2016 Rio Summer Olympics

[Colly]

So the Jamaicans are in rooms where there's still workies fitting the showers, and the GB swimming team have had their kit pinched. Tremendous.

[Cymbols]

1 hour ago, Cloudy said:

A fake Russian diplomat disarmed, killed his would-be robber

Initial reports claimed he worked for the Russian consulate but it turns out he was impersonating someone who did. 

Wut. 

[Lineker]

Pele, who was due to light the Olympic flame during tonight's opening ceremony, was been forced to withdraw due to ill health. 

[DavidMarrio]

Hope he gets better soon but its probably a good thing. Pele would have found a microphone and spoken for about 6 hours about how many goals he's scored and how no one is better than him. 

[MDK]

28 minutes ago, Davidmarrio said:

Hope he gets better soon but its probably a good thing. Pele would have found a microphone and spoken for about 6 hours about how many goals he's scored and how no one is better than him. 

He wouldn't be wrong 

[Lineker]

Opening ceremony is starting! 

Whatever they do will be nowhere near as great as ours.

[GoGo Yubari]

This is pretty good.

[Lineker]

Eh, ours shits all over this

[GoGo Yubari]

Yours had a musical tribute to Tim fucking Berners-Lee. Don't get cocky

though it should also be said that the best stuff in the GB one definitely beats this. I liked the frank acknowledgment of the slave trade, though, and I'll always mark for "The Girl From Ipanema."

[Lineker]

There are a lot of countries.

[GoGo Yubari]

Yep. Was bummed that this year the Independent Olympic Athletes didn't have a fun dance like the 2012 incarnation did.

[Gorka]

Surely this is the best part of the ceremony as you just start picking random countries to support?

Let's go Cook Islands.

 

[Lineker]

IOA are basically Kuwait this time around.

[Lineker]

Very enjoyable overall. 

Sporting events will be on BBC One, Two and Four throughout the Games; starting on One and Four early tomorrow afternoon. (It could well be on Three as well but I can't be bothered to check online for their listings...)

[GhostMachine]

On 8/4/2016 at 02:39, Colly said:

If I were to add 5 events to my Olympics I'd go surfing, diving, diving, surfing, crushing the coconut.

Mine would be surfing, Ninja Warrior, beer pong/quarters (combined event), jacks and bocce ball.

 

 

 

Seriously, though, I'm glad to see surfing and climbing added, but couldn't care less about skateboarding due to the X Games. Baseball shouldn't have been removed in the first place.

And Ninja Warrior would make a better Olympic competition than a few events that they already have in. Should've put that in instead of friggin' golf.

Edited August 6, 2016 by GhostMachine

[Baddar]

4 hours ago, Lineker said:

Very enjoyable overall. 

Sporting events will be on BBC One, Two and Four throughout the Games; starting on One and Four early tomorrow afternoon. (It could well be on Three as well but I can't be bothered to check online for their listings...)

Are the pool stages of the Hockey being shown on tv or will I need to rely on the stupid non HD red button?

[Colly]

Sky channels 472 and up are BBC Olympics HD 1-8.

[MDK]

Guys, remind me, I'm sure during the 2012 Olympics all the venues were pretty much sold out, right? Because I'm watching the fencing at the mo and there are about 4 people in the arena.

7 hours ago, GhostMachine said:

Seriously, though, I'm glad to see surfing and climbing added, but couldn't care less about skateboarding due to the X Games. Baseball shouldn't have been removed in the first place.

Baseball isn't an Olympic sport. It is probably the dullest game ever created. Cricket should be in the Olympics if bloody baseball is in, more people play/like cricket than bloody baseball.

[Cymbols]

24 minutes ago, MDK said:

Guys, remind me, I'm sure during the 2012 Olympics all the venues were pretty much sold out, right? Because I'm watching the fencing at the mo and there are about 4 people in the arena.

Baseball isn't an Olympic sport. It is probably the dullest game ever created. Cricket should be in the Olympics if bloody baseball is in, more people play/like cricket than bloody baseball.

I think that some of the early events were not sell outs, or at least they looked that way because no one filled the corporate seats.

But yeah, there's more people sat in my living room right now than there is watching the water polo, and I'm the only one here.

[Schlitzbrille]

25 minutes ago, MDK said:

Guys, remind me, I'm sure during the 2012 Olympics all the venues were pretty much sold out, right? Because I'm watching the fencing at the mo and there are about 4 people in the arena.

Baseball isn't an Olympic sport. It is probably the dullest game ever created. Cricket should be in the Olympics if bloody baseball is in, more people play/like cricket than bloody baseball.

IF YOU HATE BASEBALL THEN YOU HATE AMERICA  USA USA USA!