tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post1074519688468785533..comments2024-03-14T11:50:14.761-04:00Comments on DarwinCatholic: Someone to Root ForDarwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-44675111603606194062014-07-02T11:27:34.512-04:002014-07-02T11:27:34.512-04:00+JMJ+
Not having a country in the bracket at all...+JMJ+ <br /><br />Not having a country in the bracket at all, my favourite match this World Cup was between Bosnia-Herzegovina and Iran. Both of them hadn't won a single match up to that point and Iran was the only team which hadn't even managed one goal. =( So I was <i>thrilled</i> when Iran scored one and Bosnia-Herzegovina got to win. Everyone went home a winner! =P <br /><br />Treating the players as characters can help, too. I started watching the match between Colombia and Japan knowing nothing about either of the teams. After Jackson Martinez scored a goal and dropped to his knees in thanksgiving, the commentator said something about Martinez reading the Bible first thing every morning. And I suddenly felt as if I were watching a movie! Enbrethilielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03414765854670926854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-65822498124486156832014-07-02T06:04:04.435-04:002014-07-02T06:04:04.435-04:00That is really so interesting! I had the problem t...That is really so interesting! I had the problem the other way round. It totally made sense to me why one would get so into the life of people novel/story since it's somehow like adopting them... but why on earth would someone be interested in who wins or not in somewhere so far far away (even if I really love soccer, I still didn't understand why)... So this parallel helped me the other way round! I sure now have another perspective for both! Thank you!Itinérantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07469829291634641901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-47638024721205870962014-07-01T23:14:27.062-04:002014-07-01T23:14:27.062-04:00Bearing, Wish I could have been there.
Brandon, I...Bearing, Wish I could have been there.<br /><br />Brandon, If you want to write it up, you're certainly more qualified than I!<br /><br />RL, Generally I'd agree that soccer is a pretty motionless sport (the first 90min ended 0-0) but the overtime 30min were actually insanely intense with fair amount of point scoring and near point scoring.Darwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-45546340870057422412014-07-01T22:37:47.356-04:002014-07-01T22:37:47.356-04:00Okay, so I totally get the parallel. It is a def...Okay, so I totally get the parallel. It is a definite thing that happens while watching sports. However, I can't for the life of me see how you can pull something like soccer into the analogy. Why not speed knitting or tic tac toe while you're at it? <br /><br />:)RLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-25303527716715561742014-07-01T20:32:51.603-04:002014-07-01T20:32:51.603-04:00That's a fascinating parallel! There does seem...That's a fascinating parallel! There does seem to be a sense in which getting sucked into a game is a lot like getting sucked into a book, and I think it's because in both cases we let ourselves get involved in the story of it -- the suspense of the 'plot', or the background of the 'characters', or a theme like the underdog having a chance at victory.<br /><br />There's so much room for fertile ideas in the parallel, I wondered if there might be work being done in philosophy of sport on the subject. I wasn't able to find anything formal, but <a href="http://blog.talkingphilosophy.com/?p=5464" rel="nofollow">Claire Creffield had a post a couple years back</a> noting the same phenonemon.Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06698839146562734910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-85928541945459714812014-07-01T20:28:10.949-04:002014-07-01T20:28:10.949-04:00We missed seeing you today! We missed seeing you today! bearinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07953735060133330755noreply@blogger.com