Who did Skybird block with his Ignore filter?

[SUBMAN1]

Time for a vote! :yep:

[Oberon]

scandium?

But then again, if it's me that he's ignored then how would he read my suggestion that it's scandium...in fact...what if he's ignoring all of us...what if he now exists outside of time and space in his own zone, in a zen like meditative trance, beyond the reach of us mere mortals?

It's a terrifying thought... :o

:-j

[Gizzmoe]

Other. scandium or Kurushio.

[NEON DEON]

Awe geez! I was only kidding when I said you guys should start a poll.:oops:


However, since it has already been started.

My vote is for:


DREBBEL !:rock: :rock: :rock:

[Oberon]

Or perhaps...he's ignoring himself!!


Is that even possible I wonder.... :hmm: :doh:

[Spoon 11th]

My vote is for:

DREBBEL

Ignoring admins or moderators, well that's unpossible.

[Etienne]

I vote Scandium as well.

[SUBMAN1]

Or perhaps...he's ignoring himself!!


Is that even possible I wonder.... :hmm: :doh:

:rotfl: :lol: :rotfl:

[NeonSamurai]

Interesting that every person named has voted for themselves as the one being ignored lol

Btw its true you cant ignore mods or admins :p

[Ducimus]

Scandium.

[gabeeg]

If he blocks Scandium...who will he argue with in every posting for pages and pages of a thread...He's like Martin to his Lewis.

[Onkel Neal]

I'm guessing, me, Iceman, or Red Oktober :hmm:

[Oberon]

Ignoring the Onkel? Is that even legal?!




(2000th post!!:rock: )

[STEED]

It has to be me and how do I know? Simple Skybird will not see this post so he can not answer. Place your bets now. :p

[Kurushio]

It was me, cos I said something he didn't like about Germany in the world cup...i.e. that they were awful hosts. They were, they whistled to just about every national anthem except their own, they had racist comments on their newspapers (calling Italians "greasy, mama's boys" or "mafia people" and they tried dirty tactics like changing the pitch the day before aginst a team which they would face in the semis (risking a serious injury to the players) and one stadium was badly designed (so much for German engineering)...remember the Frankfurt fiasco and the shadows cause by the big screen which forced the roof to be closed and temperatures close to 50 degrees and 100 per cent humidity... :roll:

[Dan D]

I love that one:
He's like Martin to his Lewis.
Kind regards,
Harry :lol:

[NEON DEON]

Interesting that every person named has voted for themselves as the one being ignored lol

Btw its true you cant ignore mods or admins :p


Ratz! Now I have to change my vote away from Drebbel.

I would vote for myself "NEON DEON".

But, since almost everyone else has voted for himself, I will be a bit different and vote for.............................

NeonSamurai ;)

[Kurushio]

Well you're all wrong, cos he made that post right after I wrote that thing about Germany hosting the World Cup. So it's either a big coincidence or it's me. :)

[SUBMAN1]

Well you're all wrong, cos he made that post right after I wrote that thing about Germany hosting the World Cup. So it's either a big coincidence or it's me. :)

You should know that any comments about the world cup could be construde as hostile to ones country or worse, to ones own self! :p Never quite understood all the emotions about a game.

-S

[NeonSamurai]

Ratz! Now I have to change my vote away from Drebbel.

I would vote for myself "NEON DEON".

But, since almost everyone else has voted for himself, I will be a bit different and vote for.............................

NeonSamurai ;)


Yep its me :rock:

Oh wait it cant be as im a moderator too :damn:

[Kurushio]

Well you're all wrong, cos he made that post right after I wrote that thing about Germany hosting the World Cup. So it's either a big coincidence or it's me. :)
You should know that any comments about the world cup could be construde as hostile to ones country or worse, to ones own self! :p Never quite understood all the emotions about a game.

-S
Go to a football stadium...then you might understand more. I took many people who hated football to begin with and are now fanatics. Lots of females too....though some of them got hooked on watching the "good looking" players. :lol: :roll:

No...football is very much like sex. I swear it is...very similar emotions...though for it to be so you have to have some sort of connection with the team...i.e. your country or local town.

Look at this:

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/fifa/gen/fifa/20060710/i/4045671946.jpg

2 million people were in front of this player (Francesco Totti)...2 million...I have it on tape....30 billion watched the world cup on TV. 30 billion people. The population on Earth 5 times over. There is a reason you know? Not liking football is like saying you've never experienced an orgasm. You definitely are missing something. ;)

[August]

Well you're all wrong, cos he made that post right after I wrote that thing about Germany hosting the World Cup. So it's either a big coincidence or it's me. :)
You should know that any comments about the world cup could be construde as hostile to ones country or worse, to ones own self! :p Never quite understood all the emotions about a game.

