Otimpics

Post by **blombluss** » Wed Jul 14, 2021 7:38 pm

Is anyone going to watch the Olympdiscs?

I generally love 'em, but I've got nuttin for this one.

Post by **dng** » Wed Jul 14, 2021 7:40 pm

there is no such thing as sport

Post by **blombluss** » Wed Jul 14, 2021 7:45 pm

Only joy, beauty, ugliness, and pain.

And that's just the long jump officials!!! Am I right or am I right?!!?! WOO!

Post by **vom** » Wed Jul 14, 2021 7:46 pm

it's all happening in empty stadiums, right? I don't think I can cope with that

Post by **blombluss** » Wed Jul 14, 2021 7:49 pm

Two nights ago, I watched Paula Radcliffe's stunning victory in the 2002 European Championship 10,000 metres.

But I just cannae be bothered with this run/jump jam.

Post by **blombluss** » Wed Jul 14, 2021 7:49 pm

vom wrote: ↑Wed Jul 14, 2021 7:46 pm it's all happening in empty stadiums, right? I don't think I can cope with that

I believe so, yup. Ugh!

Post by **dng** » Wed Jul 14, 2021 8:36 pm

also presumably everything will be on when we're in bed

Post by **endar** » Wed Jul 14, 2021 8:36 pm

Olympricks more liek!!!

Post by **dng** » Wed Jul 14, 2021 8:37 pm

i am in bed between the hours of 00:00 and 23:00

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Jul 15, 2021 2:48 pm

I'll watch the Ovett and Coe battles in the 800m/1500m races, but nowt else.

CandyDarling · Post by **CandyDarling** » Thu Jul 15, 2021 8:15 pm

This is the only Olympics coverage I'm watching (and in 1080p!):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB8BOxMa9eg

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Jul 16, 2021 1:11 am

I love reporter Keen Hacksaw's dulcet tones.

An Unicorn · Post by **An Unicorn** » Fri Jul 16, 2021 3:30 am

I can never enjoy sport again.

Post by **blombluss** » Sat Jul 17, 2021 12:09 am

Not even a cutesy bunny wunny cheating at hurdling?

Post by **blombluss** » Mon Jul 19, 2021 7:39 pm

Could you improve the times of the relay races if you put a glass vial of Covid onto the baton, and the vial would crack open/release it after 9.5 seconds / 43 seconds, BUT the vial-cracking-open time would be reset once it was handed over to the next person in the team?

An Unicorn · Post by **An Unicorn** » Tue Jul 20, 2021 12:26 pm

An Otimpics that shouldn't happen because of the resurgence and evolution of a plague that's we all knew we were nowhere near done with in a country that really doesn't want any of this shit but their government and the IOC don't care

This is absolutely brillant

CandyDarling · Post by **CandyDarling** » Wed Jul 21, 2021 2:17 am

The most recent disaster to hit the Tokyo Olympics is the discovery that Japanese musician Cornelius, who I previously liked quite a lot and who was in charge of doing the music for the opening ceremony, is some sort of absolute fucking psychopath

Cornelius resigns from Tokyo Olympics gig after history of school bullying resurfaces

Japanese musician Cornelius—real name Keigo Oyamada—resigned from the creative team for the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics after interviews from the mid-1990s resurfaced in which the composer proudly admits to brutally bullying classmates with disabilities for years. This comes days before the opening ceremony of the contentious Olympic Games. Many people questioned Oyamada’s role of overseeing the music for the Olympics and Paralympics.

In the ‘90s, the rock musician told several Japanese magazines that he tormented a mentally disabled boy from elementary school through high school. According to Rolling Stone, his actions included: forcing one of his classmates to eat his own feces, to masturbate in front of other students, and to walk around the school with his penis exposed. He also tied the student up, trapped him in a box, duct-taped a cardboard box around his head, and poured chalk dust inside.

The word "bullying" is frankly inadequate in this instance. I have two of his albums that I bought back in the late 90s / early 2000s, and I'm never playing those again. Don't want to even think about him again.

Post by **vom** » Wed Jul 21, 2021 9:48 am

jesus, that's absolutely vile

Post by **dng** » Wed Jul 21, 2021 10:55 am

Fucking hell.

Yeah when I first saw this and it said bullying I wasn't expecting something quite that fucking monstrous

Post by **blombluss** » Wed Jul 21, 2021 6:46 pm

I find it so difficult to process that. Sick and disgraceful.

