Winter Olympics 2022 Thread (Feb 4)

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

Well, we just had the Summer Olympics after a year delay and 6 months later we now have the Winter Olympics in China

[Hit Girl]

In protest over Chinese policies with that thing in that place on the news, I am hereby boycotting this thread.

Beginning.......now.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

I can never really get into the Winter Olympics as much as I do the Summer Olympics. One… There’s not as many things (109 medal events compared to 339 for Tokyo 2020), which, you know, it happens, there’s only so much stuff that can be done on snow and ice, but it leads to a lot of dead air. And two… Australia goes from medals out the wazoo to maybe two or three for the whole thing.

[thegatewaydrug]

Jan 16, 2022 4:15:32 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

I can never really get into the Winter Olympics as much as I do the Summer Olympics. One… There’s not as many things (109 medal events compared to 339 for Tokyo 2020), which, you know, it happens, there’s only so much stuff that can be done on snow and ice, but it leads to a lot of dead air. And two… Australia goes from medals out the wazoo and maybe two or three for the whole thing.

And compounding those points, it's much easier to compete in Summer events on your own. Tentpole events like Track & Field and Swimming specifically. Skiing requires so much equipment... and a mountain.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

All I care about is hockey and it’s not best on best, so I’ll only be checking in.

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

None of y'all f***ing with Curling tho

[MrElijah]

Jan 16, 2022 4:15:32 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

I can never really get into the Winter Olympics as much as I do the Summer Olympics. One… There’s not as many things (109 medal events compared to 339 for Tokyo 2020), which, you know, it happens, there’s only so much stuff that can be done on snow and ice, but it leads to a lot of dead air. And two… Australia goes from medals out the wazoo to maybe two or three for the whole thing.

Considering how whacky sports can be, watch Australia somehow wins the Gold in Ice Hockey and Bobsled.

[Jumpin' Jesse Walsh]

I am here for the figure skating. That's where the drama is at.

[EP 54 is banned from Collision]

Winter Olympics: Too many bullshit sports where judges decide the winner for my tastes.

[Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie]

big time ski and snowboard cross fan, as well as both speed skating events, still wanna see mass long track events in that! (there IS mass start events but it's in the short track stadium, using a wider track on the ice)

and scot eve muirhead heading up the GB womens curling team

anyone watch the skiing this weekend?
GB did something

any sort of these games i get excited about

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Like with the summer Games, we do have some action that precedes the Opening Ceremony. BAH GOD ALMIGHTY WE HAVE THE GROUP STAGES OF THE CURLING ABOUT TO GET UNDERWAY.

[Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie]

watched the last three stones of the last end of the FIRST teamGB mixed curling ... and saw two of the WORST shots i've seen!

especially the easy takeout of the THREE gb stones to draw the game and take it into an extra end ... but she fluffed it horrible by totally missing the stone she was aiming for!

but we have a 2-1 record so far

[häšhtå.gdālėÿ]

It there isn’t Miracurl on Ice II then this whole thing will be a waste.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Australia on the board with a frosty bronzy in the women’s snowboard slopestyle, an event that has seen the neighbours New Zealand get their first ever Olympic winter goldie.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

A winter GOLDIE for Australia in women’s moguls!

First one since 2010, only the sixth ever.

[Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie]

fantastic ending to the mens 5000m speed skating!
nils van der poel was two SECONDS behind the leaders time just four laps from the end, i didn't think he would make it up but my god did he just!

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Beijing 2022 medal ceremony stage or Attitude Era SmackDown entrance set? You be the judge.

[MrElijah]

Feb 7, 2022 12:13:20 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

Beijing 2022 medal ceremony stage or Attitude Era SmackDown entrance set? You be the judge.

We need a Botchamania intro with Great and Funny Olympic calls.

[Push R Truth]

Curling is such an enigma. It's sounds like the most boring shit ever but it's the most fun thing to watch in the Winter Olympics.



Additional Rant: NBC's primetime coverage on TV is just dire. You're watching something and they sometimes just randomly cut out 90% of the event and replace it with yet another sob story. Less is more. The more sob stories NBC tries to push the less anybody cares. Some of them are laughable, like a Ski Jumper that broke their leg and thought they'd never jump again! Well shit isn't that like most ski jumpers? I think it's on their union card that they have a break like 10 bones before they qualify for an Olympics. It's like trying to make a sob story about a hockey player that lost their teeth.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

The United States finally on the board with a goldie, and it's one 16 years in the making for snowboarder Lindsay Jacobellis. If you ever see the clip of someone falling over on the last jump of a snowboard race and losing the lead because they decided to do a trick, that was her in the 2006 Olympic final.