Q&A about sports and video games

XxJennaxX · Post by **XxJennaxX** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 6:03 pm

I actually wasn't insulting anyone. If I do recall, you were the only one insulting someone by calling cheerleaders sluts.

But if you want to get technical, it's not fair to call them sluts when indeed, they could call you a computer nerd while you type away about how slutty they are. It's all about the matter of perspective, and everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

But, the truth shall remain, people do insult others because they are, indeed, jealous. And I can honestly admit this personally. So you may think that cheerleaders are sluts and only bounce their boobs, but in actuality, you complaining about them only shows that you deep down might be jealous of them.

And I never said you didn't play sports. It's great you do because soccer is the best sport, in my opinion, especially indoor since I played for about 5 years. But you don't hear me insulting another athlete just b/c it just might be slightly less athletic than another sport or might have a slight social stigma attached to it.

I respect all sports equally, because to be quite blunt, I doubt I could play a 1/3 of them.

Mosh_Mosh_Revolution · Sat Oct 22, 2005 9:56 pm

I'll settle with you on all of that.

Except the jealousy thing.

Truth: Cheerleaders are more physically fit than I am.
Truth: Cheerleaders were always more popular than me in high school.
Truth: I couldn't rah-rah a team to save my life.

But...

Truth: Some people just don't like other other people because they just can't stand them.

Truth: I can't be jealous of somebody unless I feel they have something that's impossible for me to achieve.

I know that if I worked at it, I could be more physically fit. The fact that I choose to not work harder at it than I do now gives me no right to a) be jealous of people more physically fit than myself, and b) complain about my physical state.

People that hang out with me know that I joke about the way I look all the time. But I don't complain about it, because I'm not doing anything to change it. n_n

So, in all that mess...at least in my case (which doesn't speak for everybody, of course)...it's not a feeling of jealousy. It's just a feeling of...distaste.

sam · Post by **sam** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 1:04 am

i have a question. how do we have a sports thread with canadians posting but no mention of curling at all? i think you lie of your heritage.

Original Sin · Post by **Original Sin** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 2:12 am

I'm kinda curious, is anyone out there involved in fencing?
You could say I'm an avid fencer, but not in every sense of the word.
I don't play the 'sport' of fencing, that is, with the sporting rules.

I may be off base, but from what I've seen of the sport itself, is
that the two combatants take turns on the attack. 3 (I think) offensive
strokes, and then the opposing player makes 3 offensive strokes, leaving you to defend, before you can legally strike again.

I guess you could say I play for keeps, as in, anything goes. The object
of a sword match is, of course, to defeat your opponent...and let's face
it, in a traditional duel (which fencing is based upon) your opponent is not going to grant you a period to attack. Half the battle in a duel is trying
to determine what your opponent will do next, and adjusting your
strategy accordingly.
However, if you KNOW your opponent is going to be attacking for the next 3 moves, this takes 90% of the challenge out of the sport. It eliminates the strategy and the mental games that are associated with sword play.
Of course, this creates a whole new technical aspect of it, which makes it easier to judge in terms of traditional sports...I assume over attacking could lead to being disqualified?

I could be way off base, I've never really cared to play fencing as a sport. So, if any of you out there have played by the technical rules...do you have any thoughts on that?

That's european style fencing, by the way, using rapiers/foils. Japanese fencing (kendo) is an entirely different ballgame, so to speak.

/subject change

Fagulous · Post by **Fagulous** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 2:24 am

here you go sin knock yourself out.

http://www.leonpaul.com/download/rules/ ... te2004.htm

Original Sin · Post by **Original Sin** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 2:39 pm

Too many rules takes the fun out of it.

Green Tea · Post by **Green Tea** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 3:30 pm

Original Sin wrote:I'm kinda curious, is anyone out there involved in fencing?
You could say I'm an avid fencer, but not in every sense of the word.
I don't play the 'sport' of fencing, that is, with the sporting rules.

I may be off base, but from what I've seen of the sport itself, is
that the two combatants take turns on the attack. 3 (I think) offensive
strokes, and then the opposing player makes 3 offensive strokes, leaving you to defend, before you can legally strike again.

I guess you could say I play for keeps, as in, anything goes. The object
of a sword match is, of course, to defeat your opponent...and let's face
it, in a traditional duel (which fencing is based upon) your opponent is not going to grant you a period to attack. Half the battle in a duel is trying
to determine what your opponent will do next, and adjusting your
strategy accordingly.
However, if you KNOW your opponent is going to be attacking for the next 3 moves, this takes 90% of the challenge out of the sport. It eliminates the strategy and the mental games that are associated with sword play.
Of course, this creates a whole new technical aspect of it, which makes it easier to judge in terms of traditional sports...I assume over attacking could lead to being disqualified?

I could be way off base, I've never really cared to play fencing as a sport. So, if any of you out there have played by the technical rules...do you have any thoughts on that?

That's european style fencing, by the way, using rapiers/foils. Japanese fencing (kendo) is an entirely different ballgame, so to speak.

/subject change

Actually I did Kendo last year, it was really exciting, it was way more intense than european fencing (IMHO) I've done both, but kendo was just so much more exciting. In kendo, at least where I did it, there was no 3 hit rule, when you did it more, you realized you couldn't just run in there swinging your giant stick (shinai) at them, it'll cause them to get an easy counterattack. As for European fencing, I never really did it formally, my neighbor when I was growing up was an instructor in it and I used to play around with it when I was a kid. Kendo is alot different, you don't have just a line that you move forward and backwards. It's slow just tapping the swords together and then if your opponent decided to attack, it's like lightening, it's insane to watch high belts fight. It's just like an explosion.

Here's a quick video of someone who gets a really early hit while backing out of the ready. It's actually pretty funny. http://rds.yahoo.com/TID=V00A_7/S=96781 ... /kendo.mpg

Original Sin · Post by **Original Sin** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 5:22 pm

I love Kendo, it's so much more brutal than european fencing.

I'm actually not a fan of the sport of fencing itself, but I enjoy fighting in that style with a rapier, which is what fencing was based upon. Rapier duels are actually very quick and intense, and extremely lethal. Fencing in itself pales in comparison to actual dueling.

SoDeepPolaris · Post by **SoDeepPolaris** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 5:44 pm

Original Sin wrote:I love Kendo, it's so much more brutal than european fencing.
I'm actually not a fan of the sport of fencing itself, but I enjoy fighting in that style with a rapier, which is what fencing was based upon. Rapier duels are actually very quick and intense, and extremely lethal. Fencing in itself pales in comparison to actual dueling.

You know, pale in the fact that nobody dies.

Original Sin · Post by **Original Sin** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 8:43 pm

You don't have to kill your opponent...there are plenty of swords out there designed specifically to not be lethal.
There are rapiers with blunted tips, or you can cork the ends. You can use fencing foils to, the style is essentially the same. You just drop thet rules, and use it like it's meant to be used.