That was a very harsh ban, it was pretty much the truth, though the reason the Americans gave up on football was probably more to do with distancing themselves from British culture

Just joking.
Officially it should be:
Association football simulation game (FIFA) vs Gridiron football simulation game (Madden)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure Canada plays more handegg than soccer (what with the CFL and everything). So that's TWO countries, bitches.

And FIFA. Much more fluid, I like the pace more. But I like Madden as well, the strategic element can be great fun.

For me it`s do you want to play fifa or football(PES)?

There is no truth in what he said. Both canadian and american football were evolutions of rugby football at a time when canada was still a colony and the us civil war had just come to a close. It was simply that rugby was very popular in the colonies (see: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, US, etc). In each of the countries the sport (rugby) evolved to suit the people (evolved into australian football, canadian footbal, american football). As for the barely kick the ball that is simply not true. The ball is kicked to resume play following scoring, can be drop kicked at anytime by any player (canadian version...in this case drop kick refers to kicking the ball after bouncing it on the ground), can be punted at anytime by any player, is generally kicked on the last down, is kicked in order to score singles (canadian version), can be kicked for the one point conversion following a touchdown, can be kicked to score a field goal.

Compared to football, where only the goalie can touch the ball with his hands, you do barely kick the ball, seriously, football is called football because you spend nearly all your time kicking the ball!

Fifa is football so I don't understand this question.

WTF IS GOING ON WITH THAT???? Banned?


So we are back to the stage where America is the world?

I guess we should get terminology straight. If you are talking to an international audience then the vast majority of the audience is going to read "Football" and think: the game you play with a round ball, mostly using your feet, frequently using your head and if you are a certain Argentinian occasionally using your hand, that you try to get into a netted goal which scores you 1 point. The players roll around in agony whenever they fall over and that means they are a bunch of pansies. Some people will think: the game you play with a pointy oval shaped ball that you throw and catch and run around with trying to get yourself over a line and if you succeed you get 6 points, then if you kick it between some Y (ish) shaped structure you get an extra point. And the players all wear massive amounts of padding and helments, which makes them a bunch of pansies. Finally a very few will think: the game you play with a not so pointy oval shaped ball on a circular field with 4 loooong poles sticking out of the ground at each "end" (if there is such a thing in a circle) that if you kick the ball between the posts you get some points, how many points depends on which posts you manage to kick the ball between. The players wear really tight short shorts and tight tops, and this causes them to be a bunch of pansies. And those who prefer Rugby (Union or League) will simply think: Oh, their talking about that pansy game again, they should try a real sport, that's why League and Union don't work as video games.

Conclusion: who cares which one you prefer (irl or in video games), they're all for pansies.

I'm sure I've offended the sporting sensibilities of every mod on this site. So please take this post in the spirit that it is intended, i.e. a joke.

Oh and pansy =/= gay btw, so gay members please do not feel aggrieved. You are in no way to be associated with the above mentioned pansy-ness, unless you also play the above mentioned sports. In which case you are a pansy who happens to also be gay, which are totally unrelated states of being not to be conflated or confused with each other.