Poll The great vuvuzela debate
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hahahaha! that is some extremely good photoshopping!
Don't if anyone has posted this, but.....
On a technical note, if you bring up the EQ on your TV and completely turn down the middle one or two (depending on your EQ) parameters, it completely blocks out the vuvuzela sound.
Unfortunately there isn't a similar option available to block out the annoying drone of Mick McCarthy.
On a technical note, if you bring up the EQ on your TV and completely turn down the middle one or two (depending on your EQ) parameters, it completely blocks out the vuvuzela sound.
Unfortunately there isn't a similar option available to block out the annoying drone of Mick McCarthy.
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I was told you can block out stadium noise by using the red button.
Not sure how true it is
Not sure how true it is
[quote author=mark1975 link=topic=40587.msg1122813#msg1122813 date=1276868686]
Don't if anyone has posted this, but.....
On a technical note, if you bring up the EQ on your TV and completely turn down the middle one or two (depending on your EQ) parameters, it completely blocks out the vuvuzela sound.
Unfortunately there isn't a similar option available to block out the annoying drone of Mick McCarthy.
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If you are watching through a media pc there is an application out now that will do a focused eq that knocks it out entirely.
Don't if anyone has posted this, but.....
On a technical note, if you bring up the EQ on your TV and completely turn down the middle one or two (depending on your EQ) parameters, it completely blocks out the vuvuzela sound.
Unfortunately there isn't a similar option available to block out the annoying drone of Mick McCarthy.
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If you are watching through a media pc there is an application out now that will do a focused eq that knocks it out entirely.
[quote author=LadyRed link=topic=40587.msg1122843#msg1122843 date=1276870144]
I've kinda come full circle with the Vuvuzelas. They were annoying as hell, but now I think my ears have adjusted, they don't bother me anymore. Plus, they're part of the WC being in SA, it's like us being told not to chant in English grounds.
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When you cancel out the vuvuzelas by ignoring them, there's nothing left.
It's not like being told not to chant in English grounds, because chanting allows each side of the game to uniquely express support for their team. Vuvuzelas mean that there is no unique atmosphere in any of the world cup games, regardless of what teams are playing, or what is going on on the pitch. They are complete shit, and the fact that we inevitably end up tolerating them doesn't mean they are worthwhile.
They aren't something very traditional, they are a fairly recent invention. When people say that it's just part of the African spectator experience, and that it's the flavour of an African world cup, it doesn't really get at the heart of the matter. If they were a flavour, they'd be salt. Pounds of it, such that you couldn't fucking taste anything else. They make NFL supporting methods look evolved (J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS being the masterwork).
I've kinda come full circle with the Vuvuzelas. They were annoying as hell, but now I think my ears have adjusted, they don't bother me anymore. Plus, they're part of the WC being in SA, it's like us being told not to chant in English grounds.
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When you cancel out the vuvuzelas by ignoring them, there's nothing left.
It's not like being told not to chant in English grounds, because chanting allows each side of the game to uniquely express support for their team. Vuvuzelas mean that there is no unique atmosphere in any of the world cup games, regardless of what teams are playing, or what is going on on the pitch. They are complete shit, and the fact that we inevitably end up tolerating them doesn't mean they are worthwhile.
They aren't something very traditional, they are a fairly recent invention. When people say that it's just part of the African spectator experience, and that it's the flavour of an African world cup, it doesn't really get at the heart of the matter. If they were a flavour, they'd be salt. Pounds of it, such that you couldn't fucking taste anything else. They make NFL supporting methods look evolved (J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS being the masterwork).
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[quote author=LadyRed link=topic=40587.msg1122843#msg1122843 date=1276870144]
I've kinda come full circle with the Vuvuzelas. They were annoying as hell, but now I think my ears have adjusted, they don't bother me anymore. Plus, they're part of the WC being in SA, it's like us being told not to chant in English grounds.
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When you cancel out the vuvuzelas by ignoring them, there's nothing left.
It's not like being told not to chant in English grounds, because chanting allows each side of the game to uniquely express support for their team. Vuvuzelas mean that there is no unique atmosphere in any of the world cup games, regardless of what teams are playing, or what is going on on the pitch. They are complete shit, and the fact that we inevitably end up tolerating them doesn't mean they are worthwhile.
They aren't something very traditional, they are a fairly recent invention. When people say that it's just part of the African spectator experience, and that it's the flavour of an African world cup, it doesn't really get at the heart of the matter. If they were a flavour, they'd be salt. Pounds of it, such that you couldn't fucking taste anything else. They make NFL supporting methods look evolved (J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS being the masterwork).
