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Monroe wrote:Olympic Paintballing would rock.
SAS vs Delta Force /drool

Also they need American Football as an olympic sport.

sunnyside wrote:But a sweep in fencing!

Mikey wrote:

sunnyside wrote:But a sweep in fencing!

Is it just me, or is saber the most "American" of all the fencing disciplines?

sunnyside wrote:Because you can slash with it?

Teaos wrote:I saw part of it, I wonder how much those fireworks cost, them seemed to go for ages.

Beijing enhanced Olympics show with faked 'fireworks'

BEIJING, China (AP) -- Not all was what it seemed during the spectacular opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics.
Beijing Olympic organizers say their opening-ceremony fireworks were enhanced by prerecorded footage.

Beijing Olympic organizers say their opening-ceremony fireworks were enhanced by prerecorded footage.

Beijing organizers confirmed Tuesday that some of the fireworks display featured prerecorded footage.

Fireworks that burst into the shape of 29 gigantic footprints were shown trudging above the Beijing skyline to the National Stadium near the start of the ceremony.

Though the footprint-shaped fireworks were real, some of the footage shown to television viewers around the world and on giant screens inside the "Bird's Nest" stadium featured a computer-generated three-dimensional image.

"It was confirmed that previously recorded footage was provided to the broadcasters for convenience and theatrical effects -- as in many other big events," Beijing organizing committee spokesman Wang Wei said. "On the day of the ceremony there were actual footprints of fireworks from the south to the north of the city.
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"However, because of the poor visibility of the night, some previously recorded footage may have been used."

The computerized images were produced by Crystal Digital Technology Co. of Beijing.

"We did our best to create a rendering that would look like the shot was taken live," company spokesman Lei Ming told the Beijing Times. "Most people could not tell the difference."

NBC said broadcasters Bob Costas and Matt Lauer told viewers the display was cinematic.

"This is actually almost animation," Lauer said on the air.

The ceremony won rave reviews around the world and was watched by more than 1 billion people.

In the United States on NBC, the ceremony averaged 34.2 million U.S. viewers, making it the biggest American television event since the Super Bowl.

sunnyside wrote:

Mikey wrote:

sunnyside wrote:But a sweep in fencing!

Is it just me, or is saber the most "American" of all the fencing disciplines?

Because you can slash with it?

Do you mean foil Monroe? Rapier isn't an event.

I kinda like Epee. Wider target area, but it uses a larger slower sword you can follow better and requires heavier hits to trigger the button.

Mikey wrote:

sunnyside wrote:Because you can slash with it?

That, and because the face and head are valid targets. I wouldn't say the most liberal target areas, because the areas which are hardest to defend - below the waist - are invalid in saber. I uess I just like it because I was never tall enough to be useful at foil or epee.