2012 London Summer Olympics Thread

[fury]

this "starts" tomorrow morning with some women's soccer including the us vs france. I'm fucking pumped for this crap even though half of it will be made useless by NBC's annoying tape delayed coverage of everything. I'll still watch way too much of this and watch like hours of badminton and archery.

[Guy Incognito]

i had so much damn fun watching all of the 2008 games

will probably watch ~15 minutes this year

[Computer]

i live a mile away from the main stadium and there are currently three military helicopters directly over my house.

i can't hear myself shit.

[Petty]

Hey, I live about a mile from the stadium too. We heard fireworks the other night and figured they were practicing for the opening ceremony.

[number none]

The opening ceremony sounds like it's going to be nuts. Music by Underworld too

[wah!]

i probably should have picked up tickets to see spain and japan at hampden

[Brunch Served 11-2pm]

I'l probably be looking forward to this more when it's the meat of the events rather than all the initial bluster I guess.

[shirts optional]

gonna become a full-on jingoistic asshole for the next two weeks

fuck china, we got to get the gold

where's the gold at

[shirts optional]

[silverapples]

the olympics blow

[impalebot]

two other boarders living in stratford? wanna come to a BBQ at my house this sunday?

Edit: fuck the olympics

[Petty]

My place is in Bow, and I'm not living there for keeps until the weekend after next but I'm down for other olympic BBQs

[delgriffith]

I just found out that I'm going to the opening ceremony

[gambra]

I wouldn't mind going to the opening cermony either. They seem to be going all out for it. Can't wait to get the TV coverage sorted here, BBC are operating 24 extra channels to cope with all the events.

[gashed]

I'm afraid this thread title is in violation of Olympic copyright, you must change it immediately or the LOC will immediately gain ownership of your first born child.

[dog liver]

coverage here in the usa is going to be terrible

[delgriffith]

Kinda crazy that NBC has almost 4 times as many staff on the ground in London than the BBC, yet they'll insist on tape delaying everything and probably butchering half the coverage.

[Brunch Served 11-2pm]

Have they given any reasoning for doing that?

Watch the BBC every day

[gambra]

Why are they tape delaying? I mean events aren't that far ahead of the US, something on at 1pm here would be 8am in the US. Not many of the major events will be on before midday.

[dog liver]

sponsors, basically

they set up the most watchable/popular events during prime time in order to sell advertising

fucking garbage

[delgriffith]

Yeah, and the swimming and athletics finals are all late enough in the evening that they'd be on around 3/4pm in the US (EST)

[Petty]

Why are they tape delaying? I mean events aren't that far ahead of the US, something on at 1pm here would be 8am in the US. Not many of the major events will be on before midday.

California is 8 hours behind the UK.

[nefarious]

[number none]

the idea of watching a delayed sporting event is hideous

[gambra]

Why are they tape delaying? I mean events aren't that far ahead of the US, something on at 1pm here would be 8am in the US. Not many of the major events will be on before midday.

California is 8 hours behind the UK.

Ah they're used to watching sports at weird times. There'll be loads of streams and the like anyway for people who want to watch events live. EVen the Irish broadcaster RTE has like 15 web streaming channels of Olympics coverage.

[delgriffith]

This is so laughable:

"The audience will know when these events are on tape," Costas said. "But they will be presented in such a way, that if you didn’t want to know, you can enjoy it that way."

And he’s still clearly ticked off about allegations that NBC misrepresented taped events as live — which he put down the occasional slip of the lip. Anything that makes it sound that way will be inadvertent because "in thousands of utterances, once or twice, accidentally, has the wrong tense been used."

"We try to be very, very vigilant about that. We do not say, ‘Michael Phelps now goes to the line in pursuit of gold medal number 15.’ We say, ‘He went to the pool in pursuit of gold medal number 15.’ There is no attempt to deceive."

Instead, there’s an "enlightened" attempt "to maintain a certain atmosphere in which if the person watching chooses to experience as if he or she knows nothing about it, they can."

[Kevin McCallister]

Serious question:
What day is that sport where they do stuff with ribbons?
And what is that sport called?

[Spoilt Victorian Child]

Why are they tape delaying? I mean events aren't that far ahead of the US, something on at 1pm here would be 8am in the US. Not many of the major events will be on before midday.

California is 8 hours behind the UK.

Like 40% of the country lives on the East Coast.

[Petty]

Why are they tape delaying? I mean events aren't that far ahead of the US, something on at 1pm here would be 8am in the US. Not many of the major events will be on before midday.

California is 8 hours behind the UK.

Like 40% of the country lives on the East Coast.

10% live in California alone!

Just stickin up for my auld country home

[delgriffith]

Serious question:
What day is that sport where they do stuff with ribbons?
And what is that sport called?

Part of rhythmic gymnastics:

http://www.nbcolympics.com/rhythmic-gymnastics/event/individual-all-around/index.html

Saturday August 11th at 8.30am EST (individual)
Sunday August 12th at 8.30am EST (group)