-S
Go to a football stadium...then you might understand more. I took many people who hated football to begin with and are now fanatics. Lots of females too....though some of them got hooked on watching the "good looking" players. :lol: :roll:

No...football is very much like sex. I swear it is...very similar emotions...though for it to be so you have to have some sort of connection with the team...i.e. your country or local town.

Look at this:

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/fifa/gen/fifa/20060710/i/4045671946.jpg

2 million people were in front of this player (Francesco Totti)...2 million...I have it on tape....30 billion watched the world cup on TV. 30 billion people. The population on Earth 5 times over. There is a reason you know? Not liking football is like saying you've never experienced an orgasm. You definitely are missing something. ;)

Meh. Soccer = boring in my book. Isn't this stuff supposed to be confined to it's own special thread?

[Kurushio]

Americans don't understand excitement...boring. haha...you never see people yawning at football matches like you do in baseball. :roll: All American sports are like an anti-climax...meaning there is no climax. Stop-start affair. Just made to brainwash people into buying products from all the advertising that goes on.

I pity Americans...I really do. Because they are the only ones who've never experienced what football means. Tough luck...your loss. :up:

[August]

All American sports are like an anti-climax...meaning there is no climax. Stop-start affair.

Yeah basketball is just like that... :roll:

[NEON DEON]

Ratz! Now I have to change my vote away from Drebbel.

I would vote for myself "NEON DEON".

But, since almost everyone else has voted for himself, I will be a bit different and vote for.............................

NeonSamurai ;)


Yep its me :rock:

Oh wait it cant be as im a moderator too :damn:




Gadzooks!:o

I now withdraw my vote for NeonSamurai and change it to Kurushio.:ping:

Unless. He is a moderator too. :damn:

I change my vote based on Kurushio’s past statements and my belief that soccer fans take the sport way too seriously.:roll:

[joea]

Ratz! Now I have to change my vote away from Drebbel.

I would vote for myself "NEON DEON".

But, since almost everyone else has voted for himself, I will be a bit different and vote for.............................

NeonSamurai ;)

Yep its me :rock:

Oh wait it cant be as im a moderator too :damn:



Gadzooks!:o

I now withdraw my vote for NeonSamurai and change it to Kurushio.:ping:

Unless. He is a moderator too. :damn:

I change my vote based on Kurushio’s past statements and my belief that soccer fans take the sport way too seriously.:roll:

Most sports fans do. "Past statements" :lol:

[Kurushio]

All American sports are like an anti-climax...meaning there is no climax. Stop-start affair.
Yeah basketball is just like that... :roll:

Basketball is a load of tosh. It's the fourth most popular sport in the US after baseball, handball (aka NFL), Ice Hockey....and basket ball is the most unpopular sport on the planet. And there's a reason. Apart from that silly sport being prejudiced to freaks of nature (if you're not a giant, you can't play), you also have the fact that these freaks can easily reach the hoop without tip-toeing...so where's the skill in that? :roll: And then basketball resembles ping-pong. It's a STUPID sport. Why not just play the last minute cos that's what it always comes down too....you reach 58 seconds where it's 102-101...or 98-98 or if it's really one-sided 95-98 :roll:.

Stupid stupid sport....and very pointless apart from boring. Just another version of ping-pong.

p.s. Isn't NBA having financial problems because nobody watches it? :lol:

[Kurushio]

Ratz! Now I have to change my vote away from Drebbel.

I would vote for myself "NEON DEON".

But, since almost everyone else has voted for himself, I will be a bit different and vote for.............................

NeonSamurai ;)

Yep its me :rock:

Oh wait it cant be as im a moderator too :damn:



Gadzooks!:o

I now withdraw my vote for NeonSamurai and change it to Kurushio.:ping:

Unless. He is a moderator too. :damn:

I change my vote based on Kurushio’s past statements and my belief that soccer fans take the sport way too seriously.:roll:

It's like a virgin saying "..men take sex way too seriously" :roll:

If you never experience it...you don't know what you are missing. Football is the perfect game. It's continuosly physical and athletic...you know, no fat 40 year old bastard like Barry Bonds...once you reach 30 in football...you are almost over...because you can't keep up. Controlling a ball with your feet is very hard and you need a lot of skill....not like NFL where they just throw a rugby ball at each other....any person with two arms can throw for Gods sake. :roll: No ridiculously high scores lik or basketball or NFL for that matter....goals are hard to score...you need great skill and team participation...and when they come...the adrenaline surge is incredible...pity you'll never know.

