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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: travel thread

« on: Today at 07:54:57 PM »

If you aren't in some elite F1 party I'm sure it's like every other racing event. Sit there and watch cars go by having no real idea what is happening, probably even worse on a road course.

I tried one Nascar and indycsr event when KS opened, decided it was not for me. Seemed incredible waste of time.

I watched the F1 Vegas one and was only interested when I could see a Vegas monument

"has anyone been to an F1 race, maybe in Europe"

"based on my experience at a nascar race at kansas speedway, it would suck"

lol love ya phil

A car race is a car race. The F1 allure is the glitz right?

No

Not to go off track here but what is the difference in F1 vs Nascar or indycar?

Cars and tracks and rules and storylines and global presence. No ovals in F1 is probably the biggest along with races all over the world and also the cars are faster and more advanced than the others.

So car racing with fancy presence/parties. Going faster isn't a different experience. Indycar does road tracks and so does Nascar right?

I get there maybe differences to the trained racing eye but I wasn't getting that level of depth from the original question hence my original answer.

LOL ok phil

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: travel thread

« on: Today at 05:57:18 PM »

I saw the indy cars at the legends speedway once, I was bored 2 laps in as well.

The nhra races in Topeka were more casual friendly I think, and kept me entertained for the whole event. Maybe a trip to Topeka is in the cards for the michigancat household?

I looked into NASCAR at Watkins Glen but it isn't until September

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: travel thread

« on: Today at 05:55:53 PM »

If you aren't in some elite F1 party I'm sure it's like every other racing event. Sit there and watch cars go by having no real idea what is happening, probably even worse on a road course.

I tried one Nascar and indycsr event when KS opened, decided it was not for me. Seemed incredible waste of time.

I watched the F1 Vegas one and was only interested when I could see a Vegas monument

"has anyone been to an F1 race, maybe in Europe"

"based on my experience at a nascar race at kansas speedway, it would suck"

lol love ya phil

A car race is a car race. The F1 allure is the glitz right?

No

Not to go off track here but what is the difference in F1 vs Nascar or indycar?

Cars and tracks and rules and storylines and global presence. No ovals in F1 is probably the biggest along with races all over the world and also the cars are faster and more advanced than the others.

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: F1

« on: Today at 05:44:46 PM »

What about F1 is so appealing to young women?

My theory is it's a soap opera and the boys are very cute and charming and kind of daredevils. I'm sure the Netflix show exploded the number of female fans in the US

This was a very big moment in my household:

https://youtu.be/063FqEfBTns?si=N1kN0jPXdwmtcTMs

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: F1

« on: Today at 05:28:50 PM »

my boss went to the vegas race, he's not into racing, he took his daughter who is. He liked the cars, but he was not into the event, at all, said he'd never do it again.

I don't think it's a sport that will get you hooked in a one time in-person event like maybe the US Open (tennis) or college football could. But the more immersed I get, the more enjoyable it gets

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: travel thread

« on: Today at 05:25:45 PM »

If you aren't in some elite F1 party I'm sure it's like every other racing event. Sit there and watch cars go by having no real idea what is happening, probably even worse on a road course.

I tried one Nascar and indycsr event when KS opened, decided it was not for me. Seemed incredible waste of time.

I watched the F1 Vegas one and was only interested when I could see a Vegas monument

"has anyone been to an F1 race, maybe in Europe"

"based on my experience at a nascar race at kansas speedway, it would suck"

lol love ya phil

A car race is a car race. The F1 allure is the glitz right?

No

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: travel thread

« on: Today at 05:25:01 PM »

honestly I'd prefer being around a giant group of KS Nascar fans to what I imagine the Euro F1 fan archetype to be. maybe I'm being a bigot towards slimy, smelly euros here though.

Are you afraid their avant garde fashion will make you feel inferior?

no, I grew up around nascar fans so their clothing is not too big a deal to me

I lived in Austin, and every fall, these rich critters would descend upon the city, making normal routines obsolete. I'ma pull a daxtag and say #Eurotrash. But it's very expensive, so they're wealthy Eurotrash. I have experienced them first-hand.

The Eurotrash that flies in to Austin or Miami is very different from the Eurotrash that camps in a forest at the Belgian Grand Prix or the idiot tifosi in Italy

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: travel thread

« on: Today at 04:04:42 PM »

honestly I'd prefer being around a giant group of KS Nascar fans to what I imagine the Euro F1 fan archetype to be. maybe I'm being a bigot towards slimy, smelly euros here though.

Honestly I'd bet hardcore Kansas NASCAR fans and hardcore Euro F1 fans are very similar but overall agree I'd prefer the Kansas interactions

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: F1

« on: Today at 01:19:06 PM »

the highlight of the season for me was the sprint race in Miami where Magnussen was running off the track to keep Lewis from passing him and catching up to K-Mag's Haas teammate. SOOOOOOO funny and reckless (but not too reckless). (And I love Lewis!)


Also I love the sassy radios! Haha the drivers get so sassy!

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: F1

« on: Today at 01:17:27 PM »

my daughter watched the F1 series and got super into it, so I started watching races and listened to some podcasts on roadtrips with her and kind of got hooked. It's such a silly sport! There are 10 teams of 2! Same 20 drivers every race! (more or less) They all do goofy promos for crap but all are ultra rich and live in monaco! The rules are stupid and arbirtrary! Max easily wins every race!

seriously it's very fun

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: F1

« on: Today at 12:27:50 PM »

I will 100% be attending the Vegas GP in 2023. Can't wait!

did this happen?

