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Lazuran
Gallente
Time And ISK Sink Corporation
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Posted - 2007.08.20 12:04:00 -
[31]
 Originally by: Sextus Licinius
Your football is the original rugby (you added helmets & shoulders not to hurt urselves)
QFT. It's funny when people from the US describe football as being rough and manly when the big girls in that sport are all padded up and it looks a bit like a mixture of morris dancing and ball games we played at school to anyone who has actually watched a Rugby game.
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Lord WarATron
Amarr
Black Nova Corp
Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2007.08.20 12:04:00 -
[32]
Edited by: Lord WarATron on 20/08/2007 12:04:22
Originally by: CCP Garthagk
The American in me got excited picturing a rowdy game of football with people charging across the field slamming into each other causing broken bones and assorted ailments that would be regaled around the forums for months to come.
American football? Broken Bones and assorted Ailments? Man, thats the sport of wimps.
Try getting those guys to take of all their enhanced body armour, the crash helmets and the like and play Rugby like real men! Shin Pads optional! 
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Keanna
GREY COUNCIL
Cruel Intentions
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Posted - 2007.08.20 12:05:00 -
[33]
Originally by: CCP Garthagk
The American in me got excited picturing a rowdy game of football with people charging across the field slamming into each other causing broken bones and assorted ailments that would be regaled around the forums for months to come.
Then I realized that you're probably talking about that European thing you like to call "football" and my excitement went rather tepid. 
Do not troll. 
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dor amwar
Foundation
R0ADKILL
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Posted - 2007.08.20 12:08:00 -
[34]
Originally by: eRabbit
American football is Rugby for girls, simple as
played both in uni (rb and prop), very different animals and both great fun. btw, the pads are so ya can hit much harder. if ya not played the other ... stfu bout which is better.
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Joe Widowmaker
A Black Knight Corp
FREGE Alliance
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Posted - 2007.08.20 12:09:00 -
[35]
Golf ftw 
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Necronomicon
Caldari
KIA Corp
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Posted - 2007.08.20 12:09:00 -
[36]
Originally by: Keanna
Originally by: CCP Garthagk
The American in me got excited picturing a rowdy game of football with people charging across the field slamming into each other causing broken bones and assorted ailments that would be regaled around the forums for months to come.
Then I realized that you're probably talking about that European thing you like to call "football" and my excitement went rather tepid.
Do not troll.
CI 'Humour' Cannon Strikes DEV, wrecking for 101 damage 
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aurora starlance
Caldari
Virtual Industries Corporation
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Posted - 2007.08.20 12:11:00 -
[37]
You aint lived till you've stuck your hand between some 20stone meatheads legs....
!scrummage!
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Steve Holt
D00M.
Triumvirate.
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Posted - 2007.08.20 12:14:00 -
[38]
thread de-railed by a gm?
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ForumPosterAlt
HERRO KITTY
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Posted - 2007.08.20 12:19:00 -
[39]
I challenge BoB...
to a BBQ eating contest.
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gaz widdow
Caldari
FATAL REVELATIONS
FATAL Alliance
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Posted - 2007.08.20 12:21:00 -
[40]
Edited by: gaz widdow on 20/08/2007 12:24:01
I recon both versions off football have some links to the same game as I recall it was about 2 groups of people getting a ball from a-b many centuries ago by any means nesesary
And I think theres a town in derbyshire called Ashbourne that have a day where the majority of the town participates in the older version of the game. check the pictures out on the link at the bottom of the page.
Each year on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday, Ashbourne becomes a war zone! The majority of the ablebodied men, women and children take to the streets to play what is probally the largets football game in the world! - The two teams number in the hundreds, and the palying field is 3 miles long, 2 miles wide and has the town of Ashbourne in the middle!
Shops are boarded up, only an idiot (or an unsuspecting visitor!) would park his or her car anywhere in the town! or some poor knob like me who was trying to do a drop off office supplies
http://www.ashbourne-town.com/frame1.html
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Nomakai Delateriel
Amarr
Delictum 23216
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Posted - 2007.08.20 12:23:00 -
[41]
Conclusive evidence that Rugby is manlier than American football
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aurora starlance
Caldari
Virtual Industries Corporation
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Posted - 2007.08.20 12:23:00 -
[42]
Originally by: gaz widdow
I recon both versions off football have some links to the same game as I recall it was about 2 groups of people getting a ball from a-b many centuries ago by any means nesesary
And I think theres a town in derbyshire called Ashbourne that have a day where the majority of the town participates in the older version of the game. check the pictures out on the link at the bottom of the page.
