Fallout: London Mod Changes Football To Soccer, Starts A War In The Fanbase

Fallout: London has barely been with us for 48 hours, and it’s already inadvertently damaged relations between the UK and US. Not long after launch, a player shared a mod that changed the item name of footballs to soccer balls, starting a bitter war online which some people are taking very personally.

The mod, It’s A Soccer Ball by Nexus Mods user GrumpyOldNord, only makes this one small change. However, some Brits are not taking it very well at all, and are flooding the comments to argue that what we call football is the only real football.

“Are you an American exploring London for the first time and find some of the lingo a bit confusing?” reads the mod’s description. “Have no fear! The soccer ball is now properly named so as to avoid confusion with a real football.”

It’s cheeky, and clearly trying to rile some people up. And of course, judging by the comments, it’s working.

“Well, it’s this mod who breaks the immersion,” one user hits back. “But Americans always think their wording is right, while the whole world knows better.”

Some are having run with their arguments: “Why did the US team lose the World Cup? Because they came to play soccer while the other teams played football.”

Better yet, it has started a serious debate about the legitimacy of the word soccer in the comments. Some – the US side – point to the fact that the word originates from the UK, and therefore, is an acceptable term for what most of the world considers football. The other side points out that not only do many other countries call it football over soccer, but that it makes more sense than American football – which doesn’t involve having your foot on the ball nearly as much.

But these are all arguments we’ve heard before. So, let’s just kick back and watch Fallout: London, through absolutely no fault of its own, set US/UK relations back several decades.

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