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zakharov: Nov 30, 2002; Tater Love

Fodder Cannon posted:

Holy poo poo this Russian girl

That was nuts

# ? Feb 8, 2014 18:14

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# ? May 11, 2024 19:06

bef: Mar 2, 2010; by Nyc_Tattoo

jesus russia

# ? Feb 8, 2014 18:15

VirtualBalboa: Dec 25, 2012

Saint Freak posted:

A 'surprising' amount of wind on this tropic beach they built the hill on is giving them some problems.

Apparently the "wind nets" are not doing much to help.

# ? Feb 8, 2014 18:16

zakharov: Nov 30, 2002; Tater Love

This commentary is so awful. I'm pretty sure they've said every skater "wants it the most."

# ? Feb 8, 2014 18:16

klockwerk: Jun 30, 2007; dsch

zakharov posted:

That was nuts

Figure skating is probably my least favourite event to watch, but Jesus I had to stop what I was doing and take that all in.

# ? Feb 8, 2014 18:16

turtlecrunch: May 14, 2013; Hesitation is defeat.

r.i.p. japan

# ? Feb 8, 2014 18:18

Saint Freak: Apr 16, 2007; Regretting is an insult to oneself; Buglord

VirtualBalboa posted:

Apparently the "wind nets" are not doing much to help.

If only they had wind tarps

# ? Feb 8, 2014 18:18

Croccers: Jun 15, 2012

Saw some Asian girl fall over just as I started the Figure Skating stream, that means I've seen the best part right?

# ? Feb 8, 2014 18:19

Seth Pecksniff: May 27, 2004; can't believe shrek is fucking dead. rip to a real one.

Brutal.roadrunner posted:

Russian girl made of same material as bathroom door, very flexible.

Also breaks down quickly

# ? Feb 8, 2014 18:19

turtlecrunch: May 14, 2013; Hesitation is defeat.

Croccers posted:

Saw some Asian girl fall over just as I started the Figure Skating stream, that means I've seen the best part right?

She was attempting a triple axel which no other female skater is trying to do because...they can't do it.

# ? Feb 8, 2014 18:20

MA-Horus: Dec 3, 2006; I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of how awesome I am.

Holy gently caress that Russian girl. Holy gently caress. She has no inner ear.

# ? Feb 8, 2014 18:21

Cthulu Carl: Apr 16, 2006

So, wait, who's bright idea was it to broadcast the loving Premiere League on NBC instead of, say, the goddamned Olympics?

"Team USA? That's not what Joe Public wants! He wants loving Liverpool or whoever the gently caress these Limey bastards are."

# ? Feb 8, 2014 18:22

Fat Lowtax: Nov 9, 2008; "I'm willing to pay up to $1200 for a big anime titty"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgMnHZHkUB8

# ? Feb 8, 2014 18:24

turtlecrunch: May 14, 2013; Hesitation is defeat.

NBC is showing live figure skating right now. You are on the wrong channel.

# ? Feb 8, 2014 18:24

zakharov: Nov 30, 2002; Tater Love

It's on NBC Sports Network dude

# ? Feb 8, 2014 18:25

Level Slide: Jan 4, 2011

Has NBC tried opening a Kickstarter to make have live ad-free Olympics coverage? Is NBC allowed the kickstart?

# ? Feb 8, 2014 18:25

Agrajag: Jan 21, 2006; gat dang thats hot

Level Slide posted:

Has NBC tried opening a Kickstarter to make have live ad-free Olympics coverage? Is NBC allowed the kickstart?

They're allowed to kickstart you in the heart with endless fluff pieces.

# ? Feb 8, 2014 18:26

EXTREME INSERTION: Jun 4, 2011; by LadyAmbien

I want to see the skaters fall

# ? Feb 8, 2014 18:28

EXTREME INSERTION: Jun 4, 2011; by LadyAmbien

Fall right on their butts

# ? Feb 8, 2014 18:28

Level Slide: Jan 4, 2011

Agrajag posted:

They're allowed to kickstart you in the heart with endless fluff pieces.

Kickstart me in the heart, like a kick... heart?

But wrestling isn't a winter sport (outside of Russia).

# ? Feb 8, 2014 18:29

etalian: Mar 20, 2006

WebDog posted:

Speaking of mascots, Australia produced the unofficial Fatso the fat-arsed wombat.

"the battlers' prince"

The statue was to commemorate the volunteers who worked at the event. Someone pinched it a few years ago.

Fatso was created by the team behind The Dream a late night satire on the Olympics that gleefully shredded events with adding music and absurd commentary.
He was a piss-take on the official Sydney mascots and ended up becoming more popular than them.

It caused a small PR disaster when the Australian Olympic Committee attempted to ban a Fatso stuffed toy from appearing in the arms of medal winning athletes (subsequently appearing on a commemorative stamp) as they'd spent $15 million buying the rights of the boxing kangaroo and promoting the death out of the official mascots that were dubbed "Olly, Millie, and Dickhead" by the show.

