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2014 World Cup (football) May 21, 2014 3:48:40 GMT

Post by Lord Ba'al on May 21, 2014 3:48:40 GMT

Who's looking forward to the world football championship in Brazil? Only a couple of weeks to go until Croatia (yes I just happen to be there right now) kicks off against Brazil for the opening match on June 12th. I bet I'll be watching that game in one of the local bars or restaurants. At least that's what I hope. I don't know if they have that tradition around here.

Naturally I will be supporting my heroes in orange (The Netherlands) who just so happen to play on the second day of the games against Spain. I bet they'll be hard to beat as they are the reigning world champion. But we were runners up in the previous world cup so perhaps we can have our revenge.

Let me post the groups and a schedule of the matches to come.

Group A
Brazil
Croatia
Mexico
Cameroon

Group B
Spain
The Netherlands
Chile
Australia

Group C
Colombia
Greece
Côte d'Ivoire
Japan

Group D
Uruguay
Costa Rica
England
Italy

Group E
Switzerland
Ecuador
France
Honduras

Group F
Argentina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Iran
Nigeria

Group G
Germany
Portugal
Ghana
USA

Group H
Belgium
Algeria
Russia
Korea Republic

So that is the way the teams are organized into groups. Now here's the schedule. I converted all times to GMT because, well that's where our most beloved game company is located. Ahem...

12-06-2014 - THU - 21:00 - Group A - Brazil vs. Croatia
13-06-2014 - FRI - 17:00 - Group A - Mexico vs. Cameroon
13-06-2014 - FRI - 20:00 - Group B - Spain vs. The Netherlands
13-06-2014 - FRI - 23:00 - Group B - Chile vs. Australia
14-06-2014 - SAT - 17:00 - Group C - Colombia vs. Greece
14-06-2014 - SAT - 20:00 - Group D - Uruguay vs. Costa Rica
14-06-2014 - SAT - 23:00 - Group D - England vs. Italy
14-06-2014 - SAT - 02:00 - Group C - Côte d'Ivoire vs. Japan
15-06-2014 - SUN - 17:00 - Group E - Switzerland vs. Ecuador
15-06-2014 - SUN - 20:00 - Group E - France vs. Honduras
15-06-2014 - SUN - 23:00 - Group F - Argentina vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina
16-06-2014 - MON - 17:00 - Group G - Germany vs. Portugal
16-06-2014 - MON - 20:00 - Group F - Iran vs. Nigeria
16-06-2014 - MON - 23:00 - Group G - Ghana vs. USA
17-06-2014 - TUE - 17:00 - Group H - Belgium vs. Algeria
17-06-2014 - TUE - 20:00 - Group A - Brazil vs. Mexico
17-06-2014 - TUE - 23:00 - Group H - Russia vs. Korea Republic
18-06-2014 - WED - 17:00 - Group B - Australia vs. The Netherlands
18-06-2014 - WED - 20:00 - Group B - Spain vs. Chile
18-06-2014 - WED - 23:00 - Group A - Cameroon vs. Croatia
19-06-2014 - THU - 17:00 - Group C - Colombia vs. Côte d'Ivoire
19-06-2014 - THU - 20:00 - Group D - Uruguay vs. England
19-06-2014 - THU - 23:00 - Group C - Japan vs. Greece
20-06-2014 - FRI - 17:00 - Group D - Italy vs. Costa Rica
20-06-2014 - FRI - 20:00 - Group E - Switzerland vs. France
20-06-2014 - FRI - 23:00 - Group E - Honduras vs. Ecuador
21-06-2014 - SAT - 17:00 - Group F - Argentina vs. Iran
21-06-2014 - SAT - 20:00 - Group G - Germany vs. Ghana
21-06-2014 - SAT - 23:00 - Group F - Nigeria vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina
22-06-2014 - SUN - 17:00 - Group H - Belgium vs. Russia
22-06-2014 - SUN - 20:00 - Group H - Korea Republic vs. Algeria
22-06-2014 - SUN - 23:00 - Group G - USA vs. Portugal
23-06-2014 - MON - 17:00 - Group B - The Netherlands vs. Chile
23-06-2014 - MON - 17:00 - Group B - Australia vs. Spain
23-06-2014 - MON - 21:00 - Group A - Cameroon vs. Brazil
23-06-2014 - MON - 21:00 - Group A - Croatia vs. Mexico
24-06-2014 - TUE - 17:00 - Group D - Italy vs. Uruguay
24-06-2014 - TUE - 17:00 - Group D - Costa Rica vs. England
24-06-2014 - TUE - 21:00 - Group C - Japan vs. Colombia
24-06-2014 - TUE - 21:00 - Group C - Greece vs. Côte d'Ivoire
25-06-2014 - WED - 17:00 - Group F - Nigeria vs. Argentina
25-06-2014 - WED - 17:00 - Group F - Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Iran
25-06-2014 - WED - 21:00 - Group E - Honduras vs. Switzerland
25-06-2014 - WED - 21:00 - Group E - Ecuador vs. France
26-06-2014 - THU - 17:00 - Group G - Portugal vs. Ghana
26-06-2014 - THU - 17:00 - Group G - USA vs. Germany
26-06-2014 - THU - 21:00 - Group H - Korea Republic vs. Belgium
26-06-2014 - THU - 21:00 - Group H - Algeria vs. Russia

