Play FREE football?

[GLKnight83]

I saw that in an ad while watching the Young Turks (liberal, but equal opportunity, commentators). It said play FREE football, then led to some website that was totally not free that was roaming with Trojans and malware (which I had steps in place to prevent infection).

My automatic thought? If you want to play "free football", call some friends, and go fucking play OUTSIDE!! How fucking hard is it for some people to just step out their door and connect with people?! Do you really need to be cooped up 24/7 and connect to people all alone, inside your house? That's not connecting with people. That's another way to communicate without actually seeing or interacting with anybody else. "Oh boy! I got another letter in my email from somebody I've never even seen or heard, yet they want to be a part of my life!" It's not the same at all!


Anyway, what are some things you've seen that have sent you guys off on tangents like this?

[JBird]

Originally Posted by GLKnight83

...call some friends, and go fucking play OUTSIDE!! How fucking hard is it for some people to just step out their door and connect with people?! Do you really need to be cooped up 24/7 and connect to people all alone, inside your house?

That's my exact philosophy on any sport converted to video game form. It's completely asinine.

[Nihtgenga]

Agreed.

[Snowglare]

I like sports games, but I refuse to play The Sims. That's too far for me.

[DanTails]

Originally Posted by JBird

That's my exact philosophy on any sport converted to video game form. It's completely asinine.

This comment is asinine.

As for the subject, well, you tell me where I can easily get 21 other people and a ton of pads and a nice field...

[JBird]

Originally Posted by DanTails

As for the subject, well, you tell me where I can easily get 21 other people and a ton of pads and a nice field...

The last time I checked, you don't need to be funded to play outdoor football. All my friends needed was the ball, at least more than 10 people, and the local park or an open high school football field. It isn't rocket science.

[DanTails]

Originally Posted by JBird

The last time I checked, you don't need to be funded to play outdoor football. All my friends needed was the ball, at least more than 10 people, and the local park or an open high school football field. It isn't rocket science.

Well, there's a difference between two-hand touch football and full on tackle football. If you like blocking to be part of the game, that is.

[GLKnight83]

You can tackle whether with or without pads. It's all about getting out there and playing, not sitting in your room, doing nothing. It's akin to watching TV.

[DanTails]

Originally Posted by GLKnight83

You can tackle whether with or without pads. It's all about getting out there and playing, not sitting in your room, doing nothing. It's akin to watching TV.

You can, but it's not nearly as safe nor fun to do so.

But in all honesty, comparing actual physical activity to it's videogame equivalent is silly anyways. All they have in common is the basic rules. It's a lot easier to mimic Tom Brady in a videogame then it is in a real life situation. Most people cannot perform nearly as well, can't run as fast, run as precise of routes, catch everything thrown straight at them, pass with power and accuracy, and so on. Not that getting out there and playing is bad, it's just a far different experience then playing a videogame.

[Snowglare]

Football videogames cause an alarmingly low rate of concussions.

I like to play sports, too, but the games simulate many things most people can't do. I can't dunk a basketball on a regulation basket, or hit a homerun in any kind of sizable field, or not look completely ridiculous trying to play tennis. And the only times I've found enough people to play 9-on-9 baseball or 11-on-11 football in my whole life were in an organized league or gym class.

I could find a football and a few friends and have fun. I also have access to real musical instruments, but I'd rather play Rock Band. It's a fun, challenging game, but it doesn't make me want to join a band. Unless it's a Rock Band band.

If videogames more accurately simulated real football, I'd play them differently. Injuries would be much scarier, careers shorter, and imagine if you had to watch what happens to the players afterwards...

[GLKnight83]

I'd rather play, because I don't want to be sitting in front of a TV, IMAGINING I'm there, when I'd rather do SOMETHING and put the time to better use.

Take the books in my room, for instance. I have some fiction. SOME. They're mostly dominated by Stephen King, H.P. Lovecraft, H.G. Wells and Edgar Allan Poe. But the rest of my fiction consists of Classic Literature (Homer, Ovid, Shakespeare), which has seen far more use than the rest. Why? I use referrences to those on a daily basis. The rest of my books consist of Mythology and Folklore, Philosophy, Anthropology, Film, Science (mostly Physics, Quantum Physics and Theory, and Chemistry), History, Sociology, and Psychology texts. The rest are tabletop Roleplaying Game books.

In total, the number of books I own exceed 1200, and that's not counting the number of magazines I own, either. The fiction I own consists of 234 books. Gamebooks equal 31. The rest are the texts I read and use almost everyday.

It's the things I could be doing that far outweigh my interest to just stick around, waiting for something to be happening. That's why I don't play video games. I'd rather get something done that can't be erased by a freak power surge.

[Sephie]

Originally Posted by GLKnight83

I'd rather play, because I don't want to be sitting in front of a TV, IMAGINING I'm there, when I'd rather do SOMETHING and put the time to better use.

Take the books in my room, for instance. I have some fiction. SOME. They're mostly dominated by Stephen King, H.P. Lovecraft, H.G. Wells and Edgar Allan Poe. But the rest of my fiction consists of Classic Literature (Homer, Ovid, Shakespeare), which has seen far more use than the rest. Why? I use referrences to those on a daily basis. The rest of my books consist of Mythology and Folklore, Philosophy, Anthropology, Film, Science (mostly Physics, Quantum Physics and Theory, and Chemistry), History, Sociology, and Psychology texts. The rest are tabletop Roleplaying Game books.

In total, the number of books I own exceed 1200, and that's not counting the number of magazines I own, either. The fiction I own consists of 234 books. Gamebooks equal 31. The rest are the texts I read and use almost everyday.

It's the things I could be doing that far outweigh my interest to just stick around, waiting for something to be happening. That's why I don't play video games. I'd rather get something done that can't be erased by a freak power surge.

Different contents of the library but similar philosophy. I also don't understand how you can play football with padding. Wouldn't the limit on the mobility of the goalie be a disadvantage.