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    Default Gamma Quadra: not really into playing or following sports?

    Of all the people I've come across whom I've typed Gamma, I've noticed they're not really in to sports, or have said they don't like, or follow, any sports. I can't say I've ever liked sports all that much, and I've never been in to any sport. Of the Alphas I know on the other hand, plenty of them seem really into sports, and I don't really see what they see in them. Sports seem kind of counterproductive, a waste of time and energy, or too dull and repetitive of a stimulus (would be things I would say about them.) Do a lot of Gammas not like sports? (football, baseball, soccer, etc.)

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    I can't see it.
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    Yeah you might be right. It doesn't seem all that type related except for the fact that most of the Gammas I know aren't in to them. Could just be a coincidence. I see certain video games as rather entertaining, but you could say that about sports too. It seems like it should be that anyone can like a certain type or sport depending on their more physical personality, likes and dislikes.

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    SEEs are the only ones out of gamma people I know who do sports and like it. But yet again none of them are obsesed with any football/basketball/etc players nor watch sport channels or anything else what I find alpha men doing...and it's one of the reasons why alphas are irritating sometimes...

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    But I do ask, what's really in a sport for me, besides the money? I just sit there and watch it, and its not even that entertaining. Video games on the other hand, (like when you play a live sport), can be handled and mastered. What's good about watching sports? Do you get kicks out of picturing yourself as the person running up and down the field, and get in to character, or is it just some fad and obsession?

    It seems like introverts would be less into them because it technically does not have to do with them (in a temporary sense).

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    I never watch sports. It's boring.

    I do some running and fitness to keep in shape.

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    Watching sports is about the most boring thing I can think of.

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    Quote Originally Posted by incognito View Post
    But, if you take the perspective of the manager or coach, you can appreciate the sport for its strategic qualities. Why would the Yankees put A.J. Burnett as the starting pitcher in game 5 of the championship series? etc. The game can be reduced to skills sets, benefits, risks, plans, contingencies, probabilities and statistics. There is a whole other, invisible layer to contemplate about sports. You manipulate the factors to increase the likeliness of success over time, to reach the goal at the end of the season. Not much different then your video game, or trading stocks, etc.
    Actually, that's the only interesting thing related to sports. I like playing sports manager games (or used to, when I still played computer games), where you get to make those decisions, although I'm not interested in sports at all.

    My biggest problem with sports is the enormous amounts of money wasted in worthless and non-productive activity.

    Only sports I watch are show wrestling and martial arts.

    I find betas and deltas more interested in sports than alphas, that people have been talking about in here.
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    lol @ sports.

    I like the competitive fire of sports kinda, but I'm too bad at them. My brain is too writer-like and nerdy and imaginative to enjoy them.

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    I know I'm not. Not in any way, shape, or form. Closest I got to "liking" sports is playing baseball and softball when I was a kid.
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    In my personal opinion, the profession of Sports Agent fits the gamma mindset very well.
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    Agent? Yeah, that wouldn't be so bad as long as I didn't have to spend too much time around athletes and sports fans.
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    I don't often watch most sports, but I will watch MMA and boxing. With team sports, I would much rather play than watch. I enjoy playing team sports if they're something that I understand and do well at, like football or ultimate frisbee (I am very fast and explosive). I hate playing basketball, probably because I'm short and suck at it. The sports I like the most, however, are 1v1. I enjoy these the most because whether I win or lose isn't determined by variables other than myself. My success depends wholly upon whether or not I outplayed my opponent. If I defeat my opponent, I know it's because I was better, and if I lose it's because I was worse.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joy View Post
    I know I'm not. Not in any way, shape, or form. Closest I got to "liking" sports is playing baseball and softball when I was a kid.
    Obviously, you're so fat you can barely move.
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    Quote Originally Posted by FDG View Post
    Obviously, you're so fat you can barely move.
    lol!

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    My ESI mom doesn't hate sports, she's just disinterested. Same with my SEE sister.

