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2014 Winter Olympics (Sochi, Russia)

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Almost time for the second greatest sporting event in the world. Opening ceremonies (tape delayed, of course) this Friday on NBC.
 
Next time someone decides to talk about how "Alpha" Putin is, they can fuck themselves.
 
I really dont care about the winter olympics, GB is sooo bad that its barely registers as an event. Obviously the BBC covers the anti gay stuff and will fill the evening schedule with recaps but it just doesnt have the excitement of the summer games
 
Can't wait for the Olympics and very little of that excitement is because of the sports.

Sochi drinking water:

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My old co-workers/bosses are pretty worried. I know a lot of NBC producers backed out from going as well. Turned my offer down faster than the Cavs fell apart this year. Everyone is worried. Pretty scared we will wake up and hear bad news.

Didn't really wanna die next to Bob Costas as we take a shit in a side-by-side toilets.
 
Sochi is totally unprepared for this event. The athletes are taken care of sort of but visitors and media are roughing it. Between a stray dog issue, unfinished hotel properties, and insufficient infrastructure such as electricity and water, Sochi is a disaster.

http://deadspin.com/staying-in-sochi-is-a-hilarious-adventure-1515722114

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No Upper-deckers allowed either
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I couldn't fathom a worse location...maybe Tehran or Pyongyang. How the hell did they get it? Massive bribes?
 
Just want i'd want to be sleeping on, some random Russian's 30 year old pillow... :chuckles:


Sochi Is Running Out of Pillows

Four days before the Winter Games begin, Sochi staffers are looking for a few goose men

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The Olympics officially kick off Friday. We imagine many a staffer and volunteer are scurrying around the Black Sea resort of Sochi, trying to prepare for the glamorous opening ceremony and making sure all security protocols are in place. But it turns out that Russia, despite spending a reported $51 million on the most expensive Olympics ever, neglected a few key details.

It appears there aren’t enough pillows for the athletes in the Olympic Village. This news comes via the Instagram posts of Luiza Baybakova, a member of the catering staff for the games.

Baybakova posted a picture of a notice to volunteers, which translates as follows:

“ATTENTION, DEAR COLLEAGUES!

Due to an extreme shortage of pillows for athletes who unexpectedly arrived to Olympic Village in the mountains, there will be a transfer of pillows from all apartments to the storehouse on 2 February 2014. Please be understanding. We have to help the athletes out of this bind.”


HOW WE KNOW
We monitored both Russian-language social networks and Instagram for posts related to the Olympic Village, and ran across this controversial gem.

Either the athletes arrived early, or event planners somehow didn’t know when they were arriving. Regardless, it seems like volunteers and staffers might now be asked to give up their own pillows to accommodate the athletes. It’s in line with what other citizen bloggers are posting ahead of the Olympics, like this guy, who claims residents near the stadiums are forbidden from using wood-burning fireplaces to avoid unsightly smoke coming out of chimneys. Even though it’s the Winter Games.

Of the string of comments on the original Instagram post, maybe the last one says it all: “Fuck…and now the whole world laughs…”

Sochi is clearly and massively underprepared. It’s sad and alarming, considering the allegations of corruption and abuse surrounding these games. But there’s at least one amusing takeaway: the hashtags posted by Baybakova (which admittedly might seem funnier in English): “Help with the pillows! #Sochi2014 #Olympics #OlympicCamp #OlympicVillage #ManyAthletes #PillowForEveryone #TakingPillows #CantSleepWithNoPillow.”

On a subsequent post featuring a pillow, she added, “#TheyreTakingOurPillows #OlympicPillow #WhereDoAthletesComeFrom #PlzDontTake.”
 
Happy to see Russia is Putin its best foot forward.
 
My god do I fear for anybody attending these games. These radical Muslims seem poised to do something horrendous. They are ruthless. They've made a name for themselves using "black widows" meaning a widow who has lost both a son and a husband who have died as "martyrs" in suicide bombing operations. The black widow is sent on her last assignment with the promise of reuniting with her husband, son, and of course Alla.


Max give me a % on how likely you think it is that something horrible goes down? All of these other stories just reaffirm my suspicions about the location. They seriously couldn't have picked a stranger, more hostile venue.
 
Here, I'll give you a percentage. 0%. 0 fucking percent.

There have been 48 Olympic Games. How many have been marred by some form of terrorism? 2.

0%.
 
Here, I'll give you a percentage. 0%. 0 fucking percent.

There have been 48 Olympic Games. How many have been marred by some form of terrorism? 2.

0%.

So 2 out of 48 equals 0?
There is always a chance, and the location and surrounding issues of these games has to be taken into account.
 

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