Mega Thread The Random Thoughts Thread Part 1

[spookism]

Shaun Marsh...

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[Vic_Vinegar]

Shaun Marsh...

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If he wasn't on 99 I would have laughed. Still, a good knock.

 

[finbarr]

Seeing a player getting out for 99 is about the only interesting prospect left in an otherwise washed up, dull sport.

 

[raman]

Seeing a player getting out for 99 is about the only interesting prospect left in an otherwise washed up, dull sport.

...says the Rugby League apologist.

 

[Dylan8]

Seeing a player getting out for 99 is about the only interesting prospect left in an otherwise washed up, dull sport.

oooooh ****

 

[finbarr]

...says the Rugby League apologist.

If rugby league was played in the US on a large scale it would be hugely popular amongst people here.

 

[VineValerian]

And these..

 

[Dylan8]

If rugby league was played in the US on a large scale it would be hugely popular amongst people here.

Everything American is lapped up here. If ball on a stick was played in the US on a large scale it would be hugely popular.

 

[raman]

If rugby league was played in the US on a large scale it would be hugely popular amongst people here.

Biggest "if" ever.

 

[finbarr]

Biggest "if" ever.

That wasn't the point.

Ok, if Ice Hockey was only played in Eastern Europe and never gained any traction in North America would people in Australia still like and follow it?

 

[raman]

That wasn't the point.

Ok, if Ice Hockey was only played in Eastern Europe and never gained any traction in North America would people in Australia still like and follow it?

Doubt it. But what does any of this have to do with the terrible sport of Rugby League?

 

[finbarr]

Doubt it. But what does any of this have to do with the terrible sport of Rugby League?

I haven't the faintest idea. We were talking about cricket.

 

[raman]

I haven't the faintest idea. We were talking about cricket.

Ah, let's get back to that then!

 

[Ford Fairlane]

VineValerian Green Hornet - cool car, Bruce Lee and sets that shook.

 

[tribey]

If rugby league was played in the US on a large scale it would be hugely popular amongst people here.

m8... m8.

Seeing a player getting out for 99 is about the only interesting prospect left in an otherwise washed up, dull sport.

Cricket has evaporated in interest - at least compared to the ubiquitous 'national pastime' status it enjoyed in decades past - because the vast majority of contests across its three forms are unmemorable and ultimately pointless.

Do we specifically remember this 4-game series or that 7-game series ad nauseum year upon year? "Oh man I can't believe we lost that ODI series in Sri Lanka! We'll get'em next time!", said no fan around the world ever.

It's a game of individuals playing a team sport for stats. Everyone remember this Shane Warne hattrick, that Brian Lara record knock or Donald Bradman's career average. Who the hell remembers the result?

Yes there are series that cut through - the 92/93 West Indies tour, the 05 Ashes in England - but in a given 5 year period ultimately no-one cares about a stack of glorified friendlies. No-one is relegated, no-one is promoted and ultimately, there's nothing on the line that truly says "holy shit that is an achievement" compared to AFL Premierships, FIFA World Cups, NBA Championships and Superbowls.

 

[finbarr]

m8... m8.

It's true.

 

[Byrons Firen]

The Ashes series when we went to England a few years ago followed
a couple of months later by them touring here in what was back to back
Ashes series. Talk about over kill. Ian Chappell's captaincy in the 70's
changed cricket and not for the better IMO.

 

[tribey]

It's true.

It's a wildly inferior game to american football.

The promise of a fresh set of downs [hehe] every 10 yards > 6 finite tackles

The forward pass behind the line of scrimmage > BACKWARDS EXCEPT BY FOOT OR ELSE

There's a reason Rugby League isnt even the primary sport in its home countries of England, Australia and NZ. It's just... poo.

 

[finbarr]

It's a wildly inferior game to american football.

The promise of a fresh set of downs [hehe] every 10 yards > 6 finite tackles

The forward pass behind the line of scrimmage > BACKWARDS EXCEPT BY FOOT OR ELSE

There's a reason Rugby League isnt even the primary sport its home countries of England, Australia and NZ. It's just... poo.

