The Vancouver 2010 Olympics

[sphelps]

Glad to see someone else with a grasp on reality, thanks for sharing Steve. I'll also pitch on that case of beer

[toxic111]

(closest thing I could find to hand clapping)

Everyone seems to want to whine about something, from the culdron not working, to the natives, to not enough french (heck even complaining about curling (for those who have never tried it, it is much harder than it looks, and Martins team spends hours in the gym to play the way they do)

Time to move on & enjoy the show!

[Treebeard]

Great post Steve! The London media really pi$$ me off too. Not to mention the complaints about there not being enough french spoken at the games.

And this just in....Christine Nesbitt just won gold for Canada in the 1000 meter long track!

[Lance]

Shaun White needs to find another level to compete in as he is far and away out of the other competitors league. The guy is amazing! And he's making about 8 mil per year to boot. Not bad for a stoner who lived in a bus with his parents.

[Crytone]

Well said Steve. I must concur with you on your points. There wasn't a single hiccup until that point. From what I hear people in the stadium had no idea there was a malfunction as they weren't informed until after.

As for London making sly remarks of the games.. It irks me a bit too. And the worst Olympics ever? That's going a bit far I think. No one can control the weather and it's just been terrible this year... Karma will get them in a few years though I feel. As someone once said "Don't dish it unless you can take it".

And as for the complaints about the lack of French.. I think that's just a minority in Quebec who won't be happy until there's absolutely NO English at all in the Olympics. I felt they had plenty of French (and yes, I speak French). We have to remember only 1 province is, what most would consider, 'francophone' and they do not represent 1/2 the population of Canada like they sometimes seem to think.

As for Snowboarding halfpipe I think it needs a small revamp on their marking scheme. I think it should be ran like other sports with 5 marks given but the lowest and highest are 'thrown out' and you get a mark out of 30 instead of 50. Might level the playing field a bit more (Shawn White would likely still place very well though but everyone else would be more leveled).

Men's Hockey going on now and it's looking good so far (1 goal Canada! whooo).

Just my thoughts.

[Ron99]

Originally Posted by Crytone

And as for the complaints about the lack of French.. I think that's just a minority in Quebec who won't be happy until there's absolutely NO English at all in the Olympics. I felt they had plenty of French (and yes, I speak French). We have to remember only 1 province is, what most would consider, 'francophone' and they do not represent 1/2 the population of Canada like they sometimes seem to think.

The sad (or funnny) part is that the foreigners spoke much better french then any of the Canadians. I still have trouble understanding quebecois. That accent drives me nuts.

[Doug]

Going 90mph down an ice chute with a crazy carpet under your backside is bad enough but head first is just dumb.

[Crytone]

Wow, The game against the Swiss was way closer than it had to be. Down to a shootout! Great saves by Brodeur and Hillier but Brodeur was better. Yay Team Canada!

[Mr.nintendo]

Originally Posted by Doug

Going 90mph down an ice chute with a crazy carpet under your backside is bad enough but head first is just dumb.

there are winners and there are lugers


too soon?