There is a reason why billions follow football (soccer) as opposed to the American sports. :roll:

[NEON DEON]

I see I voted wisely. ;)

[SUBMAN1]

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:I see I voted wisely. ;)

[Kurushio]

This is a good comparison. American sports are like having sex with your wife every night, with the light off (could be a good thing), in the same position for 15 years.

Football is like losing your virginity to Liv Tyler.

:yep:

You decide.

[Skybird]

I wasn't able to read all your posts until someone all emailed them to me... :lol: Now I feel tempted to increase the list by the name of that someone... :lol:

Skybird's criterion for putting someone on his list: that someone

a.) has almost exclusively raised his anger and a feeling of unfairness,
b.) has almost never changed a reasonable or sensible word with him
c.) and most likely has been regarded as a source of troubles by others as well, so that by considerating pojnts a,b and c --->
d.) this person qualifies for the technical description of a noisemaker.

Differing opinions or stubborn defense of arguments is NOT what makes me putting people on the list. Bad behavior or primitive language is something different.

[Kurushio]

I wasn't able to read all your posts until someone all emailed them to me... :lol: Now I feel tempted to increase the list by the name of that someone... :lol:

Skybird's criterion for putting someone on his list: that someone

a.) has almost exclusively raised his anger and a feeling of unfairness,
b.) has almost never changed a reasonable or sensible word with him
c.) and most likely has been regarded as a source of troubles by others as well, so that by considerating pojnts a,b and c --->
d.) this person qualifies for the technical description of a noisemaker.

Differing opinions or stubborn defense of arguments is NOT what makes me putting people on the list. Bad behavior or primitive language is something different.

Skybird...you wont put me on ignore, because:

a) Deep down you think what I write makes sense
b) You are scared you'll miss something I'll say on the German world cup team
c) You know I'm right about dinosaurs

Take your pick

[August]

Stupid stupid sport....and very pointless apart from boring. Just another version of ping-pong.

Funny that's how i feel about soccer. I'm no great fan of basketball either but at least they don't prance around like nancys with pretend injuries.

[Kurushio]

September: Prance around like nancys? Have you even ever watched football? These guys regularly break their bones. :roll: Wayne Rooney had a broken bone in hise foot. Totti broke his leg in April. Remember the US pplayer with the bloody face? :lol: Basketball is a no contact sport...for effs sake. :roll:

Stick to knitting, mate. It's safer.:stare:

[mapuc]

This buddy/ignore list is not good. I can't put my self on the buddylist.

Markus

[SUBMAN1]

September: Prance around like nancys? Have you even ever watched football? These guys regularly break their bones. :roll: Wayne Rooney had a broken bone in hise foot. Totti broke his leg in April. Remember the US pplayer with the bloody face? :lol: Basketball is a no contact sport...for effs sake. :roll:

Stick to knitting, mate. It's safer.:stare:

Ouch!

[NEON DEON]

September: Prance around like nancys? Have you even ever watched football? These guys regularly break their bones. :roll: Wayne Rooney had a broken bone in hise foot. Totti broke his leg in April. Remember the US pplayer with the bloody face? :lol: Basketball is a no contact sport...for effs sake. :roll:

Stick to knitting, mate. It's safer.:stare:


:huh:

So what your saying is that is ok to block, shove, hit, and tackle people in soccer?

:hmm:

[Kurushio]

September: Prance around like nancys? Have you even ever watched football? These guys regularly break their bones. :roll: Wayne Rooney had a broken bone in hise foot. Totti broke his leg in April. Remember the US pplayer with the bloody face? :lol: Basketball is a no contact sport...for effs sake. :roll:

Stick to knitting, mate. It's safer.:stare:

:huh:

So what your saying is that is ok to block, shove, hit, and tackle people in soccer?

:hmm:
Ok? That's PART of the game. It wouldn't be football (stop saying soccer!...and change the name of your football to handball) if you didn't have those things. Soc..errr....football is a physical game. The only things which aren't allowed are dangerous tackles, unfair play etc but if there are, they have sanctions for it (i.e. cards). Much like baseball where beaning isn't allowed. You bean someone once, he gets a free ride to 1st, bean the second player...you might get ejected. Same thing.

p.s. I must admit I really like baseball though...GO METS! :rock:

[Oberon]

Feh, Extreme ironing rules all, period :up:

Discussion closed. :smug:

[Kapitan]

For once i nevr saw my name this means just one thing........


IM LACKING THE POWER OF GLORIOUS SPAM

[Linton]

This is almost as exciting as the cat bump thread.I know who is on my ignore list and it is not me, unless the wife has been online!

