2022 Olympics (for the other events) Thread.

[rudager]

Also so everyone understands how broadcast works, OBS (Olympic broadcast services) provides a host feed, and pretty much everyone else takes that feed and adds their own logo and commentators to it.

NBC is also there to provide American coverage, they usually have a camera at the top, bottom, and somewhere in between the runs (usually from the start).

Here at Genting, there are two production crews, team 1 (which I am a part of) covers the slopestyle and cross events. Team 2 is a Chinese crew, and from what I’ve heard and understand, they aren’t as experienced with snow sports.

which is why some of these earlier pipe broadcasts have had weird cuts and weaker camera work. No hate, but our crew just has a ton more experience. It sucks, because the judges get a direct feed from the broadcast (as well as cable cam and long lens at the bottom). So if cuts are off, judging can be hampered

 

[theabortionator]

Snowboard judging was suspect. Dude did the most progressive run ever in pipe and got second. Luckily did the last run even beter and gave the judges the option to not be stupid.

After knee gate it's like yoooooll

 

[TOAST.]

knee gate

The snowboard community is better than this...right?

 

[mattytru]

judging totally looked rigged. how in the fuck would you score that run an 89? good thing it was so buck wild that it gave them a chance to reconsider

 

[mountaindewgirl]

Those mixed aerials were wild. Go team usa!

 

[rudager]

Just hung out and watched everyone throw down for slope training. Y’all are in for a treat, they added a jump for the watchtower roof rail, and a few other tweaks.

seems like the skew jumps are throwing some skiers off, was talking with Henrik, and even he said it puts him so corked, but everyone is stoked on the park set up regardless.

Womens slope goes down Sunday (local time, so north America’s Saturday night)

 

[VTshredder69]

that score was messed up. you know who I'm talking about

Lol that US judge giving him an 89. So much disrespect.. dude must have lived through Pearl Harbor or something.

 

[Monsieur_Patate]

Just hung out and watched everyone throw down for slope training. Y’all are in for a treat, they added a jump for the watchtower roof rail, and a few other tweaks.

seems like the skew jumps are throwing some skiers off, was talking with Henrik, and even he said it puts him so corked, but everyone is stoked on the park set up regardless.

Womens slope goes down Sunday (local time, so north America’s Saturday night)

Sick, looking forward to both events, but I think Womens slope actually goes down Monday local time, so Sunday evening in the US?

That's what I see on the official website (when set to local it only changes time, not day, hence the "-1" indicated it's a day prior I think:

 

[rudager]

Sick, looking forward to both events, but I think Womens slope actually goes down Monday local time, so Sunday evening in the US?

That's what I see on the official website (when set to local it only changes time, not day, hence the "-1" indicated it's a day prior I think:

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Qualifiers Sunday here. Then finals on the Monday morning. After finals it’s mens qualifiers in the afternoon. And mens finals Tuesday.

 

[nmwninjart]

Qualifiers Sunday here. Then finals on the Monday morning. After finals it’s mens qualifiers in the afternoon. And mens finals Tuesday.

Nice to have an insider.

Thats gotta be quite an experience for you!

 

[rudager]

Nice to have an insider.

Thats gotta be quite an experience for you!

Pretty fun. I work a lot of sports events, both close to home and across the world. I did halfpipe, aerials, and moguls for Korea. Now it’s slopestyle and cross here.

Ski slope is the only event I haven’t worked yet, so I’m pretty excited for it.

olympics are pretty much the only time I post on here anymore. Just an old lurker these days

 

[r00kie]

Bringing gold home to da U.P.! Lets go snowboard cross team!

 

[rudager]

Bringing gold home to da U.P.! Lets go snowboard cross team!

That was an amazing finals.

Mereyta getting stomped on mid air, but still getting 3rd. And stoked on Baumgarter for getting his medal redemption. He was pretty bummed from the last cross race. Stoked for Canada and US on the medals.

Italy, you did good too

 

[corona]

Love that mixed snowboard cross event. Also hilarious watching them clearing snow on the course with leaf blowers.

 

[rudager]

Love that mixed snowboard cross event. Also hilarious watching them clearing snow on the course with leaf blowers.

It’s a two man job. One guy has the pack; the other has the hose ?

