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Who will win the 2014 FIFA World Cup?

Brazil
6
2%
Argentina
42
12%
Germany
231
68%
Colombia
4
1%
Netherlands
35
10%
France
1
0%
Belgium
2
1%
Costa Rica
18
5%
 
Total votes : 339
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Destiny Island
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Postby Destiny Island » Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:30 pm

Oh dear lord my sides.
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Equestrian States
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Postby Equestrian States » Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:30 pm

BEST. GAME. EVER.
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Nazis in Space
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Postby Nazis in Space » Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:30 pm

Holy shit.

Anyone predicted this?

Anywhere?

What were the betting quotas?
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Postby Forsher » Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:30 pm

The Archregimancy wrote:For the neutral, this is a really good game; easily the best of the three so far.

Though I'll have to respectfully disagree with my Dutch moderator colleague; I do think Spain's penalty was entirely justified.

Still, doesn't look like it's really going to matter now.....


Ref disagrees and evened it up by allowing goal three, apparently. I didn't think there was anything wrong with that.

The fourth is great though. It's Bayern/Barca or Real/Bayern now...
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Postby Agritum » Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:30 pm

The World Champions of 2010 in 2014 remind me of the ones of 2006 in 2010.
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The Treorai
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Postby The Treorai » Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:30 pm

Did I just see someone with a Cascadian flag in the crowd?

Holy first touch batman.
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Postby Maineiacs » Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:31 pm

Apparently, the Dutch were really looking for revenge for 2010. :shock:
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Postby Forsher » Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:31 pm

Agritum wrote:The World Champions of 2010 in 2014 remind me of the ones of 2006 in 2010.


Netherlands are a good side though. NZ not so much. Spain are still better than Italy was.
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Stop making shit up, though. Links, or it's a God-damn lie and you know it.

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Postby Destiny Island » Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:31 pm

Where is the octopus when you need him?
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Postby Eastern Equestria » Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:31 pm

Spain is getting shat on. Way to go, Iker Casillas.
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The Treorai
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Postby The Treorai » Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:31 pm

Herrebrugh wrote:4-1!

ESPN says 1-4, but we'll just have to agree to disagree.
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Dumb Ideologies wrote:It's a situation intrinsic to the committed ideologue. Whenever one makes a counter-argument the goalposts seem not only to move in two dimensions but also float several hundred thousand miles above the pitch whilst wearing cast-iron earplugs.

Rainbows and Rivers wrote:Dictators blaming America for all their problems? That's new.

Caninope wrote:If I think in my mind that the book sitting in front of me is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows when it is in fact Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, 11th Edition, then it doesn't make me any more objectively correct.
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Postby The Treorai » Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:32 pm

Forsher wrote:
Agritum wrote:The World Champions of 2010 in 2014 remind me of the ones of 2006 in 2010.


Netherlands are a good side though. NZ not so much. Spain are still better than Italy was.

Lol sheep.
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Dumb Ideologies wrote:It's a situation intrinsic to the committed ideologue. Whenever one makes a counter-argument the goalposts seem not only to move in two dimensions but also float several hundred thousand miles above the pitch whilst wearing cast-iron earplugs.

Rainbows and Rivers wrote:Dictators blaming America for all their problems? That's new.

Caninope wrote:If I think in my mind that the book sitting in front of me is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows when it is in fact Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, 11th Edition, then it doesn't make me any more objectively correct.
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Postby Herrebrugh » Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:32 pm

The Treorai wrote:
Herrebrugh wrote:4-1!

ESPN says 1-4, but we'll just have to agree to disagree.


Sorry. I'm used to putting the larger number before the smaller one, which indeed isn't correct, but oh well.
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The Treorai
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Postby The Treorai » Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:33 pm

Herrebrugh wrote:
The Treorai wrote:ESPN says 1-4, but we'll just have to agree to disagree.


Sorry. I'm used to putting the larger number before the smaller one, which indeed isn't correct, but oh well.

Well, I was just joking, but more power to you for admitting fault.
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Dumb Ideologies wrote:It's a situation intrinsic to the committed ideologue. Whenever one makes a counter-argument the goalposts seem not only to move in two dimensions but also float several hundred thousand miles above the pitch whilst wearing cast-iron earplugs.

