Monkey_Driven wrote:I enjoyed watching the men's downhill last night.
I think my biggest problem with the Winter Olympics is that very few of the races are head to head. Robs much of the suspense. It does make short track speed skating even more exciting though.
Yeah, anything head-to-head is way better than just timed. Ski/snowboard cross are always exciting.
Cross country skiing and biathlon has a lot more head to head races now, but many of us miss the classic timed races.
Unfortunately, those events do not get prime time coverage here. They are aired during the work day.
Re: Winter Olympics
Posted: Thu February 15, 2018 11:49 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
i love curling so dang much
Re: Winter Olympics
Posted: Fri February 16, 2018 1:45 am
by MadTIGERmaN
Monkey_Driven wrote:I enjoyed watching the men's downhill last night.
I think my biggest problem with the Winter Olympics is that very few of the races are head to head. Robs much of the suspense. It does make short track speed skating even more exciting though.
That's why I love short track speed skating. Usually 4 at a time (unless someone gets eliminated for any number of reasons). The womens final a few nights ago at whatever distance, had 5 going at once. Short track is where its at.
Re: Winter Olympics
Posted: Fri February 16, 2018 5:30 am
by Monkey_Driven
I'm so over figure skating. Makes me dizzy.
Re: Winter Olympics
Posted: Fri February 16, 2018 5:44 am
by PHATJ
Monkey_Driven wrote:I'm so over figure skating. Makes me dizzy.
Oh god yes. Fuck twizzles.
Re: Winter Olympics
Posted: Fri February 16, 2018 2:54 pm
by Monkey_Driven
PHATJ wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:I'm so over figure skating. Makes me dizzy.
Oh god yes. Fuck twizzles.
I don't understand the scoring, strategy, or subjectivity factor.
Re: Winter Olympics
Posted: Fri February 16, 2018 3:09 pm
by philpritchard
Monkey_Driven wrote:
PHATJ wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:I'm so over figure skating. Makes me dizzy.
Oh god yes. Fuck twizzles.
I don't understand the scoring, strategy, or subjectivity factor.
Spin around a bunch and don't fall.
Re: Winter Olympics
Posted: Fri February 16, 2018 3:42 pm
by Monkey_Driven
philpritchard wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
PHATJ wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:I'm so over figure skating. Makes me dizzy.
Oh god yes. Fuck twizzles.
I don't understand the scoring, strategy, or subjectivity factor.
Spin around a bunch and don't fall.
And do a lot of things with your hands in between.
Re: Winter Olympics
Posted: Sat February 17, 2018 1:23 am
by MadTIGERmaN
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:i love curling so dang much
every time I watch curling, doesn't matter what country, this is what I hear
yeeeeeeeeeeep yep yep yep hard hard stop... go go go go go gooooooooooooooooooooo
Re: Winter Olympics
Posted: Sat February 17, 2018 2:52 am
by philpritchard
It caught me off guard the other day when I heard the Russian team yelling "Sveeeeeep!"
I assumed they all communicated in their native tongues, but apparently curling terms don't need translating.
I've been watching it a lot because my wife and I took up curling this year. It's so much fun and so frustratingly difficult.
Re: Winter Olympics
Posted: Mon February 19, 2018 1:46 am
by MadTIGERmaN
woman 1500m gold short speed skating race was... just wow. When
makes her move with 3 laps to go, its like everyone else is standing still. She goes from 4th to winning by a ton! Well, okay it was .08 of a second, but in short track that's a lot apparently.
Re: Winter Olympics
Posted: Mon February 19, 2018 1:51 am
by 96583UP
so the US brought the most athletes to the games and is 5th in the medal count
96583UPost lead headline: AMERICAN MILLENNIALS ARE SOFT, CAN'T CLOSE DEAL; BUT HAVE APPS
Re: Winter Olympics
Posted: Mon February 19, 2018 1:57 am
by MadTIGERmaN
96583UP wrote:so the US brought the most athletes to the games and is 5th in the medal count
96583UPost lead headline: AMERICAN MILLENNIALS ARE SOFT, CAN'T CLOSE DEAL; BUT HAVE APPS
And Russia which got banned for doping but some athletes were allowed to compete under the Olympic flag, had a male curler get busted for doping?
Does this curler get banned under the Olympic flag now?
Re: Winter Olympics
Posted: Mon February 19, 2018 4:30 am
by E.H. Ruddock
I don't understand the difference between figure skating and ice dancing
Re: Winter Olympics
Posted: Mon February 19, 2018 4:43 am
by PHATJ
PHATJ wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:I'm so over figure skating. Makes me dizzy.
Oh god yes. Fuck twizzles.
Re: Winter Olympics
Posted: Mon February 19, 2018 4:43 am
by PHATJ
E.H. Ruddock wrote:I don't understand the difference between figure skating and ice dancing
There’s no jumping in ice dance
Re: Winter Olympics
Posted: Mon February 19, 2018 12:24 pm
by Electromatic
So one of the OAR guys got busted again for performance enhancers.... in Curling.
For his sake I hope it’s Weed.
Re: Winter Olympics
Posted: Mon February 19, 2018 2:37 pm
by Anders
He got caught with meldonium in his blood.
Re: Winter Olympics
Posted: Mon February 19, 2018 2:57 pm
by Monkey_Driven
Cross country skiing and the biathlon got a lot of love in the M_D household this past weekend. I didn't even need to work out after watching those events.
Re: Winter Olympics
Posted: Tue February 20, 2018 5:44 am
by Anders
Monkey_Driven wrote:Cross country skiing and the biathlon got a lot of love in the M_D household this past weekend. I didn't even need to work out after watching those events.
Nice.
A shame they aren't bigger in East Asia or North America.
