Winter Olympic Discussion

[s_curran]

So how are people feeling about these games? are they as much of a mess as they look so far? what are people excited to watch?

I'll start the conversation with this:

[RickM]

Sean White bagged out. Kewl.

The dirt +1

Figure skating....
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[Nierman]

Will there be cyclocross?

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[j44ke]

Not really interested. 50% politics, 50% blacked out due to no cable so no online viewing, 50% not really interested.

[caleb]

I love the Games.

I hate the way they're "produced": little snippets of this and that, cutting back and forth between sports, human interest stories, changing the chronology of events to create false drama, etcetera. I feel dizzy and disoriented trying to follow the NBC programing.

I wish we could just have a straightforward schedule of full length events, even if that means leaving some stuff out. I.e. Monday night is mogul skiing, Tues. is snowboard half pipe, Weds is figure skating, Thurs. is nordic skiing, Friday is a hockey game, etcetera. Publish the schedule, and show the events full length. I like my sports long form.

I guess I love the Games but I hate what NBC does with them.

[jamesand]

CBC + HOLA if you can swing it. They do 'longform' games.

It's hard to set aside the distasteful ways and places in which the Games occur, but I try to focus between the lines.

We went to Salt Lake in '02 and it was super fun! Viva los Olimpicos.

I love the Games.

I hate the way they're "produced": little snippets of this and that, cutting back and forth between sports, human interest stories, changing the chronology of events to create false drama, etcetera. I feel dizzy and disoriented trying to follow the NBC programing.

I wish we could just have a straightforward schedule of full length events, even if that means leaving some stuff out. I.e. Monday night is mogul skiing, Tues. is snowboard half pipe, Weds is figure skating, Thurs. is nordic skiing, Friday is a hockey game, etcetera. Publish the schedule, and show the events full length. I like my sports long form.

I guess I love the Games but I hate what NBC does with them.

[sailor]

I like to watch skiing, ice track and speed skating. Will the BBC or CBC feed be better for this? The politics suck, as do the BS stories nbc shows but it is still cool to watch the athletes.

[robin3mj]

I love the Games.

I hate the way they're "produced": little snippets of this and that, cutting back and forth between sports, human interest stories, changing the chronology of events to create false drama, etcetera. I feel dizzy and disoriented trying to follow the NBC programing.

I wish we could just have a straightforward schedule of full length events, even if that means leaving some stuff out. I.e. Monday night is mogul skiing, Tues. is snowboard half pipe, Weds is figure skating, Thurs. is nordic skiing, Friday is a hockey game, etcetera. Publish the schedule, and show the events full length. I like my sports long form.

I guess I love the Games but I hate what NBC does with them.

NBC sports has an ipad app that purports to show every event live. I'd imagine there are other platforms to access this as well.

[Saab2000]

Olympic downhill. That's what I want to see.

I freaking love Alpine skiing and the downhill is the crown jewel as far as I'm concerned.

[s_curran]

Olympic downhill. That's what I want to see.

I freaking love Alpine skiing and the downhill is the crown jewel as far as I'm concerned.

Yes, my favorite event to watch by far. Also, big fan of moguls.

I also love hockey, but am not a proponent of the current scheme, I think it should go back to amateurs personally. This said, Vancouver was thrilling.

[maunahaole]

WTF does slopestyle mean? I'm only posting this here because it is Friday and I don't want to do 20.

[rowdyhillrambler]

mostly just 'hucking' and 'jibbing'.

WTF does slopestyle mean? I'm only posting this here because it is Friday and I don't want to do 20.

[Matthew Strongin]

I love the Games.

I hate the way they're "produced": little snippets of this and that, cutting back and forth between sports, human interest stories, changing the chronology of events to create false drama, etcetera. I feel dizzy and disoriented trying to follow the NBC programing.

I wish we could just have a straightforward schedule of full length events, even if that means leaving some stuff out. I.e. Monday night is mogul skiing, Tues. is snowboard half pipe, Weds is figure skating, Thurs. is nordic skiing, Friday is a hockey game, etcetera. Publish the schedule, and show the events full length. I like my sports long form.

I guess I love the Games but I hate what NBC does with them.

Agreed. Particularly for the Winter Games. They're all such foreign activities to me that I love pretty much any of them. I could watch hours of speed skating, but hate when they intersperse it with vignettes of ice dancers.

[sonnybiker]

Not really interested. 50% politics, 50% blacked out due to no cable so no online viewing, 50% not really interested.

can someone explain the math to me, i don't get it.

[maunahaole]

Mr. Stakhanov will explain how that works.

[Britishbane]

All the ski sports. Biathlon for sure.

[SteveP]

i would like to watch a few events... nordic, speedskating, some skiing...
but i will never manage to sit through the scheduled events to catch a vignette or 2 and then a block of ice dancing.
cant do it.

[G-reg]

Uuugh, 30min into the NBC coverage and am thinking I'm not watching much of this. I'll read and follow the results, but I can't take it.

[Britishbane]

Uuugh, 30min into the NBC coverage and am thinking I'm not watching much of this. I'll read and follow the results, but I can't take it.

i would like to watch a few events... nordic, speedskating, some skiing...
but i will never manage to sit through the scheduled events to catch a vignette or 2 and then a block of ice dancing.
cant do it.

NBC is unwatchable. I'm with you both. CBC and BBC will get the majority of my viewing.

[TMB]

How are you guys getting CBC? My wife and daughters are in AZ and already complaining about NBC.