Pelle Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Oh no, not that picture. That really was destroying to watch. So close to win the heat just to fall just before the line and going from being a big medal hope to be out in the qf. Really feel sorry for the guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Oh no, not that picture. That really was destroying to watch. So close to win the heat just to fall just before the line and going from being a big medal hope to be out in the qf. Really feel sorry for the guy. I'm even gonna re post so it's at the top of the page! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Well done to curling team, another medal is always nice. Joint most successful Winter Olympics for Britain (this includes the men's medal) and could still be bettered in bobsled and speed skating. The picture of the blonde lass from the curling on the bbc makes her eyes look so blue. Blonde hair blue eyes mmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardCanning Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 So Jones you've been papped but have you been trolled? If yes please post them on here so we can all laugh at the losers of society How would i know if i have specifically? I'm guessing as I'm not famous: In your interactions/mentions on twitter have you got anyone giving you unnecessary abuse.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baselayers Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 A bit, mainly people saying i only got there because i was a spoilt rich kid...yeah..they clearly don't listen to the same questions i get asked in every interview haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 20, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted February 20, 2014 Not possible - yer mam's proper northern, therefore must have been brought up in grinding poverty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 It occurs to me that the last really good Snowboarding video game was 1080 Snowboarding on the Nintendo 64 in 1998 How does "Jenny Jones Snowboarding" for PS4 sound? Was SNowboard kids before or after 1080? Because that game was incredible (I still play it now) Cool Boarders was one of the first PS1 games we had. That and WWF In Your House Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baselayers Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 People won't let me forget that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 I thought there would have been more talk about your dad whacking his head on the camera or microphone or whatever it was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baselayers Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Yeah he got quite lucky. His head..not so much 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelle Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 A bit, mainly people saying i only got there because i was a spoilt rich kid...yeah..they clearly don't listen to the same questions i get asked in every interview haha And even if you were, what would that have to do with anything? There are loads of spoilt rich kids that can't even manage to even stand on a snowboard or whatever. People are stupid. I guess that's the only thing I wanted to say. And that I have my doubts whether I like Chrisp, really... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted February 20, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted February 20, 2014 (edited) I find it hard to follow the puck when i have watched the ice hockey. Any tips?This. They should make it flourescent or summat. FoxTrax (colloquially also called the glow puck, smart puck, laser puck, Fox Puck, or super puck) was a specialized ice hockey puck with internal electronics that allowed its position to be tracked designed for NHL telecasts on the Fox television network. Primarily, it was used to visually highlight the puck on-screen and display a trail when the puck was moving rapidly. In 1994, Fox won a contract to broadcast NHL games in the United States. A common complaint among viewers was that the puck was difficult to follow on the ice. Thus, FoxTrax was created to remedy this problem. The FoxTrax puck was first used during the 1996 NHL All-Star Game. It was last used during the first game of the 1998 Stanley Cup Finals. Fox was scheduled to televise Games 5 and 7, but the series ended in four games. In August 1998, the NHL broadcast rights went to ABC, and FoxTrax was not brought back for the final season. To create the FoxTrax puck, a standard NHL puck was cut in half, and a tiny circuit board with a battery was placed inside. The circuit board contained a shock sensor and infrared emitters that were located on the flat surfaces and perimeter of the puck. The enhanced puck was engineered to have the same weight, balance, and rebound as the original puck. The two halves were then bonded with a proprietary epoxy compound and the puck could be used for gameplay. The FoxTrax was developed with assistance from News Corp's Etak navigation subsidiary. While the batteries were designed to last for 30 minutes, and some were successfully used in tests for more than 60 minutes, a typical puck lasted only about 10 minutes on the ice. For that reason 30 FoxTrax pucks were provided for each game. The puck was activated when it was dropped by the ref or struck by a hockey stick. During a Fox NHL broadcast, the puck emitted infrared pulses that were detected by both the 20 pulse detectors and the 10 modified IR cameras that were located in the rafters. The shuttering of