ViperGold42
Smash Lord
Well I'm going to be the first to say. I'M FREAKING EXCITED FOR THE OLYMPICS! Is anyone else? Who do you think is going to take all the gold? Me? Well its obvious... USA USA USA! but good luck to ALL the countries!
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2012 Summer Olympics (In London)
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Sizzle
I paint controllers
My family was remodeling and moving into a new house during the 1996 Summer Olympics which were held in Atlanta. We had all of our furniture in storage and our temporary living arrangements, so the only thing we had was a small black and white TV that we could watch the Olympics with. I remember my parents buying cheap tacos from Del Taco and we watched the US Women's Team win the team gold medal in gymnastics, and of course the Men's Basketball team destroy everyone. That is one of the fondest memories of my childhood, so maybe because of that I am always eager to watch the Olympic Games.
So much hype.
For 2008, I woke up every morning early enough to catch the US women's soccer team play........and those games were 5am EST for the most part!
I'm gonna be cheering them on again. US women's team is amazing, and they're so much fun to watch!
For 2008, I woke up every morning early enough to catch the US women's soccer team play........and those games were 5am EST for the most part!
I'm gonna be cheering them on again. US women's team is amazing, and they're so much fun to watch!
I'm not excited, all the tourists... ¬__¬
Not to mention London is hosting, yes my hometown. No I didn't buy tickets, the whole thing will be a disaster.
Not to mention London is hosting, yes my hometown. No I didn't buy tickets, the whole thing will be a disaster.
Yikes
Sounds like you should either enjoy the crowds or find a nice vacation outside London xD
Sounds like you should either enjoy the crowds or find a nice vacation outside London xD
Nah it's okay I think the Olympic Village is in East London (ew), and I live in the North West.
My area is pretty suburban so uhh... yeah not gonna have too many issues, the main problem will be public transport and stuff I guess.
My area is pretty suburban so uhh... yeah not gonna have too many issues, the main problem will be public transport and stuff I guess.
That's good at least : o
You gonna mess with crazy tourists at all? That could be a sport in itself xD
You gonna mess with crazy tourists at all? That could be a sport in itself xD
Nah, I have much better things to do.
I kinda wish I got a ticket for the diving though. Delicious Tom Daley in the house.
I kinda wish I got a ticket for the diving though. Delicious Tom Daley in the house.
Fuelbi
Banned via Warnings
I'm excited about the Olympics I have fond memories about the 2008 one. I remember being at Costa Rica at the time and they were having a promotion over there where if you took them like 4 coke bottle caps they'd give you a free promotional Olympics cup sponsored by coke. Needless to say, I got all 4 cups they had. Sadly, one of my cups broke on the move back here from Costa Rica a month later, and then another one broke a couple of days ago when I was moving from house to house and it just broke in the box, leaving me with 2 left now 
SharkAttack
Smash Lord
I'm excited for the summer Olympics. The track events are too exciting to watch. I wonder if Usain Bolt will wind up taking 1st when it is all said and done to once again be the World's Fastest Man. Bolt took 2nd at the trials in the 100 Meter and 200 Meter races. That has got to add fuel to the motivational fire for him.
There are a lot of events I don't know too much about, and would like to see. I think one of the things I want the most is for an uncommon sport to catch my eye as interesting and then start doing it on my own with friends or myself.
There are a lot of events I don't know too much about, and would like to see. I think one of the things I want the most is for an uncommon sport to catch my eye as interesting and then start doing it on my own with friends or myself.
ViperGold42
Smash Lord
Yeah, I hope Michael Phelps does it and breaks the world record for most Gold Medals.
Sizzle
I paint controllers
I'm pretty sure Phelps already has the record for most golds at a single Olympics and overall gold medals.
ViperGold42
Smash Lord
no not yet, He's only 3 away
theeboredone
Smash Legend
So Tom Daley, a British swimmer placed fourth in his most recent race. Because of that, some twitter troll thought it would be funny to bully Daley.
http://thedailywh.at/2012/07/30/this-is-all-kinds-of-wrong-of-the-day-104/
The guy later made a death threat on twitter and was arrested.
Also, this is just an "interesting" read.
http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/...s-dirty-secrets-olympic-village-espn-magazine
http://thedailywh.at/2012/07/30/this-is-all-kinds-of-wrong-of-the-day-104/
The guy later made a death threat on twitter and was arrested.
Also, this is just an "interesting" read.
http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/...s-dirty-secrets-olympic-village-espn-magazine
Jim Morrison
Smash Authority
The USA absolutely killed it in women gymnastics. Great performance by them, and Romania as well.
