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Where are you watching this?

http://www.nbcolympics.com/tv_and_online_listings/zone=ET/day=0/time=1380/online.html

It's intense. Definitely the best thing on right now.

 

[reilo]

he won by IPPON

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ippon

So no KOs and no real hitting?

 

[TDG]

FUCK the German douche-slob won. Damnit.

 

[kassatsu]

This Japanese ref is pretty intense.

 

[Karakand]

So no KOs and no real hitting?

Nah, judo is all about throws and grappling.

One day we will have a return of pankration to the Olympics and it will be awesome.

 

[The_Inquisitor]

Why does Ned have 1 point now?

 

[reilo]

Did Costas just say that the Israeli cannot violate the sabbath by driving a car and has to walk??

 

[Escalation]

The opening was spectacular. Absolutely amazing in HD.

 

[kassatsu]

The chinese judo guy got cut. Where are the cut men when you need them.

 

[The_Inquisitor]

Now the netherlands guy has 11? WTF?

 

[TDG]

I don't know much about Judo, but in the 60 seconds I've been watching I've learned that the Canadian is getting his ass kicked, and unless I have a strange urge to have my clothes ripped off and my head shoved into some guy's crotch, I'm going to avoid Judo.

 

[Karakand]

:lol the shuttlecock flies at fucking random trajectories

 

[AirBrian]

Did the badminton just end? :-(

 

[kassatsu]

Did the badminton just end? :-(

yup =\

 

[TDG]

Did the badminton just end? :-(

Yeah, I think it's over. Cool sport, very underrated.

 

[AirBrian]

Just checked the schedule and it looks like there's more at 1 AM (CDT)!

 

[reilo]

Heroes commercial :lol

I thought the rumor of Claire having an evil twin was a joke, but I guess not! What a disaster.

 

[0OoO0]

This pic looks badass

 

[TheFightingFish]

As a guy who works at Microsoft (not on any of this online stuff though) you might want to take my opinion with a grain of salt but I think that the online stuff that we helped provide is the pants so far. As long as you don't mind the silverlight install the 4 streams at once is cool and the quailty is solid for me so far. It's really nice to be able to watch live and archived events without any of the lame TV commentary, commericals or sob stories. Plus I get to watch all the obscure sports that I like. I mean you get to watch basketball all year but how often do you get to see the best handball players, fencers and wrestlers.

 

[NewLib]

Is there anything else going on now besides Judo, the road race, and women's basketball?

 

[giga]

As a guy who works at Microsoft (not on any of this online stuff though) you might want to take my opinion with a grain of salt but I think that the online stuff that we helped provide is the pants so far. As long as you don't mind the silverlight install the 4 streams at once is cool and the quailty is solid for me so far. It's really nice to be able to watch live and archived events without any of the lame TV commentary, commericals or sob stories. Plus I get to watch all the obscure sports that I like. I mean you get to watch basketball all year but how often do you get to see the best handball players, fencers and wrestlers.

It's good, but please work on the cpu usage.

 

[aznpxdd]

Anywhere to watch these events online?

 

[Dirtbag]

Holy shit, thats how you run a fucking opening ceremony.

It honestly put tears in my eyes, and I have no clue why. That was awe inspiring.

 

[AirBrian]

Is there anything else going on now besides Judo, the road race, and women's basketball?

Fencing.

Well, it looks like they're in between matches at the moment though.

 

[The_Inquisitor]

What the fuck is golden score mean.


And yes, we are watching this ALL online at nbcolympics.com

You can also see what's live by hovering over the sports tab. The sport will have a live designation by it.

 

[NetMapel]

Bronze in weightlifting for Taiwan

 

[Karakand]

It's good, but please work on the cpu usage.

Yeah other than that it is fucking AMAZING.

Thank you MSFT.

 

[TheFightingFish]

It's good, but please work on the cpu usage.

Hey, you gotta pay to decode that stuff sometime . But yeah, the usage is pretty high.

 

[Zoolaga]

What the fuck is golden score mean.

First to score a point wins. Like golden goal in football.

 

[kassatsu]

WAZAARI WAZAARI WAZAARI. :lol @ the coach.

 

[jiggle]

the footprint painting is awesome

Bronze in weightlifting for Taiwan

Go Chinese Taipei! XD

 

[OatmealMu]

What's the symbol by the Venezuela guy's name?

 

[The_Inquisitor]

Jesus the Venezuelan match was intense.

And man, I am really enjoying all of these sports I haven't watched before.

 

[reilo]

McCain anti-Obama ad :-\

It ain't even in HD! Cheapskate!

 

[OatmealMu]

Williams is... erm, energetic.

 

[The_Inquisitor]

Come on USA!

edit: ouch that looked painful!

 

[NewLib]

What point total do they stab too in fencing?

 

[TDG]

I thought Obama spent more on ads than McCain, why have I seen a bunch of McCain ads, and no Obama ads.

What the fuck is golden score mean.

If yu're confused, you should turn on the commentary, it's quite helpful.

Of course, the commentary didn't explain how one wins a point in Judo, but that's my fault for being clueless.

 

[domokunrox]

To my understanding, Baseball will not be played this time around.

 

[The_Inquisitor]

If yu're confused, you should turn on the commentary, it's quite helpful.

Of course, the commentary didn't explain how one wins a point in Judo, but that's my fault for being clueless.

God this is so much better than NBC's tv format. Can we standardize this?

 

[Karakand]

To my understanding, Baseball will not be played this time around.

At the next Olympics it and softball are gone. We still have it at this one.

 

[Aruarian Reflection]

Bronze in weightlifting for Taiwan

I thought we got a silver.

And I like how I'm saying "we".

EDIT: No, you're right. Bronze.

 

[domokunrox]

At the next Olympics it and softball are gone. We still have it at this one.

Oh, I see. Guess I heard wrong.

 

[The_Inquisitor]

At the next Olympics it and softball are gone. We still have it at this one.

What are they replacing it with?


EDIT: OH SHIT, USA GUY OWNED HIM, but not by IPPO? (Trying to learn here)

 

[OatmealMu]

Oh man, when the Japanese guy was on his head straight in the air... Ha! Entertaining even if I have no idea WTF is going on.

 

[datruth29]

The USA vs. Japan Judo match is fucking legendary! :lol :lol

 

[NetMapel]

I thought we got a silver.

And I like how I'm saying "we".

Yeah apparently we lost but just seconds. You're from Taiwan as well ?

You know, every Taiwanese should just identify themselves here *raises hand*

 

[deadbeef]

That Turkish female oly weightlifter is pretty hot. I love Olympic weightlifting.

 

[TDG]

At the next Olympics it and softball are gone. We still have it at this one.

Yeah. I still don't understand why they're gone, BUT WHATEVER I'll go watch Olympic-worthy sports, like "Trampoline."

 

[aznpxdd]

You're from Taiwan as well ?

You know, every Taiwanese should just identify themselves here *raises hand*

I'm Taiwanese.