Leo/Amlan: The Great Soccer-Debate

A Story by Abishai100

A revealing debate between a random American and a European-soccer fan about the strange intrigue surrounding 'diagram' sports.

A fun social-sports debate-vignette about the symbolic value of the celebrated game of world-soccer, inspired loosely by Hotshot.

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A movie-star in the West named Leo was debating/chatting with a big European soccer fan named Amlan about the special place in civilization that world-soccer held in the new era of broadcast sports. You see, Leo wasn't a huge fan of soccer, though he'd made a 'celebrity-fan' appearance in a certain English soccer match. Leo was arguing with Amlan who insisted that soccer somehow 'typified' or 're-presented' the geometrics or ergonomics of human coordination of teamwork and skill presentation, which made it a terrific 'field-example' of strength and spirit choreography and hence a 'world symbol' or 'diadem' for globalism activity. However, Leo, playing the proverbial 'Devil's Advocate' here in this small/iconic social online (anonymous!) debate/chat, argued in retort that soccer remained a 'personal' activity and would therefore be potentially 'extrapolated' by any direction based on the 'bias/preference' of the spectator and hence didn't have to 'necessarily' serve as any valued world-symbol of social activity! The stage was set for a rather fun and light-hearted debate about the nature of socialization analysis between these two 'rather opposite' figures in the West!

LEO: Why'd you insist soccer is some 'extension' of the human activity, dude?
AMLAN: Well, it seems to 'cast' our strange imagination about coordinated activity!
LEO: I think, personally, it's no more 'unique' than, say, tennis or baseball or badminton.
AMLAN: I disagree; it seems to symbolize a special 'athletic' regarding coordinated labor.
LEO: Well, certainly, equestrian-sports are 'magical' and hence symbolize wonders of labor.
AMLAN: Sure; a horse and a human interact with a special 'psychic' bond!
LEO: So, how's soccer so much more special, in terms of 'coordinated' activity?
AMLAN: If you look at how popular soccer has become in video-game media, you see energy.
LEO: Energy, dude?
AMLAN: Sure, man; cyber-soccer is a nice 'toast' to coordination imagination and free-play!

LEO: Well, I'm sure fans of equestrian sports enjoy horse-riding video-game experiences, right?
AMLAN: Yes, of course; but there's no connection.

LEO: Yes, there is; soccer is a random sport with random preference/fans, just like any other.
AMLAN: No; soccer, unlike any other sport (like horse-riding!) is a reflection of team-orchestration.
LEO: So why then are soccer-stars (in Europe!) for example considered so much 'stand-out' celebrities?
AMLAN: Soccer 'legends' like Maradona, Cruyff, and Ronaldinho exemplify star-strike amidst team-management.
LEO: You get the same thing in baseball --- star-striking amidst a 'sea' of team-choreography (e.g., Babe Ruth/Yankees)!
AMLAN: You are not completely incorrect, man; but baseball is much more individual-meditation friendly.
LEO: You're saying soccer requires a more 'sublime' contemplation of the individual's gifts within a team-dance?
AMLAN: Yes, and I'd argue no other sport offers such an experience.

LEO: Why then is soccer mainly a 'video-game experience' in America (unlike Europe)?
AMLAN: In my opinion, Americans prefer the cyber-dance of 'simulated soccer' because of the 'virtual' tension!

LEO: So, in America, soccer remains a 'video-game thrill' (mostly), since Americans prefer 'individual' achievements?
AMLAN: I think that's mostly correct, even though there're obvious examples of team-excellence in American sports.
LEO: So, what's the 'lure' of video-games (and soccer) among Americans (really)?
AMLAN: Perhaps Americans are drawn into the virtual synthetics of team-strategy in simulated soccer.

LEO: Whereas in Europe, you have a 'sea' of raging fans in packed stadiums cheering for their 'god-like' soccer-players?
AMLAN: Precisely; it's become a rather Earth-intensive 'diary' activity.

LEO: Maybe soccer will be remembered not unlike...backgammon!

AMLAN: It's certainly as colorful.

Leo/Amlan enjoyed chatting/debating with each other about the 'matrix imagination' of world-soccer as a social activity or even home-media 'simulation' experience (video-games in America!). Amlan talked about the funny link between team-soccer and matrix-math number coordinations/arrays revealing 'strange magic' about evoked maximums/modes, while Leo talked about how it's perhaps really become a 'diadem' for choreographed and hence 'mathematical'...distancing.