|:><.><:|nogarD_lpC
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+0|6893|Arkansas
The other day I was on teamspeak with the rest of my clan, and ask them "So has anyone seen any of the Olympic events yet."  Only two people out of fourteen, on at the time, knew that the Olympics were on and seen a few hours of coverage. Probally about eight others knew that they were this year but did not know they had started, and the other four had no idea that the Olympics were going on or did not really care that much for them. 

So reply with your thoughts.

Has the Olympics lost their glory. Has the fact that the winter games going to every other year hurt their appeal, and the ones they look for now is just thesummer games held every four years. Or is it just the people in my clan, and the ones on our server.

P.S.  I hope that they are not losing their appeal. Maybe some want to know the ages of the members on the clan, and I can say that this one is not made of just young members. Out of 45 we have 3 under 18, the rest range from 20-48 years old. So it is not that they have lost their appeal with the teenagers.
atlvolunteer
PKMMMMMMMMMM
+27|7010|Atlanta, GA USA
I don't know that they have lost their appeal.  I personally like the Winter better than Summer, but a lot of people probably continue to watch whatever BS they normally like.  What I hate is:  the other night, I'm watching Luge.  It goes to commercial, and when it comes back it shows like an hour of fucking figure skating!  WTF?  They don't show the cool events enough; instead they show the shit the women want to watch.
GotMex?
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Too bad the majority of the Olympic TV watching population prefers figure skating, not just women... I too love Luge, and the ultra fast skiing but they seem to cut these short all the time.
|:><.><:|nogarD_lpC
Member
+0|6893|Arkansas
I like the ski jump and the bobsledding, maybe even the cross contry skiing that you stop and shot at a few targets (have seen it once on the news as olympic coverage, but never actually seend it during the olympics). I am sure I lost a few people with that () statement.
Erkut.hv
Member
+124|6974|California
I watched curling for 2 hours yesterday. USA vs. Finland. Go USA... but they lost 4-3. THey are 1-1 right now. Oh well, good game Fins.

I didn't like the Olympics, but if the US is playing anything, I'll watch it.
WilhelmSissener
Banned
+557|6972|Oslo, Norway
it's ok, i know that it is going on but not too excited about it...
Dirrty_Bird
Dirtier than thou
+5|6979|Vermont
I watch the events that I care about.  Which means every alpine skiing event, moguls, some short track speed skating, and the occasional hockey game.  I don't think they have lost their significance or whatever.  There have always been people and there will always be people who don't care about the olympics or sports in general.  As for not knowing that they are going on, I think your friends would do well to do something besides play BF2 once in a while.
Eboreus
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+46|6886

atlvolunteer wrote:

It goes to commercial, and when it comes back it shows like an hour of fucking figure skating!  WTF?  They don't show the cool events enough
agreed... was watching icehockey yesterday... and after a great first 3rd (germany led 1:0) they switched to some other bs >< germany lost 4:1 in the end... I bet because they felt that german TV was not broadcasting the game of the german team anymore and so they lost the super-moral-tv-mental-support of their fans

that aside I dont think that the olympics lost their appeal - it's just that there are more popular kinds of sports during the summer times I'd say and maybe it's also a marketing thing.. torino 2006 was not exactly well advertised (at least not in germany)
|:><.><:|nogarD_lpC
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+0|6893|Arkansas

BiRdMaN829 wrote:

I watch the events that I care about.  Which means every alpine skiing event, moguls, some short track speed skating, and the occasional hockey game.  I don't think they have lost their significance or whatever.  There have always been people and there will always be people who don't care about the olympics or sports in general.  As for not knowing that they are going on, I think your friends would do well to do something besides play BF2 once in a while.
I do not think that I said that they have lost their importance, but I do think they might have lost their appeall to the average person.  For me they will always have their importance, because it is one of the only times that people from war-torn areas can come and compete representing their home countries with the diginty and honor that their country might lack.  Also I agree that they have not announced this these as much as they have in the past.  The thing is that they do something else than play BF2, 2 are firefighters, and all others that are old enough have a professional job, so when they get off or in the case of the firefighters come off of their long shifts, they might just want to sit down and play some BF2. I know I do after 8 hours of work.
cpt.fass1
The Cap'n Can Make it Hap'n
+329|6934|NJ
Seeing how nobody really even cares about this post(no offence) I'm going to have to say the olypics lost there appeal. Last night it was American Idol or the olypics and I watched American Idol and during commercials watched American History X.  But then again I don't really think the olypics really had that major of an appeal anyway, It was bigger back in the day cause there was really nothing else on TV. Now that there's some kinda compitition on TV not too many people care.

Just my thought
hellstewie
Member
+0|6910
I'm watching olympics while I play BF2 =p
ArMaG3dD0n
Member
+24|7074|Deutschland/Germany
I often watch it and everyone I know watches it too or is at least to some extent interested in it. Maybe that s because GER is pretty good in winter olympics......
sheggalism
Member
+16|6981|France
Yeah ! I love Winter Olympics Games! Besides France had won this year the most prestigious discipline : Deneriaz gold medalist for the Downhill !!!!!
_j5689_
Dreads & Bergers
+364|6955|Riva, MD
The only one I found interesting was the one where you ski and then fire the rifle at the little circles.  Figure skating is what everyone loves, imo it's the worst part.

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