Olympics 2012 - Page 4

Goody · 29-Jul-2012, 19:58

Aye given the themes of the least worst opening ceremony i've seen were multiculturalism and music its a bit ironic that it was almost spoiled by a black DJ*

*couldnt for the life of me figure out how to ramrod industrialism into that.

Fulmineus · 29-Jul-2012, 20:08

By all means say "This bit is to signify this" but stop the on-air wanking over how awesome it is.

GroovYF · 29-Jul-2012, 20:27

Great swim for Adlington.

Fulmineus · 29-Jul-2012, 20:29

Coe needs to fuck off too.

GroovYF · 29-Jul-2012, 20:33

The whole empty seats issue pisses me off. They shouldn't pander so much to sponsors and "Olympic family", (and that's a bullshit term if I've ever heard one).

GroovYF · 30-Jul-2012, 19:03

Nail-biting ending for the men's team gymnastics!! Right down to the very last athlete.

(Japanese appealing now... GB's medal may be in doubt...)

Chef_uk · 30-Jul-2012, 19:23

Every time i hear Chariots of Fire i think of Mr Bean now

Kenny · 30-Jul-2012, 19:35

Yep robbed back to bronze all because they bitched and got it back ,bloody typical .

Sin · 30-Jul-2012, 19:39

WP thought tbh, the gymnasts continue to amaze me tbh. Just when you think your strong for picking that big rock up down the bottom of the garden one of these cunts does a double mc twist head stand!

naib · 30-Jul-2012, 21:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kenny

Yep robbed back to bronze all because they bitched and got it back ,bloody typical .

It was disappointing, but based on my half remembered and 10 years out of date knowledge of the judging rules, the Japanese were right to challenge it.

Kristian Thomas was a used to train at the club I went to, and he was bloody good back then

Xivo · 30-Jul-2012, 22:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by naib

It was disappointing, but based on my half remembered and 10 years out of date knowledge of the judging rules, the Japanese were right to challenge it.

Kristian Thomas was a used to train at the club I went to, and he was bloody good back then

True, completely within their rights the Japs were. Didn't like it one bit though, gutted for the boys, yet ecstatic for them at the same time.

Nomad · 31-Jul-2012, 00:16

http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/2...racist-message
cunt

Badger Man · 31-Jul-2012, 08:18

And how great to hear the Brit commentators shouting and screaming in excitement too - really showed they were passionate about the result

GroovYF · 31-Jul-2012, 10:31

Awesome stufff... National Media Museum showing events in SuperHD (16 times sharper than HD!): http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19049341

http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.u...rHiVision.aspx

Think I'll have some of that

Randell · 31-Jul-2012, 10:42

so I'm not the only one to think Danny Boyle asked Peter Jackson for some creative input!

http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2012/07/31/...ng-to-tolkein/

Hapless · 31-Jul-2012, 11:23

It would be great if we could push ahead of some of the big boys on the medal table like Lithuania and Georgia.

popej · 31-Jul-2012, 13:57

It's the same story every time (major athletics event) with the medals. Until we get to the track & field events GB do bugger all (exception: slight increase in medals when the rowing/sailing start).

Beijing was an enigma medal wise because our cyclists all came of age and it's now taken very seriously as a sport in this country. We also got a few medals from the swimming which is normally barren for GB (as is being demonstrated again this time)

I reckon we'll get quite a decent haul from the indoor cycling events (no brainer) and possibly a few from the rowing/sailing. Isn't bowling an event that we tend to do well in (lol)?

The track & field team is arguably weaker than it was when I was a nipper so I wouldn't be surprised if GB bomb, at least comparitively to the publics expectations. There's a few decent gold prospects like Ennis and Farah (calling it now - Ennis will either get injured or be mediocre) but I reckon the track & field will be largely bronze and silver if anything.

Orange · 31-Jul-2012, 15:43

Heartbreaking stuff from someone who seems pretty genuine
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19064394

With regards Britain on the track, I'm not sure we were so disproprtionately hot at Beijing, finishing 8th in the Athletics medal table with 4.

Orange · 31-Jul-2012, 15:46

To your point, it's been pretty lumpy, but slowly downhill since '84

Orange · 31-Jul-2012, 16:32

This about hits the mark on the seats:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/lond...mpty-vip-seats

PsYcHoKiLLa · 31-Jul-2012, 17:08

The empty seats...yeah, unless the government forgot, there's a recession, us proles can't afford £2000 for ONE seat at ONE event, maybe if they had priced the seats more fairly then they would have sold out every event.

Orange · 31-Jul-2012, 17:55

Pricing has nothing to do with it, the uber expensive seats all basically sold out.

