Vancouver's 2010 Winter Olympics

Bismuth · Post by **Bismuth** » 13 Feb 2010, 06:01

I am personally looking forward for short track speed skating, hockey, and Jamaica's bobsleigh team.

They are starting just by my eyes as I am writing!

Discuss.

roope · Post by **roope** » 13 Feb 2010, 07:25

Watched the opening ceremony last night (came 3.45 am Finnish time), was quite nice.
The Georgian team with their heads down was quite hard to see, the tragic death of their team mate must affect their performance :L

The sports that are must-see for me are ice hockey, ski jumping and women's figure skating, mostly because of the possible success of Finnish competitors. I'm probably going to follow just about everything that's on anyway.

Bismuth · Post by **Bismuth** » 13 Feb 2010, 09:56

The artistic representation of Canada was pretty much decent. It's such a beautiful country!

Kortsu · Post by **Kortsu** » 13 Feb 2010, 11:51

Was imagining Bubbles from Trailer Park Boys saying that decent, I'm laughing way too much right now.

I'll probably watch as much as I can.

Orcc · Post by **Orcc** » 13 Feb 2010, 12:59

Kortsu wrote:Was imagining Bubbles from Trailer Park Boys saying that decent, I'm laughing way too much right now.

Haha

De-cent!

I'll watch pretty much anything, hockey being the number one of course. Ski jump tonight!

Igge · Post by **Igge** » 13 Feb 2010, 13:06

I'll be watching you, Orcc.

pawq · Post by **pawq** » 13 Feb 2010, 14:03

yay skijumpin ftw! i really hope malysz will win, however i doubt he cane ;/ austria makes major pwnage in skijumpin lately o,o

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ville_j · Post by **ville_j** » 13 Feb 2010, 21:46

It was a very sad thing, that death I mean, and it took some interest towards the Olympics off me. I've also been busy with other things and haven't been able to see even the opening ceremony. However I think I will be following the events from now on. Does anyone know if there are some decent internet streams to see some live action?

milagros · Post by **milagros** » 13 Feb 2010, 23:47

ez gold for svk

Bismuth · Post by **Bismuth** » 13 Feb 2010, 23:57

You have nabs in your hockey team (Chara), but at least Halak is a decent goalie

pawq · Post by **pawq** » 14 Feb 2010, 10:40

malysz 2nd ;( amman is a real owner :O

Bismuth · Post by **Bismuth** » 15 Feb 2010, 03:09

Canada 18 - 0 Slovakia

If you think this is pwnage... check this out: in a pre-Olympic game (to qualify for the actual Games), Slovakia was against Bulgaria. Here is the score:

lol

By the way, sorry mila for Slovakia's humiliation, but women's hockey belongs to Canada all the way. The only team that stands a tiny chance against Team Canada is United States. Still, decent win on Bulgaria

Grace · Post by **Grace** » 15 Feb 2010, 07:36

That was rape o/

John · Post by **John** » 16 Feb 2010, 22:05

Biathlon is a fukkin mess... releasing skiiers arbitrarily... nabs :(

Chris · Post by **Chris** » 16 Feb 2010, 22:56

John wrote:Biathlon is a fukkin mess... releasing skiiers arbitrarily... nabs

I think it's great. They are fighting till the end.

Post by **SveinR** » 16 Feb 2010, 23:19

Chris wrote:I think it's great. They are fighting till the end.

It wasn't the concept of pursuit John was referring to, but the fact that they released some athletes at wrong times than they were supposed to. Like Olofsson in the women's race, she got held back 14 secs more than she was supposed to, and a couple of the men were released about 30 secs sooner than they should have been.

Memphis · Post by **Memphis** » 17 Feb 2010, 07:36

Over here volunteering right now. Very good atmosphere here after canada beat Norway today in hockey.

Bismuth · Post by **Bismuth** » 17 Feb 2010, 14:36

Canada's curling teams are doing fine

...and USA's ones are messing up

Chris · Post by **Chris** » 17 Feb 2010, 15:18

SveinR wrote:
Chris wrote:I think it's great. They are fighting till the end.
It wasn't the concept of pursuit John was referring to, but the fact that they released some athletes at wrong times than they were supposed to. Like Olofsson in the women's race, she got held back 14 secs more than she was supposed to, and a couple of the men were released about 30 secs sooner than they should have been.

I agree with you. I also hate that Alpine Skiing is never on time.

John · Post by **John** » 18 Feb 2010, 15:50

Anja Pärson can at least fall with style, unlike Marion Rolland :p

bob · Post by **bob** » 19 Feb 2010, 09:32

shaun white is a superstar.

milagros · Post by **milagros** » 19 Feb 2010, 14:38

russia owned

Bismuth · Post by **Bismuth** » 20 Feb 2010, 02:00

milagros wrote:russia owned

Grace · Post by **Grace** » 20 Feb 2010, 02:21

Torah Bright

chux · Post by **chux** » 20 Feb 2010, 04:07

Amy Williams!

ville_j · Post by **ville_j** » 20 Feb 2010, 12:17

Finland has played nice games in hockey, won Belarus 5-1 and Germany 5-0. Looking forward to Monday's game with Sweden zomg!

