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OLYMPIC SPOILER-FREE THREAD (with 24-hour event result embargo)
- Thread starter Kepler
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US mixed doubles curling had a really good day on Friday, defeating Canada 7-5 and, later, Czechia 8-1 to go 4-0 in the competition. While everyone is having to learn the idiosyncrasies of the new stones Thiesse and Dropkin seemed to master the stones by their 4th game. They seem to be able to hit any shot they wanted/needed. Saturday's games are against 4-0 Great Britain and lowly 0-4 South Korea.
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Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Italian coverage continues to be incomprehensible and thus excellent. Plus they are running the English graphics so I know where we are in events. Best of both worlds.
Summary of Italian TV ads:
Summary of Italian TV ads:
- No military bullshit
- Very few guns
- Very little violence
- Lots of skin
- Really, really white
walrus
Wind up workin' in a gas station
I'm watching on CBC, good coverage of Womens Downhill, those ladies are crazy. Seen a few go off the mountain via helicopter
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
The M and W Parallel Giant Slalom snowboard semis, bronze, and gold were great. The drone coverage is spectacular.
How long have they posted the aggregate technical during the free skate? That's pretty interesting and it helps shut the announcers up. Was it CYA after the last bribery/cheating judging scandal.
How long have they posted the aggregate technical during the free skate? That's pretty interesting and it helps shut the announcers up. Was it CYA after the last bribery/cheating judging scandal.
FadeToBlack&Gold
Microlot Marxist
Was noting the drone angles in last weekend's final World Cup Super G event before the Olympics. Really makes us gapers feel like we're running the course.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
What is remarkable is even with that the slope still appears flatter. I was watching a jerkwater competition in Killington sitting by course-side and the coverage slid right past the place we were sitting. Looking out on the course it was an insane slope -- on the screen it looked gentle.
The only people I have ever seen catch the true vertical drop angle are those teenage fuckwits who glue a GoPro on their head and ski down a 60-degree mogul ice sheet, and probably break their leg. For whatever reason, their footage looks exactly like what they actually see. It might be because they are often in woods and the tree shadows break up the runs and show a gazillion little edges and angles, while on the real slopes there's just very little way of judging depth because it's groomed and open.
I have seen this happen IRL too when mogul runs are very steep. Back when I would take a crack at those if you hit them right at dusk the profiles were reinforced by the lighting and they were great, but if you hit them at high noon all the contrast evaporated and you could bottom out and never see it coming. A very nice way to snap a tip, and that's if you're lucky.
The only people I have ever seen catch the true vertical drop angle are those teenage fuckwits who glue a GoPro on their head and ski down a 60-degree mogul ice sheet, and probably break their leg. For whatever reason, their footage looks exactly like what they actually see. It might be because they are often in woods and the tree shadows break up the runs and show a gazillion little edges and angles, while on the real slopes there's just very little way of judging depth because it's groomed and open.
I have seen this happen IRL too when mogul runs are very steep. Back when I would take a crack at those if you hit them right at dusk the profiles were reinforced by the lighting and they were great, but if you hit them at high noon all the contrast evaporated and you could bottom out and never see it coming. A very nice way to snap a tip, and that's if you're lucky.
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