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> The gameplay on screen rewards visual stunts that are much less effective in real play. The movement of ball and players doesn't actually have to be like it i

by rlander 10y ago

> The gameplay on screen rewards visual stunts that are much less effective in real play. The movement of ball and players doesn't actually have to be like it is in reality, because it is a video game. Ronaldinho would like to have a word with you. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IBERQ9abkk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IBERQ9abkk [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0ksVaLlaIw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0ksVaLlaIw [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6mk0auHpis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6mk0auHpis * Edit: For the donwvoters: I used to play college-level football in the US and Brazil, and these kinds of plays are commonplace in Brazil. Kids learn to dribble before they even learn how to run. This is part of Brazilian culture: a player who can dribble is much more valued than one who can shoot or pass accurately.

noxToken 10y ago
For every clip or montage of beautifully executed flair, there are tens or hundreds of hours of unrecorded or unpublished mistakes. I have a few hundred hours of recorded gameplay footage. I could make plenty of highlight reels out of the footage, but the mistakes eclipse the fancy by a wide margin.
- rlander 10y ago
  I used to play college level football in the US and Brazil, and I can tell you for sure: these kind of plays are totally usual in Brazil. But I do understand your feelings, since US football (or soccer as they call it) is more about about physical conditioning than skill.
- sangnoir 10y ago
  > For every clip or montage of beautifully executed flair, there are tens or hundreds of hours of unrecorded or unpublished mistakes. This is true, but for athlete who takes the sport seriously, most of those mistakes are made during practice and not on match day.
  - petepete 10y ago
    Most professionals don't play at the top level, you don't see many moments of beautifully executed flair in the second or third divisions.
betolink 10y ago
Well I wish we had more Ronaldinhos.
thom 10y ago
If you're advocating that kids play more in the streets, practising these motor skills coupled with actual competitive decision making, then I absolutely agree. But these sorts of skills coupled with bad decision making gives you incredibly frustrating players like Ross Barkley.

by rlander 10y ago

noxToken 10y ago

For every clip or montage of beautifully executed flair, there are tens or hundreds of hours of unrecorded or unpublished mistakes. I have a few hundred hours of recorded gameplay footage. I could make plenty of highlight reels out of the footage, but the mistakes eclipse the fancy by a wide margin.

rlander 10y ago
I used to play college level football in the US and Brazil, and I can tell you for sure: these kind of plays are totally usual in Brazil. But I do understand your feelings, since US football (or soccer as they call it) is more about about physical conditioning than skill.
sangnoir 10y ago
> For every clip or montage of beautifully executed flair, there are tens or hundreds of hours of unrecorded or unpublished mistakes. This is true, but for athlete who takes the sport seriously, most of those mistakes are made during practice and not on match day.
- petepete 10y ago
  Most professionals don't play at the top level, you don't see many moments of beautifully executed flair in the second or third divisions.

betolink 10y ago

Well I wish we had more Ronaldinhos.

thom 10y ago

If you're advocating that kids play more in the streets, practising these motor skills coupled with actual competitive decision making, then I absolutely agree. But these sorts of skills coupled with bad decision making gives you incredibly frustrating players like Ross Barkley.