For the first time ever, the US has reached #6 in the world according to the latest FIFA rankings. france fell to seventh, meaning that the US is now officially better at everything than france.
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For the first time ever, the US has reached #6 in the world according to the latest FIFA rankings. france fell to seventh, meaning that the US is now officially better at everything than france.
I don't need a thread about some shitty sport to know that.
America > the rest of the world
IBTN.
It's big news for soccer fans though. I don't like sports or anything else where we embarrass ourselves, so improving in soccer is a positive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Revoltor
I think this thread sums up pretty nicely why other nations hate the US.
Fuck other countries.
America! Fuck yeah!
This is awesome. For years, people from other countries would hold our lack of soccer skill over our heads (which is amusing to me, as I've always said we are much better than we're given credit for).
So I wonder what the excuse for me thinking soccer sucks is? It's obviously not because America isn't any good at it.
Fuck yeah.Quote:
Fuck other countries.
America! Fuck yeah!
Dam strait!Quote:
Originally Posted by Revoltor
People will hate America no matter what it does anyway so might as well enjoy winning the same events in the Olympics/sports etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by IronPlant
Everyone thinks all the other countries are perfect or what? They have problems to, I just don't sit down and think evil thoughts about them everyday.
AMERICA, FUCK YEA!
Why dont we make fun of England's shitty soccer skills, too? I mean, outside of the obvious (we dont care about soccer, because its gay), they really deserve it:
01. Probably the most fanatical fans of Earth.
02. Not only did they invent the sport, but they made it the world's most popular by spreading it through colonialization.
BUT:
03. They havent won a World Cup in almost 60 years.
04. We passed them too in the rankings.
05. Everytime some jackass like Beckham fucks up on the world stage the entire country loses a testicle. And he fucks up a lot.
Its hilarious!
Not cooking or baking.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yoshi
What's with the selective capitalization?Quote:
Originally Posted by Yoshi
Does Rush now tell you how to punctuate as well as think?
I don't concur.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrew
Being better then some Western Europeon country isn't saying much.
What's the greatest achievement that the US soccer team has made?Quote:
Originally Posted by Gohron
Their greatest achievement would be to stop playing soccer because it's a dumb sport filled with girls trying to be men.Quote:
Originally Posted by J2d
sounds like somebody got picked last.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gohron
You like this news even more if you're French Canadian. We hate Euro bitches. Sweet.
Meh...they still wont place well in the next world cup...
No, sounds more like everytime somebody watched professional soccor he got to see grown men cry every time they got knocked down.Quote:
Originally Posted by johnk_
ya, who the hell cares where you place in the world rankings? Tell me when you win next years world cup, then you can gloat.
Baking I will give to you. But France no longer is king of cooking at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrew
"ya, who the hell cares where you place in the world rankings? Tell me when you win next years world cup, then you can gloat."
OK, *Canadian*. Where are you guys at?
SOCCER SUCKS! woo woo
The fact that we're number 6 in a) a sport that the whole world plays since all you need is a stuffed sock and b) a sport that we think is shit is pretty amazing.
Can I just point something out to you guys...
The US is only in that world ranking spot due to the fact your national team plays friendly's and qualifiers with the likes of Ecuador and Bolivia etc.
Its one of the main problems with the America's soccer region, You've got the likes of Argentina, Brazil,Columbia and Mexico but then another 20+ national teams that are utterly useless.
LALALALALALALALAA I can't hear you
soccer sucks
Where is the Yew Kay? Oh, looking at up at us
Quote:
Originally Posted by Joust Williams
Where are we at? We, the nation of 30 million people who mostly feel the same way about soccer that you do? Hmm....we're somewhere in the 80s last time i checked.
So you'd rather have a croissant than a double cheesburger?Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrew
And the Czech Republic is better than the US, along with Argentina and Brazil. The third world mocks you, Republican.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yoshi
Eh, depends on my mood, and nowdays the line between a criossant and cheeseburger is gone. You get a fucking criossant cheese burger.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yoshi
No, i mean in the world cooking and pastry competitions france routinely outclasses the rest of the world. Canada actually won in 2002 or 2003 (I forget which year) but France usually wins. And yeah, I'd rather have a sandwich made out of a delicious croissant than a double cheeseburger.
