FIFA World Cup 2010 South Africa - Page 12

speedfreak · 14-06-2010, 20:14

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Originally Posted by Niles Crane

[/COLOR]For people moaning about the vuzuzelas; i'm in SA and i've been to one match so far. Though it might not come through on TV, the atmosphere was great. Even with them being blown throughout a game, people are still singing and you can still hear normal fan chants etc. It's not just random noises either, different sections play tunes and have call and response chants to the sounds of the vuvuzelas.

Its bad enough you rubbing it in that you're out there without you also saying the noises arent as annoying

you should try sitting in front of our TV's

Hom3r · 14-06-2010, 20:15

Paraguay score.

the italains are big girls blouses, get up and stop holding your leg, he never touched you

Niles Crane · 14-06-2010, 20:30

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Originally Posted by speedfreak

Its bad enough you rubbing it in that you're out there without you also saying the noises arent as annoying

you should try sitting in front of our TV's

To be honest, even if i did find the sound annoying, the sight of so many people enjoying it would probably be enough to put up with it.

During the opening match we made our way from a fan park in Johannesburg to a church hall, to get a more enjoyable view. The streets were virtually empty, apart from the sound of vuzuzelas in the distance and the sight of people literally gathered outside shops to view the TVs inside. It was like a scene from a cheesy film.

Hom3r · 14-06-2010, 20:35

Glad I don't live in Somalia

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Somali militants have threatened football fans they will be publicly flogged - or worse - if they are caught watching the World Cup on TV.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/10307512.stm

SB_07 · 14-06-2010, 20:37

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Originally Posted by Hom3r

Glad I don't live in Somalia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/10307512.stm

BBC turning into the daily fail with that one.

DocDutch · 14-06-2010, 20:56

I've heard that news earlier in the year already......

and such a shame Italy scored

Hom3r · 14-06-2010, 23:32

So far no one seems to have really shined.

The so called big guns seem to have loaded blanks.

SB_07 · 14-06-2010, 23:35

BBC may offer 'vuvuzela free' games;

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010...cup?CMP=AFCYAH

danielf · 14-06-2010, 23:50

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Originally Posted by SB_07

BBC may offer 'vuvuzela free' games;

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010...cup?CMP=AFCYAH

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The BBC has received 220 complaints and, while it is committed to reflecting the atmosphere in the stadiums on its main coverage, it is believed to be looking into providing a so-called "clean" feed that would strip out the majority of crowd noise, via the red button.

That doesn't solve the problem imo. The problem is that the constant drone drowns out the crowd noise (on tv at least), which makes the game rather sterile to look at. I want to hear the crowd gathering behind the teams and getting excited over what goes on at the pitch. The vuvuzela drowns out the ebb and flow of the crowd noise, and makes it really hard to get into the game. It's not even clear who the drone is for...

I really have no problem with them being blown copiously for SA games if that's what South Africans are into, but having a constant drone during Holland-Denmark for instance makes no sense at all.

DocDutch · 15-06-2010, 00:12

Watching the Oranje earlier on I didnt hear the dutch drummers at all...they are normally at every World Cup

danielf · 15-06-2010, 00:20

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Originally Posted by DocDutch

Watching the Oranje earlier on I didnt hear the dutch drummers at all...they are normally at every World Cup

I didn't hear a trumpet followed by a mass 'aanvalluh' either.

SB_07 · 15-06-2010, 02:00

It may be part of SA culture but it's def not a part of world footballing culture, crowd noise is all part of the game. I miss the boooo's and ahhhh's and different chants.

papa smurf · 15-06-2010, 07:15

Peace at last? Quite possibly as the BBC says 'we can silence the vuvuzelas'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz0qtpgWoVt

is this constant drone driving you nuts ? the football has been on constantly in my house and this noise is driving me nuts .im surprised any one can concentrate of playing football with this dreadful din

what do you think of it ???

Paul K · 15-06-2010, 07:28

Stadium atmosphere is one thing but when one thing drowns everything else out then it gets a bit silly, maybe silencing is too much but surely reducing the level of the vuvuzelas a bit would be a start?

soup dragon · 15-06-2010, 08:28

they have just said on bbc breakfast that they can't really do much without losing other stadium sounds!