Prons watches the olympics (So you don't have to)

[Hara!]

Fat isn't ugly, it's designed for a more captive audience. This isn't Sex in the City. :rolleyes:

Hey, I like the sisters with meat on their bones!

[Old Ape Face]

Hey, I like the sisters with meat on their bones!

Fat or Muscles? You decide :P

[Hara!]

Fat or Muscles? You decide :P

Both. Especially Leg muscle. Like Chun-Li. Those legs...

[GreatNekoKoneko]

... did i mention POLAND women's volleyball team? i think i did. no Uruk'hais in that team. no sir. yep.

[Old Ape Face]

... did i mention POLAND women's volleyball team? i think i did. no Uruk'hais in that team. no sir. yep.

Well at least Poland is good for something. :P

I love Poland :D

[The Million Dollar Prons]

I heard on the local radio station Jimmy Page from Led Zeppelin will be involved with the closing ceremony

P.S. As far as women go I want a woman who can bench press me.

P.S.S. Sexually

[goddessofanime]

So is David Beckham.

[germanturkey]

seriously, screw the poor judging. Nastia gets shafted out of a gold medal. such a convoluted tie-breaker system. i seriously ****ing hate how judges, (even though none of the judges were Chinese or American) somehow always score the US gymnasts lower.

[Hara!]

If Phelps was a superhero, he'd be Goku or the Sub-Mariner.

Usain Bolt would be Barry Allen's illegitimate Jamaican son.

[tenshi_a]

[yawn]

I woke up this morning to breakfast radio telling me that we've won a gold medal in "laser sailing", and everyone was all woo! yay! and everything. And you had people texting in saying "I have never heard of laser sailing or watched it before but I'm in tears. This is fantastic!"

And yeah, well done him!

But I also think... to some of the people watching, it's a bit sad that they don't care about a sport unless we're winning medals in it - only really caring about the medals.

It's a bit like... when people buy and play Xbox 360 games they don't like just because they read on a website that it's easy to gain achievements. (yeah, I'm a bit obsessed with my 360 at the moment. But those websites that list games in order of how easy it is to gain achievements? Hmm, I think they kind of lost sight of why they play games... or maybe it's just me who doesn't gauge enjoyment and interest against being able to show off your trophies...)

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Women's Pole Vaulting Russia set the world record! America wins silver.

Right now, Men's 105 killogram weight lifting finals are going on. I'll post results as soon as I see who wins It's a really fierce match, with a lot of great come backs. Russia may have won with a 550 pound lift! Latvia ALMOST had it, but they got a no lift :(

Germany just made a hella come back and snatched gold from Russia :O Germany is brining home Gold!

IN about an hour the trampolene finale will be on!

[superplough]

Oh the Olympics Loli Queen Shawn Johnson won a Gold for America in Balance Beam.

And look how happy she is!

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j199/superplough/80077227.jpg

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Yeah I heard she didn't win in 2004, that's why she's so happy to win in 2008 :)

Men's Trampolene wasn't live broadcasted on nbcolympics dot com, but I caught it on HDTV just now, China barely beat Canada so China is brining home gold and bronze, and Canada is brining home the silver

[germanturkey]

^^ she couldn't have competed in 04. she would have been 12. and unlike the chinese gymnasts, the US doesn't falsify passports.

the polevaulter who won silver is actually a native of a neighboring town from where i live.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

^ If I had to take a wild guess it'd be penfield new york

P.S. China got BURNT uptop Germanturkey

Synchronized Swimming Duet Finals are going on, and Russia performed a gold medal swim right there, but CAnada has it going on :O I have no idea how this is scored but I'll let you guys know who wins. I thought canada did great but it seems the judges don't agree with prons, they are currently in rank six, while america is in rank four

The russians have won gold in Women's SYnchronized swimming duet.

Tae kwon Do Mens 58kg and womens 48kg A chinese woman just beat a Taiwanese woman! :) China will be competing for the gold. And then Thailand beat Venneseula, so Vennesuala has beeen knocked out of the running for the women's bronze

IN the mens portion, Mexico beat Thailand to advance!

And then the domican republic beats spain!

nd now Kenya VS Sweden in womens is going on.

It would appear as if China wins gold@

[Nami]

Again.... Usain Bolt is awesome. I feel sorry for Wallace Spearmon though. U.U

Yet again...Happy Birthday, Usain Bolt. ^o^

Oh, and US win over Australia in Basketball. The score is 116-85 score. ^-^

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Even his name sounds Fast!

