and there was a civil war going on in that country. Didier Drogba asked for the civil war to be stopped even just for the duration of the tourney and it did.
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