Arseface

We didn't own them, just occupied them. Baseball was introduced to Japan in 1872. The league that became their major league was founded in 1934. Their big high school tournaments were founded 1924 and 1915. When did the US occupy them again?

Wow. So the interesting part of cricket is the same thing you get from a halfassed juggler at a kid's party? Wow. In baseball, when an outfielder makes an incredible climbed-up-the-wall catch, it doesn't neccesarily end there. Depending on how many outs there are, what decisions the runners made, and all that, the play still goes on. Baseball isn't JUST hitting and catching like cricket is. Fielding is interesting, too.

No, I'm fine with your rules. Continent vs. continent is good with me.

Yeah, it listed all 19 teams to ever qualify for the Cricket World Cup. One of which was defunct, and all but two of which were former or current possessions of the UK. The Netherlands and Namibia are the only ones that weren't ruled by Britain, and Namibia was ruled by South Africa which was ruled by Britain. So it's iffy.

Harder, yes, but does that make it any more interesting?

That's true of everywhere. Depending on where you go in Maryland, football is always huge, basketball, soccer, and baseball/softball shuffle positions, lacrosse is big in certain areas known as "not PG county." And in various lesser, specialized areas we have volleyball, rugby, field hockey, I saw that cricket team once, water polo, and so on.

Okay, here's how it's fair. We shall hold the Trans-Pacific Aussie-American Wildlife Deathmatch once every two years. The Deathmatch shall switch between winter and summer on the same schedule as the Olympics, with the games held in the appropriate months for their home territory's summer or winter season. The cage shall be set by the home team, along with any appropriate hazards. Such chicanery as the Infamous North American Ooops We Built The Cage On The Tip of Goat Island And Put The Aussie Team On The Side Dangling Over Niagara Falls And Neglected To Build A Floor Incident shall not be allowed.

There. Is that a fair setup? I vote we each call our local political representative and scream like psychotic harpies until they agree to push for it out of sheer terror.

We have sea lions, and possibly in more places.

What? That's not fair at all, and it's not what you suggested.

And I suppose you're an expert on the rules of continent-on-continent wildlife cage deathmatches? I'll have you know that all reputable sources specify a balsa wood cage for extra splinters.

How is a kangaroo going to disembowel a bison's forehead?

And about cricket-baseball:

Not what Wikipedia says. Last tournament was 2007, no? 16 teams and every one of them but Netherlands a former British colony. Not that that's relevant, I'm sure.

Playing defense is significantly more complex in baseball than in cricket, trying to deal with baserunners, and when you're claiming greater difficultly on the basis of "if you catch it wrong, you can break a finger" then I have to say I'm unimpressed.

Apparently you've only made it to three soccer World Cups since 1930. So, apparently, all you're good at is cricket, baseball and softball, rugby (?), and AFL? Or am I missing something? I know you aren't all that hot at football, seeing as you haven't entered a world cup since 1999, and you got curb-stomped by both Sweden and Japan, finishing 5th/6.

Well, now I know where you got all your arguments, now don't I? Also, I know, the US vs. Australia would be so unfair. Good thing it's continent vs continent.

I agree about the BB code, but in the interests of avoiding *****ing, let's do it here.

So we don't have to listen to people *****-- here's what I got for America vs Australia.

OH YEAH? What KIND of seals and whales?

Yeah, I took a geology class once and now I'm all pressed and ****.

How does that work? India isn't considered part of Australia by any known definition of the continents-- but the Americas are considered one.

Also, even if we DID allow tigers, they'd lose to our: jaguars, mountain lions, bobcats, cougars, and whatever the hell else we have (plus the aforementioned coyotes and wolves, of course). Sure, tigers are the biggest of the big cats, but we have numbers.

Who said the walls were steel?

Dude if you want a userbar i could do you one i have a userbar request thread stickyed

That's Mr.Bieber to you. :lol:

I fail to see how being stoned would improve the experience of desperately trying to recover a critically damaged aircraft from a dive.

Just saying.

I'll take your word for it.

I can't really *****, considering that the US is doing passably well so far, but in three games we've had two goals taken away.

Baseball doesn't allow that, but the NFL (pro football, not sure if you'd know that or not) does. Or at least I don't think baseball does.

I think that being stoned out of my mind would improve the AFL experience. Not sure why, just a feeling.

I see.

It also takes a lot of skill to design a circuit, or solve a physics problem. Doesn't mean I want to watch them do it.

Yeah, it seems like the refs are really involved in the outcome of games. Sure, the same goes for football, but I think the effect is less, since there's more chance of scoring.

Okay, so the same is true of every game. But... iunno, I don't remember people screaming in bull**** agony much in baseball, say. If you get hit by a pitch you get a base, but you don't get anything extra for being crippled.

EDIT: Also, I do feel the need to mention that I've watched more soccer this year than any other year. Well, more soccer not involving my siblings, anyway. Seriously, those 49 minutes? The only soccer I've ever watched on TV. I'm not counting the two or three soccer games I've been to. Been to a couple Washington Freedom (women's pro soccer) and DC United (mens games) and one Baltimore Blast (men's indoor soccer) but... it's not like I paid much attention.

Hell, I might even watch whatever the US's next game is.

Why bother even ranking it? Is it actually vaguely popular down there in Aussie-land?

I agree there. I mean, basketball would be real boring if it were played on a court however-long-a-soccer-field-is.

I also agree there. Not that I really WANT real violence, but all the "OH NOES I'M CRIPPLED" falls got really old after about the fourth time.

What. Gaelic football. Really? That's... that's... incredible.

And hurling? I know about that. Kid did it at my library today. Stank up the whole place for hours.

So, can I ***** about soccer? Let me ***** about soccer. Please. HOLY **** WAS THAT BORING. I watched the last 49 minutes of USA-Algeria (incidentally, that not-stopping-the-clock-but-adding-time thing? Irritating.)

I admit that football is boring. A bunch of guys stand around for an obscene amount of time just waiting, they can challenge plays, review them on the tv these days, generally waste a great deal of time not playing football.

But it has this going for it. At least it MOVES. You know the rules, generally speaking? If you can't move the ball ten yards in four plays, you're done. On the rare occasions when anything is happening, it MATTERS. Every inch forward or back is hotly contested.

Soccer, on the other hand. Forty-nine minutes of kicking the ball around doing nothing in particular. On the rare occasions when anything happens, you get, damn, ricocheted off the goal. Caught by the goalie. Missed by a mile. What-the-****-do-you-mean-we-were-offsides.

I freely admit that soccer is more fun to play. I don't know why anyone would want to play football unless there's an inch or two of snow on the ground and you're beating the **** out of your siblings, neighbors, and friends.

But HOLY **** is watching soccer boring.

And yes, I do actually know what hurling is. Kinda.

Tell me, do you have any opinions on soccer? I have s sudden desire to argue soccer-vs-football.

Oh, all right, football-vs-gridiron. Or is it soccer-vs-gridiron?

No, the price was good I think. What's your feedback? Good, bad?

You did put it up on eBay, right? And no one bought it? Weird. This game is so awesome...

And that's just Buy Now.

I found one used for 16.25 pounds. Which is $28.10 I believe.

No hard feelings, alright?

I am scared :<

It seems that just buying a GotY edition from England will be cheaper. Sorry about that. Hey, how about you come here to England and give me the game personally? Gives me time to be lazy...

England, Littlehampton.