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what is the appeal of pro wrestling? now i like some manchildy things; manga and videogames but even when i was an actual child i never got it. Did you think it was real back then or some shit?
No one ? I think that's not true but hey - it's not a sport and that's the. Crux. With so many sports on the planet with their own never ending emergent dramas an entirely fake one is interesting but ultimately pointless to sports fans ... I was just saying. I've nothing against wrestling t all - also the Louis Theroux wrestling episode is excellent viewing for a look at the athleticism required
Honestly I was just fine with ToxicAdams post and should have acknowledged as such, but after having taken the time to actually read and look at that, I conclude that my problem with identifying with wrestling is actually that its the gayest fucking thing in the universe. Not even gay in like a "i'm watching a Manowar video and there are a bunch of conan looking dudes in oil and leopard skin, huh, thats kind of gay" or even gay porn gay. It's like several multiverses of gay. It's gay on a gross physical level- its wrestling (coming from a dude who spent a year on a HS wrestling team). It's gay on an aesthetic level (big muscly dudes etc etc). It's gay in the way that it makes everything look like some kind of soap opera; like fucking Days of Our Lives starring a bunch of dudes on roids with chairs. And most of all; it's gay in that it's theatre. A performing art. There is no form of art more cock magnetic than that. ToxicAdam mentioned that there's an undercurrent of homosexuality to this. As much of an undercurrent as raging underground streams pouring thousands of gallons of semen into a gay sex aquifer full of gayness.I think it's safe to say that wrestling might be actually the gayest thing on television. Is there gay porn on television on demand? I don't know. But what I'm saying is: I get it.
Comparing wrestling to sports is stupid
Quote from: Momo on January 06, 2013, 03:34:59 AMQuote from: Eschaton on January 06, 2013, 02:02:05 AMwhat is the appeal of pro wrestling? now i like some manchildy things; manga and videogames but even when i was an actual child i never got it. Did you think it was real back then or some shit?Say what now?Manga and anime are manchildy. Some are well done, even superior as forms of art / entertainment. Same goes for games.But they're still for manchildren. Just roll with it.
Quote from: Eschaton on January 06, 2013, 02:02:05 AMwhat is the appeal of pro wrestling? now i like some manchildy things; manga and videogames but even when i was an actual child i never got it. Did you think it was real back then or some shit?Say what now?
QuoteComparing wrestling to sports is stupidNo it isn't - there's a huge athletic ability required of its participants and whilst the outcome is predefined the required training and ability is akin to pro sports.Ultimately it's a drama masquerading as a sport - the subsequent comparison to sport is inevitable - and it's not like I'm on the wrestling hate bandwagon here I completely understand the attraction to wrestling - the UK had wrestling as a huge thing backin my childhood and I get the attraction. Fuck. I went to shitty Uk wrestling events in the UK during the Big Daady / giant haystacks era P.s. if you don't think young children perceive wrestling as "real sport" then... Um..... Yeah
actually since ive been reading more seinen/mature stuff ive been really split on the manchild thing there. I read My Girl recently and found it to be very poignant. Ive started hating battle stuff in the past year and a half and I honestly think my decision to throw all those series away was a great one.
Him - you're picking an argument that's not there - how about you sip some tea and actually read what I am saying? Re: young children are idiots - so you agree that saying no one thinks wrestling is real is wrong at least? .
QuoteComparing wrestling to sports is stupidNo it isn't - there's a huge athletic ability required of its participants and whilst the outcome is predefined the required training and ability is akin to pro sports.
Ultimately it's a drama masquerading as a sport - the subsequent comparison to sport is inevitable - and it's not like I'm on the wrestling hate bandwagon here
I have a bunch of Battle Angel Alita; is that considered seinen? It's the only manga I've read.
I can't think of any form of entertainment more worthless than anime/manga. I keep trying to get into it and I just can't.
So what is it? Is it a drama? Or is it a sport? Does it require technical ability? Looking at the most famous wrestlers of all time? Nope. Or does is it all about pleasing a crowd and having a good time like a circus? Yup Which is it? And how does any of this correlate to sports in any shape or form? You keep saying I'm missing the point when you're comparing a fucking choreographed fight featuring guys posing as deadmen - who talk with the spirits of the underworld - and guy who pull socks out of their pants to put in their opponents mouth to the fucking E fucking PL.