(this thread might be re-fired up by me)

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: TRUMP v. NOBODY! 2024 PRIMARY BLOODBATH!

« on: Today at 11:38:55 AM »

https://twitter.com/ASFleischman/status/1793272093196316964

in case it isn't obvious, this is about pride month and rainbows

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: travel thread

« on: Today at 10:19:23 AM »

If you aren't in some elite F1 party I'm sure it's like every other racing event. Sit there and watch cars go by having no real idea what is happening, probably even worse on a road course.

I tried one Nascar and indycsr event when KS opened, decided it was not for me. Seemed incredible waste of time.

I watched the F1 Vegas one and was only interested when I could see a Vegas monument

"has anyone been to an F1 race, maybe in Europe"

"based on my experience at a nascar race at kansas speedway, it would suck"

lol love ya phil

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: travel thread

« on: Today at 08:59:38 AM »

has anyone been to an F1 race? my daughter got super into it and now I am too and now I want to go to one. It almost looks like Europe is the cheapest way to do it.

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: NBA Playoffs Thread

« on: May 21, 2024, 09:57:10 PM »

hard to believe that the pacers didn’t foul at the end of regulation.  great game ruined by a boston win.

That was about the fifth worst thing they did at the end of regulation. Shame because they were doing great

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: NBA Playoffs Thread

« on: May 21, 2024, 09:56:23 PM »

Yes and Indiana playoffs will be as cheap as it gets outside of maybe San Antonio

They take basketball seriously here. Even when the spurs suck they pack the arena. It’s the only pro team in town so it’s a big deal.

Yeah but still gonna be dirt cheap compared to everyone else

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: NBA Playoffs Thread

« on: May 21, 2024, 07:28:56 PM »

Yes and Indiana playoffs will be as cheap as it gets outside of maybe San Antonio

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: MEGA MAGA

« on: May 21, 2024, 11:05:11 AM »

just opened the thread to post this.
The descent of "America's Mayor" into utter cringe has really been something to witness.

counterpoint: he was always utter cringe

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Kansas State Football / Re: How much are we going to pay our players?

« on: May 21, 2024, 09:55:08 AM »

https://twitter.com/slmandel/status/1792913420980809881

 

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Kansas State Football / Re: Some words on D's Nutz

« on: May 20, 2024, 02:50:00 PM »

How?

https://twitter.com/DScottFritchen/status/1792556880109158628

I saw that and was mildly blown away as well. I mean he's the last person in the world outside of like bluegrass musicians who I would guess did not know that.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: travel thread

« on: May 20, 2024, 10:29:26 AM »

I agree that the robot restaurant is great if it's not dead.  My group also did a Mario Kart-esque tour where we dressed in costumes and cruised around Tokyo.  It seemed way safer than I would've expected experiencing traffic in the States but I'd imagine the lil' Daves are too young.

The pig/puppy/monkey/owl cafes seem fun but are super depressing once you get in there.

I went to a hedgehog cafe that was fine

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: European Club Soccer Thread! (EPL, Champions League, Europa, etc... :D )

« on: May 19, 2024, 02:57:54 PM »

Also, my universal replay rule for all sports is that if they can't make a definitive call in 30 seconds or fewer, the call on the floor stands.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: 201* Concert Thread

« on: May 19, 2024, 02:34:37 PM »

So amazing to see a band you love in a setting like that. I'm rarely jealous but I'm very jealous of that experience. But mostly happy for my friend and good person, Pete

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: European Club Soccer Thread! (EPL, Champions League, Europa, etc... :D )

« on: May 19, 2024, 01:09:32 PM »

I do.

you think VAR makes for a better entertainment product?

If they took away VAR, the next season everyone would be screaming to have it back.

I doubt it.

Rusty, this might legitimately be the hottest take ever on this board. You think missing obvious calls is more entertaining than getting it right?

The ubiquity of gambling makes the tolerance for missed calls even less than it was before the era of instant replay. To add to this var isn't going away anywhere else, it's stupid a.f. to think that English fans are going to not only tolerate but he happy with gigantic missed calls. Just today var had to overturn a goal in the city west ham match that was literally punched in. It was called a goal on the field. VAR obviously gets waaaaaayyyyy more right than they miss. Wolves sounded like whiny bitches and they won't get anymore than 5 clubs voting with them. This is a massive nonstarter.

I think missed calls balance themselves out over time. I don't like instant replay in American sports either, especially at the ends of basketball games. English fans will never be happy so might as well go with the superior fan experience

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: European Club Soccer Thread! (EPL, Champions League, Europa, etc... :D )

« on: May 18, 2024, 08:07:43 PM »

Why did they get it to start?

To get all the calls right? Did they achieve that and is it worth it?

My counter proposal would be to add a second on field official.

I think that would be worse than no VAR or just 1 ref.

I know they have 3 kind of co-equal refs in basketball and in football they have distinct responsibilities for parts of the field, but that would require a complete re-thinking of how authority is shared.  There are just way too many scenarios where they both would need to make a call, so what are they supposed to do, talk about it on the pitch while everyone at home watches the replay and they are surrounded by players? Insane.

In my mind, the biggest weakness in VAR is how to navigate the egos of the on field ref and most of the mistakes seem to be the VAR ref not wanting to hurt the feelings of the on field ref and have them take a look so there is some continuity to the game being called.

VAR didn't require a complete rethinking of authority?

I think the biggest weakness of VAR is they take forever and still get a lot of judgement calls wrong or call them inconsistently