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Thor Odinson ([info]sendaraven) wrote in [info]thedisplaced,
@ 2017-09-25 22:43:00

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Entry tags:angela odinsdottir (616), bruce banner / hulk (mcu), dick grayson / nightwing (au), flash thompson / agent venom (trn123), jason scott, jason todd / red hood (au), sam wilson / captain america (616), vision (mcu)

Midgardian rules for this football are exceedingly complicated. How do you know when to have three downs and when to have four?


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[info]buckstopshere
2017-09-26 02:47 am UTC (link)
Don't expect me to know the answer.

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[info]sendaraven
2017-09-26 02:53 am UTC (link)
Is it a newer sport?

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[info]buckstopshere
2017-09-26 02:59 am UTC (link)
No. But I still think Sam will know more than I remember about it. We do snacks and beer for it sometimes in one of the common areas.

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[info]sendaraven
2017-09-26 03:44 am UTC (link)
I shall have to find a suitable ale and join you perhaps at some point.

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[info]buckstopshere
2017-09-26 04:11 am UTC (link)
I'm going to suggest talking to the wizards and witches for ale you'd like.

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[info]sendaraven
2017-09-26 04:17 am UTC (link)
You clearly have not seen my storage.

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[info]buckstopshere
2017-09-26 04:20 am UTC (link)
That just means its time for you to start sharing.

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[info]sendaraven
2017-09-26 04:36 am UTC (link)
If you think you can keep up.

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[info]buckstopshere
2017-09-26 01:03 pm UTC (link)
I really can't back down from that challenge.

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[info]fallenrobin
2017-09-26 03:36 am UTC (link)
It's a strategy thing. And because football rules a significant portion of the American economy, the New York Times wrote an article with colored charts about it.

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[info]sendaraven
2017-09-26 03:48 am UTC (link)
I am uncertain I see the need for graphs in athleticism.

But I shall read this, my friend. Thank you.

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[info]fallenrobin
2017-09-26 03:49 am UTC (link)
Because we have to statistically analyze everything in the 21st century. Forget about intuition or experience. We've got computers.

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[info]sendaraven
2017-09-26 04:07 am UTC (link)
I had more advanced toys that these in my nursery.

But mathematics have little to do with tackling another man.

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[info]fallenrobin
2017-09-26 04:10 am UTC (link)
That sounded a hell of a lot like Damian.

I'm not going to argue with you on that. I could, but it's not like I'm actively conducting studies of mass times acceleration when I'm knocking into people at full speed.

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[info]sendaraven
2017-09-26 04:36 am UTC (link)
You play football?

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[info]fallenrobin
2017-09-26 11:20 am UTC (link)
Sure, backyard stuff, but mostly I'm tackling idiots with guns. It's cathartic.

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[info]thevenomchoseme
2017-09-26 03:55 am UTC (link)
It's how you move the ball. You got four plays or downs to move the ball ten yards. So it's just counting how many plays you got since the last time you moved more than ten yards.

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[info]sendaraven
2017-09-26 04:08 am UTC (link)
But in some cases it seems one has three downs.

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[info]thevenomchoseme
2017-09-26 04:13 am UTC (link)
Yeah, that's usually when it's your third time trying to make the ten yards.
First down is your first try. Second down is your second. Third down is your third. And fourth down is your final try. When they call out the downs, they'll usually also call out how far you gotta go. Like 'second and five' means you have five yards to go before you get a first down again.

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[info]sendaraven
2017-09-26 04:35 am UTC (link)
Yes, that is all fine, but it says the third down is the final try to reach ten yards in some contests.

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[info]thevenomchoseme
2017-09-26 04:41 am UTC (link)
Where are you reading that says that? Or what game are you watching?

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[info]sendaraven
2017-09-26 04:47 am UTC (link)
http://cflofficials.ca/docs/2015%20Rule%20Book%20English.pdf

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[info]thevenomchoseme
2017-09-26 04:52 am UTC (link)
Oh. Ok, so what kinda football are you looking to learn 'bout? 'Cause that ain't the kind we play here in the US.

