Excited about Olympics

[bremerial]

Well blow me down - it's started raining 30 minutes before the opening ceremony. Athletes are going to be drowned rats. Hope it all goes well though. I'm excited.

More importantly, i've got tickets for seven events including some top athletic events in 13 days time.

Off to London tomorrow to savour the atmosphere and to enjoy the first three events.... Still got to find out what the hell handball is all about.

Damn, i'm excited as heck!

Anyone else going?

[Tisket]

What U.S. network is televising it?

I live under a rock.

[bremerial]

Well I am UK based so don't quote me, but I think NBC are covering it.

[jpatter123]

yup NBC, NBC Sports, MSNBC, and OSOCC/OBASK (special channels just for the events). The opening ceremony starts at 7:30 PM eastern standard time.

these channels too I forgot CNBC, Bravo, and Telemundo.

[WRoss]

What U.S. network is televising it?

I live under a rock.

NBC, but they are delaying it until primetime to get paid more.

[Keller]

NBC, but they are delaying it until primetime to get paid more.

Furthering their socialist agenda.

[bremerial]

Opening ceremony has just finished. I have only 4 hours sleep before I have to catch a train to London but it was worth staying up for it. It was great!

[Back]

Opening ceremony has just finished. I have only 4 hours sleep before I have to catch a train to London but it was worth staying up for it. It was great!

I'm half expecting Gandalf and Frodo to jump out.

[Kuyuk]

Delayed viewing and you cant even watch it online.

I hate NBC now.

/raging

[diethx]

The first part was weird, looked like the fucking Shire. It got pretty decent though. And this skit with Daniel Craig is derp de derp.

[diethx]

Ok and that guy, behind the queen, that just shrunk down a little to make sure he was on camera? Awesomely hilarious.

[4a6c1]

Started recording when I walked through the room and noticed Craig James Bond, the sexiest man that never lived, chatting with the queen. I was like WAIT THAT'S NEVER HAPPENED.

[4a6c1]

Damn, Tivo isn't recording. Well screw this noise.

[diethx]

Did anyone else get a chill when the flag holder for Syria stared down the camera?

[WRoss]

Did anyone else get a chill when the flag holder for Syria stared down the camera?

I didn't notice that, but I did notice that quite a few North African and Middle Eastern countries had shooters as their flag bearers. Horrid irony.

[4a6c1]

I didn't notice that, but I did notice that quite a few North African and Middle Eastern countries had shooters as their flag bearers. Horrid irony.

I noticed that the women from those countries were only there to compete in combat arms.

[Latrinsorm]

I didn't notice that, but I did notice that quite a few North African and Middle Eastern countries had shooters as their flag bearers. Horrid irony.You know what else is suspicious about those people? In their region they play games that don't even have English names! "Kabaddi"? More like ka-terrorist, amirite?

[WRoss]

SPOILER ALERT








There is some huge drama going on at the pool. A Canadian official did a late DQ of Tae-Hwan in the 400m free. He was favored to win gold and his DQ allows a Canadian into the finals. There is a meeting going on right now to sort this out, but they are refusing to allow video to see if he false started. BS


http://www.nbcolympics.com/news-blogs/blog=olympic-talk/post/gold-medal-favorite-disqualified-maybe-park-tae-hwan-london-olympics-2012.html

[WRoss]

SPOILER!!!!













Phelps looks done. I donu't think he's going to be able to pull it together.

[Kuyuk]

I agree. He looked like crap in the IM.

But, it was the race he didnt really plan to do, but then decided to do... so, I dunno. Maybe he'll do better later?

[jpatter123]

he seemed weird in all the interviews before the games started like he's not into it or knows he's not going to win. Wonder if somethings going on with him.

[WRoss]

he seemed weird in all the interviews before the games started like he's not into it or knows he's not going to win. Wonder if somethings going on with him.

For the last three years, he's slacked off. He has skipped 2-3 practices a week, dropped off his weight training, and when he is at practice, he's loafed. My friend who trains with him told me that he didn't even want to go to this Olympics, but did so because of his mom and media pressure. He'll do fine in the 100 and 200 fly. Don't expect much else, though.

[4a6c1]

.................

Okay. Do any one of us know what it feels like to be the best in the world at something even once in our lives? No. Probably not. Phelps has. Of all the people in the world he has been the best at his chosen activity not once but multiple times. So I think he's allowed to sit on his ass now whenever he feels like it. Srs.

[4a6c1]

Wikipedia says 14 gold medals. Yes. Sit on your ass Phelps. Take the load off.

http://www.glamour.com/entertainment/blogs/obsessed/112_michael-phelps-lying-down-miami-beach_sm.jpg

[bremerial]

Am dog tired. 4 hours sleep after watching the opening ceremony and then went to to London by train for the three events I was going to see.

Overall impressions? Hell yeah baby! Brilliant. Well organised and exciting. Didn't get a chance to go to the Olympic Staduim - that happens on Tuesday.
I saw:
Table Tennis - fun and skillful
Judo - Interesting - was my first time watching this sport
Fencing - a tad boring to be honest watching women poking each other with pointy sticks but the Italians loved it - not surprising - Italian silver and gold. May have got bronze too.
Oh - saw my first medal ceremony. Please god let me be an an event where there's a Team GB winner. You'll here me scream in the west coast!

