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ChrissieMcNapkins bruhonetta from the traphouse Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
bruhonetta
#462976: Nov 7th 2015 at 3:20:35 PM

what the fuck is cricket anyway

ive been wondering for years

I live in a constant state of fear and misery.
ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
Electric Heart
#462977: Nov 7th 2015 at 3:21:50 PM

Football.

But ruffer.

And more dangerous.

This is what all foreign sports are.

edited 7th Nov '15 3:22:06 PM by ramuf

thespacephantom Jamais vu from the smallest church in Saint-Saëns Since: Oct, 2009
Jamais vu
#462978: Nov 7th 2015 at 3:23:09 PM

its like rugby, but you have this huge bat

UN JOUR JE SERAI DE RETOUR PRÈS DE TOI
RegularDefender MAYONNAISE from Blighty Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Singularity
MAYONNAISE
#462979: Nov 7th 2015 at 3:26:33 PM

You throw a ball at posts in the ground, and if you hit then you are a winner.

However there's a person with a bat in the way.

And if he hits it, he gets points for every time he manages to make a lap between his position and the position of the pitcher before the ball is returned and hit against the posts.

Pitcher is winner because it's like baseball- except it's one strike and you're out- if the ball hit the posts.

1.5 imperial gallons of tea were consumed during the writing of this post
ThanatoSeraph ARE WA DARE DA from The Land Down Under Since: Feb, 2012
ARE WA DARE DA
#462980: Nov 7th 2015 at 3:27:57 PM

[up][up][up]what no

you could possibly describe AFL or one of the rugbies as that but cricket's counterpart is baseball if anything and even then it's not apparent

@Chris: in it's purest form it is a game where someone pegs a hard ball at the speeds of a car on the freeway at someone standing in front of wickets (but only in the correct way with motion, no throwing), who has to hit the ball and then run between two wickets

they can't let the ball hit the wickets, but they can't block the wickets because that's not allowed and you'll go out

runs determine what your score is except when they don't like boundaries and if you hit a helmet

it is a very slow paced game, like seriously it is not unusual for nothing to happen for hours and a full match takes 5 days

once all of the batters are out the bowling team bats and the circle of life repeats itself

this being youtube recommended to me is what started it

ross messes up many things though (he thinks one hand one bounce is an actual rule for the most glaring)

edited 7th Nov '15 3:28:40 PM by ThanatoSeraph

ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
Electric Heart
#462981: Nov 7th 2015 at 3:30:11 PM

All foreign sports are brutal.

No exceptions.

ThanatoSeraph ARE WA DARE DA from The Land Down Under Since: Feb, 2012
ARE WA DARE DA
#462982: Nov 7th 2015 at 3:31:27 PM

Well I mean

we did have one of our players die last year playing it

his name was Phillip Hughes

Lunarcat Star Child from I'll be right here Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Star Child
#462983: Nov 7th 2015 at 3:31:43 PM

DUUUUDE

PANDORA LAND AT WDW IS GONNA BE AWESOMEEEEEE

All our wishes can come true
RegularDefender MAYONNAISE from Blighty Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Singularity
MAYONNAISE
#462984: Nov 7th 2015 at 3:32:46 PM

A fun fact related to Cricket.

1.5 imperial gallons of tea were consumed during the writing of this post
HilarityEnsues Since: Sep, 2009
#462985: Nov 7th 2015 at 3:32:57 PM

so basically someone looked at baseball and said

"You know what, a little TOO much happens in this"

RegularDefender MAYONNAISE from Blighty Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Singularity
MAYONNAISE
#462986: Nov 7th 2015 at 3:34:52 PM

For those who cannot watch youtube.

Cricket goes back to the 1700s, I don't know when Baseball was invented.

But Cricket's old as shit.

