/sqt/ - stupid question thread

why do you call MMA heem?

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>>77102146
How do you win points in American Football?

>>77102157
"heem sleepy" i think its a carry over from /b/ rekt threads or someting

Why are alternative sports like MMA, boxing, car racing, tennis, cricket, rugby and soccer still allowed on /sp/ where there is board for them over at >>>/asp/?

>>77102164
getting the ball into the other side of the field and into the endzone. thats 6 points. after a touchdown, you get a chance for more points, either a kick for one point, or one more play for a riskier attempt at 2 points.


If you kick the ball in between the giant post, you get a field goal, which is 3 points.

>>77102157

It's from an early worldstar video where a nigger screamed what >>77102180 said. We mourned ws owner death this year or last for it.

Why is the romaniaposter on slippy G threads considered based?

Why are Europeans all so gay?

>>77102348
>syntactic error
CHI

>>77102164
>touchdown (6)
have a player catch or carry the ball to the end of opposing team's field, called the endzone
>field goal (3)
at any point when a team has possession of the ball, they can attempt to kick the ball between the other team's goalposts. Attempted when the team gets close enough, but runs out of attempts to move the ball forward (on 4th down).
>safety (2)
tackle a player holding the ball in their own end zone
>extra point (1) or (2)
opportunity given only after scoring a touchdown, the team which scored the touchdown has a choice whether to try and kick the ball through the goalpost for a single point from a short distance or to try to carry or pass the ball into the end zone in a single play from a short distance. most often, teams will pick the easy single point

Why do women only play best of 3 when men play best of 5 in tennis?

Wallpaper as my thanks in advance.

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>>77102429
Forgot wallpaper.

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Sparts?

>>77102348
the metric system

>>77102429
Rules are decided by different organizations for men and women. They realize no one could sit through women's five setter. Most minor tennis tournaments are best of 3 for men also.

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>>77102460
shart's

>>77102278
Those people are just redditors who want to be part of a new wave of /sp/ culture, even though modern /sp/ is dead.

>>77102186
boxing, tennis, cricket, rugby, and soccer are all traditional long-established sports with large international followings

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>>77102557
Cuantas velas?

whats the deal with the cricket matches that go on for like weeks or some shit? does it really take that long to get a winner or is that just in rare cases where the score stays tied forever or something?

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>>77102674
Uma vela mais papu

who started the perro caca meme?

>>77102742
a chicano, yeah, it sucks

Why do American handegg players wear Spandex?

>>77102687
It's 5 days max. There is no limit on overs so most batsmen try and stay in as long as possible and pick up points where they can instead of slogging I think. Fairly often it only lasts 4 or even 3 days but idk

>>77102816
They wear tight clothing because it makes it more difficult for the opponents to grab on and hold them, which is a penalty but happens all the time on every play so its best to try and make it harder to do

if you wore a loose shirt they could just grab on to it and pull you down that way

>>77102845
Not a penalty when it's the ballcarrier of course.

redpill on origin of john wall shook and le door stopper pee pee man

>>77102704
Fucking stop

>>77102816
you have to cover up your skin or else youll get endless cuts from cleats and helmets, and the goal of the material is to be as lightweight and flexible as possible so the spandex (or whatever material it is) makes sense. I played football through high school and I never thought about it at all until I got to /sp/ and saw euro shitposting about it.

also, why do europeans pretend soccer is some cerebreal artform and look down upon other sports? the super cultured euros ive met in real life consider soccer to be a plebian mindless distraction

>>77102854
>he doesn't know

Would it be possible for the Cowboys and Redskins to play the superbowl if one gets a wildcard?

>>77102879
el indiANOOOOOOOOOOOO
se calento

>>77102854
I don't know about the John Wall shook meme, but >le door stopper pee pee man started when some whore that slept with Harden called him out for being 6"5' and having a dick the size of a door stopper

>>77102941
>he doesn't know

>>77102913
they're both in the nfc...

How much do janitors on this board earn?

