Russia 2018: World Cup mascot Zabivaka the wolf unveiled in Moscow
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Russia have unveiled their mascot for the 2018 World Cup – Zabivaka the wolf.
Zabivaka, whose name means “the one who scores” in Russian is described as “charming, confident and social” and has “always dreamt of becoming a football star”, received 53% of the one million votes in a Fifa poll, beating competition from a tiger who got 27% and cat which collected 20%. He was developed by student designer Ekaterina Bocharova.
“I am sure Zabivaka will be a massive hit among fans at the Confederations Cup in 2017 and 2018 World Cup,” said Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko.
Zabivaka’s biography on Fifa.com:
[video=youtube;s4qXq_1w0ac]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4qXq_1w0ac[/video]
He is charming, confident and social and has always dreamt of becoming a football star.
His favourite sporting pastime is playing football. He is a fair player, values his team members and respects his opponents, and he plays with skill and purpose.
He is always fun to be around - as the joker in the pack, he knows how to make others laugh.
He has taken to wearing cool sports glasses when he’s in action; he believes they give him special targeting powers on the pitch. And he loves to pose for photos.
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via [URL="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/oct/21/russia-2018-zabivaka-world-cup-mascot"]theguardian[/URL]
I can't believe how much of [I]that[/I] art I have seen while searching for an images for this article. :nope:
Zabit' (забить) is also slang for "stop giving shit about something"
Explains the massive amounts of furry porn of this guy I saw lately. You don't even neec to look for it, it's fucking everywhere.
You're still not winning me over Russia.
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I think it's nice
[media]https://twitter.com/rootsworks/status/789912048758984704?s=09[/media]
There's a bunch of gay porn of the mascot already, it's about half and half between people thinking it's hot and, I guess it's protest porn?
I've been seeing this fucker in gay furry porn and solo pics for the past few days
[editline]25th October 2016[/editline]
they could've at least made the cat cute
Bork Bork Soccer Bork Bork.
[QUOTE=VintageCat;51257626]Zabit' (забить) is also slang for "stop giving shit about something"[/QUOTE]
So not only does it mean "(to) forget"? Neat.
[QUOTE=Plaster;51257735]So not only does it mean "(to) forget"? Neat.[/QUOTE]
The word you're probably referring to is pronounced slightly differently from the one mentioned, and is a different word in general.
[QUOTE=antianan;51257740]The word you're probably referring to is pronounced slightly differently from the one mentioned, and is a different word in general.[/QUOTE]
Zabut would mean "forget it" if you mean that.
[QUOTE=VintageCat;51257626]Zabit' (забить) is also slang for "stop giving shit about something"[/QUOTE]
And it's also a slang for an idiot over here. So it's going to be a bit awkward pronouncing it by our commentators lol.
[QUOTE=Plaster;51257745]Zabut would mean "forget it" if you mean that.[/QUOTE]
yeah they sound pretty similar, but забЫть means "to forget" while забИть means "to score"/"to hammer down"/etc.
[QUOTE={TFS} Rock Su;51257751]And it's also a slang for an idiot over here. So it's going to be a bit awkward pronouncing it by our commentators lol.[/QUOTE]
Now I'm not sure if I should be happy or annoyed that my parents didn't teach me that these words could also be used as slang.
[editline]25th October 2016[/editline]
[QUOTE=antianan;51257754]yeah they sound pretty similar, but забЫть means "to forget" while забИть means "to score"/"to hammer down"/etc.[/QUOTE]
Ohh that zabit is being meant here, oops
[editline]25th October 2016[/editline]
I've never learned to write in russian, only speak and a little bit of reading. Sorry
[QUOTE=antianan;51257754]забЫть means "to forget" while забИть means "to score"/"to hammer down"/etc.[/QUOTE]
I fucking hate this
ы can go fuck itself
I've been trying to learn to write in Russian for a fair amount of time now and ы and ь are the two shits that fuck me over.
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I've never learned to write in russian, only speak and a little bit of reading. Sorry[/QUOTE]
Well I only know how to count to five and how to call myself a russian pig in german, so i guess it's me who should be ashamed :v:
He's knot a bad looking mascot.
Stupid question, does Russia have native tigers they could have used for a mascot?
Oh yeah I almost forgot
I'd fuck the wolf
[QUOTE=Plaster;51257795]Oh yeah I almost forgot
I'd fuck the wolf[/QUOTE]
:badage::ok:
I don't know what I expected when I google imaged searched the mascot. Blame curiosity. Not even Google's safe search can contain "that" art revolving him.
^ how many artist have starved to death to make this?
[QUOTE=Alxnotorious;51257788]He's knot a bad looking mascot.
Stupid question, does Russia have native tigers they could have used for a mascot?[/QUOTE]
They have Siberia. From which Siberian tigers get their name.
[URL="https://twitter.com/AquariusFriar/status/790378423273140224"]I found this in two minutes on Twitter.[/URL] I don't know what I expected, but I'd really like to know what Russia was expecting would happen.
[QUOTE=Dom Pyroshark;51257681]Explains the massive amounts of furry porn of this guy I saw lately. You don't even need to look for it, it's fucking everywhere.[/QUOTE]
I'm not so sure about that. If it was so prevalent, I would have seen something by now.
And next, Putin's reaction:
"nuke all the furries"
[QUOTE=ironman17;51257982]I'm not so sure about that. If it was so prevalent, I would have seen something by now.[/QUOTE]
I think the unstated assumption there was, "...if you're a furry and are connected to other furries on social media/use furry art sites."
If you use FA or similar, it's probably inescapable; if you're one of the nearly two billion Internet users not signed up to sites primarily dedicated to hosting furry porn, you likely would have had no clue unless you searched for the mascot by name, and then it's just Rule 34 in action.
[QUOTE=Sam Za Nemesis;51257908]Well our olympics were a mess but at least we had the best mascots
[img]https://assetrio2016.azureedge.net/news/gTfUAXtK.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
But having the logo tattoo'd on is weird, at least have it wear a shirt with the logo
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Is it me or does the way the fur's drawn make it look like the poor thing has some kind of balding issue around his eyes, hands and feet?
I still somehow feel they should have had a bear wit a red star sickle and hammer hat on it.
[QUOTE=elixwhitetail;51258010]I think the unstated assumption there was, "...if you're a furry and are connected to other furries on social media/use furry art sites."
If you use FA or similar, it's probably inescapable; if you're one of the nearly two billion Internet users not signed up to sites primarily dedicated to hosting furry porn, you likely would have had no clue unless you searched for the mascot by name, and then it's just Rule 34 in action.[/QUOTE]
Nah, there's porn on the first page of Google images even with safesearch on.
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