1.5 imperial gallons of tea were consumed during the writing of this post
ThanatoSeraph ARE WA DARE DA from The Land Down Under Since: Feb, 2012
ARE WA DARE DA
#462987: Nov 7th 2015 at 3:35:13 PM

@Lunar: what is this

pandora land you speak of

@Hil: okay that is where you are wrong

cricket came first

ChrissieMcNapkins bruhonetta from the traphouse Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
bruhonetta
#462988: Nov 7th 2015 at 3:36:33 PM

oh hey you know what's fun

american football

have i ever told you guys of my experience playing high school football

I live in a constant state of fear and misery.
Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#462989: Nov 7th 2015 at 3:36:56 PM

NO VRISKA

LYSANDRE'S MEINFOO-MEINSHAO CLAIMS ANOTHER

ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
Electric Heart
#462990: Nov 7th 2015 at 3:37:03 PM

Football is boring.

SR3NORMANDY Problem Child from N/A - In constant flux Since: Jul, 2012
Problem Child
#462991: Nov 7th 2015 at 3:37:33 PM

The fact that we play a game emulating the ways of a genocidal alien race has lead to most of the galaxy shunning us.

What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?
ThanatoSeraph ARE WA DARE DA from The Land Down Under Since: Feb, 2012
ARE WA DARE DA
#462992: Nov 7th 2015 at 3:37:38 PM

you have not

@Trip: you need to grind

[up]oh no, we're mostly harmless, don't worry

edited 7th Nov '15 3:38:00 PM by ThanatoSeraph

HilarityEnsues Since: Sep, 2009
#462993: Nov 7th 2015 at 3:38:18 PM

oh

so basically america looked at cricket and said

"why don't we alter this a little, make it our national past time for some reason, even though this is second most boring thing to watch after golf"

Lunarcat Star Child from I'll be right here Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Star Child
#462994: Nov 7th 2015 at 3:39:18 PM

link 1

link 2

link 3 ( go to the bottom)

its gonna be sooo pretty.....

Disney world is one of the few things i get excited about any more. I Ts kind of sad really.

But for the tl;dr version, the place from the avatar movie is gonna be added onto the animal kingdom, along with a new nighttime light show, and hyeans in the Kilimanjaro safari area.

The pandora part looks soooo pretty... its gonna let the park be open later cause there will be things to do there later in the day, even after most of the animals have gone to sleep, and so its gonna light up at night, and the walkways will glow underfoot....

All our wishes can come true
ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
Electric Heart
#462995: Nov 7th 2015 at 3:40:21 PM

So harmless we got a highway built right through us.

Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#462996: Nov 7th 2015 at 3:40:58 PM

ny weakest mon was stronger than his strongest

i just have a crippling fighting weakness

Rivux same old me from [a jump to the sky turns to a rider kick] Since: Aug, 2010
same old me
#462997: Nov 7th 2015 at 3:41:18 PM

oh boy

i picked up awakening again and resumed my file

and i completely forgot how i was training my units

now everything's jumbled and i can't remember who i was hooking up with who

mario is red, i am green, i try my best, but everyone's mean
ThanatoSeraph ARE WA DARE DA from The Land Down Under Since: Feb, 2012
ARE WA DARE DA
#462998: Nov 7th 2015 at 3:41:19 PM

wait disney owns avatar?

That does look like a pretty cool concept though. Very pretty indeed.

@Hil: yes

meanwhile for your other national sport you thought "what if we added armour to rugby"

@ram: we had ample warning

edited 7th Nov '15 3:41:52 PM by ThanatoSeraph

HilarityEnsues Since: Sep, 2009
#462999: Nov 7th 2015 at 3:42:35 PM

well

luckily, watching sports, like a lot of things, is just an excuse to drink more anyways

Lunarcat Star Child from I'll be right here Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Star Child
#463000: Nov 7th 2015 at 3:44:48 PM

they don't own it, i don't think, i think they just partnered with the guy who made it to make it

it does look really pretty tho doesn't it?

and its still animal and living in harmony with nature related, so it all works out

(now they just have to somehow get the rights to the marvel characters back from universal and all will be right in the world)

(by which i mean, universal won't allow disney to have marvel related attractions in WDW, everywhere else is fine though. But because universal studios orlando got the rights to use marvel characters in their theme park a long time ago..... its all just a huge clusterfluff)

(I just wanna meet Thor ,an is that so wrong....)

edited 7th Nov '15 3:45:21 PM by Lunarcat

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