Winter Olympics

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 3:42 pm

US Bobsledder breaks down bathroom door after being locked in.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 3:47 pm

Cardboard doors FTW

Post by **brian** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 3:51 pm

Keg wrote:RULES

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 3:56 pm

She looks trashy to me.

Post by **brian** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 3:59 pm

I like my Swiss women trashy.

Post by **brian** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 4:05 pm

Strangely, I like my Germans demure. Figure that one out.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 4:17 pm

At what point can the opposing team begin to sweep a rock? After the line dissecting the circle?

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 4:27 pm

govmentchedda wrote:At what point can the opposing team begin to sweep a rock? After the line dissecting the circle?

yes

phxgators · Post by **phxgators** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 11:14 am

I'm getting the impression that the US women's curling team isn't very good. They just gave up 7 in the 4th end against Great Britain.

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 2:34 pm

Erika Brown. She actually is very good; participated in the "World Curling" Vegas event Brian and Rams Fanny went to. Bear in mind she gave up seven in one end to the best women's team in the world: Eva Muirhead, Scotland (it's Scotland; there's no such thing as Great Britain in curling) and that the ice has been terrible in Sochi. And the rocks are awful. And the fans are clueless. For example, they have airhorns. If you caught the Russia/USA womens game yesterday (last night) you'd have heard an air horn going off the instant Brown was about to deliver each of her rocks. That is akin to someone yelling BAAAAA!!!!!! when you're about to putt in golf. That exact same idiotnoise is happening when the Canadians play as well. Go figure.

howard · Post by **howard** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 2:43 pm

Eva Muirhead is pretty. That's all I got.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 4:20 pm

Her eyes are a bit scary though.

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 4:35 pm

Not in person. She's a lovely lass. Your Swamp then-Vancouver contingent met her in 2010 at the World Juniors.

And you can't go by those "wimminz of curling" glam photos or you'd start to think that Chelsea Carey really looks like this:

. . . one of the all-time worst PhotoShop eye jobs.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 4:59 pm

Yet one more reason Canada is better than the US. I saw videos of this. Put in a Canadian passport, fridge opens up. How friggin' ingenious is this.

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 5:12 pm

Yeah, that's an advertising campaign. But apparently there is one real one in the Canadian House at athlete's village. Sort of. But not exactly like that.

Athletes don't have their passports lying around where they can use them. During the Olympics, all passports are in the hands of the Canadian Olympic Committee, under safe (literally) keeping. I suspect the same precaution goes for all countries.

Cute thought though.

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 9:42 am

Well shit. I had the USA/CAN women's hockey stream on for the first, muted it during the intermission, and forgot about it until now. 3-2 CAN with a minute left.

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 10:02 am

USA gals ran outta gas early in the third. I'm a novice hockey fan, but that said, a very watchable game.

Despite his size, Zdeno Chara's head is way too big for his body. Bochy-esque.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 12:37 pm

Hockey has started! no surprise the Czechs are down 2-0 early to the Swedes.

Czechs have assembled the worst possible team. Petr Nedved? on the first PP? They're not even playing Pavelic in net, they're playing some KHL goalie. And the coach's son-in-law is getting decent ice time on defense.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 1:09 pm

Via The Big Lead: 4 MB gif featuring the At-Ats shooting at a mogul skier crashing.

It's funny. Click it.

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 1:51 pm

degenerasian wrote:Hate the CBC all we want and their shows really suck, but they know how to do Olympics.

So much for that. The CBC coverage has been, unquestionably, the worst I have ever seen. It's been despicable.

And, really, ferfuckssakes Johnnie.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 2:18 pm

Well, shit. I didn't think it was a big deal. But fixed.

Bensell · Post by **Bensell** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 2:49 pm

I know I'm no expert but it seems to me Erika Brown is killing the US curling team. And is there a good site to find the standings? Every site that came up on google (that I pulled up at least) just had a schedule/results page.

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 3:15 pm

Bensell wrote:I know I'm no expert but it seems to me Erika Brown is killing the US curling team. And is there a good site to find the standings? Every site that came up on google (that I pulled up at least) just had a schedule/results page.

Yes, it is seriously frustrating that sites like the CBC (or even the main Sochi site) don't have the damn standings for curling. Fortunately, the BBC does:

Men: http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/winter-olympics/23970498" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Wimminz: http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/winter-olympics/23970499" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

And, yeah, I had to check two dozen places that didn't have the standings before I finally found that.