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>>77102146
What do people mean when they say the chargers went 18-1 (or whoever it was)? Like surely that's a great thing since they've won more than anyone else.

>>77103109
the love and appreciation of an online sports community
not sure how you can put on a price on that

>>77103117
the patriots went 18-1, they went undefeated (16-0) in the regular season, and then won 2 playoff games to get to the super bowl, and everyone was saying they were the best team of all time (only 1 other team ever went undefeated in the 70's) but the Pats choked in the superbowl and lost their undefeated season and their legacy as best team of all time

>>77103117
But they lost the most important game, the final. So the seasoned is ruined.

how did the redditors get into sp anyways????

>>77103150
they heard about it on facebook

>>77103109
Moot used to send them gift cards

>>77103150
obama

>>77103149
>>77103143
So wait a minute, does the NFL have leagues like the Premier League when you win based on the total of points a team earns? If so then didn't they win the thing anyway? And this superbowl is just like the Champions League then right? Or is the entire point of the league just to get in the superbowl which the patties lost? I mean it doesn't sound like that big a deal, like they went undefeated otherwise, that's like if I had the world's greatest main course but afterwards ordered a treacle sponge that came with ice-cream instead of custard, doesn't mean that the main course was any less impressive.

>>77103356
there is almost no prestige for having the best record at the end of the regular season, there is only 1 champion and that is the team that wins the superbowl

so the entire season was basically a failure despite the fact that they dominated every other game except the last one

>>77103385
>dominated
>were down against the fucking Eagles going into the 4th
just cause they won doesn't mean they dominated every game

>>77103356
>total of points a team earns
we don't earn points like you guys do, mostly because we rarely tie.

the NFl works like this: there are 16 regular season games, one per week. There are 8 different divisions in the NFL (split into two conferences, the NFC, national football conference, and the AFC, american football conference) so there's an NFC North, NFC South, NFC East, NFC West, AFC North, AFC South, AFC West and AFC East. At the end of those 16 games the division leaders gain an entry to the postseason, along with two wild card teams (teams who didn't win their divisions but finished with the two best non division-winning records) in each conference that make the postseason. 12 teams in total make the postseason, the two leading division winners get a bye and don't have to play in the first round. The winners of the NFC postseason bracket and the AFC postseason bracket will meet in the Super Bowl.

Unlike European sockerball, the only thing that matters in the NFL is the postseason. We don't have Champions' leagues in addition to the EPL, there's only one trophy that matters

>>77103356
the only reason it's a meme is because the patriots are the best team, if it was some average team going 18-1 people would have nothing but good things to say

>>77103356
There is no 3-1-0 point system. The regular season record determines which teams make it to the play-offs. The play-offs are all single elimination games, like the CL. If a team has a perfect regular season record, but loses in the play-offs, they don't really win anything meaningful. Yeah, there's conference and division champions, but no one really gives a shit. Think of them as lower than the league cup and community shield.

>>77103150
Memes leak out of here onto r/4chan and then it spreads from there

>>77102371
you forgot drop kick

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>>77102186
asp is the wrestling board

>>77103461
a drop kick is considered a field goal its just a different and less effective approach to the same play

>>77103461
flutie you're drunk again

>>77103485
I just rewatched Doug meme it up
good stuff

>>77102854
>tfw started the door stoper peepee meme
Don't even watch apehoop or post in nba or basketball threads lel if i remeber right nba generals op image was a door stopper right after the harden small dick news during a time where LCIM threads were still common so just ripped off that really. Don't really think its that's funny or clever either kinda weird it stuck

Cricket question:
Hypothethically, one batsman runs back and forth accross the pitch ten times and the other batsman does it five times in the same period of time. How are runs, if any, computed in such scenario considering they didn't run synchronisedly?

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What happened to Comrade Lenin after the uprising?

>>77102186
>>>/asp/ ≠ "STOP LIKING WHAT I DON'T LIKE REEEEEEE"

Alright, so I'm planning on playing American Football. I talked with my friends who know about it and recommended I play either defensive line or tight end. Problem is I don't even understand most of these positions and there's quite a lot of them. I did some reading online, but was wondering if any anons would mind explaining

>>77103498
why do I associate german nfl fans with the bears

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>>77103109
Based kraut.

