This year event feels a bit too american

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Baseball, eggball, lacrosse…

Anything that isn’t popular just in us and canada maybe?

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You know these games are heavily popular in other countries, right?

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American football has been gaining worldwide popularity
Baseball is popular throughout the Americas
I’m fairly sure Lacrosse is equally popular across the world

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Yes. We need track. We need Roadhog in booty shorts.

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You misspelled Speedo.

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Baseball is more popular in Japan than America. Lacrosse isn’t even popular. I have no idea what it even is and I’m American. :confused:

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Hockey mixed with basket ball

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That’s… interesting.

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Baseball is pretty big in East Asia and Latin America, but I guess it’s “american” since it’s not popular in Europe.

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What other sports do you want to see?

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It really is an interesting sport. I’ve never played it cuz I don’t have any hand eye coordination, but basically the “puck” is a small ball thrown and caught from player to player with baskets tied to long sticks.

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That ball is so freakin’ small how do they even see it?! :astonished:

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Baseball is widely popular in the Caribbean and Japan. Lacrosse originated between native’s on the Canadian-American border region, and American football has been a thing in Reinhardt’s home country of Germany since they established the German Football League in 1979.

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For D.Va and Ana, technically jet ski as a brand originated from Japanese company Kawasaki and Cabana isn’t American/Canadian. :thinking:

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You can never have to much Murica!

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You got a problem with American sports or something?

I really don’t understand this hesitance to have a couple “american popularized” sports in the game when we already have: Track, weightlifting, soccer, hockey, and cricket.

Americans have some sports, other countries have some sports. People always gotta find something weird to be uncomfortable about.

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If this event feels to american wait until you see the chinese new year skins

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Incidentally there is a team in the GFL called the Rostock Griffins (compare to the “Gryphons Champions” on Rein’s shield). Though I wonder why they chose to reference Balderich instead of using a lion?

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I’m surprised there hasn’t been a golf skin for anyone yet (I think).

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