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BEIJING 2008 OLYMPICS: We Can All Agree That NBC Sucks Testes

VixxVixx Valkyrie: prepared!Registered User regular
edited August 2008 in Social Entropy++
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Okay. So. Between drummers counting down to the start of the opening ceremony:
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And incredible pyrotechnics:
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And other magnificent displays of grandeur:
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And of course the flying torchbearer:
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The Olympic Games are underway!

So yeah we all know there's a host of craziness surrounding the Olympics in Beijing. From political activism to the overstated importance of the torch relay to the concern about how China's gonna look to the rest of the world, yadda yadda yadda, we get it, ok, China's under a lot of stress and scrutiny and expectations are so high.

I am all very indifferent to all this, having consistently viewed the Olympics as being purely a sporting event. I love me some sports, and I loooooooooove me some Olympics, so here, good people, is your eye into the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to Beijing:
(better translation of the song below can be found here)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH2vaK2IQk445951

CURRENT MEDAL COUNT
(as at 10:00 am local time, August 22, 2008) 
G   S   B
CHN  46  15  22  83
USA  29  34  32  95
GBR  17  12  11  40
RUS  16  16  19  51
AUS  11  13  14  38

OFFICIAL WEBSITE
For all your Beijing 2008-related needs, scroll down for a quick breakdown of upcoming Gold Medal Matches, Events in Progress, and Events Starting Soon!


OFFICIAL SCHEDULE
All the links on the schedule are clickable, so you can click on a day and see what's up on that day, or you can click on a sport and see when events for that sport are.

AND DON'T FORGET TO CHEER PROPERLY
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So, now that things are in full swing, what're you expecting out of the Olympics this time around? What events are you following?
DEBATE
if you want to talk about China, here is something for you to read:
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?p=6545951#post65

a brief on modern Chinese history and why no one in China gives a fuck what you think:
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?p=6572811#post6572811

we've already talked through the age controversy so many times in this thread, we don't care anymore, but here is the page where it all came to head:
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=66313&page=75

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  • VixxVixx Valkyrie: prepared! Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    lookit that

    speed o' light

    those olng islands were TRIPYP yo

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  • MikeRyuMikeRyu Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    yay Drunk Olympyicks!!!

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2008
    viv that's not even a word

    viv

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  • FutoreFutore Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Vivixenne wrote: »
    Futore wrote: »
    Vivixenne wrote: »
    that is not the dude's back, Kevin

    you idiot

    Sheri told me she plans on wrestling you if you come after me and my back at pax

    does she own you, Futore

    do you need a girl to fight for you

    are you just a giant gaping pussy

    SIGNS POINT TO YES

    I meant she is going to fight you for back supremacy.


    And we both know I will take you down when you do, in fact, come after me. Punk

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  • potatoepotatoe Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    so i heard they are letting 12-year-olds compete

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  • TheidarTheidar Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I would drink with you in spirit Viv, but they frown on that at work here.

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  • MonkeybombMonkeybomb Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    potatoe wrote: »
    so i heard they are letting 12-year-olds compete

    12-year-olds, dude

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  • TasteticleTasteticle Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I also hear phelps eats a lot

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  • DrZiplockDrZiplock Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Theidar wrote: »
    I would drink with you in spirit Viv, but they frown on that at work here.

    You need a better workplace enviroment.

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  • MikeRyuMikeRyu Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I would also drink with you in spirit since it is friday night here now but I am tee total. But I'll go get a cola and pretend.

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  • MonkeybombMonkeybomb Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Tasteticle wrote: »
    I also hear phelps eats a lot

    egg sammich

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  • VixxVixx Valkyrie: prepared! Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Futore wrote: »
    Vivixenne wrote: »
    Futore wrote: »
    Vivixenne wrote: »
    that is not the dude's back, Kevin

    you idiot

    Sheri told me she plans on wrestling you if you come after me and my back at pax

    does she own you, Futore

    do you need a girl to fight for you

    are you just a giant gaping pussy

    SIGNS POINT TO YES

    I meant she is going to fight you for back supremacy.


