dj_ivocha on 12/6/2014 at 17:33
Only a couple of hours left until the start of the best event of the year. :D
While most of the groups (except D and G) don't seem to be that balanced, maybe that's what will provide the best games and emotions. Nothing like one of the total outsiders beating one of the favorites AND playing beautiful football while at it. Ahhhh, 1 month of bliss, missed deadlines and next to no actual work done. :cool:
So, who'll win? While I'll root for ze Germans, the host advantage of Brazil will be hard to overcome.
ZylonBane on 12/6/2014 at 18:02
This is something to do with one of those third-world goat-head-kicking sports, innit.
Renzatic on 12/6/2014 at 18:11
We call it Pélotshka! It is played with large sticks found in the forest and unusually round rocks! The loser feels unendurable shame, and the winner receives a years supply of goats milk!
june gloom on 12/6/2014 at 18:17
go orioles
Renzatic on 12/6/2014 at 18:22
In my native language, and Oriole is a virgin's hymen. And if you win Pélotshka, you will have many of those, my friend. Ha ha haaaaa!
Tomi on 12/6/2014 at 18:43
Cool, I was a bit surprised that no one had started a World Cup thread yet, so I was just about to click the "New Thread" button when this post of yours magically appeared! Thanks. :D
I've been waiting for this day for the last four years, but I still find it hard to believe that the tournament actually kicks off today. The first match begins in less than two hours, and as every single time, I don't really even know who I'll be rooting for this time around - I'll get back to that later in my next post though! It seems like I've failed miserably at my pre-tournament preparations again, I'm just not in the mood for football yet after a disappointing club football season, but then again it'll probably take only ten minutes and I'm buzzing again. (Speaking of buzzing, I hope that the vuvuzelas are banned this time. :p)
It's a shame that the games will be played so late (but it could be much worse I suppose!), I guess I won't be getting much sleep for a while.
So goodbye regular sleeping pattern and a good night's sleep, see you next month! :cool:/
Oh, and the official theme song is a bit rubbish, isn't it? Even that annoying Shakira song back in 2010 was better.
june gloom on 12/6/2014 at 18:54
Oh Christ that's today isn't it?
So I get to look at soccer bullshit on my Facebook feed and all the video game sites I visit for an interminable amount of time, or I can unplug my internet and never leave the house 'til like August. Not great choices. Wouldn't it be nice if all this money going into what's essentially a glorified Super Bowl for Soccer went into something that actually did something that mattered, like curing cancer or maybe even helping poor people in Brazil?
What a waste.
Tomi on 12/6/2014 at 19:02
Quote Posted by dethtoll
essentially a glorified Super Bowl for Soccer
Erm... nope. And why are they making all these video games when they could be spending all that money on finding a cure for AIDS or something instead? :mad:
june gloom on 12/6/2014 at 19:14
Quote Posted by Tomi
Erm... nope.
Yep. It's a flashy, advertising-driven black hole for money and time all about who can handle balls better than the other guys. If you sports really hard you are the sports champion and you get a trinket to show everyone how good at sports you are.
Video games are a medium of art. There's nothing artistic about a bunch of overpaid athletes playing a children's game.
(FWIW all that money going into the Call of Duty series for example could be put to better use, too.)
henke on 12/6/2014 at 19:25
Quote Posted by dethtoll
Wouldn't it be nice if all this money going into what's essentially a glorified Super Bowl for Soccer went into something that actually did something that mattered, like curing cancer or maybe even helping poor people in Brazil?
What a waste.
I should know better than to engage, but I just can't help myself.
Waste? Not really. The money that goes into an event like this is recouped in ticket sales, advertising-fees, and selling the broadcasting rights to TV stations. The organizers get paid, the advertisers get exposure, the fans get to see soccer, and the economy goes around. Sure the organizers giving all the money to charity instead would be
nice, but it's not exactly profitable.
If you wanna keep discussing this we should take it to another thread instead of derailing this one. I don't have any interest in soccer either, but it's clear that some memebers do and they should get to discuss it without having you shitting all over their enjoyment.