Post by **richschnauzer** » Thu Jul 22, 2021 7:08 am

Amazing. These games are cursed.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-57924885

Post by **vom** » Thu Jul 22, 2021 8:42 am

gold medal? more like the common cold* medal!

* covid

Post by **blombluss** » Mon Jul 26, 2021 7:40 pm

I watched rank outsider Anna Kiesenhofer of Austria win the women's cycling road race. It were brillent. She and others broke away from the main pack near the start, then three of them continued to break away until they had a big lead. Then Kiesenhofer broke away from the other two and built up an even bigger lead. It would appear that the main group (who caught up with 'the other two') didn't realise the Austrian was still ahead, so when the Dutch race favourite crossed the line in second place, and about 90 seconds after Kiesenhofer, she thought she'd actually won!

It was thrilling stuff!

Post by **dng** » Mon Jul 26, 2021 8:17 pm

excellent

Post by **dng** » Tue Jul 27, 2021 2:37 pm

I'm watching the softball final at the moment, which is just baseball, but with under arm bowling, and i can't read their throws at all and am finding it endlessly confusing trying to work out when they're actually going to release it or even in what direction or anything its going to go

its like the whole motion is in reverse or something

Post by **dng** » Tue Jul 27, 2021 2:38 pm

as do the batters seemingly as its 0-0 after half the match

Post by **blombluss** » Tue Jul 27, 2021 11:12 pm

I tried watching the softball, but I've discovered that its really not for me...

Post by **blombluss** » Tue Jul 27, 2021 11:14 pm

dng wrote: ↑Tue Jul 27, 2021 2:38 pm as do the batters seemingly as its 0-0 after half the match

And I thought you were joking...

Post by **dng** » Tue Jul 27, 2021 11:16 pm

But did you like the bowling actions? I liked the bowling actions

Post by **blombluss** » Tue Jul 27, 2021 11:19 pm

I'd say they were the most exciting part of softball!

Post by **dng** » Thu Jul 29, 2021 5:16 pm

why are olmypics bmxes so tiny?

Post by **endar** » Thu Jul 29, 2021 5:30 pm

adults

i think we may have talked about this at previous olypricks etc

Post by **dng** » Thu Jul 29, 2021 5:33 pm

they should make them ride really huge bmxs made out of the big penny farthing wheels rather than the little penny farthing wheels

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Jul 29, 2021 6:37 pm

I love the BMX racing at the Olympics, but I reckon they need to adopt more of the 80s retro stylings, so p'raps all the riders should wear Walkmans, and the races should end with this happening:

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Jul 29, 2021 6:39 pm

Also if 3x3=9 Basketball is in the Olympics, then why not Five-A-Side footer or Futsal?

Post by **dng** » Thu Jul 29, 2021 6:45 pm

Wembley doubles (or whatever your local variant was called)

Post by **dng** » Thu Jul 29, 2021 6:48 pm

Also the weirdest thing about the bmx (at least at previous Olympics) is that all the rounds up to the final have multiple legs, so that the best people go through. Then the finals a one off and it's total luck when they all ram each other off at the first corner in their desperation to take the lead

Post by **dng** » Thu Jul 29, 2021 6:49 pm

The sport equivlament of blue shells

Post by **dng** » Thu Jul 29, 2021 6:49 pm

Equivlament is a beautiful typo so I'm leaving it there

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:50 am

dng wrote: ↑Thu Jul 29, 2021 6:45 pm Wembley doubles (or whatever your local variant was called)

I've never heard of that, is it like what was known around here as 'Knockout'?

1 goal
1 goalie
Between 4 to however many outfield players - whoever scores goes through to the next 'round' and leaves the pitch, the last remaining player gets knocked out. And then the whole thing starts up again, and so on.

Post by **dng** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:51 am

Post by **dng** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:52 am

except played in pairs (so that you might actually get a chance of finishing the game in 15 minutes or however long we actually got at break)

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:59 am

In pairs?!? Pah! Our beloved Knockout was purer and more Ayn Randian in its philosophy!

Post by **dng** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 1:01 am

Wembley Singles also existed so we had the best of both worlds

Post by **dng** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 1:01 am

There is no such thing as Wembley Triples

Post by **dng** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 1:01 am

i hope

Post by **Bruce Sato** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 11:29 pm

Ha ha Djokovic

Post by **dng** » Sat Jul 31, 2021 12:14 am

The triathlon relay thing was really great

Post by **dng** » Sat Jul 31, 2021 12:14 am

All the triathlons were excellent

Post by **dng** » Sat Jul 31, 2021 12:15 am

I don't know why I like watching triathlons so much but I do