Poll: Poll: The Olympics. How much of it will you watch?

[RedDeadFred]

The swedish hockey games.

Well, if Canada looses I'll be cheering for the swedes.

 

[SuperUberBob]

Prob gonna watch the opening ceremonies if I can get up early enough for it (lousy time zones).

 

[RedDeadFred]

I can't wait myself, I love watching the events, the only things stopping me are school and work. I'm booking off the day of the Gold Medal Hockey game, for "Family Reasons" just so I can watch it. Hopefully the Canadian team will be there too

Hockey, that's it.

Fuck Canada! Go USA! [sub][sub]it's probably going to be russia or the damn swedes[/sub][/sub]

LOl! USA won't even get a medal finish in hockey. I'm thinking that it's going to be really close between Canada and Russia. Sweden just doesn't look as good this year. Also, you are a jerk. Eh! Oh! Canada Go! (ya I don't know who in their right mind came up with our Hockey cheer, it sucks but I'll stand by it all the same).

 

[UltraParanoia]

I can't wait myself, I love watching the events, the only things stopping me are school and work. I'm booking off the day of the Gold Medal Hockey game, for "Family Reasons" just so I can watch it. Hopefully the Canadian team will be there too

Hockey, that's it.

Fuck Canada! Go USA! [sub][sub]it's probably going to be russia or the damn swedes[/sub][/sub]

LOl! USA won't even get a medal finish in hockey. I'm thinking that it's going to be really close between Canada and Russia. Sweden just doesn't look as good this year. Also, you are a jerk. Eh! Oh! Canada Go! (ya I don't know who in their right mind came up with our Hockey cheer, it sucks but I'll stand by it all the same).

Twas a joke I'm aware the US doesn't stand a chance, I'll be rooting for the ruskies once the US gets knocked out.

I'm still annoyed the the NHL All star game was canceled for the olympics though.

 

[Bigsmith]

Winter Olympics... bleh. Summer Olympics for Sailing, Windsurfing and Kayaking is what I'm interested in, just gotta wait another couple of years...

Yer.. the next summer olympics isn't going to be happening.. there is no way we will finish building the staduim(s) in time.

 

[Thaius]

Like the Superbowl, I'll watch however much I happen to catch while playing Bioshock 2.

So none.

 

[era81]

Just Hockey. I just noticed that the United States coaching staff comes from Toronto the worst team in the East. Guess where fucked.

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

Yeah, I guess I'll watch a fair bit of it, Britain has a few good chances, plus the snowboarding is always great to watch.

 

[Haunted Serenity]

I'll be watching none of it, myself. All over-paid 'athletes' paid to do what amounts to a hobby or exercise. Plus you get all the inevitable guff with doping and cheating allegations - it's the mainstream equivalent of Modern Warfare 2's multiplayer mode on X-box Live to me.

Yeah... Except actual Olympic athletes get paid next to nothing for what they do, and do in fact need to have normal jobs. They can maybe do a Cheerios commercial for an easy paycheck but that's about all they get out of it. Some countries offer cash prizes, but the US gave out $25,000 as the maximum prize to gold medalists, which isn't a heck of a lot considering the time the athletes put into it. Why do you think there are so many "Support Olympic Athletes" foundations? It's because they get paid bugger all for what they do.

I didn't know all that. I just assumed that by donning all expensive kit they get a lot of money from what they did. I had always assumed they got paid in the same way that football ( or soccer) players did - via a professional body and sponsorship deals.

Thanks for telling me all this, I've learnt something there.

yeah you look at all the high tech stuff they get and then you realise, thats a gift from a big name company for advertising. Thats why the downhill skiers always take off one ski at the bottom and hold it up so you can see who made it. some countries pay their olympians better though.

I always liked the skiing, I always got the impression it was pretty dangerous to go the speeds those boys go.

Yeah. i used to race slalom and giant slalom. I can tell you one mistake and boom pain. I blew my knee pretty bad doing that. The speed is amazing though. It's such a thrill. I was driving my car on the highway one day and i lokked and my speedometer and i just thought to myself that i have done this speed before not in a car but going downhill on two strips of plastic resin fibreglass. 85kmph...man it's just amazing. go try it some day. you won't regret it. unless you wipe out. that hurts

 

[reg42]

None, it bores me.

 

[GreyWolf257]

I might check up on it every now and then. Other than that, I probably won't care much.

 

[ManiacEskimo]

I don't have TV. Otherwise I would watch at least some of it, especially since its in my home province.

 

[historybuff]

I want to watch the hockey games!! I <3 hockey!

 

[IckleMissMayhem]

Winter Olympics... bleh. Summer Olympics for Sailing, Windsurfing and Kayaking is what I'm interested in, just gotta wait another couple of years...

Yer.. the next summer olympics isn't going to be happening.. there is no way we will finish building the staduim(s) in time.

The venues for the sports I've mentioned are well on track to be completed waaaay ahead of time. In fact, we already have venues already in this country suitable. Quite a few, in fact.

 

[Spoon1138]

Only the bits with Stephen Colbert.

 

[Susan Arendt]

Most of it. I love the Winter Olympics. Well, I love the Olympics, period, but I prefer the sports in the Winter Games.

 

[lenneth]

Barely any, if at all. probably just follow mascot related news to see if Pedobear makes another appearnace

 

[Lonan]

I can't wait myself, I love watching the events, the only things stopping me are school and work. I'm booking off the day of the Gold Medal Hockey game, for "Family Reasons" just so I can watch it. Hopefully the Canadian team will be there too

Hockey, that's it.

Fuck Canada! Go USA! [sub][sub]it's probably going to be russia or the damn swedes[/sub][/sub]

LOl! USA won't even get a medal finish in hockey. I'm thinking that it's going to be really close between Canada and Russia. Sweden just doesn't look as good this year. Also, you are a jerk. Eh! Oh! Canada Go! (ya I don't know who in their right mind came up with our Hockey cheer, it sucks but I'll stand by it all the same).

Twas a joke I'm aware the US doesn't stand a chance, I'll be rooting for the ruskies once the US gets knocked out.

I'm still annoyed the the NHL All star game was canceled for the olympics though.

But are you aware that a joke instantly transmitted through the internet is the equivalent of a story from Egyptian times being horribly mangled and mistranslated for 5000 years until someone reads it on these forums?

 

[Z of the Na'vi]

I could really care less. I would rather spend my time running heroics in WoW or studying.

Sporting events have never truly interested me.