[Skybird]

For once i nevr saw my name this means just one thingBeware, when this thread is done everyone who found out he is not on my ignore-list will suffer from inferiority complexes... :lol: It's like that old joke, two men coming into a bar,seeing all other men there smiling and grinning and being proud, only one small fella leabning at the bar, very unhappy, and looking sad, and close to tears. when the one newcomer asks his buddy why that guy is looking so sad, he gets the replky: "All these boys here are living in his same street. This night all the cars in his street have been stolen. Only his car was left."

[August]

September: Prance around like nancys? Have you even ever watched football? These guys regularly break their bones. :roll: Wayne Rooney had a broken bone in hise foot. Totti broke his leg in April. Remember the US pplayer with the bloody face? :lol: Basketball is a no contact sport...for effs sake. :roll:

Stick to knitting, mate. It's safer.:stare:

What's the matter Booboo? You seem to be getting a little hot under the collar. Can't take a little disagreement like an adult?

Like i said i'm no fan of basketball any more than i am of soccer. Both sports are a bit on the sissy side. About the only "foreign" games i have any real respect for are rugby and hockey.

[August]

Ok? That's PART of the game. It wouldn't be football (stop saying soccer!...and change the name of your football to handball) if you didn't have those things. Soc..errr....football is a physical game.

You call it what you want and we'll call it what we want. Just be glad we call it soccer instead of sissyball.

BTW just what is in that magic spray they give soccer players that instantly cures them when only minutes before they were writhing in agony?

[STEED]

After reading Skybird's list that's me out the running. Skybird :rock: and hold's his ground.

:up: :up: :up:

[Fish]

Iceman?

[Fish]

September: Prance around like nancys? Have you even ever watched football? These guys regularly break their bones. :roll: Wayne Rooney had a broken bone in hise foot. Totti broke his leg in April. Remember the US pplayer with the bloody face? :lol: Basketball is a no contact sport...for effs sake. :roll:

Stick to knitting, mate. It's safer.:stare:

I am glad your a member of this board Kurushio! :up:
Your NOT on my ignore list.

[Kurushio]

Thanks Fish! :) I like fish...by the way...on my plate...:p

October: The thing that's in the "magic spray" which makes it better is basically "cold ice". Usually they throw water over the affected area and the spray semi-freezes the water and the cold eases the pain. The concept is simple...
It makes me laugh that you try and make out that football (soccer :roll:) is so girly. When in your football they put all that padding on...by the way..."hockey" in England is played on grass. So you have to say Ice Hockey...oh yeah, and that's another sport in which those "big men" wear padded bras. And any sport which ALLOWS violence should be banned...oh wait a sec....wasn't the NHL almost finished last season? NHL=obselete. The only place I like to see ice is in my scotch!

[August]

Thanks Fish! :) I like fish...by the way...on my plate...:p

October: The thing that's in the "magic spray" which makes it better is basically "cold ice". Usually they throw water over the affected area and the spray semi-freezes the water and the cold eases the pain. The concept is simple...
It makes me laugh that you try and make out that football (soccer :roll:) is so girly. When in your football they put all that padding on...by the way..."hockey" in England is played on grass. So you have to say Ice Hockey...oh yeah, and that's another sport in which those "big men" wear padded bras. And any sport which ALLOWS violence should be banned...oh wait a sec....wasn't the NHL almost finished last season? NHL=obselete. The only place I like to see ice is in my scotch!

Still name calling eh? A sure sign of a weak argument and a small mind. I'll leave the Canadians to talk to you about your attitudes on hockey.

BTW no way is a little ice going to instantly cure an injury so severe that it leaves a person rolling on the ground in apparent agony for several minutes (bringing game play to a halt). That is, unless the injury was faked or over dramatized for theatrical purposes. Soccer players = drama queens.

[scandium]

I'm honoured to have been nominated so often in this thread. :lol:

As much as my relentless and irrefutable logic may frustrate him, he would not ignore me anymore than Spiderman could ignore the Green Goblin. :ping:

[August]

I'm honoured to have been nominated so often in this thread. :lol:

As much as my relentless and irrefutable logic may frustrate him, he would not ignore me anymore than Spiderman could ignore the Green Goblin. :ping:

Sounds like a challenge...

[scandium]

I'm honoured to have been nominated so often in this thread. :lol:

As much as my relentless and irrefutable logic may frustrate him, he would not ignore me anymore than Spiderman could ignore the Green Goblin. :ping:
Sounds like a challenge...

The challenge on any forum where there is heated discussion, like this one, is in the free exchange of ideas in a civilized and friendly manner without resorting to uncivilized behaviour or ad hominem attack; for all our disagreements I would say that of Skybird and I hope he could say the same of me.