[Nami]

I think it's amusing at first when I saw his name, but he's really fast so I think it suits him. ^^

[Cow]

Where do you find the time prons!

[germanturkey]

actually, not penfield. brighton. :P

[The Million Dollar Prons]

I watched a replay of Nastia Liukin winning All around gymnastics gold.

It was fun to watch but it kind of suffers the same problem of synchronized swimming, I can't figure out how they score it exactly, so for a bystander like me it's pretty much "Bla bla dancing oohhhh jump bla bla bla"

That said the ohh jumping was pretty impressive :)

[Naraku]

Wow, incredible gold medal win for the US in Women's Beach Volleyball. Rainy game, the Chinese actually tested them.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

I woke up in time to watch the softball final! It's the 7th, and Japan is leading 2-1 against america :(

Update: Bottom of the 7th, 3-1 Japan. America has to start socring

And it's over! Japan wins gold medal in Softball. =(


Women's soccer final germany will be brining home bronze, and the match between america and brazil is happening now!

Update: Half time but no scoring!
Update 2: Ninety minutes in but no scoring

In Women's soccer, during Extra Time 1, America shot a goal! Chances are america will win this thing!

[Bisu]

Wow. That Marta is a female version of Ronaldinho. Watching her play is awesome.

Anyway, I have to say, if the US wins, it'll be one of the most undeserved victories I've ever seen. Brazil completely dominated every square inch of this match, and the US was lucky to not have conceded at least two goals. But this sport has always had an awful lot to do with luck.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

America beats Brazil in women's soccer! Gold medal for USA!

[Ken-Ohki]

Thanks for doing this Prons, it's like I'm really watching the Olympics! ^_^

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Also, don't forget on the 24th, Jimmy Page from Led Zeppelin will be performing during the closing ceremony! We're not totally sure what exactly, but we're looking forward to it :)

[Illusions-chan]

China's women's volleyball team just lost to Brazil in the semi-final, 3 sets to none.

I was actually surprised to see China playing so terribly. Usually, they are very smart and in this match, there were a lot of foolish mistakes, especially in the setting and hitting.

Well, good luck to Brazil. They face the US in the final.

[Naraku]

The United States wins the gold against Brazil in Men's Beach Volleyball.

The Chinese gymnasts are under investagation for being under 16 years of age. It's possible they could be stripped of their gold medals.

[Cow]

America beats Brazil in women's soccer! Gold medal for USA!
Fantastic game, I was like holy hell this is intense.

The United States wins the gold against Brazil in Men's Beach Volleyball.

The Chinese gymnasts are under investagation for being under 16 years of age. It's possible they could be stripped of their gold medals.

Great win for them, and whose seen the images going around on the net about "I AM SIXTEEN" with a picture of like a 5 year old. Hilarious~

[Hara!]

Jennifer Benitez nipple slip made me wish I was as dedicated as Prons to watching the Olympics.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

WOmen's K-4 Sprint Kyaking flatwatter (I Guess that's what it's called sue me) Germany wins gold, Hungary goes second, Australia comes in third.

Men's K2 Sprint KYaking FLatwatter 1,000m Germany wins!

[Jia]

When do the olympics finish?

[The Million Dollar Prons]

On the 24th. It's hard to believe they are almost over :(

[Jia]

Thank god. :D
I miss Home and Away....stupid Olympics.

[superplough]

*groooaaaaaan*

Olympics > Home and Away anyday. Ugh.. that show is ridiculous. :lol:

[Jia]

SOOO.
It's taking over my T.V!
Anything will do!!!!! :( I miss normal T.V

[Hara!]

Oh God.

I thought AC was back.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Watching Tae Kwon Do, Australia just beat Argentina :)

[superplough]

Oh God.

I thought AC was back.

*evil laugh*

[Jia]

Oh God.

I thought AC was back.
Oh her.......?


Did Aus get a gold medal?

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Oh no, we aren't at the medal matches in this weight class yet, but Australia is still in the running. :) This is the repehcange so far.

Speaking of Tae Kwon Do, Croatia VS the United Arab Emirites is going on right now, it seems Croatia is going to shut out the UAE. :) The medal matches for this event\weightclass will happen later this morning

Update: And Croatia wins. But now for AMERICA vs CIV (Where is that? I have no idea sorry), we enter the second quarter 3-0 AMERICA.