Blood God · 31-Jul-2012, 22:12

The resale is certainly working, a co-worker got some in one and spent today sat about 10 rows away from some of the royals watching the horses... so it's not like people can't afford to buy them.

Chef_uk · 31-Jul-2012, 22:53

Bizarrely my game Korea v Gabon is still sold out.

Orange · 31-Jul-2012, 23:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blood God

The resale is certainly working, a co-worker got some in one and spent today sat about 10 rows away from some of the royals watching the horses... so it's not like people can't afford to buy them.

Right, the resale's not the issue, its the huge number of seats reserved for IOC officials and journalists to take up on an ad-hoc basis, and which they're plainly not the slightest bit interested in using for the earlier events. Coupled with national federations not sending unsold tickets back and it leads to a load of empty seats.

Hot Soup · 31-Jul-2012, 23:43

I'm not sure any of us should be surprised by this , it's always been the case for the major sporting events as long as I can remember.

As the Guardian article says , with the continual and imo increasing corporate whoring out it's not going to change. I think the extremely amusing and contradictory message of having McDonalds and Coke as two Sponsors / Partners indicates how compromised the "Olympic" ideal is these days.

Medal wise ... agree with popej , China was an over achievement I think. Hoping we do as well , but not expecting to!

Inertiaman · 31-Jul-2012, 23:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hot Soup

I'm not sure any of us should be surprised by this , it's always been the case for the major sporting events as long as I can remember.

As the Guardian article says , with the continual and imo increasing corporate whoring out it's not going to change. I think the extremely amusing and contradictory message of having McDonalds and Coke as two Sponsors / Partners indicates how compromised the "Olympic" ideal is these days.

Medal wise ... agree with popej , China was an over achievement I think. Hoping we do as well , but not expecting to!

The problem being of course that running a lympits is now a multi-billion quid affair. I'd certainly rather more came from horrendous filth merchants than my own pocket.

Inertiaman · 31-Jul-2012, 23:49

btw

Phelps > *

BBW · 01-Aug-2012, 00:11

One of the commentators: "He's built like a fish!"

BBW · 01-Aug-2012, 00:14

Also, the equestrian got me going earlier! 20,000 people holding their breath and all you could hear was the horse snarling and panting over each fence, awesome stuff.

29-Jul-2012, 20:08	#92
Fulmineus karma killer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Colchester Posts: 15,049	By all means say "This bit is to signify this" but stop the on-air wanking over how awesome it is. __________________ belua vasta, lupus! udisque paludibus exit, oblitus et spumis et sparsus sanguine rictus, fulmineus, rubra suffusus lumina flamma. Say NO! to capital t Sponsored by AQA

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GroovYF Octave Doctor Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Halifax Posts: 22,305	Great swim for Adlington. __________________ photoblog

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Fulmineus karma killer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Colchester Posts: 15,049	Coe needs to fuck off too. __________________ belua vasta, lupus! udisque paludibus exit, oblitus et spumis et sparsus sanguine rictus, fulmineus, rubra suffusus lumina flamma. Say NO! to capital t Sponsored by AQA

29-Jul-2012, 20:33	#95
GroovYF Octave Doctor Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Halifax Posts: 22,305	The whole empty seats issue pisses me off. They shouldn't pander so much to sponsors and "Olympic family", (and that's a bullshit term if I've ever heard one). __________________ photoblog

30-Jul-2012, 19:03	#96
GroovYF Octave Doctor Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Halifax Posts: 22,305	Nail-biting ending for the men's team gymnastics!! Right down to the very last athlete. (Japanese appealing now... GB's medal may be in doubt...) __________________ photoblog Last edited by GroovYF; 30-Jul-2012 at 19:06.

29-Jul-2012, 19:58	#91
Goody all your posts are belong to us Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 6,519	Aye given the themes of the least worst opening ceremony i've seen were multiculturalism and music its a bit ironic that it was almost spoiled by a black DJ* *couldnt for the life of me figure out how to ramrod industrialism into that.

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Chef_uk attention seeker Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: U.K Posts: 6,222	Every time i hear Chariots of Fire i think of Mr Bean now __________________ My Veg Growing Blog \| Clan PTG

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Kenny topicophiliac Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 2,020	Yep robbed back to bronze all because they bitched and got it back ,bloody typical . __________________ http://sigs.enjin.com/sig-bf3/c4225a565eec7a97.png

30-Jul-2012, 19:39	#99
Sin TheMutsNuts. Join Date: May 2004 Location: Sunderland Posts: 3,971	WP thought tbh, the gymnasts continue to amaze me tbh. Just when you think your strong for picking that big rock up down the bottom of the garden one of these cunts does a double mc twist head stand! __________________ [Xbox Gamertag] - RoganTheGypo

31-Jul-2012, 00:16	#102
Nomad i fear no midget Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,665	http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/2...racist-message cunt

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Badger Man During the war.... Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Stevenage/Minety Posts: 1,241	And how great to hear the Brit commentators shouting and screaming in excitement too - really showed they were passionate about the result __________________ Faye Turney believed not to be involved.

