Official Olympics Thread.

[zen5887]

Im looking out for the Taekwon do, Judo and ping pong

Man those ping pongers are insane =|

..Sorry..

Table Tennis

 

[Fire Daemon]

Was I the only one a little bit disturbed that during the opening ceremony a bunch of children gave the flag to some soldiers to hoist up? Very disturbing.

 

[bunkymag]

Watched the ceremony at a pub in Tokyo.. thought it was pretty good actually, couldn't fail to be impressed. Interesting to see the ambivalent responses of the Japanese too - mixed between neighbourly pride and neighbourly suspicion. Bit like the rest of the world I guess.

C'mon the Aussies!

 

[Spartan Bannana]

Official because I said so 'kay?

This is the thread for discussing all of the stories that will come out of Beijing 08, sporting or otherwise.

I'll start. The football got off to a start yesterday with Brazil and Argentina among the winners, while Australia played like they were being coached by Graham Arnold and were raped by Serbia. Yet, we still managed a draw.

Messi is going to toy with us....

Oh, and that $300M opening ceremony is on tonight, I'm actually looking forward to it which is a nice change.

Are any of you watching this thing, I don't know why but it's freaking me out, I can't watch it.

 

[PurpleRain]

I'm pretty sure Australia has already won ever single medal ever made ever.
This is me being patriotic.

Just wait until the swimming events; just you wait!

 

[Spartan Bannana]

Vancouver for the winter Olympics 2010, what do all of you like more, Winter, or Summer Olympics?

 

[s3cur1tr0n]

I watched olympic coverage on the news today. All i can say is "holy smog batman".

 

[UsefulPlayer 1]

O_O did they just make a comment on how the Vietnamese has got math down?

Hehe I guess I should well proud

 

[Spartan Bannana]

Oh I forgot to mention this:
Pakistan, Iraq and Iran all got booed during the procession, what do you all think of that.

 

[ThaBenMan]

Personally, I really don't watch the Olympics for anything but the opening ceremony, and even then I usually skip past all the speaches and just watch the explosions and syncronized dancing. I know that makes me kind of shallow, but the Olympics hav very little appeal to me.

I feel the exact same way you do. I caught a bit of the opening ceremony earlier tonight, and it was quite pretty. But I doubt I'll watch a minute of any of the events.

 

[PurpleRain]

Also: No cheering at the Olympics. We can't say, "Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi" anymore. It has to be non-specific. I think this, banning overseas food for the Athlets is taking all this Communism too far.

 

[Lord Krunk]

WE'RE ESCAPISTS, PEOPLE!

This being a gaming magazine forum, I really didn't expect anyone to give a damn about the Olympics.

Sorry, about the rant.

Mind you, the Opening Ceremony (The only bit I can stand to watch) was really pretty.

 

[PurpleRain]

WE'RE ESCAPISTS, PEOPLE!

This being a gaming magazine forum, I really didn't expect anyone to give a damn about the Olympics.

Sorry, about the rant.

Mind you, the Opening Ceremony (The only bit I can stand to watch) was really pretty.

Off Topic. The place we chill when Games get too much.

 

[Lord Krunk]

WE'RE ESCAPISTS, PEOPLE!

This being a gaming magazine forum, I really didn't expect anyone to give a damn about the Olympics.

Sorry, about the rant.

Mind you, the Opening Ceremony (The only bit I can stand to watch) was really pretty.

Off Topic. The place we chill when Games get too much.

True. You really are a formidable opponent, Purps.

I can say that 'cos I'm currently on campaigning holiday.

 

[Imitation Saccharin]

Generally speaking, I find sports a boring waste of time for people too fat to play baseball themselves and too stupid to play a baseball simulation.

But sports that legitimize by omission a brutally maintained nepotistic plutocracy with rights-violation OCD? WHY THAT'S JUST AWESOME!



Maybe I'm being overly dramatic, but man! This seems like the elephant in the room?

 

[Melaisis]

First gold for the Chinese today, wasn't it? In weight-lifting?

 

[sammyfreak]

Was it just me or did the opening ceremony completely fail to impress? Absolutely nothing unexpected and horribly underwhelming overall. Synchronised dancers my arse, give me rocketmen!

 

[the-loopy]

I pretty much see the Olympics is another corporate-controlled farce with yet another 'feel-good' cover story, this time being about international co-operation or some such.

If I want to play sport, I'll head down to the local oval and join a football team, thanks anyway.

Of course, these are all my own views.

 

[Spartan Bannana]

Was it just me or did the opening ceremony completely fail to impress? Absolutely nothing unexpected and horribly underwhelming overall. Synchronised dancers my arse, give me rocketmen!

It freaked me out too, it was stupid

 

[SeaCalMaster]

I'm pretty sure Australia has already won ever single medal ever made ever.
This is me being patriotic.

Just wait until the swimming events; just you wait!

Michael Phelps will make you his *****.