Update 2: America owned CIV, it will be America VS AZE for Bronze!

[Jia]

CIV = Ivory Coast?

[superplough]

Yup (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire_at_the_2008_Summer_ Olympics) fillerrrrrr

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Yup (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire_at_the_2008_Summer_ Olympics) fillerrrrrr

Thanks for clearing that up, Plough. :)

Right now in Tae Kwon Do China and Nepal are fighting. China is winning 6-2. I don't know how the tae kwon do torunament works, so I can't tell how far we are from gold medal or what. The commentator text THING said USA was going to fight AZE for bronze though.

China wins 6-2. Apparnelty they're going to bronze too? TKD tournaments sure don't make much sense to me. BUt whatever :P

I guess Croatia is brinig home bronze in women's tae kwon do 67 kg, sadly I won't be able to catch the end of this event, because it's women ping pong time. Zhang Yin Ing can ping my pong any day

Women's ping pong (singles) in the bronze match it's China VS Singapore. 2-1 China. :)

Update: It's 2-2 right now for the bronze :)

Update 2: 3-2 China in the lead!

Update: China beats singapore for the bronze! This means that China will win gold silver and bronze in Table TEnnis!

[Raziel_MGS]

USA going for gold in the decathalon

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Women's table tennis singles gold match my poor ZHang Yin INg is having a rough start :(

Update: It's wang na leading Zhang Yin Ing, 1-0

Update: Zhang ties it, 1-1!

Update 3: ZHang is ahead, 2-1!

Update 4: Zhang 3-1, take it to the hoop!

Update 5: Zhang Yin Ing wins the gold medal for China, in Ping pong china won gold silver and bronze!

Update 6: Zhang Yin INg blew a kiss to the CCTV camera. Obviously for me. Prons scored.

[Hara!]

STOP THE EFFING PRESSES!

Chinese people are good at Ping Pong?

[The Million Dollar Prons]

STOP THE EFFING PRESSES!

Chinese people are good at Ping Pong?


The real shocker was there was no bigass pictures of chairman mao. Which was surprsiing considering they brought him back from the dead during the opening ceremony

[Illusions-chan]

US men beat Brazil in Beach Volleyball. Great game, Dalhausser made an amazing string of blocks in the last set.

China wins Women's Individual 10 m Platform diving. Canada took second, while China's second diver took third.

[autsiticanime]

Anyone else surprised that an Australian won the pole vault last night?

[Hara!]

Anyone else surprised that an Australian won the pole vault last night?

Oh man, it was so awesome.

The way he looked stressed, I thought he'd mess up for sure. but he sticked it perfectly in the end.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

There's three gold medal matches going on right now.

Women's basketball USA VS Australia, with Russia brining home bronze

Field Hockey Germany VS Spain. We're in the second, Germany is leading 1-0

Table Tennis probably china china and china again.


Update: It seems Germany will bring home gold in Field Hockey!

Update 2: As we go into half time, America is demolishing Australia. USA 47 AUstralia 30. If australia loses, we get to bring all their kangaroos home.

Update 3: the American women beat the Australian women! We win the gold cup and all the kangaroos in australia!!

[mdauben]

Congrats to Ronda Rousey, the only US judoka to win a medal this year (Bronze) and IIRC the first woman to ever medal in womans Olympic Judo competition since it became an offical sport. :cheers:

[Donto_Koi]

http://sports.aol.com/olympics/story/_a/bb...-mankind/145533 (http://sports.aol.com/olympics/story/_a/bbdp/an-insult-to-mankind/145533)
BEIJING (Aug. 23) - Cuba's Angel Matos deliberately kicked a referee square in the face after he was disqualified in a bronze-medal match, prompting the World Taekwondo Federation to recommend he be banned for life.

Click, pictures, pictures!

[KabukiSaMuRaI]

Pictures are ok...but my question is; Do we have some video? :naughty:

When there are medals at stake, good judgment is sometimes forgotten. Actually, common sense would be a better term.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Let's ban a guy from a kicking people in the face sport for kicking a guy in the face.

I mean for real, in a match that'd be worth two points!

[KabukiSaMuRaI]

Let's ban a guy from a kicking people in the face sport for kicking a guy in the face.

I mean for real, in a match that'd be worth two points!

