Mega Thread The Random Thoughts Thread Part 1

[finbarr]

Inb4 fencing is introduced for Tokyo 2020.

 

[finbarr]

Track and field stadium needs tarps.

 

[Doctor Feel]

Inb4 fencing is introduced for Tokyo 2020.

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They'd have to fly Jamie Durie and Scott Cam over.

 

[Dylan8]

Partially agree. But we'd lose some sports that have been part of the Olympics since forever. Road cycling, soccer off the top of my head. FIFA is too strong an arm of the Olympic movement for soccer to ever be ditched. It should be a proper under-23 tournament with no over age ring ins allowed perhaps.
Golf shouldn't be there, tennis shouldn't be there. Some sports just have a "vibe" of whether or not they should be there and you can't base a ruling on a "vibe".

Vibe ruling I totally agree with. Soccer doesn't have that vibe. It just feels like this weird thing totally seperate from the standard club/international structure in World soccer.

 

[JimmyBeerCans]

Yea what the hell happened to Fencing? I've not seen it this time around

 

[Dylan8]

Strong Olympics vibe to me is whatever was playable in Athens 2004 for the Playstation 2 so what would I know

 

[StuMan]

The only Olympic video games worth playing are the Mario and Sonic ones on the Wii.

 

[Duck Farmer]

Why is BMX in the olympics?

Because Peter Sagan.

 

[JimmyBeerCans]

I had this in my stoner/nerd days

The two finger button mashing to gain speed was a bitch

 

[Doctor Feel]

Gymnastics is neither a track or field event. Well done guys.

 

[JimmyBeerCans]

Gymnastics is neither a track or field event. Well done guys.

It had weightlifting too

 

[Dylan8]

I had this in my stoner/nerd days

These days?

 

[JimmyBeerCans]

These days?

Stoner/Audiophile Nerd

*I gave up after playstation 2, I was burning days quicker than a forest fire

 

[Dylan8]

Stoner/Audiophile Nerd

*I gave up after playstation 2, I was burning days quicker than a forest fire

*burns 3 days scouring for a FLAC copy of the worst proto-bagpipe-rock album of the late 60s*

 

[JimmyBeerCans]

*burns 3 days scouring for a FLAC copy of the worst proto-bagpipe-rock album of the late 60s*

Don't knock the late 60's brah half the shit you listen 2 wouldn't exist without it

 

[Dylan8]

Don't knock the late 60's brah half the shit you listen 2 wouldn't exist without it

I know, Led Zeppelin like, invented rock and stuff.

 

[JimmyBeerCans]

I know, Led Zeppelin like, invented rock and stuff.

LOL I'm about the most anti zep guy you'll ever find

 

[FranKenHinckley]

I know, Led Zeppelin like, invented rock and stuff.

And then the Beatles really dumbed it down and screwed it up

 

[Dylan8]

And then the Beatles really dumbed it down and screwed it up

Beatles are just Tame Impala wannabes

 

[edgie]

Yea what the hell happened to Fencing? I've not seen it this time around

This bloke had to go back on tour and everybody lost interest

 

[Lagooner]

Strong Olympics vibe to me is whatever was playable in Athens 2004 for the Playstation 2 so what would I know

I won a PS2 bundle with this game through one of those daily dial-in competitions that they hold during the Olympic coverage. Terrible game really, probably played it 3 times in total.

The prize also came with a $1000 voucher for Coles *cough* Liquorland *cough* so I was well chuffed with that though.

 

[edgie]

Did someone say bagpipe rock?

 

[PAFC04]

Partially agree. But we'd lose some sports that have been part of the Olympics since forever. Road cycling, soccer off the top of my head. FIFA is too strong an arm of the Olympic movement for soccer to ever be ditched. It should be a proper under-23 tournament with no over age ring ins allowed perhaps.
Golf shouldn't be there, tennis shouldn't be there. Some sports just have a "vibe" of whether or not they should be there and you can't base a ruling on a "vibe".

I would of thought that purpose of introducing sports into the Olympics is because many countries participate in the sport, which IMO should only be for the amateurs of the world. All sports have a place in the Olympics, just not the Pro's.

 

[Magus]

 

[Eddie Dingle]

I went to The Factory and saw Ed Kuepper last night. Saints, Aints, Laughing Clowns and 50 solo albums, genius.