Each year on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday, Ashbourne becomes a war zone! The majority of the ablebodied men, women and children take to the streets to play what is probally the largets football game in the world! - The two teams number in the hundreds, and the palying field is 3 miles long, 2 miles wide and has the town of Ashbourne in the middle!
Shops are boarded up, only an idiot (or an unsuspecting visitor!) would park his or her car anywhere in the town!
http://www.ashbourne-town.com/frame1.html
they play that in Atherstone as well...
800 years old
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Lups
BROWBEAT
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Posted - 2007.08.20 12:25:00 -
[43]
Originally by: Nadar
Originally by: CCP Garthagk
Then I realized that you're probably talking about that European thing you like to call "football" and my excitement went rather tepid.
At least in our version of football we actually USE our feet - hence football. Your version is much closer to handsball than football
we dont have girly pads neither
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ReaperOfSly
Gallente
Lyrus Associates
Betrayal Under Mayhem
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Posted - 2007.08.20 12:28:00 -
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The irony is that in "American football/Armoured rugby", they have worse injuries than UK rugby players. Because when something really nasty DOES happen, the armour get twisted into all sorts of horrible positions, whereas a rugby player will fall into more or less a natural position. He's then able to shrug it off with a quick pint or five down the pub.
Just take the padding off, you big American pansies! Play rugby like real men.
More things to riddicule American sports:
Basketball is just a slight variation of netball - a girls game.
Baseball is just rounders - another girls game.
Bear this in mind, you American jocks next time you think you're so big and manly for being good at sports
Oh and back on topic: Go BOB!!!
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Tomas Ysidro
Caldari
Contraband Inc.
Mercenary Coalition
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Posted - 2007.08.20 12:31:00 -
[45]
Originally by: Alias11
Britain isn't allowed to lecture anyone on lame sports while cricket still exists
This :P
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Galavet
Minmatar
Reikoku
Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2007.08.20 12:32:00 -
[46]
Originally by: Sextus Licinius
Your soccer is the original football (you twisted the name)
Your football is the original rugby (you added helmets & shoulders not to hurt urselves)
Your baseball is the original oina (a medieval romanian game)
And Your thinking is offcourse and based in ignorance for the topic in which you are preaching about. Dont feel bad tho, it seems to be the typical football/soccer fans first answer about the term soccer.
The term "soccer" came into use in England during the 1880's by university men from Oxford and Cambridge. The use of "association football" as distinct from "rugby football" was already in practice and "soccer" became a colloquialism formed by extending the second syllable of "association". Today it remains a primarily journalistic or conversational term in Britain and throughout the Commonwealth, but in the United States, Canada and Australia its use is the rule.
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Kreul Intentions
Forum Moderator
Interstellar Services Department
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Posted - 2007.08.20 12:33:00 -
[47]
As this has gone extremely off topic and has limited eve related content moving to OOP. Please remain repsectful to one another.
Thank you.
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Empress Aphrodite
Soar Angelic
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Posted - 2007.08.20 12:41:00 -
[48]
Originally by: CCP Garthagk
Soccer is boring, Baseball is great
Haha! Yeah right...
Empress Aphrodite
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ry ry
StateCorp
The State
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Posted - 2007.08.20 12:42:00 -
[49]
Originally by: Sextus Licinius
Your baseball is the original oina (a medieval romanian game)
nah, baseball is based on Rounders - the un-popular game played by school girls.
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Phrixus Zephyr
D00M.
Triumvirate.
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Posted - 2007.08.20 13:13:00 -
[50]
Baseball
xD
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Spaced Skunk
D00M.
Triumvirate.
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Posted - 2007.08.20 13:31:00 -
[51]
English football 4tw.
Rugby is 4tw.
Cricket is 4tl.
American football is wtf? More like rugby than football.
Baseball looks boring, reminds me of Cricket and that sport is boring to me.
