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20459.25 in reply to 20459.23
Date: 8/13/2008 1:57:35 PM
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I'm surprised they play Lacrosse in Britain, considering its origins as a Native American game.

Oh well, I guess basketball and volleyball were invented by YMCA's in Massachusetts and have flourished internationally, so maybe Lacrosse will really catch on too.


Steve
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20459.26 in reply to 20459.21
Date: 8/14/2008 1:55:47 AM
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As is shuffleboard!


As are poker, snooker, and lacrosse...


Snooker? Isn't that what my girlfriend is always trying to do on the couch when we're watching a movie? Now, wait, that's snuggle... nevermind. What the heck is snooker?!?!?!

Curling _IS_ a real sport...


HAHAHA! I didn't know GMs could be so funny! Well, you know, except for Juice... but we laugh AT him, not so much WITH him.



...no wait, you're serious? I'll call a doctor.

From: TwoPint
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20459.27 in reply to 20459.26
Date: 8/17/2008 4:08:59 AM
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It's quite simple, actually. I came up with a classification system years ago, and I'll post a simplified version here. Board games and card games do not figure into this system of classification at all, because they are in no way athletic. For purposes of this classification system, you must have some kind of physical manipulation of your body that influences the game. No..bluffing in poker does not count. Now, let's move on.

There are four types of events: sports, games, competitions, and races. A sport requires an opponent that will actively attempt to deter you...a defense, if you will. Baseball, football (american version and otherwise), basketball, tennis, etc...

Bowling and golf are not sports, they are games. Games are anything that you can do pretty much on your own and get the same result as if you were "playing against" someone. Darts is another example.

Competitions are any game where judging comes into play. Boxing is still a sport because it involves a defense, unlike a game, and because the judges are not the only way of determining a winner. Cheerleading, gymnastics, and ice skating, however, are all competitions. (Fun fact, this entire classification system came about because some girl my freshman year of college wanted to convince me that cheerleading was a sport.)

Finally, we come to races, which should be obvious by the name. Anything that measures who gets something accomplished first. Swimming, running, and cup stacking come to mind.

There you have it! In the unlikely chance anyone wants to use this somewhere else, please, at least, credit me. It's saved me tons of arguments since I developed it. ;)


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20459.28 in reply to 20459.1
Date: 8/17/2008 9:18:02 PM
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hi everyone..its me Deimler..
i am new here...
my team is Gletzer United..

hope u guys will be my buddy...
i will appreciate that...

thanks...

Romeo Deimler

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From: avguste
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20459.29 in reply to 20459.28
Date: 8/17/2008 11:53:27 PM
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Hello
My name is avguste.
I am a soccer manager over at hattrick and I found this game.
Looking forward to playing you all

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20459.30 in reply to 20459.27
Date: 8/18/2008 4:44:18 PM
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What's roller derby?

Steve

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20459.31 in reply to 20459.27
Date: 8/18/2008 6:09:53 PM
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Sounds like you have a lot of time on your hands...

Anyways I noticed one thing wrong with your presentation. By your own definition races are a subcategory of a game. Maybe the part where you compete alongside someone threw you off, i don't know, but it basically works the same way. Since your performance does not directly interfere with your competitors' (in most cases, excluding when you can move lanes and therefore block their progress), it's independent competition. Instead of getting points like in other games, you get a time. Like you said, your time is independent of whether or not someone is racing with you, and like games, it simply is a matter of whose time/points are BEST.

That's the flaw I wanted to point out. Oh, and that you should somehow include that in many competitions include a defined point system, so that it is not completely left up to opinion.

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20459.32 in reply to 20459.31
Date: 8/18/2008 9:23:45 PM
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Like I said...I came up with this years ago and just posted the outline of the thought process. I could probably write a book on it if I actually had as much free time on my hands as you claim. :P

Good point on some races fitting in the games category. When I initially made that category, it was meant to catch the stuff that didn't fit in the other categories. Golf, for example, isn't a race...you're not judged, but you're not really playing against anyone. I used to always list Games last...now I remember why. It's basically for any athletic performances that don't fall in the other categories.

Of course, that brings up the question of if there should be two subcategories for races; races where your opponents can hinder you (NASCAR) and races where they can't (100m dash).

As for rollerderby, I don't know the rules. Was that with the weird women on ESPN classic years ago...wasn't that fake? It's either a race or a sport, if it's what I'm thinking of, depending on how the winner is determined (is it who completes a certain amount of laps or is it some sort of point system to determine a winner?)...not gonna take the time to look up the rules of rollerderby, though.

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20459.33 in reply to 20459.32
Date: 8/18/2008 10:41:58 PM
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As for rollerderby, I don't know the rules. Was that with the weird women on ESPN classic years ago...wasn't that fake? It's either a race or a sport, if it's what I'm thinking of, depending on how the winner is determined (is it who completes a certain amount of laps or is it some sort of point system to determine a winner?)...not gonna take the time to look up the rules of rollerderby, though.


Basically, its a race around the skating surface, but each team has blockers that try to stop you/hammer their opponents (hence there is a defense involved).

Steve

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20459.34 in reply to 20459.33
Date: 8/19/2008 3:23:32 AM
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Well, based on that, I would call it a race. NASCAR has defense and teams, to an extent. Cycling does, too.

Alright...I just looked up the wikipedia article on it, to get an idea of the rules, and it's definately a sport by my guidelines.
From what I read, you get points based on your lead "jammer" lapping everyone, and those points determine the winner. Because there's not a defined distance or a time limit in which you see how far you can get, it wouldn't be a race. You're not, for example, seeing which team can get a player around the track 40 times, or something.

So, I hope that makes sense as to why it would be classified as a sport and not a race. Luckily I have free time this week. Not looking forward to getting back to the grind next week.

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20459.35 in reply to 20459.1
Date: 8/19/2008 4:33:02 AM
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same here.

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