Someone's mad that their team can't run fast enuf and hand out a stick to the next person?haffeysucks wrote:
Sprinting may be "the ones to win", but the people I truly respect are the long distance runners, the cyclists, the swimmers, etc. They do things out of the ordinary.Mek-Stizzle wrote:
6 golds in Athletics in the high profile events, and they've also broken a fair amount of world records. The Olympics is always about the Athletics. Everyone knows the 100m/200m/400m and the relays are the ones to win. And I said it was my opinion, I hold Athletics to a higher weighting than the other sports.haffeysucks wrote:
Because they have what, 3 golds?Mek-Stizzle wrote:
4x100m. Jamaica are fucking insane. They smashed this record too. Shit, you can talk about China having over 9000 gold medals in sports nobody gives a crap about where judges choose who wins. But Jamaica are the real kings of this tournament, imoBoy that's a lot. Did you happen to watch US swimming?.Sup wrote:
And couple new world records.haffeysucks wrote:
Because they have what, 3 golds?
Ye I know but its still a good achievement for them.haffeysucks wrote:
Boy that's a lot. Did you happen to watch US swimming?.Sup wrote:
And couple new world records.haffeysucks wrote:
Because they have what, 3 golds?
I just watched ABC news and it said America was in the lead by total medals...
Yeah shame nobody else fucking counts it like that then aint it? Golds are what matters. What a biased news channel.
Yeah shame nobody else fucking counts it like that then aint it? Golds are what matters. What a biased news channel.
But they're complete failures! Relays are hard, but can't you learn from the men's team that you should be careful?Ultrafunkula wrote:
Someone's mad that their team can't run fast enuf and hand out a stick to the next person?haffeysucks wrote:
Sprinting may be "the ones to win", but the people I truly respect are the long distance runners, the cyclists, the swimmers, etc. They do things out of the ordinary.Mek-Stizzle wrote:
6 golds in Athletics in the high profile events, and they've also broken a fair amount of world records. The Olympics is always about the Athletics. Everyone knows the 100m/200m/400m and the relays are the ones to win. And I said it was my opinion, I hold Athletics to a higher weighting than the other sports.Boy that's a lot. Did you happen to watch US swimming?.Sup wrote:
And couple new world records.
Because no other channels are biased, right?jord wrote:
I just watched ABC news and it said America was in the lead by total medals...
Yeah shame nobody else fucking counts it like that then aint it? Golds are what matters. What a biased news channel.
ABC is shit anyway, they don't even broadcast the Olympics AFAIK, I've been watching NBC the whole time.
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"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"
Thats why we have medal count on the first page of this thread.jord wrote:
I just watched ABC news and it said America was in the lead by total medals...
Yeah shame nobody else fucking counts it like that then aint it? Golds are what matters. What a biased news channel.
I'm sure other channels are biased. But how blatant it was made me laugh. I don't even know why ABC was on, I was watching the BBC news channel...haffeysucks wrote:
But they're complete failures! Relays are hard, but can't you learn from the men's team that you should be careful?Ultrafunkula wrote:
Someone's mad that their team can't run fast enuf and hand out a stick to the next person?haffeysucks wrote:
Sprinting may be "the ones to win", but the people I truly respect are the long distance runners, the cyclists, the swimmers, etc. They do things out of the ordinary.Mek-Stizzle wrote:
6 golds in Athletics in the high profile events, and they've also broken a fair amount of world records. The Olympics is always about the Athletics. Everyone knows the 100m/200m/400m and the relays are the ones to win. And I said it was my opinion, I hold Athletics to a higher weighting than the other sports.
Boy that's a lot. Did you happen to watch US swimming?Because no other channels are biased, right?jord wrote:
I just watched ABC news and it said America was in the lead by total medals...
Yeah shame nobody else fucking counts it like that then aint it? Golds are what matters. What a biased news channel.
ABC is shit anyway, they don't even broadcast the Olympics AFAIK, I've been watching NBC the whole time.
American television ftlulz.jord wrote:
I'm sure other channels are biased. But how blatant it was made me laugh. I don't even know why ABC was on, I was watching the BBC news channel...haffeysucks wrote:
But they're complete failures! Relays are hard, but can't you learn from the men's team that you should be careful?Ultrafunkula wrote:
Someone's mad that their team can't run fast enuf and hand out a stick to the next person?Because no other channels are biased, right?jord wrote:
I just watched ABC news and it said America was in the lead by total medals...
Yeah shame nobody else fucking counts it like that then aint it? Golds are what matters. What a biased news channel.
ABC is shit anyway, they don't even broadcast the Olympics AFAIK, I've been watching NBC the whole time.
BBC is pretty good when I've watched it (when on vacation usually).
"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"
actually, total count means a lot dude. you guys dismiss it for some reason. and being an old fart, i have ALWAYS heard about total medal count. stop being such fucking internet media sheep for a change. my god.jord wrote:
Golds are what matters. What a biased news channel.
"You guys". Who are you referring to, the rest of the world?usmarine wrote:
actually, total count means a lot dude. you guys dismiss it for some reason. and being an old fart, i have ALWAYS heard about total medal count. stop being such fucking internet media sheep for a change. my god.jord wrote:
Golds are what matters. What a biased news channel.
What you talking about internet media sheep. I was talking about what I saw on TV and the bias I spotted. A sheep wouldn't have spotted it and carried on thinking the USA is winning because the news said so.
