Author Topic: So how bout them lympics? (Read 14002 times)

nikkiolie · « **Reply #50 on:** August 09, 2008, 01:59:55 pm »

I see....

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #51 on:** August 09, 2008, 09:20:13 pm »

Man, Men's Gymnastics tonight was mad good. I'm always so blown away by what they are able to do.

laurifer · « **Reply #52 on:** August 09, 2008, 10:26:01 pm »

Yay Michael Phelps won another gold medal!

nikkiolie · « **Reply #53 on:** August 09, 2008, 10:32:59 pm »

I know I saw it. Right as I was getting off work it was on in out break room. One gold for USA w00t w00t!

NightLotus · « **Reply #54 on:** August 09, 2008, 10:37:26 pm »

indeed that was QUITE cool. I wish they showed more of other countries gymnastics... but it was just the prelims tonight... I can't wait for the medal events!

megchan · « **Reply #55 on:** August 09, 2008, 10:38:16 pm »

I don't know if Pieter van den Hoogenband is competing this year, and that makes me utterly depressed.

Higuma · « **Reply #56 on:** August 10, 2008, 08:52:54 am »

here are the current medal counts
http://www.nbcolympics.com/medals/

oslapedo · « **Reply #57 on:** August 10, 2008, 08:08:02 pm »

The opening ceremonies were amazing. I freaked out when the dancers started paintin a picture on the super sized scroll. It was so cool!

Have the olympics ever been hosted in the USA? I can't fathom us eve being capable of pulling something like that off. Also when are the winter olympics? The whole schedule is quite confusing to e

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laurifer · « **Reply #58 on:** August 10, 2008, 09:23:51 pm »

Quote from: oslapedo on August 10, 2008, 08:08:02 pm

The opening ceremonies were amazing. I freaked out when the dancers started paintin a picture on the super sized scroll. It was so cool!

Have the olympics ever been hosted in the USA? I can't fathom us eve being capable of pulling something like that off. Also when are the winter olympics? The whole schedule is quite confusing to e ,

Yeah they had one in Utah. And the winter olympics are in 2010 in Canada (vancouver bc). They hold the olympics every two years, alternating with summer and winter. Since it's the summer 2008, the winter ones will be 2010. The last summer olmypics were in 2004 (so there's a 4 year gap for each season). Does that make sense?

oslapedo · « **Reply #59 on:** August 10, 2008, 11:46:10 pm »

Yes it does! Thank you ^_^

It would be so cool to go to the winter Olympics. They're not even that far away! *ponders a potential "Cosplay at the Olympics!"*

megchan · « **Reply #60 on:** August 11, 2008, 01:32:24 am »

I HAVE BEEN SAVING MY MONEY FOR 5 YEARS TO GO TO THE WINTER OLYMPICS IN 2010.

Although really, I'm just going for men's figure skating. lololololol.

tickets go on sale soon.

Negima · « **Reply #61 on:** August 11, 2008, 09:47:16 am »

Quote from: oslapedo on August 10, 2008, 08:08:02 pm

Have the olympics ever been hosted in the USA? I can't fathom us eve being capable of pulling something like that off. Also when are the winter olympics? The whole schedule is quite confusing to e ,

Salt Lake (winter), Los Angeles (summer), Atlanta (summer)... that's all I can think of off the top of my head.
According to wikipedia, there's also Lake Placid, NY (winter), Squaw Valley, CA (winter), Lake Placid again (winter), and LA again (summer)

It also says the next summer Olympics will be in London, 2012

oslapedo · « **Reply #62 on:** August 11, 2008, 10:39:33 pm »

Where would one go to get tickets for the Olympics?

megchan · « **Reply #63 on:** August 12, 2008, 03:06:41 pm »

Quote from: oslapedo on August 11, 2008, 10:39:33 pm

Where would one go to get tickets for the Olympics?

The schedule days for 2010 are up on their official website (I get the newsletter)

There is actually quite a complicated process for this!!

