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xkcd #3268: Offside (thelemmy.club)

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xkcd #3268: Offside

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The arbiter gave my knight a red card for capturing with cleats up :(

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[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml -1 points 11 hours ago

Actually, since it's at the same line as the king or farther, it's not offside

[-] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 2 points 6 hours ago

In football you are offside if you don't have at least two players ahead of you (usually, but not necessarily the keeper and one defender)

A player is in an offside position if:

any part of the head, body or feet is in the opponents’ half (excluding the halfway line) and

any part of the head, body or feet is nearer to the opponents’ goal line than both the ball and the second-last opponent

[-] cainisdelta1@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 hours ago

Unless the king is equivalent to the goalie in this situation in which case it would be offside

[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 hours ago

That's what I was referencing

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