Rainbows and Rivers wrote:Dictators blaming America for all their problems? That's new.

Caninope wrote:If I think in my mind that the book sitting in front of me is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows when it is in fact Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, 11th Edition, then it doesn't make me any more objectively correct.
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Postby Forsher » Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:33 pm

The Treorai wrote:
Forsher wrote:
Netherlands are a good side though. NZ not so much. Spain are still better than Italy was.

Lol sheep.


We've upgraded to cows. More money in cows.
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Stop making shit up, though. Links, or it's a God-damn lie and you know it.

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We won't know until 2053 when it'll be really obvious what he should've done. [...] We have no option but to guess.
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Postby Destiny Island » Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:33 pm

Herrebrugh wrote:
The Treorai wrote:ESPN says 1-4, but we'll just have to agree to disagree.


Sorry. I'm used to putting the larger number before the smaller one, which indeed isn't correct, but oh well.

Generally, you put the one who just scored a goal first when talking in sports.
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The Treorai
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Postby The Treorai » Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:34 pm

They have rain in Brazil?
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Dumb Ideologies wrote:It's a situation intrinsic to the committed ideologue. Whenever one makes a counter-argument the goalposts seem not only to move in two dimensions but also float several hundred thousand miles above the pitch whilst wearing cast-iron earplugs.

Rainbows and Rivers wrote:Dictators blaming America for all their problems? That's new.

Caninope wrote:If I think in my mind that the book sitting in front of me is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows when it is in fact Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, 11th Edition, then it doesn't make me any more objectively correct.
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Postby Dangelia » Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:34 pm

IM LOVING THIS!!!! SUCK IT SPAIN!!!!!!!! :lol: :lol: :clap: :clap: :rofl: :rofl: :clap:
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Postby Constaniana » Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:34 pm

The Treorai wrote:They have rain in Brazil?

You can't have a rainforest without rain.
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Postby Agritum » Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:34 pm

The Treorai wrote:They have rain in Brazil?

Have you ever heard of the Amazonian RAINforest?
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Postby The Treorai » Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:35 pm

Forsher wrote:
The Treorai wrote:Lol sheep.


We've upgraded to cows. More money in cows.

Better milk, I hear.

Not nearly as lovable though.
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Dumb Ideologies wrote:It's a situation intrinsic to the committed ideologue. Whenever one makes a counter-argument the goalposts seem not only to move in two dimensions but also float several hundred thousand miles above the pitch whilst wearing cast-iron earplugs.

Rainbows and Rivers wrote:Dictators blaming America for all their problems? That's new.

Caninope wrote:If I think in my mind that the book sitting in front of me is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows when it is in fact Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, 11th Edition, then it doesn't make me any more objectively correct.
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Postby Alyakia » Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:35 pm

Herrebrugh wrote:
The Treorai wrote:ESPN says 1-4, but we'll just have to agree to disagree.


Sorry. I'm used to putting the larger number before the smaller one, which indeed isn't correct, but oh well.


eh

no one in the history of ever has shouted ONE FOUR!!! down the streets

e: and anyone that ever says nil one just sounds silly
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Postby The Blaatschapen » Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:36 pm

So, I need to bribe violet.

My name should be orange, not red :blush:
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Postby The Treorai » Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:36 pm

Agritum wrote:
The Treorai wrote:They have rain in Brazil?

Have you ever heard of the Amazonian RAINforest?

I assumed it was sort of like the Iceland/Greenland dynamic.
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Dumb Ideologies wrote:It's a situation intrinsic to the committed ideologue. Whenever one makes a counter-argument the goalposts seem not only to move in two dimensions but also float several hundred thousand miles above the pitch whilst wearing cast-iron earplugs.

Rainbows and Rivers wrote:Dictators blaming America for all their problems? That's new.

Caninope wrote:If I think in my mind that the book sitting in front of me is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows when it is in fact Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, 11th Edition, then it doesn't make me any more objectively correct.
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Postby Forsher » Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:36 pm

Who is Lens, what does he do?
That it Could be What it Is, Is What it Is

Stop making shit up, though. Links, or it's a God-damn lie and you know it.

The normie life is heteronormie

We won't know until 2053 when it'll be really obvious what he should've done. [...] We have no option but to guess.
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