Belgium finally got a medal, a silver one in the 4*100 Women's.
the US ISSSSSSSSSSSSSS winning in total medal count. where are they wrong or bias? they are reporting a fucking fact. it is a fact. simple as that. if the other medals dont count then why have them?jord wrote:
"You guys". Who are you referring to, the rest of the world?usmarine wrote:
actually, total count means a lot dude. you guys dismiss it for some reason. and being an old fart, i have ALWAYS heard about total medal count. stop being such fucking internet media sheep for a change. my god.jord wrote:
Golds are what matters. What a biased news channel.
What you talking about internet media sheep. I was talking about what I saw on TV and the bias I spotted. A sheep wouldn't have spotted it and carried on thinking the USA is winning because the news said so.
Eaaasssy Tiger.usmarine wrote:
the US ISSSSSSSSSSSSSS winning in total medal count. where are they wrong or bias? they are reporting a fucking fact. it is a fact. simple as that. if the other medals dont count then why have them?jord wrote:
"You guys". Who are you referring to, the rest of the world?usmarine wrote:
actually, total count means a lot dude. you guys dismiss it for some reason. and being an old fart, i have ALWAYS heard about total medal count. stop being such fucking internet media sheep for a change. my god.
What you talking about internet media sheep. I was talking about what I saw on TV and the bias I spotted. A sheep wouldn't have spotted it and carried on thinking the USA is winning because the news said so.
I know it's a fact, but that's the only fact they decided to say on the Olympics. "America is leading in total medal count". Nothing about how China is actually winning overall in the Olympics. Maybe that might have some relevance to the 2 minutes they did on the Olympics? No?
Or is it that they just didn't have it in them to say "China are still winning in the Olympics, followed closely by the USA who is trailing behind by x amount of Golds".
The other medals do count on a personal level to the competitors. And at the international level if Gold's are tied it will go to who has the most Silvers.
total medal count has always been the measuring stick. then they mention medal breakdowns. just like any competition, it comes down to the total score right?
just because one team has more homeruns in a game than the other team does not mean they win by default if they lose the game does it?
just because one team has more homeruns in a game than the other team does not mean they win by default if they lose the game does it?
I don't make the rules. If you look on most Olympics leaderboards it's something like:usmarine wrote:
total medal count has always been the measuring stick. then they mention medal breakdowns. just like any competition, it comes down to the total score right?
just because one team has more homeruns in a game than the other team does not mean they win by default if they lose the game does it?
1.China
2.USA
3.Great Britain
4.Russia
Taken from this link, which has the leaderboard too.in this table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The ranking sorts by the number of gold medals the athletes from a country have earned (in this context, a "country" is an entity represented by a National Olympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IOC country code.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Summe … edal_count
Yeah its done on Golds. ANd i dont mind if they do that because it means GB are 3rd and best outsiders...
ok? i go by total score. you yurapeeins think a tie game is the way to go in football anywayjord wrote:
Taken from this link, which has the leaderboard too.in this table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The ranking sorts by the number of gold medals the athletes from a country have earned (in this context, a "country" is an entity represented by a National Olympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IOC country code.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Summe … edal_count
and i dont care what the IOC says, they lost ALL credibility forever imo.
I'm going to the gym, but I wanna know before I go, does Janes report on USA being number 1 or China?usmarine wrote:
ok? i go by total score. you yurapeeins think a tie game is the way to go in football anywayjord wrote:
Taken from this link, which has the leaderboard too.in this table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The ranking sorts by the number of gold medals the athletes from a country have earned (in this context, a "country" is an entity represented by a National Olympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IOC country code.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Summe … edal_count
and i dont care what the IOC says, they lost ALL credibility forever imo.
The USA are winning the total medal count, but China are winning the actual medal count. Because they have more golds. Simple. That article just said the US are winning on total medal count, yes it is. But all medal count tables are ordered by number of Gold medals. And they always have been for the Olympics (as far as I can remember)
Medal counts don't mean much anyway, there's no prize for "winning" the Olympics. It's just for ...well, nothing. Just to gloat on the internet maybe. People will remember the Jamaican sprinting team/United States of Phelps far more then they will remember the obscure Chinese folk who won in Gymnastics and Diving. When it comes to the Olympics the individual/team are remembered more than the overall medal count.
Medal counts don't mean much anyway, there's no prize for "winning" the Olympics. It's just for ...well, nothing. Just to gloat on the internet maybe. People will remember the Jamaican sprinting team/United States of Phelps far more then they will remember the obscure Chinese folk who won in Gymnastics and Diving. When it comes to the Olympics the individual/team are remembered more than the overall medal count.
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since when does having less = win?
Having 5 100 dollar bills in better than having 50 1 dollar bills.usmarine wrote:
since when does having less = win?
Shit yeah, I'm multicultural. Breaking barriers all the time me, shit I should be an expert at this.
Since Gold medals became more valuable than Silver and Bronze medals. Write a strongly worded letter to the Olympic council or whoever runs this shit if you want it to be changed. Like I said, there isn't even a prize for finishing top of the medal table. So I don't even see what's so important about it.usmarine wrote:
since when does having less = win?
In my personal opinion, of course the USA has beaten China. It's just that China have dominated all the shitty "sports" that have thousands of variations, all with their own gold medal, and they're all judge sports where obviously the host will win. Especially if the host has a reputation of locking/killing people who don't comply with them.
The USA has way more gold medals in actual proper sports/games.
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you will have to forgive me jord, when i talk about the gold medals, i exclude all the BS judged events.
Forgiven,usmarine wrote:
you will have to forgive me jord, when i talk about the gold medals, i exclude all the BS judged events.
Gym time motherfuckers.
100 Olympic medals and witnessing the greatest Olympic performance of all time is plenty to be proud of.. even if it's "not the best".
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