Nascar driver stuns to qualify for championship with GameCube move

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Nov 01, 2022, 7:05 AM UTC

jefftk wrote: post #139

JohnBooty wrote: post #136

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One reason you typically don't see really hacky/exploitative stuff in competitive sports is that... these sports are decades or even 100+ years old. Tens of thousands of games have been played by extremely talented and competitive individuals. Thousands of exploits have been tried and written into the rulebooks. For example, the "Sean Avery" rule in hockey. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Avery#The_Avery_Rule That…

I'm not a football person, but my understanding from the article is that this wasn't something that people were doing until after it became popular in the video game?

Post by neffo » Tue, Nov 01, 2022, 7:18 AM UTC

TulliusCicero wrote: post #70

jefftk wrote: post #56

Reminds me of another example of video-game inspired tactics: Just before he reached the end zone, with 17 seconds remaining, Stokley cut right at 90 degrees and ran across the field. Six seconds drained off the clock before, at last, he meandered across the goal line to score the winning touchdown. For certain football fans, the excitement of a last-minute comeback now commingled with the shock of the familiar: It's…

This is really interesting. The incentive to pull off this kind of move, running the clock down a bit, that was already present. But there's a certain social expectation that you won't game the rules so blatantly, so that's a disincentive. What the existence of video games does, is allow people to do things like this in an environment where social expectations and pressure don't really exist. It's like a psychologica…

Post by neurostimulant » Tue, Nov 01, 2022, 7:26 AM UTC

joshjob42 wrote: post #249

otherme123 wrote: post #240

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IMHO they should rule it out changing the wall construction in some way that it no longer gives an advantage. E.g. attaching TecPro barriers to it.

I think they should design the walls to make this easier and folks should put wheels on the side. Let’s go crazy, that was awesome.

Post by Ekaros » Tue, Nov 01, 2022, 7:34 AM UTC

causi wrote: post #254

TulliusCicero wrote: post #70

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This is really interesting. The incentive to pull off this kind of move, running the clock down a bit, that was already present. But there's a certain social expectation that you won't game the rules so blatantly, so that's a disincentive. What the existence of video games does, is allow people to do things like this in an environment where social expectations and pressure don't really exist. It's like a psychologica…

The incentive to pull off this kind of move, running the clock down a bit Having spent several years playing amateur football in my youth, I can attest that the game would be vastly improved if the clock never stopped and the teams had set time limits between the end of one play the beginning of the next. Christ I got so tired of the dicking around.

Post by ignoramous » Tue, Nov 01, 2022, 7:36 AM UTC

jahlove wrote: post #86

jefftk wrote: post #56

Reminds me of another example of video-game inspired tactics: Just before he reached the end zone, with 17 seconds remaining, Stokley cut right at 90 degrees and ran across the field. Six seconds drained off the clock before, at last, he meandered across the goal line to score the winning touchdown. For certain football fans, the excitement of a last-minute comeback now commingled with the shock of the familiar: It's…

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