[Kurushio]

Thanks Fish! :) I like fish...by the way...on my plate...:p

October: The thing that's in the "magic spray" which makes it better is basically "cold ice". Usually they throw water over the affected area and the spray semi-freezes the water and the cold eases the pain. The concept is simple...
It makes me laugh that you try and make out that football (soccer :roll:) is so girly. When in your football they put all that padding on...by the way..."hockey" in England is played on grass. So you have to say Ice Hockey...oh yeah, and that's another sport in which those "big men" wear padded bras. And any sport which ALLOWS violence should be banned...oh wait a sec....wasn't the NHL almost finished last season? NHL=obselete. The only place I like to see ice is in my scotch!
Still name calling eh? A sure sign of a weak argument and a small mind. I'll leave the Canadians to talk to you about your attitudes on hockey.

BTW no way is a little ice going to instantly cure an injury so severe that it leaves a person rolling on the ground in apparent agony for several minutes (bringing game play to a halt). That is, unless the injury was faked or over dramatized for theatrical purposes. Soccer players = drama queens.

April: Where am I name calling? Must be your imagination... Have you ever even played sports? I used to play football...ever twisted your ankle? I have...hurts like a bastard!!! Ever been stamped on by someone wearing studs? That also hurts a lot but isn't enough to go off injured...most of the players make a lot of noise going down...apart from the pain...to get the attention of the ref...and get treated...it's not Ice Hockey where they play in someones living room...a football pitch is pretty big...hard to get someones attention. Plus, in football you can;t take a rest like in American sports...so you have to be 100 per cent...something you'll never understand. :roll:

http://img290.imageshack.us/img290/2695/images512483laziointermazectdg3.jpg

Yeah, you're right....football players are all pansys. :roll:

[August]

http://img290.imageshack.us/img290/2695/images512483laziointermazectdg3.jpg

Yeah, you're right....football players are all pansys. :roll:

It certainly looks like he's crying like a little baby over a very minor injury. Maybe you got your photos mixed up?

[Fish]

http://img290.imageshack.us/img290/2695/images512483laziointermazectdg3.jpg

Yeah, you're right....football players are all pansys. :roll:

It certainly looks like he's crying like a little baby over a very minor injury. Maybe you got your photos mixed up?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mAEJOSV1fas&mode=related&search=

http://youtube.com/watch?v=xSgeIVY7JBw&mode=related&search=

http://youtube.com/watch?v=47EF0o1T_LY&mode=related&search=

[SUBMAN1]

I detect a thread hijack here

[scandium]

Thanks Fish! :) I like fish...by the way...on my plate...:p

October: The thing that's in the "magic spray" which makes it better is basically "cold ice". Usually they throw water over the affected area and the spray semi-freezes the water and the cold eases the pain. The concept is simple...
It makes me laugh that you try and make out that football (soccer :roll:) is so girly. When in your football they put all that padding on...by the way..."hockey" in England is played on grass. So you have to say Ice Hockey...oh yeah, and that's another sport in which those "big men" wear padded bras. And any sport which ALLOWS violence should be banned...oh wait a sec....wasn't the NHL almost finished last season? NHL=obselete. The only place I like to see ice is in my scotch!
I'll let the Americans dissaude you of your notions on football (not the stuff we call soccer in North America), but I'll happily take on what you call "Ice Hockey".

First, like real men (and I used to play this as most good Canadians have), we play it on ice, which is quite a lot harder to fall on than grass. Second, you whine about getting stepped on by a stud but have you ever seen what a sharp hockey skate (which they have to be) can do to an exposed neck? I have seen a pic of such an injury, and it was not only not pretty, it was also near fatal. Third, if you've ever watched professional hockey you'd note how these guys fly across the ice; what you might not really notice is how solid the boards surrounding the rink is. Now imagine flying across the ice, tripping, and going head first into the boards. Fourth, if you've ever picked up a hockey puck you'll notice how solid and weighty it is; now imagine taking a slapshot and this thing hitting you, and no, the pads only protect you from breaking bones, not from the pain and welts that follow. Then there are the "inadvertent" shots you take with the blade or butt of the stick, the bare kuckle fights, and the other more mundane sporting injuries.

Your soccer players look like so many prima donas while the average NHL player looks like he's just gotten back from the crusades (scarred faces, broken noses, missing teeth, they are not a pretty lot but as tough as atheletes come). Put your prissy socker player in the ring with any NHL player and he will get his clock cleaned.

