Vancouver 2010
NeonSpyder
"Das est NTLDR?" Join Date: 2003-07-03 Member: 17913Members
"Das est NTLDR?" Join Date: 2003-07-03 Member: 17913Members
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I watched a little of the Olympics but I'm not that fussed tbh.
No snow angels!? You must be one of those people that just watches the Winter Olympics for the mittens.
That would be like saying summer olympics are about running and tossing things far away.
Here are the things you do at winter olympics:
Alpine ski (downhill, three types of slalom, and combined)
Nordic (Cross Country) skiing (in different formats much like the different summer olympic races)
Freestyle skiing (moguls, aerial jumps, ski cross)
Ski jumping
Biathlon (yes, that's shooting and skiing. And again comes in different formats)
Iced track sports (bobsleigh, luge, skeleton)
Skating (short track, speed, figure)
Snowboarding (pipe, slalom, boarder cross)
Hockey
I guess you need to have done some winter sports to understand the difference between each of these disciplines, but they are all very different.
No, no I think I'll understand the difference between ski jumping and hockey if you give me a few minutes to carefully analyze both of them.
That seems like a real problem when the entire olympics is based around doing stuff on snow.
Witty, but then again you're the one who assumed that the winter olympics were all about "skiing". And not everybody sees the difference between alpine skiing and cross-country skiing (which are worlds apart, except for the fact you have stuff attached to your feet), so I guess that the difference between the slalom and the giant isn't obvious?
Wait, one of the events is shooting and curling. I might watch that.
Ice skating, and therefore hockey, is basically the same as skiing. You just use smaller, sharper skis and the surface you're skiing on is significantly more compacted. It's the same overall idea.
It's a relatively new event called "urban curling." While the opposing team uses those brooms, you're allowed to harrass the broomsmen with softguns. It's a gamble though, because they wear heavy padding for that reason, and you're not allowed to shoot unless you enter the rink, at which point they're allowed to chase you down and beat you with the brooms.
--Scythe--
snowboard 1/2 pipe might be okay, it's fricken 22 foot walls this year
Here are the things you do at winter olympics:
Alpine ski (downhill, three types of slalom, and combined)
Nordic (Cross Country) skiing (in different formats much like the different summer olympic races)
Freestyle skiing (moguls, aerial jumps, ski cross)
Ski jumping
Biathlon (yes, that's shooting and skiing. And again comes in different formats)
Iced track sports (bobsleigh, luge, skeleton)
Skating (short track, speed, figure)
Snowboarding (pipe, slalom, boarder cross)
Hockey
I guess you need to have done some winter sports to understand the difference between each of these disciplines, but they are all very different.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Summer basically <i>is</i> just about throwing things though. Throwing things and alternative transport (cycling, running, jumping, swimming, and pole vaulting)
Winter is just how best to fall down a hill (on a board, on two boards, in a sledge, on two boards doing strange things, on two boards while flying through the air, on two boards while trying to kill people) as well as 'what funny things can I do with this block of ice' (slide things across it, dance on it, stage a fight on it)
I'm not sure which I prefer but I don't like either much, I used to like it a lot less because it took up all the television space but as I no longer watch television it's not a problem.
Seriously, do you people realize how incredibly stupid you all sound?
Is there less of an interest this time around? Normally I would expect something huge like this to manage to seep through my walls and I would find out about it.
Is there less of an interest this time around? Normally I would expect something huge like this to manage to seep through my walls and I would find out about it.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Well, winter Olympics aren't as big as the summer ones; there are around 80 countries participating right now and around 200 in summer, so maybe that's why it didn't get through your concrete walls.
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Friggin' Canada. Dragging down all of North America with your lack of hydraulic craftsmanship.
I think a combination of curling and biathalon could have some merit though. The other team tries to shoot the dudes with the brooms, for example. Or the stone is replaced with an 18th century cannon ball that has a lit fuze. Food for thought.
Actually I figured the hemp rope and wooden pulley system broke.
Seriously, do you people realize how incredibly stupid you all sound?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Sports <i>are</i> stupid because they <i>are</i> just about humans moving. I can understand playing them but not watching other people play them. if you play them yourself you're doing the movement and it can be fun to move because sitting still often gets dull. However if you're sitting still watching other people do things which are fun to do but dull to watch I really don't see the point.