Board 8 > 2020 Summer Olympics - Results and Discussion

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Just play some Golden Sun song >_> it would fit perfectly

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Frog's Theme just played.

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paulg235 posted...

Frog's Theme just played.

This is a repeat, I think they ran out of songs

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Playlist was released, nada from Nintendo :(

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voltch posted...

Playlist was released, nada from Nintendo :(

Link?

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Can anybody tell me how many videogame songs have appeared so far??

I've only identified 2 from FF, 2 from Chrono Trigger, and 1 from freaking NIER.

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There was also Star Light Zone from Sonic.

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Song list: https://www.reddit.com/r/olympics/comments/opzmdx/tokyo_2020_opening_ceremony_megathread/h68mbj3?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3

So glad Chono Trigger has representation.

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Ahhh, I recognised it was Sonic, but couldn't place it.

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That drone display was sick!

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SoulCalibur and Nier at the Olympics is wild

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I'm waiting for Mario or Godzilla to make an appearance.
Or Link to come out fighting human sized Corona virus particles.

But I'm being informed (by my Japanese wife) that Nintendo have a bad relationship with the promoters and won't be a part of it.

That's disappointing if true...


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I am from Greece and we traditionally don't do good in these games but hey anything is good of course!

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SpikeSetsFire posted...

But I'm being informed (by my Japanese wife) that Nintendo have a bad relationship with the promoters and won't be a part of it.

That's kind of a shame, Shinzo Abe's appearance at Rio was so fun.

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I know right!!

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What are the odds that something One Piece related shows up at some point?

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It would appear Games>Anime for this event

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I checked the rosters of each country. I know USA is good and all but over 600 people? Not even Japan that is hosting the event has these many people! Man USA's athletic systems have to be really good. Impressive.

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What's also interesting is that that 613 doesn't even include American territories like Guam, American Samoa, and Puerto Rico. I don't know if funding is the same though, but I'd imagine it's still higher than a similarly sized country.

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Yeah. I don't think there is a single event that isn't an American in it right? Man...

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I get the feelings that Americans take athletics much more seriously from a young age than do most other countries. I know Japan is crazy about high school baseball, and I presume that European and South American kids take up soccer from an early age, but Americans are like that with tons of sports.

Kids (usually ones with means) are encouraged to take up sports like soccer, tennis, swimming, and gymnastics from an extremely young age. Once they progress beyond primary school, they'll enter high schools where the students skilled in football, basketball, soccer, baseball/softball, swimming, track, or wrestling occupy the top spots of the social pecking order. All of these sports have organized teams, leagues, competitive schedules, and funding. Youth athletics are just an ingrained part of American life, and I'd wager that things we just assume to be normal here (like "pep rallies" and "rival schools") might be weird as hell in other countries.

Anyway, you take all that time, effort, and money spent on several different sports, grow it up a few years, and you're left with tons of athletes who'd naturally qualify for the Olympics (without the need for large-scale national organization like you might see with China or Russia).

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But why the stereotype of the fat American is so prevailant then if almost everyone plays sports?

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Not everyone does, but I *vaguely* recall the figure that about a third of American high school students play on at least one organized, competitive sports team (many students play on multiple teams, depending on the season). Considering that the US has the third largest population in the world... that's a ton of people taking athletics and competition seriously from a young age.

Rest assured, we have tons of fat people too. It's a "country of extremes" in many ways.

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Okay I see. Well that means that though you must be competitive in everything there. Well that is tough but life is tough anyways.

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Aren't countries limited in how many competitors they can have? Surely there must be an upper limit to the number of overall competitors at the Olympics?

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Don't think so. I mean Japan has less people than USA and it hosts the events. Some countries have like 2 people. I mean if there is a limit I am not sure about.

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I think the host nation gets an athlete in each event but there's a limit to the maximum number of athletes you can have in each event.

There's 339 events and some of those are team/doubles so you're probably only guaranteed about 400 spots as the host nation.

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Safer_777 posted...

Yeah. I don't think there is a single event that isn't an American in it right? Man...

Handball doesn't have an American men's or women's team like usual. 1996 in Atlanta was the last time they had a team in it (thanks to host priveledge) and they got demolished.

Is there any way to watch the opening ceremonies now? I had to work throughout the entire thing

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In my country they put it again on TV and I was at work when it first came out so I watched it again. I am sure you can find it somewhere.