Did I miss any?

I have marked the important matches for you.

By the way, for those of you who don't know, a football match lasts approximately an hour and 45 minutes.

You should also know that Bosnia and Herzegovina is one team, so it's not like they'll be playing two against one, that wouldn't be fair. Furthermore it is important to know that only the top two teams of each group get to compete in the final rounds of the championship. A map of how those final round matches will be scheduled can be found here on the FIFA website.

I know I'm excited. Apart from The Netherlands I will also be supporting Belgium and Croatia and if 22Cans are nice maybe England. As long as they aren't playing against The Netherlands of course. Maybe I'll even support USA to make my girlfriend happy.

No on second thought I will most likely support USA because I see they're in a group with Portugal and Germany. I will be anti-supporting Portugal and Spain because I generally don't like the way they "act" on the field, as in faking injuries and stuff like that. There's a good chance I won't like Italy and Argentina either, but we'll see. Of course I always hope to get a Netherlands vs. Germany match. There's just history there.

Not that I dislike the Germans by the way, it's just in the spirit of friendly competition. But then who doesn't like to compete against Germany, right?

So, who will you be rooting for? Who do you hope will win the championship and who do you think will win the championship?

Last Edit: May 21, 2014 3:55:11 GMT by Lord Ba'al

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2014 World Cup (football) May 21, 2014 11:29:59 GMT Lord Ba'al likes this

Post by rubgish on May 21, 2014 11:29:59 GMT

Naturally I would like England to win (preferably vs germany in the finals), however it's never going to happen, to the extent that when our government was worried about opening the bars/pubs later into the night than normal, they looked at it and figured they didn't really need to worry about anything past the quater-finals cause we'd never get further than that

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2014 World Cup (football) May 21, 2014 17:14:28 GMT

Post by Lord Ba'al on May 21, 2014 17:14:28 GMT

May 21, 2014 11:29:59 GMT rubgish said:

Naturally I would like England to win (preferably vs germany in the finals), however it's never going to happen, to the extent that when our government was worried about opening the bars/pubs later into the night than normal, they looked at it and figured they didn't really need to worry about anything past the quater-finals cause we'd never get further than that

Lol. Well at least your government has some brains.

And you have a good sense of humour.

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2014 World Cup (football) May 21, 2014 23:28:00 GMT

Post by Qetesh on May 21, 2014 23:28:00 GMT

I should be picking my home team of USA, but I find myself so pissed at the government so much and the whole blame game mentality seen this year, I can't swallow that pill yet. I just don't give a rats ass if they get their butts kicked, and the winter Olympics was just embarrassing with crybabies over their damn suits when they were clearly just over matched. Sad to see. Have the right stuff to win or shut and lose gracefully.

What is next, will the US football team say their ball is defective?

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2014 World Cup (football) May 21, 2014 23:41:00 GMT

Post by Lord Ba'al on May 21, 2014 23:41:00 GMT

May 21, 2014 23:28:00 GMT Qetesh said:

I should be picking my home team of USA, but I find myself so pissed at the government so much and the whole blame game mentality seen this year, I can't swallow that pill yet. I just don't give a rats ass if they get their butts kicked, and the winter Olympics was just embarrassing with crybabies over their damn suits when they were clearly just over matched. Sad to see. Have the right stuff to win or shut and lose gracefully.

What is next, will the US football team say their ball is defective?

Well yeah, crybabies abound in USA.