But that isn't a fair competition (croissant vs. double cheeseburger). If you were given a freshly baked loaf of bread from master chefs in The United States and one from the chefs in France the latter would probably taste better.
With coffee, yes!Quote:
Originally Posted by Yoshi
My beef with soccer is that it's just so anti-climactic. All those men running around for hours just to win 3-1 or something. Doesn't seem worth the effort to me.
Oh like hockey. Or a the NFL before last season. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Melf
I played soccer as a youth so I guess I'm inclined to enjoy the sport more than someone who has never played. Just like anything, actually seeing how difficult it is to do what professionals do changes your perspective.
And lower scores make each move count even more. A 4-0 run in basketball doesn't mean much, but scoring 4-0 in soccer means almost certain victory and total humiliation if you manage to blow it.
Soccer > NFL
THERE I SAID IT
Oh no you didn't.Quote:
Originally Posted by Six
Americans don't care about hockey either.
I believe arjue's news, since I enjoyed playing soccer as a kid, and couldn't stand playing football.
Oh...Quote:
Originally Posted by Revoltor
*leaves in disgust*
Offiical News = Soccer does not suck.
It is huge as a youth, high school, and college sport in the US, and the other 6.1 billion people in this world can't all be wrong. Just because Americans can't stand watching a team actually use (OMG) strategy in scoring goals does not mean it sucks. Besides, watching soccer is infinitely more fun than watching baseball, which in fact does suck (hmmm, I get to watch someone actually do something in the game maybe once or twice every 5 minutes). How many other sports do you know of where the players have to stay on the field, running their asses off for 90 FUCKING MINUTES, only allowing six substitutions per game out of 11 total players? Just because you don't understand it, don't call it pussy shit, I'd love to see any of you play and entire 90 minute soccer game.
To be honest I don't really enjoy watching any classic sports. I enjoy watching some offroad sports. Like when people put cages inside british and japanese cars and take them off road. Those are fucking awesome.
Asians are way better at cooking than the French and Filipinos in particular are better at baking.
"How many other sports do you know of where the players have to stay on the field, running their asses off for 90 FUCKING MINUTES"
Marathons must be incredibly fun to watch then
"I'd love to see any of you play and entire 90 minute soccer game."
So I'm supposed to be more fond of things that I can't do? I can't play a full 60 minute game with elite football players and I absolutely LOVE football more than anything else.
"Just because Americans can't stand watching a team actually use (OMG) strategy in scoring goals does not mean it sucks."
So soccer is the only sport that has (OMG) strategy?
"Just because you don't understand it"
Actually, I do think I have a decent handle on it. Fact of the matter is, I've seen more soccer than a lot of people that claim to love it.
Yes, of course a 4-0 in basketball doesnt mean much. But a 4 point lead at halftime, or at the end of the 3rd quarter, or with 1 minute left in the 4th, well anything can happen. A 4-0 lead at any point in a soccer game and its a done deal.Quote:
And lower scores make each move count even more. A 4-0 run in basketball doesn't mean much, but scoring 4-0 in soccer means almost certain victory and total humiliation if you manage to blow it.
Just because you dont understand the (OMG) strategy involved in football, baseball, and basketball doesnt mean those sports are devoid of it. Quite the contrary.Quote:
Just because Americans can't stand watching a team actually use (OMG) strategy in scoring goals does not mean it sucks.
I dont see why this makes the sport good, or worthwhile, or worth watching.Quote:
How many other sports do you know of where the players have to stay on the field, running their asses off for 90 FUCKING MINUTES, only allowing six substitutions per game out of 11 total players?
It makes the matches stick to a fixed schedule.
I've always hated the fact that NFL games take like 3-5 hours to complete, and fuck with The Simpsons' time slot on sundays.
Anything that causes the Simpsons nowadays to be delayed, or better yet cancelled, gets my :tu:
Head to head I'd still take the top 10-15 teams over the U.S. This was roughly the same team that was booted out of the last World Cup by Iran, after all. They really don't have much competition playing against most of the teams on this side of the Atlantic.