    And we both know I will take you down when you do, in fact, come after me. Punk

    I don't know what makes you think you are even capable of taking me down

    what with you being a vagina and all

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  • TheidarTheidar Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    DrZiplock wrote: »
    Theidar wrote: »
    I would drink with you in spirit Viv, but they frown on that at work here.

    You need a better workplace enviroment.

    Yeah, fucking hospitals all throwing out my license for getting my drink on.

    1 hr to freedom.

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  • MonkeybombMonkeybomb Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    true story: a friend of mine had a fish she named sammich

    he committed suicide

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  • DaricDaric Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Let's see if we can get DrunkViv to post the actual medal count

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  • TasteticleTasteticle Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    ELEVENTEEN

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  • Red ZoneRed Zone Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Why can't Pakistan's field hockey team beat legit teams?!

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  • VixxVixx Valkyrie: prepared! Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    DAMMIT I UPDATE THE EMEADAL COUNT THREE TIMES A DAY

    EON INE THE MORNING

    ONE AT ARUOUND NOON

    AND ONE AT NGHIT

    so shut up, DARIC

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2008
    I think Viv is undergoing a combination of waterboarding and being put in the dunking booth at the carnival.

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  • TasteticleTasteticle Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    When I am super drunk and on the internet I find it helps if I have my face about 2 inches from the keyboard when I type

    Tasteticle on

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  • WrenWren ninja_bird Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    man this is an embarrassing summer for canada

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  • <3<3 Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    HEY DRUNKVIV

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  • JunpeiJunpei Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Yay, go China.

    As usual the UK is being about as useful in sport as ... something very much not useful.

    Junpei on
  • VixxVixx Valkyrie: prepared! Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    The Plain Girl From The Low-Quality American Remake Of The Office wrote: »
    HEY DRUNKVIV

    HI HEART

    HOW ARE THINGS

    ARE YOU STILL GETTING LAID Y/N

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  • VixxVixx Valkyrie: prepared! Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Junpei wrote: »
    Yay, go China.

    As usual the UK is being about as useful in sport as a Canadian in the Summer Olympics.

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  • TheidarTheidar Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Shit Federer lost to James Blake, who saw that coming?

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  • DaricDaric Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    The US currently has 46 medals and is in the lead.

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  • WrenWren ninja_bird Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    but china still has like, 12 more gold medals

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  • DaricDaric Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    It's about quantity not quality

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  • TheidarTheidar Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Thst's because there's like 8 kabillion swimming events in the summer olympics. So a couple of good athletes from one country can mop up.

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  • VixxVixx Valkyrie: prepared! Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Theidar wrote: »
    Shit Federer lost to James Blake, who saw that coming?

    dammit Blaket already covered this in the previous thread YOU ARE BAD AT READING

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  • DaricDaric Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Besides, China won't get any in the track and field events and we'll mop up

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  • JunpeiJunpei Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    That video in the OP makes me want to go to Beijing, it's so catchy.

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  • VixxVixx Valkyrie: prepared! Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    as I said yestreday

    athletics aka trackn field will comepletely demosilh China's elad in the meadal count

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  • DaricDaric Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    They can't run very fast with such short legs

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  • VixxVixx Valkyrie: prepared! Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Junpei wrote: »
    That video in the OP makes me want to go to Beijing, it's so catchy.

    I like that video a bunch for some reason and the song is stuck in ym head

    the translation cuould use some work but it gets the poitn across

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  • thorgotthorgot there is special providence in the fall of a sparrowRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    why is the list of medal winners out of order?

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  • <3<3 Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Vivixenne wrote: »
    The Plain Girl From The Low-Quality American Remake Of The Office wrote: »
    HEY DRUNKVIV

    HI HEART

    HOW ARE THINGS

    ARE YOU STILL GETTING LAID Y/N

    LONG DISTANCE

    NOT GETTING LAID FOR A WHILE

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  • Captain CthulhuCaptain Cthulhu Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Who's taking Viv down? I'm next.

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  • TheidarTheidar Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Daric wrote: »
    It's about quantity not quality

    If we go by the old Apple II Summer Games scoring system, each gold is 3 points, silver is 2 points, and Bronze is 1 points.

    Then you add the points up to see who "won the Olympics."

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