>>77102348
They just dress well because they have better weather.

>>77103450
>The Boston the victim mentality

When will you people just let it fucking go?

How can people call the Alt-Right a return to nationalism when it's centered on an international website full of culturally like-minded people from various different parts of the world.

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>>77105530
It's pretty basic, but what are you specifically confused about.

- Offensive line (OL): consists of a center, two guards on either side him and two tackles outside of them. Usually in charge of blocking and protecting the quarterback and/or creating gaps for the ballcarrier to run through.
- Tight end (TE): plays on either side of, and directly next to, the tackles. Much more agile than any of the five OL men and can be used as a receiver, but can also block and protect like the OL.
- Defensive line (DL): consists of two tackles (who face the offensive guards) and ends (who face the offensive tackles). Their job is to tackle the ballcarrier.

>>77105675
Because it's not entirely native to 4chan and definitely not contained to /pol/ anymore.

Also, politics are not sports.

>>77105841
>- Defensive line (DL): consists of two tackles (who face the offensive guards) and ends (who face the offensive tackles). Their job is to tackle the ballcarrier.

>Not teaching the 3-4

Don't listen to this idiot, you want one Defensive tackle and four linebackers (the guys who line up in a second line behind the defensive line)

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>>77105978
I just explained it like that because the pic was 4-3 and he didn't ask about linebackers.

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How do you get called for offsides in a soccer match?

>>77105841
>>77105978
Alright, sounds pretty simple. I gotta start training soon. My catching is a bit off. Especially while running.

>>77102913

No. The Super Bowl consists of the AFC and NFC Champion playing each other. Both the Cowboys and Redskins are in the NFC, so they can't meet in the Super Bowl.

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>>77106134
when you're behind every other opponent besides the goalkeeper and you receive a pass
also it's singular offside not offsides

Was it actually >penal

did robben dive? what happened?

what is the NBA summer league on espn2 right now, why does this seem like such a low scoring game

>>77106681
A series of games to give the new rookie class some preparation with a mix of sophomore and some D League tier players that want to get in that 15 man roster squad, it's low scoring because it's not really competitive

>>77106314
you are wrong tho.

You are onside if 2 other adversary players are closest to the goal line, at the moment of the pass.OR if you are behind the line of the ball

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>>77106591
>3 years ago today, Arjen Robben did what Arjen Robben does and theatrically flopped his way into a penalty kick during stoppage time that ousted Mexico from the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. That moment birthed a movement among Mexico supporters with a simple three-word slogan: "no era penal."

>>77106887
>implying mejico wouldn't get BTFO by germany should they have miraculously made the final

I am Peruvian in heart but the German blood flows through my veins thanks to my mother, next to my family we are Aryan and Nazi race until death

>>77107236
alright

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>>77106591
Yes. Mexifats are just retards in general

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>>77102348
they became addicted to semen rations after WWII

why are the bears /sp/'s team???

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I don't understand formations in soccer
I get that 4-4-2 is four CBs, four in the midfield, and then two strikers, but why is it so dominant today? What are some of the advantages of other formations (I see 4-2-3-1 used a lot too)?

>>77108129
international appeal

What the fuck is una vela (a candle) mean in terms of the meme? What does sabe pa mean?

>>77103109
kek

>>77108647
vela = joint

sabe = who knows

pa is an informal way of saying dad in Spanish, but in this context it could be interpreted as man, bro, etc

>>77108773
Shieeet
Thanks based chi

>>77108248
4-2-3-1 allows the central attacking midfielder to drop into the midfield which makes it effectively 2 central midfielders in a 4-4-2 to 3 midfielders in a 4-2-3-1. Many 4231 look like 442 when defending with the wingers dropping into two rows of 4.

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Why did this team fail?

Why is basketball mostly played indoors?

>>77109531
Because you can't bounce if there's water.

