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Thread: Football is ruined!

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    Football is ruined!

    Football has been ruined, at least the Confederations Cup has so far, by the most annoying thing ever to be invented.

    The horror is known as: the Vuvuzela.

    I have watched exactly 5 minutes of Confederations Cup and refuse to watch another second because of that thing.

    I just know they are going to be using it at the World Cup.

    And I'll be p*ssed off, because it will ruin every match.

    Some company is shipping them into Europe now, but I don't think it will work here.

    I demand a ban for this piece of sh*t, dammit!

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/b...d-cup-vuvuzela

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    Re: Football is ruined!

    Oh, come on. They have a long tradition in South African football and I actually quite like them. It's something typical and special and quite frankly, wouldn't it be boring if football fans behaved the same way the world over?

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    Re: Football is ruined!

    Football was ruined a long time ago. About the time sattelite television companies became involved.

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    Re: Football is ruined!

    Quote Originally Posted by Closed_Port View Post
    Oh, come on. They have a long tradition in South African football and I actually quite like them. It's something typical and special and quite frankly, wouldn't it be boring if football fans behaved the same way the world over?
    Are you serious?

    It's 90+ minutes of constant super loud buzzing.

    Talk about boring and annoying. There is no atmosphere in those stadiums.

    I hardly hear the commentators and get a headache from all that noise.

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    Re: Football is ruined!

    The sound doesn't bother me the least bit. Meh.
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    Re: Football is ruined!

    Quote Originally Posted by billgoldberg View Post
    Are you serious?

    It's 90+ minutes of constant super loud buzzing.

    Talk about boring and annoying. There is no atmosphere in those stadiums.
    Yes, I'm serious. I find it's a different atmosphere than what we are used to. But it's a very nice atmosphere. And I frankly like people celebrating loudly the whole game better than people hauling insults on the opponent team.

    Quote Originally Posted by billgoldberg View Post
    I hardly hear the commentators and get a headache from all that noise.
    Well, at least here in Germany, I consider not hearing the commentators an added bonus.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Closed_Port View Post
    Yes, I'm serious. I find it's a different atmosphere than what we are used to. But it's a very nice atmosphere. And I frankly like people celebrating loudly the whole game better than people hauling insults on the opponent team.


    Well, at least here in Germany, I consider not hearing the commentators an added bonus.
    We'll talk again when the World Cup starts.

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    Re: Football is ruined!

    I hate the horns, but they're still better than hearing Le Tissier or Alan ******* Shearer's commentary.
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    Re: Football is ruined!

    That thing is VERY annoying indeed. I don't mind hearing it every now and then, but having to cope with it for ALL 90+ minutes is just ridiculous. I believe this thing had been used by the Bush administration on Gitmo prisoners after waterboarding failed to yield results. I hope FIFA ban it for the World Cup!
    Last edited by oobuntoo; June 25th, 2009 at 09:11 AM.

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    Re: Football is ruined!

    For a long time soccer fans have had drums, air horns, all kinds of noisy things.

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