[Kurushio]

Scandium...good job on bending facts to make what youre saying more credible. For example:
1)
Yeah...Ice is harder to fall on then grass, but not if you are wearing 100 pounds of padded bras. :roll: An ice hockey player could be hit be a freight train and not feel it. :lol:

2)And when was the last time an ice skate slashed a players neck? :roll: What was it: Halloween 3? C'mon...be serious...it never happens...but getting stamped on by a studded boot almost always happens...often! ;)

3)Your thing about flying into boards....look at 1)

4) The pads protect you from broken bones, not bruises? What utter tripe...you must live on cuckoo land. Try wrapping your self in a quilt and get hit by a car. You wont get a bruise, but you'll certainly break your bones. :roll: And bare knuckle fights...what a joke. How many rabbit punches do they throw at each other. Reminds me of the fights I used to have when I was 8. Nobody could punch, so you'd end up getting tired before hurting anyone. Mate...I can floor someone with one punch...actually, I could probably break a bone with one punch...not that I'm proud of it...though I think that IS throwing a punch....I've taken three rabbit punches on the nose...from top-downwards (this twerp couldn't punch) from point-blank in quick succession, didn't even break my nose...was bleeding badly though (from the inside)...though it left me standing for a response. Ice hockey players are woosies...even baseball players punch harder...look at the one Perzinsky took.:roll:

NHL players have missing teeth, scars on their faces etc because of poor hygene. They don't bother with brushing their teeth and are bad at shaving. Otherwise they are padded bra wearing woosies...who wont play Ice Hockey unless mommy wraps them up in a goose down quilt.

Look at our rugby players if you want to see tough...NFL without padded bras. Anyway..NHL? What NHL...it'll be scrapped soon for good. Ice is only good with coke and lemon. :roll:

Look how manly these NHL players are:

http://www.shinmai.co.jp/oly-eng/1997/97011401.jpg

[August]

Now i know why Skybird put him on his ignore list. Telling the Canadians their beloved hockey is a girly sport is the height of stupidity.

[NeonSamurai]

Mhm well all i have to say is let me know when you have actualy realy played both sports Kurushio, then perhaps ill belive to your "expert opinion". Then tell me that you didnt feel a thing when you got whacked in the head with a hockey puck, or cross checked into the boards, or triped at speed and smashed head first into them, or high sticked. The pads are there to keep the players from getting killed. But they certainly do feel it.

As for getting your throat/neck slashed by a hockey skate, it has happened several times proffessionaly, and even more with non professionals. Its something that can very easily kill the person too. The padding makes it more difficult for it to happen, but certainly not impossible.

Im not gona argue over which sport is the most macho, or best or whatever, as frankly i think its an exercise in foolishness, and futility.

[mapuc]

I have a question to you all

Is it so important to know who Skybird has on his ignore-list??

It could be me and if it is I couldn't care less.

Markus

[SUBMAN1]

I vote hockey as the most well watched brutile sport there is!

-S

PS. Thats my expert opinion.

[Oberon]

I vote hockey...

Wait...Skybird's ignoring hockey?!! :o :o

Or....did I miss something? :oops: ;)

[scandium]

Kurishio, I will give you a very good example of the warrior mentality that defines the NHL, then you can go back to watching your prima donas prance up and down the grass with their nerf balls and crying like babies when they pull a muscle or get scratched.

March 4, 2006: Carolina forward Erik Cole gets hit from behind by a Penguins defenseman, slamming Cole into the boards and breaking his neck (compression fracture of the C-5 vertebra). Not only did he break his neck, he returned to play in the playoffs three months later - without having been to as much as a practice in the interim and with his health still in question - to play in the last 2 critical games of the Stanley Cup where he was deliberately brutalized on the ice by Edmonton. I watched game 7, and Edmonton players not only admitted it, they bragged about it because this is just how the game is played - after all, its hockey, not soccer.

As to the skate across the neck incident:

"One of the more terrifying moments in recent sports memory is the time Buffalo Sabres goalie Clint Malarchuk had his throat slit by an opposing player's skate, nearly dying right there on the ice."

http://www.deadspin.com/sports/nhl/

They also have a link to a pic of it, if you're up for seeing what a real sports injury looks like instead of the pic someone else posted of that soccer baby crying over his paper cut.

Edit: from the linked article (with pic) that I posted above:

On a routine play; St. Louis right winger Steve Tuttle was charging toward Malarchuk with defenseman Uwe Krupp closing in from behind. As the puck flashed through the crease, Krupp grabbed Tuttle and Tuttle's leg kicked into the air, his skate blade slicing through the exposed flesh under Malarchuk's mask.

The skate blade of Tuttle slashed Malarchuk's exterior jugular vein in his neck. It was this accident that caused goalies wear neck protectors. In seconds there was a pool of blood on the ice so large it filled the entire crease. During this whole time, Malarchuk remained conscious. It is because of this, that he remembers the words that he spoke after the accident. Malarchuk flung off his mask and collapsed to the ice in a pool of his own blood, fearing that he was about to die. He asked the trainer:

"Am I going to live?''