I'm not making an argument for which game is better. That's entirely subjective. I like watching both, and I don't understand the outright aggro against rugby league every single time it's mentioned. You don't like it. Good for you. I don't like short shorts and fedora hats, but I'm not going to war over it.

The whole my sport > your sport is very much like two 12 year olds arguing over whose dad has a better job.

 

[tribey]

I'm not making an argument for which game is better. That's entirely subjective. I like watching both, and I don't understand the outright aggro against rugby league every single time it's mentioned. You don't like it. Good for you. I don't like short shorts and fedora hats, but I'm not going to war over it.

The whole my sport > your sport is very much like two 12 year olds arguing over whose dad has a better job.

Patrick: "Hurling!"

Klaüs: "Curling!"

Seb: "Gerling!"

Shazza: "Oi c##t wheres ya femsure bin ay..."

 

[TheFVK]

m8... m8.



Cricket has evaporated in interest - at least compared to the ubiquitous 'national pastime' status it enjoyed in decades past - because the vast majority of contests across its three forms are unmemorable and ultimately pointless.

Do we specifically remember this 4-game series or that 7-game series ad nauseum year upon year? "Oh man I can't believe we lost that ODI series in Sri Lanka! We'll get'em next time!", said no fan around the world ever.

It's a game of individuals playing a team sport for stats. Everyone remember this Shane Warne hattrick, that Brian Lara record knock or Donald Bradman's career average. Who the hell remembers the result?

Yes there are series that cut through - the 92/93 West Indies tour, the 05 Ashes in England - but in a given 5 year period ultimately no-one cares about a stack of glorified friendlies. No-one is relegated, no-one is promoted and ultimately, there's nothing on the line that truly says "holy shit that is an achievement" compared to AFL Premierships, FIFA World Cups, NBA Championships and Superbowls.

As much as it's fun watching a batsman whack the bejesus out of the ball for 20 overs I still refuse to embrace that "entertainment" as it has contributed to the dilution of the significance of cricket results. Too many players representing Australia, too many meaningless series and fixtures; it's reduced one day internationals to a chore and diminished the thrill of a batsman having a slog to win a match. Cricket has exceeded it's saturation point.

The last haven for enthusiasts is tests, but that could certainly be tweaked to give more meaning to team achievements as it's still very much an individual as much as a team sport. A tiered comp (Tier 1 with 5 teams, Tier 2 with 5 teams, Tier 3 with 10) which guides the fixturing for that year makes a ridiculous amount of sense, as does doing away with one of international 2020 or 50 over one dayers.

 

[StuMan]

Picked this up at the Gametraders in Marion yesterday.
Loved this game as a kid, though I think only passed it once without cheats. For a Disney kid's game, it has hard.

 

[edgie]

I found out a couple of months ago - ftlicking thru free TV channels that they still make Blokesworld.

I have suspended my foxtel - so in this slow TV ratings period I have found it entertaining the last few weeks. The show has it all - guns, dirt bikes, babes, beers, bushies, hotted up cars, tractor pulling comps, boof heads, bogans, flaming wallets, pole dancing, boobs, tatts etc etc and the same 2 blokes hosting it as a decade ago when it was on Community 31 channel. Wouldnt watch it if it was on at 9pm but its a good laugh late at night

I found it has become a bit too bogan. It use to have actual production values, now it seems to just feature bogans on a handycam, and it is more like dirtbikes, dirtbikes, babes, dirtbikes, guns, babes, dirtbikes. The kind of people that wear energy drink branded clothes to a function or event, and participated in neknominate. It makes the writing of Zoo magazine looked cultured and articulate. A shame, it use to be alright, but the line between "bloke" and "bogan" had been flown over by a group of monster wearing misogynists on their bikes speeding their way to binge of slab of superdry.

 

[SilenceOz]

Picked this up at the Gametraders in Marion yesterday.
Loved this game as a kid, though I think only passed it once without cheats. For a Disney kid's game, it has hard.

24MEG

OMG!

 

[bomberclifford]

I'm now imagining that Tribey gets about in short shorts and a fedora.