Basketball is OK.
Spoon Duels 4tw!?!!!
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exxxie
Debiloff's Vanguard
Combined Planetary Union
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Posted - 2007.08.20 13:39:00 -
[52]
Originally by: CCP Garthagk
The American in me got excited picturing a rowdy game of football with people charging across the field slamming into each other causing broken bones and assorted ailments that would be regaled around the forums for months to come.
Then I realized that you're probably talking about that European thing you like to call "football" and my excitement went rather tepid.
Thats right, the football you actually play with your feet.
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Dray
Caldari
Spartan Industries
Cruel Intentions
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Posted - 2007.08.20 13:51:00 -
[53]
Edited by: Dray on 20/08/2007 13:52:03
Originally by: Galavet
Originally by: Sextus Licinius
Your soccer is the original football (you twisted the name)
Your football is the original rugby (you added helmets & shoulders not to hurt urselves)
Your baseball is the original oina (a medieval romanian game)
And Your thinking is offcourse and based in ignorance for the topic in which you are preaching about. Dont feel bad tho, it seems to be the typical football/soccer fans first answer about the term soccer.
The term "soccer" came into use in England during the 1880's by university men from Oxford and Cambridge. The use of "association football" as distinct from "rugby football" was already in practice and "soccer" became a colloquialism formed by extending the second syllable of "association". Today it remains a primarily journalistic or conversational term in Britain and throughout the Commonwealth, but in the United States, Canada and Australia its use is the rule.
As the Galavet says its a popular misconception that the US came up with the word "soccer" when it is actually from "association football" and toffs love of shortening names, rugger for rugby football is another example.
Tbh i'd rather blame the yanks for it, the thought of some public school chinless wonder being responsible is just to awful.
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Dray
Caldari
Spartan Industries
Cruel Intentions
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Posted - 2007.08.20 13:53:00 -
[54]
Originally by: Miraxiam
Edited by: Miraxiam on 20/08/2007 10:40:00
You mean CI aren't going to be sitting there cloaked?
Well only if the other team promises to bring the same number as opposed to the blob
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Iwishai Wazahero
Scrofulous Wealth
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Posted - 2007.08.20 16:04:00 -
[55]
Cricket is superb! You bloody heathens.
Any game where you can play for 5 days and still get a draw is OK in my book. :P
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Tenerhaddi
Dark Skyes
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Posted - 2007.08.20 16:16:00 -
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Sod English Football and American football. There both boring but American football more *** like.
Rugby a real man's game!
Or *cough cough* we can really test as skills in Show jumping :) Lets jump 4 foot 5 inch? or can you guys not handle the pace :) 
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1771556
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Alias11
GoonFleet
GoonSwarm
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Posted - 2007.08.20 16:22:00 -
[57]
Originally by: ReaperOfSly
The irony is that in "American football/Armoured rugby", they have worse injuries than UK rugby players. Because when something really nasty DOES happen, the armour get twisted into all sorts of horrible positions, whereas a rugby player will fall into more or less a natural position. He's then able to shrug it off with a quick pint or five down the pub.
Actually this probably has more to do with your average quarterback is about the size of your average rugby player and your average lineback is about the size of your average volvo
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QwaarJet
Gallente
hirr
Morsus Mihi
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Posted - 2007.08.20 16:25:00 -
[58]
Originally by: CCP Garthagk
The American in me got excited picturing a rowdy game of football with people charging across the field slamming into each other causing broken bones and assorted ailments that would be regaled around the forums for months to come.
Then I realized that you're probably talking about that European thing you like to call "football" and my excitement went rather tepid.
How do you get broken bones from having inches of padding, helmets and everything going? Try Rugby, then you'll see a REAL brutal sport.
And football isn't a European thing, it's a worldwide thing. It's the most popular sport in the world by far, and only North America calls it "soccer" and hates it.
PS. It's not boring.
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Xoria Krint
The Movement
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Posted - 2007.08.20 16:46:00 -
[59]
*still waiting for the official response from SirMolle*
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Znaei
Caldari
Thundercats
RAZOR Alliance
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Posted - 2007.08.20 16:51:00 -
[60]
Id like to challenge anyone to an event of Extreme Ironing!
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