WINTER OLYMPICS!

[jacleee]

pardon me, gotta start a thread on it since its in canada! YEA!!!

if anyone is watching rite now, do u think the last torch holder is terry fox's mom?
i think she should hold it over wayne

[911turbo]

well....the internal stadium torch lighting was somehow an epic fail....haha

[jacleee]

*warning- might be disturbing to read msg*

wow.......... ctv.. just showed the whole video record of how nodar lost control on track, flew out the track and hit a metal pole at super speed.. and died....... they fucken even had sound for it....

i am really fucken shock and disturbed just before i was about to sleep...... ctv was allowed to show that?!?

[911turbo]

i've seen that vid as well.....the speed he was recorded in b4 he crashed was at 144KM/HR
and i've read from somewhere saying CTV will take responsible for showing the video...so i m not sure what will happen if more ppl get disturbed by that

[Fok86]

lol I watched the opening ceremony at ozone... didnt get rowdy :(

[crazyboi]

Such a tragedy. RIP my friend.

The ceremony was pretty cool. Damn wish I went to watch it outside. At least I could've seen Gretzky!

[Fok86]

damn I just watched the video... the way he landed was shocking, almost cartoony (like when bleach shinigami's leave their physical body). I don't think I've been saddened and disturbed like this in a long time

RIP :(

[baby8love]

well....the internal stadium torch lighting was somehow an epic fail....haha

woooooooooooooord. also embarrassing -- at the very beginning of the ceremony when they showed the head-of-states area and it was nearly empty. :\ unorganized much?


if anyone is watching rite now, do u think the last torch holder is terry fox's mom?
i think she should hold it over wayne

i was surprised they only had her as one of the bearers of the olympic flag. i thought, even if they didn't choose her to do the final lighting, she'd at least be one of the 4 who lit the inside cauldron. :S i guess not...

other stuff...

the vid: very disturbing. :S i mean, they purposely stopped all tv coverage when the accident happened for a reason. i'm not sure why certain news outlets were allowed to and found it necessary to replay the actual accident. :S

the ceremony: meh. beautiful imagery but i could've done without that 15-min long ballet sequence that felt more like it was 15 hours long. -___- yesyes, we are cultured blahblahblah. but *Zzzz...* and i was mighty surprised there was no shania or celine. haha kd lang killed it with 'hallelujah' though. *thumbs up*

the athletes: mmm...some of the flag bearers of individual countries were hotness. :D

[jacleee]

the athletes: mmm...some of the flag bearers of individual countries were hotness. :D

unfortunately... most female bearers had THICK legs........

[dloo86]

woooooooooooooord. also embarrassing -- at the very beginning of the ceremony when they showed the head-of-states area and it was nearly empty. :\ unorganized much?

They mentioned some of the guys were delayed or something?

And yes, KD Lang was awesome. The french guy at the end was not nearly as hot... I thought things like this should end with a bang? I thought the poem thing was pretty neat as well.

The chick flying around was quite the retardedness... could've done without. All in all, considering it IS indoors, I doubt you could've expected much more.

[Fok86]

The poem was much better than I would've imagined... almost felt like the "I am Canadian" commercial

We all knew the theme of the ceremonies... all the native heritage crap that most Canadians don't cares about. Perhaps it is interesting for foreigners? Beijing just set the bar REALLY FREAKING HIGH for us to be a follow-up.

there were so many fail moments during the ceremony... the commentator being an absolute asshat saying this team and that team will not get any medals, Mr. Gretzky standing there like he was lost while the people attempted to open the airtight lock for a good minute or two, the camera zooming into Steve Nash's face and it was blatantly obvious that the smile was forced when they couldn't raise the 4th stick, no need to mention the retarded hydraulic fuck up, security not getting the hooligans to back off while the cars were going through downtown... and there's a lot more.

You'd think that with them being in the spotlight for something so incredibly massive, they would be much better organized? Perhaps if they had a tech run up on stage and open up the hatch so the 4th pillar would be able to pop up? It would've been much better than having Katrina Lemay Doan stand there like an idiot while everybody else lights the pillars, imo.

All in all, it was quite a disgrace.

[baby8love]

They mentioned some of the guys were delayed or something?

mmm yeah...the first nations chiefs. :S i dunno if they were late cuz of political issues or traffic issues or whatnot but you'd think they or whoever was in charge of getting them there would've, at the very least, made sure they were at bc place on time.

and yesss, i liked the poetry reading! completely unexpected but i liked it. i liked the fiddlers too. not so much with the tap dancing, though. i don't think the dancers did a very good job of even TRYING to hide the fact that the tapping sounds were pre-recorded.



