Use this thread to discuss all things Sochi, including athletic competitions and/or the debacle surrounding the event.
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Use this thread to discuss all things Sochi, including athletic competitions and/or the debacle surrounding the event.
Budweiser pulled out of Sochi. Not good one one of the top sponsors leaves.
So far, Sochi is turning out to be a mess, and the damn games haven't even started yet!
Hell, just reading all of the stuff on Twitter under #SochiProblems, my god, what the hell did that $51 billion get spent on? So many things not working or completely not ready. Multiple entire hotels not ready. One media guy, he checked into his hotel, his room wasn't anywhere near ready to be moved into it. Second room, the construction crew working in the hotel had taken over the room for their own use. The third room, had a damn stray dog in it! For spending $51 billion on getting ready for these games, apparently $50 billion went towards bribes for this much to be wrong just days before the game start.
And even the security, I'm not convinced. I'm sad to say, but I fully expect that there will be at the minimum an attempted terrorist attack sometime during the games, more expecting an actual successful one. Hell, you need look at the Boston Marathon for how easy it's getting. It's no longer car bombs and other massive obvious things. Nope, these days, just load some explosives into a bag and walk into a large crowd. No matter how much security the Russians have at the games, all it'll take is one guy to load a couple pounds of TNT or some other explosive into a bag and go strolling along with the rest of the crowd and it's mass injuries and mass chaos.
I heard this second hand so it may not be correct, but supposedly the Olympic security does not carry guns, only batons. It would not shock me to see a repeat of the 1972 Olympics.Quote:
Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes
I was going to add stories of issues in the first post, but thought that would keep me busy all day. Every time I look at an online news site, there are more stories/pictures of issues.
this belongs in the amateur sports section
Reagan never finished the job with Russia as he should have
You know, you're actually the second person I've seen specifically mention the potential for a repeat of the 1972 Olympics. I can honestly see it happening. Every time I read something about the Sochi Olympics, I just get a constant bad feeling about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by cdj
Um, hockey?Quote:
Originally Posted by ram29jackson
And in the summer, golf, basketball, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by steelerfan
Yeeeeeah.
:ram?:
um take the hook out of your mouthQuote:
Originally Posted by steelerfan
NOONE in their right mind would travel to Russia for these games for a whole host of reasons as being outlined in the press. That being said, the wife and I will watch every night of coverage from home. We both love the Olympics.
Actually hoping to make it to Brazil in 2016 for the summer games for a vacation to knock out a bucket list items.
Lol. Hockey is the only thing that matters in the Winter Games.Quote:
Originally Posted by ram29jackson
I'm really hoping these games are remembered for the toilets and such, not something terrible.
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Originally Posted by Stan HAMsen
Yeah, toilets are one of many things that have me :fp:.
$51 billion and this is the best they can do in Russia. :fp:
This… IS.. SOCHI… pic.twitter.com/j1OXiuaPCQ
— Wylsacom (@wylsacom) February 4, 2014Made a lot of new friends this morning #sochi #Sochi2014 #SochiProblems pic.twitter.com/jGrstUJ7fF
— GymTshirt (@GymTshirts) February 5, 2014This is the one hotel room @Sochi2014 have given us so far. Shambles. #cnnsochi pic.twitter.com/RTjEkmyan3
— Harry Reekie (@HarryESPN) February 4, 2014Lol too funny: Don't throw paper in toilet, we won't always fix. You understand I know. #SochiProblems #Sochi2014 http://t.co/n26DNE3usG"
— donny madill (@donnymadill) February 5, 2014
I'm kind of fascinated with the whole- Ski and shoot at targets thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by steelerfan
Will trade working light bulbs for door handles :D :D :D
Nailed it.
http://i.imgur.com/z4cbnZX.gif
Same guy?Quote:
Originally Posted by cdj
http://rack.1.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyM...jAwPg/7a68373f
Hockey? Why would you watch that when you could watch Curling and the Russian Women's team? These are the three curlers on the actual team.
http://i.imgur.com/V31ZGxC.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/K0TrhUS.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/dl45ZsR.jpg
Well, I will say that I already planned on watching curling. Curling is my favorite winter Olympic sport, after discovering the greatness of curling with my friend back in our college dorm room during the 2006 games in Torino. So every second that curling is on TV, I will either be watching it live, recording it on my DVR and watching it after work, or watching it live online at work. Especially so because the fuckers that control TV refuse to ever air curling any other goddamn time of the century except for during the winter Olympics.
However, if the Russians are going to take pictures like that, then those fuckers better be curling dressed like that! :)
When they do porn, let me know - I'll watch that. Until then, it's Olympic hockey.Quote:
Originally Posted by bdoughty
Putin approved those pictures ?
Why not? They don't promote homosexuality.Quote:
Originally Posted by ram29jackson
:nod:Quote:
Originally Posted by steelerfan
They're going to be bundled up. Not rolling the rock in bikinis.
for/towards women ?Quote:
Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes
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Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes
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Originally Posted by bdoughty
being Canadian, I fully admit that I enjoy watching curling at the Olympics. It's a damn hard sport to play and women's curling especially is very competitive.
That said, it would be a lot more popular if they curled while in lingerie. Women's Beach Volleyball tends to be popular for a reason and it's not the volleyball playing.Quote:
Originally Posted by jaymo76
Only took one day to get another Olympics meme picture.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.n...21433983_n.jpgQuote:
Ashley Wagner was thrilled after her Olympic debut ... until she got her score
Jesus, the US men's and women's curling teams suck. So far a combined 0-5 to start the Olympics, and the US women were kind enough to help Great Britain create Olympic history today, with the first 7 point end in a single game of curling in all of Olympic history. Both teams start an end with 8 rocks. Great Britain scored 7 of those 8 rocks in End 4. How the hell did the US women bone that up so bad to allow Great Britain to score 7 of their 8 rocks in the fourth end? Because of that, what had been a 2-1 game at the time, turned into an eventual 12-3 ass whooping of historic proportions.
The women's hockey team sucks too, losing 3-1 to Canada right now (and it should be worse than that if it wasn't for a bunch of lucky ass saves). Maybe the US should just stop going to the winter Olympics in the future. We suck in curling, we suck in hockey, we suck in luge, we suck in snowboarding, we suck in skiing, this year we suck in figure skating. Lets face it, we suck.
I probably haven't watched 30 minutes total of this.
The women will probably win silver in hockey. Typically, they struggle with Canada but beat everyone else by 5 to 15 goals.Quote:
Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes
Besides, Men's Hockey is all that matters. The rest of the Winter Games is, well, Michael Sam.
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Originally Posted by JBHuskers
That will change for me on Thursday.