anyone following this? watched the opening ceremonies it was pretty dope.
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I stayed up last night to watch the opening ceremony myself as I was pleasantly surprised at how good it was! I was afraid we were going to try and trump China, but instead we did our own thing and I guess showed the best of british? Wasn't a big fan of the live music, but the tribute to the NHS, Mr Bean, James Bond, etc... all excellent! And the lighting of the main torch was damn cool.
Anyways, getting a freeview box hooked up tonight so that I can actually watch some of the sports. Not too interested in the swimming or cycling so I'm happy to miss today.
What're you looking forward to seeing most?ITG guru, FFR noob, wants to hug every cat.
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Definitely the track events, especially the sprinting ones! Even though the results are somewhat obvious, it is still exciting to watch! I also plan on watching tennis as well!Comment
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gonna watch boxing, tennis, football and athletics most likely.
mr bean/daniel craig with the queen (her first role!) was my fav part of the opening ceremonies. the fireworks ruined whatever vancouver did lmao. the whole british history thing going from bronze age to modern was brilliantly done.Comment
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Local television is horrendous in that if you don't subscribe to cable or anything, you're stuck with watching like 10 different channels (and only 3 of them are actually showing the Olympics in bits and pieces). That said the coverage this time round is pretty good. Right now I'm staying up for the fencing; probably will try to catch some gymnastics, tennis and badminton when I can.
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Can you guys watch anything live on the BBC website? They're showing everything if you can get around any kind of non-UK block they may have?
And the sprinting isn't that one-sided. Will be interesting to see if Bolt is able to run his best, or is Blake is going to have the chance to beat him on the worlds biggest stage!ITG guru, FFR noob, wants to hug every cat.
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love olympics, only chance to watch some awesome sports. watching most of the volleyball (gonna try my best not to miss a match), track & field gets my attention field events are better to watch imo besides like the 100m, pretty much everything keeps my interest im soooo hyped
also does it bother anyone else that if michael phelps wins another medal they're calling him the greatest olympian of all time? i mean obviously he is an incredible athlete, and such a dominant force in swimming, but really what other sport has even a remote chance to win that many medals? none lol :P
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So much hype!
I really really really want to see long jump but it's never broadcasted for some reason. Maybe because there's no Canadians in it... :c
Asides from that, watching track and soccer.
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I have to agree on the medals thing. He is still a great athlete nonetheless.Comment
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I know i would loooove to see long jump, as well as high jump, events I used to do, my faaaaaaavourite field events, they're really cool to watch ^.^
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I disagree with the term "greatest olympian of all time." There shouldn't be one since every participant in the Olympics deserves recognition for their talent. The Olympics in my view is a chance to watch the best compete with each other, not to watch who is the best.
This goes for everything ranging from FFR tournaments, math competitions, Olympics, etc. It's very ignorant for one to claim that someone is the best at something even though there may be a "best competitor".Last edited by iironiic; 07-28-2012, 12:24 PM.Comment
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Ugh I want to be swimming that 400 im. :c I'm so jealous of all these people that get to compete.
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i love all these UK vs. America hate comments everywhere lolol
n1 olympics
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USA's clothing is made in China. ggwp
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missed the opening ceremonies
I gotta find a recording online somewhere.
that's for sure! I'm interested in watching nearly all of the events. badminton, fencing... I just have no awareness of these sports 99% of the time, even though people pour so much hard work into perfecting their own skills. it's great that such tremendous athletes can get some global exposure.
I'm so glad the tennis coverage is excellent where I live, haha. only in the Olympics will you see top singles players go all-out in doubles. in singles, Falla already gave Federer a scare in the first round
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NBC is streaming everything on youtube for us, not sure if everybody know about it. Unless I'm mistaken and it's just something that comcast subscribers get.
I don't know where you heard them saying he could be the "greatest olympian", I've only heard them saying "most decorated."
EDIT: I'm excited for dem gymnastics and weightlifting is pretty dope. I'm gonna watch pretty much everything I can though.Last edited by ghount; 07-28-2012, 06:14 PM.Comment
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