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TheFuckOffKid

TheFuckOffKid

NEWSWIRE

Australia

MAR 19, 2006 01:07 AM

beaky said:
No amount of graphs could help me get Cricket


I find American football an utter mystery, personally.

BlastProcessing

BlastProcessing

USA
OLD SKOOL

MAR 19, 2006 01:19 AM

Calvinball reference.

SomethingStupid

SomethingStupid

North Hollywood, CA
March 2004

MAR 19, 2006 01:32 AM

TheFuckOffKid said:

beaky said:
No amount of graphs could help me get Cricket


I find American football an utter mystery, personally.


I seriously didn't understand it until I was like 14 or so, and I'd played in a number of football games by that point. Of course, I didn't watch it much since I didn't have a TV, but it's pretty complicated. Or rather, the fundamentals of it are simple, but there are so many distractions that it makes it difficult to see which elements are fundamentals and which elements are closer to subtleties.

MisterGraves

MisterGraves

Portland, OR
November 2003

MAR 19, 2006 01:52 AM

AceTracer said:
Here is a "simple" explanation:


It's quite simple. You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that is on the side that is in goes out and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's been out in the field comes in and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get out those coming in. Sometimes you get men still in and not out. Then when both sides have been in and out that's the end of the game.



Got that? It's so easy, I don't understand what the problem is. confused



So it's kinda like pooping back and forth


forever?

Quirky

Quirky

Birmingham, AL
October 2005

MAR 19, 2006 02:05 AM

DarkShades said:
Boy, that graphic cleared things right up. Dah.


It looks like scrabble.

Pwndcake

Pwndcake

Portland, OR
October 2004

MAR 19, 2006 02:26 AM

MrTom said:
I never want to play it again.


I knew a girl that liked to play Uno. She's gone now.

Mark_plus_Beer

Mark_plus_Beer

United Kingdom
August 2005

MAR 19, 2006 02:40 AM

I played Leg Gully for my school.

I understand cricket but yet sometimes have problems understanding american football rules.

JohnnyForeigner

JohnnyForeigner

United Kingdom
July 2003

MAR 19, 2006 03:03 AM

Cricket's not that difficult to understand once you get past the jargon, which is pretty much the same for any sport. It's not the most exciting game to watch in the world, but there's worse.

BlastProcessing

BlastProcessing

USA
OLD SKOOL

MAR 19, 2006 03:04 AM

MrTom said:

Mark_plus_Beer said:
I played Leg Gully for my school.

I understand cricket but yet sometimes have problems understanding american football rules.


American football is easy to grasp. I still havent the faintest idea of what alot of the technical rules are, but you try to get the ball to the other side of the field.

Over here we're pretty stupid so it pays to keep the games as simple as possible.

NASCAR is a great example of that. All you have to do is turn left. Turning right was too hard for 'em.



There are non-oval NASCAR tracks, you know.

Mark_plus_Beer

Mark_plus_Beer

United Kingdom
August 2005

MAR 19, 2006 03:11 AM

MrTom said:

Furious_D said:

MrTom said:

Mark_plus_Beer said:
I played Leg Gully for my school.

I understand cricket but yet sometimes have problems understanding american football rules.


American football is easy to grasp. I still havent the faintest idea of what alot of the technical rules are, but you try to get the ball to the other side of the field.

Over here we're pretty stupid so it pays to keep the games as simple as possible.

NASCAR is a great example of that. All you have to do is turn left. Turning right was too hard for 'em.



There are non-oval NASCAR tracks, you know.


Two of them.

And one of them is more or less a square with fucked up left hand corners requiring you to turn right before you can turn left.

*edit*
If they still race at pocono then there's a third, it's a lefthand triangle.

[Edited on Mar 19, 2006 by MrTom]




Maybe thats why there is only one American in Formula 1
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lowroller

lowroller

Australia
May 2008

MAR 19, 2006 03:12 AM

My 2c - I hate cricket.

swanny

swanny

Australia
July 2004

MAR 19, 2006 03:26 AM

lowroller said:
My 2c - I hate cricket.



I too would like to express my hatred for cricket but at the moment I'm more pissed off with the commonwealth games.
But yes I do hate cricket.

[Edited on Mar 19, 2006 by swanny]

hillsboy

hillsboy

Australia
January 2006

MAR 19, 2006 04:06 PM

swanny said:

lowroller said:
My 2c - I hate cricket.



I too would like to express my hatred for cricket but at the moment I'm more pissed off with the commonwealth games.
But yes I do hate cricket.

[Edited on Mar 19, 2006 by swanny]




yes yes yes. more aussies that hate cricket. thought i was the only one.

amaranthe

amaranthe

Australia
December 2005

MAR 20, 2006 06:54 PM

Cricket's pretty overrated really. My Dad's family are obsessed, and will sit there and watch all the test matches. I don't get it - days upon days of watching guys in whites stand there on the field and not do a whole lot. It's boring.
On the other hand however, it's great fun having a game of backyard cricket, or beach cricket. And I even managed to survive watching a 20-20 game: That wasnt so bad, especially since I was doing crosswords at the same time.
But really, cricket isnt that complicated to understand. You stand in front of the wickets, someone bowls the ball, you try to stop it hitting the wickets by hitting it first. Then you run up and down the pitch, depending on where/how far you hit the ball. That's about my understanding. Compared to American Football - how can you claim not to get cricket when yoiu watch a game like that? The most confusing and ridiculous game on the planet, right up there with curling.

