Kuky
July 4th, 2005, 04:51 PM
I'm generally not a big tennis fan, though I do enjoy watching the women's games, since every time they hit the ball, they give out an orgasmic "uunh!".
Anyway, my gf was watching Wimbledon the other day, and something started to bug me. If you look at the tennis scoring system (I don't know the actual full rules, but this is what I've gathered), they play in sets, and what counts is the number of sets you win, not the actual number of points you score. Which is good.... but what's with the silly point system (within a set), exactly?
*KERPOW*
Yes, scored 15 points!
*KABLAF*
Yes, scored 15 more points!
*BAFOOUM*
Yes, scored... huh? 10? wtf, mayte? Where's my other 5 points, bitch?
But I guess it doesn't matter, since winning the set (40 points) is what matters. But if that's all that matters anyway, then a long time ago, someone sat down and said "the scoring will go 15, 15, 10. Yes, that's intuitive!"... and some commitee said "yes, very good, that is perfectly acceptable and will not bother anyone, ever".
Like I said in the other post, I very much like being proven wrong about these things, since it boosts my optimism towards the human race. So, what is the significance of this "15/15/10" thing? I refuse to believe that there's actually no significance, and that people are so stupid as to accept "15 + 15 + 10 = 40" as a scoring scheme within sets that makes any kind of sense. Here's a hint, dumbass: "1 + 1 + 1 = 3"...
On a side note... when watching tennis, I can never tell which player is which, since they seem never to show any form of emotion, until the very end, when they win or lose. Like, someone will score a point... and then everyone will cheer... and then the camera zooms in on a player. I think it's probably the point-scorer, but you can't tell. Instead of showing signs of being somewhat happy they just scored, they just kinda look depressed and pace back and forth, like a professional poker player does when he loses a big pot... So there's a piece of me that thinks it's the player that got scored on... just commenting for no reason :).
Anyway, my gf was watching Wimbledon the other day, and something started to bug me. If you look at the tennis scoring system (I don't know the actual full rules, but this is what I've gathered), they play in sets, and what counts is the number of sets you win, not the actual number of points you score. Which is good.... but what's with the silly point system (within a set), exactly?
*KERPOW*
Yes, scored 15 points!
*KABLAF*
Yes, scored 15 more points!
*BAFOOUM*
Yes, scored... huh? 10? wtf, mayte? Where's my other 5 points, bitch?
But I guess it doesn't matter, since winning the set (40 points) is what matters. But if that's all that matters anyway, then a long time ago, someone sat down and said "the scoring will go 15, 15, 10. Yes, that's intuitive!"... and some commitee said "yes, very good, that is perfectly acceptable and will not bother anyone, ever".
Like I said in the other post, I very much like being proven wrong about these things, since it boosts my optimism towards the human race. So, what is the significance of this "15/15/10" thing? I refuse to believe that there's actually no significance, and that people are so stupid as to accept "15 + 15 + 10 = 40" as a scoring scheme within sets that makes any kind of sense. Here's a hint, dumbass: "1 + 1 + 1 = 3"...
On a side note... when watching tennis, I can never tell which player is which, since they seem never to show any form of emotion, until the very end, when they win or lose. Like, someone will score a point... and then everyone will cheer... and then the camera zooms in on a player. I think it's probably the point-scorer, but you can't tell. Instead of showing signs of being somewhat happy they just scored, they just kinda look depressed and pace back and forth, like a professional poker player does when he loses a big pot... So there's a piece of me that thinks it's the player that got scored on... just commenting for no reason :).