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[Draugoth]

During the start of the Opening Ceremony, the character "stole" the torch from a group of children and as the ceremony unfolded, the broadcast continued to cut back to the person as they jumped and executed stylish parkour moves across Paris' skyline and through iconic landmarks.


The figure, masked with what looks like a fencer's cage and hooded with a white cloak, is wearing a dark-colored vest and flowing garments. The acrobatic performance, as well as the unique look, bring to mind the iconic characters from the popular Ubisoft video game series "Assassin's Creed." One of the games, "Assassin's Creed Unity," is set in revolution-era France, and features an assassin dressed similarly to the torch runner helping topple tyrants across Paris.

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[Punished Miku]

And now I'm shocked we haven't gotten Assassin's Creed: Kids yet. It makes so much sense.

 

[That Damn Kid]

best Olympics ever

 

[tmlDan]

This is the worst opening ceremony in history, its so messy, this guy was okay but i don't get the point of making it so incoherent.

Must be even worse for people attending.

 

[DAHGAMING]

Brothers I love the Olympics, im a football fanatic at heart, support the Arsenal and dedicate so much time to them since I was a kid, love boxing and F1 as a 2nd and 3rd to Footie. Always watched the Olympics aswell, take intrest in sports that are not normaly my thing and just nice to watch casualy, normaly spot a future boxing superstar or 2 along the way aswell. I worked security at the 2012 Olympics, I wasnt based at any stadiums just shity West Ham bus depot scanning the stank coaches and drivers that would move the athletes about the manor. Was a great few months and was great to be apart of it.

I dont know if its me but there seems to be 0 hype for this Olympics sadly, I know 2012 being in London it was hypped to fuck, but theres still normaly quite alot of hype over here no matter where it is.

Fuck it anyway, 3 weeks till the footie kicks off, I will get involved with this and hopefully it will pick up as we go.

 

[ReyBrujo]

Did he remove the hood to show that it was a Rabbid all the time?

 

[Fake]

lmao what a trash.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

Incredibly trash ceremony, a true showing of the present times, where ugliness is all over the place.

 

[CamHostage]

Ubisoft helped restore Notre Dame, and is the most prominent and successful gaming company in France (of which there's a surprising number of compatriots, so it's good that videogames were specifically recognized as a French cultural contribution even though Ubi games are way less "Frenchy" than in the Rayman days.) I'm glad Assassin's Creed is represented.

 

[Tams]

It was one of the only kino bits, along with the horse on the Seine.



The rest... I mean Celine was fantastic, but she ain't Feench.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

The most convoluted, long winded ceremony I’ve seen. Awful.

 

[Perrott]

best Olympics ever

Snoop Dogg?

 

[StereoVsn]

Snoop Dogg?

Apparently he is the US torch bearer. Somehow I find this appropriate for our “modern” US.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Who knew a video game reference would be the least cringe thing there. This Olympics is about to get boycotted with terrible viewership.

 

[Cert.in.Death]

best Olympics ever

That can’t possibly be the largest blunt he’s ever downed

 

[NeverYouMind]

Assassin Creed dude looks like he is draped in toilet paper.

P.S. These Olympic Games are a disaster.

 

[AJUMP23]

Stole from children a unity bug.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

That was sure something alright and I don’t mean in a good way

 

[DaciaJC]

Apparently he is the US torch bearer. Somehow I find this appropriate for our “modern” US.

I'm ashamed that our country is represented by this specimen. What a farce.

 

[Švejk]

These opening ceremonies are absolute trash this year. Holy shit.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

I just watched the elden ring horse, electronic boat and Celine dion...on tweeter they are showing some weird shit. I'm confused

 

[Team Andromeda]

The worse. opening ceremony I can ever remember

 

[MrA]

The worse. opening ceremony I can ever remember

1904s everything was worse but... atleast 1904s was the fun type of bad
The winner of the marathon was taking stricnine

 

[Doomtrain]

Gojira was pretty sick tho.

 

[DelireMan7]

It was officially a reference to the Phantom of the Opera.

But for sure it was a node to Assassin's creed indeed.

The ceremony was interesting. Some high and big lows. As a French, I find that they showcase a lot of the French culture and mindset.
The idea of showing a love triangle in the library by showing famous book about the subject and then leading to a threesome was so French

But some parts felt really low and bad.

 

[Pasta la Vista]

How lame.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Gojira was pretty sick tho.

That was cool as hell.

Then they went right into some pre-recorded bisexual love triangle drama thing that we skipped over because we didn’t want our kids watching that shit (and didn’t want to see it ourselves either).

Actually I should’ve just turned it off after that. We waited for the US to come out, at which time they cut to some corny pre-recorded Beyoncé video before showing like 5 seconds of live footage of the US Olympic team.

 

[dotnotbot]

Sweet Baby Inc also had its tribute there

 

[Team Andromeda]

1904s everything was worse but... atleast 1904s was the fun type of bad
The winner of the marathon was taking stricnine

Well I can only talk from 1984 onwards . China was poor , but Paris was utter shit

 

[TheKratos]

It was an absolute freak show. Basically the current state of Europe.

 

[GymWolf]

Did he had dubstep music in the background by any chance?

 

[xrnzaaas]

Not enough details...

 

[SkylineRKR]

It was an absolute freak show. Basically the current state of Europe.

This, my friend and I were sipping gin and having this show on in the background. We both looked in disgust. Its fucking trash and reflects the current state of Europe quite well.

 

[Just_one]

The best AC so far!!! So underrated.

Come at me Gaf!!!

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

During the start of the Opening Ceremony, the character "stole" the torch from a group of children and as the ceremony unfolded, the broadcast continued to cut back to the person as they jumped and executed stylish parkour moves across Paris' skyline and through iconic landmarks.


The figure, masked with what looks like a fencer's cage and hooded with a white cloak, is wearing a dark-colored vest and flowing garments. The acrobatic performance, as well as the unique look, bring to mind the iconic characters from the popular Ubisoft video game series "Assassin's Creed." One of the games, "Assassin's Creed Unity," is set in revolution-era France, and features an assassin dressed similarly to the torch runner helping topple tyrants across Paris.

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Guacatelas Assassins creed.

 

[kruis]

This is the worst opening ceremony in history, its so messy, this guy was okay but i don't get the point of making it so incoherent.

Must be even worse for people attending.

Oh, it was.

 

[ManaByte]

 

[Sacred]

What an absolute shitshow that was. The AC bit was kind of cool, but all the anti-religion, satanic, pedophile-inspired messaging was utterly discipicable.

 

[Tams]

Oh, it was.

Lol. Imagine getting that invite and all you get to see while soaked is:

• The French armed forces hoist the flag upside down.
• Boring people give boring speeches. Thank you sponsors!
• Zizou take the torch from Ezio and then pass it to Rafa.
• Some sign language dancers try to fill time.
• A laser light show of the Eiffel Tower from the worst seats.
• Celine Dion.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

 

[clintar]

I hate this world

 

[Js562]

Paris Olympics had the most shameful shit there shown. The last supper disrespect with those men wearing women's clothes and a cosplayer holding the torch.

 

[Esppiral]

I've seen better cosplays