Play FREE football?

[DanTails]

Originally Posted by Nihtgenga

Pads = You pussy. I've been thinking of real football, not American.

Never call it football. Call it "association football", or for American football, "Gridiron Football"

This confusion really needs to be settled once and for all, and "American Football" is a terrible name for it that never needs to be spoken of again.

As for pads, have you ever worn a full set of gridiron football pads? You feel fricken invincible. You hit harder, throw yourself at everything without fear. If you look at Rugby tackles and NFL tackles, it's obvious one tends to be a lot more timid then the other. If you charge into a tackle face first without a facemask, you're likely to break every major part of your face at once.

Everything else, though. Eh, that needs planning, especially if there's no nearby field. And getting a ton of people in one place. Easier to put in a videogame when it's pitch black outside, and it's a heck of a lot easier to have a decent teammate too. But Association Football's pick up and play aspect is one of the great things about it. But if you're actually playing it, you won't always have the ball, actually have to go out for passes, rely on other people.. which is sometimes amazing, and sometimes a pain in the ass.