A special World Cup 2010 request for the rabble...

**CDNSushi** · 10th June 10, 07:19 AM

Hey all,

I am SO stoked! One more day till the World Cup! The beers are already in the fridge, the 42" HD LCD TV is on standby, and a bunch of friends are coming tomorrow to watch the first game between South Africa and Mexico LIVE! This is the best show on earth! Nothing beats it, IMO. It IS the beautiful game.

About that... I just wanted to pop in and make a teeny-tiny, small request of the rabble.

Re: Spoilers

For most of us, many of the World Cup games are being played at odd hours of the day and night, meaning that watching many games live may not be possible. As a result, I know many of us will be watching them on time-delay or pre-recorded.

As a courtesy to the folks who may not be completely caught up on each day's results, I'd just like to ask for people to be careful how they may be posting spoilers... If you are talking about scores or certain countries winning or losing certain games, please know that there might be fellow forum members who don't know that yet, but might still be looking forward to watching the game.

It's best if random results aren't brought into a topic, but if they are, the next best thing might be to add a bit of a warning or header, like: ***WC SPOILER*** or something similar. I know that on some online forums, they have a special "spoiler" tag that causes the text to be blacked or whited out unless you mouse over the block, or hit a special button to reveal the text. But anyway, that's usually only on the hardcore sports forum sites. All others usually just add a quick warning into the header.

ith:

I know that on some forums there's also 2 official discussion threads that deal with everything related to the festivities. One is usually a "no-spoilers" thread and the other is an "anything goes" thread where spoilers are allowed.

Anyway, the reason why I thought I'd mention it is because we can all get pretty excited about sports, especially when a team we particularly love or hate does really well or really poorly, and it's only natural to want to share it with our friends. Just the other day, I was reading a forum posting (forgot where it was) and had an NHL game that I was hoping to watch ruined for me because someone divulged the results off-handedly on an otherwise unrelated topic... Of course, I can't get mad at the person who did it (well, I CAN, but it wouldn't help much)... But that sort of thing is very much avoidable, and it's the sort of thing I would like to protect against.

Thanks for your help and kind consideration everyone

Hope you all enjoy the games to their fullest! I know I will!

**artificer** · 10th June 10, 07:32 AM

Excellent idea!
I've got my bitters ready, a good supply of nibblies, and the 50" HD Plasma with surround ready to rock!

And the best bit is it's three levels down from the bedrooms, so I can stay up all night, shouting at the telly and pounding leather for lacing and not disturb the rest of the house

**Jimmy** · 10th June 10, 08:32 AM

I'll be wearing my A.B.E t-shirt

**artificer** · 10th June 10, 09:18 AM

Originally Posted by Jimmy

I'll be wearing my A.B.E t-shirt

With a spot of luck, we may be able to fulfill your wishes this Saturday 12/June.

**cessna152towser** · 10th June 10, 09:27 AM

No danger of me posting any spoilers.
I follow domestic soccer here in Scotland, but as Scotland are not taking part in the football world cup competition it is an irrelevant contest which is of absolutely no interest to me whatsoever. Is it not finished yet? With all these English motorists flying St. George flags on their cars as they pass through town I thought England had already won the cup.

**CDNSushi** · 10th June 10, 09:43 AM

Well, tomorrow as a sign of both celebration and mourning, I shall wear my Czech Republic national team jersey. They never qualified for the tournament this year, but there a PLENTY of other good teams and players to watch and cheer for.

I'm especially fired up to see Netherlands... France has also always been one of my favorites. I also can't wait to cheer AGAINST certain teams (like Portugal)... And I kinda hope Argentina wins because if they do, bat&%@# crazy Maradonna has promised to strip down naked and dance through the center square in Buenos Aires.

**brower247** · 10th June 10, 10:18 AM

My Kilt and the games will be on in my classroom tomorrow!

**Steve Barclay** · 10th June 10, 10:22 AM

I'll bet they're doing a roaring trade in USA flags and scarves north of Hadrian's Wall as we speak! ;)

**Paul** · 10th June 10, 11:57 AM

Originally Posted by Jimmy

I'll be wearing my A.B.E t-shirt

There was a company from Oxford selling current Ivory Coast shirts for £20, with free printing. I was going to get ABE printed on the back for a laugh... but it seems like the Scotland top (which was just released today) had stretched my budget for this week at least!

**CDNSushi** · 11th June 10, 01:44 AM

Originally Posted by Paul

There was a company from Oxford selling current Ivory Coast shirts for £20, with free printing. I was going to get ABE printed on the back for a laugh... but it seems like the Scotland top (which was just released today) had stretched my budget for this week at least!

£20 is too cheap for authentic kit. £40-£45 is going rate from the major reputable retailers like Kitbag and Subside Sports (in the UK).

Mind you, if you don't CARE whether it's authentic or not, £20 is a steal! That's the going rate on wholesale look-alikes from China (the last time I checked).

Ivory Coast has a really nice jersey.