As far as I know, you have to enter a contest to be eligible to buy tickets. The winners, obviously, get to buy first. Then it's the people who entered who didn't win. Then I think it opens to the general public. I've heard they go on sale as soon as October 3rd of this year (for 2010), but I'm not quite sure about it. And I don' tknow if Canadians get the first chance to buy since they're hosting.

oslapedo · « **Reply #64 on:** August 12, 2008, 08:45:36 pm »

That's so complicated! I'll try and get a ticket some how though!

megchan · « **Reply #65 on:** August 12, 2008, 10:37:29 pm »

oh, tickets are sold by event/game.

Like...the most expensive tickets will be for gold medal hockey games and women's figure skating!

SageBell · « **Reply #66 on:** August 12, 2008, 10:40:54 pm »

kerry walsh and misty may womens us volley ball. i vote for them for gold again woo...

laurifer · « **Reply #67 on:** August 13, 2008, 11:07:08 am »

Quote from: SageBell on August 12, 2008, 10:40:54 pm

kerry walsh and misty may womens us volley ball. i vote for them for gold again woo...

They're so good I don't think I've seen them lose before XD

Daxe · « **Reply #68 on:** August 13, 2008, 11:10:32 am »

Congrats to Phelps. Hes got his tenth gold medal.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080813/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_swm_swimming

oslapedo · « **Reply #69 on:** August 13, 2008, 12:32:04 pm »

W00t! Go Phelps!

Antares · « **Reply #70 on:** August 14, 2008, 08:25:28 pm »

What is with the mean-girl names? The US gymnast named "Nastia" , the tennis player named "Dementieva" - would make a great villainess name "Nastya Dementieva!" Buah-ah-aha-ha!

laurifer · « **Reply #71 on:** August 14, 2008, 09:02:37 pm »

Yay USA men's volleyball won in pool A!

Kinda sad though cos those Bulgarian men were smokin'! 8D

SageBell · « **Reply #72 on:** August 14, 2008, 10:53:32 pm »

yay. may and walsh with another win. and that one guy with another gold.

Higuma · « **Reply #73 on:** August 15, 2008, 01:24:24 am »

Did anyone else watch the women's gymnastics USA team go 1 and 2? I was so nervous watching that.

valliegirl · « **Reply #74 on:** August 15, 2008, 01:33:15 am »

At work, our management teams are having a friendly competition surrounding the Olympics.

We each get four countries and every day the medals those countries win are tabulated and the team with the most medals wins either a pizza party, an ice cream social, or something else (I forget...). And if USA gets a crazy amount of medals like 120 or something, we all get an extra break eventually.

My team is ahead in calculations right now. I'm kinda hoping another team catches up and beats us, cause I'd rather have ice cream than pizza. Pizza = ouch.

Phelps needs to win a lot more medals though. Like all of them. For stuff he's not even participating in.

I want my extra break darn it.

oslapedo · « **Reply #75 on:** August 15, 2008, 01:56:24 am »

Quote from: Higuma on August 15, 2008, 01:24:24 am

Did anyone else watch the women's gymnastics USA team go 1 and 2? I was so nervous watching that.

They did? Are they still in second?

Higuma · « **Reply #76 on:** August 15, 2008, 08:16:11 am »

Quote from: oslapedo on August 15, 2008, 01:56:24 am

Quote from: Higuma on August 15, 2008, 01:24:24 am
Did anyone else watch the women's gymnastics USA team go 1 and 2? I was so nervous watching that.
They did? Are they still in second?

It was the individual all round and the usa won the gold and silver and china got bronze.

oslapedo · « **Reply #77 on:** August 15, 2008, 04:04:03 pm »

YAY!!! I'm so proud of us

Higuma · « **Reply #78 on:** August 15, 2008, 10:29:44 pm »

Michael Phelps wins his 7th gold metal in China!

oslapedo · « **Reply #79 on:** August 15, 2008, 10:55:24 pm »

W00t! I think he can make it into triple digits!

megchan · « **Reply #80 on:** August 16, 2008, 11:16:01 pm »

Michael Phelps - you look like a retarded frat guy, but you are such a beast in the pool.

makichan · « **Reply #81 on:** August 17, 2008, 12:43:17 am »

does anyone know where I can get updates for medal counts?
They rarely mention it on t.v.
All I know is that china has the most gold but last I checked USA had the most overall medals.

oslapedo · « **Reply #82 on:** August 17, 2008, 12:54:15 am »

Yahoo has pretty good olympic coverage. Go USA! We has the most medals so far! w00t!