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    Yet another thread in which the OP ascribes undesirable properties to their opposing quadra in a way that is complete bullshit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by polikujm View Post
    Of all the people I've come across whom I've typed Gamma, I've noticed they're not really in to sports, or have said they don't like, or follow, any sports. I can't say I've ever liked sports all that much, and I've never been in to any sport. Of the Alphas I know on the other hand, plenty of them seem really into sports, and I don't really see what they see in them. Sports seem kind of counterproductive, a waste of time and energy, or too dull and repetitive of a stimulus (would be things I would say about them.) Do a lot of Gammas not like sports? (football, baseball, soccer, etc.)
    An SEE I know was provincial wrestling champ. My brother is SEE and he's really into mountain climbing.

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    I know an LIE who's into sports. He has a strange fascination with memorizing the facts and figures of who coached which team when and which team won which world series when and stuff though. Sometimes quizzes other sports fans about it. It's strange...
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    Definitely am not into sports at all. No interest, waste of time, etc.
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    I'm a Beta, and I HATE sports, don't think it is type related, I just have a fear of objects being thrown in my direction, at me, whatever. The idea of watching a bunch of people chase a football or whatever around seems ridiculous and the collective madness behind it I really don't understand and don't want to.
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    ENTjs seem (to me) to be quite well represented among sports commentators. They've got the typical mix of enthusiasm, technical awareness, broad knowledge and insight into the games that is required of people in that role.

    I think Jack van Gelder (Dutch sports enthusiast and presentator of Studio Sport) is an ENTj:


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    I like doing sports but I don't really like watching them. So I suppose there's a difference, kind of like music, those who do and those who listen.

    Although there is minority who do both, I find sports fans, especially soccer fans, are usually unfit, they're watching while others are doing.

    Don't know if it's all type related, maybe part type and part natural ability.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cyclops View Post
    I like doing sports but I don't really like watching them. So I suppose there's a difference, kind of like music, those who do and those who listen.

    Although there is minority who do both, I find sports fans, especially soccer fans, are usually unfit, they're watching while others are doing.

    Don't know if it's all type related, maybe part type and part natural ability.
    I agree...most of my friends that watch a lot of soccer always decline invitations to play or to train toghether. I guess they just enjoy watching.
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    Quote Originally Posted by FDG View Post
    I agree...most of my friends that watch a lot of soccer always decline invitations to play or to train toghether. I guess they just enjoy watching.
    Soccer's for queers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by discojoe View Post
    Soccer's for queers.
    In the US, yeah. In europe we are more confident in our masculinity, so we can be queers without feeling bad
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    Quote Originally Posted by polikujm View Post
    Of all the people I've come across whom I've typed Gamma, I've noticed they're not really in to sports, or have said they don't like, or follow, any sports. I can't say I've ever liked sports all that much, and I've never been in to any sport. Of the Alphas I know on the other hand, plenty of them seem really into sports, and I don't really see what they see in them. Sports seem kind of counterproductive, a waste of time and energy, or too dull and repetitive of a stimulus (would be things I would say about them.) Do a lot of Gammas not like sports? (football, baseball, soccer, etc.)
    Seems to me, leading types are most into sports, followed by leading.

    I've noticed that betas/deltas seem to be more interested in watching sports than alphas/gammas. I think the sports team fandom thing might be related to the aristocratic/democratic dichotomy. Seems the aristrocratic quadras (beta/delta) have a more us against them kind of mentality. At an extreme, it could lead to being a rabid fan of one team and intensely disliking another team.

    To me, being a fan of one team and hating another team makes little sense. I don't personally know any of the players. If I did, I'd be more inclined to cheer on individual players rather than the team as a whole.

    I don't play any sports and rarely watch sports except for special events like the olympics. I remember watching the 2008 Summer Olympics and not caring about how many medals the USA won compared to other countries. I was more more interested in the athletes themselves, learning about their intense training regimens, and watching them performing incredible physical feats. I cheered on individual athletes, not necessarily those from my country. Not sure how much related to the aristocratic/democratic dichotomy this is.
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