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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 05 2009 at 16:45
Oooh, Pedrosa won ahead of Rossi.

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Originally posted by MovingPictures07 MovingPictures07 wrote:

Originally posted by Ricochet Ricochet wrote:

Hi guys.

I watched the final until now in the living room, I didn't feel like entering here and commenting.

But now that it's over...

One word: sucky.

Suckiest tennis final I have seen in my life. Sure, I don't wanna deny the emotion (but I don't think I've sweat more than Rob LOL) or the spectacular. But it was the bad side of spectacular. This is the face of tennis relying on pounding and unreturnable gaming. It was like watching penalties, especially in the monstruous, yet nervewrecking decider.

The suckiest of all was the champion itself. If this final isn't proof that Roger, in the last two years, reduced his gaming only to serving like a cannonball and pushing the precise part of his (understandably unique) play instead of elegance and brilliant tactic, I don't know what it is. We all expected Roddick to rely heavily on serve until flopping (which he did), but that man eventually improved all his weak spots beyond expectation. Federer already had those spots perfected, and yet, except serving, his game was completely redundant, robotic, at least from the fourth set onward.

This game brought me in a dillema, because I never questioned tennis' stunningness until I saw this final. If it would have gone down to straight sets, I would have acknowledged Federer's clear domination. If it would have gone down to 3-1, I would have acknowledged Federer's determination. But the way it ended, the champion's game was lousy and a final with almost every game won with the ace-serving sleeve-card by these two players is not tennis for me.

I end up having the utmost admiration for Andy Roddick, who's mostly a crap of a player, but today extended all his capabilities beyond 100%. With rare and unstable exceptions, Federer's (style of) winners were standard and boring. Roddick pushed his backhand, his slices, his rallies beyond the primitive state pre-Wimbledon 2009, which is the only remarkable thing out of this match. Sure, he missed some of them, because he's simply not able to master them. He didn't change into SuperRoddick, and yet it was his best performance ever. I never thought I'd see someday Roddick with different eyes, but here it happened, and it won't have its repeat ever again.

Roddick would have deserved the crown. Federer ended up as the type of champion who sucks. His elegance and virtuosity are history. 

Rant over!


Disagree entirely. It was my favorite match ever, and both players played extremely well.

Won't argue about it with you though, because it'll just turn into a Lost-esque exchange of opinions. Wink


Yes. Better not.
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Points: 46301 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 05 2009 at 19:15
Originally posted by James James wrote:

Rico, you're Romanian and a vampire, could you fly here and rescue it, please?


That will be one Henry Cow boxset, kthxbye. Wink
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http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327154.300-hippy-monkey-is-a-killer-when-starved-of-sex.html
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Originally posted by James James wrote:

I do have to.  I'm not losing my ever so small lead over David. LOL

Nah. I'll be at least 1500 points ahead of you after the next round. Muahahahahahaaaaaaa... Evil Smile
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Originally posted by KoS KoS wrote:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327154.300-hippy-monkey-is-a-killer-when-starved-of-sex.html

If only that worked for humans... Ouch

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Originally posted by James James wrote:

Oooh, Pedrosa won ahead of Rossi.

Pedrosa is next to weightless!
His launches are incredible.
Rossi had trouble with his settings, so he didn't do as well as he could.
Clap to Lorenzo. Half-dislocated shoulder and 3rd place.


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Originally posted by KoS KoS wrote:

Originally posted by James James wrote:

Oooh, Pedrosa won ahead of Rossi.

Pedrosa is next to weightless!
His launches are incredible.
Rossi had trouble with his settings, so he didn't do as well as he could.
Clap to Lorenzo. Half-dislocated shoulder and 3rd place.


Yep and Lorenzo almost got past Rossi too.  That was one hairy incident!  They reckon if he was fully fit, he'd have taken Rossi.

And Rossi almost got past Pedrosa as well on the last lap.
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Triolets are insanely difficult to write.

Brrrr...
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And Skin is just perfect.
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"Wondering" is a very good ending.
https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays
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Wondering is a great tune but World Record isn't Godbluff or Still Life, unfortunately.
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Rico, your incomprehensible dislike of Theusz Hamtaahk has earned you new levels of n00biness.
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Points: 8052 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 06 2009 at 09:20
Originally posted by James James wrote:

Wondering is a great tune but World Record isn't Godbluff or Still Life, unfortunately.


A Place To Survive and Masks are slightly more vulnerable, but the rest is great stuff.
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Originally posted by TGM: Orb TGM: Orb wrote:

Triolets are insanely difficult to write.

Brrrr...


They're wait too easy. LOL
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Originally posted by Padraic Padraic wrote:

Rico, your incomprehensible dislike of Theusz Hamtaahk has earned you new levels of n00biness.


That would be the first level then, since I've never really been a n00b.
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You've been a n00b for a long time. LOL
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 06 2009 at 10:20
To be fair to Rico, I don't think he's heard Retrospektiw I-II yet and if he has, he's even more of a n00b.

I do like the Trilogie au Trianon version though.
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Points: 66239 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 06 2009 at 10:33
So the truth is out.  Magma's lyrics and made up language are actually providing commentary to a tennis match.
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 06 2009 at 11:04
15 love
30 love
30 15
30 all
40 30
Theusz Hamtaahk!
Magma iss deh Hundin Federer
Theusz Hamtaahk!
Magma iss deh Hundin Federer
Theusz Hamtaahk!
Magma iss deh Hundin Federer
Zeuhl Wortz Federer


Edited by James - July 06 2009 at 11:05
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