Beijing Olympics 2008 [Archive]

Faiien

08-09-2008, 9:31 AM

apostolos

08-09-2008, 9:43 AM

The first part of the ceremonies was cool.The 2nd was boring.(seriously,watching countries march for 2 hours or so is painful)

SilverCrusader

08-09-2008, 10:00 AM

I would watch the Olympics all day if I could. Hell, once I'm older I'm definitely going.
But I don't have TV, and I have stuff to do.

Lithium

08-09-2008, 10:35 AM

The finale was spectacular. Chinese are the master of [live]entertainment.

WarInSerbia

08-09-2008, 10:38 AM

Best thing I ever seen,I realy liked the fireworks
Light everywhere,ppl jumping around.
simply awesome,a thing I wont forget for a long long time

The finale was spectacular. Chinese are the master of [live]entertainment.
agreed

deadkat

08-09-2008, 1:14 PM

The first part of the ceremonies was cool.The 2nd was boring.(seriously,watching countries march for 2 hours or so is painful)

Imagine dancing nonstop while watching countries march for two hours.

That would be painful indeed.

anderoo

08-09-2008, 4:00 PM

Watched women's volleyball for a bit.
Mmmmm.

After that was fencing, which i don't really know anything about, so I didn't pay much attention to.

Magmaniac

08-09-2008, 5:50 PM

A friend of mine is going to wrestle for america in the olympics.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Deitchler

TheDriver

08-09-2008, 5:56 PM

I loved the torch lighting. I watched some boxing (yawn) and horses.

Protoss_Honor

08-09-2008, 6:07 PM

Watched women's volleyball for a bit.
Mmmmm.

After that was fencing, which i don't really know anything about, so I didn't pay much attention to.I missed fencing? Say it ain't so!

I need to go find an Olympic schedule and record all the fencing!

Black.Ice

08-09-2008, 9:56 PM

I loved the torch lighting. I watched some boxing (yawn) and horses.

I'm looking forwards to the Basketball. I watched a bit of it here and there.

I missed some of the opening ceremonies, but the few parts I watched were great.

And the cauldron lighting was pretty sweet, but I think it dragged on for a bit too long.

The best lighting ever was in barcelona, in 92. I remember watching it as a little kid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSA9xUUXj6E

TheDriver

08-09-2008, 10:14 PM

It would've been alot smoother if the Chinese weren't so determined with numerology.

Skullflower

08-09-2008, 11:22 PM

Beijing's air quality is crap. And Barcelona's torch lighting > Beijing's torch lighting.

Lithium

08-10-2008, 12:36 AM

Beijing's air quality is crap. And Barcelona's torch lighting > Beijing's torch lighting.

Later on didn't they find out that the arrow was tied to a string? From what I heard anyways...

I just think China's torch lighting got really boring with so many carriers, and how long it took that guy to run all around the stadium, but it was worth it.

Ubergopher

08-10-2008, 1:55 AM

I plan on watching some of the track (mainly the 800) and the triathalon, but aside from that I'm not to interested.

Faiien

08-10-2008, 4:08 PM

Oh my, it seems that this year, since China has the home advantage(only joking of course), China may attain more gold medals than the U.S.
http://media.economist.com/images/20080802/CSR550.gif

Ubergopher

08-11-2008, 2:27 AM

Ameeeeeeerica! Ameeeeeeerica! America! FUCK YEA! etc etc etc etc etc. Take that France!

Battlecruiser

08-11-2008, 5:23 AM

Phelps is a freakin' fish. What a beast underwater. Already 2 golds.
And Lezak went into a gear above top gear to beat the french dude.
The French were talking trash about the US team, and were the favorites to win. Now what, bitches?

I guess the olympics show what is humanly possible, because these are humans competing, but some of the things they do make me firmly believe these aren't humans. Unbelievable. This is why I love watching swimming.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/swimming/news/newsid=188791.html

BrotherGreen

08-11-2008, 5:44 AM

Icarus

08-11-2008, 8:48 AM

the opening ceremony was the best opening ceremony for the Olympics. ever. I strongly suggest that anyone who appreciates visual features to watch it.

mranderson

08-11-2008, 11:07 AM

Not to mention EVERYTIME they race a record is broken. I watched that relay race with my grandpa live, it was pretty sweet indeed. Canada didnt look too bad until between 2 and third guy.

