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DaCruise
Profile Joined July 2010
Denmark2457 Posts
August 12 2012 23:49 GMT
#5681
Fantastic ending to a fantastic Olympics. London and GB did much better than I expected in almost every aspect. The 2 ceremonies were much better than those we saw in Beijing.

And plz no golf in the Olympics. Btw now that we are at it, remove football, tennis and basketball from the program. No one really cares who wins in these sports at the Olympics.
TheSwedishFan
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
Sweden608 Posts
August 12 2012 23:53 GMT
#5682
On August 13 2012 08:49 DaCruise wrote:
Fantastic ending to a fantastic Olympics. London and GB did much better than I expected in almost every aspect. The 2 ceremonies were much better than those we saw in Beijing.

And plz no golf in the Olympics. Btw now that we are at it, remove football, tennis and basketball from the program. No one really cares who wins in these sports at the Olympics.

I agree with what you said about the ceremoneies.

I'm ok with removing mens football and basketball. Tennis however i think fits in quite well. Golf will be interesting. I actually like golf and i'm quite looking forward to it
"Suck it" - Kennigit 2012
gasmeter
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
United Kingdom249 Posts
August 13 2012 00:04 GMT
#5683
The closing ceremony was way too long imo. Really enjoyed the games though.
Polt | MMA | MarineKing | Flash | Mvp | NesTea | INnoVation
jmbthirteen
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States10734 Posts
August 13 2012 00:12 GMT
#5684
On August 13 2012 08:49 DaCruise wrote:
Fantastic ending to a fantastic Olympics. London and GB did much better than I expected in almost every aspect. The 2 ceremonies were much better than those we saw in Beijing.

And plz no golf in the Olympics. Btw now that we are at it, remove football, tennis and basketball from the program. No one really cares who wins in these sports at the Olympics.

i hope this is sarcasm
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Itzeddiieee
Profile Joined May 2010
Korea (South)787 Posts
August 13 2012 00:13 GMT
#5685
On July 22 2012 09:39 Itzeddiieee wrote:
gogo korea break top 5 medal count plis



welp, top5 in gold count.
gg go next map, rio
mordk
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Chile8385 Posts
August 13 2012 00:15 GMT
#5686
On August 13 2012 08:49 DaCruise wrote:
Fantastic ending to a fantastic Olympics. London and GB did much better than I expected in almost every aspect. The 2 ceremonies were much better than those we saw in Beijing.

And plz no golf in the Olympics. Btw now that we are at it, remove football, tennis and basketball from the program. No one really cares who wins in these sports at the Olympics.

They won't remove football, because it's the highest ticket-seller out of every event in the olympics. Olympics is a gigantic business as well as competition.
sc4k
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United Kingdom5454 Posts
August 13 2012 00:18 GMT
#5687
On August 13 2012 07:45 Grettin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2012 07:44 sinii wrote:
On August 13 2012 07:43 Grettin wrote:
Can't wait for Golf in the next olympics. Now i just want baseball back! :p


Golf is in the next games? sweet!


Sure is, in Rio!


Holy shit, this is the best news in a LONG time. Now all that's left is darts. Also, powerlifting >
DaCruise
Profile Joined July 2010
Denmark2457 Posts
August 13 2012 00:41 GMT
#5688
On August 13 2012 09:12 jmbthirteen wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2012 08:49 DaCruise wrote:
Fantastic ending to a fantastic Olympics. London and GB did much better than I expected in almost every aspect. The 2 ceremonies were much better than those we saw in Beijing.

And plz no golf in the Olympics. Btw now that we are at it, remove football, tennis and basketball from the program. No one really cares who wins in these sports at the Olympics.

i hope this is sarcasm


Would a footballer rather win the Olympics than say EC, WC, CL or even the national championship?? NO!
Would a tennisplayer rather win the Olympics than a gran slam? ofc not.

Maybe its okay for basket to be there. I´m not sure about that one tbh.
QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32132 Posts
August 13 2012 00:58 GMT
#5689
TOP MEDAL COUNT, TOP GOLD COUNT

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sc4k
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United Kingdom5454 Posts
August 13 2012 01:09 GMT
#5690
On August 13 2012 09:41 DaCruise wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2012 09:12 jmbthirteen wrote:
On August 13 2012 08:49 DaCruise wrote:
Fantastic ending to a fantastic Olympics. London and GB did much better than I expected in almost every aspect. The 2 ceremonies were much better than those we saw in Beijing.