[Kuyuk]

Watching some of the olympics on nbc is silly; watching cycling; and there's no commentary - so you dont know wtf you're seeing... are you showing me the leader? the person in last? in between?

Yeah, great that I can see it, but silly not to have commentary.

[Fallen]

If you can get it, I think BBC1 is showing the Olympics. I heard their coverage is much, much better. From everything I read NBC butchered the opening games in terms of editing and coverage.

[Asile]

Delayed viewing and you cant even watch it online.

I hate NBC now.

/raging

If you have a cable/satellite subscription to one of the major companies (a REAL subscription, not stealing it from your neighbor), you can sign up through nbcolympics.com for the massive coverage..which is supposed to include LIVE streaming, along with on-demand watching later (no idea what the pre-recorded coverage looks like). If you don't have your own legit TV subscription, see if a friend or family member can hook you up; once you get signed up, you can log in on multiple devices: computer, tablet, smartphone (which tempts me to take my daughter's tablet with me to the office this week, but I don't need any more distractions).

I tried to get my son to watch the swimming events yesterday, and kept telling him that this could be him in 16 years, but he wasn't interested :( Phelps seemed pretty out of it during interviews after the 400 IM final, but I figure he's in shock that he not only got smoked by Lochte, he also didn't win any medal at all. He's still amazing to watch, especially his butterfly form.

I like how how men's gymnastics team is looking, so long as they can get over some jitters. I'm feeling kinda sorry for Japan, Tanaka's fall from the high bar was BRUTAL (though not as brutal as USA's Mikulak, OWCH!). But I am glad to seeing us do so well.

On an amusing note.. I got my daughter to watch the men's 8 rowing prelim, and I told her to cheer for boat #2 (the USA team). But no, she couldn't cheer for them because they're 2 and she's not 2, she's 3.. so she has to cheer for #3. Fortunately, that was the Ukranian team, and we have some Ukranian heritage a few generations back, so I let her have it. But she seemed pretty excited by the rowing.

[jpatter123]

xfinity also has olympic on demand. I don't know how much is available, but browsing the titles it had recaps, specific sports, and the opening ceremony in 3d. It's all free though so don't expect that coverage is spectacular.

[jpatter123]

.................

So I think he's allowed to sit on his ass now whenever he feels like it. Srs.

Who said he couldn't? At the present moment he's representing the U.S. at the Olympics and he's also using that opportunity to garner tons of money from sponsors. If he wants to sit on his ass he certainly has the right to do so, but I wonder how he feels when the sponsor money goes away.

[Kuyuk]

Who said he couldn't? At the present moment he's representing the U.S. at the Olympics and he's also using that opportunity to garner tons of money from sponsors. If he wants to sit on his ass he certainly has the right to do so, but I wonder how he feels when the sponsor money goes away.

Sure hope he was smart enough to realize it would be going away and saved some?

If not; oh well!

[Androidpk]

Google says his networth is 40 million so I'm sure he still has a little bit left.

[4a6c1]

The first rule of the Olympics is you don't talk about womens gymnastics.
The second rule of the Olympics is you don't talk about what they wear at womens gymnastics.
The third rule of the Olympics is you never ever under any circumstances look at the crowd at womens gymnastics.

(a crowd of old white men. it will ruin your life just dont look)

[Androidpk]

You just broke the first rule.

[Latrinsorm]

Google says his networth is 40 million so I'm sure he still has a little bit left.Tell that to Scottie Pippen. Then push his daughter in a lake. Then run.

Actually, next time you're wondering whether it was cool for Scottie to break Kukoc's will at the Olympics, peep his NBA salaries (http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/pippesc01.html) at the bottom of the page. The Bulls never paid him more than $3.5m dollar in any given year. Crazy.

[Back]

The third rule of the Olympics is you never ever under any circumstances look at the crowd at womens gymnastics.

(a crowd of old white men. it will ruin your life just dont look)

A bunch of middle aged men would be better?

[Kuyuk]

The third rule of the Olympics is you never ever under any circumstances look at the crowd at womens gymnastics.

(a crowd of old white men. it will ruin your life just dont look)

But those old white men are the professionals.


https://encrypted-tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ6DOWxpA-FpLGPp_1uEExvZRbq71X4MZhHqCca0rA2yBsnHbuARA

[Kuyuk]

Also: I got a chuckle out of our national anthem being played for gold; and then relating it to the fact it's about us being victorious over Britain.....

[Asile]

Also: I got a chuckle out of our national anthem being played for gold; and then relating it to the fact it's about us being victorious over Britain.....

Considering that it's only the music that gets played, and not the words.. I wonder how many Brits get a kick out of the fact that the music is actually from a popular British song from the early 19th Century...and the official song of a club for amateur musicians at that. (Thanks to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#John_Stafford_Smith.27s_music) for filling in the specifics; I could only remember that the music was British.)