Yeah, in a match. Not after you've been disqualified. Wiseguy. :P

[autsiticanime]

the American women beat the Australian women! We win the gold cup and all the kangaroos in australia!!

Well, after the last diving event, I think we'll get at least one panda as Australia GOT GOLD!!!!

China actually failed at Diving? Believe it!

[f2akid]

Unkucky judge.

[GreatNekoKoneko]

... what's even awesome is the abbreviations of the World Taekwondo Federation.

WTF.

awesome. oh, awesome kick, btw. nice form, bad taste in target.

[Chidori Raikiri]

I too would like to see a video.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Yeah, in a match. Not after you've been disqualified. Wiseguy. :P

Hey you know the old haiku.

Life is a competiton.
Kick your judge in the face.

[f2akid]

^ Win.

(filler)

[Gray]

Hey, sorry about your broken toe and the fact the medic hasent arrived yet, but it's not my problem! Your Disqualified! That judge got what he deserved :lol:

[Bernard_Monsha]

China actually failed at Diving? Believe it!

Well what can I say

http://img.stern.de/_content/63/41/634192/BesteBilder111_750.jpg

[The Million Dollar Prons]

You're into some weird women, Bernard.

[KabukiSaMuRaI]

Hey you know the old haiku.

Life is a competiton.
Kick your judge in the face.

Just like the Cuban, that haiku isn't winning any medal.

^ Win.

(filler)

He can borrow your "i" to correct his typo.

Hey, sorry about your broken toe and the fact the medic hasent arrived yet, but it's not my problem! Your Disqualified! That judge got what he deserved :lol:

So then he kicked the judge with his good foot. Fine, I'll give him a little credit then. He showed "some" common sense.

I thought I found a video but it was just a photo montage. PATIENCE. I know one of yous (intentional) people will find something and provide a link. Take care all. :)

[Jia]

I wanted to make a GIF but....

http://home.theundergroundcity.com/kickapps/_Cuban-taekwondo-athlete-kicks-ref/video/304351/22344.html

There be your wanted video XD

[Cin]

Well, after the last diving event, I think we'll get at least one panda as Australia GOT GOLD!!!!

China actually failed at Diving? Believe it!

That was awesome. Mitcham's final dive of 112.10! Take that China! :P

Meanwhile, USA manages to take the gold from Brazil in the mens Volleyball! Great game.

[pigz4brains]

US Mens Basketball wins Gold.

Redeem Team>Dream Team? Discuss.

[Nami]

US win over Spain in Men Basketball final. The score is 118-107.

I thought they are going to lose in 3rd quater...^^;

[The Million Dollar Prons]

and it seems the Olympic Closing ceremony is\was today. I'll try and see waht time NBC will broadcast it. Remember, Jimmy Page from Led Zep will be performing


The final events today were:

Hungary winning gold in water polo
China Kazakstan(sic) and Itally winning golds in boxing
France winning gold in handball

The final medal count:

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
USA 36 38 36 110
CHN 51 21 28 100
RUS 23 21 28 72
GBR 19 13 15 47
AUS 14 15 17 46

If you have NBC or an NBC Affiliate you can check your local listings. They will show the opening ceremony as well as repeat some of the gold medal matches inbetween 7 PM here, but that's just where I live with my tv provider.

[superplough]

I like how NBC put the US at the top of their list even though China had more golds.

[Raziel_MGS]

its always been based on total medals, ALWAYS

[Tonyx35]

I enjoyed Watching the 2008 Olympics

Archery ( new favorite event)
Basketball
Volleyball (Beach and Indoor)
Gymnastics
Some track and field events

The NBC Olympics website and Silverlight were very useful too.
So what are they going to do for Closing?

[neiru_3]

I saw the video. Very poor judgement by the cuban. Lousy loser.

[Cin]

I watched the closing ceremony last night. It was pretty good. Some more large-scale choreography that looked fantastic. London's little performance was ok.

However, London's definately gonna have to step it up for their turn...

I was a bit disappointed though. I was waiting for someone to say "Best Olympics EVAR!" in one of their speeches, but it didn't happen.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

MORGAN FREEMAN NARRATING ONE OF THE OLYMPIC COMERCIALS!
MICHEAL PHELPS PLAYING GUITAR HERO

Man this is gonna be a boss closing ceremony

[Nami]

The huge drum show there is once again amazing. o_o!

