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Re:Cheating alleged after men's world conker champion found ... by lisper on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @02:33AM (#41845589)
Here's a video that explains it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLGuZZraIqg

And one from the championship:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5t6ej8Jzew

And here I was thinking that curling was the most ridiculous-looking sport in the world. I stand corrected.

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Re:Cheating alleged after men's world conker champion found ... by RandomThoughts3 on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @06:40AM (#41847143)
I don’t think conker players pretend it’s a sport. It would ihmo be more accurate to call it a game.
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Re:Cheating alleged after men's world conker champion found ... by lisper on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @11:51AM (#41849815)
s/sport/organized competitive activity/
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