Unfortunately... most female bearers had THICK legs........

that's cuz most female bearers were either hockey players or skiiers. massive leg muscles required.



Beijing just set the bar REALLY FREAKING HIGH for us to be a follow-up

i think that was the biggest problem.


onto the sports! apollo anton ohno! <3<3<3 that is all. :)

[dloo86]

Beijing just set the bar REALLY FREAKING HIGH for us to be a follow-up.

lol i think YOU set expectations too high... I dunno about you but for me, knowing it IS indoors, and it IS Vancouver, I didn't have high hopes and it was surprisingly better than I expected. :lol:

[Fok86]

I expected it to suck, but not to such a degree of failure.

on a side note: I saw Jerry at FIR concert @ Ozone ... he looked like he was about to muscle his way to the front of the autographs line up

[crazyboi]

Man, the Slovakia - Bulgaria 82 - 0 was just speechless. I kinda feel bad for them, but at the same time, watching the game on youtube, it's Bulgaria, what did you expect.

[lance]

china owned the figure skating! and korea/japan killed the mens racing thing LOL i rarely watch these, but wow

[Fok86]

Man, the Slovakia - Bulgaria 82 - 0 was just speechless. I kinda feel bad for them, but at the same time, watching the game on youtube, it's Bulgaria, what did you expect.

way to bring back news from 1.5 years ago lol

[dloo86]

Maelle Rickerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[crazyboi]

way to bring back news from 1.5 years ago lol

Just in case ppl don't know lol.

Yes our second gold and Canada wins today (as expected)

[Cloude888]

GO TEAM CANADA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[baby8love]

Maelle Rickerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

sickkkkkkkk. lindsey jacobellis who? :D

[dloo86]

Man the competitors were literally just dropping like flies in that competition lmao

[baby8love]

^ they were also doing all kinds of somersaults at the downhill ski :S

oh man...no medals for jeremy wotherspoon :(

i wish the sportscasters would stop saying "Canada is a strong medal contender" or "Canada has high hopes to win a medal" cuz everytime they do, the athlete involved fails to even get into the top 5. -__-

[dloo86]

^yeah Patrick Chan too...

[Fok86]

lol it's funny because Canada has never really been a strong power in any of the olympics, they just have certain sports that they may do better at

halfpipe snowboarding, over half of the people wiped out LMAO

[baby8love]

^ yeah...i think our only consolation is that, usually, winter > summer olympics for canada. which isn't saying much, i know... :S

yay! st. gelais gets silver on her birthday! :) awesomeness.

[jacleee]

women hockey ownage!!!!!

[baby8love]

^ as expected. hee.

YAYYY! SHOOTOUT WINNN!!! crosby & brodeur! :D:D:D

[crazyboi]

What a friggin game. Kudo's to Hiller, but Canada too much for them.

[dloo86]

^ yeah...i think our only consolation is that, usually, winter > summer olympics for canada. which isn't saying much, i know... :S

yay! st. gelais gets silver on her birthday! :) awesomeness.

Well, thats not entirely true... imo our stronger events are towards the end. I think its already been good we have this many medals so far.

[baby8love]

Well, thats not entirely true... imo our stronger events are towards the end. I think its already been good we have this many medals so far.

i know it's easier said than done and i don't blame the athletes. i blame the gov't who gives minimal funding and then puts unrealistic pressures on its team at world events (and, in turn, gives the general public unrealistic hope. at least 30 medals total? really?). i'm sure we'll get more medals towards the end with curling, hockey & speed skating team pursuits but it would've been nice to get a few in the first few sports that canada had hyped up so badly. basically, none of our top contenders (world championship podium-standers, in fact) managed to medal in snowboarding or skiing (minus jennifer heil. and alex bilodeau wasn't a favourite going in.) yes, there will always be disappointments at the olympics but this many, this early is kinda sucky. :S

i'm sure i'm in the minority with this train of thought, though.

with that said...aw, poor patrick chan. :( kid looked so devastated and only managed to crack some smiles when he heard the crowd cheering for him. but yay for lysacek beating out plushenko! wahaha >=)

[dloo86]

^lol i am those that thought Plushenko should've won... i thought Lysacek had nothing on him!

But c'mon, 4 golds on home soil... thats like... 4 more than 0!!

[Fok86]

anybody check out the concerts?

