Albert Schweitzer 10 Posted August 13, 2004 if I take the latest forecasts into consideration then germany will only get around 16 gold metalls! I think we will perform pretty badly this year! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-33ker 0 Posted August 13, 2004 Hehe our women are going to win gold in Football. I'm pretty sure about this. I'm also looking forward to see the air rifle shooting, a sport I used to do some years ago. But we weren't that Hi-Tech in the old days. No proper clothing, no carbon rifles, no laser technology. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Schoeler 0 Posted August 13, 2004 Hehe our women are going to win gold in Football. I'm pretty sure about this. I'm also looking forward to see the air rifle shooting, a sport I used to do some years ago. But we weren't that Hi-Tech in the old days. No proper clothing, no carbon rifles, no laser technology. I used to shoot competitively too. In high school, my team took 2nd place in the nation. The top guy on my team and myself were offered a shot at Olympic coaching but my family didn't have the money. I can still hit anything with a rifle though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DarkLight 0 Posted August 13, 2004 Today's events: archery and footballhttp://www.athens2004.com/en/results/results?day=1 Iraq beat Portugal 4-2 On a sidenote, has anyone seen any live events yet Here in Germany, they showed the Germany match yesterday, and today they showed the Italy match (male), but nothing else. What about on other telly? no. as I understand officially it begins on 14 of august or something. then there will be real coverage I think. Then why the fuck have they started some sports already? No seriously i don't understand all this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cozza 24 Posted August 13, 2004 Soccer starts before everything else cos It goes for to bloody long Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-33ker 0 Posted August 13, 2004 Hehe our women are going to win gold in Football. I'm pretty sure about this. I'm also looking forward to see the air rifle shooting, a sport I used to do some years ago. But we weren't that Hi-Tech in the old days. No proper clothing, no carbon rifles, no laser technology. I used to shoot competitively too. Â In high school, my team took 2nd place in the nation. Â The top guy on my team and myself were offered a shot at Olympic coaching but my family didn't have the money. I can still hit anything with a rifle though. I love to shoot on the Fairs. The years of training still make me hit anything even if I'm drunk. The highest competition in wich I participated was the Landesmeisterschaft (state championship) of North Rhine-Westphalia. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
denoir 0 Posted August 13, 2004 How to enjoy the opening ceremony [bBC] Quote[/b] ]Opening ceremony - two words to strike cold fear into the heart of every true sports fan. What could be achieved by a simple ribbon cutting, has grown into a multi-million pound, three-and-a-half hour television marathon. Indeed, the tradition of the host cities competing to stage ever glitzier, jaw-dropping extravangazas has become as much a part of the Games as the marathon itself. Nine out of 10 adult Australians sat through a showpiece in Sydney that included giant jellyfish, tin men, a mass army of lawnmowers and enough fireworks to light the Great Barrier So, seeing there's no avoiding it, here's a simple way of making those dead hours on Friday just fly by. Simply award yourself a point every time you spot one of the opening ceremony staples listed below. For anything up to five spots, award yourself a bronze. Five to nine gives you a silver, and 10 out of 10 the gold. TO THE BEAT OF THE DRUM Not since the heady days and crazy nights of Phil Collins' last world tour will drumming have played such a central part in an sub-standard evening of entertainment. Expect drum roll after flashy roll to reverberate around the stadium, possibly while a single searchlight plays across the night time sky and portentous operatic wailing floats through the still air. SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN While polite society long ago turned against the use of child labour in the chimney-sweeping and mining industries, it is still considered socially acceptable to send hordes of terrified nippers out into the arena to dance like monkeys for the delectation of a world-wide television audience. These goggle-eyed youngsters will have been drilled daily for months so that their limbs can respond even while their brains shut down with fear. Do not be fooled by those fixed smiles - every second that goes by is scarring them mentally still further. WORD UP Look! Those people are forming themselves into giant letters! I think! But because we are seated in the grandstands rather then crewing a passing airship, we have no idea at all what they're attempting to spell out! What a great idea! BURNING DESIRE So, there's an enormous cauldron of Olympic flame at one end of the stadium. What's that you say? You want to release a flock of white doves, right over the biggest Bunsen burner in science history? Consider this first: is the sight of a fried bird crashing into the lap of a horrified spectator really that effective as a symbol of peace? NO 'I' IN TEAM Marching out onto the track comes the team from Montserrat, hereon known as "plucky