>>77109278
Injuries + a big three of players in their mid-30s doesn't spell success.

>>77109548
Wind can alter jumpshots and water is a slipping hazard if you're playing on concrete. And I'd also imagine maintaining hardwood in an outdoor arena would be a bitch.

>>77109278
Would have been the GOAT team in 1993, could have beaten the Bulls

but by 1996 they were too old

>>77109278
Because Michael was around

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What's the purpose on standing ready to rebound in the first Free Throw when you can't rebound? Is it the dumbest rule in all sports?

>>77109673
Different conference than the bulls, they never met in the finals

>>77103912
No se puede. Ambos deben correr al mismo tiempo, y deben llegar a los palos (stumps) antes que la bola llegue hacia ellos y estén fuera de juego (out).
Cada corredor corre inversamente, y cada vez que ambos llegan a la línea del otro lado es una carrera. Se coordinan con fritos, por lo que se señalan cuando correr y cuando no, y por estar coordinados, no se puede pasar uno a otro.

>>77109797
>Fritos
Gritos*

>>77109700
Where else would they go? It's probably easier to just have them stand there than have them sit down then come back up

>>77109278
If they get Melo, then Paul and Melo are around the sender age as those guys

>>77106591
Marquez fouled him on purpose as an act of giving up. He knew the Mexican coukdnt take 30 more minutes of that game without getting recked

Is it gay if I like sucking dick, but not like really long ones? Just like average size.

Its just banter lads. I dont think it's gay

>>77109797
¿Pero el primero que llega a su lado opuesto tiene que esperar a que el otro bateador llegue a su lado opuesto antes de que vuelvan a correr a sus respectivos lados opuestos?
Supongamos que en seis segundos bateador A alcanza su extremo opuesto mientras que el bateador B alcanza el suyo en ocho segundos, ¿el bateador A tiene que esperar sí o sí a que el bateador B alcance sus stumps opuestos antes de que él mismo pueda volver a correr o puede volver a correr cuando ve que B está a punto de alcanzar los stumps? No sé si soy claro, lo que quiero saber es si tienen que hacer una sincronía estricta donde no pueden correr de nuevo hasta que los dos alcancen sus respectivos palos o si bateador A puede empezar su segunda corrida por ejemplo un segundo antes de que bateador B empiece su segunda corrida. Gracias por la explicación.

>>77110204
No tienen que ser exactos, aunque si razonablemente coordinados. Los mejores jugadores de un equipo, que son usualmente los primeros en batear, son veloces, por lo que rara vez se desfasan de manera considerable
Imaginemos esta situación:

Bateador (A) logra conectar una pelota con fuerza a lo profundo del campo, sin pasar de los límites (boundaries). Al momento de hacer contacto, lanza un grito a su compañero al otro extremo (B) para empezar a correr; ambos corren inversamente, casi a la par en cuanto a velocidad, y pasan la línea del límite del otro lado. Al momento que el segundo corredor, osea el más lento, atraviesa el límite, se cuenta la carrera. En nuestro ejemplo, ambos corredores ya han atravesado dos veces el terreno para anotar dos carreras, pero uno da la indicación de correr una vez más para intentar hacer tres. Mientras esto sucede, otro jugador contrario lanza la pelota a un compañero que aguarda cerca de los stumps, llamado wicketkeeper. Los corredores avanzan, pero la pelota está en camino; uno de ellos logra llegar al límite, pero del otro lado, su compañero, que va retrasado, hace esfuerzo por llegar. La pelota cae en el wicketkeeper, quién al momento de recibirla (y hacer otro movimiento que es tirar los objetos blancos que reposan los stumps llamados bails), pone fuera (out) al corredor B, pues logró tirar los bails antes de que éste llegará al límite, a pesar que su compañero ya había llegado a salvo en el otro extremo. Se cuentan dos carreras, aunque el jugador B está fuera y otro battsman entra al juego en su lugar.

