MTG Salvation

What I don't get about Suarez is that this attitude is so... unnecessary.
He's easily among the best forward players out there, there was absolutely no need for him to do this. Not once, not twice, absolutely not three times.

Still, I'm happy for Uruguay for the win. Just lamenting that they could have gotten a clean and nice win, instead of one tarnished by this.

I actually believe that, despite the loss, England still has a better chance of qualification than Uruguay (unfortunately, for me).

The needed scenario would probably be for Italy to win against Costa Rica and against Uruguay, and for England to win against Costa Rica. That seems perfectly reasonable and, actually, it seems like the most probable results.

This would mean that Italy would have 9 points, and all the other teams would have 3 points each, making it a tiebreaker based on goal difference - and England has a good opportunity to be ahead of Uruguay in that department.

I'm really looking forward to England x Uruguay.
Both because I think it will be a good game, and because I'm mainly supporting Uruguay - and, after losing to Costa Rica, they need to win this one if they want to have any chance at advancing.

And sorry, Spain supporters, but I'm glad that Spain isn't advancing. Their football style might be (or have been) effective, but I've always found it dull and boring to watch.

Pretty weak display from Brazil. Thankfully the officials didn't gave in to the silly attempts at creating fake penalties, near the end. That would have been disgraceful.
Mexico played better than Brazil today, frankly. Pretty solid defense and good counter-attack.

So, the Goal Line technology ended up being relevant. Hopefully they might start considering the use of technology to help other decisions as well.

I support Uruguay, but... that 3-1 was totally deserved.

Uruguay was playing with a weirdly slow pace, and lacked the ability to bring the ball forward.
Costa Rica was much better than I expected. And, apparently, much better than Uruguay expected, too.

I'm really curious to see how Group D will turn out.
Hoping for a goal-heavy win of Uruguay over Costa Rica, but I don't know what to expect between Italy and England.

And there's a chance that the result of the next match, Chile vs. Australia, might end up becoming relevant for Spain survival.

I'm happy for Netherlands. That's a team that really deserves to win a World Cup someday - they get so close so often.
Looks like they'll be strong contenders yet again this year.

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Refusing to use instant video footage for decisions is one of the silliest things about football, for me.

Mexico x Cameroon is empathizing this, for me.

Refusing to use instant video footage for decisions is one of the silliest things about football, for me.

A bit late, but my "predictions":

From Group A:
Brazil
Croatia

From Group B:
Spain
Netherlands

From Group C:
Colombia
Ivory Coast

From Group D:
Italy
Uruguay

From Group E:
France
Switzerland

From Group F:
Argentina
Iran

From Group G:
Germany
Portugal

From Group H:
Belgium
Russia

Round of 16:
Brazil wins against Netherlands
Uruguay wins against Colombia
France wins against Iran
Germany wins against Russia
Spain wins against Croatia
Italy wins against Ivory Coast
Argentina wins against Switzerland
Belgium wins against Portugal

Round of 8:
Uruguay wins against Brazil
Germany wins against France
Spain wins against Italy
Argentina wins against Belgium

Semi-Finals:
Uruguay wins against Germany
Argentina wins against Spain

Third-Place Match:
Spain wins against Germany

Final:
Uruguay wins against Argentina

I did use quotation marks.

I... at least I hope that Lesnar stays as a fulltimer now.
It would be a shame to waste such a big push on a part timer who, at the end of the day, never needed it.

But.. still, holy crap. Never expected it, not this year.

Quote from Centucky Fried Faerie

Has anybody just seen that 3vs3 TLC match? If that wasn't awesome, I don't know what is.

Match of the year candidate, for me. That was completely awesome.

For me, it's something around this:

1. Crusader Kings 2
2. Civilization V: Gods and Kings
3. Elemental: Fallen Enchantress
4. Orcs Must Die! 2
5. Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion
6. Endless Space
7. Torchlight 2
8. King's Bounty: Warriors of the North
9. Guild Wars 2
10. Mark of the Ninja

I'm obviously biased towards Strategy games, but I play pretty much every genre. I must add, this was a fantastic year for PC Gaming for me, with many great games - there are actually some that I still didn't got a chance to play properly, like Warlock and X-COM.