I went to F.I.R. and Our Lady Peace ... OLP was bloody amazing! I just watched some videos on youtube for the deadmau5 concert and quite frankly I'm glad I didn't try to get in... was just a bunch of highschool kids swinging their arms around pretending that they're moshing and screaming during the entire performance.

Ps. Deadmau5 rickrolled everybody at the end of show, mad respects for that guy :hehe:

[dloo86]

haha i posted this in the other thread, w00t!!

http://i48.tinypic.com/20jqyxw.jpg


I watched a bit of deadmau5 from my friends apartment in yaletown. Also saw Theory of a Deadman and part of Mother Mother.

[Fok86]

ahh crap I totally forgot about theory of a deadman >_<

btw there's another thread? O_O

[dloo86]

Theory of a Deadman was only so-so i thought

[Angelina]

missing out everything!

[dloo86]

I want Luuuuuuuuuuu

[Fok86]

you don't expect the team in general to do very well when they could barely get by the swiss

defence is slow
minimal effort on forecheck
not physical at all (reminded me of watching a team of taylor pyatt's)
for the most part the swiss players could take down each canadian player 1 on 1 because they have much more reliable 2way players

the US uses physical players to intimidate other teams, and look where they are.. a perfect record

we have players that are similar sized to the US players, yet our guys get pushed around by smaller swiss players... see where I'm going with this? If these guys don't toughen up, finish off their checks, put the puck in net, we won't even be close to a podium finish.

[Cloude888]

lol stumbled on this
thought figure skaters were graceful
they're also funny
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-20-funniest-figure-skating-faces

[crazyboi]

Haha at no1. Good stuff.

Virtue & Moir Gold! (virtue such an awesome name)

[baby8love]

Virtue & Moir Gold! (virtue such an awesome name)

yay for them! so much cuteness!

[dloo86]

you don't expect the team in general to do very well when they could barely get by the swiss

defence is slow
minimal effort on forecheck
not physical at all (reminded me of watching a team of taylor pyatt's)
for the most part the swiss players could take down each canadian player 1 on 1 because they have much more reliable 2way players

the US uses physical players to intimidate other teams, and look where they are.. a perfect record

we have players that are similar sized to the US players, yet our guys get pushed around by smaller swiss players... see where I'm going with this? If these guys don't toughen up, finish off their checks, put the puck in net, we won't even be close to a podium finish.

And we don't need goalies that think they are Ken Griffey Jr

[dloo86]

yay for them! so much cuteness!

Yeah they were awesome, I'm hardcore hockey but even I thought that was an amazing performance!

[baby8love]

^ apparently the italians & russians are up in arms about how virtue/moir didn't deserve to win and that the only reason they did was because they were on home soil and had the advantage of good crowd reactions. *rolls eyes* sore losers, much?

i'm sure crowd reactions play a little bit into the judge's minds but if we're gonna talk about that, then the russians have nobody but themselves to blame for the minimal reception they received. they're lucky they got so little backlash for those hideous (and insulting) costumes they settled with for the tribute dance. i have no idea how dressing like that can be considered respectful, much less, "paying tribute" to australian aboriginals. :S

[dloo86]

I read that too, and its such crap... how its not "real" dancing. I mean, I can understand the criticism over Plushenko's silver more, but this feels like they're just trying to pull something out of their ass.

GO VIRTUE/MOIR!!!

[baby8love]

yay ski cross gold!

yay luongo tonight! it's onnn!

and most importantly, YAY SNOW @ WINTER OLYMPICS (finally)! :lol:

[dloo86]

lol random note about ski cross... who else finds it looks more awkward than snowboarding?

edit: +1 for Joannie Rochette!

[baby8love]

lol random note about ski cross... who else finds it looks more awkward than snowboarding?

yes! for me, it's cuz there are just so many skis flying everywhere. it just looks less smooth and cool as snowboard cross. haha

[baby8love]

russia goes down 7-3 AND a gold+silver in women's bobsleigh! wootwoot :D

[jacleee]

WOMEN BOBSLEIGH FUCKEN OWNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

edit: OWNAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[baby8love]

WOMEN BOBSLEIGH FUCKEN OWNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

edit: OWNAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooot!!!

but it was pretty scary watching the german lady fly out of her bobsleigh... O_O

[crazyboi]

Luuuuuuuuuu and Canada owned the Russians baby.

[baby8love]

russia, whooo? ovechkin, whoooooo? :D:D:D

[dloo86]

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooot!!!

but it was pretty scary watching the german lady fly out of her bobsleigh... O_O

If she stayed in the sled, would the run have counted since it crossed the line?

