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August 7

Lambeth Walk-Bristol Stomp

TheThe Lambeth Walk was a dance of 1937 which had a strong "1-2-123" rhythm. It was used by British propagandists to make fun of German goose-stepping. Was it the basis for the "Bristol Stomp" by the Dovells in 1961? Edison (talk) 03:25, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Popularity of different sports

Given the huge popularity of association football around the globe (as could be seen at this year's World Cup for instance) and the number of countries engaged in winter sports, how come the winter equivalent of football, namely bandy, is not as popular? Irony iron (talk) 06:53, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Looks more like (ice) hockey played with a ball instead of a puck. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 07:27, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps so, but the rules are much more like the rules of association football and the pitch is the same size. Bandy is a much quicker game than ice hockey. Irony iron (talk) 09:33, 8 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

How fast can a bandy skater get from one end of the rink to the other? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 10:11, 8 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That's an interesting question, Baseball Bugs. I did some math. The bandy rink is 300–360 ft long and a bandy player can come up in speeds exceeding 20 mph, so it doesn't take long, about 10-20 seconds perhaps, given that it takes some time to reach that speed too. Irony iron (talk) 12:45, 13 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

They can go from one end of a hockey rink to the other in under 10 seconds. So hockey is faster than this bandy. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 17:43, 13 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not really, Baseball Bugs, since a hockey rink is much smaller than a bandy field. Bandy skates allow for quicker speeds than ice hockey skates. Irony iron (talk) 14:58, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Anyone can play association football with little or no real equipment. "Jumpers for goalposts" and a ball are all that most require to have a game. Bandy has environmental requirements, equipment requirements and isn't the sort of the thing that you could just turn up and play in the middle of a playing field. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:31, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

True, but the same can be said about many other sports too, like ice hockey. Actually, you just need skates and sticks, then you pour water on the football field in the winter time so it freezes and you have all what it takes to play bandy. Most people already have skates, don't they? Irony iron (talk) 09:33, 8 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

In Europe, Association football is considered a winter sport itself. Rojomoke (talk) 12:02, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No, it is not. A sport is not a winter sport just because it is played in the winter time, a winter sport is played on snow or ice. Irony iron (talk) 09:33, 8 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Where I come from, basketball is a winter sport, and is seldom played on snow or ice. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 10:10, 8 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Mixed martial arts is rapidly approaching (but still a fair deal behind) soccer, as far as sport in Brazil goes. Even simpler to set up. Just need gloves and a referee, basically (a cage helps if you plan on turning pro). Two teams of soccer players whose ball pops can easily transition to a ~~seven~~ eleven-bout card, with the ~~22nd guy playing the ref and the~~ soccer ref becoming ~~promoter (or ring girl or something)~~ fight ref.

Soccer practice also naturally helps the MMA game. Just ask all the challengers UFC Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo has kicked aside. Good cardio training, too. InedibleHulk (talk) 10:23, 8 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I just have to bring this up, something Keith Olbermann said on a Letterman rerun last night: "Soccer is the sport of the future in America... and always will be." If that sounds short-sighted, his source for that quote was a writer in the 1960s or 1970s. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:45, 9 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Defensive wall in association football

Why don't association football players put their hands up when forming a defensive wall? Is it against the rules? I get that male players might want to protect their nether regions, but when I searched for pictures of women's association football games they just link their arms together.WinterWall (talk) 07:45, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

See handball. Bzweebl (talk • contribs) 07:48, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

~~What's the penalty for touching the ball with the hands? A penalty kick maybe? If so, it's pretty obvious that you wouldn't want to put your hands up to block a kick.~~ [Looks like.] ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 07:52, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There's nothing stopping them from putting their hands up but as Bzweebl has indicated, this would vastly increase the likelihood of the ball striking a hand which would result in another free kick further up the pitch, or a penalty, and possibly a sending off of the defender in question. Goalkeepers often put their hands up when they are facing a penalty as obviously they are exempt from the idea of handball as long as they are within their area. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:53, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, you three.WinterWall (talk)

Resolved

90s PC game casting question

There was a time in the mid-1990s when game developers decided the coolest thing they could do with the relatively new (or newly widespread, anyway) technology of CD-ROMs was to take all of a game's exposition and non-gameplay-dependent storytelling and put it all into cutscenes which they filmed with live actors. Myst was the first game I saw that did this; but Wing Commander 3 was the first game I saw that went out of its way to get the very best actors they could. Mark Hamill starred, and John Rhys-Davies and Malcolm McDowell both had substantial supporting roles. My question is this: what game had the biggest name-recognition cast? I hate that phrase "star-studded," but I guess that's what I'm asking. Now I'm not interested in voice acting, I'm asking about instances where a film crew actually created sets and shot the scenes on film or video, with actors in costume and having to learn the script as though they were shooting a movie, and acting (not simply recording lines to stuff in the mouths of virtual characters or avatars). Can anyone top Privateer 2: The Darkening (iMDB) (Clive Owen starred, with Christopher Walken, Jürgen Prochnow, David Warner, and John Hurt each clocking several minutes of screen time)? ☯.Zen Swashbuckler.☠ 14:52, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I'm sure it all depends on which stars you define to be "bigger" than others, but Steven Spielberg's Director's Chair is certainly up there; along with da spielz there's Tarantino, Jennifer Anniston ~Helicopter Llama~ 15:23, 7 August 2014 (UTC) actually a lot of them only did voices sorry[reply]

That's interesting, though, I'd never heard of that one. I mainly wanted to avoid a slew of responses like "Well, the Grand Theft Auto franchise has everyone from Ray Liotta to Sam Jackson to Burt Reynolds to Ice-T reading lines, and the Halo games have cast members from every TV sci-fi show you can think of!" While I remain mostly concerned with full video, little gems like that one are worth mentioning. Thanks. ☯.Zen Swashbuckler.☠ 16:02, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Night Trap had Dana Plato, and Corey Haim was in another Sega CD one. InedibleHulk (talk) 16:22, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Double Switch. Corey Feldman wasn't there, but Deborah Harry was, and quite a few others with Wikipedia articles. InedibleHulk (talk) 16:25, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

And yes, I realize that wasn't technically a PC. But at the time, using CD-ROMs basically meant you weren't a console, either. The lines were blurry back then, onscreen and off. InedibleHulk (talk) 17:07, 7 August 2014 (UTC) [reply]

actually as i look back on my response it looks like spielberg, as well as magic duo penn & teller did live action ~Helicopter Llama~ 17:51, 8 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]