Bored Druid Thread: The Next GenerationFollow

So much this.

The current lot seem to be really desperate to make XIV look appealing, to the point I wonder if theyre just shilling and being paid to advertise.

All the real FFXI elitists that posted on this site I remember don't even post anymore, and the ones that do aren't in the game forums. The "we don't want to play with you because you'll drag us down so we'll segregate ourselves" elitists, not the "we wish we were as good as the elitists so we'll ***** about everything we can while still PUGing" bunch.

I just discovered the Book of Brodin. I think I may have also just found my new religion.

I love me some Bosstones.

Also, the fancy dancing skating is on TV (what's the English word for that?). Effeminate Japanese boys dancing on ice in girly clothes, it's like some sort of creepy yaoi in real life.


Also what's with the ridiculously hideous and tacky clothing? For such a gay sport you'd expect something more stylish.

That sounds wise. It's somewhat ironic that the second gayest sport in the Olympics is historically dominated by Russia. Although it doesn't come close to the clench your butt cheecks on the bulge of the guy you're lying on top off while going down a slide at 80+mph of men's double luge.





Sorry Digg, that event just ended.

It's a barrel aged sweet stout with 15% ABV. The milk part just means that it's got lactose to sweeten it.

For what it's worth, the makers of the Dutch/Russian suit (good for 14 out of 18 medals so far) said they have tested an air vent/mesh back and found the results to be detrimental.

The thing is though that with I think 2 years of work to find the best material for each bodypart these suits have roughly 3% less wind resistance than the last generation of suits. A bigger advantage perhaps is that the suits are sized in a way that pull you into a skating position which theoretically helps keep your technique and aerodynamic position better.

All in all, the difference in time is miniscule, aerodynamics is only a small part of the race and it's a small improvement in that. The mental aspect of feeling like you have an advantage is probably just as big as the effect of the suit itself.

As for Americans disappointing, a suit does not do all that. And for the women it's not even like they performed badly at all, they both improved a lot vs last year's world championship but they got surpassed by a bunch of Dutch on an insane gold rush and a Chinese girl with the perfect race at the perfect time. And keep in mind that Nesbitt's time, god for 9th place, was 1 second faster than her gold medal race 4 years ago, that's a gigantic leap in 4 years between two similar tracks.

There was some American paper where thet wrote we're so good at speed skating because we skate on canals to visit friends and family in the winter.

Yeah, the Dutch did that. In the 1500's...

Isn't genetic memory the plot of some sci-fi thriller? It reminds me of a movie, but I can't figure out the name.

The fresh mountain air of Norway, and breeding programs in USSR?

I was probably thinking of Assassin's Creed.