Customer Review: Glad to find it!You can't get this product at the retail level, so I'm thankful for Amazon. It arrived quickly and my daughter (age 11) really enjoyed watching these strong, young ladies claw their way to the top of the soccer world!
Customer Review: US Men's Soccer Team Should Be This Gutsy
First, let me state that I'm Greek-American; therefore, I am a soccer nut. Soccer is the original football and, in Europe, it's rarely called soccer - it's called football. The game is 90 minutes with a 15-20 minute halftime. Hands are not used - only the legs, feet, head, and shoulders. There are no downs, no outs, no tangle of bodies. A beef with a ref will get you a yellow card and another beef will get you a red card, meaning you will sit out the next 3 games and your team must play 1 player short. The US Men's team needs to be as gutsy as these women - they kick for goal 50-75% downfield, and their teammates go after that ball. They take 200% more risks than the men - and they're better. However, the core of this documentary, aside from it being the departure of several members at once because of injuries, age, and "it's time", is their genuine camaraderie, love of the game, and love for one another. They mentor the new players and cheer them on. They truly LIKE each other and you don't see petty rivalry. One demonstration of their feelings for one another is when Mia Hamm lost her older brother to cancer and was with her family when a major game was being played. Every one of her teammates came onto the playing field wearing a black armband as a symbol of their mourning for her loss. Babies come to soccer practice while their moms are getting back into shape and other team members take care of them. Those who retired, retired at the top. The new team, with still some of the older members, has learned the meaning of friendship from these women. They really do like one another, and that's what makes a good team. In fact, I can't even recall any players ever receiving a yellow or red card, or a foul. I love European men's soccer and watch it all the time, especially the teams I really like. Men (especially the US Men's team) take heed - you can learn a lot from the US Women's team. THIS is how soccer should be played.
Anyone who knows me will be shocked at how close I came to spending lots of money to buy Conan gold. After all I've readily made fun out of people who have done just that in other games - so how come I came so close to doing the same?
Well the simple fact is that after two weeks playing when I could - I still reckon half the rowers on that slave ship had more financial assets that I did. Once I even logged in with the single goal of bringing my alt off the poverty line - spent all evening trying to get as much gold as possible. I did use some tips I found on internet forums but they didn't seem to help - 'harvest everything' seems like a good idea but the bank balance hardly budges - 'there's riches in leather' I was told in Age of Conan - well there might be but I couldn't find it. All the well meaning tips made me some money but painfully slowly and to be honest it was very, very boring.
This is when I decided to start considering spending some of my real cash to buy Conan gold. I browsed around the gold sites - some of them looked very professional although the spelling was pretty awful on a lot of them ( I suspect english is not the main language of the majority of these sellers!). I think I first went off the idea when I saw a few that said 100% safe - now I know that buying gold in Age of Conan is not allowed - it's quite clearly stated in the conditions of the game. Now I've no idea if funcom would actually ban anyone or suspend their account but they quite clearly reserve the rights to do so - if anyone states that something is 100% safe they are clearly lying.
I actually then did some more research and found out that some of these sites rely on hacking into accounts to get their gold supplies - hah they wouldn't get far with mine ! This is actually a huge problem with World of Warcraft with thousands of accounts compromised by these companies. Anyway I didn't want anything to do with this after reading more - even if 99% of the gold firms were legitimate I would have no way of knowing if I had chosen badly even if I got my gold.
Anyway in the end I decided it was find another game to play or try one or two of these so called Conan gold guides. I bought two of them and was rather impressed - one of the guides was excellent. The best bit about the guides was the detail - very specific instructions on how to make the most gold out of a specific activity.
None of this just skin creatures for leather - but exactly where to go, what to take and where to sell it. Someone spent some serious time working all this stuff out and by jingo it works.
If you're interested in the guide that I referred to you, you can find out more at the link below. Although I have to say my horse was somewhat of a disappointment - I keep falling off the stupid thing!
All the best
John
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