And plz no golf in the Olympics. Btw now that we are at it, remove football, tennis and basketball from the program. No one really cares who wins in these sports at the Olympics.

i hope this is sarcasm


Would a footballer rather win the Olympics than say EC, WC, CL or even the national championship?? NO!
Would a tennisplayer rather win the Olympics than a gran slam? ofc not.

Maybe its okay for basket to be there. I´m not sure about that one tbh.


Olympic football is great for 4 reasons:

a) gives younger players on national teams stacked with talent a chance to compete internationally in a big tourney.

b) gives the south americans a chance for an international tourney in the year of the euros

c) gives smaller teams that are not likely to win the world cup a chance at an international tourney (Mexico)

d) more competitive than young people tournaments, more prestigious and therefore better for scouting and giving experience to younger potential stars.
IntoTheWow
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
is awesome32278 Posts
August 13 2012 01:21 GMT
#5691
On August 13 2012 08:38 Lefiathen wrote:
why elton jhon didnt played a song? i mean you mike like him or not but he as an artist is very important, thet didnt even play a single song in the background

Hum i think adding golf to the olympics is a great idea


E John played in the opening ceremony iirc.
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fabiano
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Brazil4644 Posts
August 13 2012 01:33 GMT
#5692
I expect Rio 2016 opening and closing to be totally NSFW
"When the geyser died, a probe came out" - SirJolt
Steelavocado
Profile Joined May 2010
United States2123 Posts
August 13 2012 01:45 GMT
#5693
That camera zoom in on a nice rack Loving it.
MIRACLE IS YOUR TI7 CHAMP
thuracine
Profile Joined February 2012
United States582 Posts
August 13 2012 01:52 GMT
#5694
Spice Girls wth is this crap, maybe 10 years ago
igotmyown
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States4291 Posts
August 13 2012 02:00 GMT
#5695
On August 13 2012 08:15 Trok67 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2012 08:10 sinii wrote:
On August 13 2012 08:08 Trok67 wrote:
I don't really understand the choice of gold as an olympic sport. Not that it is not "physical" enough but it is a very "posh" sport (and there are allready enough "posh" sports) which allready got a very good media cover. What about adding more popular sports ?


Huh? surely Golf is one of the most popular sports not in the Olympic games?

Also the skill needed in Golf is insane!


when I say "popular" I mean "is played by a lot of people in a lot of country". If you look at golf, it has a very good media cover but it is very mostly played by rich people in rich countries. Not really what I would call a popular sport.

How much does a round of golf cost? How much for a year if you play 1 or 2 rounds a day? And a full set of clubs that are good enough to be reasonably competitive?

How much does it cost to be a soccer player?
Itsmedudeman
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States19229 Posts
August 13 2012 02:10 GMT
#5696
On August 13 2012 11:00 igotmyown wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2012 08:15 Trok67 wrote:
On August 13 2012 08:10 sinii wrote:
On August 13 2012 08:08 Trok67 wrote:
I don't really understand the choice of gold as an olympic sport. Not that it is not "physical" enough but it is a very "posh" sport (and there are allready enough "posh" sports) which allready got a very good media cover. What about adding more popular sports ?


Huh? surely Golf is one of the most popular sports not in the Olympic games?

Also the skill needed in Golf is insane!


when I say "popular" I mean "is played by a lot of people in a lot of country". If you look at golf, it has a very good media cover but it is very mostly played by rich people in rich countries. Not really what I would call a popular sport.

How much does a round of golf cost? How much for a year if you play 1 or 2 rounds a day? And a full set of clubs that are good enough to be reasonably competitive?

How much does it cost to be a soccer player?

Well what about horse riding
ShadeR
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Australia7535 Posts
August 13 2012 02:22 GMT
#5697
Since it looks like people are discussing which sports should be in or out of the olympics....

FOOTMINTON
lethal111
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada460 Posts
August 13 2012 02:43 GMT
#5698
I quite enjoy watching soccer, and tennis. Even though I don't play those sports often they are still interesting. I think it would suck if they removed those two sports. And I would hate golfing at the Rio 2016 TT
sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18629 Posts
August 13 2012 02:52 GMT
#5699
Only elitists wouldn't want football, tennis, basketball in the Olympics.
Dfgj
Profile Joined May 2008
Singapore5922 Posts
August 13 2012 03:09 GMT
#5700
On August 13 2012 11:52 sharkie wrote:
Only elitists wouldn't want football, tennis, basketball in the Olympics.

The argument that sports that have other far more prestigious major professional leagues shouldn't be in the Olympics is hardly an elitist one.

Whether it's right or not is a different argument.
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