Bensell · Post by **Bensell** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 3:17 pm

Thanks Scottie

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 3:26 pm

Scottie wrote:
degenerasian wrote:Hate the CBC all we want and their shows really suck, but they know how to do Olympics.
So much for that. The CBC coverage has been, unquestionably, the worst I have ever seen. It's been despicable.

what's been bad about it? I've enjoyed it. As you said, there are 12 channels and you can watch a full replay of anything you missed with no commentators!

men's standings: http://olympics.cbc.ca/curling/event/men/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
women's standings: http://olympics.cbc.ca/curling/event/women/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
click on 'round-robin'

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 3:37 pm

Scottie wrote:
Bensell wrote:I know I'm no expert but it seems to me Erika Brown is killing the US curling team. And is there a good site to find the standings? Every site that came up on google (that I pulled up at least) just had a schedule/results page.
Yes, it is seriously frustrating that sites like the CBC (or even the main Sochi site) don't have the damn standings for curling. Fortunately, the BBC does:

Men: http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/winter-olympics/23970498" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Wimminz: http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/winter-olympics/23970499" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

And, yeah, I had to check two dozen places that didn't have the standings before I finally found that.

I never knew there was a mercy rule in curling. The US women lost 12-3 against GB after only 6 ends.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 3:39 pm

The Sybian wrote:
Scottie wrote:
Bensell wrote:I know I'm no expert but it seems to me Erika Brown is killing the US curling team. And is there a good site to find the standings? Every site that came up on google (that I pulled up at least) just had a schedule/results page.
Yes, it is seriously frustrating that sites like the CBC (or even the main Sochi site) don't have the damn standings for curling. Fortunately, the BBC does:

Men: http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/winter-olympics/23970498" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Wimminz: http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/winter-olympics/23970499" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

And, yeah, I had to check two dozen places that didn't have the standings before I finally found that.

I never knew there was a mercy rule in curling. The US women lost 12-3 against GB after only 6 ends.

There is no mercy rule, the team behind can choose to quit anytime when they feel they are too far behind.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 3:40 pm

The US women were horrendous every time I turned on one of their matches. Just horrible.

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 3:45 pm

govmentchedda wrote:The US women were horrendous every time I turned on one of their matches. Just horrible.

They can't figure out the ice or the rocks. Problem for Brown is that everyone else is figuring out the behaviors before they are.

It takes a team effort to give up seven in one end. You only get eight rocks. For the other team to score seven, your team has to miss pretty much everything.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 3:56 pm

Show of hands. Who gets motion sickness easily?

(Note: This video is a couple years old according to the upload date.)

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 10:42 pm

Skier Julia Mancuso did a nice photo spread in GQ.

cerrano · Post by **cerrano** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 10:52 pm

almost every fucking commercial this year is some kids journey to olympic glory.

i don't know why that annoys me so.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 7:31 am

cerrano wrote:almost every fucking commercial this year is some kids journey to olympic glory.

i don't know why that annoys me so.

Too much saccharine is getting on my nerves.

Did you know that it takes an entire nation to create a hockey star?

That without Moms, no athlete can make it to the games?

That parents are the greatest heroes?

Blow me.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 7:38 am

This SVK/USA game almost looks like an all star game or something with the similarities in the unis (just different crests and with the blue and white swapped on the sweaters).

cerrano · Post by **cerrano** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 7:40 am

Pruitt wrote:
cerrano wrote:almost every fucking commercial this year is some kids journey to olympic glory.

i don't know why that annoys me so.
Too much saccharine is getting on my nerves.

Did you know that it takes an entire nation to create a hockey star?

That without Moms, no athlete can make it to the games?

That parents are the greatest heroes?

Blow me.

technically...

we got a snow day today (and probably will be out tomorrow, too.) so i ask, is it too early to play the doc emrick drinking game?

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 7:45 am

Needs a "Pittsburgh Pirates reference" square.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 7:53 am

Russia up 2-0 early over the Seahawks.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 8:45 am

What's the Slovenia-Seahawks reference? Are they on Adderall?

cerrano · Post by **cerrano** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 8:49 am

Johnny Carwash wrote:What's the Slovenia-Seahawks reference? Are they on Adderall?

well, slovakia is filling the role of denver quite nicely.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 8:51 am

Johnny Carwash wrote:What's the Slovenia-Seahawks reference? Are they on Adderall?

Dark blue and neon green uni combination.