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The People's Republic Salutes You! (Olympics)
2008-08-08, 12:20 PM #1
General Beijing Olympic Games 2008 talk in this thread.

Who will get the most medals? Will you tune in for women's beach volleyball? Will the US basketball team fail again? How many doping cases will be exposed? Will any running event be won by a white man? What do you think of the new events? What events should be inducted or removed? Does anyone care?!
Looks like we're not going down after all, so nevermind.
2008-08-08, 12:31 PM #2
I will not be watching or caring.
2008-08-08, 12:56 PM #3
The Olympics haven't pulled my strings for a long time
that and I have no freaking clue what channels has what when or anything
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2008-08-08, 1:01 PM #4
"peoples"

"republic"
2008-08-08, 1:11 PM #5
They introduced new events? I don't think I've watched the summer olympics in about...oh...20 years or so.
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2008-08-08, 1:20 PM #6
Originally posted by Rogue Leader:
They introduced new events? I don't think I've watched the summer olympics in about...oh...20 years or so.


Yes:

Originally posted by Wikipedia:
Overall 9 new events will be held, which include 2 from the new cycling discipline of BMX. Women will compete in the 3000 m steeplechase for the first time. In addition, marathon swimming events for men and women, over the distance of 10 kilometres, will be added to the swimming discipline. Team events (men and women) in table tennis will replace the doubles events. In fencing, women's team foil and women's team sabre will replace men's team foil and women's team epee.
Looks like we're not going down after all, so nevermind.
2008-08-08, 1:31 PM #7
So now basketball, BMXing and Snowboarding are all Olympic sports. Wow.

Also, you said women's beach volleyball?
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2008-08-08, 1:32 PM #8
I care more about the Winter Olympics but I'll watch things when I'm not busy revising.

The opening ceremony was a bit of an awegasm.
nope.
2008-08-08, 1:33 PM #9
"of"

"china"

(the last one is because it's in china but they really only represent the interests of the han chinese, and even that's up for debate)
2008-08-08, 4:09 PM #10
They kicked thousands of people out of their homes so they could have the olympics...
2008-08-08, 5:00 PM #11
I'll be cheering the U.S. basketball team to regain their honor along with the U.S. Gymnastic team.
2008-08-08, 5:05 PM #12
China is paying almost $50 billion on the Olympics... when Greece spent $9 billion it was considered way over-budget.
2008-08-08, 5:20 PM #13
Oh and I forgot that they've installed/are installing over 300,000 surveillance cameras around the Olympic area, for security you know.

I'm also looking forward to see if NBC, who I think has exclusive rights to cover the Olympics, will cover the protests at all... GE is a major sponsor of the Olympics, so they might not.
2008-08-08, 5:53 PM #14
Originally posted by Vincent Valentine:
I'm also looking forward to see if NBC, who I think has exclusive rights to cover the Olympics, will cover the protests at all... GE is a major sponsor of the Olympics, so they might not.


They're planning an unprecedented amount of coverage, thats for sure.
2008-08-08, 6:29 PM #15
Originally posted by Vincent Valentine:
China is paying almost $50 billion on the Olympics... when Greece spent $9 billion it was considered way over-budget.


to be fair a lot of that money went towards failing miserably at reducing pollution to safe levels
2008-08-08, 9:11 PM #16
The opening show was crazy.

Also, I think it's cool to get a lot of countries of the world united in something.
2008-08-08, 9:21 PM #17
Originally posted by Axis:
I think it's cool to get a lot of countries of the world united in something.

:raise:
2008-08-08, 9:29 PM #18
Originally posted by Axis:
The opening show was crazy.

Also, I think it's cool to get a lot of countries of the world united in something.

Ha! What dream world do you live in? This planet will never be united on anything. I think the Olympics fester more nationalistic pride than anything. Who doesn't want to see their flag displayed as the most prominant.

Hell, I want the United States to kick the **** out of every other nation by a wide margin. **** unity, we're here to WIN!
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2008-08-08, 9:31 PM #19
Sport sport sport sport, sport sport sport sport... Politics be damned bring on the competition!
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2008-08-08, 9:38 PM #20
I worked through the opening ceremony, and of course youtube has removed all the new vids of it due to breach of copyright :saddowns:
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2008-08-08, 9:41 PM #21
methinks that the australian channel broadcastting is going to be in some very deep trouble, as a human rights organization acualy bought an advertising slot during the opening ceremony broadcast, but they decided not to air it, which when someone has paid in advance to have something braodcast, and you accepted the money, failing to braodcast it will tend to bring the ACCC down on you, and down on you HARD.
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2008-08-08, 10:22 PM #22
"One Dream, One World" is the motto for the Beijing Olympics.