Heck yeah, Kim Rhode and Vinny dominated in skeet! Hopefully Glenn and Josh can do the same in double trap, haha.
Pluvia
Hates Semicolons<br>;
Man how did I miss this thread?
What was everyones opinion on the opening ceremony? Not you Teran I'm only interested in the foreigners.
What was everyones opinion on the opening ceremony? Not you Teran I'm only interested in the foreigners.
Lol but the foreigners would have been clueless for most of it.
Men's swimming relay
Oh man
Wasn't even a contest
Theyre monsters xD
And yaaaay c: US women's soccer got 1st in their pool
And hope solo did the worm.
Wooooo xD
Oh man
Wasn't even a contest
Theyre monsters xD
And yaaaay c: US women's soccer got 1st in their pool
And hope solo did the worm.
Wooooo xD
I keep thinking of Hope Solo as Han Solo since her jersey says " H Solo." This makes watching them even better, haha.
And double trap starts tomorrow! I'm hyped.
And double trap starts tomorrow! I'm hyped.
SuperBowser
Smash Lord
i'm not sure what to think of the opening ceremony. the fireworks were nice though. i live next to the olympic stadium but i still didn't get tickets. i'm fine with just people watching and using the new shiny amenities built for the tourists.
one of my friends is taking part in the equestrian sports. i'm meeting up with her in a couple of days so i guess that counts?
one of my friends is taking part in the equestrian sports. i'm meeting up with her in a couple of days so i guess that counts?
It's a shame the opening ceremony didn't show us subjugating everyone throughout history.
Guess we like to forget that.
Guess we like to forget that.
ViperGold42
Smash Lord
BREAKING NEWS: a biker was killed when he was hit by a London Bus near Olympic Park.
Vinylic.
Woke?
A part of me says he deserves it and the others says this a little too much, unless the punishment is minor like a 1hr jail time and so forth.
ViperGold42
Smash Lord
why does that person in avatar look familar?
theeboredone
Smash Legend
I think he was later arrested. More like a slap on the wrist.
Pluvia
Hates Semicolons<br>;
He got a warning in the end. So basically a light slap on the wrist.
ViperGold42
Smash Lord
wow people bully others on the internet are the most pathetic scum of the earth.
Chroma
Smash Apprentice
Thoughts on the badminton sandbagging?
ViperGold42
Smash Lord
typical chinesse, they cheat in swimming and now this crap......I MEAN!!
Perfectly fine imo, they wanted Gold and Silver and that's how they were going to take it.
Sharky
Smash Master
Good, they deserved the DQ. Same as any match-fixing/in-tourney-sandbagging in smash.
Ugh, Josh got 16th and Glenn got 22nd. I wonder what happened? All the scores were a bit low.
But hey, at least Hakan rocked out in the final and climbed to 2nd. Even though he's swedish, I'm glad someone I know won.
But hey, at least Hakan rocked out in the final and climbed to 2nd. Even though he's swedish, I'm glad someone I know won.
Match fixing is a gambling endeavour, they manipulated the bracket (without necessarily breaking any rules) to ensure greater glory for their country with more medals.
I dunno, I think the DQ was unjustified, I think it's just very humorous that the Chinese are so good that they'd even attempt audacious stunts like this.
Chroma
Smash Apprentice
I wasn't sure why they were doing anything wrong, actually.
If anything, I treated it as a justification for the smash community's pools then randomized brackets, slightly adjusted for region stuffs model of running tournaments.
If anything, I treated it as a justification for the smash community's pools then randomized brackets, slightly adjusted for region stuffs model of running tournaments.
theeboredone
Smash Legend
Well you can go both ways on whether or not they deserve to be DQ'ed. On one hand, anyone attending these matches or watching them on the internet would be sorely disappointed to see players just "giving up."
But on the other, you are manipulating the bracket, given it is a Round Robin style to ensure you are in the best position to win.
But on the other, you are manipulating the bracket, given it is a Round Robin style to ensure you are in the best position to win.
Sizzle
I paint controllers
For the fans it sucks. There is no other way to say it. It is embarrassing for the sport. But, for the players though, I like their play to win attitude. They were playing within the confine of the rules as far as I'm aware. To the casters comparing it to using steroids...come on give me a break.
theeboredone
Smash Legend
More fixing and questionable things happening. The blatant boxing incident and the fencing incident make me cringe. At least the boxing one was corrected.
Problem2
Smash Champion
My TV just happened to be on when the boxing incident happened. I didn't pay attention, but I heard an earful from the commentators. It sounds like what happened was a load of BS anyways. Glad it was corrected.