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    Does Eorzea have Baseball?

    I didn't know whether to post in in General Discussion or Lore. Does Eorzea have baseball? The goblins seem to be fans because their camps are all named after positions in baseball, shortstop, longstop, etc.

    Do Eorzeans actually play any sports? Does such a thing exist?
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    Not that we know of?

    Goblin names tend to be descriptive; Brayflox Alltalks is named as such likely because she talks to everybody (and often) despite goblins generally being rather brusque, and Quikthinx Allthoughts is probably named as such because he's a quick thinker who wants to control all thoughts.

    The Longstop is probably named as such because it's somewhere you're stopping at for a long time. Conversely, the Shortstop is a place you're stopping at for a short time.

    (And there is no "longstop" position in baseball. In cricket, but not in baseball.)

    That's not to say there are no Eorzean sports, or that they don't have any analogues to real-world sports on Hydaelyn. Just that the goblin place names are... probably not referencing baseball (or another real-world sport).
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    Yoshida did mention one time that we could get Blitzball...
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    Ul'dahans talk an aweful lot about Thal's balls, but I suppose that could be a golf reference as easily as baseball.
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    Honest answer: No. There's no signs of any earth sports. Although if the lore people were to ever write about it, some Eorzean stuff would probably be similar... but generally it seems Square prefers to keep Final Fantasy sports fictional. (And who can blame them, national leagues are litigation nightmares).

    Goblin names are a quirk of their linguistics.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Naraku_Diabolos View Post
    Yoshida did mention one time that we could get Blitzball...
    That sounds awful!

    Ehh, maybe if it was more real time instead of how it was in FF10
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    Technically, we have chocobo racing. Horse racing is a real thing, although it would be classified as a spectator sport rather than an athletic one like baseball.
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    Well, there is the basketball mini game at the Gold Saucer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DragonSlayer45 View Post
    Well, there is the basketball mini game at the Gold Saucer.
    That's true. I forget about the Gold Saucer mini games because I don't play them, lol. But I don't know if any of those mini games would be considered canon or not. The Gold Saucer is a side attraction, and doesn't have anything to do with any storylines.

    As for Blitzball, I HATED it with a burning passion in X, and am really hesitant to see it be put in XIV. If Yoshi-P decides to put it in, I only hope that the mechanics are VASTLY improved.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ShionRasenka View Post
    That's true. I forget about the Gold Saucer mini games because I don't play them, lol. But I don't know if any of those mini games would be considered canon or not. The Gold Saucer is a side attraction, and doesn't have anything to do with any storylines.

    As for Blitzball, I HATED it with a burning passion in X, and am really hesitant to see it be put in XIV. If Yoshi-P decides to put it in, I only hope that the mechanics are VASTLY improved.
    Same, Blitzball was my bane in FFX >< - also Blitzball played such an important part in FFX's storyline, it just... wouldn't make any sense having it plonked here! Fanservice is one thing... but, I don't know, I guess I'd rather SE implement some new large-scale minigame instead of just rehashing a minigame from a previous FF title again.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rannie View Post
    Aaaaannnd now I just had a mental image of Lahabrea walking into a store called Bodies R Us and trying on different humans.... >.<

    Lahabrea: hn too tall... tooo short.... Juuuuuust right.
    Venat was right.

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