Sigh
 

I can't tell which is more pathetic, that badminton is an Olympic sport or that I'm watching it at nearly 0200.

Whats so bad about badminton? o.o

Its basically tennis with a child safety ball.

Go play with them @_@ See if you can keep track of where it is.

Its like playing world class tiddly-winks or International Hopscotch.

Is not D:

Could be golf.

Actually.

I was watching sabre earlier. Haha. xD Badminton too. But now I've... stopped.

Lol. :zip:

OK, fencing is starting. Much better. Or maybe NBC lies and just says its live, heh.

12 freaking hours.

Its 3pm in Beijing o:

How can they fence with all that electronic kit on? Must be distracting.

I think they wear most of that stuff anyway. Except for the electronic stuff of course.

I know for sabre, the electronic stuff was a fairly recent addition. It was like 56 years after epee did it. But... I'm sure the athletes get used to it. Also, apparently this is the first time that electronic instant slow-replay will be used or something.

/Wikipedia-and-live-commentary-reading.

o-o


I dun even know how the judges can tell who's hitting who first.

I've now switched to what appears to be gay men in pajamas trying to decide who is going to be the power top.

Who wants to watch walking? That is, if you can see through the smog.

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/3001/judogi9.jpg

"Its my turn tonight!"

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This guy is too good to wear a silly wig.

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Actual camera angle for the judo right now. I can REALLY see what's going on. I can see that they're throwing each other a wee bit on the far mat...but damn.


I just read the whole schedule. Table Tennis. PING DAMN PONG is an Olympic Sport....and...and...TRAMPOLINE? WTF? I remember why I never watch these things now.

Hraes, you just reminded me of a friend.

Badminton, and Ping Pong...

come on now you need some not-so-physical sports for us tiny asians...

u can hv the weight lifting, swimming, althetics...

:laugh:

LOL!!

asians rule ping pong.

Its in China! What do you expect??? That was prolly in the terms of conditions. There must be a ping pong event.

Okay, jk, thats not nice.

You should see the chinese practice ping pong...

they draw a grid on the table... and tey practice till they can hit each coordinates specifically....

its nuts :gasp:

but amazing at the same time!

I was in Shanghai at um... a Youth... Center? (Idk how to translate it.) But this was like... recreational stuff and the drills they make the students do are so... intense... o_o

On NBC's video stream on judo right now and there's a text commentary going on. I think the commentator is a teenager.

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i have a hard time with this making the other athlete wait
you are supposed to have a replacement gi on hand
i think that is wrong that the other fighter has to wait so long
this is a problem when there is a blood injury you most often haveto change the gi
ecu on the other hand really likes just to stand with you and throw you with his seionage
sasha is a very well rounded fighter - he likes both standing and ground work

The guy from Canada won the match..."Win by Yuko." Sounds painful and I was watching. I can't make heads or tails out of the scoring.

Eh... that's what I felt like when I was watching sabre earlier but watching the girls scream after they win a point is... mesmerizing. @_@;;

The tennis play-by-play is really good. But it's done by a writer so.... yeah. ^^