@anderoo womens volleyball isnt hot. They're all taller than you.

If I'm not mistaken from SI the tallest one is 6'3" ... that is taller than you guys? :o And honestly unless you are standing next to someone it isn't that big of a deal. But blah, women's volleyball players are skinny (as are most female olympic athletes) :confused:

Anderoo has a dream, leave him be :P

I tried watching one of the basketball games, but the US blew China out of the water so I played starcraft. I found more entertainment value in it. (I will admit the swim relay was a good finish though. For those of you who don't know though Phelps swam slower than his french counterpart I believe...).

But seriously I watched that swim relay where they shattered the old olympics record. It has been four years since the old one was set of course they are going to shatter it. Four years training for a dedicated athlete is an eternity.

anderoo

08-11-2008, 1:40 PM

@anderoo womens volleyball isnt hot. They're all taller than you.

They may be tall, but their shorts are sooo short...

Today I watched a bit of China vs USA women's basketball. Those women out-testosterone me by a mile, so I wasn't that interested. Also, I think it's sort of a waste of time to watch those complete smashings. USA was up by more than double China's points and the commentator's are still trying to make it interesting.
"The great thing about this Chinese women's team is that they're a team, they're playing B-Ball, not 'we'-ball. No one is trying to be a hero, and that's how teams come back from defecits, by sticking to the plan and working together." Yeah... I bet I missed an epic comeback there.

WhatIsStarcraft

08-11-2008, 1:46 PM

The openig ceremony was great. The footsteps in teh air was a computer simulation. They have admitted it, but they were just laughing, because they didn't believe it would fool people.

mranderson

08-11-2008, 2:01 PM

Suffice to say the US women's b-ball team has the athletes on it to rape basically any other team out there that plays like a team, but of course I don't follow it to closely. Which is why I'll probably watch the final games, but nothing else unless I see a good rep for it. B-ball just isn't the same as a fan when a team goes up twenty and they stop playing like a team. :'(

What people need to watch for is the team's with athletes in the top five percent, and well rounded abilities without a huge drop off in talent that work together. Utter rapage awaits those other teams :P

You can look at last year's NCAA basketball tourney. UNC did good with Tyler Hansborough but got absolutely raped when they didn't play like a team. UNC closed the gap when they played like a team, but stopped and got raped. Of course I'll save my thesis statement on sports for later ;)

And it's the announcer's job to keep it interesting. People actually watch crap like that the whole way through though.

BrotherGreen

08-11-2008, 3:43 PM

Im 6'2.

I've never dated, nor hooked up with a girl over 5'4, except for one, very, very hot exception. based on that rule, i cannot find them[female volleyball players] attractive. Was watching a bit of tennis today between canada and UK, not sure who ended up winning the match though [it was doubles]

GenocideAlive

08-11-2008, 4:29 PM

Your masculinity is rather fragile if you can't get a hardon from anything over 5'4".

SgtHK

08-11-2008, 5:26 PM

I quite enjoyed watching the womens' weightlifting competition. Those muscle girls really had it in them.

Faiien

08-11-2008, 11:34 PM

It felt so satisfying watching Michael Phelps beat down the french guy, who was talking smack about Jason saying that he would smash the American swimmer in the 4x100m relay.

Ubergopher

08-12-2008, 1:48 AM

You realize that Jason Lezak was on the American relay team right, and Michael Phelps was on the same team. Also Lezak's split was faster tha Phelps.

Faiien

08-12-2008, 7:35 PM

woah...total messup I don't know how that happened XD. Well you know what I meant.

Skullflower

08-12-2008, 7:46 PM

http://f3.yahoofs.com/ymg/ept_sports_oly_experts__2/ept_sports_oly_experts-633900547-1218549565.jpg?ym.sy1_ClT_CzSdG

This brought the lolz.

BrotherGreen

08-12-2008, 9:43 PM

Genocide, its simply my preference to have my girls shorter. So because I have a preference that means I have a fragile masculinity.

Some men prefer it in the ass, and while I dont agree with that, some of the manliest men I know are gay.

That would be like saying because I like blue flowers, and you like red ones, your a pussy.

Pussy.

Magmaniac

08-12-2008, 10:05 PM

Your masculinity is rather fragile if you can't get a hardon from anything over 5'4".

