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[Bella]

The thing is, I generally don't care about sports, but when local teams get involved I get this huge emotional investment. It becomes more than a game -  it gets all mixed up with feelings of regional pride and affection and all of that. : \

[Nichi]

I could care less either way; the only sport my family actively follows is football, and they (Well, my dad and grandpa) constantly crack jokes about the Dallas Cowboys

[Dr. Kraus]

We got lots 'o sports here in Da Burgh, The guinz are doing pretty good, Stillers suck, Pirates suck. Mt. Lebanon (my school) wins lots of regional, state and national championships since the school likes to dish out beefy checks to the teams for equipment and training.

When I was in the Marching Band (Percussion) the school would always dish out some huge cash for new equipment and such for the drumline and us kids in the pit (Percussion front) didn't get that much until we showed up the Drumline in almost everything (Practice times, skill, marching discipline, etc.) during band camp. I was to help build a Kendo club team for next year and the school was ready to dish me some serious cash but due to me graduating next year it would probably all just fall apart quickly after I leave. I did get a few kids to come to my dojo (University of Pittsburgh Kendo Dojo) and they might join up soon when I return to Kendo (taking a momentary leave for some time due to just starting work and needing to balance work, school, and Kendo together).

[Chocofreak13]

aw man, you do kendo!? that's like the coolest thing ever!

(i've been on two teams, and only one was by choice. the one that was was for floor hockey. >:3)

[Nichi]

I always wanted to study kendo. Thing is, there are no dojos around here for that; only karate

[Chocofreak13]

i'd like to watch a match to start with. :3

[stewartsage]

Down here we're still in Pittsburgh's TV market, to my infinite displeasure.  I'd rather watch the fuckin' Caps then the Penguins.

Kari: You've seen pictures of me.  I am post-hipster.

[IanDanKilmaster]

So, I have a PS2 network adapter now. I don't own any games that support it, but hey :3

That's really cool.  You and Kari should get a game with network capability and you can play together. :3  If you look on co-optimus, I'm sure you can find something you both like.

I actually bought my old PS2 (one that I eventually sold to my best friend) back when I started college.  I think it was second gen (a year before they went slimline, I think) and came with a network adapter and an ATV game.  It was the same price as the other PS2s the store had that didn't have network adapters or a free game - yeah, hard choice there, huh?

the stereotype has been burned into my mind like buttcheeks and waffle iron. without examples and pictures, i'm going to have a hard time making the distinction. >>;

It's okay, Kari.  Everything's okay. ^^ You are not alone.

Super Bowl... meh.  We had a thing at work for it last night, but that was well after my shift was over.

I get paid today... awesome!  Now I just have to stay up for 5-7 more hours... YAY!

[Nichi]

@Dan: Agreed. I heard the servers for Ratcher & Clank: Up Your Arsenal are still running, so that's a possibility :3

So, I think I'm coming down with a cold or something. I've had a sore throat since last night >_<
About to have some hot tea to see if that will help any, if at all

[Bella]

Kari: You've seen pictures of me.  I am post-hipster.

I was trying to think of a suitable reply to this but all I can muster is this emote: ^v^


@Pent: I don't expect you to like your local sports teams, considering how you don't really like your area and find the local obsession with sports baffling. It's kind of different for me since I live and breathe New England-ness and love just about everything associated with my region, sports teams included; not to mention the total embarrassment of losing to the Giants, since eastern New Englanders, especially Bostonians, tend to dislike New York (and New Yorkers) with a burning passion. Now we're going to have to put up with New Yorkers bragging about the alleged "superiority" of their statistically inferior team for god knows how long...

For me personally, if ANY other team had beaten the Patriots, I would be disappointed, but been able to get over it rather quickly. But losing to NY is like having salt rubbed into the wounds.


@Martial arts: The only one I'd really like to learn is krav maga, since that looks like it'd be both fun and potentially very useful.

[Dr. Kraus]

I'd rather watch the fuckin' Caps then the Penguins.

Off to the slave camps with you.

[NejinOniwa]

Oh, get off it, you continental jockheads. Stop whining and start playing REAL football like proper people! Football, as in the sport where you actually use your feet more than once a game. :7

Whose idea was it to name the sport "football", anyway? That's just odd.

[Chocofreak13]

@nej: i have no idea whose idea it was. but football is superior to american football. and rugby is MUCH superior to american football. and hockey is superior to everything. -w-

@dan: funny thing is, we finished watching the NGE movie of the same name in anime club today. :3

@bella: krav maga isn't real martial arts. learn something useful, like judo. >>;

@stew: so civil war chic is post-hipster? interesting....

@pent: feel better. :[ if you get the sniffles, my sister's friend's cure is to brew a cup of tea, and then hold your head over it with a blanket over the back of your head, and just breathe. :\

[Bella]

Curling > snowboarding and skiing > all the other sports.

I've tried to get into soccer in the past, but just can't for whatever reason... maybe it's because the local MLS team sucks. >>

No idea why we call American football "football", imo "American rugby" would be a more accurate name. Likewise baffling to me is how seriously many parts of the world takes soccer, sadly exemplified in the riots that sometimes break out. I mean, yeah, we have sports riots on occasion in the US, but they're usually celebratory and peaceful in nature and DON'T end with dozens dead and thousands injured... ><

@bella: krav maga isn't real martial arts. learn something useful, like judo. >>;

Ano...................... you do realize that krav maga incorporates judo? And that it's one of the most useful and effective fighting techniques ever created? I mean, it was developed by the Israeli Defense Forces (including their Special Forces, who're pretty much the King BAMFs of the global military community), and it's so effective that law enforcement and military organizations around the world train their members in its techniques.

A "real martial art" or not, I'd rather learn how to fight and defend myself in a REAL WORLD situation, disarm assailants, and take on several attackers at once than learn some pretty-looking kicks and punches which may or may not help if somebody's making a serious attempt to attack me or brandishing a knife or gun.

[Nichi]

@Kari: No sniffles; just sore throat and lack of energy. Drinking tea helped a little bit, at least