Montserrat". Or indeed "Gavin", if you wanted to be both more personal and accurate. TAP ON THE BACK Except by members of a small underground scene based around the deification of Wayne Sleep, tap-dancing has not been considered entertaining since Gene Kelly's hamstrings first began to tighten up on him. Yet at each Olympic ceremony, this antiquated form of hoofing is revived on a massive scale and given new life by crazed choreographers desperate to recreate the lost days of Fred and Ginger. Devotees of rag-time have never quite recovered from the snub. MYSTICAL MAGIC No opener is complete without a baffling semi-mystical element, one which ideally brings together elements of happy-clappy religion and bad poetry. Jean Dussourd, president of the Paris 2003 organising committee, opened last summer's World Championships with the unforgettable words: 'The Earth is blue like an orange - never an error, words never lie." Of course, you might think that, of all the fruits in the world, the orange is one of the least blue - not least because it is called 'orange' and is so orange that is gave its name to a colour - orange. You ignorant fool. TUNE TERROR Despite some evidence to the contrary - Busted, Avril Lavigne - it is still possible in this day and age to write music that is both tuneful and uplifting. Why then do the ceremony bigwigs insist on commissioning tunes so pretentious that Rick Wakeman could consider them a touch proggy and so turgid that, by comparison, the Bulgarian national anthem sounds like the theme to the Tweenies? COSTUME CRAZY Performer to ceremony director: "What is my character's motivation in this scene? I envisage a smouldering anger, a complex matrix of passion, hate and psychological confusion." Ceremony director to performer: "Whatever - stick this giant teddy-bear costume on and get dancing." UP IN SMOKE Attention flagging? Audience shifting in their seats? KABOOM! SLA-BLAM! POW-POW-POW-POW! Half a million quid's worth of fireworks should sort that one out... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-RoNiN 0 Posted August 13, 2004 Open Ceremony hast just started!!! Let the Games begin!!!!!!!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-33ker 0 Posted August 13, 2004 How to enjoy the opening ceremony [bBC] I hate opening ceremonies! They're the most boring and ridiculous part of every major event! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-RoNiN 0 Posted August 13, 2004 OMG, its absolutely beautiful!!! I am reduced to tears... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-RoNiN 0 Posted August 13, 2004 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sol/ukfs_sport/hi/av/player/player.stm?title=LIVE: Olympics opening ceremony&clipurl=http://news.bbc.co.uk*nil*&cs=cs5 Live Webstream!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ran 0 Posted August 13, 2004 OMG, its absolutely beautiful!!! I am reduced to tears... personnaly, I have a headache, with all these spiritual and mythological evocations and all ... way toointellectual for me ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-RoNiN 0 Posted August 13, 2004 Who else thought the guy could fall off that cube!?? I was quite worried Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ran 0 Posted August 13, 2004 Who else thought the guy could fall off that cube!?? I was quite worried It would have been funny I hope he's going to be paid according the risks he took Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-RoNiN 0 Posted August 13, 2004 An abstract of our history, famous pictures and statues all re-enacted. Nice Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ran 0 Posted August 13, 2004 An abstract of our history, famous pictures and statues all re-enacted. Nice Were the young men "statues" actually naked ? -edit- gotta love white body paint for the Parthenon's reliefs (sp ?) the plastic-looking dresses look funny, nice but funny Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-RoNiN 0 Posted August 13, 2004 An abstract of our history, famous pictures and statues all re-enacted. Nice Were the young men "statues" actually naked ? -edit- gotta love white body paint for the Parthenon's reliefs (sp ?) The real ones? Yeah! The ones in the ceremony? Quite obviously not Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-RoNiN 0 Posted August 13, 2004 Stupid German commentator just said the dictatorship was from 74-81 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-RoNiN 0 Posted August 13, 2004 Fascinating, the way they are lasering the DNA double helix into the mist Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-RoNiN 0 Posted August 13, 2004 Here come the Athletes!! DJ Tiesto playing the music!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedyDonkey 0 Posted August 13, 2004 Here they come Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-RoNiN 0 Posted August 13, 2004 Usually the Greek team comes first, but this time our esteemed guests are coming first and we will come out last I think Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-RoNiN 0 Posted August 13, 2004 The Aruban flag carrier was bloody hot Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-RoNiN 0 Posted August 13, 2004 Afghanistan is back!!! Welcome back Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-RoNiN 0 Posted August 13, 2004 Look at the Brazilian women Wooof woof aoooowwwwww Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
