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Jun. 28th, 2010 02:19 pmThis has to be quick because when Brazil v. Chile starts I will be completely engrossed.
Through a random course of events I started watching the World Cup this year. I can't fully explain why, probably a mixture of all my shows being off, having not a lot to do during the day and daytime television is hideously boring, and a certain picspam that made me question what took me so long to give soccer a chance. But now that I've gone through the group stages and some knockout matches (whoo! lingo!) here are my thoughts:
ontd_football is pretty much the best place for someone new like me to follow. I watch the matches along with them and follow their commentary and get gifs and pics of the matches. For a picspam fiend, that place is heaven. Also it's great to see the wide range of fans. Leading to--
England seem to have the highest concentration of fans that are armed with back handed praise. It's amusing to watch even when they definitely have a point. Brazil fans remind me of Laker fans in the sense that they both support really good teams and are often labeled as entitled. But Brazil do put on a good show at times and I'm very interested in seeing them against the other teams.
The U.S. didn't suck completely so I was satisfied. Even though I wasn't a big soccer fan, I don't like seeing my nation suck horribly at stuff, so just them making it out of groups was enough; and I do plan to continue to follow them. Soccer (yes, I know it's called Football everywhere else) is pulling ratings numbers over here and I'm excited. I don't see it getting as big as Football and Basketball here but I applaud any bit of growth.
I have a feeling I would be more bothered by C. Ronaldo if I knew more of the history, but I don't, so I actually like him a bit: lulzy goals and all.
Oh, France. At first it was kind of funny, then it became a sort of trainwreck, and now I do feel like I'm missing an extra layer of subtext going on here; though I did remark to my mom that I can hardly think of the last time a major sporting event was reported on here and had quotes from a philosopher that were supposed to be taken seriously. Also: how is Yoann real? Honestly, I'd think someone fashioned him out of fantasies and romance novels and then breathed life into him.
That ESPN 30 in 30 documentary, The Two Escobars, made me teary a bit towards the end.
GERMANY! The thing is after their 4-0 victory of Australia, I wasn't rooting for them too much because I like to support underdogs and I just thought they would sail through; but then Serbia happened and I listened to more of the chatter around them (they're a young team! and stuff) and then I was sort of won over. Even if they don't win it, I'm definitely waiting to see what else they do because they are a young squad and they play so cohesively together. It's impressive.
This piscpam + commentary of the group stages is full of all things wonderful.
Through a random course of events I started watching the World Cup this year. I can't fully explain why, probably a mixture of all my shows being off, having not a lot to do during the day and daytime television is hideously boring, and a certain picspam that made me question what took me so long to give soccer a chance. But now that I've gone through the group stages and some knockout matches (whoo! lingo!) here are my thoughts:
ontd_football is pretty much the best place for someone new like me to follow. I watch the matches along with them and follow their commentary and get gifs and pics of the matches. For a picspam fiend, that place is heaven. Also it's great to see the wide range of fans. Leading to--
England seem to have the highest concentration of fans that are armed with back handed praise. It's amusing to watch even when they definitely have a point. Brazil fans remind me of Laker fans in the sense that they both support really good teams and are often labeled as entitled. But Brazil do put on a good show at times and I'm very interested in seeing them against the other teams.
The U.S. didn't suck completely so I was satisfied. Even though I wasn't a big soccer fan, I don't like seeing my nation suck horribly at stuff, so just them making it out of groups was enough; and I do plan to continue to follow them. Soccer (yes, I know it's called Football everywhere else) is pulling ratings numbers over here and I'm excited. I don't see it getting as big as Football and Basketball here but I applaud any bit of growth.
I have a feeling I would be more bothered by C. Ronaldo if I knew more of the history, but I don't, so I actually like him a bit: lulzy goals and all.
Oh, France. At first it was kind of funny, then it became a sort of trainwreck, and now I do feel like I'm missing an extra layer of subtext going on here; though I did remark to my mom that I can hardly think of the last time a major sporting event was reported on here and had quotes from a philosopher that were supposed to be taken seriously. Also: how is Yoann real? Honestly, I'd think someone fashioned him out of fantasies and romance novels and then breathed life into him.
That ESPN 30 in 30 documentary, The Two Escobars, made me teary a bit towards the end.
GERMANY! The thing is after their 4-0 victory of Australia, I wasn't rooting for them too much because I like to support underdogs and I just thought they would sail through; but then Serbia happened and I listened to more of the chatter around them (they're a young team! and stuff) and then I was sort of won over. Even if they don't win it, I'm definitely waiting to see what else they do because they are a young squad and they play so cohesively together. It's impressive.
This piscpam + commentary of the group stages is full of all things wonderful.
