[Bonejunky]

Calling Mager ignorant, as you try to argue with me about what we call a sport WE play being wrong.

Canada plays "football" too. I'd rather call it handegg because the thing that people play with is not a ball. It doesn't bounce, it is not a sphere. It looks like a gosh darn egg.

I'd rather call "soccer" football because there is ACTUALLY A BALL and you ACTUALLY USE YOUR FOOT.

[Prodigy9]

Canada plays "football" too. I'd rather call it handegg because the thing that people play with is not a ball. It doesn't bounce, it is not a sphere. It looks like a gosh darn egg.

I'd rather call "soccer" football because there is ACTUALLY A BALL and you ACTUALLY USE YOUR FOOT.

No need to argue, it's just as pointless no matter what name you give it!

[texas_hitman]

why do you post stuff that is known to everybody? its like me posting "we need air to breathe."

[sliothar16]

I see no problem with kids being denied games they're not supposed to be playing in the first place.

Surgeon, this could be added to ALL games, as in stuff like Animal Crossing and NintenDogs. So, basically any parent in the US which blindly follows the blithering idiots who think up these things will deny their children of raising a virtual dog.

[Magerman]

lol names of sports usually arent literally what the sport is, if that is true then:

hockey: stickpuck
cricket: wicketball


lol, your points make no sense bone

[Bonejunky]

Etymology

The first recorded use of the word "hockey" is found in the text of a royal proclamation issued by Edward III of England in 1363 banning certain types of sports and games.
"[m]oreover we ordain that you prohibit under penalty of imprisonment all and sundry from such stone, wood and iron throwing; handball, football, or hockey; coursing and cock-fighting, or other such idle games."[2]

The word hockey itself is of unknown origin, although it is likely a derivative of hoquet, a Middle French word for a shepherd's stave.[3] The curved, or "hooked" ends of the sticks used for hockey would indeed have resembled these staves.

And I have no freakin' clue what cricket is.

Now, do some research before you make assumptions.

[LeafWarrior254]

Please please PLEASE stop, or PMs.
Thank you.

[fritterdonut]

I see no problem with kids being denied games they're not supposed to be playing in the first place.

ESRB ratings are not mandatory, nor are they legally binding in any way as to possession and purchase. Stores can maintain standards in which they won't sell M-rated games to minors, but the ratings are simply advisory and in no way prohibit purchase buy under age youth.

I'm not saying that 12 year olds playing grand theft auto is a good thing (It's not! Who wudda thought?), but I have some other problems with the ESRB. Mainly that they get WAY too technical about artistic details and blackball game designers into making unnecessary changes in order to achieve a lower rating, or else face failure on the market due to the rating being too high for the target audience.

As for the issue at hand; yes it is completely idiotic, but the chance it will pass is pretty slim. Violent video games have been a scapegoat for violent children since Columbine, and probably even before.

Edit: And Bone, Cricket is a sport similar to baseball, played in Britain, and very popular in India and other East Asian nations.

[Magerman]

Etymology

The first recorded use of the word "hockey" is found in the text of a royal proclamation issued by Edward III of England in 1363 banning certain types of sports and games.
"[m]oreover we ordain that you prohibit under penalty of imprisonment all and sundry from such stone, wood and iron throwing; handball, football, or hockey; coursing and cock-fighting, or other such idle games."[2]

The word hockey itself is of unknown origin, although it is likely a derivative of hoquet, a Middle French word for a shepherd's stave.[3] The curved, or "hooked" ends of the sticks used for hockey would indeed have resembled these staves.

And I have no freakin' clue what cricket is.

Now, do some research before you make assumptions.

why would I waste my time doing research for an online argument that means nothing LMFAO.

this really is your life isn't it

[Bonejunky]

Etymology

The first recorded use of the word "hockey" is found in the text of a royal proclamation issued by Edward III of England in 1363 banning certain types of sports and games.
"[m]oreover we ordain that you prohibit under penalty of imprisonment all and sundry from such stone, wood and iron throwing; handball, football, or hockey; coursing and cock-fighting, or other such idle games."[2]

The word hockey itself is of unknown origin, although it is likely a derivative of hoquet, a Middle French word for a shepherd's stave.[3] The curved, or "hooked" ends of the sticks used for hockey would indeed have resembled these staves.

And I have no freakin' clue what cricket is.

Now, do some research before you make assumptions.

why would I waste my time doing research for an online argument that means nothing LMFAO.

this really is your life isn't it

[sarcasm]Yes, yes it is.[/sarcasm]

Really, I have a compulsive need to win arguments. No joke.