Malarchuk struggled to stay conscious, sensing that if he did pass out he'd never wake up. Aware that his mother had been watching the game on TV, he had an equipment manager call and tell her he loved her. Then he asked for a priest.

Something in his mind was telling him to get off the ice, "because I didn't want to die on the ice. I was saying prayers. I was scared."

"I did think I was done," said Malarchuk 13 years later, "Somewhere I'd heard that if you cut your jugular vein you've got a matter of minutes, like three minutes. I was going through the minutes preparing to die. I thought I had just three minutes to live and I've got a lot of repenting to do in three minutes."

The sight was so grizzly that 2 spectators suffered heart attacks and 3 of Malarchuk's teammates vomited while still on the ice.

It was estimated that if the skate hit 1/8 inch higher on Malarchuk's jugular, he would have been dead within 2 minutes. In the dressing room and on his way to the hospital, doctors spent 90 minutes and used over 300 stitches to close the wound.

But Malarchuk's story did not stop there.

In only 3 months, Malarchuk returned to a standing ovation.

[NeonSamurai]

Nope yet another thread that got diverted way of course.

[Oberon]

I blame Skybird, he hijacked his own thread (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=89174) not so long ago

[Skybird]

I blame Skybird, he hijacked his own thread (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=89174) not so long ago
Ouch, that's something new for a change. :lol:

[Skybird]

I vote hockey...

Wait...Skybird's ignoring hockey?!! :o :o

Or....did I miss something? :oops: ;)

Actually, I am no real football fan, and in past years preferred hockey, but haven'T been a real fan of that either. when I sounded a bit enthusiastically in the football threads, then becasue the mood the tournament has caused in Germany cannot be understood if you haven't been here- it has changed some things in this nation very dramatically, and for the better. And that was a bit infectous.

On the comparison football versus hockey, I find it idiotic to compare these on the basis of what sports is more brutal. In the end they are two very different kind of games, and the perfect pass by Gretzky can be as beautiful to see as is a combination and a perfect pass by Zidane, making it look so easy. sometimes I also have watched Basketball. Volleyball. Tennis. So what? Is the more brutal sport the better sport? Eventually one could argue it is quite the other way around.

[Kurushio]

Scandium, just because a sport condones violence, doesn't make it "good". Let's face it, it's not a sport you'd take your kids to watch, not unless you want them to grow up psycho-maniacs. It's also a sport limited to sub-arctic nations such as Canada and Iceland...I've never seen the Brazilian ice hockey team, have you? So you'll never have a "world cup", maybe an "ice-cream cup" instead? :lol:

You've already stated ice hockey players are less likely to injure themselves because of the padded bras and underwear. As opposed to football players who regularly get broken bones, hernias and hemoroids. :up:

Ice Hockey is based on grass hockey. A sport invented by toffs in England. So it's not even an original...just a version for poor people who can't afford lawns. :smug: Face it...ice hockey could be played on a frozen lake...grass hockey needs a manicured lawn.

And as for the so called "warrior" mentality of ice hockey. Every sport can boast that. Baseball: 2004 World Series and Curt Schilling pitches with bloody sock and a serious ankle injury... Football (soccer :roll:): Only recently Beckham played with an upset stomach in the world cup and puked his guts out on the pitch....NFL: Fat bastard Chicago Bears guard "Fridge" played despite risking a heart attack...Sumo wrestling: fat bastards in g-strings play despite the most horrendous wedgie.... etc etc...

Not my fault Canada chose an obselete sport. The national sport of Peru is Llama tipping...that'll be obselete as soon as Llamas evolve shorter necks and thicker legs...so they choose another sport...big deal. :roll:

And you know what...is it really good when one of your players is knocked senseless in a game and can't play to his full potential? I think not. NHL = No Hockey League.:up:

p.s. I just remembered why ice hockey is becoming obselete. Because as a TV sport, it's the worst out there. You can;t see the puck on TV for about 80 per cent of the time. Finsihed, gone finito...without TV no sport can survive.

[scandium]

Scandium, just because a sport condones violence, doesn't make it "good". Let's face it, it's not a sport you'd take your kids to watch, not unless you want them to grow up psycho-maniacs.
It doesn't condone it, it is a violent sport by nature. A kind of modern day gladiator battle but played in a smaller colliseum. :D



It's also a sport limited to sub-arctic nations such as Canada and Iceland...I've never seen the Brazilian ice hockey team, have you? So you'll never have a "world cup", maybe an "ice-cream cup" instead? :lol:
I will again refer you to an atlas as I did in another thread, where you'll discover that the Carolina team I mentioned (and who won the Stanley Cup this year) is in the Southern US - not quite 'sub-arctic' ;)