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It's coming up in about 10 minutes on NBC where I am.

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Welp apparently my antenna gets no NBC reception and as far as I can tell it's impossible to stream the Olympics online for free, so I guess I can't check out this opening ceremony

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LordoftheMorons posted...

Welp apparently my antenna gets no NBC reception and as far as I can tell it's impossible to stream the Olympics online for free, so I guess I can't check out this opening ceremony

It's not too hard to find online streams of NBC (and other channels) with some good googling.

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Frog in the Noble Nine confirmed.

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These Chrono themes are killer entrance themes

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I can't be the only person who has zero interest in this year's games. Besides the questionable decision to move forward in the middle of a pandemic in a country with ridiculously sub-par vaccination rates, there's the fact that many athletes could/would not attend the games because of the pandemic. Throw in a little bit of the old IOC idpol getting in the way of athletics and you have what will probably be the biggest tire fire olympics since 1980

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USA got upset in archery mixed doubles to Indonesia.
They are DESTROYING Japan at Water Polo. Though it's fully expected. USA is going for a 3-peat and Japan is well...new.
Lots of spectators for this bike race, at least some people get to see something...it's nice to see. Neat course through the countryside and now going up Mt Fuji.

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LordoftheMorons posted...

Welp apparently my antenna gets no NBC reception and as far as I can tell it's impossible to stream the Olympics online for free, so I guess I can't check out this opening ceremony

gorin.jp

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Looks like videos on that site are region locked

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I'm gonna guess cbc is region locked to canada but if not they have all the rando shit

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Watching 3v3 basketball, this is weird.
Not only does it look like something you'd see on a playground court, the play seems about the same level too.

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When will HORSE become an olympic sport?

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BlAcK TuRtLe posted...

When will HORSE become an olympic sport?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equestrian_at_the_Summer_Olympics

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Actually watching Dressage right now...

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I don't think that Americans have any sort of Olympic advantage because of kids playing sports, etc. The reason we win so many medals is because the US is by far the most populous developed country.

We actually *under*perform when taking all that into account. At the last Olympics the US won 3x the medals of Germany and France, despite having ~4x the population of Germany, and ~5x the population of France. Look at any other similar Western country and the US almost always underperforms in the medal comparisons relative to population.

Edit: The US does very well in Athletics and Swimming, which give out the most medals, which makes the underperformance worse if anything, since doing well in those disciplines should theoretically be helping to make up ground.

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Haven't thought it by that way. But I guess you are correct. I mean 370 million live in one of the strongest and richest countries. So yeah lot of chances to do stuff.

Some Greeks passed on the next rounds so all are fine by the way. Since we win very few medals every medal is a big deal for us here.

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Medal Table (After Day 1)

Rank. Name - G - S - B - Total
1. China - 3 - 0 - 1 - 4
2. Italy - 1 - 1 - 0 - 2
2. Japan - 1 - 1 - 0 - 2
4. South Korea - 1 - 0 - 2 - 3
5. Ecuador - 1 - 0 - 0 - 1
5. Hungary - 1 - 0 - 0 - 1
5. Iran - 1 - 0 - 0 - 1
5. Kosovo - 1 - 0 - 0 - 1
5. Thailand - 1 - 0 - 0 - 1
10. Russia - 0 - 1 - 1 - 2
10. Serbia - 0 - 1 - 1 - 2

Only 11 events on the first day, but China wins three of them. Among the top 10 from last games, there are currently no medals for Australia, Germany, Great Britain or the United States while France has a single bronze. Obviously, things are early with all likely to at least challenge for the top 10 during the games.

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Watching some surfing and skateboarding while waiting for gymnastics and swimming.

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Yesmar_ posted...

We actually *under*perform when taking all that into account. At the last Olympics the US won 3x the medals of Germany and France, despite having ~4x the population of Germany, and ~5x the population of France. Look at any other similar Western country and the US almost always underperforms in the medal comparisons relative to population.

I mean this is kinda true but think about if the US was split into, say, 5 different countries. Would you expect those five countries to get more individual medals or fewer? I think youd get more just by virtue of being able to potentially send more people overall to compete. Medals involving team sports could take a hit in that case, theoretically, since talented players might be split up.

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Yeah, using a per capita of measuring medals is unfair for large countries because there is an upper limit to how many athletes a nation can send overall (or even in one event)

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