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America in the lead again in gold and Medal count 89 medals to chinas 80 and 1 more gold than china.

At 8/9/12 05:51 PM, Ejit wrote: That Rudisha seems like a lovely guy too, n what a run.

Better than the 200m race imo. Well the 200m has the Bolt factor of course and what a legend Bolt already is, but that 800m final was superb. Rudisha seemed to just pull all the other runners with him even while I completely dominated them at the same time. Says a lot about the sheer quality of that man that his World Record performance also boosted the performances of each other runner. Didn't they all, bar one or two make new personal bests? And the ones who didn't made still made seasonal bests. What a runner he is.

I don't know why I said I.

Also Jade Jones, how awesome. The women seem to doing remarkable well for GB. The men aren't too shabby either.

At 8/9/12 05:56 PM, Syztm wrote:

Err yes there is?

Lucky you Dutch are better at sports than geography.

At 8/9/12 06:12 PM, Syztm wrote:

At 8/9/12 05:59 PM, liljim wrote:

At 8/9/12 05:56 PM, Syztm wrote:

At 8/9/12 05:49 PM, liljim wrote:

At 8/9/12 05:45 PM, Syztm wrote: I don't really care about the Olympics, but the English hockeyplayers just got their asses RAPED!

There isn't an England team competing.

Err yes there is?

Err no, there isn't.

Meh, I tend to call it England incorrectly most of the time, sorry about that :P you catch my drift, though.

Isn't that like most people calling the Netherlands "Holland", by mistake? I mean, England is a part of Britain, though it is a country in its own right, though Holland is just a region of the Netherlands, not a country on its own, correct?

At 8/9/12 07:11 PM, Ejit wrote:

More importantly though

Words/phrases I am sick of hearing on the BBC's coverage:

You've forgotten the best one!

Any commentary by Andy Jameson.

He will not go one minute without using the phrases "Goodness me" and "Very close/fast/slow/dangerous indeed".

I love it.

At 8/9/12 08:33 PM, VGmasters wrote: Good to see US women's soccer beating Japan this time, the japs got lucky last year. Abby Wambach and Hope Solo are yet to win a WC title though.

Yes because it was their fault that they didn't win a WC title.

America is 2 golds and 10 medals ahead of china!! wooot!

they should have David tennant dressed as the Doctor for the closing ceremony

who could deny that face?

Of course a home advantage exists. I'll be honest, I don't think Jessica Ennis would have ran as fast as she did for the 100m hurdles if it wasn't for her being on home turf and pushing herself further for the cword. Also works in reverse though with the pressure getting to be too much for the home team and they falter.

At 8/10/12 03:02 PM, Ejit wrote:

Also, for fuck's sake BBC we don't need to see the replay of a changeover fuckup 20 times.

They don't actually control the camera. Pretty sure its a neutral company that beams the images worldwide. At least its what I've heard the commentary team say several times when the camera has chosen not to focus on something British.

At 8/10/12 05:18 PM, tehtimmy4080 wrote: NBC coverage sucks

THIS POST WILL BE INTERRUPTED SO THAT WE CAN SELL YOU SOME DAMN FAST FOOD AND INSURANCE

but yeah, screw NBC

At 8/10/12 05:58 PM, ZJ wrote:

At 8/10/12 05:18 PM, tehtimmy4080 wrote: NBC coverage sucks

THIS POST WILL BE INTERRUPTED SO THAT WE CAN SELL YOU SOME DAMN FAST FOOD AND INSURANCE

but yeah, screw NBC

In regards to the lameness of the NBC, don't forget about the tape delays and how there are games that are never aired. They actually thinks the viewers would be satisfied by some highlights instead.

Here is something I whipped up to show my feelings about the way NBC runs.

At 8/10/12 06:17 PM, liljim wrote:

They do in the races we were watching earlier this evening. Besides, it's not the cameras that are re-showing the footage, it's the editorial staff.

Yes, there have been events that have not been covered by the BBC Camera crew, but have been shown on the BBC channels. Again, this is irrelevant, as the replays are down to the editorial team at the BBC.

Fair enough, did not know that. Just recall hearing from them "We are not in control of the images being shown" so just thought it was across the whole board.