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D-Man
Joined: 17 Jun 2008
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| ryoga013 wrote: |
Curling etiquette? You think the Koreans need to learn about these manners prior to some other kind? Canadians and their backwards moral structure  |
Not really etiquette,rather the rules of the sport. |
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BigBuds
Joined: 15 Sep 2005
Location: Changwon
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| Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:30 am Post subject: |
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No one's showing up cause it's bloody boring.
Simple as that!
How about you play a sport instead. |
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drkalbi
Joined: 06 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:52 am Post subject: |
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| If the Kimchi world championships were in Canada, would anybody go? |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:44 am Post subject: |
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I take it you've never curled before? It requires lots of athletic skill.
Try sliding 8 metres or so crouched down on one foot, with a 40ish pound stone and keep your balance all the while looking to park that stone on a dime.
I've curled a few times in the past for charity events and the like, and I couldn't even keep my balance enough to actually slide the stone.I had to stay stationary like some idiot and push it down the ice!
I don't like curling and think it's boring, but it discredits the athletes and the sport itself by saying it requires no athletic skill.
Some of the shots they make are simply amazing and pure art. Try pushing yourself down the ice while sweeping furiously mere centimetres from the stone and avoid crashing into the other stones which are littered everywhere. |
I do like curling and think it's exciting, but it doesn't require all that much athletic prowess. Sliding takes a bit of skill, not much, and sweeping is easy as hell. The most strenuous part of the game is hollering at your teammates.
However, it is at least as much a sport as baseball, which requires far less game-time strategy. |
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Straphanger
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Chilgok, Korea
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| Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 4:44 am Post subject: |
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| drkalbi wrote: |
| If the Kimchi world championships were in Canada, would anybody go? |
Have you ever been to Canada? If they're serving Moosehead, people will show up! |
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LonelyAssasin
Joined: 07 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:19 am Post subject: Re: Did someone forget to tell the koreans - |
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| mike123_ca wrote: |
http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/top/news?slug=capress-curl_world_no_fans-2725600023&prov=capress&type=lgns
The world women's curling championship is happening here in Korea, but it looks like no one is showing up to see the worlds best.
If there's no Korean team, I guess they can't be bothered... |
wtf????? no one give a f about some curling. not just koreans, retard |
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Sooke
Joined: 12 Jan 2004
Location: korea
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| Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:04 am Post subject: Re: Did someone forget to tell the koreans - |
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| LonelyAssasin wrote: |
wtf????? no one give a f about some curling. not just koreans, retard |
Guess what?? No one gives a sh!t about takeshima (or as you whiners call it: dokdo), the sea of japan, samulnori, koreyo, or any of the other things that twist your panties in a knot. The only retard here is you. How about you insult me back with some of that fancy ghetto english you learned while living at your aunt's house in chicago. I wanna hear some 'mofo' and some 'wtf' if you'd be so obliged. Retard!!! |
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John_ESL_White
Joined: 12 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:30 am Post subject: |
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| It just doesnt register as a sport. Why anyone would watch it I dont understand. Playing it , well sliding the thing-a ma-jig might be fun but waving the brooms, WTF.! It takes no atheletic skills what so ever! Now I did see the Denmark- China game and the Danish team was very nice to look at. Tiddily -winks is moire of a sport. |
I take it you've never curled before? It requires lots of athletic skill.
Try sliding 8 metres or so crouched down on one foot, with a 40ish pound stone and keep your balance all the while looking to park that stone on a dime.
I've curled a few times in the past for charity events and the like, and I couldn't even keep my balance enough to actually slide the stone.I had to stay stationary like some idiot and push it down the ice!
I don't like curling and think it's boring, but it discredits the athletes and the sport itself by saying it requires no athletic skill.
Some of the shots they make are simply amazing and pure art. Try pushing yourself down the ice while sweeping furiously mere centimetres from the stone and avoid crashing into the other stones which are littered everywhere. |
lol.... brooms, ice, and rocks... lol |
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skindleshanks
Joined: 10 May 2004
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| Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:51 am Post subject: |
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I was there both Saturdays. I thought it was exciting (my wife didn't so much). It seems that the article you all are referring to was probably based on some weekday morning game when everyone was at work. There was a decent crowd considering the sport is practically unknown--at least 1500 on the first Saturday when Korea was playing, and 400 or so for the semifinals, (including about 30 or more Canadian fans). Curling tournaments never make money outside of Canada, but it is a great sport to watch and play.
Curling is about as exciting as billiards--very much so to those who appreciate the skill and strategy involved, and not so much for the uninitiated. Korea did quite well as newcomers to the sport, and China won the whole thing, so I expect it will catch on here. |
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Savant
Joined: 25 May 2007
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Was glued to the screen when the [all-scots] British Women's Team won gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Would like to see some curling again.
On an (un)related, I find that Korean Women make great curlers. |
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