Point. Though Liverpool did come back from 3-0 at half to win 5-6 against AC Milan in the Champoins League final. The game ended with penalties and it wasn't the "done deal" 4-0 setback but an impressive showing anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by diffusionx
I think it takes a comprehensive understanding of a sport to really enjoy it. Nothing is fun or interesting if you don't know what's going on. And I don't mean having a "basic idea" about the game I mean really knowing what is taking place and why, who the great players are and why, etc.
I got back into Soccer when I got the Voom service and started watching Spanish Premiere League in HD. It really filled in the time between Football seasons until Voom shut down. Now I'm faced with DirecTV and NFL Network + Sunday Ticket HD or DishNetwork and 10 or the 21 Voom HD exclusives including Worldsport. Of course I'm chosing Sunday Ticket but I'll miss my Real Madrid :(
Ah, but clock management is such an interesting and exciting part of the NFL! More proof that it is indeed a game of inches. Imposing a time limit on football games would be like...something really horrible and life altering.Quote:
Originally Posted by kedawa
Mykozo is expalining why people appreciate what soccer players do and why Soccer players aren't pussies.
American Football is like Rugby minus the pacing and plus ghey armor.
Horseshit.
These rankings are horseshit, as they always have been.
You are the #1 ranked retard.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joust Williams
yeah can we get rid of the ghey armor. I want to see people break bones every play.Quote:
Originally Posted by arjue
Scrawny englishmen vs Big burly black men
Hmmmmm.
do you ask yourself this question a lot?Quote:
Originally Posted by Revoltor
Only while showering.
This man speaks the truth.... :sweat:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kron
Stupid ass, piss poor, inbred Americans maybe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Revoltor
lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by MVS
"I think it takes a comprehensive understanding of a sport to really enjoy it. Nothing is fun or interesting if you don't know what's going on. And I don't mean having a "basic idea" about the game I mean really knowing what is taking place and why, who the great players are and why, etc. "
I think Australian Rules Football is pretty rad, and I don't really have a comprehensive understanding of that. Are you telling me that the 3rd world, with a low literacy rate and a comprehensive understanding of almost nothing likes soccer because they know everything about it?
I can't believe the most obvous question hasn't been answered.
How long will ESPN run this story? A day, An hour, or will they just put it in those ESPN sticker news things at the bottom of the screen for 5 seconds every sportscenter?
It also caused Futurama's cancellation and pre-emption too.Quote:
Originally Posted by diffusionx
NFL >>> Futurama
It doesn't matter how many mathematical equations you try to cleverly deduce to your point with, comparing apples to oranges is absolutely retarded. Maybe MVS was right.
Um, here's the point: If the NFL was responsible for the cancellation of Futurama, that's fine by me. Why? Because NFL >>> Futurama. So no, it's not apples vs. oranges. It's TV entertainment vs. TV entertainment. I wouldn't expect you to grasp that concept though.
lol. You're still doing it.
Being logical? Yeah, I guess I am. You should start doing it too.
I feel exactly the opposite. Now say basketball with its 89-91 scores, that's anti climatic. Wow, he just scored another basket? Exactly like he just did 30 seconds ago? Wow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Melf
In soccer, when they score a goal, the crowd has a simultaneous orgasm. Scoring in soccer is a huge deal and very exciting when it happens. And thus, when a team is close to scoring, the tension rises in the entire crowd and you can totally feel it. A score in the last 30 seconds to tie the game or break a tie score? That's completely insane and the crowd goes fucking nuts.
Little late but IBTN :pQuote:
Originally Posted by arjue
Americans care about lame sports like Baseball :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Revoltor
It's sad but true. Unfortunately Americans have terrible taste in sports. Baseball and football are fucking awful.Quote:
Originally Posted by Despair
LOL. What you're saying is that you can compare an apple to an orange because the two are both fruit. Futurama and NFL are two entirely different forms of TV Entertainment. You may like oranges more than apples, but that's not comparative, that's opinion.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joust Williams
You're logical. The fact that I, master of skimming paragraphs, got that says wonders about you.
