21 Nov 2004

  
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The Exciting World of Cup Stacking

There's a new x-treme sport on the block, cup stacking. Nearly as dumb as the urban hipster sport of free-running, Cup Stacking invovles taking twelve specially designed plastic cups and arranging them into various pyramids in the shortest possible time. Okay, I know that sounds exactly like the plot of the movie Cocktail, but, trust me, this is way more entertaining. Just jump to the video page and check out the video of Emily Fox's world record (7.43 seconds) cup stack. While you're there, watch the "What Is Cup Stacking" video. By the end of the clip, you too will be convinved that cup stacking, in addition to promoting bilateral proficiency, will make your love-life richer, cure male-pattern baldness, end the turmoil in the Mid-East and, God willing, bring back the 59 cent menu at Taco Bell.


 
 
Robert Gomez to: sports
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Videos of this activity have been floating around the web for the past couple of years. There was actually a front-page story in the Wall Street Journal a couple weeks ago on the guy that started this company, and how some educators are wiggin' out because schools are starting to replace real phys. ed. with this shite.

C'mon, let's whip some red rubber balls at each others' heads! What was ever wrong with that?

(Gomez, free-running is pretty Euro-trash gay, but don't be fuckin' with The Beautiful Game.)

andrew 22 Nov 2004

A goofy rant and a tangent follows:

Hey, all sports are pretty retarded (IMHO sports are the idiot's version of drama), but each can have it's moments. I can't believe the hours I've wasted watching poker lately, and that teeters on the brink of being Plinko with sunglasses. But soccer.. com'on. A team can have an insurmountable 1-to-nothing lead?!?

I give you the example of video game versions of the sport (of which I am far more familiar with than real human activity). As a bonus, most hockey simulations give players the chance to brawl, NBA games have shattered backboards and trash talking, but what do they let you do to give that extra edge of realism in the FIFA series? You can hit a button to make your player pretend he's hurt. Yeeaaaah! Yellow card! You sure showed Dieter who he's messin' with!

This said, the FIFA series is generally the best sports video game to play (I'll kick any one's ass in FIFA 99 any day). My closed-minded reasoning as to why this is the case is that soccer is so devoid of intricate strategy it translates well as an arcade-like experience. If it weren't for power plays, ice hockey would be about the same. However, the puck and play moves way too fast. You hardly feel like you are actually effecting the outcome of the game.

I do respect Pele though. Anyone who can get Max von Syndow to give a standing ovation by doing a bicycle kick is tops in my book. And I just bought Shaolin Soccer on DVD which should count for something in Futbol cred.

Gomez 22 Nov 2004

Less FIFA (besides, haven't you heard EA is a sweatshop?), more EPL. Get thee to Fox Sports World.

For your consideration, the Greatest Goal of All Time. Ryan Giggs scores for Manchester United in extra time, a man down, vs. Arsenal in the 1999 FA Cup semi-final replay. (That's right, the first match ended in a draw after extra time, so they play it AGAIN.) It still gives me goosebumps. (I guess that's that idiot's drama you're referring to...)

Pele, unfortunately, has turned into a bureaucratic hack. See How Soccer Explains The World.

andrew 23 Nov 2004

I kept staying at home and shopping online during Christmas.

I had ordered many gifts for my friends, include Cosmetics & Perfume, magazines. I really like this magazine website.

sarah 28 Dec 2004