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    Default Having to pick a team to support in order to be able to watch a game

    ....is it type-related?

    Like with the World Cup...can't get into the game unless decides to support one of the 2 teams playing, even if arbitrarily.

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    Yeah, that goes without saying for me. If I'm going to do anything, it has to be because I believe in it. But what I meant was that it goes as far as having to do that for each game, if it doesn't involve my team.

    For instance, today's game England vs. Germany. I don't support either team overall. My teams are (were ) Italy and USA. But in order to watch the game today I had to pick either England or Germany, even if just for the duration of this game, otherwise I wouldn't be able to get into it enough to watch it.

    Might just have to do with not being an avid football fan for the sake of football. I only watch it for the sake of being passionate about a team, not the game itself.

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    I find it's actually more enjoyable to spectate from a perspective not favoring either team. It's like studying historic wars, but without having to review the postwar devastation. That being said, I'm generally not a fan of spectating sports where Team A competes with Team B simultaneously on the same field.

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    I'm always partial no matter which teams are playing. I favour underdog teams very often because the traditional strong teams (e.g. Brazil, Argentina, Italy in the World Cup) tend to appear arrogant and haughty in my opinion. (Maybe because of valued Fi?) I also like "surprises", meaning match results which nobody would have believed before, but I think many people do so.

    PS: great match England vs. Germany! That's how football ought to be played.

    Quote Originally Posted by Sirena View Post
    But in order to watch the game today I had to pick either England or Germany, even if just for the duration of this game, otherwise I wouldn't be able to get into it enough to watch it.
    Which one did you choose?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pinocchio View Post
    Edit: when Ti wins, it's unique, when Te wins is yet another won game.
    , so it's like: Ti rarely wins, Ti probably won just once because unique things happen just once; and Te won more than once. Te>Ti in number of wins

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    Quote Originally Posted by Plynex View Post
    Which one did you choose?
    England

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sirena View Post
    England
    I'm deeply sorry for you.
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    Mexico vs Argentina. I like Argentina because they have Maradona as a coach and they wear blue. I like blue.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kamajama View Post
    Mexico vs Argentina. I like Argentina because they have Maradona as a coach and they wear blue. I like blue.
    This is precisely why I'm anti-Argentina. But yeah, I like blue too.

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