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I'd agree with a lot of that, but fuck it man, they're here to stay and they are a part of this World Cup now. Also, despite what you read on the internet or the media, I can tell you that they've been a part of SA football culture since the early 70's (in slightly different forms over time, but vuvuzelas nonetheless). Before that there were other types of horns which someone would bring to a game.
However, up until the mid-late 90's, it was a most a quarter of supporters who would use them at any one game. I've been watching live football here since '84 and I got my first vuvuzela at the stadium while watching USA play Brazil at the Confed cup last year. They grew a bit more in popularity over the years. The Confed Cup and World Cup have brought hundreds of thousands of South Africans of all kinds to the game for the first time ever. Throw in some extra production of cheap plastic vuvuzelas, sell them to thousands of street vendors and hawkers, add some tourists looking for a taste of Africa, and you have a recipe for vuvuzela explosion. It may suck (blow?), but that's how it happened.
If by 'fairly recent' you meant 40 years or so, then I've just wasted five minutes of my life.
On that note, we had our first reported vuvuzela injury yesterday. A woman who had never used one before blew on it so hard that she ruptured her throat.
[quote author=LadyRed link=topic=40587.msg1122843#msg1122843 date=1276870144]
I've kinda come full circle with the Vuvuzelas. They were annoying as hell, but now I think my ears have adjusted, they don't bother me anymore. Plus, they're part of the WC being in SA, it's like us being told not to chant in English grounds.
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When you cancel out the vuvuzelas by ignoring them, there's nothing left.
It's not like being told not to chant in English grounds, because chanting allows each side of the game to uniquely express support for their team. Vuvuzelas mean that there is no unique atmosphere in any of the world cup games, regardless of what teams are playing, or what is going on on the pitch. They are complete shit, and the fact that we inevitably end up tolerating them doesn't mean they are worthwhile.
They aren't something very traditional, they are a fairly recent invention. When people say that it's just part of the African spectator experience, and that it's the flavour of an African world cup, it doesn't really get at the heart of the matter. If they were a flavour, they'd be salt. Pounds of it, such that you couldn't fucking taste anything else. They make NFL supporting methods look evolved (J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS being the masterwork).
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I'd agree with a lot of that, but fuck it man, they're here to stay and they are a part of this World Cup now. Also, despite what you read on the internet or the media, I can tell you that they've been a part of SA football culture since the early 70's (in slightly different forms over time, but vuvuzelas nonetheless). Before that there were other types of horns which someone would bring to a game.
However, up until the mid-late 90's, it was a most a quarter of supporters who would use them at any one game. I've been watching live football here since '84 and I got my first vuvuzela at the stadium while watching USA play Brazil at the Confed cup last year. They grew a bit more in popularity over the years. The Confed Cup and World Cup have brought hundreds of thousands of South Africans of all kinds to the game for the first time ever. Throw in some extra production of cheap plastic vuvuzelas, sell them to thousands of street vendors and hawkers, add some tourists looking for a taste of Africa, and you have a recipe for vuvuzela explosion. It may suck (blow?), but that's how it happened.
If by 'fairly recent' you meant 40 years or so, then I've just wasted five minutes of my life.
On that note, we had our first reported vuvuzela injury yesterday. A woman who had never used one before blew on it so hard that she ruptured her throat.
Yep, you've wasted five minutes. I hear people speak of them, quite frequently, as if they are the plastic version of some sacred "African" horn played for religious purposes.
The throat rupture is a victory for my side.
The throat rupture is a victory for my side.
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They're shit.
Just shit. Ban them.
Africa should be famous for its colourful song and dance - not an irritating drone.
Just shit. Ban them.
Africa should be famous for its colourful song and dance - not an irritating drone.
[quote author=Squiggles link=topic=40587.msg1123002#msg1123002 date=1276879732]
They're shit.
Just shit. Ban them.
Africa should be famous for its colourful song and dance - not an irritating drone.
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Yes.
Yes. Too late.
20,000 sold online to the UK. Apparently given out free with some newspaper as well. I think they'll be a ban placed on them in the premier league.
They're shit.
Just shit. Ban them.
Africa should be famous for its colourful song and dance - not an irritating drone.
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Yes.
Yes. Too late.
20,000 sold online to the UK. Apparently given out free with some newspaper as well. I think they'll be a ban placed on them in the premier league.
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Gandalf Goes to the World Cup
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Gandalf Goes to the World Cup
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That's fucking hilarious.
Classic.
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