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Cool, and they could play the radio commentary from the *original* match to see how well it lines up. |
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We American philistines would still think it would be as boring as hell. |
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Change this to foosball and you have my vote. |
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"No, he's not faking an injury, it's in the script" |
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[+], although I doubt that the off-the-crossbar kicks
could be reliably choreographed. You might need an
intelligent, programmable football. |
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At last, somebody's come up with something to re-enact
that's even duller than the (American) Civil War*. |
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* That's not to say that the Civil War is a boring topic, just
that they never re-enact the interesting bits. |
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They still reenact the (not so) Civil War? Craaaazy! I live less than 20 miles from the Shiloh battleground - museum - park - memorial and I've never been to a one of them. |
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I've never been to a football game either, so I doubt I would go to a reenactment of one. |
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// I've never been to a one of them. // |
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Don't bother--I'm arguably the biggest history geek here
and even I think they're boring as shit. Anyone who wants
to 'experience' the Civil War is better off just reading _The
Blue and The Gray_. |
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I prefer to read good books wearing a t-shirt and
sweatpants, but why the hell not. |
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//I'm arguably the biggest history geek here //
That's quite a claim. |
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//biggest// Ben Johnson once called himself
England's greatest
poet, meaning its largest. |
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Perhaps they could play it in a pool like with Synchronized Swimming... this could be the next great Olympic Sport, where full grown manly men splash about in perfect symmetry and harmonious bloodletting (...and, yes, [blissmiss], they could wear tutus to add to the pageantry of it all...). |
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Somewhere, Bronko Nagurski is rolling over in his grave --- sorry 'bout that bit. |
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// That's quite a claim. // |
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And I'm prepared to argue it with anyone. I may not be the
most knowledgable, but I make up for it with recall,
reference, and enthusiasm. |
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// meaning its largest. // |
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6' 3", which I've always thought of as being on the short
side for a tall guy, so I may not physically be the biggest
history geek here, but, again, enthusiasm. |
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Gridiron - with its single action player specialisation and chunked action - would make re-enactment a billion per cent easier, at least in terms of adherence to the text. Soccerball is too fluid for the disoplay not to spin very quickly away from the match re-enacted, becoming instead a replication of a parallel universe match which would otherwise never be experienced on this version of Earth. |
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I like it. You don't need to just reenact classic games though. An entire match, perhaps with a clever twist at the end, could be scripted and played out. Like cricket. |
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Alterother, I wasn't questioning your own geek factor just trying to point out that, as you really know very little about anyone else who uses the site, you have no evidence to base that claim on. |
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I know, I just like to make baseless claims when there's not
really anything on the line (i.e. has nothing to do with the
core discussion). It leads to interesting
discourse which can become educational, and it's fun to
boast a little among freinds. As usual, I'm only half-serious.
Think of it as a challenge; if nobody rises to it, I'll hardly
consider myself a victor, but if someone does, I'll readily
engage in some casual sparring. If it stops being fun (and it
seems to be going in that direction now), I'll happily let
the matter drop. |
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Hoorah! More fun spoilt. I feel so proud! |
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After due consideration, I feel I have erred. I would rather
have declared myself to be 'one of the biggest history
geeks here'. Sometimes I type before I think. |
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"sometimes I type before I think" |
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