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<blockquote data-quote="RoosTah" data-source="post: 729448" data-attributes="member: 12207"><p>Is Handball really a pro sport? Wow... I've always thought it was one of those amateur sports that pops up on the odd uni campus. Weird to think it's pro. It just looks so lame - like it can't work out whether it wants to be basketball or soccer and isn't as interesting as either. </p><p></p><p></p><p>But in any case, I think the fact that it's only really big in the Nordic countries and Germany (and even then it'd be niche after soccer and ice hockey) wouldn't make it easy for a viable games market to develop for it. Half my family are from Sweden, so I might ask them about it though out of interest, but none have ever mentioned the sport to me (usually they're mad about Ice Hockey up there).</p><p></p><p></p><p>As for Volleyball - who really wants to play a video game of that? Sure it's fun on holiday at the beach, but thinking about the way the sport is played doesn't make for an appealing sounding video game.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's a funny situation that the Nazis would have used soccer for propaganda and the sport would still thrive afterwards.</p><p></p><p></p><p>In any case, it's something of a shame Germany never embraced any of the contact football codes like Rugby Union or even League... I have a feeling Germany would be very good at the game if you were into it. Although somehow I imagine that a top line pro German team would play a game much like the Springboks; very physical and technically well executed, but not necessarily with much flair.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RoosTah, post: 729448, member: 12207"] Is Handball really a pro sport? Wow... I've always thought it was one of those amateur sports that pops up on the odd uni campus. Weird to think it's pro. It just looks so lame - like it can't work out whether it wants to be basketball or soccer and isn't as interesting as either. But in any case, I think the fact that it's only really big in the Nordic countries and Germany (and even then it'd be niche after soccer and ice hockey) wouldn't make it easy for a viable games market to develop for it. Half my family are from Sweden, so I might ask them about it though out of interest, but none have ever mentioned the sport to me (usually they're mad about Ice Hockey up there). As for Volleyball - who really wants to play a video game of that? Sure it's fun on holiday at the beach, but thinking about the way the sport is played doesn't make for an appealing sounding video game. It's a funny situation that the Nazis would have used soccer for propaganda and the sport would still thrive afterwards. In any case, it's something of a shame Germany never embraced any of the contact football codes like Rugby Union or even League... I have a feeling Germany would be very good at the game if you were into it. Although somehow I imagine that a top line pro German team would play a game much like the Springboks; very physical and technically well executed, but not necessarily with much flair. [/QUOTE]
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