wacky1980 Posted February 9, 2018 Posted February 9, 2018 The XXIII Olympic Winter Games have started! From Feb 9-25, in PyeongChang, S. Korea, the world's best athletes will compete in fifteen fields for a total of 102 Olympic Gold medals. There are 92 countries participating this year, including the Olympic Athletes from Russia (as Russia was barred from participation but the athletes are still allowed to compete), as well as athletes from N. Korea marching along with the South under the Korean Unification Flag. Warm hugs all around. Here is the schedule of events for the entire games. Aaaaand discuss! Quote
Master-Debater131 Posted February 9, 2018 Posted February 9, 2018 Meh. Games arent the same for me without NHL players in Hockey. Just a total buzzkill. Ill still watch other stuff, but wont be as into hockey as I usually am. Quote
wacky1980 Posted February 9, 2018 Author Posted February 9, 2018 (edited) biggest story out of the opening ceremonies: a new friendship thing happened. Edited February 9, 2018 by wacky1980 also, HUGE HANDS!!! Quote
Raptorpat Posted February 10, 2018 Posted February 10, 2018 the opening ceremony is on behind me right now katie couric et al are ruining the show by reading the notes they were just given about how asian the show is Quote
DragonSinger Posted February 10, 2018 Posted February 10, 2018 I wanted to slap the shit out of the commentator who said something like 'People think that a phoenix represents Korea rising from the ashes of the Korean War'. Only he's stupid enough to even have that thought. 1 Quote
wacky1980 Posted February 10, 2018 Author Posted February 10, 2018 now keep in mind, i'm a lighting nerd from way back. the pyro show i just witnessed, combined with the (tens of?) thousands of channels of lighting control, kinda made me hard. Quote
Satou Kazuma Posted February 10, 2018 Posted February 10, 2018 http://www.bbc.com/sport/winter-olympics much more informed coverage than NBC's. 1 Quote
wacky1980 Posted February 11, 2018 Author Posted February 11, 2018 17yo red gerard brings home the first olympic medal (gold) for the usa with this slopestyle run. youngest snowboarding medalist in us olympic history. i think i maybe landed one 360 in my entire snowboarding "career". this, this child, stomped down a 4x360 with backflips on top. what am i doing with my life?? 1 Quote
wacky1980 Posted February 11, 2018 Author Posted February 11, 2018 chris mazdzer broke the drought for the us men's singles luge program, winning the states' first olympic medal in that sport ever. he took silver. mazdzer also medaled in hardest to say last name, and placed in the top 5 for best undressed man on the team. dude looks good. 1 Quote
Satou Kazuma Posted February 14, 2018 Posted February 14, 2018 Shaun White wins the gold. Regular TV coverage really does suck with all the commentary breaks and highlight replays. Glad there's the BBC version that http://www.nbcolympics.com streams online. Quote
Master-Debater131 Posted February 22, 2018 Posted February 22, 2018 (edited) Ok, that was cool. US gets first ever Gold in Cross country Womens Team Sprint. What a race Edited February 22, 2018 by Master-Debater131 Quote
Ginguy Posted February 22, 2018 Posted February 22, 2018 Hey NBC, quit trying to make curling a thing. -America Quote
Master-Debater131 Posted February 22, 2018 Posted February 22, 2018 2 hours ago, Ginguy said: Hey NBC, quit trying to make curling a thing. -America HEY! SCREW YOU! Curling is freaking awesome. I cant get enough of it during the winter games. 1 Quote
Ginguy Posted February 22, 2018 Posted February 22, 2018 4 minutes ago, Master-Debater131 said: HEY! SCREW YOU! Curling is freaking awesome. I cant get enough of it during the winter games. Curling is what happens when Canadia runs out of beer.... Quote
Master-Debater131 Posted February 22, 2018 Posted February 22, 2018 USA! USA! USA! First gold for our Womens team since the 1998 Nagano games. Breaks the Canadian streak! WOOOOO!!!! 1 Quote
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