Soccer for the non-trolls

Maybe I can use this opportunity to take a few seconds to mention a book I just finished reading, which I thought was wonderful: Soccer in Sun and Shadow by the Uruguayan Eduardo Galeano. Given the passion I've seen in the futbol threads here at SpoFi -- which vastly exceeds my own -- I am quite certain you'd enjoy this eclectic blend of history, poetry and social criticism.

posted by smithers at 07:55 AM - reply - flag:

Hrm. I'll start a separate thread for that! :)

posted by tieguy at 08:12 AM - reply - flag:

Is the campfire still burning?

posted by yerfatma at 10:12 AM - reply - flag:

It is still there, but it's just smoldering. DJE downgraded it to the minimum amount of allowable users at one time though. I can't remember how many that is exactly (10? 14? 20?), but if there is enough interest I'm sure he would upgrade it again (for a small donation).

posted by MrFrisby at 10:25 AM - reply - flag:

Campfire's still there. We're at a max of 12 simultaneous chatters now. I can upgrade it instantly; just let me know if things get crowded when the tourney starts.

posted by DrJohnEvans at 01:14 PM - reply - flag:

Ah, cool, great to hear that campfire is still there. I'd pitch in to upgrade it if we wanted to pimp it during WC games.

posted by tieguy at 01:37 PM - reply - flag:

Several (okay, usually 3 or more) of us hockey fans are at the campfire for each of the NHL playoff games. Come visit. It's far less pathetic than you imagine.

posted by Samsonov14 at 01:46 PM - reply - flag:

I beg to differ. I'm there. It's pathetic.

posted by qbert72 at 02:02 PM - reply - flag:

I don't know, I can imagine an awful lot.

posted by yerfatma at 02:02 PM - reply - flag:

You guys are funny.

posted by chicobangs at 02:22 PM - reply - flag:

Don't listen to qbert. We bicker about the calls, laugh at the announcers, complain about the commercials, bet on who scores the game winner, and even share secret recipes. That's not pathetic, that's...that's... Let me spin the wheel of adjectives...

posted by MrFrisby at 02:40 PM - reply - flag:

Green! I call green.

posted by DrJohnEvans at 02:48 PM - reply - flag:

I don't know, I can imagine an awful lot. Thats a good one. Is it sad that I know where this quote is from?

posted by HATER 187 at 02:56 PM - reply - flag:

No son, it would have been a tragedy if I'd only been a doctor for one day.

posted by yerfatma at 03:47 PM - reply - flag:

guest? I'm only a guest now!? Geez, abandon the campfire for a few measly months and now I'm a guest. *sigh*

posted by terrapin at 08:13 AM - reply - flag:

Don't mind me, I have been re-reading old Calvin and Hobbes strips in the can lately.

posted by terrapin at 08:13 AM - reply - flag:

If you have an account, enter the Campfire this way. If you don't have an account, use the link provided by DrJohnEvan above.

posted by qbert72 at 08:35 AM - reply - flag:

I'm looking forward to seeing folks in campfire today. Get up, lazy bones! :)

posted by tieguy at 07:02 AM - reply - flag:

If you want an account, sendeth me an email. Addy's in da profile.

posted by DrJohnEvans at 10:13 AM - reply - flag:

Back to Smithers - the Galeano book also takes pride of place on my bookshelf. I have mentioned it every time the 'great sports books' debate comes up on SpoFi.

posted by owlhouse at 08:34 PM - reply - flag:

DJE what is different about having an account versus just being a guest?

posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 09:15 PM - reply - flag:

YYM - a warm sense of belonging and the ability to see a transcript of the conversation before you entered the room as far as I can see.

posted by squealy at 04:48 AM - reply - flag:

With an account, you can switch rooms and stuff. As a guest, you have to know the "invitation URL" to each separate room.

posted by DrJohnEvans at 11:56 AM - reply - flag:

Why aren't you using IRC?

posted by salmacis at 05:38 AM - reply - flag:

So last century. Last millennium, even.

posted by yerfatma at 06:21 AM - reply - flag:

The campfire is fun. Even more so when I'm not in there, because I never shut up. Don't pick Cisse!

posted by Mr Bismarck at 07:06 AM - reply - flag:

How are the user limits? Do we need to upgrade for the WC?

posted by DrJohnEvans at 09:02 AM - reply - flag:

DrJ: the limits were fine over the weekend; if we can't hit the cap the first weekend of WC, I'm sure we're OK.

posted by tieguy at 02:44 PM - reply - flag:

Tomorrow's game between Tunisia and Saudi Arabia might test the limits.

posted by Mr Bismarck at 09:20 PM - reply - flag:

No kidding. Campfire'll be slammed.

posted by chicobangs at 08:44 AM - reply - flag:

I actually caught the last ten minutes of that game, and they were pretty good.

posted by DrJohnEvans at 03:05 PM - reply - flag:

The "lesser" games can often be pretty good, if only because Tommy Smyth doesn't commentate on them.

posted by Mr Bismarck at 03:42 PM - reply - flag:

...if only because Tommy Smyth doesn't commentate on them... Has Smyth's nonsense-spewing meter actually gone up a notch in the World Cup? I didn't think he could get any worse but I believe he has. Also, anyone else notice the diving is way, way down? The teams seem to actually be responding to the FIFA hammer.

posted by Texan_lost_in_NY at 11:17 PM - reply - flag:

Thursday, June 08, 2006

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