Opinion? NO SHIT?!?!?!?!
dumbass
Comparing two things that are even more similar is still an opinion. Simpsons >>> Futurama would still be an opinion. It is, however, logical for me to say that if The Simpsons cancelled Futurama, that would be a better outcome for me than the other way around. Get it? No? Because you're stupid.
Football is a great sport. It's entertaining and calculated. Basketball is entertaining too, but it's a lot about physical skill than play making (although it does happen between good teams). Baseball is fun to go to because it's enjoyable. You just chill out and have a beer and a hotdog with your friends while waiting for the game to unfold (I guess it's a kind of background sport). I like hockey because it's action and balls to the wall and fast. Soccer is good too, because of the reasons Myzoko said. I've never watched Rugby but I'm sure it has it's positive characteristics too?Quote:
Originally Posted by hugmuffin
Which sport you like depends on what kind of personality you have. Americans find Soccer boring because it's slower paced between goals and there's a lot of hype that ends up with nothing. In football guys hit first downs (a type of goal) a lot, which is something to cheer for. Then they also score touchdowns, and then on top of that field goals. It's entertaining. It's just a different thing, culturally.
Oh god.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joust Williams
Simpsons > Futurama is a comparative statement. It is claiming that The Simpsons is better than Futurama. You can compare Futurama to The Simpsons because both are drawn, both have the intent to be funny, and both are even made by the same people with the same type of humour. Since the NFL is not animated, doesn't intend to be funny and isn't made by Matt Groening you can't really compare it to Futurama. The only thing you can say that you like and prefer one over the other.
Saying "I like the Simpsons more than Futurama." is an opinion. It states and implies that you prefer watching the NFL over Futurama. You enjoy the NFL more than Futurama. Okay, I'm happy for you. This greater than less than brackets is a good trolling device used to insight anger and by projecting opinion as fact. But logically, as you claimed to be, you can't compare two things so dissimilar.
Stop making stupid nonsense up. There's no rule that says "OK, YOU HAVE TO HAVE FIVE OUT OF SIX CATEGORIES THE SAME TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR COMPARISON". So shut up. It's an opinion that Funny animate show A >>> Funny animated show B. It's also opinion that NFL >>> Funny animated show B.
oh and I don't know if I ever said this but
NFL >>> Futurama
It's not horrible to watch, I can watch a game every now and then. But to play? It's such a poor sport. It's way too calculated. The distribution of responsibility is all over the place. Who in their right mind would want to play tight end over quarterback? Field goal kicker over wide receiver? I know a 10 year old kid who plays football and he plays tight end for no other reason than he's fat. His entire play experience consists of standing up. Then you've got all the specialty teams. Seems you can't blow your nose in the game without first calling out the kleenex team. All players just blindly follow plays and have very little influence or say on the game. Football is played too much at the coach level, and not enough at the player level.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrew
I think football may be entertaining for its grunts and exciting tackles and what not, but as a game it's poorly conceived and just not that engaging.
Baseball has a lot of strategy and depth to it. Chess does too but I don't watch chess for fun. I can appreciate it a lot more than football. But where as I can watch a football game on occassion, you can't pay me to watch baseball.
Soccer is a nice balance of excitement, pace and strategy. As are basketball, hockey, etc. Generally any game that involves a relatively uniform team trying to get an object in a goal tends to work. Here the teammates aren't just simple drones doing the tasks they've memorized. The entire team as a whole is constantly thinking, adapting, working together, and setting up plays on the fly. Soccer requires you to be fit, skilled and intelligent, you can't really say that for football.
Yes, I can. As a matter of fact, football is probably the team sport that requires the MOST intelligence, depending on what position you play. You ahve to memorize so much.
Since when is memorizing a sign of intelligence? Relying on a player to think on his feet, right there in the middle of the game, and come up with the best decision for the entire team, that's gonna require quite a bit more intelligence.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joust Williams
And again here we are with "depending on what position you play." Maybe the quarterback has to think a bit, but your average football position requires very little from the player. The tight end has to stand up and let a big ass guy plow into him. Perhaps physically demanding, but it's hardly taxing the brain there.
If my job merely had me rehashing stuff I've memorized as opposed to making critical decisions, it'd be a heck of a lot easier :)
So football players dont think on their feet and don't adjust during the game? Wow, that is news to me
If soccer players are so damn smart, how do they always come across as being idiots in an interview?