What does it mean for my masculinity if I can't get a hardon from anything older than 7? =\

DoctorZettabyte

08-12-2008, 10:53 PM

The Men's Whitewater (K1?) rafting was amazing. Benjamin (er...K-something) got a bronze, the first Olympic medal for the country of Togo. What a great run. He was so happy at the end of it, he snapped his paddle cleanly in two after he saw his time. I'll be cliche here and say it:

GO WORLD!

-DocZetta

Edit: This just on on CNN.com: Michael Phelps has become the winningest Olympic athlete ever, earning his fourth gold medal of the Beijing Games with a world record in the 200-meter butterfly. It was Phelps' 10th career gold, breaking a tie with Mark Spitz, Carl Lewis and two others, SI.com reports.
How sad. CNN's creating a new word -- "winningest".

3Vee

08-12-2008, 11:58 PM

I think "winningest" has been around for quite awhile, and regardless of what you think of it, I wouldn't place all the blame on CNN.

Also, go Phelps!

DoctorZettabyte

08-13-2008, 12:01 AM

I've seen this many times now, and it never ceases to inspire me. This was and is still one of the greatest moments of the Olympic games in recent memory.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU3jfbb172E

-DocZetta

masterofhobbiton

08-13-2008, 12:01 AM

"winningest

Main Entry:
win·ning·est
Function:
adjective
Date:
1972

: having achieved the most wins <the winningest coach in football>"

- meriam webster.

Skullflower

08-13-2008, 12:25 AM

Phelps has 5 golds now. Go USA.

Lithium

08-13-2008, 12:39 AM

11. Usa

deadkat

08-13-2008, 1:00 AM

I know it's kinda late, but did anyone watch the opening ceremonies close enough and notice this (http://gizmodo.com/5035456/blue-screen-of-death-strikes-birds-nest-during-opening-ceremonies-torch-lighting)?

Makes me wonder what they were doing in order to get it.

Skullflower

08-13-2008, 1:12 AM

http://gizmodo.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/08/bsod1_600.jpg

Why is it in english?

DoctorZettabyte

08-13-2008, 1:19 AM

It should, in theory, be in Mandarin Chinese, if the system language was set correctly.

Or the BSoD is only written in the dev's native language. Lame. :-P

-DocZetta

Skullflower

08-13-2008, 1:23 AM

Makes me wonder what they were doing in order to get it.

Lolz.
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/1971/olympicsopeningceremonyhg7.png

Magmaniac

08-13-2008, 1:40 AM

An article on the guy who I know from high school
http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=19377

Thedutchjelle

08-13-2008, 9:32 AM

A place to talk about anything Olympics related. I don't know how many users here at Warboards watch the Olympics but post this up anyways :P. For starters, did anyone catch the opening ceremonies? I missed them last night.

I found it really weak that almost everyone I know watched the ceremony, as lots of people were going 'BOYCOT IT! China is being mean to it's citizens!' in the weeks leading up to the Olympics.

For that reason I refused to watch it. Though I'm ofc happy that The Netherlands won some games/sports.

Icarus

08-13-2008, 10:07 AM

Yeah man! Boycott the olympics! that'll show them!

how do you think the athletes feel about that?

Faiien

08-13-2008, 4:08 PM

Micheal Phelps wins 10 gold medals, which makes him, in a sense, the greatest Olympian ever. USA USA USA!

IrishDutchman

08-13-2008, 5:44 PM

It's hardly surprising the USA is kicking butt. Did you see how many athletes they have?! Half the bloody competitors at the games are bloody americans.

Skullflower

08-13-2008, 5:54 PM

Either that or are athletes are just better than everyone else.

IrishDutchman

08-13-2008, 5:57 PM

either that or are athletes are just better than everyone else.

rabble rabble rabble! :cuss:

Faiien

08-14-2008, 12:02 AM

I think I almost peed my pants when I saw this (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1044258/Pictured-The-horrific-moment-Olympic-weightlifter-turns-elbow-front.html).

Skullflower

08-14-2008, 12:11 AM

Well, thats pretty gross.

Faiien

08-15-2008, 1:46 PM

Breaking News, well not really but anyways, the chinese gymnastics team contained a 13 year old girl who was competing with them for the gold medal in the team competitions, which they won. Her name was He Kexin and the minimum age to compete in the gymnastics portion of the olympics is, I believe, 16 TUN TUN TUN TUN!!!! Whatever will happen now?

