EPT2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics Thread - Page 10
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sharkie
Austria18625 Posts
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17439 Posts
On February 25 2018 06:41 Mafe wrote: I cant decide.... I'll probably try to catch the end of the game. ima watch it.  go germany go!#1 C&C nation on earth. | ||
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WolfintheSheep
Canada14127 Posts
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HolydaKing
21254 Posts
Nice, 1-1 with one period left... gogo Germany! 2-1 for Russia and 10 sec later 2-2, LOL. So worth watching. :D 3-2 for Germany, 3 min left. :O LOL, 55.5 sec left and 3-3... while Russia was one man down from Power Play. Overtime. 4-3 for Russia, great job team Germany though, very exciting game. | ||
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Mafe
Germany5966 Posts
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fLyiNgDroNe
Belgium4071 Posts
I've never missed a single tourney and suffered through Hasek robbing us in 1998, through controversial games in Salt Lake, through passing Canada in Torino only to show up completely depleted to the semis with Suomi, the 3-7 nightmare in Vancouver that i watched at 5am, even though it was a work week and a somewhat expected disappointment in Sochi. With all that said, ice hockey tourney in Winter Olympics is something you wait 4 years and live through every game. I couldn't care less for gold medals in 2018. Thanks Gary. | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17439 Posts
 On February 25 2018 17:55 fLyiNgDroNe wrote: I couldn't care less for gold medals in 2018. Thanks Gary. if you take this perspective then the U.S.S.R. gold medals before 1992 were also pretty meaningless. I think USSR had the best team in the world from ~1981 to 1988. But, they rarely participated in best-on-best events so its hard to say for certain. | ||
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fLyiNgDroNe
Belgium4071 Posts
On February 26 2018 00:47 JimmyJRaynor wrote: so sad Germany lost , sigh if you take this perspective then the U.S.S.R. gold medals before 1992 were also pretty meaningless. I think USSR had the best team in the world from ~1981 to 1988. But, they rarely participated in best-on-best events so its hard to say for certain. I'm not that old to care much about 1988 and before. But I do know that the summit series meant a much greater deal to our fathers than the Olympics. | ||
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fLyiNgDroNe
Belgium4071 Posts
If you remember the 2008 Games, the Bird's Nest stadium will be used we're being told and the Water Cube - used for swimming events in the summer Olympics - will be used for the curling." It kinda feels very close to have 2 Olympic games in the same location in just 14 years. Very nice for Chinese athletes and sports. | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17439 Posts
On February 26 2018 02:30 fLyiNgDroNe wrote: I'm not that old to care much about 1988 and before. But I do know that the summit series meant a much greater deal to our fathers than the Olympics. Olympic hockey has rarely been meaningful... maybe 1998 to 2014 and that's about it. that was all during Gary Bettman's tenure as NHL Commissioner. to borrow your quote. Thanks Gary. | ||
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fLyiNgDroNe
Belgium4071 Posts
On February 26 2018 02:58 JimmyJRaynor wrote: Olympic hockey has rarely been meaningful... maybe 1998 to 2014 and that's about it. that was all during Gary Bettman's tenure as NHL Commissioner. to borrow your quote. Thanks Gary. you cant give a candy to a child only to take it back. evolution is never about going back to how things were. | ||
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virpi
Germany3599 Posts
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VGhost
United States3617 Posts
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Titusmaster6
United States5937 Posts
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SetGuitarsToKill
Canada28396 Posts
On February 26 2018 13:15 Titusmaster6 wrote: Another olympics come and gone. Really enjoyed it, shame I couldnt watch more! Now we can go back to not watching 95% of these sports for 4 more years | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17439 Posts
On February 26 2018 13:19 SetGuitarsToKill wrote: Now we can go back to not watching 95% of these sports for 4 more years The Brier is this weekend. | ||
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andrewlt
United States7702 Posts
Harbin would've been a better location for playing the sports but there is some concern about having enough Chinese people making the trek there to watch the games. That and it seems like the Chinese politicians love to show off Beijing. | ||
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Sermokala
United States14104 Posts
On February 27 2018 01:14 andrewlt wrote: A lot of Olympic facilities are wasted and just become unused after the games. It actually makes sense for Beijing to host another Olympics so they can use some of their facilities again before they go to waste. The only issue now is bringing in snow from other places for the outdoor events. Harbin would've been a better location for playing the sports but there is some concern about having enough Chinese people making the trek there to watch the games. That and it seems like the Chinese politicians love to show off Beijing. If that was a good argument then LA would have gotten the games sometime in the past few decades. Clearly the IOC doesn't value that line of logic. | ||
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andrewlt
United States7702 Posts
On February 27 2018 05:13 Sermokala wrote: If that was a good argument then LA would have gotten the games sometime in the past few decades. Clearly the IOC doesn't value that line of logic. The IOC might not but I'm sure that has entered the line of thinking of some of the cities submitting their bids. China is planning on reusing the famous facilities from the last time that have reportedly been gathering dust in the mean time. I'm a resident of LA county and I really wished we lost out on the 2028 games. That said, LA has actually been pretty good in terms of not having facilities go into disuse after the games. Compared to Rio and Beijing, LA's Olympic facilities are still in use. I'm expecting a massive boondoggle for the 2028 games but it has more to do with the likely outrageous cost overruns of retrofitting current facilities rather than the outrageous cost overruns of making new ones. | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17439 Posts
http://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/22602701/russia-says-ioc-reinstated-olympic-privileges everyone cheats any way. NASCAR fans idolize cheating ... " if u ain't cheatin' u ain't tryin' " i wonder how many american NASCAR fans carry that same philosophy with russian olympians? | ||
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