Olympics Spoilers and chat.

[AndyRM]

Although I was frustrated at times with the BBC coverage I thought they did a really good job with considerably less access than they've had in the past. I suspect there will be even less in LA which is a shame.

Looking forward to the closing ceremony, the opener was immense. Snoop better be involved somehow!

 

[Mike_P]

Although I was frustrated at times with the BBC coverage I thought they did a really good job with considerably less access than they've had in the past. I suspect there will be even less in LA which is a shame.

Looking forward to the closing ceremony, the opener was immense. Snoop better be involved somehow!

The current arrangements begun with the 2018 Winter Olympics and continue to the 2032 Summer Olympics in Brisbane.

 

[Poacher]

Some weird inexplicable mime from golden tinsel guy.

I don't know what Marcel Marceau would say.

 

[lazybloke]

That's a very tall pianist (closing ceremony)

 

[lazybloke]

Hairy C-3PO is the master of ceremonies

 

[AndyRM]

Kavinsky was very cool! Didn't imagine I'd see favourites of mine at the ceremonies (Gojira at the opening one).

 

[AndyRM]

I thought the LA bit was kind of weird. Like, all these absolute megastars and a tiny wee crowd? Having lived there it felt very un-LA!

It was good to see the encouragement to get people supporting the Paralympics in a couple of weeks. That doesn't always happen which I think is a great shame.

On the Paralympics, I read that part of their rules is competitors can't have visible tattoos of anything Olympic related because their logo changes, unlike the rings. Seems a bit of a shame, but the Paralympic logos over the years have been a bit terrible to be honest.

I have to admit I laughed when I saw the '58 - '72 one, purely in a "Can you imagine the outrage if they tried that now?" kind of way. It's probably the best one too, certainly clearer than a random squiggle.

 

[Badger_Boom]

I thought the LA bit was kind of weird. Like, all these absolute megastars and a tiny wee crowd? Having lived there it felt very uncomfortable LA!

It was good to see the encouragement to get people supporting the Paralympics in a couple of weeks. That doesn't always happen which I think is a great shame.

On the Paralympics, I read that part of their rules is competitors can't have visible tattoos of anything Olympic related because their logo changes, unlike the rings. Seems a bit of a shame, but the Paralympic logos over the years have been a bit terrible to be honest.

I have to admit I laughed when I saw the '58 - '72 one, purely in a "Can you imagine the outrage if they tried that now?" kind of way. It's probably the best one too, certainly clearer than a random squiggle.

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I wonder how much they paid a design consultancy to tweak the brightness on the latest version?

 

[matticus]

I have to admit I laughed when I saw the '58 - '72 one, purely in a "Can you imagine the outrage if they tried that now?" kind of way. It's probably the best one too, certainly clearer than a random squiggle.

[I know I'll regret this, but ... ] why would there be outrage? No-one's against Friendship, are they??

 

[AndyRM]

[I know I'll regret this, but ... ] why would there be outrage? No-one's against Friendship, are they??

Well, no. And there's nothing wrong with the message, but I can guarantee there would be complaints about the wheels being limited/exclusionary.

I wonder how much they paid a design consultancy to tweak the brightness on the latest version?

To be fair, they've tightened up the crescents as well. It was done by Scholz & Friends, who ironically have one of the most inaccessible websites I've seen for a while: https://www.s-f.family/en/

 

[Dogtrousers]

Did you know that Buckinghamshire is the birthplace of the Paralympics? I discovered this fact recently. https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/county-boundary-lines-challenge.280918/page-6#post-7241436

 

[figbat]

Did you know that Buckinghamshire is the birthplace of the Paralympics? I discovered this fact recently. https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/county-boundary-lines-challenge.280918/page-6#post-7241436

I thought this became fairly common knowledge in 2012 when we had the Olympic mascots Wenlock and Mandeville (representing the 'birth' places of both the modern Olympics and the Paralympics).

 

[Dogtrousers]

I thought this became fairly common knowledge in 2012 when we had the Olympic mascots Wenlock and Mandeville (representing the 'birth' places of both the modern Olympics and the Paralympics).

I'm behind the times as usual.

 

[Dogtrousers]

I found this on the net. I'm not sure if it's real, but if it is there's some world class self delusion going on.

Edit it's real: https://yougov.co.uk/sport/articles...hink-they-could-qualify-for-the-2028-olympics

 

[matticus]

View attachment 740893 I found this on the net. I'm not sure if it's real, but if it is there's some world class self delusion going on.

Edit it's real: https://yougov.co.uk/sport/articles...hink-they-could-qualify-for-the-2028-olympics

This is great news. UK clearly has a deep pool of talent we can tap-up to boost future medal hauls