Re: 2012 Summer Olympics

by Ganso Sun Jul 29, 2012 4:46 am

BiasedMilanFan3 wrote:
Barrettinator wrote:Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant! This music haunted me all day until I found it.

I was so proud last night. I learnt the total cost of the opening ceremony £27M. Totally worth it, imo. Its already the best opening ceremony I have ever seen.

And apparently the cost of the entire Olympics is 16bil

thats ridiculous......at least half of that money could have been used for better things

by BiasedMilanFan3 Sun Jul 29, 2012 4:49 am

If all money raised from the Olympic games had gone to charity then yeah i'd agree but since its a world premiere sporting event that comes along once every 4 years... ehhhh

by Ganso Sun Jul 29, 2012 4:52 am

i know,but we are talking about 16 BILLION euros....even worse if in pounds.that a colossal amount of money for a 2 week event

by Le Samourai Sun Jul 29, 2012 4:55 am

London is making money in the long run off the Olympics anyway they'll recover alot of the money they spent through the short term tourism , sponsorships and such. Money could not be better spent , there's guaranteed return here.

16 billion is a deceptive figure, the facilities they built will be serviceable for a long long time and will definitely be used seeing as it's freaking London.

by FennecFox7 Sun Jul 29, 2012 5:01 am

My uncle won the african cup in handball :coffee:

haters gonna hate

by Le Samourai Sun Jul 29, 2012 5:04 am

Giggity5313 wrote:My uncle won the african cup in handball haters gonna hate

Are there professional leagues and stuff? If so ..... Sad

by dmize Sun Jul 29, 2012 6:12 am

Giggity5313 wrote:My uncle won the african cup in handball haters gonna hate

by FennecFox7 Sun Jul 29, 2012 8:17 am

Le Samourai wrote:
Giggity5313 wrote:My uncle won the african cup in handball haters gonna hate

Are there professional leagues and stuff? If so .....

Yeah he didn't play for the NT though.

by Blue Barrett Sun Jul 29, 2012 8:27 am

Ganso wrote:
BiasedMilanFan3 wrote:
Barrettinator wrote:Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant! This music haunted me all day until I found it.

I was so proud last night. I learnt the total cost of the opening ceremony £27M. Totally worth it, imo. Its already the best opening ceremony I have ever seen.

And apparently the cost of the entire Olympics is 16bil
thats ridiculous......at least half of that money could have been used for better things

Tbf, profit will be made from it.

by fatman123 Sun Jul 29, 2012 4:38 pm

Womens under 50kg weight lifting was the most fcuked up thing i have ever watched, not one of those girls looked healthy

by 7amood11 Sun Jul 29, 2012 7:02 pm

^ Nah they looked alright actually. The only bad sight was the slow-motion of the woman hyper-extending her arm Mad

by dmize Sun Jul 29, 2012 11:02 pm

I'm watching Water Polo, this is the first time I've seen it really. They dribble with their face Laughing

And handball is entertaining to watch after seeing more of it, but still the skill level is not that high imo... At least compared to football, basketball, baseball, hockey, swimming, track, archery, etc. If handball is in, they should add dodgeball...

by Art Morte Sun Jul 29, 2012 11:22 pm

I was just watching men's Water Polo and Fencing, great entertainment Very Happy

And both are sports I never watch apart from the Olympics (although probably would watch Water Polo if there was a chance for that).

by dmize Sun Jul 29, 2012 11:43 pm

Art Morte wrote:I was just watching men's Water Polo and Fencing, great entertainment

And both are sports I never watch apart from the Olympics (although probably would watch Water Polo if there was a chance for that).

Sabre fencing I had not seen much before either. But it was quite entertaining. Too bad the guy from the U.S. couldn't advance.

by Be/\/ceCALI Sun Jul 29, 2012 11:53 pm

Aron Szilagyi got the gold for us in fencing, our first gold at this Olympics.

Serbia beat us in Water Polo but we played like shit.. i still think we'll get at least bronze in it. If we get gold, it would be the 4th consecutive gold for Hungary's mens team, which would be insane (2004, 2008 , 2012(i hope)

I've been really impressed with the olympics in London so far Thumbs up

by Freeza Mon Jul 30, 2012 12:29 am

Dmize, which teams did you watch play? the 4 best teams must be Denmark, Spain, France and Croatia. But yeah the skill level is not that of football and basketball, because the top talents usually start playing football in Denmark, and in Spain i think Basketball and Football are also way more popular.
Though popularity wise, Handball could be more popular in Denmark than football, that really pains me

by LeVersacci Mon Jul 30, 2012 12:46 am

Spain choking Laughing

by OLpower Mon Jul 30, 2012 1:15 am

Stunning race by France 4*100 team.

Agnel has eaten Lochte alive in the last relay. Unreal.

by dmize Mon Jul 30, 2012 1:21 am

Freeza wrote:Dmize, which teams did you watch play? the 4 best teams must be Denmark, Spain, France and Croatia. But yeah the skill level is not that of football and basketball, because the top talents usually start playing football in Denmark, and in Spain i think Basketball and Football are also way more popular.
Though popularity wise, Handball could be more popular in Denmark than football, that really pains me

I watched Norway-France.

I think this sport looks pretty fun, too bad it's not too popular:

by Freeza Mon Jul 30, 2012 1:57 am

That sport looks epic man

by TalkingReckless Mon Jul 30, 2012 7:29 am

used to play handball alot in school, never seen played with this rings

btw Gaelic is more fun. mix of footy, basketball and rugby

by The Sanchez Mon Jul 30, 2012 7:44 am

Opening Cermony was nice. A bit wierd with the 'queen jumping off' as that was set in the day and the opening cermony was set in the night... Soccer has been enjoyable to watch especially Brazil... GOAT Olympic team :bow:

by Amar Mon Jul 30, 2012 8:02 am

Sport looks kind of wack lol. Seems as though there's five different ways of scoring, from dunking to throwing the ball into the net.

by TalkingReckless Mon Jul 30, 2012 8:21 am

It's about time the Queen gave her crown away. she gets bored really easily she was playing with her nails during most of the ceremony

btw nothing beats the Beijing drum performance

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by The Sanchez Mon Jul 30, 2012 2:32 pm

Australia usually do well in the swimming department... not at the moment they aren't...

by fatman123 Mon Jul 30, 2012 5:05 pm

Is it odd that im finding womens weight lifting really interesting?

also watched Aus vs RSA in mens field hockey, and it was great to watch because i was surprised to realise field hockey is very similar to football

paxtonpale wrote:Australia usually do well in the swimming department... not at the moment they aren't...

well when you invest all your money and hopes on Ian Thorpe this si what you get....

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