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nice job on the timing for the finals by china :tup: make the basketball games at 4/7 in the morning or midnight for the whole western world :tdown: the volleyball too... good riddens to bejing olympics, and london will be awful and uneccesary, but at least they are in a better timezone!

yeah i didnt mean you it just brought up the issue of critiscm....some people were totally rubbishing the guy after 70 mins in 3 games with no service...i mean to rant on those ones..

what are you kidding???!Im sorry, but the criticsm of Gkekas in the Euro was totally outrageous. Not saying you paxioti Im saying other people in general...totally make stupid claims and critiscms of Gkekas that make simply no sense, hes the only real striker Greece has - finishes, makes good runs, great in the air, and doesnt get pushed around and has a nose for goal. Gkekas played less than 75 mins that whole tournament. Not only was he taken off at halftime (as if he was somehow responsible) vs Sweden, while the team was passing back and forth for 45 mins and hitting no more than an occasional long ball not even Drogba would do anything that game for us. The Russia game, the guy came on as a sub ran his ass of and even made tackles and helping out in the back, not to mention his ONSIDE run was what pretty much got us the equalizer, that "didnt count". Its not like Katsouranis and Basinas did anything to showcase their attackers abilities, not even so much as a decent pass or helping run from them. People also seemed to come to the conclusion that he was "benched" all year with Levekusen, which is total bull too, if anybody cared to look at statistics - not starting 10/10 games doesnt make you a bench player...

Nikolaidis is in the final shot for gold, guaranteed at least a Silver :tup: :nw: :gr: http://www.contra.gr/TaeKwonDo/Hellas/Olym...008/209652.html

no offense but who cares about what NZ is doing...number of people isnt important. Look at India...Hell Turkey has more population of Greece in 1 city, and theyve got 1-2 more medals? Greeks doped- every country dopes. Were just getting caught.

maybe muscle relaxant? hold the gun steadier?

50 inch HDTV :nw: pity about the bulb... i think (not sure) that also graphics/resolutions of your PS3 games will be better on an HDTV, so I have heard. You'll need an HDMI cable I think to get the full effect (and to get the BluRay working on their too) and the 5.1 stereo touch nice job. I bought one of those 5.1 systems for PC and theyre awesome, partic if you can find wall mouts and extension cables you can set them up around your room surrounds sound at a nice price.

hey im not saying PS3 is crap man no way. The thing looks like a hell of a nice system. Im just saying I can track consoles, the PC just makes more sense has more functionality...... Also you have not only a game system but a BluRay player in the PS3.......which is pretty sweet. Not sure if you are in north america, but they have game rental stuff these days like Netflix Gamefly i think its called. Its best to subscribe IMO instead of having to buy new games all the time. I used netflix last year and its quite an awesome service, if they have for computer games too it would definitly be worth the money IMO. Gotta look into it. What kind of TV do you have it hooked up to? Do you have an HD?

true those games are real class. Shame they dont make PC versions (at least till much later). they are like a movie, but seriously better. IMO if i had to make a top game of all times list, theres no way Metal Gear wouldnt make it, and ive only played the first 2. Thing I dont get about consoles is, theyre basically aspiring to be PC's right?????? Whats the point? These consoles are going to cost more and more for hardware/cabilities/software when PC has all the components anyways, plus you can use it and upgrade it yourself. It just dont make sense..... :blink: I mean now you can do features on your console that a PC does.....and vice versa you can get external hardware for your PC that a console uses......Theyre really going to be virtually the same thing they are both computers, integrating into each others's advantages faster and faster.... But the consoles do have advantages - no installs, guaranteed performance specs for everygame, simple useage etc. Nowadays you can hook up your computer to new televisions too though....So in theory you could create a console/computer system in your living room.....If I ever win the scratchoff lottery :P id trick the hell out of my PC to make it games/internet/music/home theatre system in one :1eye: But back to topic: the PS3 seems very impressive...costs are high for software and movies and the system, but its basically a home entertainment peice. If you have an HD TV BlueStriker I know its compatible with the right cables, and it plays BluRay Discs....

weve got a few now man, 3 is the count...

I have heard the new Metal Gear Solids are great. Man..I am way behind. I remember the first Metal Gear for Playstation. Simply incredible game. MGS2 was great, I had borrowed a PS2 from a friend and faked sick to miss class and played it all day :LOL: Didnt finish it though... I could totally fall back into the world of games, but I cant stand the constant need for upgrades.... Be it PC, Console (Console I gave up on after first PSX), plus not having the time etc... I dont understand though how Call of Duty 4 can be on a console. Personally it makes no sense having those shooter type games without a mouse and a keyboard...Its impossible to do anything accuratley/fluidly with a controller IMO.

what part of smashing world records with total ease and consistency doesnt raise eyebrows with the Olympic comittee exactly????

about Phelps swimmer hes 23 now so i guess he was 19-20 back in Athens...hes not doping I dont think. He seems to invite them to test him because hes clean...I beleive him really. The man is basically a dolphin. Bolt has got to be tested IMO. He smashed the record, and in the last strides even slowed and started waving his arms up - thats unreal. Its no disrespect, but smashing world records, got to ask the question. Everybody should be tested, otherwise, the concept makes absolutley no sense. You cant only test "randomly" the idea is not to allow banned substances. But, I wont be surprised if the IOC is balancing them out intentionally. If people found out Phelps and Bolt were doped out of their minds - would the media shift its whole attention to the Olympics every year? When they find out, that nearly all athletes are doping, are people going to even care when records are broken anymore? I feel like theres incentive for IOC to not want to expose every case, and let records to be "cheated" as it draws great press for the Olympic Games, and if theyre all frauds, then the integrity is shot. They need to make it seem real??? I mean record breakers - everybody loves them. People get excited...If nobody could take them seriousl anymore the IOC's Games would be hurting big....

Devetzi got the bronze......3 medals in a day not bad. finally some improvement. :gr: In other news: Pavlidis (boxer) eliminated weightlifting went today, in the same category of weight, not in lifting though. No hope of getting medals there this year anyways. But please, pick Greece for every doping test.... and nobody else :rolleyes:

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Yeah I didnt realize.....I really dont remember any Olympics before 96 so......But yeah I know about weightlifiting....that will hurt us. It seems like were going to get a few medals afterall...at least were in contention now that Athletics started... I responded to your other post in the Free Greek TV threads BTW

i remember trying to access NET/ET1 and not working...the other channels i didnt try... i tried them last week, but no offense really, i stumbled on a few sites like yours and they practically 100% of the time are missing working streams, so i just dont bother anymore. IDK alot about streaming technology, but anything that fills up or lags I just dont want to deal with anymore (like it used to) so I find it best to find professional pay services or something mainstream like eurovisionsports.tv

you cant use it anyways. NBC only offers it availble in the USA. Wont work here, tried. www.eurovisionsports.tv needs IE, adobe flash player. all free and compleltey legal streams no commenatry. Dial Up wont help you get anything, but if your desperate. Works in Greece. If not, go buy a cheap TV for the summer NET and ET1 got all you want to see...

he was really good....he had a very hard group...and qualified comfortably.Looks like we could get some medals in real events though.....not 50kg womens 40m air pistol and other stupid garabage "sports"

half decent??? were dropping like flies out of every event...

beach volley eliminated from Last 8

i cant keep up with the amount of eliminations and losses in this tournament this is the worst olympics ever..... Polo crushed, basket crushed, Athletics began today so get ready for more elimination news