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Tennis uses the imperial system of scoring (self.showerthoughts)

submitted 3 months ago by ICastFist to c/[email protected]

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Tennis uses multiples of 15, but only up to 45, calls other points weird names, then closes a set, which has to be repeated at least 6 times for a separate scoring, with said scoring also needing to be repeated AT LEAST 3 more times, but can be dragged out ad infinitum.

Even table tennis has the decency of using a straight scoring system where 11 points wins a set and 2 sets wins the match.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It’s even worse than that. There is no 45. It’s 15, 30, then a jump of 10 not 15 for the score of 40.

[–] ICastFist 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ugh, I forgot that. The weirder part is that it would make no difference if it was 45 instead of 40

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

True, that’s a good point. Good match!