 

[OldManAtABasin]

USA > Canada

 

[mountaindewgirl]

The rhythm dance ice skating is so sensual!

 

[corona]

Canada vs Canada in hockey right now.. I just had a look at the Chinese team roster and 3/4 of them are Canadians.

 

[corona]

USA > Canada

Keep in mind Canada is missing their 400 best hockey players and the US is missing only their top 250 players.

 

[iH8pow]

Boo this mann

Keep in mind Canada is missing their 400 best hockey players and the US is missing only their top 250 players.

Gonna be another 1980 the fate of world peace is in the hands of team America the world police. USA vs ROC if we dont get the W then it’s WW3

 

[r00kie]

Keep in mind Canada is missing their 400 best hockey players and the US is missing only their top 250 players.

Whats that I hear? Is that an excuse?

 

[mrk127]

The rhythm dance ice skating is so sensual!

Singles ice skating > doubles dance

 

[mountaindewgirl]

I love these little pandas!!



?????

 

[corona]

Whats that I hear? Is that an excuse?

And a pretty darned good one at that.

 

[mountaindewgirl]

Kaille McHumphrie's tatted head to toe with her "all the fucks but none of the fucks" attitude. Loving it! The live-to-kick-ass ostentatious confidence that only an Amercian can have! Get that gold Kaille!

Don't even get me started on Elena Taylor's "motherhood doesn't mean game over" angle.

Amazing how the big personalities of Team USA women's monobob can fit in those little sleds!

 

[mountaindewgirl]

They're gonna let the Russian teen figure skater chick who failed her drug test compete, but IOC will not hold a ceremony if she medals.

My initial thought was "Eh what's the big deal, it's a medicine she needs to manage a health condition, why is it even banned?"

But that's what I said about Lance Armstrong, and it turned out that he was like staying up all night trying to figure out how to skrrt the doping rules.

Now I just imagine Kamila Valieva sitting in a Chinese hotel room at 2am getting an arm injection while Vladamir Putin sits in the corner watching.

 

[r00kie]

They're gonna let the Russian teen figure skater chick who failed her drug test compete, but IOC will not hold a ceremony if she medals.

My initial thought was "Eh what's the big deal, it's a medicine she needs to manage a health condition, why is it even banned?"

But that's what I said about Lance Armstrong, and it turned out that he was like staying up all night trying to figure out how to skrrt the doping rules.

Now I just imagine Kamila Valieva sitting in a Chinese hotel room at 2am getting an arm injection while Vladamir Putin sits in the corner watching.

I swear the IOC will do everything but ban Russia from an olympics. Cheaters gonna cheat as long as you let them continue to play.

 

[mountaindewgirl]

 

[corona]

The live-to-kick-ass ostentatious confidence that only an Amercian can have!

She must have got all those tats and confidence pretty quick considering she's only been an American for 2 months!

#Canada'sEileenGu

 

[CaptainObvious.]

I remember watching Kelly Sildaru when she was like 9 and thinking “this girls gonna kill it”

 

[mrk127]

I remember watching Kelly Sildaru when she was like 9 and thinking “this girls gonna kill it”

I just found out today that she won xgames in 2016 when she was 13. Insane

 

[VTshredder69]

KELLY IS A BABE awareness post. She's 18 right?!

 

[mountaindewgirl]

She looks so happy with her little panda! I love those medals!

 

[r00kie]

Had no idea the germans were so good at bobsledding. Sweeping the podium in the two man as it stands.

 

[sexyjulian]

Damn the fellas are going hard tonight!

I’m not sure how I feel about this caveman drip tho

 

[STEEZUS_CHRI5T]

My favorite way to watch a finals run



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[rudager]

Just as brutal as the Jeep ads on XGames ?

My favorite way to watch a finals run

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[DominatorJacques]

My favorite way to watch a finals run

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Bucks salls!

 

[sexyjulian]

ok so how much u paying to smell her skates?

