I never liked it, probably because I have low energy, and the inability to grow muscle. Also it was confusing as hell for me, being unable to figure out who was on what team - it was always pre-picked and my short term memory is atrocious.GrimTuesday said:Why is it it that by and large, there is widespread apathy if not outright hostility towards sports. I mean, sure some times, a person just isn't interested in something, but this seems to be a culture of apathy or hostility.
Sabermetics? That is a seriously awesome name for a branch of mathematics.Its kind of funny that for a subculture that is supposedly into math and science that games like baseball aren't more popular, considering the fact that Sabermetics (a way of predicting and rating players based on objective analysis and math) is all the rage these days.
I didn't really get bullied by Jock guys. I was bullied more by the girls. I also fought back, so I didn't become afraid of bullies - they pretty much backed off when I hit them in the neck or lifted them half my height and shoved bark in their mouths. Thus earning me a bit of a reputation. But then I'm a psychopath. It's not the same for others, and they would connotate bullies with football.
Swordfighting, as well as the eastern kind of martial arts (they're both 'arts martial'), archery, paintball skirmishes, and darts are all pretty cool (darts is a game that rewards dexterity, not slamming them into the board with brute strength, as I've seen drunk asshole types do - typically with the dart bouncing off the board.