AceTracer

acetracer

Hollywood, FL
January 2004

MAR 20, 2006 11:34 PM

Curling is easy though. It's just throwing granite rocks as close to the center of a circle as possible, and others trying to do the same while simultaneously knocking you out.

American Football is easy too. In fact, it's the easiest sport we play. Just get the ball to the opposite side of the field, by whatever means necessary.

SomethingStupid

SomethingStupid

North Hollywood, CA
March 2004

MAR 20, 2006 11:44 PM

Not really, because you have to explain downs and extra points and lines of scrimmage and laterals and field goals and punts. If all you gave someone was the general explanation that they needed to get the ball to the other end, they still wouldn't have a clue as to what the fuck was going on most of the time.

On the other hand, soccer can pretty well be understood with the information that you're supposed to kick the ball in the other team's goal, never touching the ball with your hands unless you are the guy defending the goal. Sure, a bit of confusion on things like offsides, but it's simpler than American football.

So is boxing, come to think of it. No kicking, no punching below the belt, no holding. Other than those things, beat the shit out of each other.

crazedlunatik

crazedlunatik

Portland, OR
February 2004

MAR 21, 2006 12:34 AM

wait.... sports have rules?


hmm that's what I never understood...


as far as I'm concerned cricket refers to three things the lovely sg, the insect and a local mobile phone provider


and the american football... I always liked watching it but after I played it I liked it more. I still have trouble with rules of the game because I was always on the defense and all they told me was to get the quarterback....

Cigarette

Cigarette

Cleveland, OH
April 2004

MAR 21, 2006 12:49 AM

I think basketball's a pretty simple game. There are a couple of weird rules like goaltending, but I pretty much get basketball. Same with hockey and soccer. I know baseball because I grew up with it, but football still baffles me.

Anton

Anton

Australia
September 2003

MAR 21, 2006 09:03 AM

I'm fairly sure I had an extensive understanding of cricket straight out of the womb. Every person born in Australia does. Whether they know it or not.

AndersWolleck

AndersWolleck

Astoria, NY
February 2003

MAR 21, 2006 10:07 AM

you know who could help?

Anton

Anton

Australia
September 2003

MAR 21, 2006 10:08 AM

AndersWolleck said:
you know who could help?


Nah. I've seen him at slips. He's an idiot. He tried spin for a while back in '88 and went 2/198 against the West Indies.

mat8drb

mat8drb

United Kingdom
October 2004

MAR 22, 2006 02:42 PM

mat8drb said:
Also, live coverage of India vs England, the third of a three match test series. Which England want to get a draw in.

Yep, fifteen days and we want a draw.


Which we got after a massive victory. All out for 100 in their second innings. Oh yes. love

Phantasy

Phantasy

Australia
October 2005

MAR 22, 2006 04:43 PM

Amaranthe is right. Backyard Cricket is AWESOME!

Here are the rules:

1. Any number of players can be involved at any time (ages 3 - 105)
2. Matches to be contested in front or back yards, at the beach (preferably lower tides on the wet harder sand), in the park or even in the driveway for a bouncier wicket.
3. Batsmen who hit the neighbours shed on the full are OUT.
4. If your dog catches the ball you're out, you're on your way and you also have 10 runs deducted from your score.
5. There will be NO teams - it's every man for himself.
6. One hand one bounce.
7. Automatic Wicket Keeper.
8. When a ball is hit through Mum and Dads window while they are having an afternoon nap -
a) Batsmen is OUT and play is abandoned as players flee.
b) Your Friends will NOT let you forget that silly shot.

Stumps? The game draws to a close when the last of the balls is lost down the drain or in the garden or if a batsmen is playing like Bradman and seeing the ball like a watermelon, and pace, spin or even the 'doosera' doesn't trouble the batsmen, feel free to call it quits...

wink Fuck I am all nostalgic now!

waldo

waldo

I'm lost
June 2004

MAR 22, 2006 05:00 PM

AceTracer said:

oyaji said:
Well, I understand that men go on the field and hit balls and run around etc. But I don't understand how the scoring works or why people are "out" and why, in the wide world of sports, it takes more than one day to play a match.


I'm reading more about the game now, because although I was being sarcastic before I'm determined now to find out how the hell this game works. This is what I've been able to gather so far:

There's an oval field, and in the middle there's a patch of dirt...



On opposite sides of the dirt, 22 yards apart, there's these things called wickets...



Now, one player called a bowler, like a pitcher in baseball, "bowls" the ball to a player on the opposite wicket. Apparently "bowling" is not throwing, because throwing is illegal. I guess it's like softball. Anyway, you bowl the ball to the batsman, but what you're trying to do is hit the wicket. The guy with the bat is trying to stop you from hitting the wicket by batting the ball away.

You're out if:
-The bowler hits the wicket
-You use your feet to stop the ball from hitting the wicket
-You hit the ball, and it's caught
-You hit the ball, run to the opposite wicket, but someone catches the ball, throws it, and hits the wicket you're running to before you get there.

You score 1 run if:
-You hit the ball and make it to the opposite wicket without getting out.

You score 4 runs if:
-You hit the ball and it makes one bounce before going outside the boundary

You score 6 runs if:
-You hit the ball and it goes outside the boundary without bouncing (like a home run)

If you're out, someone replaces you, and you play until your entire team is out. Then the other team plays. I'm not sure why this takes up to 5 days, but apparently there's 50 "overs" in an inning, and there are two innings. So that's a lot of playing.



That's a pretty good summary of the rules.

waldo

waldo

I'm lost
June 2004

MAR 22, 2006 05:02 PM

The thing about cricket is that it's slow, most of the time. When it's quick, it's very quick.

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