 

[iH8pow]

God i kinda hate figure skating. Earlier this week i was like “ehh it’s actually alright” 10 minutes later i’m falling asleep on the couch.

and this russian girl totally botched one of her spins almost fell, she gets first by a huge margin then next girl comes out and lays a near flawless routine but judges nitpick the exact degrees of her spins when the russian girl got away with a straight botch that woulda scored a 70 in skiing, but no i guess the Russians performance was more “artistic”

fuck all that and that stupid fucking event let me watch hockey

 

[r00kie]

God i kinda hate figure skating. Earlier this week i was like “ehh it’s actually alright” 10 minutes later i’m falling asleep on the couch.

and this russian girl totally botched one of her spins almost fell, she gets first by a huge margin then next girl comes out and lays a near flawless routine but judges nitpick the exact degrees of her spins when the russian girl got away with a straight botch that woulda scored a 70 in skiing, but no i guess the Russians performance was more “artistic”

fuck all that and that stupid fucking event let me watch hockey

The culture around figure skating seems super toxic too.

 

[VTshredder69]

Happy with the outcome of the mens slopestyle... but did anyone else think that scoring was whack?

I'm not sure how Fabian Bosch's first run scored a 70 something?

Same with quite a few other runs i was expecting mid 80's at least that were scored mid to high 70's?

I'm glad USA won gold and silver but I wasn't too sure about how Hall scored a 90.05?

Andre Ragettli had some monstrous runs with perfect rails with some low scores...

Edit is this the wrong thread for thiS?

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[corona]

The culture around figure skating seems super toxic too.

Only made worse by them letting the Russian athlete continue to compete even after testing positive for banned substances. Russian team saying she 'accidentally' took her grandfathers heart medication. BS. I thought Russians weren't supposed to be allowed to compete at these Olympics anyways.

 

[r00kie]

Only made worse by them letting the Russian athlete continue to compete even after testing positive for banned substances. Russian team saying she 'accidentally' took her grandfathers heart medication. BS. I thought Russians weren't supposed to be allowed to compete at these Olympics anyways.

IOC will do everything BUT stop cheating Russians from competing.

 

[corona]

Canada and US men's hockey teams out. The NHL pulling out really makes Olympic hockey lame. No longer best on best but 1000th best on 1000th best. Euro teams get the advantage because not all their top players play in the NHL.

 

[iH8pow]

Kinda, but you’re vastly overblowing it. You act like Slovakia, especially Sweden, never could beat USA and Canada with NHL players. Hell, just a couple olympic games ago even Germany won it and I’m pretty sure NHLers were playing back then. Team chemistry beats out talent

Canada and US men's hockey teams out. The NHL pulling out really makes Olympic hockey lame. No longer best on best but 1000th best on 1000th best. Euro teams get the advantage because not all their top players play in the NHL.

 

[r00kie]

Canada and US men's hockey teams out. The NHL pulling out really makes Olympic hockey lame. No longer best on best but 1000th best on 1000th best. Euro teams get the advantage because not all their top players play in the NHL.

What we would do to have that Vancouver games back. No games since have come close in hockey.

 

[corona]

Kinda, but you’re vastly overblowing it. You act like Slovakia, especially Sweden, never could beat USA and Canada with NHL players. Hell, just a couple olympic games ago even Germany won it and I’m pretty sure NHLers were playing back then. Team chemistry beats out talent

Nah, not overblowing it. There's no way Slovakia would have beat the US this year with NHL players. Sweden has excellent players, but there would be no comparison to Canada's hypothetical team this year if NHL players were involved. The top Swedish players would have a tough time making Canada's 4th line this year. Team chemistry is important, and has in the past been the difference maker, but it only gets you so far. There's a reason Canada has dominated when NHL players are involved.

 

[GrandThings]

Nah, not overblowing it. There's no way Slovakia would have beat the US this year with NHL players. Sweden has excellent players, but there would be no comparison to Canada's hypothetical team this year if NHL players were involved. The top Swedish players would have a tough time making Canada's 4th line this year. Team chemistry is important, and has in the past been the difference maker, but it only gets you so far. There's a reason Canada has dominated when NHL players are involved.

There is simply no way a group of United States college hockey players could beat a team of Russian professionals in an Olympic hockey game. That would have to be a miracle on ice or something.

 

[mrk127]

Had no idea the germans were so good at bobsledding. Sweeping the podium in the two man as it stands.

Bobsledding is totally a pay to win sport. There is so much tech that goes into those sleds... and the Germans spend the most. That's why women's monobob is so cool, the sled's are standardized in that event