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Did anyone catch the result of the Slovakia - USA game? :lol:  :shock:   |
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« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2006, 09:46:36 pm » |
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Go Slovakia Go !  <3 Switzerland too :lol: Weird tournament though, with USA losing to Slovakia, Canada to Switzerland, and Czech Republic with 2 losses already... My bet goes for Japan winning the gold medal, beating Kazakhstan in the finals |
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« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2006, 12:26:39 am » |
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People watch the olympics?
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« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2006, 02:55:53 am » |
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People watch the olympics? Yeah, it's only one of the biggest sport events ever. I've heard some people watch the superbowl to. What's that all about? |
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« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2006, 06:31:50 am » |
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Ice hockey is the only real sport anyway. Let's see your guys beat Қазақстан first. Those semi-Russians are well 'ard. Plus, they've only had a national anthem for a little over a month now, so they're probably keen on getting in some practice  |
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« Reply #5 on: February 19, 2006, 12:34:21 pm » |
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People watch the olympics? Yeah, it's only one of the biggest sport events ever. I've heard some people watch the superbowl to. What's that all about? Every other network channel and a lot of cable channels in the US has higher ratings than the Olympics. Nobody watches it in America. |
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« Reply #6 on: February 19, 2006, 04:07:20 pm » |
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Let's see your guys beat Қазақстан first. I may have to eat my words. I didn't know you guys were badass. |
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<j_orlove> I am semi-religious
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<j_orlove> the half that tells me how to live my life
<j_orlove> but not the half that tells me how others should live theirs
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« Reply #7 on: February 19, 2006, 04:08:11 pm » |
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People watch the olympics? Yeah, it's only one of the biggest sport events ever. I've heard some people watch the superbowl to. What's that all about? Every other network channel and a lot of cable channels in the US has higher ratings than the Olympics.� Nobody watches it in America. for me personally, several factors have made the Olympics not as big of a draw: - The fall of communism/Iron Curtain. When I was younger (I'm 28), it was always an "us vs them" type mentality and all then political competition bled over into sports. Now, there's no real "them"... - Commercialization - everything now is about marketing and money (or maybe I'm just older now and realize it for what it is) - professional athletes being allowed to play - when the point of the Olympics was about amateur athletes who worked up to their whole life for this, it was far more appealing than overpaid athletes who for the most part didn't really want to be there (at least for American athletes). Plus, I really hate any sort of "judged" sports, it's such a sham most of the time. They decide who's year it is and that small group will come out near the top regardless of what others do (unless they totally botch it). Dante |
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« Reply #8 on: February 19, 2006, 04:19:50 pm » |
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Yeah, I guess that's true. But there's also an innovation that DID work out for the best. See, in the (ancient) past, the Olympics were a time where mankind put aside its differences for a while while it played competitive sports. These days, however, this unwritten rule is largely unobserved. That means we can have war AND major sporting events simultaneously! How cool!
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<j_orlove> I am semi-religious
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<j_orlove> the half that tells me how to live my life
<j_orlove> but not the half that tells me how others should live theirs
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« Reply #9 on: February 19, 2006, 05:24:46 pm » |
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I almost totally don't care about the Olympics but the 80's pop music opening ceremony was hilarious.
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« Reply #10 on: February 19, 2006, 07:25:23 pm » |
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To hell with all of your apathetic killjoy attitudes.
Sweeden is going to take it down this year.
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« Reply #11 on: February 19, 2006, 07:30:30 pm » |
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No, I was wrong about the Superbowl but this time they can't fail. The Mets will win the gold.
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« Reply #12 on: February 20, 2006, 01:37:25 am » |
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The problem is, if Slovakia win the group, they'll probably get the Czechs! (although Czechoslavakia split in a far more civilised way than Yugoslavia, there was a little bad blood regarding hockey as Slovakia were 'relegated' a couple of divisions and Czechs routinely joked that when they split the hockey team, the Czechs got the players and the Slovaks got the pucks). Even finishing second probably gives Slovakia the Canadians.
I'm pretty sure the USA want Switzerland so are trying hard to come 4th. Cunning tactics.
Not that I'm a fan of pretty men or anything, but has anyone noticed that most hockey players look like they are routinely smashed face first in a wall?
I'm tipping Sweden (losing 5-0 to Russia must have been tactical) or Canada (assuming they don't get Slovakia in the quarter-finals).
P.S. Regarding sport that need judges to decide who wins. WTF? I can kind of see the point with ski jumping as the guy who jumps the longest tends to win anyway and they do want to try to make sure they attempt to land safely (some nutter would probably try to get a few metres more by landing long jump style) but dancing on ice is a sport? Couldn't they let them prance around during an unimportant hockey game, then we'd see how good they are a skating!
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« Reply #13 on: February 20, 2006, 01:50:33 am » |
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but dancing on ice is a sport? Couldn't they let them prance around during an unimportant hockey game, then we'd see how good they are a skating! LOL. That would make 2 events I would watch (the one I do watch is curling because curling=the nutz). Quote tags fixed.[/color] |
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« Reply #14 on: February 20, 2006, 02:20:23 am » |
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LOL. That would make 2 events I would watch (the one I do watch is curling because curling=the nutz).
I love curling too! The funny thing is, so do all of my friends. It's basicly the only winter sport we are willing to watch except hocky (and some of the downhill stuff) |
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« Reply #15 on: February 20, 2006, 10:37:00 am » |
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I love short track speed skating. That is one crazy intense sport. I also watch figure skating for the jumps, particularly if anyone attempts quad axels
And even though I'm a big hockey fan, its hard to be excited about the Canadian team at the olympics - they are not really a "team" (as opposed to merely being a group of highly talented individuals that might or might not gel on ice), and the expectancy is so high that the only thing that becomes really exciting is if they have some failures (like they have experienced over the past two games) and then show their character and bounce back.