But that aside, if you're not supporting USA, will you be supporting the Netherlands?

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2014 World Cup (football) May 21, 2014 23:42:30 GMT

Post by Qetesh on May 21, 2014 23:42:30 GMT

May 21, 2014 23:41:00 GMT Lord Ba'al said:

May 21, 2014 23:28:00 GMT Qetesh said:

I should be picking my home team of USA, but I find myself so pissed at the government so much and the whole blame game mentality seen this year, I can't swallow that pill yet. I just don't give a rats ass if they get their butts kicked, and the winter Olympics was just embarrassing with crybabies over their damn suits when they were clearly just over matched. Sad to see. Have the right stuff to win or shut and lose gracefully.

What is next, will the US football team say their ball is defective?

Well yeah, crybabies abound in USA.

But that aside, if you're not supporting USA, will you be supporting the Netherlands?

I don't know yet, that is why I have not voted yet, since we might end up in Bosnia, I could root for them, or Croatia too.

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2014 World Cup (football) May 21, 2014 23:48:01 GMT

Post by Lord Ba'al on May 21, 2014 23:48:01 GMT

May 21, 2014 23:42:30 GMT Qetesh said:

May 21, 2014 23:41:00 GMT Lord Ba'al said:

Well yeah, crybabies abound in USA.

But that aside, if you're not supporting USA, will you be supporting the Netherlands?

I don't know yet, that is why I have not voted yet, since we might end up in Bosnia, I could root for them, or Croatia too.

We may have to discuss the terms of our relationship sometime.

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2014 World Cup (football) May 21, 2014 23:56:26 GMT

Post by Qetesh on May 21, 2014 23:56:26 GMT

May 21, 2014 23:48:01 GMT Lord Ba'al said:

May 21, 2014 23:42:30 GMT Qetesh said:

I don't know yet, that is why I have not voted yet, since we might end up in Bosnia, I could root for them, or Croatia too.

We may have to discuss the terms of our relationship sometime.

You may want to check your food next time I cook for you.

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2014 World Cup (football) May 22, 2014 4:11:31 GMT

Post by Lord Ba'al on May 22, 2014 4:11:31 GMT

May 21, 2014 23:56:26 GMT Qetesh said:

May 21, 2014 23:48:01 GMT Lord Ba'al said:

We may have to discuss the terms of our relationship sometime.

You may want to check your food next time I cook for you.

Last time I was doing the cooking.

You might want to employ a taster of your own.

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2014 World Cup (football) May 22, 2014 4:43:31 GMT

Post by Qetesh on May 22, 2014 4:43:31 GMT

May 22, 2014 4:11:31 GMT Lord Ba'al said:

May 21, 2014 23:56:26 GMT Qetesh said:

You may want to check your food next time I cook for you.

Last time I was doing the cooking.

You might want to employ a taster of your own.

Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuur, because that is going to become an everyday occurrence. LOL.

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2014 World Cup (football) May 23, 2014 4:43:23 GMT

Post by Lord Ba'al on May 23, 2014 4:43:23 GMT

I must say I am surprised to find this lack of interest for the world cup here. I know we're all mostly gamers and/or computer nerds but don't you guys like to drink beers with your friends while you watch the people representing your country stumble and fall or rise up to the challenge?

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2014 World Cup (football) May 24, 2014 23:05:14 GMT

Post by Lord Ba'al on May 24, 2014 23:05:14 GMT

Hmmm... we appear to have 3 Germans on the board. I might have to do something about that.

Just kidding of course. I love Germans.

Anyway, it is not illegal for anyone to post about which team is their favourite. I don't think I need to tell you mine. You should all be aware that it is still possible to change your vote, but after the first round of matches are played the poll will be automatically locked. That will be on June 18th at noon. (not exactly sure which timezone)

So you can see, there will be no coming in late to scoop up the prediction. Also there will be no switching sides after a certain point. So be sure of your choice.

There is no prize for predicting the winner correctly, except for the eternal glory that will befall the team of the country that won.

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arondc Wannabe Posts: 29 Pledge level: Supporter I like: bunnies	2014 World Cup (football) May 25, 2014 21:40:01 GMT Lord Ba'al likes this Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by arondc on May 25, 2014 21:40:01 GMT May 24, 2014 23:05:14 GMT Lord Ba'al said: Hmmm... we appear to have 3 Germans on the board. I might have to do something about that. Europe had germans twice and got rid of em every time ;-)
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