You can see they were pretty bloody unremarkable.

The Dream was also really popular with the athletes since getting interviewed would get you a weird prize gift, which were seen as one of a kind collector items.

# ? Feb 8, 2014 18:36

Cthulu Carl: Apr 16, 2006

zakharov posted:

It's on NBC Sports Network dude

Except I don't get their lovely sports network, and my internet is so lovely if I stream it, I can't do anything else.

And seriously, does the US really have THAT much of an investment in loving British soccer?

# ? Feb 8, 2014 18:43

you irl: Jan 22, 2014

What's with the tracks in this race? Do they have to stay in the tracks? How do they pass? God why are the winter olympics so weird

# ? Feb 8, 2014 18:44

Queen-Of-Hearts: Mar 17, 2009; "I want to break your heart💔 and give you mine🫀"

Nenonen posted:

I love you.

I love you so god drat much.

:love:

# ? Feb 8, 2014 18:45

Vertical Lime: Dec 11, 2004

this taipei dude is not good at luge

these commentators said it's an improvement that he finished

# ? Feb 8, 2014 18:46

EXTREME INSERTION: Jun 4, 2011; by LadyAmbien

Vertical Lime posted:

this taipei dude is not good at luge

these commentators said it's an improvement that he finished

Where is luge

# ? Feb 8, 2014 18:49

Three Olives: Apr 10, 2005; Don't forget Hitler's contributions to medicine.

The best thing about the door is that it is a simple everyday kind of problem bound to happen with construction on the scale of the Olympic Village but the overall narrative is that the Olympics are a disaster so a minor problem like this gets amplified by social media.

And just for reference this is Johnny Quinn:

# ? Feb 8, 2014 18:51

Miltank: Dec 27, 2009; by XyloJW

is there a livestream anywhere for folks without tv?

# ? Feb 8, 2014 18:54

etalian: Mar 20, 2006

Three Olives posted:

The best thing about the door is that it is a simple everyday kind of problem bound to happen with construction on the scale of the Olympic Village but the overall narrative is that the Olympics are a disaster so a minor problem like this gets amplified by social media.

I think the Sochi Olympics are whole another level of hilarious stupidity seeing how the costs ballooned to 50 billion dollars and also how it exposes the worst systematic flaws in the Russian Federation.

# ? Feb 8, 2014 18:54

Jet Jaguar: Feb 12, 2006; Don't touch my bags if you please, Mr Customs Man.

Level Slide posted:

Has NBC tried opening a Kickstarter to make have live ad-free Olympics coverage? Is NBC allowed the kickstart?

NBC wouldn't be interested in such a thing, when they can have a teary Bob Costas tell you an hour-long story about a girl with a monkey heart and her dream to compete in the Olympics.

Their coverage is a disgrace.

# ? Feb 8, 2014 18:54

Vertical Lime: Dec 11, 2004

UnnaturalSELECTION posted:

Where is luge

it's over, i had a link on the last page

there's one more event today and an american is favored to repeat

http://www.vipboxus.co/winter-sports/206825/1/bbc2-:-winter-olympics-sochi-2014-live-stream-online.html

# ? Feb 8, 2014 18:56

zakharov: Nov 30, 2002; Tater Love

This dude put his phone number on his snowboarding helmet and his phone blew up with all the naked pics girls were sending him.

Being an Olympian must be nice.

# ? Feb 8, 2014 18:57

Level Slide: Jan 4, 2011

Speaking of Bob Costas, can someone repost that vine of the dude saying Pussy Riot? I was on my phone when I saw the post, but it got buried under more pages when I got back to a real computer.

# ? Feb 8, 2014 18:57

hepscat: Jan 16, 2005; Avenging Nun

I can't figure out if "liveextra" on the nbcolympics site is actually live or replaying from overnight. They just showed the skiathalon finish for women? Well, whatever. What a crazy event. Racing uphill :o

# ? Feb 8, 2014 18:57

etalian: Mar 20, 2006

zakharov posted:

This dude put his phone number on his snowboarding helmet and his phone blew up with all the naked pics girls were sending him.

Being an Olympian must be nice.

The close proximity of the dorms also means it has lots of college-esque bumping uglies and wild partying too after each day of competition too

# ? Feb 8, 2014 18:59

Rambling Robot: Sep 13, 2011; Duggar Fan Club Superstar #1 LOL

Three Olives posted:

The best thing about the door is that it is a simple everyday kind of problem bound to happen with construction on the scale of the Olympic Village but the overall narrative is that the Olympics are a disaster so a minor problem like this gets amplified by social media.

And just for reference this is Johnny Quinn:

# ? Feb 8, 2014 19:01

Paradox Personified: Mar 15, 2010; SoroScrew

Level Slide posted:

Speaking of Bob Costas, can someone repost that vine of the dude saying Pussy Riot? I was on my phone when I saw the post, but it got buried under more pages when I got back to a real computer.

https://vine.co/v/MaPBnZlZ3g7

# ? Feb 8, 2014 19:04