The difference between American and European Chicks

[Troll King]

That's not really the issue we're looking at though. Gal is stating that there is no natural talent required to be a good curler, and he's basing that opinion on the few curling matches he has seen. My contention is that this is not enough for him to form an informed opinion to how much of what makes a good curler is determined by training or by natural talent.

Going back to your example though, you don't consider yourself a natural "freak" to get to your position now, because you had to work hard and train. At the same time, that still puts you as his number 2, ahead of other people. Would you say that "anyone" could have been his number two, or was there something that placed you ahead of number three?

EDIT: do you guys play with just the one WR? I'm writing under the assumption you guys don't just run one-receiver sets, so you do get to play, not just if he is injured.

[Squeezer]

Firstly, yes, my athletic ability mixed with hard work put me above #3. Dont get me wrong, I'm no speciman, but I do have a lot of coordination, and ability....just not enough to bring me to the next level.

And we ran a 2 TE, 2 Backs, 1 WR set, because we were a running team. So I got barely any playing time. Only on those 3 or 4 times a game we'd run 2 WR Sets. Oh, and I was his #2 on defense too. I didn't play all that much . But at least I didn't back up some loser dude that wasn't that good.

edit: oh, and as far as curling is concerned.....I'm sure it takes natural ability to be in the upper echelon of players. Whether you call that ability athletic or not, is something else to be debated.

[Galleleo]

as for the curling.. fuck it.. I am tired of being misunderstood on this forum and I am not gonna talk about it anymore.

As for Ratty, I have played football (real one), I have played tennis, and I have played (field) hockey. I was above avg in football, always played in the 1 teams (d1, c1, b1, etc. and that's a large club, at any given time we had atleast 6 teams in each category). I was a midfielder, wich means running up and down the whole time. But I wasn't good enough to really make it as a footballer, and because of personal circumstances I stopped playing, but I'll resume playing it in a couple of years. I was avg in tennis, again personal reasons for me quitting. And I was avg in hockey, quit it because I didn't like it THAT much compared to how busy I was. I am prob faster then you and I am most def. stronger then you.

I now still play golf and I am part of the top 10% youth in the Netherlands. You can say whatever you want but I know quite alot about sports, I follow alot of sports and I have always played alot of sports.

[RATTY...]

as for the curling.. fuck it.. I am tired of being misunderstood on this forum and I am not gonna talk about it anymore.

As for Ratty, I have played football (real one), I have played tennis, and I have played (field) hockey. I was above avg in football, always played in the 1 teams (d1, c1, b1, etc. and that's a large club, at any given time we had atleast 6 teams in each category). I was a midfielder, wich means running up and down the whole time. But I wasn't good enough to really make it as a footballer, and because of personal circumstances I stopped playing, but I'll resume playing it in a couple of years. I was avg in tennis, again personal reasons for me quitting. And I was avg in hockey, quit it because I didn't like it THAT much compared to how busy I was. I am prob faster then you and I am most def. stronger then you.

I now still play golf and I am part of the top 10% youth in the Netherlands. You can say whatever you want but I know quite alot about sports, I follow alot of sports and I have always played alot of sports.

Average, average, average, like I said. Good thing you found golf, which doesn't require physical effort at all.

[Voth]

Average, average, average, like I said. Good thing you found golf, which doesn't require physical effort at all.

You're ugly.

[Voth]

Almost this ugly:

[Voth]

Okay, but to be on topic, I'll give my opinion. Now I'm a patriotic American, but it's simply true and there's no way around it.


Stereotypical European Girl:

Leech girl


And.. here's 70% of American Girls:

Nothing but leech

[Verthanthi]

Just a reminder, the fattest country in the world is in Europe.

[Galleleo]

mb, you're maybe right shade..

And you failed to notice the Above avg one ratty, learn to read.

And, obviously you have never played golf, so I won't go into that, but if you only knew what players like Woods and Mickelson have to do to stay at the top..

A well, ignorance is bliss as they say, so I'll just leave you be ignorant.

[Mantra-Slider]

he said *in* europe tho gall

[Miku19]

Go is so much deeper than chess, I wouldn't compare those two things.

Go > Chess

I wasn't comparing go and chess, so please, keep that out of this discussion. I was comparing both of them to curling. Also, I wasn't implying that one of the three is strategically deeper than the other, but that they've got more strategy in them than let's say for example, the 100m dash.

EDIT: yeah lol galle, you shouldn't tell other people to read, ever, since it'll backfire in the same post

[Galleleo]

Atleast I am not afraid to admit that I did misread it.. I missed the second in, mb.

[RATTY...]

Atleast I am not afraid to admit that I did misread it.. I missed the second in, mb.

Don't worry, retarded people misread all the time, ignorance is bliss like you said.

[Escalate]

Edit: With the sports that obviously emphasize physical ability, like running, or basketball or boxing, it's pretty obvious to anyone who watches it that they have no chance at all in it. But there are also sports where it's more subtle and you don't really understand how good the practitioners are until you attempt them.

It's pretty simple really, some sports require you to be physically gifted in terms of size, speed, strength, endurance, intelligence, as well as coordination/dexterity to perform at the highest level, while some (like curling) just require the coordination, intelligence, and lots of practice.

It's definitely not true that anyone can do it, but a person who plays a sport like basketball or soccer at a world class level needs to be gifted in far more ways than someone who curls.

[D1st0rt]

Obviously there has to be some athletic ability involved or the calendar wouldn't be sold out