Beijing 2008- The FKL Olympics Thread

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As I sit here in my chair, the Olympic starting ceremony has just started on my television. (Even though it actually happened 12 or so hours ago)

Who else in FKL is going to watch this display of international peace and sportsmanship? What are your favorite summer events? I like to watch fencing and the racing events myself.

Also, what do you think about the Olympic buildings Beijing has built for the Games? I love the Water Cube where the swimming events will take place.

[Ranmaru]

Hmmm, I might watch it, seems interesting. ^_^ *searches for it on tv* I would like to see the racing, of course.

[Tact]

Try looking for NBC, I'm pretty sure that's the one broadcasting the Olympics.

[Nitro Vordex]

Oops, I was expecting a new FKL game. :disapprove:

[Tact]

Nope, sorry.

I'll probably put the kibosh on it because they've all steadily gotten worse after the first one. :wacko:

[TalHex]

aww... they're still a lot of fun though

[Tact]

Okay, back to talking about the Olympics. :wacko:

That countdown with the lit drums was awesome.

[TalHex]

Im watching it right now... posting from my PSP

[Ranmaru]

Im watching it as well, the dancers drawing on that paper was kool. : D

[Tact]

I thought the printing blocks were even cooler. I must know how the guys all knew what to do at what times. There was no way they could see out of those.

[Ranmaru]

I thought they were going to walk over them. ^^; And then The bird. :3

[Tact]

I liked the planet. Walking around on that must be fun, and the easiest job in the entire opening ceremony.

Okay, maybe the little girl flying the kite had it easier.

[TalHex]

the blocks thing was pretty damn cool, pity there are commercials like every 5 minutes

[Ranmaru]

Yay its starting. : D

[Tact]

I laughed when I heard about the 64-year-old competitor from Japan. :wacko:

[TalHex]

wow thats a slap in the face to china, its like japan saying: you suck so much even our 60 year olds can beat you

[Tact]

wow thats a slap in the face to china, its like japan saying: you suck so much even our 60 year olds can beat you

Just China? The entire rest of the world is there, too. :wacko:

[TalHex]

yeah but mainly china since they are hosting

[Ranmaru]

Haha, I would like to see Chinese 60 year old men running, it would be amusing. :wacko:

[Ranmaru]

yeah, true.

[VanHalen]

I've been excited for this all year :D

[Tact]

Haha, I would like to see Chinese 60 year old men running, it would be amusing. :wacko:

They would each have a Power Walker 9001 or something. :wacko:

[TalHex]

america has a one legged guy competing in a foot race this year :wacko: take that china!

[Ranmaru]

They would each have a Power Walker 9001 or something. :wacko:

Imagine American 60 year olds. I wonder who would win.

[Leviathan]

Yay Olympics! I like the dancing/drawing thing. :wacko:

I wanna see how Equestrian works out.
Fencing!
Swimming. <Men in Speedos, YES!>
Gymnastics.
I wanna see the Puerto Rican Basketball team pwn the US team.

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Swimming. <Men in Speedos, YES!>


Some people think the United States are cheating with their futuristic swimsuits.

Also, I forgot about table tennis. That's always fun to watch.

[TalHex]

karate

[Ranmaru]

Bob Sledding, Yes!

[Tact]

Bob Sledding, Yes!

That would be in the Winter Olympics, Ran. :disapprove:

[Randomness]

karate

Don't go over-generalizing here.

How many different combat sports are there in the olympics, anyways?

[TalHex]

surviving dinner at a restaurant in china

martial arts then, boxing, wrestling i don't count

[Tact]

Randomness, I'm sure you could go look that up on Wikipedia. :wacko:

[Ranmaru]

That would be in the Winter Olympics, Ran. :disapprove:

Oh right. :(

Hey Good night from Beijing for now. : P

[Tact]

So, didn't the United States have ugly outfits in the Parade of Nations? :disapprove:

[Ranmaru]

Yeah, bleh. Wow Obama already got a Threat of assination :2

But yeah, I guess it must be pretty cool for China to finally have an Olympics.

[Tact]

But yeah, I guess it must be pretty cool for China to finally have an Olympics.

Well, only 1.2 billion people are watching it right now. :wacko:

[Out_Kast]

I'm doing all the activities for Britain.
So if I don't post much, I'm in Beijing, k?

[Tact]

So that's where you were for those two weeks! You were training for the Olympics. :wacko:

[VanHalen]

So, didn't the United States have ugly outfits in the Parade of Nations? :disapprove:

Not really. Now their beach volleyball outfits....:disapprove:

[Tact]

Not really. Now their beach volleyball outfits....:disapprove:

Yeah, those could use some work. In other news, Michael Phelps just got another Olympic record...

I figure I might as well show off the World of Warcraft Olympic stuff as well. They call it the "Spirits of Competition" event.

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I went into a battleground and fought for a bit, and I received this in the mail.
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Here's what the tabard looks like. Note the interlocking rings. :wacko:
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So, I went into some more battlegrounds to get a quest done. After four losses in a row (Yeah, the Alliance sucks in battlegrounds.), I finally won a battle and received this:
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This gold medal summons a pet. I don't think it's a coincidence that it looks like a Chinese dragon.
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Here's a close-up of the Spirit of Competition.
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[Leviathan]

I wanna see Equestrian. ;o

Beach Volleyball was cool.

LOL@thebikecompetition. That's so cool, plus when they showed how they would travel my mom was like wtf, how do they do it.

&I saw a guy on a pink bike. That made me happy. =]

[Tact]

Right now, I think it's fun to watch this really tall Dalhausser guy play volleyball. I wish he would block and spike more. :disapprove: