Who's watching the World Cup?

glitches · 12-02-2022, 10:02 PM

Does anybody else feel the point system in the world cup is retarded as fuck?!?! Let me get this straight...you can win a game but if you don't have enough points you still get eliminated?? So it doesn't even matter who wins the game at the end? Maybe I'm too American for saying this doesn't make sense to me but maybe someone here can help me understand. Or do you guys agreee...smh lol

vicious11 · 12-02-2022, 11:02 PM

(12-02-2022, 10:02 PM)glitches Wrote: Does anybody else feel the point system in the world cup is retarded as fuck?!?! Let me get this straight...you can win a game but if you don't have enough points you still get eliminated?? So it doesn't even matter who wins the game at the end? Maybe I'm too American for saying this doesn't make sense to me but maybe someone here can help me understand. Or do you guys agreee...smh lol

Thats why its called a group stage. Teams gather points by playing each team once so that there is a fair outcome. Top 2 teams go through. Makes sense to me

glitches · 12-03-2022, 02:48 AM

(12-02-2022, 11:02 PM)vicious11 Wrote:
(12-02-2022, 10:02 PM)glitches Wrote: Does anybody else feel the point system in the world cup is retarded as fuck?!?! Let me get this straight...you can win a game but if you don't have enough points you still get eliminated?? So it doesn't even matter who wins the game at the end? Maybe I'm too American for saying this doesn't make sense to me but maybe someone here can help me understand. Or do you guys agreee...smh lol
Thats why its called a group stage. Teams gather points by playing each team once so that there is a fair outcome. Top 2 teams go through. Makes sense to me

Ok I'm trying to make sense of that, really, I am. So then if a team doen't have enough points to advance to the next round why not just eliminate them starting from that moment? Why make them play another game that, even if they win, they don't qualify to stay in the cup? I'm still not getting it huh?? lol

vicious11 · 12-03-2022, 11:31 PM

(12-03-2022, 02:48 AM)glitches Wrote:
(12-02-2022, 11:02 PM)vicious11 Wrote:
(12-02-2022, 10:02 PM)glitches Wrote: Does anybody else feel the point system in the world cup is retarded as fuck?!?! Let me get this straight...you can win a game but if you don't have enough points you still get eliminated?? So it doesn't even matter who wins the game at the end? Maybe I'm too American for saying this doesn't make sense to me but maybe someone here can help me understand. Or do you guys agreee...smh lol
Thats why its called a group stage. Teams gather points by playing each team once so that there is a fair outcome. Top 2 teams go through. Makes sense to me
Ok I'm trying to make sense of that, really, I am. So then if a team doen't have enough points to advance to the next round why not just eliminate them starting from that moment? Why make them play another game that, even if they win, they don't qualify to stay in the cup? I'm still not getting it huh?? lol

Thats because even if they wont qualify to stay in the cup, the other team may be fighting for a spot in the top 2 and they need to points to finish above the other 2 teams playing in the other games. They all play each other once to make the points "worth the same" as 3 points against Qatar for example is going to be easier than 3 points against england. Even if they may not qualify if they win, the team they are playing against may do.