[Tisket]

The first rule of the Olympics is you don't talk about womens gymnastics.
The second rule of the Olympics is you don't talk about what they wear at womens gymnastics.
The third rule of the Olympics is you never ever under any circumstances look at the crowd at womens gymnastics.

(a crowd of old white men. it will ruin your life just dont look)

You are so full of shit.

First rule of pedophiles is they cross all ages, races, and genders.
Second rule of pedophiles is don't categorize them. It allows pedophiles who don't fit into any of your neat categories to slip right by.
Third rule of pedophiles is that they are in every crowd at any event of any kind.

Anyway, I have to wonder, at what age should fans of the sport stay home (you know, if they are white and male) rather than risk being labeled a pedophile if they should attend a gymnastics event.

[Androidpk]

You are so full of shit.

First rule of pedophiles is they cross all ages, races, and genders.
Second rule of pedophiles is don't categorize them. It allows pedophiles who don't fit into any of your neat categories to slip right by.
Third rule of pedophiles is that they are in every crowd at any event of any kind.

Anyway, I have to wonder, at what age should fans of the sport stay home (you know, if they are white and male) rather than risk being labeled a pedophile if they should attend a gymnastics event.

I wish you were my babysitter when I was growing up.

[SHAFT]

Ryan lochte looks like a hipster douche. I never rooted for phelps before but I suppose I will now if he keeps swimming. Or for anyone swimming against lochte. At some point we have to take a stand against this hipster uprising. I will have no more of it

[droit]

BBC's coverage is much better than NBC's. If you want to stream BBC coverage from the states, download and run expat shield (http://www.expatshield.com/) for a proxy British IP address.

[Allereli]

I decided gymnastics needs more medal events to rival swimming. How about handstand contests, queen of the beam (girls wrestle on beam until one falls, single elimination tournament), team tug of war (nothing to do w/ gymnastics, but I'd like to see it back in the Olympics), who can do the most giants, and tumble track

[Regallis]

Still watch a few events, but to be honest its not the games that I used to watch. Will never be like the 1980's when we were still sending true amatures. So much has become irrelevant, who wants to watch a event that the outcome has been decided before it even starts.

Like Tiger Woods winning athlete of the century, I can name a few that are in a class by themselves. Jim Thorpe is truely the greatest athlete in my opinion. Even Lance Armstrong, though I do believe he did drugs. Its a shame that you can say about the sport. The ones that don't do drugs have already lost before the race has even started.

It was great to root for the underdog, and when they won it made the win all that much more special. Those days are gone forever. Welcome to the PC world of political cowards.

[diethx]

who can do the most giants

Please tell me I'm reading this wrong, and you aren't saying you want to watch 15 year old girls fuck large men. Please tell me a giant is some weird jumping apparatus or otherwise gymnastics related.

[Some Rogue]

Please tell me I'm reading this wrong, and you aren't saying you want to watch 15 year old girls fuck large men. Please tell me a giant is some weird jumping apparatus or otherwise gymnastics related.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a64/lrenzo2/AndreTheGiant004-1.jpg

[WRoss]

Ryan lochte looks like a hipster douche. I never rooted for phelps before but I suppose I will now if he keeps swimming. Or for anyone swimming against lochte. At some point we have to take a stand against this hipster uprising. I will have no more of it

If anything, Lotche is a beach bum. He's far from hipster. If you ever met both of them, you'd think Phelps is the douche and Lotche the good guy.

[diethx]

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a64/lrenzo2/AndreTheGiant004-1.jpg

I know dude, that's immediately what I thought of. That poor little tiny blonde Russian girl getting plowed by Andre the Giant.

That other Russian chick, the one who won the bronze in the all-around, looks like a total bitch all the time and could definitely stand a good plowing (by someone equally her age, you pervs).

[Some Rogue]

Gives a whole new meaning to floor exercise huh?

[Kuyuk]

Oh what a routine..

[diethx]

Gives a whole new meaning to floor exercise huh?

Ahahahaha, srs.

[Allereli]

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a64/lrenzo2/AndreTheGiant004-1.jpg

lol a giant is the swing around the bar, women do it on uneven parallel bars, men do it on high bar, everyone does a lot of them, probably 10 in an average routine with different variations

[Some Rogue]

I like my version better.

[Allereli]

You are doing yourself a huge disservice if you do not watch men's vault finals tonight

[Allereli]

http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/2012/trackandfield/story/_/id/8263960/2012-london-olympics-belarus-shot-putter-nadzeya-ostapchuk-stripped-gold-doping

no shit she was doping

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2012/0813/oly_i_ostapchukn_200.jpg

[g++]

http://i.imgur.com/8VAob.jpg

[Some Rogue]

http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/2012/trackandfield/story/_/id/8263960/2012-london-olympics-belarus-shot-putter-nadzeya-ostapchuk-stripped-gold-doping

no shit she was doping

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2012/0813/oly_i_ostapchukn_200.jpg

http://www.newsrealblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/austin-powers-man-baby.jpg

[Allereli]

"Irish commentary" on Olympic sailing

http://www.thatvideosite.com/v/5852

[Latrinsorm]

...dickhead. lol.

More idiots. More lol.