Q&A about sports and video games

Riot · Post by **Riot** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:07 am

Please explain, in great detail and citing specific events, the plot of Xenogears.

There's your challenge.

Ray_Clark · Post by **Ray_Clark** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 12:15 pm

Green Tea: I personally didn't think NASCAR was consider a sport, but until I realized what these guys go through. It may seem like it just 43 cars going in circles, but try doing it driving 150 mph with a car on ur tail, plus the heat in the car is awful, especially in the summer days. We talking 100+ degrees in there and u have go around about 200 laps. Sure as hell aint a drive around the park.

sam · Post by **sam** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 12:27 pm

TaQa wrote:What is the most effective (and consistent) way to throw a long drive in disc golf?

start with your feet facing <- your body facing ^ and your arm across you like you were reaching for a pole that was 1' infront of your left hand (using your right hand while holding the disc)

then you take 3 steps to gain momentum....2 sideways making your motion to turn forward... on the second step you start moving your hand towards the front to throw and make a snaping action with your wrist. The trick is not in the arm strength but in the wrist snap. you need to transfer all the momentum you have gained from the movement into your wrist for the disc to actually travel. there is also a motion you do with your shoulders, kinda like you were casting a fishing line in a really fucked up fashion.

best way to get down the form is to buy a disc golf video and watch it.

Dyme · Post by **Dyme** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 3:35 pm

frisbee golf is the shit

hascoolnickname · Post by **hascoolnickname** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:51 pm

Mosh_Mosh_Revolution wrote:
Spazz wrote:
Green Tea wrote: yeah :/ but blaming it on the refs make it so much easier to bear. (kirsch's interception at the end of the northwestern game made me lose all hope)

Another Question:

Why do people watch NASCAR? and why is it considered a sport?

Do you think you'd be able to drive that fast, for that long? Driving, even in circles, takes alot of mental and physical disipline, not to mention that it wears you out :p
I'm not buying it. NASCAR, in my opinion, isn't a sport. Neither is cheerleading. Sure, they do physical things, but in reality, they're flouncing around in skirts waving poms to SUPPORT a real sport.

Not that I am saying cheerleading is a sport, but how can you call golf a sport when cheerleading is more work than golf?

sam · Post by **sam** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 8:36 pm

kudos to who can guess where my avatar is from..it has to deal with BOTH sports AND video games!!!!!!!!!!!

ManicWiggy · Post by **ManicWiggy** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:54 pm

I got a question....actually a two part question...

((When is the gaming community going to realize that the playstation,
dual-shock controller is the best controller ever made?))

AND

((When are people going to realize that XBOX SUCKS!?))

Original Sin · Post by **Original Sin** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:04 pm

ManicWiggy wrote: ((When are people going to realize that XBOX SUCKS!?))

I've realized this for a looong time.

sam · Post by **sam** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:06 pm

i'll take this one!

ManicWiggy wrote:((When is the gaming community going to realize that the playstation, dual-shock controller is the best controller ever made?))

I refuse to believe this. Every controller has its pluses and their negatives.

First we'll deal with The latest generation. You have xbox which is just a miniature combination of ps2 & their own idea. Gamecube, is the most comfortable controller ever made. If I'm drunk I can still play, the game controller is almost an extension of the hand. Alas, the digi pad feels like a button and is hard to discern the directions. So, it sucks for anything not 3d and reuqires the digipad. Also ports are kinda...due to the button layout. Cube originals rock with the controller. PS2 is a great generic controller. It has the "hardest" feedback of them all so it can deliver the best punch. But at a price

. Standard 4 button arcade layout with a digital pad copied from nintendo (they own the original patent on their digipad from nes.) with 2 shoulder buttons for triggers. This is great for 3d and feels ok. The amount of buttons allows for great combinations...except for capcom fighters or any 3x3 control setup.