"Maybe the quarterback has to think a bit, but your average football position requires very little from the player. The tight end has to stand up and let a big ass guy plow into him."
Wow. Stick to soccer; you know nothing about football.
Compared to other sports? No, no they don't. Their role is far more predetermined than any other sport there is.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joust Williams
You need to stick to soccer dude. You're obviously clueless.
Men play football. Smart men play soccer.
No way Der I played soccer when I was 8 and fat and didn't have to do anything
Yup, obviously. I've obviously not grown up in America and been surrounded by football for the past 27 years. I've obviously not ever played on a football team or gone to any football games. I obviously never played pick up games of football with my neighborhood friends growing up. I've obviously never followed any NFL teams. I've never played a football video game either, I understand EA makes those?Quote:
Originally Posted by Joust Williams
It's possible for someone to look at something objectively and conclude it's inferior, whether you like said thing or not. Gee, was it not you who was -- in this very thread -- making such a big deal about opinions? Guess what? They're like assholes man...
Yeah, but when you say TEs don't do anything but get hit by people, you subject yourself to being called out.
"It's not horrible to watch, I can watch a game every now and then. But to play? It's such a poor sport."
You admit to watching it every now and then and not playing it. And then you base your opinion of a TE from what your fat 10 year old friend does. You = dumbass
This thread went to shit.
OK fine
Let's get back on track
Soccer still sucks, and America > france
Are you and Yoshi having a contest to see who can be the most jingoistic person on TNL?
No, I just find it funny how we don't understand soccer because we "suck" at it, but in reality, we are better than almost every team
I'm Latin so I'm not allowed to say that soccer or baseball sucks.
In order to prove you right and end this petty low brow arguement I have decided to compare the NFL to Futurama. In order to compare something we first must deduce a criteria as a measuring stick for success in certain categories. Let us base the two programs on what I have dubbed the "hilarity scale".
Criteria: Based on the hilarity scale
Quality of television show's animation
Futurama: Futurama is penned and and keyframed by Rough Draft Inc., a company started for production on the animated hit series "The Simpsons." After keyframing and storyboarding each episode it is then sent away to Rough Draft Korea, where a bunch of, presumably, slave labouring children fill in the in-between frames. Futurama's frames are digitially coloured in Rough Draft, which offers a whole range of graphical effects not available for cartoons done in traditional 2D painting. Utilizing this gives each frame of Futurama a high gloss finish with a professional edge. Futurama is also the first cartoon series to integrate both 2 and 3D. Many establishing shots in Futurama are animated with camera movement to give depth. This in turn helps establish animation. Every scene in Futurama is also lit with shadow, something that adds realism and moods to scenes. Futurama, up until its cancellation, has been described as "A feast for the eyes, and soap for the mind." by www.the-nextlevel.com's own board member Andrew. arjue has since claimed that the statement was stolen by Andrew from him, but no evidence was ever offered.
The Jury: Futurama scores points here for innovation, and also the flawless application of traditional animation methods to create a very well drawn moving episode. I also deduce a point for cruelty to children.
Animation: 5/5
Colouring: 5/5
Innovation: 5/5
Sub Total: 15/15 -1 point for the abuse of loose labour laws.
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Sub Total 14/15
The National Football League: The NFL has often been accused of cutting corners on animation budget and underfunding its writing staff. This is clear when examining the quality of animation in the show. The players on the field, while realistic, do not appear to have been keyframed. While we would give points for motion capture (see The Polar Express for great motion capture examples) we can not tell if the show is superbly animated. After careful examination of hours of footage we have deduced that the National Football Leagues Monday, Sunday and PPV packages are not animated at all, but in fact filmed on high definition, and traditional cameras. Next is the establishing shots of arena's. These shots are boring still, long shots that have no flair and do nothing to enhance the visual experience. Apparently they are simply to "show people what the arena looks like." according to NFL PR. The last example we found of animation were advertisement during half time breaks, and graphical broadcast designs during the player statistics portion at the beginning of the show. Good animation was given to the words and titles.
