CHINA 08 v LONDON 12

[EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA]

The brits are failing big time,

[The YeyeMan]

[Robbynice]

[achuzia-the-air-raid]

The brits are failing big time,

[Chimurenga Rebel]

@ thread starter. The games are only into their 2nd day officially. how do you come to this conclusion? I hope you have valid reasons and this is not based on some anti british sentiment.

[kalani]

Far better Opening ceremony.

[wanaj0]

China 08 was better. Empty seats all over. Dont even talk about reported wrong anthems for Korea and the 'mentallo' that was allowed to join the Indian contingent for the march past!

[Damunk]

China 08 was better. Empty seats all over. Dont even talk about reported wrong anthems for Korea and the 'mentallo' that was allowed to join the Indian contingent for the march past!

wanaj0, your bias is beginning to show. China is a bad example. With 1.3b people, they should have been able to fill every event 10 times over. But you people have short memories. Beijing too had the EMPTY SEAT SYNDROME and I remember it very clearly! So how was 'China' '08 'better'?
Remember this?

Beijing '08 Empty seats: Organizers acknowledge attendance issues
Chinese Olympics organizers acknowledged Tuesday they were struggling to handle an unforeseen and baffling problem inside Summer Games venues...

By Seattle Times news services
August 13, 2008

BEIJING — Chinese Olympics organizers acknowledged Tuesday they were struggling to handle an unforeseen and baffling problem inside Summer Games venues and at the showpiece Olympic Park.

Not enough people.

Two weeks after announcing they had sold every one of the record 6.8 million tickets offered for the Games, Olympics officials expressed dismay at the large numbers of empty seats at nearly every event and the lack of pedestrian traffic throughout the park, the 2,800-acre centerpiece of the competition.

U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps won his third gold medal Tuesday morning in an arena with at least 500 no-shows, and the U.S. softball team played in a stadium only about 30 percent full. On Monday, 10 of 18 venues did not reach 80 percent capacity.

To remedy the problem, officials are calling on teams of state-trained "cheer squads" identifiable by their bright yellow T-shirts to help fill the empty seats and improve the atmosphere.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/o ... ews13.html

[wanaj0]

China 08 was better. Empty seats all over. Dont even talk about reported wrong anthems for Korea and the 'mentallo' that was allowed to join the Indian contingent for the march past!

wanaj0, your bias is beginning to show. China is a bad example. With 1.3b people, they should have been able to fill every event 10 times over. But you people have short memories. Beijing too had the EMPTY SEAT SYNDROME and I remember it very clearly! So how was 'China' '08 'better'?
Remember this?

Beijing '08 Empty seats: Organizers acknowledge attendance issues
Chinese Olympics organizers acknowledged Tuesday they were struggling to handle an unforeseen and baffling problem inside Summer Games venues...

By Seattle Times news services
August 13, 2008

BEIJING — Chinese Olympics organizers acknowledged Tuesday they were struggling to handle an unforeseen and baffling problem inside Summer Games venues and at the showpiece Olympic Park.

Not enough people.

Two weeks after announcing they had sold every one of the record 6.8 million tickets offered for the Games, Olympics officials expressed dismay at the large numbers of empty seats at nearly every event and the lack of pedestrian traffic throughout the park, the 2,800-acre centerpiece of the competition.

U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps won his third gold medal Tuesday morning in an arena with at least 500 no-shows, and the U.S. softball team played in a stadium only about 30 percent full. On Monday, 10 of 18 venues did not reach 80 percent capacity.

To remedy the problem, officials are calling on teams of state-trained "cheer squads" identifiable by their bright yellow T-shirts to help fill the empty seats and improve the atmosphere.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/o ... ews13.html

And the wrong anthem? And the mentallo with the Indian team?

London is useless lol

[The YeyeMan]

And the fake singer at the Beijing ceremony? And the digital fireworks?

Beijing is useless lol.

You see? We can all play this game.

[Damunk]

And the fake singer at the Beijing ceremony? And the digital fireworks?

Beijing is useless lol.

You see? We can all play this game.

I even forgot about that fake little singer!

[wanaj0]

And the fake singer at the Beijing ceremony? And the digital fireworks?

Beijing is useless lol.

You see? We can all play this game.

I even forgot about that fake little singer!

Still better than what London got to offer.

China will still get more medals than those yeye people.

Good that FIFA overlooked them lol

[MI5]

I am not surprised.. This is what happens when the IOC and LOCOG try to be greedy by trying to allocate tickets using a lottery style format.. Bunch of nonsense... Serves them right... A whole England and yet football stadiums are empty... Kaii...