Does anyone else get that? Was I the only one that laughed my *** off when I heard it?
Democracy: rule by the stupid
2008-08-09, 12:39 AM #23
Torch lighting was ****ing awesome.
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2008-08-09, 10:58 AM #24
Speaking of PRC, I think it's a good time to play some People's General.
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2008-08-09, 11:30 AM #25
The Beijing Olympic is been boycott by some people at the my working place.
I can understand though. However, watching sport is fun. Like a wrestling, fencing, beach volleyball (women no men for me), and track and the field.
2008-08-09, 12:17 PM #26
Is it too late to place my bets? Vegas had 15-1 odds against cycling being the first sport to have a medal stripped for a failed drug test.
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2008-08-09, 1:27 PM #27
So, the US gets its first gold medal of the Olympics in women's individual saber fencing. It was also a clean sweep. America has never been good in the fencing event, and seeing as how this is the first gold medal for the US, I would have figured there would be some kind of video of the event. Nope. I'm kind of pissed right now. Not being able to watch the event(with an evidently huge comeback in the bronze medal match against the Russians) irritates me. Besides, saber fencing is just awesome.
Democracy: rule by the stupid
2008-08-09, 1:49 PM #28
Pfft, you can see almost everything here.

I only saw a bit of the gymnastics today and nothing else because I spent all day working and then revising. :(
nope.
2008-08-09, 1:53 PM #29
I just discovered NBCOlympics.com. Woo! *watches the semi-finals and finals*
Democracy: rule by the stupid
2008-08-09, 2:47 PM #30
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ggQNWFcjBzBhomPtgyslaH0aNdcQ

olympics related stabbing/murder.
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2008-08-09, 3:18 PM #31
Geeze, who would be dumb enough to piss off Chinese officials by committing an embarrassing crime like that during the Olympics. I'd hate to be him.
2008-08-09, 3:29 PM #32
He's already dead. The article says he jumped off a building afterwards.

Sad, I'd rather the commies sort him out nice and good.
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2008-08-09, 4:13 PM #33
Something tells me that in 50 or 60 years' time, China will succumb to a massive civil war out of pure sexual frustration.
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2008-08-09, 4:20 PM #34
Originally posted by Vincent Valentine:
Oh and I forgot that they've installed/are installing over 300,000 surveillance cameras around the Olympic area, for security you know.

I'm also looking forward to see if NBC, who I think has exclusive rights to cover the Olympics, will cover the protests at all... GE is a major sponsor of the Olympics, so they might not.

They would certainly be kicked out and unable to cover any more. It would cost them too much money to risk that.
2008-08-09, 5:02 PM #35
Originally posted by Kieran Horn:
"One Dream, One World" is the motto for the Beijing Olympics.

Does anyone else get that? Was I the only one that laughed my *** off when I heard it?


It is actually "One World, One dream." And plus, it just makes more sense this way.
\(='_'=)/
2008-08-09, 9:16 PM #36
Originally posted by JediGandalf:
Ha! What dream world do you live in? This planet will never be united on anything. I think the Olympics fester more nationalistic pride than anything.


It will if aliens start attacking the planet. I agree do agree that the Olympics can fester a lot of nationalistic pride. Speaking of which, are people separated by their countries, while they're spectating the events?
2008-08-09, 9:33 PM #37
Originally posted by Cloud:
Speaking of which, are people separated by their countries, while they're spectating the events?


Do jocks sit with the math nerds during school assemblies?
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2008-08-09, 10:38 PM #38
Hahaha
2008-08-10, 4:28 PM #39
Originally posted by Freelancer:
Do jocks sit with the math nerds during school assemblies?


Yes if they're assigned seats.


By the way, the "Redeem team" won today against China by about 30 points. I thought China was going to put up a good fight in the beginning with all those three pointers they made, but I guess not.
2008-08-10, 10:04 PM #40
That 4x100 relay was amazing. Those cocky French, :p.

Those new suits are amazing. Even fifth place beat the world record.
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