31-Jul-2012, 10:31	#104
GroovYF Octave Doctor Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Halifax Posts: 22,305	Awesome stufff... National Media Museum showing events in SuperHD (16 times sharper than HD!): http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19049341 http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.u...rHiVision.aspx Think I'll have some of that __________________ photoblog

31-Jul-2012, 10:42	#105
Randell built in bulletin board Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,211	so I'm not the only one to think Danny Boyle asked Peter Jackson for some creative input! http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2012/07/31/...ng-to-tolkein/

31-Jul-2012, 11:23	#106
Hapless Prince of All Oafs Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Reading, Writing & Arithmetic Posts: 4,302	It would be great if we could push ahead of some of the big boys on the medal table like Lithuania and Georgia. __________________ Championing the cause of Status Anxiety sufferers since 1969.

31-Jul-2012, 13:57	#107
popej bandwidth bill in the post Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: manchester, UK Posts: 1,928	It's the same story every time (major athletics event) with the medals. Until we get to the track & field events GB do bugger all (exception: slight increase in medals when the rowing/sailing start). Beijing was an enigma medal wise because our cyclists all came of age and it's now taken very seriously as a sport in this country. We also got a few medals from the swimming which is normally barren for GB (as is being demonstrated again this time) I reckon we'll get quite a decent haul from the indoor cycling events (no brainer) and possibly a few from the rowing/sailing. Isn't bowling an event that we tend to do well in (lol)? The track & field team is arguably weaker than it was when I was a nipper so I wouldn't be surprised if GB bomb, at least comparitively to the publics expectations. There's a few decent gold prospects like Ennis and Farah (calling it now - Ennis will either get injured or be mediocre) but I reckon the track & field will be largely bronze and silver if anything. __________________ RIP Crazy Horse.

31-Jul-2012, 15:43	#108
Orange member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 6,638	Heartbreaking stuff from someone who seems pretty genuine http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19064394 With regards Britain on the track, I'm not sure we were so disproprtionately hot at Beijing, finishing 8th in the Athletics medal table with 4.

31-Jul-2012, 15:46	#109
Orange member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 6,638	To your point, it's been pretty lumpy, but slowly downhill since '84

31-Jul-2012, 16:32	#110
Orange member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 6,638	This about hits the mark on the seats: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/lond...mpty-vip-seats

31-Jul-2012, 17:08	#111
PsYcHoKiLLa spam tbh Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 958	The empty seats...yeah, unless the government forgot, there's a recession, us proles can't afford £2000 for ONE seat at ONE event, maybe if they had priced the seats more fairly then they would have sold out every event.

31-Jul-2012, 17:55	#112
Orange member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 6,638	Pricing has nothing to do with it, the uber expensive seats all basically sold out.

31-Jul-2012, 22:12	#113
Blood God Destroyer of economies Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Bruce's Bar and Grill, London Posts: 6,997	The resale is certainly working, a co-worker got some in one and spent today sat about 10 rows away from some of the royals watching the horses... so it's not like people can't afford to buy them.

31-Jul-2012, 22:53	#114
Chef_uk attention seeker Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: U.K Posts: 6,222	Bizarrely my game Korea v Gabon is still sold out. __________________ My Veg Growing Blog \| Clan PTG

31-Jul-2012, 23:43	#116
Hot Soup to post or not to post Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Scotland Tournaments Won: 1 Posts: 3,570	I'm not sure any of us should be surprised by this , it's always been the case for the major sporting events as long as I can remember. As the Guardian article says , with the continual and imo increasing corporate whoring out it's not going to change. I think the extremely amusing and contradictory message of having McDonalds and Coke as two Sponsors / Partners indicates how compromised the "Olympic" ideal is these days. Medal wise ... agree with popej , China was an over achievement I think. Hoping we do as well , but not expecting to! __________________ "Thats a lie." "Yes it is. What's your point." Why'd you open your bong hole you smelly hippy? You'd sacrifice a beautiful woman to save a moderately attractive monkey? Hawks of the Luftwaffe!

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01-Aug-2012, 00:14	#120
BBW Contains flashing images. Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: In the woods... Tournaments Won: 1 Posts: 12,401	Also, the equestrian got me going earlier! 20,000 people holding their breath and all you could hear was the horse snarling and panting over each fence, awesome stuff. __________________ "There you go... giving a fuck when it ain't your turn to give a fuck." Xbox Live Profile :: Photoblog :: Flickr ::