69los Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 Group stages in Rugby 7s and soccer have already started. Hell. the QFs in rugby 7s happen later today. No time to waste I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 I'm looking forward to the opening ceremony and some of the newer sports like Surfing and Skateboarding. I'm also glad that the IOC has actually banned Russian athletes this time around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 Oh yeah, almost forgot about the scandal to start the games: the Canadian women's soccer team (the defending gold winners) admitted to spying on other teams with a drone. Apparently some coaches have been disciplined, but we have yet to see what consequences await the team as a whole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69los Posted July 26 Author Share Posted July 26 8 hours ago, TwinIon said: Oh yeah, almost forgot about the scandal to start the games: the Canadian women's soccer team (the defending gold winners) admitted to spying on other teams with a drone. Apparently some coaches have been disciplined, but we have yet to see what consequences await the team as a whole. Head coach has been sent home. Apparently, both men's and women's teams have been doing this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 I don't typically care about Opening Ceremonies, but I'm working from home and figured they'd be good to have on in the background, and... these kinda kick ass? They're doing the Parade of Nations down the river with each country in its own boat instead of everybody just walking around a track. And there's an Assassin's Creed looking guy doing parkour stuff with the torch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 1 hour ago, Ricofoley said: I don't typically care about Opening Ceremonies, but I'm working from home and figured they'd be good to have on in the background, and... these kinda kick ass? They're doing the Parade of Nations down the river with each country in its own boat instead of everybody just walking around a track. And there's an Assassin's Creed looking guy doing parkour stuff with the torch. That's all well and good but nothing beats Gojira and a decapitated monarch 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 Yeah that kicked ass too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 https://www.reddit.com/r/MetalForTheMasses/s/HCXElD9NAt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69los Posted July 27 Author Share Posted July 27 Being half Puerto Rican half Filipino, it was kinda neat seeing both on the same boat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 I wasn’t even aware of the opening ceremonies but apparently the conservative Christians in my state are losing their minds over it and boycotting the entire thing. Mocking Jesus or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 I guess I never realized Gojira was a French band. 🤔 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 9 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said: I guess I never realized Gojira was a French band. 🤔 The minions are French! I thought the tie in was tenuous or wholly paid for but turns out illumination pictures is French. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 Trying to force my daughters to watch womens sports to inspire them so I don’t have to just attend ballet and dance recitals 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 I still think the very notion of outdoor swimming events in the Seine River -- even after the $1.5 billion clean-up -- is quite frankly insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 29 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: I still think the very notion of outdoor swimming events in the Seine River -- even after the $1.5 billion clean-up -- is quite frankly insane. Because of sharks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 19 minutes ago, TheLeon said: Because of sharks? They're in Italy too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 28 Share Posted July 28 On 7/26/2024 at 2:53 PM, Ricofoley said: And there's an Assassin's Creed looking guy doing parkour stuff with the torch. Yes, That Was AC Unity's Arno At The 2024 Olympics Ceremony WWW.THEGAMER.COM Assassin's Creed and the Olympics, what a world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69los Posted July 28 Author Share Posted July 28 USWNT is back? They might be back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 People see that Google AI ad about it writing to your kids favorite athlete and wince right? Like thats some strange shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 1 hour ago, PaladinSolo said: People see that Google AI ad about it writing to your kids favorite athlete and wince right? Like thats some strange shit. It’s deeply unnatural and inhumane. Pretty gross. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 2 hours ago, thewhyteboar said: It’s deeply unnatural and inhumane. Pretty gross. AI will be the end of us. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 Latest River Seine E. coli status ahead of Olympic triathlon - ESPN WWW.ESPN.COM If the conditions are deemed unsafe in the famous Paris waterway, the backup plan is to hold the race on Friday. But athletes don't seem concerned. Quote Each night, as Paris sleeps and the Eiffel Tower stands in darkness, a group of around 15 officials and scientists gathers at the River Seine to take a water sample. For the duration of the Olympic Games, the group -- consisting of people from World Triathlon, the Paris 2024 organizing committee, the mayor's office and regional officials -- has huddled up on the river as precautions over its water quality hit new levels. The city of Paris has reportedly spent 1.5 billion euros to clean up the river. The group takes two samples to test the E. coli level each day. The first is at 3:30 a.m. CET, when the only other people around are a handful of ground crews putting together the triathlon pontoon; the other is at 3 p.m. CET. Those samples have already had an impact. Both pre-event swim opportunities have been canceled because of concerns over the water's quality. Whether the men's triathlon race will go ahead on Tuesday is yet to be decided. The results take 24 hours to come back, meaning the sample that will decide whether the men's race will go ahead has already been taken. The results will be in at 3:30 a.m. with a decision -- which also involves a range of other factors -- made soon after. Should it be declared unsafe, the backup plan is to run the race on Friday. So far, conditions for the men's race look good. Officials are not concerned about the pollution levels given that two hot days have preceded Tuesday's race. However, rain is forecast for Tuesday morning, with the pollution levels very closely tied to poor weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 All in all that doesn’t sound too bad given the IOC made athletes compete in Guanabara Bay lmao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 Yeah, as soon as I saw it raining during the opening ceremony, I thought that didn't bode well for those swimming events. I think that for the most part NBC's coverage has been good this year. Peacock has worked well and the Gold Zone is a fun way to watch olympics in the background. My one problem with it is that on the west coast you can't access the replay of the primetime show. I assume it's because they don't want people skipping ads. Thankfully the Apple TV now supports VPNs, and after connecting to an end point in New York we could watch the primetime show on EST, skip ads breaks and any events we'd already seen or didn't care for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 Oh the actual thing is way more exciting than the article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sblfilms Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 Simone Biles is the greatest 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 Looooove Simone Biles. Whole team is fantastic, but Biles is such a joy to watch. Like, who couldn’t root for her? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69los Posted August 1 Author Share Posted August 1 1 hour ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: Looooove Simone Biles. Whole team is fantastic, but Biles is such a joy to watch. Like, who couldn’t root for her? Threw shade at a 2020 Tokyo teammate who was talking shit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 Yeah, I saw all that today. Glad she got taken down by various US gymnasts. Simone is the GOAT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 On 7/26/2024 at 11:17 PM, CastlevaniaNut18 said: I wasn’t even aware of the opening ceremonies but apparently the conservative Christians in my state are losing their minds over it and boycotting the entire thing. Mocking Jesus or something. They mocked Leonardo Da Vinci's last supper scene by re-imagagining it with drag queens. 2 billion Christians were disgusted by it. I think I consider myself Christian and that didn't upset me in any way. I look at that stuff as art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69los Posted August 1 Author Share Posted August 1 The GOAT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5timechamp Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 Well the issue of trans athletes competing against born females just got brought to the forefront once more at the Olympics during a womens Boxing match. A delicate issue that Im sure media outlets and folks will handle with “subtlety”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 5 hours ago, Best said: They mocked Leonardo Da Vinci's last supper scene by re-imagagining it with drag queens. 2 billion Christians were disgusted by it. I think I consider myself Christian and that didn't upset me in any way. I look at that stuff as art. I mean it shouldn't upset anyone, its based of this painting Feast of the Gods, but whatever they complain about everything anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 1 minute ago, PaladinSolo said: I mean it shouldn't upset anyone, its based of this painting of the Greek God Dionysus. Is that another rendition of the last supper? I'm confused now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 10 minutes ago, Best said: Is that another rendition of the last supper? I'm confused now. Its a painting about the greek gods, which ya know makes WAY more sense at the Olympics than making fun of christians for no reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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