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Quote from: Eschaton on January 06, 2013, 03:41:00 AMHonestly I was just fine with ToxicAdams post and should have acknowledged as such, but after having taken the time to actually read and look at that, I conclude that my problem with identifying with wrestling is actually that its the gayest fucking thing in the universe. Not even gay in like a "i'm watching a Manowar video and there are a bunch of conan looking dudes in oil and leopard skin, huh, thats kind of gay" or even gay porn gay. It's like several multiverses of gay. It's gay on a gross physical level- its wrestling (coming from a dude who spent a year on a HS wrestling team). It's gay on an aesthetic level (big muscly dudes etc etc). It's gay in the way that it makes everything look like some kind of soap opera; like fucking Days of Our Lives starring a bunch of dudes on roids with chairs. And most of all; it's gay in that it's theatre. A performing art. There is no form of art more cock magnetic than that. ToxicAdam mentioned that there's an undercurrent of homosexuality to this. As much of an undercurrent as raging underground streams pouring thousands of gallons of semen into a gay sex aquifer full of gayness.I think it's safe to say that wrestling might be actually the gayest thing on television. Is there gay porn on television on demand? I don't know. But what I'm saying is: I get it.I guess you think Rocky is gay too huh?
Ugh, I get annoyed by those people. "Want to go watch The Hobbit/watch this Game of Thrones dvd?""Nah, dude, I don't really do fantasy."It's a pretty common thing. I hate derivative world-building too, which is why I'm not hugely into the genre, but there are some series that tell really great stories within a setting that isn't our actual world, and it gets annoying when people are instantly dismissive of it.
farnham is one of the dumbest ninthings on the whole board, approaching Gaghiddi levels but sadly for real.
Quality thread great ophttp://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=507005
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=46109367&postcount=9I'm sure people wish they could make you invisible! Ugly fuck. When I saw the avatar I laughed and said "what a cigarillo". Then I saw whose avatar it was and it all fell into place.Disclaimer: I think the gays should have marriage rights like everyone else. They should be able to adopt too. Just sayin'
Lager what's your ultimate point with those threads? That pc gamers will have to upgrade their rig sometime during the next couple of years?
Yeah Steve, it's probably best to walk away from that guy.Check out Quinton McLeod's post history. Really funny stuff. He gets so caught up defending Nintendo and generally disagreeing with everyone that he ends up forgetting what he was even arguing about in the first place. A few weeks ago there was a pretty hilarious exchange between him and Marty Chinn about Nintendo's digital download service and Quinton made some idiotic remark about how he likes downloading because then he doesn't have to worry about leaving his ID in his car when he goes to purchase an M rated game at Walmart. Marty told him that it was kind of a weird thing to say since most people carry their ID and their money together to which Quinton replied that Marty must not know about the Bill of Rights. It just spun out of fucking control from there.The guy is insane.
Quote from: Hitler Stole My Potato on January 06, 2013, 11:26:58 AMYeah Steve, it's probably best to walk away from that guy.Check out Quinton McLeod's post history. Really funny stuff. He gets so caught up defending Nintendo and generally disagreeing with everyone that he ends up forgetting what he was even arguing about in the first place. A few weeks ago there was a pretty hilarious exchange between him and Marty Chinn about Nintendo's digital download service and Quinton made some idiotic remark about how he likes downloading because then he doesn't have to worry about leaving his ID in his car when he goes to purchase an M rated game at Walmart. Marty told him that it was kind of a weird thing to say since most people carry their ID and their money together to which Quinton replied that Marty must not know about the Bill of Rights. It just spun out of fucking control from there.The guy is insane. wat
Who here is agent ironside on gaf?
http://www.the-coli.com/tsc/75996-life-me-i-cant-remember-who-won-2004-royal-rumble-match.html#.UOkaim81lWI
I would like to hear Cruncheons opinion on the pc vs console thread.
I don't understand what Evilore hopes to gain by letting tards like Quinton and Farnham run rampant. They're going to run off anyone who can actually meaningfully contribute.
the bigger risk is that the next xbox has some wonky architecture quirks which devs just fluff out on pc versions: like when high end core 2 duos had issues with 360 ports due to its tri-core cpu.
Quote from: Premium Lager on January 06, 2013, 11:58:50 AMI would like to hear Cruncheons opinion on the pc vs console thread.worthless premise (2005 was a very different time), entertaining thread. i agree that pc gamers used to cranking console ports to astronomical levels of fidelity and still maintaining 60fps are going to have a rough landing, though. johnny 5770 won't be pleased either and will likely have to make another trip to the flea market.the bigger risk is that the next xbox has some wonky architecture quirks which devs just fluff out on pc versions: like when high end core 2 duos had issues with 360 ports due to its tri-core cpu.
Quote from: headwalk on January 06, 2013, 12:26:42 PMthe bigger risk is that the next xbox has some wonky architecture quirks which devs just fluff out on pc versions: like when high end core 2 duos had issues with 360 ports due to its tri-core cpu.Doesn't sound very MS, nor recent Sony. I think most of the quirks will come from memory speed/bandwidth, bus speed and such not necessarily the destination processors be that GPU or CPU.
Evilore is simply unaware of their existence. Also, with the way both spew shameless BS with seeming impunity I'm willing to bet one have alts aligned while the other being a dupe account.