[The Million Dollar Prons]

The light show was amazing as expected, and now athletes from all over are pouring into the stadium, and wow they look like they are having a great party down there :)

Also nof note is two young kids in the middle of the arena rocking out on modern drums for no reason :P

[GreatNekoKoneko]

... there will never be another light show like this, nor can anyone top it.

unless LONDON 2012 gets RUSH to play.

[Haro!]

... there will never be another light show like this, nor can anyone top it.

unless LONDON 2012 gets RUSH to play.

I heard they were gonna have The Clash... Really, I think if they got great bands to play for opening and closing ceremonies they can really beat the Chinese at something.

[Tuna]

(From the world of WestCoastia)
The closing is just getting going here...WE GET EVERYTHING LAST!
*Cries emo tears*

Watching rich old guys waving around a big white flag is oddly amusing...
XD

Edit:
Okay...the London "Halftime Show" got a few good laughs...
XD

[The Million Dollar Prons]

The olympics are officially over, and here's the official Prons recap.

The road to the olympics, aka drama lama

- It was obvious right away that Beijing wanted to use this as a chance to do some urban renewel. Contrary to the "evil chinese kicking people out of hteir homes" rumours, most of the homes they got rid of were ancient and had no electricity anyway.

- The torch relay protests sure made France look like douches, attacking a woman in a wheel chair. It's a pitty protestors couldn't be more mature, and now torch relays will be "scaled back."

- This was probably one of the most hyped events ever. I started talking to Chinese people at the end of 2006 or so, and since then they've been advertising it like it was happening next week.

The opening ceremony.

- And a kazillion years of hype all led to this one night. Everyone in china got to take off early and watch it.

- The event was simply spectacular, but it was kind of easy to get lost without some sort of commentary.

- There's big controversy over the lyp syncing girl and the CG fireworks, but I think the most important part were the human gymnasts, that was all real.

- The parade of nations was good as always, and the torch lighting ceremony was great.

- NBCs narrating of the parade of nations was a little smarmy, but that's to be expected.

- Sarah Brightman looked really uncomfortable. I think 10 years from now when people look back on her carrer, the olympics won't be the first thing on her list of acomplishments

- The lighting of the torhc was cool.

The games (no particular order)

- USA lost most of the shooting events, what the heck. But at least we did win gold in Trap and skeet.

- Every archery event was incredible and I think it's gonna be everyone's new favorite olympic sport for a while.

- Superplough, everyone, rally behind me, Phelps is aiming for 2012!!

- Bolt's name is FAST.

- Weight lifting was exciting , feel sorry for that Hungarian who broke his elbow.

- Table Tennis was fun but it's not like the ending was unexpected.

- American women won soccer, because it's not just a europe sport!

- Japan shocked the world by defeating america in soft ball.

- Beach Volleyball, hell yeah.

- Those american girls sure can gymnast.

- Canoe\Kyak was more interesting than I expected.

- Tae Kwon do was fun even though I can't figure out how the tournament works. The most memorable part though was the refferee getting face kicked.

- Trampoline was an incredible event to watch even though it didn't get a whole ton of air time\props.

- Fencing? Not bad.

Closing Ceremony

- Jacky Chan singing.

- I'd say the performance part was just as impressive as the opening.

- Jimmy Page playing Whole Lotta Love ontop of a double decker bus was great,

- British people are weird.

- Seeing an old chinese man wave the flag was funny.

The future

- I wonder if we'll ever see the Birds Nest that full again.

- Phelps in 2012!

- Here's hoping Chigao wins the bid for 2016, in which case Prons may be able to attend personally ;)

Anyway, that's it guys. I must say it's really impressive that NBC stremaed most of this stuff live on their website. Technology really is a miracle and I was so glad I was able to watch the event I've been hearing about for three years live and in action.

It also looked great on HDTV, it was like being right there in Beijing.

I don't really remember any of the previous olympics, but London will have to try really hard to come close to this one. Lots of broken records, lots of firsts, lots of lasts, and china really came through as hosts

[superplough]

- Superplough, everyone, rally behind me, Phelps is aiming for 2012!!

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j199/superplough/phelps2005.jpg

[Tuna]

Stayed up and rewatched the closing ceremonies, just to try and catch this "light show" everyone was talking about...once again to no avail...there were some fireworks which were nice, but nothing I'd call a "light show"...
*Totally confused*
O.o

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Because "Mass interpretive dance" just doesn't get ratings.