And you know what...is it really good when one of your players is knocked senseless in a game and can't play to his full potential? I think not. NHL = No Hockey League.:up:
The opposite is true. Not only has the NHL greatly expanded in recent years, but hockey has also been expanding internationally as well.

p.s. I just remembered why ice hockey is becoming obselete. Because as a TV sport, it's the worst out there. You can;t see the puck on TV for about 80 per cent of the time. Finsihed, gone finito...without TV no sport can survive.
You've obviously never seen it in high definition then. :D

[Kurushio]

Oh ok...then it's an elitist sport, only for rich people who can afford high definition TV?...gotcha

[NeonSamurai]

You cant follow the puck because your not use to watching the game. For a while an american station tried auto highlighting it (where it would have a pink aura around it and trail when moving fast) but it wasnt very popular.

Btw i didnt know some of the southern states in the US like california counted as sub-arctic.

Oh and your theory of how ice hockey were invented are not exactly correct as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_hockey#History

Also lawn hockey has little relation to ice hockey other then in very basic terms (you hit something with a stick into their net, while the other team tries to do the same with the same something into your net). Other then that the rules, equipment, playing area, etc are all different


I would suggest if your going to argue, that you at least make sure your "facts" are actualy correct.

[Kurushio]

So apart from sharing the same name "hockey", the same shaped stick, the fact that they both have nets...they have nothing in common.:lol:

oh..and...Wikipedia* ;) By the way...the Stanley Cup was made in Britain

[Linton]

This thread must set the record for drifting so far off topic!

[NeonSamurai]

They dont use the same sticks at all, and i also did not say they had no relation, i said they had little relation.

Yes this topic has gone way off field. As i have nothing else to say on the actual topic i think ill stop with this thread :)

[joea]

Hey guys, is it ok to like several sports? :shifty: Is it ok not to put people on ignore (I just ignore them or write what I think).

Now about sports, I like watching most of them. Is it ok to like hockey, baseball AND football/soccer??? I like that they are different, different speed and tactics etc. I hate this "soccer players are prissys" "hockey players are brutes" or worse "x is boring how can you watch it?". Kind of like playing flight and sub sims and FPS...all fun in a different way.

Skybird HASN'T YET put me on his ignore list btw.

[scandium]

Hey guys, is it ok to like several sports? :shifty: Is it ok not to put people on ignore (I just ignore them or write what I think).

Now about sports, I like watching most of them. Is it ok to like hockey, baseball AND football/soccer??? I like that they are different, different speed and tactics etc. I hate this "soccer players are prissys" "hockey players are brutes" or worse "x is boring how can you watch it?". Kind of like playing flight and sub sims and FPS...all fun in a different way.

Skybird HASN'T YET put me on his ignore list btw.

For my part I was mostly being a little tongue-in-cheek, in the way I thought Kurushio must have been when he called Hockey players cross dressers (the padded bra references). :lol:

[STEED]

This thread must set the record for drifting so far off topic!

Time for a medal. :)
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/5551/medaldc8.png

[Oberon]

Long service yes....good conduct...? :lol:

[lesrae]

LS&GC - Also known as 15 years of undiscovered crime.:D

[Kurushio]

They dont use the same sticks at all, and i also did not say they had no relation, i said they had little relation.

Yes this topic has gone way off field. As i have nothing else to say on the actual topic i think ill stop with this thread :)

http://nxtgeneration.net/images/wooden_hockey_stick_plaque.jpghttp://www.teamskyline.com/productImages/FHS2_1a.jpg

They don't look that different to me. :smug:

...oh and...joea...I like baseball too...actually think it's a very good sport...i despise cricket because I like baseball. :up:

[SUBMAN1]

This thread must set the record for drifting so far off topic!
Time for a medal. :)
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/5551/medaldc8.png

Is that mine? :hmm:

[STEED]

This thread must set the record for drifting so far off topic!
Time for a medal. :)
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/5551/medaldc8.png

Is that mine? :hmm:

Not Guilty, I am sure of that fact. :)

[scandium]

http://nxtgeneration.net/images/wooden_hockey_stick_plaque.jpghttp://www.teamskyline.com/productImages/FHS2_1a.jpg

I'm guessing the goofy looking thing on the left is the European "Ice Hockey" stick. :lol:

[August]

I'm guessing the goofy looking thing on the left is the European "Ice Hockey" stick. :lol:

:yep:

Seriously his decision to use a childs practice stick shows how far he's willing to distort the truth in order to defend his girly sport....

[Iceman]

I'm guessing, me, Iceman, or Red Oktober :hmm:

Doh!...I've never spammed Skybird and despite our differences I respect his and everyones views here.

I'm from Arizona....I watch them Texans. :)

[STEED]

Skybird, relax and chill out with a frosty one. :up: