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jiejie, on Jul 4 2008, 11:34 PM, said:

And believe you me, peed plenty of times all over the stadium....

I think that is kind of rude, peeing all over the stadium.

*Whew* I feel much better that the toilet situation was addressed.

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mr.x, on Jul 5 2008, 02:26 AM, said:

Yikes! For a second there I thought I was looking at a repeat of Atlanta's cauldron tower!

daveypodmore, on Jul 5 2008, 09:57 AM, said:

I have been away for a week and just seen this pic, not sure if someone has suggested this as I cant be arsed to read all the way back but this is my thought. The actual cauldron is the bit nearest the edge of the roof this will in my opinion pivot until its upright on a hinge and overhang the stadium roof edge. But I think there is a secondary bit up there that will be lit from somewhere then move forward on a track, maybe this will look like a pheonix, this will travel forward and light the cauldron then move back to be removed leaving the actual cauldron burning. Has someone suggested this? Sorry if so, does it make sense?

Well we do know it's on the edge of the roof. And yes, more or less, the basics of the hinge theory (the cauldron will be tilted upwards on a hinge, with some of it hanging over the roof's rim) can be said to be the general prediction on this board, at this point at least.

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NY20??, on Jul 5 2008, 04:02 PM, said:

Yikes! For a second there I thought I was looking at a repeat of Atlanta's cauldron tower!

Yes, it did look it for a brief second there!!

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Torchbearer AA, on Jul 3 2008, 02:34 AM, said:

Thank you for the pictures. But I meant if there are some pictures with the look of the games elements in the IBC/MPC.

Four pages of pictures of the Olympic Park can be viewed here: http://en.beijing2008.cn/cptvenues/venues/...214439881.shtml

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NY20??, on Jul 7 2008, 05:38 PM, said:

Four pages of pictures of the Olympic Park can be viewed here: http://en.beijing2008.cn/cptvenues/venues/...214439881.shtml

Thanks a lot.
I also saw this. Gettyimages.com has a lot of pictures from during the opening, also inside the IBC/MPC. Also pictures of the olympic lanes in Beijing and banners in the city and sculptures can be found. It's a beautiful look of the games for so far I can see now.
I don't know how it will be in the venues, but maybe screenshots from the video game will do to see this now already.

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I like the "lucky cloud" design, but I hate what they are doing with those color gradients over the pattern, especially the blue-to-green-to-yellow. Here's an example: http://img179.images...81853409zg5.jpg

They should always limit the gradients for each individual banner, fence, flag, etc. to the set of a 'core/primary color' and its subsidiary colors show on Beijing's website:



They did that with green on the far left of the IBC in the picture in the post above.

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I'd like most of the combinations.

Can not wait to see all this in Beijing in four weeks.

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I hope the last Torchbearer will need a big stair for the last meters.
It's so beautiful when a torchbearer is running up to a stair.

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Torchbearer AA, on Jul 8 2008, 08:04 PM, said:

I hope the last Torchbearer will need a big stair for the last meters.
It's so beautiful when a torchbearer is running up to a stair.

As they WANT everything to be different for these Games, the torch runners and Yao Ming will all be running backwards into the stadium!!