Calm down now, HongHong before you act rash. Somehow suddenly your mood deteriorated since yesterday (see posts) and is threatening to 'do something' when everything blows over.
Take a deep breath now and forget about what people quoted.
I used to have problems with your Xia Xia Xia, Lin Lin Lin here and there but somehow I accepted that out of the many hundreds here in BF who follow badminton are just like those whose every reason of being interested in football is to see David Beckham. If we can have fans just for that reason in football, I guess same goes in badminton as well.
Oh, on question about "is badminton all about technique, equipment and skills only?". My answer will be a resounding yes. Without technique, equipment and skills, there will still be people, but
no badminton. These guys such as Lin and Xia are there for you idolize and drool over
because of badminton, not the other way round. Would it have been the same if they were small time farmers back at their respective provinces?
But let's be a little more discreet here - to keep reading 'so cute yea?', 'so handsome', 'i love <name>' once or twice is ok. Three times still ok. Four times is starting to stretch it. Five times, is beginning to annoy. Sixth time, irritating. Seventh time "Oh, stop it already!". Eight time... you get the picture.
So, as said before, there are no problems with you just liking them as guys instead of as players. Try taking their teases and insults with good humour. It will gradually grow less once people see that it doesn't have any effect on you.
Come on, cheer up!
