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stunted:
--- Quote from: kstate4life on February 18, 2022, 01:40:22 PM ---These were one of the worst Olympics that I can remember. Not sure if it was because the US generally sucked, or there not being any fans, etc. but I was pretty amped at the beginning and then just got bored.
Also, anyone think it's weird that Eileen Gu chose to represent China? I get her point of trying to inspire young Chinese athletes, but like picking China over the US is just odd. I think we gave her more coverage than a lot of our own athletes.
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It’s not odd at all. Many athletes do this but when it’s China people get all :curse:. Asians have a history of kissing the west’s ass but times are changing.
nicname:
--- Quote from: cfbandyman on February 18, 2022, 03:52:00 PM ---
--- Quote from: kstate4life on February 18, 2022, 01:40:22 PM ---These were one of the worst Olympics that I can remember. Not sure if it was because the US generally sucked, or there not being any fans, etc. but I was pretty amped at the beginning and then just got bored.
Also, anyone think it's weird that Eileen Gu chose to represent China? I get her point of trying to inspire young Chinese athletes, but like picking China over the US is just odd. I think we gave her more coverage than a lot of our own athletes.
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It's up there, no fans definitely sucks, but I think a giant reason why is the last 3 being in South Korea then Japan and then China paired with increased technology making it easy to see who did what before you got to see it I think is the main reason. I think it's fatigue of having such a huge time zone difference.
Like I remember Sydney 2000 and that was exciting cause there was no really way to actually know who did what, now it doesn't matter. I think the next two summer being in Paris and LA, and the winter one in Italy in 2026 will change that back to better. You'll have more chances to either watch crap in real time or have less of a delay for it to make it better. The last good weird time zone Olympics was 2008 and smart phones were barely a thing so it didn't matter then either.
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Yes, I miss the days of not GAF about Olympic events being tape-delayed, because it was all "new to me" anyway. Not having as many alternative sports/entertainment options also made what truly the biggest of all sporting events seem so much bigger. Even better when the games are in our own or an adjacent time zone. Would I trade it all back for that hype, suspense and nostalgia? Prob not.
It might just be age, but it sure felt like the lack of alternatives made all sorts of things seem larger than life. This really changed when smartphones got so powerful, social media, etc. I'm rambling like a neo-luddite.
No fans is terrible of course.
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--- Quote from: MakeItRain on February 17, 2022, 10:09:33 PM ---I can't stand figure skating
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Real sure. I've watched 30 minutes of figure skating the last decade. 10 minutes of Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski talking, in response to the Russian girl not being suspended, about the things they had to go through for drug testing from 13 years old and on. Then the 20 minutes last night. I already knew from notifications that the girl fell, but she took the ice just as I turned the TV on so I wanted to see it. Didn't know about the other crap, NBC got quite lucky to have all that footage and I'm guessing it being tape delayed helped them package it all up like they did.
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Same. My wife just happened to flip over as the petulant, sore loser (silver medalist) skated. Wife knew about the drama via social media so we watched it unfold. I understand ROC's motivation to allow the doper to skate, but for the life of me I can't understand why the IOC allowed it to proceed. The best possible outcome happened, and it was still a crap show. The alternative was not having a ceremony at all if she medaled. WTaF?
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The IOC didn't have a choice, they're the ones who wanted to suspend her but the Russians appealed to the court of arbitration of sport and they said because she's 15 and the Russians delayed the results she had to compete. So to recap, the Russians forced this 15 year old to dope, then when she tested positive they tried to hide the results. The CAS rewarded them for this behavior.
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I didn't know there was a CAS, and didn't bother to research the issue. I just thought it was ROC bribing and/or bullying IOC. Didn't realize IOC had a superior. Thanks for the info!
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