Repito, pocas veces hay una diferencia sustancial en cuanto velocidad entre jugadores, por lo que llegan al otro lado casi al mismo tiempo, a no ser por cuestiones externas como una lesión al correr, o resbalarse, etc. Aunque en efecto, al cruzar el límite el segundo de los corredores, se hace o hacen válidas la carreras.

>>77110556
Por cierto, un out de esta manera oficialmente se llama "runout".

>>77102146
>idea stolen from /sci/
>implying these threads haven't been on /sp/ for years

Without wanting to sound like an meme, when will plebbit go and stay go?

>>77106591
There needs to be sufficient contact for the player to hit the ground otherwise it's a dive. Don't listen to these spastics who tell you "but there was contact". Normally the same mongs who say this are the same ones who complain about "pussy soccerball players rolling around".

>>77106591
He dived, but in all fairness, Moreno committed a penalty on Robben at the end of the first half, so it kinda evens out.

why do cricket bowlers throw the ball at the ground first?

>>77102360
Pretty sure that's a dialect

>>77110775
They use spin/seam to manipulate the trajectory after the bounce

Why is Cam Neely I'm the hall of fame?

Why don't NFL players just lateral all the time? Or at least learn how to in a productive fashion?

>>77110842
It would be highly ineffective. Successful lateral plays are incredibly rare, because, for the defense, it is so easy to break up a play of that kind, and offenses wouldn't be able to gain yards consistently to get a new set of downs, let alone scoring.

>>77110842
laterals are a very risky play, NFL coaches are extremely conservative and risk averse.
a botched lateral has a very high chance of being recovered by the defense and a recovered fumble off of a botched lateral has a high chance of being returned.

it's why it is only used out of desperation or as a rare trick play.

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HOCKEY FAGS

Explain the different formations pls

Really fucking retarded here but in handegg are you only allowed to make one throw per play?

>>77110176
Hmm I don't know mate how feminine is the benis?

Explain the apehoop positions to me.

>>77102146
Where is seething from?

>>77111614
>Really fucking retarded here but in handegg are you only allowed to make one throw per play?

One forward throw afaik.

Can make as many laterals or backward passes you want

Is there a reason why hockey goalies don't become 500 pounds and just sit in front of the net? I've always wondered

Why is Euroleague considered irrelevant while NBA is the gold standard? Will this change?

>>77106947
Still, there could've been a chance. It is like saying the Germany handball against didn't matter because the match would have gone to extra time instead and they would have won.

>>77112241
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP8ZVWiZUMA

>>77111733
The positions are historically separated by primarily height (shortest to highest) but also skill set
Guards typically play further from the basket where as forwards typically play closer to the basket
1/PG - point guard. calls the plays and runs the offense
2/SG - shooting guard. good at scoring, dribbling, passing, etc.
3/SF - small forward. a big man that has skills similar to a guard
4/PF - power forward. a big man with post (post means near the basket) moves and is expected to rebound well
5/C - center. the tallest guy on the team. not expected to shoot anything outside of 5 feet but you better rebound and block shots

>>77111733
Nigger/nigger/short white person/tall europoor or nigger/nigger

>>77112272
I guess I didn't realize how big the net was. Oh well. Hockey still requires more luck than any other major sport

>>77103150
fag redditors from r/The_Donald flood in because /pol/ is their echo chamber and then they spill out everywhere else

>>77112272
No it won't because the prize for winning the euroleague,since this competition is now separated from FIBA and is funded by turkish airlines,is 700,000 Euros.That's not even the contract of the second best player in a mid-table Euroleague team.Plus,in NBA -aside from the huuuuge contracts- teams have their own charter flights,players stay in luxury hotels and have dedicated chefs catering to each ones diet.Those things don't happen in Euroleague,and travelling twice across the continent can be really exhausting,plus the fanbase is really smaller than that of the NBA.Actually,many europeans watch NBA but don't follow the Euroleague.But mostly it's about the money.

>>77112119
It came from Old English. Also means to boil something, now more commonly used to express a state of great anger. It's common in classic English literature.

Explain hockey positions to me