Winter Olympics - Vancouver 2010
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there's another thread but it's in the open forum so it doesn't take long to get lost.
I've been watching a lot of the olympics so far. I fuckin love the winter olympics. I'm super pissed I have to go to work tomorrow and miss the first mens hockey games.
Mens Ice-Hockey>Women's Curling>the rest of olympic sports including summer games.
I've been watching a lot of the olympics so far. I fuckin love the winter olympics. I'm super pissed I have to go to work tomorrow and miss the first mens hockey games.
Mens Ice-Hockey>Women's Curling>the rest of olympic sports including summer games.
Yeah I have had it on the screen on and off since the Opening Ceremony. Ever since I had this fuckin' SCRAM ankle bracelet put on last week, I have been watching a lot more television, GBR...
I dig mostly all the events, especially the Skiing, Snowboarding, Luge and Hockey! R.I.P. Nodar Kumaritashvili from Georgia...
I dig mostly all the events, especially the Skiing, Snowboarding, Luge and Hockey! R.I.P. Nodar Kumaritashvili from Georgia...
Hell yea the Olympics have been great so far....I've watching pretty much every event because they have live coverage here from 9 in the morning until midnight. They also carry coverage on several different channels to cover all the events at the same time. Favorite events: Mens hockey, Ski moguls, Speed skating, snowboard cross...
to dude who doesn't understand curling......
each team has 8 stones to throw down to the end of the ice.
At the end, there's a bullseye sorta. The goal is to get as many rocks as close to the middle of the bullseye as possible. It's similar to shuffleboard.
The skip has to throw the rock towards the bullseye at a point the team strategically picks and the dudes with the brooms control the speed. The skip or stone thrower can control the curl of the stone by the way he releases the stone by either spinning it inside or outside.
There are 10 Ends (periods) and they alternate throwing the stones until each team has thrown their 8 stones. The team who throws their last stone during each end has the advantage because they can clear any stones the other team has placed. Throwing the last stone is called having the "Hammer". The Hammer alternates with each end.
When you see several stones far away/in front of the target, they are there to protect any stones that may be closer to the center of the target....They are strategically placed..
The way points are scored is by having the most stones closest to the center of the bullseye. For example, at the end of one 'end', Team 'A' has a stone directly in the middle of the bullseye, one stone half a meter from the center of the bullseye, and another stone 1 meter away from the center of the bullseye. Team B has a stone 3/4 of a meter away from the bullseye. Team A would receive 2 points for that end....
to dude who doesn't understand curling......
each team has 8 stones to throw down to the end of the ice.
At the end, there's a bullseye sorta. The goal is to get as many rocks as close to the middle of the bullseye as possible. It's similar to shuffleboard.
The skip has to throw the rock towards the bullseye at a point the team strategically picks and the dudes with the brooms control the speed. The skip or stone thrower can control the curl of the stone by the way he releases the stone by either spinning it inside or outside.
There are 10 Ends (periods) and they alternate throwing the stones until each team has thrown their 8 stones. The team who throws their last stone during each end has the advantage because they can clear any stones the other team has placed. Throwing the last stone is called having the "Hammer". The Hammer alternates with each end.
When you see several stones far away/in front of the target, they are there to protect any stones that may be closer to the center of the target....They are strategically placed..
The way points are scored is by having the most stones closest to the center of the bullseye. For example, at the end of one 'end', Team 'A' has a stone directly in the middle of the bullseye, one stone half a meter from the center of the bullseye, and another stone 1 meter away from the center of the bullseye. Team B has a stone 3/4 of a meter away from the bullseye. Team A would receive 2 points for that end....
Shaun White does it again. Don't know if any one watched, or cared...but he basically ripped the shit out of the rest of the field.
He basically secured another GOLD with his first run. He scored a 46.8 on that...so after everyone went their second time, he had already captured gold, so his second run was more or less just a victory lap.
Then he busted out some sick double McTwist...which I'm pretty sure he's the only one doing right now...and scored a 48.4 (out of 50)
I wish Shaun White was my friend.
He basically secured another GOLD with his first run. He scored a 46.8 on that...so after everyone went their second time, he had already captured gold, so his second run was more or less just a victory lap.
Then he busted out some sick double McTwist...which I'm pretty sure he's the only one doing right now...and scored a 48.4 (out of 50)
I wish Shaun White was my friend.