The Madden Curse Strikes Again
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Nah both are correct. I mean they even say "Klingon" in the show. In the original series it was sometimes referred to as Klingonese. The real spelling for Klingon is thlIngan.AvsJoe said:
To pronounce the "thl" of the word you need to put your tongue up against the roof of your mouth then you blow say a regular T while having air come out of either side of your tongue. It gives it the "k" sound. In reality THL is a bit like a K + T mixed in with H and followed by an L.
So the same thing comes with "baseball", baseball players are also armoured to the teeth, ever heard of cricket?CantFaketheFunk said:
I've watched Rugby for a while, and through a pain staking 10 minutes, i had to watch american football, and i was so glad to stop watching it, i have to say, Rugby was made so big men clash into each other, while using rules to make them think at the same time.
EDIT: I completely forgot to mention the fact, i saw no difference in the clashes between the american footballers, with the rugby players.
Baseball players are armored to the teeth? What? They wear a cap, and shin guards, and a cup. Pretty much the exact same thing that, say, soccer players wear, because it's common sense. Look, you have a hard ball being thrown at you at 100+ mph, are you REALLY going to take the chance that it'll hit you in the family jewels and kill any hopes for children? No, that would be idiotic.Spirultima said:
On average, most of the rugby players I've seen have been smaller than their football counterparts - again, on AVERAGE - and while the rugby scrum isn't much different from the clash at the line of scrimmage, there's something about being hit by a 250 lb wall of muscle running at top speed that makes wearing armor common sense.
And honestly, football is an incredibly tactical sport if you know what you're watching. I can understand it being boring if you don't understand the tactics and what the teams are doing, how they're reacting to each other and positioning to out-predict the other. Football players have to think on their feet as much as rugby players do, and get still get into mindgames with the play calling.
I mean no offense by the above - it's a simple fact of not being familiar with the rules and the strategy of a given sport. I've watched cricket and found it incredibly boring because I didn't know what was going on, but I'd probably have found it more interesting if I was familiar with how the teams were trying to outflank each other.
Look at the guy at the back, shin guards and a cup fair enough, and the "hard ball" your talking about, its far more cushioned then a cricket ball, and cricket balls hurt... a lot, damn aussies...CantFaketheFunk said:
Also i hate Football (soccer), its highly overrated.
Yeah, some are faster then the people who go into a tackle, also, why wear any? People who are comfortable with there skill don't need to wear any protection, put your body on the line, your most likely going to play better.CantFaketheFunk said:
No, no, no. Main rule in Rugby, no passing forwards, always have to pass sidewards on or backwards, and american football requires more tactics? they might be similar in gameplay, but the base rules are more difficult in rugbyCantFaketheFunk said:
I understand, people don't like what they don't know, but i try to give things the benefit of the doubt, but if it lets me down, I'll attack it like a cat with rabies.CantFaketheFunk said:
But don't get me wrong this isn't "My country is better then yours", i mean Football (Soccer) is the most famous sport in England, and i HATE it.
OK, so is this Madden Curs thing about a sports video game? Sorry but I don't follow anything involving sports as I find them boring so I have no idea what this Madden Curse is. (is it a reference to Jon Madden? I only know of him 'cause I saw a comedian do an impression of him that was quite funny)
Looking at stuff on Wikipedia and YouTube... the "catcher" in Cricket stands behind the wickets, right? So he'll only be touching the ball after it's had some of its speed clipped by those little sticks... also, it's supposed to bounce before you hit it, right? That takes off a ton of speed, too.Spirultima said:
Come to think of it, how fast does a cricket pitch go, anyway? (on average) It doesn't seem to me like it's going quite as fast as baseball pitches do - probably because the field looks shorter, so it's more important to keep it under control. Trust me - if you're on the other end of a ball going 100+ mph (160+ kph) wearing a mask and glove like that just makes sense. You'd want to do it too.
I'm sorry, that's absurd. "People who are comfortable with their skill don't need to wear any protection?" Have you seen how many injuries there are in football already? Look at the original news post! "Putting your body on the line" is just going to mean that most professional football players will have a year or two of playtime, tops. It may not be your choice of game, but to say that football players aren't skilled is kind of silly. In fact, that's the problem - the other team is very skilled in trying to take you down, so protection is necessary.
I don't see how removing options makes a game more tactical. In football, you can do lateral or reverse passes; they're all part of the game. In Rugby, since you know the ball has to move forward on foot, you know how to defend - there won't be any devastating surprises. In football, you have to cover all your bases: You need a good backfield to defend against the pass, but if you put too much in the backfield than they can just steamroll your line. Run plays are good for gaining one or two yards at a time, and are more reliable, whereas passes tend to get you larger yardage but are less reliable and more dangerous (since they carry the risk of interception).
Like here, I'll give you a scenario: It's second down - the first play was a run play, and gained three yards, so it's second and seven.
Er, I just realized I don't know how much you know about football, so I'll give a quick overview to be on the safe side: A team has four "downs," which essentially means they have four tries to advance ten yards. If they successfully advance, they get another set of four downs - but if they don't make it, then the other team gets the ball. This is why most teams will punt the ball on the fourth down, so that the other team starts with the ball from way back.
Anyway, right. It's 2nd down with seven yards to go. The offense lines up with the quarterback a ways back from the line of scrimmage, which indicates it'll be a pass play. The defense, ergo, has to drop back to make sure it can cover all the potential receivers. But they can't drop too far back, because the whole appearance of a pass play could be a trick - instead of passing, the QB could hand off to one of the running backs who could take advantage of a weakened defensive line to gain another few yards, which would put them in an excellent position on 3rd down.
But the offense knows this, and when the snap comes, the QB needs to be incredibly strategic. Are there passers open? Is the coverage too thick?
It's incredibly tactical play-by-play, but the players need to think on their feet, too. Adding the forward pass as an option means that there's huge potential for mindgames.
The curse exists, I tells ya! You laughed at me, but I knew it! Who's laughing now!! HA HA HA HA HA!!