In my opinion the absolute best controller is the sega saturn 2nd run "fighter" pad. It's a wing style with a circular 8 directional digipad and has a 3x3 array of buttons, abc xyz along with 2 shoulder buttons and a start button. Absolute greatest for arcade ports. Hence, why in my opinion the best arcade ports ever exist for this system. Virtua Cop 1 & 2, Virtua Fighter 2, Die Hard Arcade, Cotton, Radient Silvergun etc etc. It fucking rocks damnit!!! I hate joysticks. I much prefer this layout and actually use a saturn converter for ps2 to play ps2 games. Z & C are L2 & R2.
actually lookey it's made for psx!

'AND'

ManicWiggy wrote:((When are people going to realize that XBOX SUCKS!?))

So untrue. Mod one. Then you have thousands of games to play instantly. Emulation is great on this box because it has a x86 cpu core and the software library has very easy to use directx code. An emulator exists for almost every system from N64, PSX and backwards. Even computer emulators! There's also Mame! Network play is possible; never have bothered trying as it probably requires bandwidth....but with fiber coming soon.....

Also, who hates getting games for free

Green Tea · Post by **Green Tea** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:06 pm

Why is technology for the NCAA football games always seem to be one step behind Madden games? they both are made by EA sports

sam · Post by **sam** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:08 pm

probably intentional...aren't the espn games sold cheaper?

Bionix · Post by **Bionix** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:43 am

How did basesball come up with using the word inning?

CaseyDidder · Post by **CaseyDidder** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 6:16 am

Mosh_Mosh_Revolution wrote:
Spazz wrote:
Green Tea wrote: yeah :/ but blaming it on the refs make it so much easier to bear. (kirsch's interception at the end of the northwestern game made me lose all hope)

Another Question:

Why do people watch NASCAR? and why is it considered a sport?

Do you think you'd be able to drive that fast, for that long? Driving, even in circles, takes alot of mental and physical disipline, not to mention that it wears you out :p
I'm not buying it. NASCAR, in my opinion, isn't a sport. Neither is cheerleading. Sure, they do physical things, but in reality, they're flouncing around in skirts waving poms to SUPPORT a real sport.

this is what fat ugly ppl say when they can't do a certain sport. Stick to your anime and pretend your somebody cool behind a computer.

thx.

Original Sin · Post by **Original Sin** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 7:15 am

CaseyDidder wrote:
Mosh_Mosh_Revolution wrote:
Spazz wrote:
Do you think you'd be able to drive that fast, for that long? Driving, even in circles, takes alot of mental and physical disipline, not to mention that it wears you out :p
I'm not buying it. NASCAR, in my opinion, isn't a sport. Neither is cheerleading. Sure, they do physical things, but in reality, they're flouncing around in skirts waving poms to SUPPORT a real sport.
this is what fat ugly ppl say when they can't do a certain sport. Stick to your anime and pretend your somebody cool behind a computer.

thx.

Just curious, do you concider poker a 'sport?'

Mosh_Mosh_Revolution · Tue Oct 18, 2005 9:44 am

CaseyDidder wrote:
Mosh_Mosh_Revolution wrote:
Spazz wrote:
Do you think you'd be able to drive that fast, for that long? Driving, even in circles, takes alot of mental and physical disipline, not to mention that it wears you out :p
I'm not buying it. NASCAR, in my opinion, isn't a sport. Neither is cheerleading. Sure, they do physical things, but in reality, they're flouncing around in skirts waving poms to SUPPORT a real sport.
this is what fat ugly ppl say when they can't do a certain sport. Stick to your anime and pretend your somebody cool behind a computer.

thx.

Kind of like what you're doing right now, Casey?

I'm overweight and unattractive. You can have your jollies from that if you want. I can't play football or baseball or hockey or anything like that. But THOSE. ARE. SPORTS.

Cheerleading? No. You know what I do in the stands? I cheer. You know what they do down on the floor? They cheer. They're glorified slutty fans in short skirts.

They're still cheering for the REAL sport. Therefore, I can't really have respect for them.

Now if we're talking about the travelling cheer teams that aren't actually cheering for some lame high school sport? I'm willing to consider that a sport. That's a different animal than high school whores jumping around to see if their boobs jiggle more than their teammates'. u_u