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Not Completely OT: Euro 2012
Those of you following the tournament are aware that all of the games are being played in either Poland or Ukraine. I like football (soccer) anyway but I feel that this year's Euros are a bit special because I've spent so much time -in my imagination, that is- in Poland. I've learned so much about Polish history and culture over the past five years, nearly all because of my interest in T2K. I really enjoy seeing what I can of the country on the telly.
For example, today's Spain vs. Ireland game was played in Gdansk. For the past three or four years, I've played in a PbP set in Gdansk. During the mandatory aerial shots, I kept looking for landmarks that I might recognize from the game. It was almost surreal. I nearly told my wife "I've been there before" before I fully realized what I was about to say. Anyway, I figured that some of you might want to chat about the tournament so I figured I would start a thread for that purpose.
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And I've been over there with map recons do much, and with google maps now, I feel I too have 'been there'. It would be nice someday to actually travel some of the routes in RL that I have in games. Oh well something for the bucket list. Grae |
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Poland played Russia today in Warsaw. There was a fairly charged Russia Day march to the stadium that drew some protests and led to some injuries and arrests. Apparently, there is still quite a bit of bad blood between Poles and Russians.
The game was a pretty good 1-1 draw. They showed an aerial shot of the stadium in Warsaw during halftime- it's right on the Vistula. My PbP had an episode there where my players lauched a rescue mission to free a group of civilian hostages being held in the stadium by the Black Baron's men. The Baron was using de facto slave labor to build a fort there, on the ruins of the old stadium. Anyway, it was kind of trippy seeing the area on TV.
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I have no doubt this is the case. I mean Poland has been overrun by Russians time and again. Stalin and Hitler had plans to divide the country and DID until Adolf decided he wanted Moscow too.
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I wonder why "canon" Twilight 2000 doesn't have more Polish units deserting and joining NATO. I guess the fear/hatred of Germans and Communist control over Polish government institutions supersedes hatred of the Russians. |
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I'm sad to report that Poland is out of the Euros. The Czech's saw to that. The Russians are also out, after a shock defeat to Greece. The announcers made a joke at the end of the match saying "the Greeks may be out of the Eurozone, but they're still in Euro 2012". Clever.
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