Which- ok, ok. Get the question more now. If you're in the US, you get four. If you're in Canada, you get three. If you're in Europe, fuck if I know, they call soccer football and it's a bunch of different rules.

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[info]sendaraven
2017-09-26 04:59 am UTC (link)
And the last one, that is the one with a goalkeeper.

That does sound safer for that man or woman in question if they are three separate games.

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[info]thevenomchoseme
2017-09-26 05:06 am UTC (link)
Yeah, soccer's got goals and one goalie per team to defend their goal from getting scored on. Football we got in the US, you just gotta cross the goal line to score, not get the ball into a small spot, so you got a bunch of people just trying to stop you, but not one person whose job is just to defend the 'goal' 'cause that'd be a lot of ground for one person to cover.

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[info]sendaraven
2017-09-26 05:08 am UTC (link)
They should really have separate names, my friend.

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[info]thevenomchoseme
2017-09-26 05:12 am UTC (link)
There's only one football to me. We cleared stuff up by naming the one with goals soccer. But I don't know what the Canadian football's all 'bout. Maybe you can just call theirs snowball.

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[info]bannerbgood
2017-09-26 04:29 am UTC (link)
Who knows? Why are you watching football? Surely there was something better on TV?

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[info]sendaraven
2017-09-26 04:32 am UTC (link)
Is there a better Midgardian physical pursuit? I have been informed Axes are not a suitable unit for high schoolers.

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[info]bannerbgood
2017-09-26 04:35 am UTC (link)
You're teaching high schoolers?

Yoga? I'm not sure what your goal is?

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[info]sendaraven
2017-09-26 04:48 am UTC (link)
Barnes and I are teaching Physical Education!

To foster young warriors.

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[info]bannerbgood
2017-09-26 04:49 am UTC (link)
That's an interesting job. How did you come about getting it? Those poor kids...

They have to have strength of mind as well as of body. Meditation and Yoga could be useful for them.

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[info]sendaraven
2017-09-26 04:57 am UTC (link)
They were advertising for it here on the network. Apparently we need jobs here. And I do not think I could be a chef, a barrista, or an archeologist like on F*R*I*E*N*D*S*

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[info]bannerbgood
2017-09-26 04:59 am UTC (link)
You would be a very funny barista. I was talking to someone here who was working in archeology if you know of the earlier times of the earth you could have been successful with that.

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[info]sendaraven
2017-09-26 05:02 am UTC (link)
Yes but who wants to be Ross?

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[info]bannerbgood
2017-09-26 05:05 am UTC (link)
Truth.

What else have you been up to here? I haven't seen you around the house?

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[info]captcommunist
2017-09-26 04:58 am UTC (link)
Basketball. Basketball is better.

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[info]sendaraven
2017-09-26 05:00 am UTC (link)
There is not even tackling in basketball.

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[info]captcommunist
2017-09-26 05:08 am UTC (link)
When you're wearing that much protective gear it doesn't even count as tackling.

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[info]redpower
2017-09-26 04:53 am UTC (link)
Flash pretty much summed it up. But most teams use the third down as their final attempt to get the ball over the ten yards they need to go. But a lot of it depends on where the ball is. If it's just a few yards shy of a first down the team might try to go for a first down. But if it's more than that, they might kick it to the other team. Or if they're close to the goal line try for a field goal.

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[info]sendaraven
2017-09-26 05:01 am UTC (link)
Why not just keep the ball until someone can take it by force?

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[info]redpower
2017-09-26 05:03 am UTC (link)
The risk with that is you could get tackled and the ball could slip from your grasp and the other team could grab it.

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[info]ribbons
2017-09-26 04:59 am UTC (link)
I found that attempting to understand the rules simply removed from the enjoyment of the players' physical prowess.

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[info]sendaraven
2017-09-26 05:00 am UTC (link)
Yes but it seems Midgardians cherish rules to compensate for their soft skulls.

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[info]batbird
2017-09-26 08:20 am UTC (link)
Alfred showed me Rugby and honestly I would much rather watch that. So I can't really help, sorry.

If this is Midgard, where are you from?

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[info]revisioned
2017-09-26 02:22 pm UTC (link)
Shall I download some videos to help further educate you on the game of American football, Thor?

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