December 14th, 2007 by ThunderDragon
Archive for the 'Sport' Category
Sorrowful Scotland And An Expectant England
November 18th, 2007 by ThunderDragon
Scotland’s dram of getting to Euro 2008 has been ended by an Italian victory on Saturday. This is a real pity, they had been doing so well. But coming third in a group including France and Italy is successful indeed. To have got through, and causing the dropping out of either of those teams would have been incredible.
Whilst there was bad news for Scottish football on Saturday, there was good news for England, as Russia lost to Israel, putting England’s chance of staying in the competition back into their own hands. To get through, England now need to just not lose to Croatia. So long as they get at least one point, then they are definitely in the main part of Euro 2008.
If Scotland had got through, there is no doubt that English supporters would have supported them in the competition had they got through, in any match except that was not vs England. But can Scottish supporters do the same? Unfortunately it doesn’t seem likely.
Springboks Aren’t Black Enough
October 27th, 2007 by ThunderDragon
There are complaints about the World Cup-winning South African rugby team. They are said to be “too white”, because only two of the fifteen members of the first team are black.
Maybe, just maybe, that is because the white players were better? Since they won the Rugby World Cup, they certainly can’t have compromised that much on player quality!
There is probably more that can be done to increase diversity in the sport - but after all there is always something that can, and some claim should, “be done” about almost anything.
Source: BBC
The Blogger All Star XV
October 3rd, 2007 by ThunderDragon
As the Rugby World Cup moves into the knockout stages, DuSanne of Liberty’s Requiem has made a fantasy blogging rugby team, which he himself acknowledges is a very strange fantasy team, especially since it represents a very wide angle of polticial spectrum within its ranks. I myself am featured:
Inside Centre
Probably the hardest working position in the backline, often needing to put in a very high tackle rate while still looking for the smallest of gaps to sprint through:
12 - Thunder Dragon
Probably the hardest working position in the backline, often needing to put in a very high tackle rate while still looking for the smallest of gaps to sprint through:
12 - Thunder Dragon
If I knew anything about rugby, I might be able to comment on the suitability of the position in real life. But since I don’t, I can’t. I doubt I could play it anyway. I’m no good at most sports.
But anyway, go and read the post - it is very well and intelligently written - just like the rest of his posts!
Olympics Cartoon Porn Animation Causes Epileptic Fits
June 6th, 2007 by ThunderDragon
The new London 2012 logo brand has been roundly criticised for being ugly and looking like cartoon pornography, and even a petition has been set up to demand its change - now with more than 36,000 signatures.
But that’s not all that is wrong with it. A section of the animated film that was on the London 2012 website has had to be removed after fears that it might cause epileptic seizures, but they plan to re-edit the film to remove the clip that has caused eight epileptic fits already - the section being “a diver diving into a pool which had multi-colour ripple effects.”
So not only is the new logo ugly as hell, and has caused an uprising of opinion against it, it has also caused problems for those suffering epilepsy. I can’t understand how they managed to spend £400,000 on it, especially since it doesn’t even work properly! They certainly should have checked the potential health risks of such a video, but they obviously didn’t, since it breached Ofcom guidelines.
Good start there, London 2012! Look on the bright side - things can only get better, eh? After all, you’ve only got five years, one month, and 21 days left! What could possibly go wrong in that time?!
Image by Theo Spark
Sources: BBC, The Times, The Telegraph
Cartoon Porn Made New 2012 Olympics Logo
June 4th, 2007 by ThunderDragon
The new logo for the London Olympics of 2012 has been unveiled. It is, as described by the BBC, a “jagged emblem, based on the date 2012, comes in a series of shades of pink, blue, green and orange.” The “brand” (it’s not a logo, it’s a ‘brand’…) is said to be aimed the young people, hence its “modern” take on the Olympic colours and it’s “innovative” design.
In fact, it is just shit. How on earth can £400,000 be justified on being spent on that?! It doesn’t look like the “2012″ it is supposed to resemble, but more like a bad logo for an 80s product. Or, as it has been described [and once you see it the design will always look like it] Lisa Simpson performing oral sex.
It is so bad that an online petition was set up within hours of the “jagged” logo being unveiled, and already has nearly 6,500 signatures.
Tessa Jowell says that the logo “sums up what London 2012 is all about.” If that logo sums it up, then we’re in for a really shit, and cartoon pornographic, Olympics.
Other bloggers on the logo: Theo Spark, Devil’s Kitchen, Mr Eugenides
Images by Theo Spark
UPDATE: Theo again excelling himself, showing how we are being truly shafted by £400,000 of our money being spent on a truly terrible logo “brand”. I mean, had they paid just £10,000 it might have been worth it. But £400,000?! Not a chance. Far better to have held an open competition for the design - it would have cost less and looked far better!
The petition to change the logo has reached more than 13,600 signatures - and is still growing. If you haven’t already, please go and sign it, and save us from this horrible logo!
UPDATE 2: It can also cause epileptic seizures.
Sources: BBC, The Telegraph, The Times
