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Darkhorse
United States23455 Posts
On April 19 2014 11:35 stuchiu wrote: America only seems to like sports we're good at. I wonder how we would do in the theoretical world championships for driving a car around in a circle 500 times. I would think there would be some serious volatility in results for that event. | ||
stuchiu
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
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Circumstance
United States11403 Posts
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stuchiu
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
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Waise
3165 Posts
On April 19 2014 11:25 Darkhorse wrote: Why must you lump together the opinions of one or a few people on an issue and decide that the entire LR is stupid? It's like if I decided all Starcraft 2 pros are whiny and immature because of avilo. It's bothersome D: Also this is like the second time in a week you've been mad at the LR thread  it would be one thing if TB were even a high level player himself and actually had superior knowledge to contribute. like no offense, anyone can post their opinions, but he acts as if being a team owner/caster gives him some kind of veto over other people's views (especially if their views happen to be critical of a caster, which he seems to think is on par with being hitler) | ||
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felisconcolori
United States6168 Posts
On April 19 2014 11:36 Darkhorse wrote: I wonder how we would do in the theoretical world championships for driving a car around in a circle 500 times. I would think there would be some serious volatility in results for that event. It depends on the size of the circle and the specifications allowed in the car. Also, what's American? Does a Hyundai team count as American, if it's build in Alabama? What about a Ford built in Canada? | ||
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Gospadin
United States84 Posts
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Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
On April 19 2014 11:35 stuchiu wrote: America only seems to like sports we're good at. if you want to know a big part of it I'm actually taking a history of sports in america class as an elective because I needed one and I like sports. What happened was Civil War era USA was mad about the Confederacy getting more European support so there was a major push to play "American" sports instead of "European" sports to be more patriotic (particularly baseball and soon after American football as well). Basketball was invented later by the YMCA to give boys something to do in the Winter so they wouldn't give into nonChristian urges. Then if you look a lot of American sports were adapted over time to allow more higher scoring so soccer doesn't really fit in as well. I think the NASCAR thing is because NASCAR races are one huge party and it's a really easy sport to follow while drunk and you might see crashes. but this is getting kind of off topic | ||
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jakethesnake
Canada4948 Posts
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stuchiu
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
On April 19 2014 11:38 Shellshock wrote: if you want to know a big part of it I'm actually taking a history of sports in america class as an elective because I needed one and I like sports. What happened was Civil War era USA was mad about the Confederacy getting more European support so there was a major push to play "American" sports instead of "European" sports to be more patriotic. Basketball was invented later by the YMCA to give boys something to do in the Winter so they wouldn't give into nonChristian urges. Then if you look a lot of American sports were adapted over time to allow more higher scoring so soccer doesn't really fit in as well. Fairly interesting history in the evolution of sports in America. | ||
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Darkhorse
United States23455 Posts
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stuchiu
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
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TotalBiscuit
United Kingdom5437 Posts
On April 19 2014 11:37 Waise wrote: it would be one thing if TB were even a high level player himself and actually had superior knowledge to contribute. like no offense, anyone can post their opinions, but he acts as if being a team owner/caster gives him some kind of veto over other people's views (especially if their views happen to be critical of a caster, which he seems to think is on par with being hitler) Well if people would stop being little bitches all the time then maybe they'd earn the respect you seem to be asking for by default. Want to be respected? Show some respect to the people that work in this scene and keep it alive and quit shitting on casters for no good reason. | ||
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Undead1993
Germany17651 Posts
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mikumegurine
Canada3145 Posts
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Darkhorse
United States23455 Posts
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ZigguratOfUr
Iraq16955 Posts
On April 19 2014 11:38 Shellshock wrote: if you want to know a big part of it I'm actually taking a history of sports in america class as an elective because I needed one and I like sports. What happened was Civil War era USA was mad about the Confederacy getting more European support so there was a major push to play "American" sports instead of "European" sports to be more patriotic (particularly baseball and soon after American football as well). Basketball was invented later by the YMCA to give boys something to do in the Winter so they wouldn't give into nonChristian urges. Then if you look a lot of American sports were adapted over time to allow more higher scoring so soccer doesn't really fit in as well. I think the NASCAR thing is because NASCAR races are one huge party and it's a really easy sport to follow while drunk and you might see crashes. but this is getting kind of off topic Does that mean that you can tell me why Roque was so popular, and why it declined? | ||
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geokilla
Canada8244 Posts
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Darkhorse
United States23455 Posts
On April 19 2014 11:37 Waise wrote: it would be one thing if TB were even a high level player himself and actually had superior knowledge to contribute. like no offense, anyone can post their opinions, but he acts as if being a team owner/caster gives him some kind of veto over other people's views (especially if their views happen to be critical of a caster, which he seems to think is on par with being hitler) You don't have to be a master's league player to have good game knowledge. If you cast a ton of games and learn the meta through spectating you can have just as good game knowledge as someone who learns through playing. Just saying. Also people just throw around caster critiques for the most random things sometimes in threads like this which is kind of annoying. The caster bashing he was upset about today was kind of a dumb thing as well. Either way all I was saying is I don't like when he gets mad at the whole LR and posts some kinda offensive stuff in here when people get him upset D: | ||
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felisconcolori
United States6168 Posts
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