EPTSo ... due to my britishness forcing the opinion on me that it will be shit i'm going to not make an opinion. So i'm going to need you folks to form my opinion for me as to wether its shit or not. If its not shit ill do my very best to celebrate that its not shit. Sometimes being british is tricky....
2012 Olympics Event Discussion Thread - Page 8
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Archybaldie
United Kingdom818 Posts
So ... due to my britishness forcing the opinion on me that it will be shit i'm going to not make an opinion. So i'm going to need you folks to form my opinion for me as to wether its shit or not. If its not shit ill do my very best to celebrate that its not shit. Sometimes being british is tricky.... | ||
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BoZiffer
United States1841 Posts
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Alethios
New Zealand2765 Posts
On July 27 2012 08:09 BoZiffer wrote: Will do. I understand the difficulty you suffer. As a non-obese American, it can be hard to live under the world-view... Non-obese American. Hah.  | ||
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Khul Sadukar
Australia1735 Posts
Just look at these damn mascots. Sinister looking 1 eyed creatures? This one eye symbolism is as old as it gets. Just look it up. I feel for those ppl attending the ceremony. Its gonna be one to remember for sure.. | ||
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Candadar
2049 Posts
This coming Friday the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Olympics will be streamed for free in more than one hundred countries, but not in the United States. In the U.S., Olympic live streams will only be available to those who have a paid cable subscription, which excludes millions of people. This restricted access is a hotbed for piracy, but NBC and the IOC are fully prepared to act against Olympic pirates to protect their commercial interests. Interestingly enough, free and legal online streams are available in pretty much all parts of the world except the United States. YouTube, for example, is streaming all events in 64 countries across Asia and Africa including Afghanistan, Pakistan, Angola, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia and Zambia. In the UK the BBC is offering a free online stream, and many other countries have their own alternatives. While paid, all 2012 events will now be streamed online. In addition, people without a subscription will be able to buy a temporary pass which will provide access to a four-hour streaming block. Keep in mind NBC was also only going to show Sportscenter-esque highlights of the events because they thought our attention span was so pathetic we wouldn't want to watch the countries compete but they changed that after a huge uproar as well, which is mentioned briefly in the article too. Thank god my brother pays for NBC so I can still watch this, but still. This is getting ridiculous. Speak of 'security overkill' lol :| I mean come on, youtube is streaming it for fucking AFGHANISTAN but we can't watch it here, in a first world modernized country with modernized internet and societal structures because some greedy old men want more ad revenue. Ugh. EDIT: Oh and the absolute best part is them not showing the opening ceremony live. They're showing it like 3 or 5 hours after it happens for better ad revenue. lol. | ||
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DannyJ
United States5110 Posts
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Candadar
2049 Posts
On July 27 2012 14:26 DannyJ wrote: They should just show the Beijing Opening Ceremony again instead. Sorry UK but communism and it's 10s of thousands of unpaid drones can put on one hell of a show. Oh but we'll get to watch Marry Poppins fight Voldemort! | ||
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Reivax
Sweden214 Posts
What the fck are they putting in the South Korean water? http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19013793 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/17345577 | ||
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djcube
United States985 Posts
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Sazchu
Iceland489 Posts
Crazy good score from Im Dong-Hyun, but there is still plenty left and I doubt Korea will end up with all three individual medals, at least not the men. | ||
Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51449 Posts
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Kurr
Canada2338 Posts
I guess China kicked ass, but overall it's usually pretty cheesy and cringe worthy no matter the country doing it. | ||
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Aristodemus
England1985 Posts
On July 27 2012 23:51 Kurr wrote: I wonder if every country is as ashamed of the opening ceremony when it happens as I was in 2010. I guess China kicked ass, but overall it's usually pretty cheesy and cringe worthy no matter the country doing it. CGI fireworks ftw! | ||
KwarK
United States41937 Posts
On July 27 2012 09:59 Khul Sadukar wrote: I'm tempted to watch the opening ceremony but i'm convinced with the amount of symbolism going on something shady is happening behind the scenes. Just look at these damn mascots. Sinister looking 1 eyed creatures? This one eye symbolism is as old as it gets. Just look it up. I feel for those ppl attending the ceremony. Its gonna be one to remember for sure.. Care to elaborate on what you think is going to happen? | ||
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Mafe
Germany5966 Posts
Or maybe I'm just not too much into those sports and the athletes accept this as being part of their sports as all of their tournaments work this way? How is the correlation between "being better" and "winning a fight" in wrestling or such? I just read that in one of the fencing tournaments the finalists of Peking meet again in the first round, To me this sound really retarded, I don't see why there could not be some round robin matches to give everyone more than one chance. I mean, Michael Phelps gets to compete in like 8 or 10 competition where the best swimmers tend to win or at least get a medal anyway, and in apparently more random sports it's one-and-done. | ||
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Aristodemus
England1985 Posts
On July 28 2012 00:33 Mafe wrote: Hey guys what do you think about the knock-out-mode in a lot of those events. I imagine it can be quite hard for somebody who trained 4 years for the olympics and than gets drawn against the world champion first round in sports like say judo, teakwondo, fencing, badminton etc. At worst your olympic tournament consisted of getting knocked out (or equivalent) after 5 seconds and no one will notice you even took part. Or maybe I'm just not too much into those sports and the athletes accept this as being part of their sports as all of their tournaments work this way? How is the correlation between "being better" and "winning a fight" in wrestling or such? I just read that in one of the fencing tournaments the finalists of Peking meet again in the first round, To me this sound really retarded, I don't see why there could not be some round robin matches to give everyone more than one chance. I mean, Michael Phelps gets to compete in like 8 or 10 competition where the best swimmers tend to win or at least get a medal anyway, and in apparently more random sports it's one-and-done. You play to the rules, in knockout tournaments people get easier runs than others. Maybe a seeding system needs to be implemented, but if you want to win gold you have to beat the best in any format. You cannot compare swimming with it, swimmers race heats where times matter. If you want to talk about luck, take a look at the modern pentathlon show jumping. | ||
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Telcontar
United Kingdom16710 Posts
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andrewlt
United States7702 Posts
http://www.london2012.com/athlete/kim-yoo-suk-253415/ | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51449 Posts
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Mr.Faces
United States121 Posts
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