the IR cameras was synchronized to the pulses. Each infrared camera had an associated 66 MHz Intel 80486 computer to process the video locally and transmit the coordinates of candidate targets to the "Puck Truck" (a 55' production trailer). The truck contained computers that superimposed computer graphics on the puck coordinates, which could be seen by viewers at home. The visual result was a bluish glow around the puck. Unfortunately, blue does not show up very well against the white of the rink. Passes were indicated with the bluish glow plus a comet tail indicating its path. When the puck moved faster than 70 miles per hour, a red comet tail was added. Despite rumors that Fox employees would sometimes go into the stands to retrieve a puck that left the playing area, the pucks were not re-usable. Like any other puck that left the ice, the FoxTrax pucks became souvenirs. There was a divided response to the implementation of the FoxTrax puck. Newcomers enjoyed the feature, since they could follow the game more easily. In fact, a Fox Sports survey found that 7 out of 10 respondents liked the new puck. World News Tonight did a story on the innovation, in which ABC News anchor Peter Jennings, himself a native Canadian, claimed to receive significant favorable feedback from viewers on the technology, but cautioning that although he liked it, that "I don't think Canadians are going to like it as much as Americans are." However, there was a strong backlash among hockey purists. They argued that the video graphics were a distraction and turned hockey into a video game. Others said that it really shouldn't be that hard to see a black puck on white ice. Nielsen Ratings for the NHL on Fox began declining in 1996, falling from a regular-season peak average of 2.1 in 1996 to 1.4 for 1998. The NHL would not recover from the slump until the NHL Winter Classic debuted in 2008. The concept was later parodied in a Molson Canadian beer advertisement where an American marketer is attempting to sell the idea to a boardroom full of Canadian executives. As he is forcibly ejected from the room, a blue comet trail follows him (i.e. "they passed"). Canadian news satire program This Hour Has 22 Minutes parodied the concept, promoting a glow that recognized when Americans would appear on screen. Canadian Folk/Comedy trio The Arrogant Worms satirized the glow puck in their song Proud to be Canadian with the line "we don't need no microchip inside our hockey pucks." Sportswriter Greg Wyshynski named it the second-worst idea in North American sports history, trailing only the infamous Ten Cent Beer Night promotion that baseball's Cleveland Indians threw in 1974, in his book Glow Pucks and Ten-Cent Beer. Canadian Folk/Country group Corb Lund Band added a verse to their recording of "The Hockey Song" by Stompin' Tom Connors mocking the scheme. In 2002, an informal poll by ESPN solicited opinions from readers on the worst innovations in sports history, without specifying choices in advance. The Fox glow puck came in 6th place, just behind free agency. sauce Edited February 20, 2014 by leviramsey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 A bit, mainly people saying i only got there because i was a spoilt rich kid...yeah..they clearly don't listen to the same questions i get asked in every interview haha And even if you were, what would that have to do with anything? There are loads of spoilt rich kids that can't even manage to even stand on a snowboard or whatever. People are stupid. I guess that's the only thing I wanted to say. And that I have my doubts whether I like Chrisp, really... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 21, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted February 21, 2014 That glow puck was OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Oh no, not that picture. That really was destroying to watch. So close to win the heat just to fall just before the line and going from being a big medal hope to be out in the qf. Really feel sorry for the guy. I'm even gonna re post so it's at the top of the page! Did anyone see/hear this live? Surely there was someone stood near the finishing line chanting "she fell over"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baselayers Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Oh so ok the civic reception and bus thing are actually happening in Brizzle for me. Seriously....omg! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted February 21, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted February 21, 2014 YES!!!! Hockey final! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baselayers Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Curling baby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarpie Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 **** YOU SWEDEN, **** YOU! Truth to be told, we were missing 3-4 of our best players, but in four years Barkov, Granlund, Teravainen, Maatta etc. are much better players, and Filppula and Koivu are still just over 30 so gold in next olympics. Fortunately Team USA will wipe the floor with the swedes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted February 21, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted February 21, 2014 Oh so ok the civic reception and bus thing are actually happening in Brizzle for me. Seriously....omg! You have to wear a Villa hat or scarf. It's the LAW. Seriously though... 'kin nice one. *fumms upp* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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