Red Mosquito :: View topic - Winter Olympics

philpritchard wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:

I enjoyed watching the men's downhill last night.

I think my biggest problem with the Winter Olympics is that very few of the races are head to head. Robs much of the suspense. It does make short track speed skating even more exciting though.

Yeah, anything head-to-head is way better than just timed. Ski/snowboard cross are always exciting.

Cross country skiing and biathlon has a lot more head to head races now, but many of us miss the classic timed races.

I'm so over figure skating. Makes me dizzy.

Monkey_Driven wrote:

I'm so over figure skating. Makes me dizzy.

Oh god yes. Fuck twizzles.

PHATJ wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:

I'm so over figure skating. Makes me dizzy.

Oh god yes. Fuck twizzles.

I don't understand the scoring, strategy, or subjectivity factor.

Monkey_Driven wrote:

PHATJ wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:

I'm so over figure skating. Makes me dizzy.

Oh god yes. Fuck twizzles.

I don't understand the scoring, strategy, or subjectivity factor.

Spin around a bunch and don't fall.

i love curling so dang much

so the US brought the most athletes to the games and is 5th in the medal count

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Monkey_Driven wrote:

I'm so over figure skating. Makes me dizzy.

Oh god yes. Fuck twizzles.

I don't understand the difference between figure skating and ice dancing

Cross country skiing and the biathlon got a lot of love in the M_D household this past weekend. I didn't even need to work out after watching those events.

Author:	Monkey_Driven [ Thu February 15, 2018 3:41 pm ]
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Anders wrote: philpritchard wrote: Monkey_Driven wrote: I enjoyed watching the men's downhill last night. I think my biggest problem with the Winter Olympics is that very few of the races are head to head. Robs much of the suspense. It does make short track speed skating even more exciting though. Yeah, anything head-to-head is way better than just timed. Ski/snowboard cross are always exciting. Cross country skiing and biathlon has a lot more head to head races now, but many of us miss the classic timed races. Unfortunately, those events do not get prime time coverage here. They are aired during the work day.

Author:	lennytheweedwhacker [ Thu February 15, 2018 11:49 pm ]
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i love curling so dang much

Author:	MadTIGERmaN [ Fri February 16, 2018 1:45 am ]
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Monkey_Driven wrote: I enjoyed watching the men's downhill last night. I think my biggest problem with the Winter Olympics is that very few of the races are head to head. Robs much of the suspense. It does make short track speed skating even more exciting though. That's why I love short track speed skating. Usually 4 at a time (unless someone gets eliminated for any number of reasons). The womens final a few nights ago at whatever distance, had 5 going at once. Short track is where its at.

Author:	Monkey_Driven [ Fri February 16, 2018 5:30 am ]
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I'm so over figure skating. Makes me dizzy.

Author:	PHATJ [ Fri February 16, 2018 5:44 am ]
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Monkey_Driven wrote: I'm so over figure skating. Makes me dizzy. Oh god yes. Fuck twizzles.

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Author:	philpritchard [ Fri February 16, 2018 3:09 pm ]
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Monkey_Driven wrote: PHATJ wrote: Monkey_Driven wrote: I'm so over figure skating. Makes me dizzy. Oh god yes. Fuck twizzles. I don't understand the scoring, strategy, or subjectivity factor. Spin around a bunch and don't fall.

Author:	MadTIGERmaN [ Sat February 17, 2018 1:23 am ]
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote: i love curling so dang much every time I watch curling, doesn't matter what country, this is what I hear yeeeeeeeeeeep yep yep yep hard hard stop... go go go go go gooooooooooooooooooooo

Author:	philpritchard [ Sat February 17, 2018 2:52 am ]
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It caught me off guard the other day when I heard the Russian team yelling "Sveeeeeep!" I assumed they all communicated in their native tongues, but apparently curling terms don't need translating. I've been watching it a lot because my wife and I took up curling this year. It's so much fun and so frustratingly difficult.

Author:	MadTIGERmaN [ Mon February 19, 2018 1:46 am ]
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woman 1500m gold short speed skating race was... just wow. When Spoiler: show Choi makes her move with 3 laps to go, its like everyone else is standing still. She goes from 4th to winning by a ton! Well, okay it was .08 of a second, but in short track that's a lot apparently.

Author:	96583UP [ Mon February 19, 2018 1:51 am ]
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so the US brought the most athletes to the games and is 5th in the medal count 96583UPost lead headline: AMERICAN MILLENNIALS ARE SOFT, CAN'T CLOSE DEAL; BUT HAVE APPS

Author:	E.H. Ruddock [ Mon February 19, 2018 4:30 am ]
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I don't understand the difference between figure skating and ice dancing

Author:	PHATJ [ Mon February 19, 2018 4:43 am ]
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PHATJ wrote: Monkey_Driven wrote: I'm so over figure skating. Makes me dizzy. Oh god yes. Fuck twizzles.

Author:	Electromatic [ Mon February 19, 2018 12:24 pm ]
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So one of the OAR guys got busted again for performance enhancers.... in Curling. For his sake I hope it’s Weed.

Author:	Anders [ Mon February 19, 2018 2:37 pm ]
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He got caught with meldonium in his blood.

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Author:	Monkey_Driven [ Mon February 19, 2018 2:57 pm ]
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Cross country skiing and the biathlon got a lot of love in the M_D household this past weekend. I didn't even need to work out after watching those events.

Author:	Anders [ Tue February 20, 2018 5:44 am ]
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Monkey_Driven wrote: Cross country skiing and the biathlon got a lot of love in the M_D household this past weekend. I didn't even need to work out after watching those events. Nice. A shame they aren't bigger in East Asia or North America.