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« Reply #16 on: February 20, 2006, 11:25:24 am » |
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And even though I'm a big hockey fan, its hard to be excited about the Canadian team at the olympics - they are not really a "team" (as opposed to merely being a group of highly talented individuals that might or might not gel on ice), and the expectancy is so high that the only thing that becomes really exciting is if they have some failures (like they have experienced over the past two games) and then show their character and bounce back.
This is exactly why beyond the original 1992 Dream Team for the USA Basketball team, that olympic sport holds no real entertainment value anymore for me. It's basically our really-talented-bunch-of-NBA-players-who-don't-play-as-a-team vs other nations's teams (who play together for months for the most part). It worked in 92 because the skill gap was SO wide, but now when the rest of the world has basically "caught up" in individual skill (esp with International rules that favor actual shooting and passing that many NBA players lack or lack playing against), their team play pushes them over the edge. |
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« Reply #17 on: February 20, 2006, 12:29:39 pm » |
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Is curling ACTUALLY a cult sport or is that just what MSNBC is trying to shill it has in order to get people to watch the like 24 hour nonstop coverage of it that they seem to have? I know that it's big in Canada but I'm not seeing where this "cult" is.
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« Reply #18 on: February 20, 2006, 01:02:51 pm » |
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Is curling ACTUALLY a cult sport or is that just what MSNBC is trying to shill it has in order to get people to watch the like 24 hour nonstop coverage of it that they seem to have? I know that it's big in Canada but I'm not seeing where this "cult" is.
It is a sport that uses brooms!!! Do you see how fast those guys can sweep? I really want to see a story about how an olympic curler was just a janitor a few years ago in some grocery store in Cedar Rapids Iowa ala Kurt Warner. |
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« Reply #19 on: February 20, 2006, 01:46:38 pm » |
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but dancing on ice is a sport? Couldn't they let them prance around during an unimportant hockey game, then we'd see how good they are a skating! LOL. That would make 2 events I would watch (the one I do watch is curling because curling=the nutz). Quote tags fixed.[/color] That is soooo yesterdays news. The dutch already invented this in 1999 : *click* |
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« Reply #20 on: February 20, 2006, 02:49:11 pm » |
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Is curling ACTUALLY a cult sport or is that just what MSNBC is trying to shill it has in order to get people to watch the like 24 hour nonstop coverage of it that they seem to have? I know that it's big in Canada but I'm not seeing where this "cult" is.
Meh, I'm in Maine, so thats basicly Lonnie Land anyways. BTW, me and my fraternity brothers were watching the US womans team the other day, and noticed that at least half of the team could be considered attractive. Thats another bonus. Apparently there is a nude calender out also. score. |
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« Reply #21 on: February 21, 2006, 02:43:01 am » |
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That is soooo yesterdays news. The dutch already invented this in 1999 : *click* I see they also invented upside-down bobsleigh racing. The Dutch are crazy. |
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« Reply #22 on: February 21, 2006, 01:03:07 pm » |
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Heheh, I ewas just looking for that very same commercial, when I noticed Limbo already posted it. Always one step ahead of the game. Not that I'm a fan of pretty men or anything, but has anyone noticed that most hockey players look like they are routinely smashed face first in a wall? I think this might be because they routinely smash face first into a wall. |
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« Reply #23 on: February 21, 2006, 05:13:41 pm » |
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Heheh, I ewas just looking for that very same commercial, when I noticed Limbo already posted it. Always one step ahead of the game.
Limbowned I see they also invented upside-down bobsleigh racing. The Dutch are crazy. That, and speedskate bowling... |
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« Reply #24 on: February 22, 2006, 01:23:17 am » |
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Did anyone watch the games last night? Sweden decided to lose to Slovakia so they'd play Switzerland rather than Canada or the Czechs (given the fact that Switzeralnd only just managed a draw with Italy they might have a point) and Russia tried really really hard to lose against the USA for the same reason.
Anyway the quarter-finals are
Slovakia vs. Czech Republic
Russia vs. Canada
Sweden vs. Switzerland
USA vs. Finland
I haven't seen much of the Finns but they have won all of their games. Is this yet another Finnish team that looks great but disappoints when they get to the final stages?
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« Reply #25 on: February 22, 2006, 10:23:06 am » |
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I didn't catch it. I haven't been able to watch any TV since my cable company transfered to SCG servers |
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<j_orlove> I am semi-religious
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<j_orlove> the half that tells me how to live my life
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« Reply #26 on: February 22, 2006, 12:48:01 pm » |
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Oh, while searching for the icedance movie, I also encountered this little gem of Dutch imagination. Who would win in a fight, 42 lions or this midget? |
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« Reply #27 on: February 23, 2006, 01:29:53 am » |
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Methinks the Dutch tryeth a little too hard to say that size doesn't matter....
P.S. Slovakia lost!
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« Reply #28 on: February 23, 2006, 03:44:28 am » |
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That is by far my favorite commercial ever. You ust gotta love the song in the background, and the 'zero tolerance' sticker on his visor.
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<j_orlove> I am semi-religious
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<j_orlove> the half that tells me how to live my life
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« Reply #29 on: February 23, 2006, 01:11:08 pm » |
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Sweeden, man, what a beating.
Zetterberg, Sundin, Forsberg, Lindstrom, Holmstrom,
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