Antares · « **Reply #83 on:** August 17, 2008, 09:27:42 am »

http://www.nbcolympics.com/medals/index.html

NBC actually has good coverage if you spend a few minutes figuring it out. They have pages on every single country (Go Lithuania!!) and up to the minute medal counts.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #84 on:** August 17, 2008, 09:45:56 am »

Quote from: makichan on August 17, 2008, 12:43:17 am

does anyone know where I can get updates for medal counts?
They rarely mention it on t.v.
All I know is that china has the most gold but last I checked USA had the most overall medals.

I was watching the news and they gave the medal count.....I think it was NBC but I'm not sure.

Negima · « **Reply #85 on:** August 18, 2008, 11:34:37 am »

Quote from: oslapedo on August 17, 2008, 12:54:15 am

Yahoo has pretty good olympic coverage. Go USA! We has the most medals so far! w00t!

We have the most medals but China has nearly twice as many gold medals as we do.

oslapedo · « **Reply #86 on:** August 18, 2008, 11:36:51 am »

Really? And they're close to us in overall medal count too. That's poopy! xD

nikkiolie · « **Reply #87 on:** August 18, 2008, 12:23:19 pm »

Well our girls soccer team has a good chance of winning gold or silver ^_^ (I'm watching the recoded game now and it's 3-1 so I don't know the final score)

Antares · « **Reply #88 on:** August 18, 2008, 05:24:07 pm »

Did anyone else see / hear about the wrestler that dislocated his elbow? OOOOWWW!!!

Tonight is the TRAMPOLINE FINALS! I think

oslapedo · « **Reply #89 on:** August 18, 2008, 05:34:57 pm »

There's trampolining in the Olympics? I never new it was an official sport to bounce around

Negima · « **Reply #90 on:** August 18, 2008, 09:52:37 pm »

Quote from: oslapedo on August 18, 2008, 05:34:57 pm

There's trampolining in the Olympics? I never new it was an official sport to bounce around

I didn't know either.
Currently watching the trampoline event. Imagine the floor exercise but the person does 10 difficult moves in a row.
*Bounce* Move *Bounce* Move, etc.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #91 on:** August 18, 2008, 09:54:44 pm »

And they have to stay in this box that is taped off on the tramp. I watched some last night and the girls kept going out. One girl took a nasty spill. Also the way they stop hurts me knees x.x

SageBell · « **Reply #92 on:** August 19, 2008, 12:20:01 pm »

walsh and may with another win. now they fight for the gold and to make history!
wooo

Teuvan · « **Reply #93 on:** August 19, 2008, 01:17:40 pm »

I can safely say I haven't seen a single second of the Olympics so far this year, and know virtually nothing about what's going on. The only thing I've ever made a point of watching in the Olympics is Curling, which this one doesn't have.

Negima · « **Reply #94 on:** August 19, 2008, 04:56:36 pm »

Quote from: nikkiolie on August 18, 2008, 09:54:44 pm

And they have to stay in this box that is taped off on the tramp. I watched some last night and the girls kept going out. One girl took a nasty spill. Also the way they stop hurts me knees x.x

Really? It shouldn't hurt your knees too badly.

Thankfully even though they go up really high, my trampoline teacher said injuries are pretty rare in such an event since the people know what to do in emergencies. (Yes, they actually had trampoline as a class at the UO)

nikkiolie · « **Reply #95 on:** August 19, 2008, 04:59:23 pm »

Well their knees looked locked and then the bottom of their legs are still forced up even though the rest of the body doesn't look like it moves.

megchan · « **Reply #96 on:** August 20, 2008, 02:19:35 pm »

Quote from: Teuvan on August 19, 2008, 01:17:40 pm

I can safely say I haven't seen a single second of the Olympics so far this year, and know virtually nothing about what's going on. The only thing I've ever made a point of watching in the Olympics is Curling, which this one doesn't have.

OMG I LOVE CURLING.

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