Source (http://www.nbcolympics.com/gymnastics/news/newsid=213588.html?_source=rss&cid=)

SilverCrusader

08-15-2008, 2:30 PM

GenocideAlive

08-15-2008, 4:02 PM

Reading: you fail. Chinese already won. And there's more than one girl, there's three that are in question. They've been announced as "16" by official sources, mere months after having been announced as 13, 14, and 13. Of course, now the entire thing is shifted onto the IOC to either enforce rules or admit it's a paper tiger. And since China can always destroy evidence faster than we can find it, the IOC is pretty much a failed enterprise. Gogo Olympics, where we sacrifice our citizens' health in trade for a few moments of nationalistic hubris.

WhatIsStarcraft

08-15-2008, 5:10 PM

Faiien

08-15-2008, 5:23 PM

And you know this...how? Are you some sort of seer from Charmed here to guide us on the path of righteousness? I think one of the main reason that China is getting so much criticism is because they haven't been able to back up their promises. Reporters are getting arrested and getting their footage taken away left and right, the air is so full of smog that bicyclist had to enter the country wearing masks, and THEIR CHEATING.

deadkat

08-15-2008, 10:25 PM

I don't get why China gets so much critic. Countries, and especially people like Bush should not say anything! The US have Gitmo, so they shouldn't say anything, not a thing, I say!!

Sure, the chinese do some crazy stuff, but if the People's Republic of China implemented full democracy, the country would fall apart, and there would be massive wars between the 56 different nationalities.

Basically, the country would fall back into a war between small states.

Everyone loves to crowd around the next big thing and nitpick at it. Don't take it too seriously.

Reporters are getting arrested and getting their footage taken away left and right

They're being arrested for good reasons (from China's point of view).

the air is so full of smog that bicyclist had to enter the country wearing masks

Everyone knew about the smog, yet everyone still let China host the Olympics. Whose fault is it now?

THEIR CHEATING.

That is not yet certain (and probably will never be).

Faiien

08-15-2008, 10:30 PM

They're being arrested for good reasons (from China's point of view).
Yes, China's word is law and we should all obey our future overlords.
Everyone knew about the smog, yet everyone still let China host the Olympics. Whose fault is it now?
China's
That is not yet certain (and probably will never be).
We all know it, we just don't have the proof to back it up, and before you say, Pics or it didnt happen I reference you to the newspaper articles that were published claiming one of the girls in the Olympics to only be 13. If we let people get away from their errors, they'll only continue to make more errors.

deadkat

08-15-2008, 10:56 PM

Yes, China's word is law and we should all obey our future overlords.

China has its own laws and a right to enforce them. Even if most are technicalities, it's still the law.

We all know it, we just don't have the proof to back it up, and before you say, Pics or it didnt happen

Solid evidence, or it didn't happen.

I reference you to the newspaper articles that were published claiming one of the girls in the Olympics to only be 13.

Word of the day.

If we let people get away from their errors, they'll only continue to make more errors.

If they find proof, they will take action. If they don't find proof, there's nothing anyone can do.

Did Bush cheat in the 2000 election? There was no proof that he did, thus he did not.

Faiien

08-15-2008, 11:12 PM

China has its own laws and a right to enforce them. Even if most are technicalities, it's still the law.

I'm not saying their laws aren't right or are wrong, I'm simply criticizing them based on their promises of 100% free press, which, they obviously aren't continuing when it comes to certain issues.
Solid evidence, or it didn't happen.
http://www.nbcolympics.com/gymnastics/news/newsid=213588.html?_source=rss&cid=
If they find proof, they will take action. If they don't find proof, there's nothing anyone can do.

Did Bush cheat in the 2000 election? There was no proof that he did, thus he did not.Yes, I'm sure China's government is rearing and ready to find their faults and mistakes and admit them to the general public. AND WE DO HAVE PROOF OF THEIR ERRORS, their arresting reporters, taking away recorded footage they do not wish for others to see, and submitting underage girls in the olympics.

and PLEASE stop quoting every single line I say, I have enough intelligence to understand which of my statements you'll be referring to. I was doing it in the hopes of pointing out to you how annoying and useless it is but I guess that didnt work so I'm just going to spell it out for you.