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PostPosted: 02-08-2014 06:49 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


ey why no Olympics thread ey?

anyways there seems to be an over criticalness in the coverage of this

can you see it?

biggest best/most interesting Olympics ever no?



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PostPosted: 02-08-2014 07:34 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Wtf is an Olympics?...
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PostPosted: 02-08-2014 07:35 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Russia had one job...

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Yae my spelling and all that i was in costcos ey

Those rings where awezome compared to anything from the past afaik



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plained wrote:
ey why no Olympics thread ey?

anyways there seems to be an over criticalness in the coverage of this

can you see it?

biggest best/most interesting Olympics ever no?


The coverage is pretty shit so it makes sense. The only live shows are all in the middle of the night, then they switch to regular programming but with a ticker at the bottom spoiling all of the results.

I don't mind a comprehensive tape delayed show at prime time viewing, but it's 2014 ffs, give us live stream options for stuff. And don't spoil the results on a damn ticker.

They're plan for programming is literally what you'd expect to see in the 80s.
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i saw some of it using ota (antenna) cbc network in canada

great coverage and dead clear and not spammed up

does this work for u?

http://olympics.cbc.ca/videos/index.html



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EtUL wrote:
plained wrote:
ey why no Olympics thread ey?

anyways there seems to be an over criticalness in the coverage of this

can you see it?

biggest best/most interesting Olympics ever no?


The coverage is pretty shit so it makes sense. The only live shows are all in the middle of the night, then they switch to regular programming but with a ticker at the bottom spoiling all of the results.

I don't mind a comprehensive tape delayed show at prime time viewing, but it's 2014 ffs, give us live stream options for stuff. And don't spoil the results on a damn ticker.

They're plan for programming is literally what you'd expect to see in the 80s.


It's NBC, which is now owned by Comcast. They only give you the highlights on the "free" station and expect you to have cable so you can view the actual events on all the other cable only NBC channels.
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I saw some news about how shit their olympic accommodations are.. unfinished establishments , no running water and 3rd world shit like that... lol russia.
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Yeah, they're saying their hotels and other accommodations are sub par and most are still under construction.

Vladi looked pissed last night at the opening ceremonies, after they botched the Olympic rings. Heads will roll...




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So the company that I worked for on the London Olympics ceremony is the same one that did this ceremony too, only this time I wasn't on board. ...Coincidence that it was a shambles?



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those rings looked really cool, though... take note , the one that would be 'red' is the one that failed... of all colors to fail, eh russia?
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We've got like 8 free live streams here. But I guess live coverage isn't really useful when that's the middle of the night for you.

As for the Putinlympics, there's so much corruption involved with organizing them, it's not even funny anymore.
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Tsakali wrote:
I saw some news about how shit their olympic accommodations are.. unfinished establishments , no running water and 3rd world shit like that... lol russia.

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http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/02/bee-fil ... -olympics/



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http://vidmax.com/video/67322-VICE-The- ... -50Billion



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SoM wrote:
http://vidmax.com/video/67322-VICE-The-real-reason-the-Sochi-Olympics-in-Russia-cost-50Billion


Watch later for sure :up:


xer0s wrote:
Russia had one job...

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First I'd heard of the opening failure (shows my interest :smirk: ) and a real bummer I suppose.



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I didn't see Russia making any jokes after the 2010 embarrassment in Vancouver. Yanks and their northern bitches should grow up.
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nice try. russians are not allowed to humor.
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SoM wrote:
http://vidmax.com/video/67322-VICE-The-real-reason-the-Sochi-Olympics-in-Russia-cost-50Billion


Yes worth the view :up: so thanks SoM.



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Tsakali wrote:
I saw some news about how shit their olympic accommodations are.. unfinished establishments , no running water and 3rd world shit like that... lol russia.

http://9gag.com/gag/aRQvQAG
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I had no idea Russia was so third world. The toilet paper thing is something you see in Mexico (poor plumbing and sewer systems). Pathetic...
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Tsakali wrote:
I saw some news about how shit their olympic accommodations are.. unfinished establishments , no running water and 3rd world shit like that... lol russia.

http://9gag.com/gag/aRQvQAG


:olo:

like the door near mirror, SLAM, bye bye mirror

@Whiskey 7, glad you liked :up:



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xer0s wrote:
I had no idea Russia was so third world.


are you kidding? it's a fucking shithole run by a vainglorious retard

remember this is the place that gave us "Potemkin [fill in with thing you want people to think is there but actually isn't]"
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xer0s wrote:
I had no idea Russia was so third world.


You already live in a third world country.
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yea i know protocol dictates i should do nothing but nit-pick and complain about it regardless of any value, but i have to
admit that that opening ceremony was by far the best i have ever seen

what a spectacle of cash , scale , size, creativity and human spirit.

that visual representation of Kazimir Malevich painting was brilliant.

just fucking massive and impressive and i dont get impressed easy.

but yea there are huge major issues that need to constantly be reminded of is bee in a honey, stuck bathroom door, shitty hotels, dirty water.

fuck that shit NEVER happens anywhere else ey

ey pile on ey!



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...but i have to
admit that that opening ceremony was by far the best i have ever seen



I thought China in 2008 was more impressive. The drums gave me goosebumps...
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...and the 'hospitality' gave you AIDS
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pppfftt

perfection is for chumps!



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lol, what a joke
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fucking lol

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lol



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it kind of sums up this so-called Olympics that the most talked about things so far are Russian homophobia, the shitty unfinished accommodation, and amusing gifs
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What happened? Why is this Olympics so boring?
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it's not the Olympics, it's Russia, if they were hosted else where, it'd be a different story

at least the interwebs gets new :olo: from Russia pics



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