The Jury: The NFL was disappointing. There was no innovation, and very little animation present over the duration of the show. We were disappointed that a greater effort wasn't made to produce higher quality colours, as we found them a bit dull (it was a rainy day on the field). We also have strong feelings that camera's and film were used instead of illustrations and film. But the major crime is the lack of innovation during the show. When comparing it to something as innovative and fresh like a Futurama we expected a better showing.
Animation: 0/5
Colouring: 4/5
Innovation: 0/5
Sub Total: 4/15 -1 point for product placement of apparel made by taking advantage of lax child labour laws around the world.
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Sub Total 3/15
Quantity of laughter or visible smiling over the duration of an episode
Futurama: Although many originally claimed Futurama to be just a clone of The Simpsons with space added in the show soon became a huge cult phenom. The show infuses call-backs, zany plots, character jokes, site gags, slapstick humour and witty dialogue to produce some hilarious moments. Over the course of the show the amount of jokes produced can not be tracked, as after several viewings of the same episode new jokes can still be found in the background. The characters in the show appear to be comical in themselves, and have been given a lot of personality. Bender, our favorite, is a drinking robot. The catch is that he required alcohol and drunkeness to fuel is power cells. Many Futurama episodes also combine hefty story and tales that help speed along the episode. The jokes come off naturally without a forced feeling and the plots are usually a treat to behold.
The Jury: During the screenings of the program many scientists began choking on the complimentary popcorn supplied as snacks. Futurama combines a lot of hidden mathematical humour and even some cool extra's, like a new hidden language in the series that can be decoded. Once decoded you can read signs and billboards throughout the show for additional hidden jokes.
Humor: 5/5
Storyline: 5/5
Characters: 5/5
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Sub Total: 15/15
The National Football League: Many around the office were excited to see what the NFL was offering us after seeing how great and clever Futurama turned out to be. After the first half hour everyone began to realize that the show was heading to dumpsville. The show combines a 2 to 3 hour spectacle. The jokes usually came from two disembodied voices, but most of the time these voices simply stated verbally the physical actions of the characters on screen. Many of the jokes that were made came across as unfunny, forced, and also cheesy. The storyline during the NFL's Monday Night football turned out to be emotionally charge, but lacked any sort of drama and character development. The characters are given number associations, and quite frankly we had difficulty discerning one character from another. The shows biggest laugh came from the teams mascot in the sidelines during the show. He danced about, falling over and acting goofy.
The Jury: Many of our scientists not only didn't enjoy the comedy, but felt uncomfortable with the thought of contact sport. They did smile when seeing the antics of the mascot, however they never outright laughed at any of his actions. Nobody around the office understood the comedy of the show, with one outspoken scientist claiming "I don't get it." Further analysis will have to be done to know if we simply missed the set up, or if this, indeed, simply not legitimately funny.
Humor: 1/5
Storyline: 0/5
Characters: 0/5
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Sub Total: 1/15
The involvement of Matt Groening over the course of the series.
Futurama: Matt Groening was a big proponent in the creation of the Futurama series. His style has influence many animation houses across the world and helped erect the smash hit series "The Simpsons." His involvement in Futurama is said to have been huge, as he was one of the key writers in forming the Bender character. Most of his time was spent on the show during the day. He also split his attention between Futurama and The Simpsons, although his love for Futurama was eventually frowned upon by the executives at Fox. The Futurama series was cancelled in its fourth season. Groening was very outspoken with his displeasure with Fox for doing so indicating his passion for the show was, indeed, high.
The Jury: We do not have any information outside of rumor on the inner workings of Fox Entertainment, but apparently Groening and David Cohen, his right hand man, were crushed when their beloved series was cancelled.
[i]Matt's Involvement 5/5 (very high)
Matt's Passion 5/5 (very high)
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Sub Total: 10/10
The National Football League: No evidence was ever produced linking Matt Groening and The NFL besides a few licencing deals for merchandise and guest appearance by popular NFL figures. There was also a couple of episodes centered around football (Homer the Coach and Homer goes to The Superbowl) but other than that nothing.