[Katlyn]

YEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! GO CANADA!!!

[Fok86]

RICK NASH FTW!!! :D

[baby8love]

If she stayed in the sled, would the run have counted since it crossed the line?

i think so cuz when the british team crashed a few runs before them, their run counted...i assume, because they both stayed in the sled & the sled did cross the line.

[jacleee]

women hockey ownage!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[baby8love]

^ lol GOOOOOOOOOOOOLD! :D:D:D

[dloo86]

POULINNNNNNNNNNN

[baby8love]

if there's anything better than winning gold, it's winning it over the americans...and shutting them out in the process. sweet.

[dloo86]

Kiprusoff major fail

[crazyboi]

States are damn good. Hope to have a rematch with them and kick their arse!

[jacleee]

Lol it was jokes how the IOC got pissed over the women hockey team drinking and smokin cigar afterwards

oh well... who cares if they dont attend the closing ceremony

http://photos.momlogic.com/gallery-images/2010/02/97064080_full.jpg

[baby8love]

women's curling missed gold :(:(:(

[jacleee]

HE SHOOTS HE SCORES!!!!!

[dloo86]

Wow that mens speed skating relay was major intense

[dloo86]

women's curling missed gold :(:(:(

A bunch of mistakes by both sides... but Bernard missed when it REALLY counted :(

[Fok86]

Canada is THIRD among the medal standings! They also have the most gold in the tournament! WOOT! GO CANADA GO!

[baby8love]

A bunch of mistakes by both sides... but Bernard missed when it REALLY counted :(

yeahhh...but it really was only a matter of time before her clutch hits would fail on her. :( ah well, considering most ppl didn't even expect her to make it to the olympics, silver is pretty darned good!

yay charles hamelin! yay f.l.t.! yay men's relay team!

[dloo86]

Kevin Martin better win today though!!! Those pants guys CAN'T win the gold!!

[baby8love]

slalom gooold! long track relay gooold! wootwoot

[dloo86]

Awesome race by Anderson in slalom!!

[baby8love]

^ yeah, coming from behind? pure awesomeness.

curling gooold! :D

[Fok86]

and now onto tomorrow! :D

[dloo86]

LUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

[ruddie]

hockey hockey ;D we win

[dloo86]

14 goldies!! Huge props!!!

[baby8love]

omg what a hilarious opening to the closing ceremony! :lol: and yay! catriona le may doan got her chance to light the cauldron after all! :)

crosbyyyyyyyyyyy <3

[baby8love]

i should've known the clown+catriona opening was a good indication of what was to come.

the "i am canadian" speeches by william shatner, catherine o'hara & michael j. fox? HILARIOUS! and then michael buble??? :blblove:

OMG GIANT BEAVERS AND MOOSE AND MOUNTIES AND HOCKEY PLAYERS WITH A LIL KID AS THE PUCK! CUTENESS!!!

[kdotc]

did any1 catch korean mens relay doing the abracadabra dance on the podium lol

[Angelina]

i love you!

[Fok86]

I'm sorry that we beat you, USA.
I'm very sorry that we got more gold than you, USA.

those new I am Canadian speeches were AWESOME

[crazyboi]

Too bad for the teammates who were on the losing end eh?? Like Kesler and Kane haha.

[dloo86]

did any1 catch korean mens relay doing the abracadabra dance on the podium lol

ya lmao

edit: dammit, the podium bit gets cut off

[kdotc]

ya lmao

edit: dammit, the podium bit gets cut off

i got your back lol
http://i48.tinypic.com/11qps2h.jpg

[dloo86]

^lmao, i think only the koreans got it

[dloo86]

So what was everyones favourite part of the Olympics???

[baby8love]

So what was everyones favourite part of the Olympics???

maelle ricker's racing to gold.
joannie rochette's first program.
men's hockey vs. russia.
parts of the closing ceremony.

i missed the end of the men's hockey game vs. usa so i can't really call that my favourite... :(

[jacleee]

first goal and last goal of the men hockey finals

[Fok86]

So what was everyones favourite part of the Olympics???

the awesome feeling and the celebration when Crosby scored the winning goal :v^_^v:

[dloo86]

You know what, I liked the JJ Anderson's slalom run... that was such an awesome run.

[baby8love]

^ yes! and the interview he gave afterwards. he was so choked up, he could barely throw out full sentences. so genuine.

[jacleee]

yo shaun white final run was pretty sick too