Lousku · Post by **Lousku** » 20 Feb 2010, 13:30

Ville_J wrote:Finland has played nice games in hockey, won Belarus 5-1 and Germany 5-0. Looking forward to Monday's game with Sweden zomg!

Yeah, Sweden has done a bit worse (2-0 and 4-2 wins against Germany & Belarus), but I'm still afraid Sweden will beat Finland on Monday. It's a curse.

Igge · Post by **Igge** » 20 Feb 2010, 18:55

Finland's game against Germany was really good. The third goal (I think) was extremely nice, and proved how well they play during PP.

Finland will beat Sweden, easily.

John · Post by **John** » 20 Feb 2010, 18:58

Igge wrote:Finland will beat Sweden, easily.

Treason!
Will be a really good game I think. Maybe nat as good as Canada vs. Switzerland a few days ago tho.
Now gonna watch Anja-->

roope · Post by **roope** » 20 Feb 2010, 19:10

Janne Ahonen's last chance to win an Olympic medal today. Doesn't look too good.

And yes, Fin vs. Swe in hockey gonna be max. Too bad it's 7 am here then and I'll be at school :x

Orcc · Post by **Orcc** » 20 Feb 2010, 19:21

Winter olympic games are only once in four years, ez skip two hours of school.

pawq · Post by **pawq** » 20 Feb 2010, 20:30

fu ahonen, amman will ez pwn everyone, hes a madman o,o go malysz anyway! take at least 2nd silver medal this year ;o

Kortsu · Post by **Kortsu** » 20 Feb 2010, 20:34

Wank ftw!

Bismuth · Post by **Bismuth** » 20 Feb 2010, 21:57

I didn't watch Canada vs Switzerland, but WTF shootout?

By the way, Montgomery

Edit: and Canada's Curling teams (both men and women) are in fire!

pawq · Post by **pawq** » 20 Feb 2010, 22:31

amman

cheater, guy's unbelievable, gz for 4th gold -.-
and malysz silver again :d coal 4th medal
others sux

oh, and austria's team ftw, ez win

Igge · Post by **Igge** » 20 Feb 2010, 22:44

I love it when someone comes along and dominates their own sport. Having someone superior like that can make any sport interesting.

Ammann is just that kind of person. A couple of incredibly well-deserved wins.

pawq · Post by **pawq** » 21 Feb 2010, 01:17

i think any sport is really fascinating, when you dont know who will win... :/

teajay · Post by **teajay** » 21 Feb 2010, 17:15

four years ago I watched a full week everything of torino, but without TV nowadays it is difficult to watch. Has holland won anything yet?

roope · Post by **roope** » 21 Feb 2010, 17:18

teajay wrote: Has holland won anything yet?

4 medals: 2 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze. All from speed skating :D

teajay · Post by **teajay** » 21 Feb 2010, 17:22

nice.

we don't have hills, go figure.

zworqy · Post by **zworqy** » 21 Feb 2010, 20:45

teajay wrote:nice.

we don't have hills, go figure.

But you have a bunch of ice hockey rinks just laying around apparently.

Grace · Post by **Grace** » 21 Feb 2010, 22:07

teajay wrote:nice.

we don't have hills, go figure.

your doing one better than Australia, we don't have snow.

Bismuth · Post by **Bismuth** » 22 Feb 2010, 07:28

at least you're not doing better than Canada, in some places there is snow all year long, and in the most southern cities there is snow for 5 months at least

ville_j · Post by **ville_j** » 22 Feb 2010, 12:24

How come Sweden always beats Finland's ass, it really is a curse! I'm glad that I didn't wake up to see the game, only 2 hour sleep wouldn't have been worth it xD

Igge · Post by **Igge** » 22 Feb 2010, 12:37

nab fin
finlnab
lab fin
flin ban

roope · Post by **roope** » 22 Feb 2010, 13:57

nab swe when you face ruski

Lousku · Post by **Lousku** » 22 Feb 2010, 20:40

"Höyl, boys, till the ice wears out." -Mertaranta

Kortsu · Post by **Kortsu** » 23 Feb 2010, 23:57

Nordic combined a complete fiasko for Finland, first after ski-jump and then 7th at the finish line

milagros · Post by **milagros** » 25 Feb 2010, 08:22

swe owned

dorTrus · Post by **dorTrus** » 25 Feb 2010, 08:37

how could Russia played so sucky game? shit!

Now i`ll be Slovakia fan!