The Jury: We're disappointed Matt didn't take more of an interest in the NFL. Many say he watches it once in awhile, but this is based entirely on speculation. Matt never had any direct involvement with the NFL besides merchandising, and even then it was probably a spokeperson for The Simpsons and not Matt directly. We also must state that the NFL has not been cancelled.
[i]Matt's Involvement: 1/5 (very low)
Matt's Passion: 0/5 (no evidence to support he had any)
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Sub Total: 1/10.
Final Verdict: It's clear that using the same criteria for both shows that Futurama is the better one. Futurama offers more laughs, a better story, more involvement from it's creative inventor and it's better looking. The NFL is, without a doubt and proved by this criteria, a poor excuse for an animated television program.
Final Breakdown:
Quality of television show's animation
Futurama: 14/15
NFL: 3/15
Quantity of laughter or visible smiling over the duration of an episode
Futurama: 15/15
NFL: 1/15
The involvement of Matt Groening over the course of the series.
Futurama: 10/10
NFL 1/10
Final Score:
Futurama: 44/45
NFL: 5/45
Using this criteria, we have concluded that Futurama is better than The National Football League. Sorry Joust, I guess it didn't work out.
Wow.
You are stupid. I thought you said that you weren't going to carry the argument anymore as it was stupid. So, there you go
too much to read cliffnotes plz
Andrew lost by spending all that time writing that post. gg
How many players on that US team are actually originally from America? Because that last World Cup squad had a suspicious number of ponytails and accents.
:lol: Do I play football now? No. Does that mean I've never played football? (here's a hint! I even strongly suggested in a previous post I've played football on a team in the past! It's amazing how much opportunity one has had to play football by the time they are in their late 20s!)Quote:
Originally Posted by Joust Williams
As for the 10 year old. No, it's just more a case of feeling sorry for him and watching him not really getting any benefit from sports or being on a team because he (or his Mom) happened to choose a poor one. I mean shit, at least the left fielder gets to hit too!
Here's a picture I made to illustrate my point as clearly as possible
I don't honestly believe you can do this. If it were played at the player level everyone would be wanting the pass, or wanting to be the qb. I understand what you mean, but without a 3rd party off the field (not really 3rd but you know what I mean) the game is just too unorganized.Quote:
Originally Posted by hugmuffin
Football just offers a different experience. I can appreciate that.
Well I would hardly label an entire football team as drones. I'm sure there are teams that are like that, but football is a lot more team unit oriented and that's what makes it set a part. I don't want every sport we humans come up with to be exactly like LaCrosse, Basketball, Hockey (all which have Canada's print btw) and Soccer.Quote:
Soccer is a nice balance of excitement, pace and strategy. As are basketball, hockey, etc. Generally any game that involves a relatively uniform team trying to get an object in a goal tends to work. Here the teammates aren't just simple drones doing the tasks they've memorized. The entire team as a whole is constantly thinking, adapting, working together, and setting up plays on the fly. Soccer requires you to be fit, skilled and intelligent, you can't really say that for football.
I like Baseball because it's a good thing to watch when you just want to chill out with people in the summer. You're more in to the game when it's hockey or basketball. Plus soccer fans are crazy hooligans.
"As for the 10 year old. No, it's just more a case of feeling sorry for him and watching him not really getting any benefit from sports or being on a team because he (or his Mom) happened to choose a poor one."
So if you keep basing your opinion on what a pro TE does from your fat friend, then you lose.
Just read the end scoring. The above paragraphs are just how science came to the conclusion.Quote:
Originally Posted by Raz0r
I think Joust has made it clear that he doesn't understand small posts. They're too vague and require common sense to decipher.Quote:
Originally Posted by diffusionx
That picture supports how much you enjoy NFL over Futurama. It doesn't explain why the NFL is better than Futurama. That's a nice red color though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joust Williams
I thought you were done with this argument? Why must you keep it going with your verbose ramblings?
Done? This is fun. You're a fun guy Joust and I like that about you.
Oh, so it went from being petty and stupid and you wanted no part of it to being fun. I guess I don't understand you now because I don't understand those small posts.
You're a good guy Joust, and I don't ever want you to change. This has been fun, lets do it again some time.
I'm masturbating to this argument as we speak.