DannyelBrazil

HSBC Arena is a nice venue. I loved how it looked in broadcast! About the fight, there is nothing to say. Rousey is an idol here in Brazil.

I'm amazed with the campaing of Paul using arguments like "Brazilians are blind defensive who thinks Rio games will be the most fantastic with those ugly venues"... At the same time I could claim "Paul is a blind troll who refuses to listen locals opinions or refuses to keep a discussion without attacking the other side"... At no point I said the venues of Rio are fantastic, the most modern ever... Simply, because it is not. There are some interesting venues, a nice Olympic Village, but they are not amazing as the ones we saw in Beijing. And I couldn't care less. Since the venues be nice during the games, that's fine. Why build dozens of archtectural marvelous? To be smashed by Int'l media about white elephants just like in the World Cup and after? It seems it's a lose-lose situation to Brazil... Somehow, we are getting using to this bad will, actually. About the water (again). I would love to know how many times Paul came to Rio and swam in Rio beaches or saw Guaranaba Bay, crossed the Rio-Niterói bridge or used the ferry to go from Praça Mauá to Charitas... Probably the answer will be: never. I'm not refusing the fact Guanabara Bay is dead in the North section and sometimes polluted in the entrance. You guys love to get the whole Guanabara Bay and say it's a **** place because some media outlet went to Magé (in the far north bay) and take a picture of dead fish and couchs floating in the water (which is disgusting and a shame for us cariocas)... Magé is 35km far in straight line from the sailing venue. It's like go to southern part of Staten Island and say: "This is Central Park" or (for English citizens around) go to Brentwood in Essex and say: "Here we have the Big Ben". It's not accurate. Yes, Rio lost a great chance to clean its waters and there will be complaints and criticism from whoever wants to complain... From irrelevant Paul to IOC President. Somehow, after all the things I read and the bad media coming, I'm in favour to move the sailing event to Buzios, in Northeastern Coast of Rio state. It's a marvelous place that deserves international attention and probably will shut up the mouths of people that wants to have "argumentative discussions" but seems more that they are willing to troll a Olympic City they are not fans of. And we are discussing water in Olympic Park thread... gosh...

If English tabloids keeping going to North Guanabara Bay to take pictures and say: this is the place sailing competition will take place, yes, that's bad media.The Guardian just did that and presented a study from a very unknown Brazilian university with no methodology to prove their point. Bad media. Period. This said, Rio OCOG already admitted the bay sewage treatment will reach 80% by 2016 and ecobarriers and other costy short-period solutions will be used to guarantee fair water conditions during the games. What Brazilian media say is: the games might be okay and there won't be any legacy on finally cleaning the bay. That's the fact.

Congratulations, Intoronto!

Olympic Village

Hey, as promised, my answer. So far Brazil is finishing yet to implement HDTV. Next year analog signal will be cut from the main markets and all SDTV will be cut by 2018. There is no schedule for 4K or 8K terrestrial TV to be implemented in Brazil, meanwhile Japan is expected to be 8K in 2020. Record is a TV with far less resources than Globo in every sense... London 2012 was poorly covered by them and Sportv, as pay-to-broadscast channel made much better coverage with its 4 or 5 channels. Indeed, Sportv got some international prizes for it, meanwhile, nobody even noticed Record were broadcasting it. Record does not have the same coverage area than Globo, nor the same number of affiliates and since 2014 Record was surpassed by SBT and lost the #2 in ratings status. SBT is a shows, series and movies based Television Network with no sports. SporTV might start its 16 channels coverage 1 week before the opening ceremony. In Brazil only Band and Record uses the Olympic Rings over the logo. Globo never used them.

Best was Rio 2007. Second best was Guadalajara 2011. Toronto 2015 is the third best perfomance. Hope you are right.

I'll read your big post later and give you a proper answer, sorry, I'm at work right now. The only promo Globo did for Rio 2016 so far...

The athletes part is nice... When the cauldron appears, gosh, what a poor 3D stuff, the cauldron in the Sugar Loaf Mountain is terrible and all the rest... Sorry, it's not nice. Globo didn't unveil its graphics so far. Nor Sportv. Globo will focus in breaking news and volleyball/soccer. Sportv will have 16 channels and the biggest live coverage for Olympic Games in the history. Band will show volleyball/soccer/basketball and maybe some handball, some breaking news and not much of other competitions. Record: nobody knows. It all depends on what Bishop Macedo will be told by God to broadcast... They are always a big question mark about everything....

Terrible graphics from Record TV... gosh...

First time Brazil finished a PanAm ahead of Cuba since 1967... Brazilian NOC goal to be 3rd in medal table was accomplished... But not much for the Olympic Games. Brazilian media is expecting 3 or 4 golds only next year.

Bairros, no again, no!!! *facepalm* Somehow home advantage always plays a role.

Same for Brazil in Rio 2007 PanAms... 52 golds was too many for Brazilian standards... How was Argentina in 1995?

Yes, it is... It was the best medal count to Brazil ever

Can be, anyway, I love the fact how much Brazil Team became relevant to Canadians lately...Not provoking and talking seriously... In 1999 PanAms we would never think we would surpass Canada two PanAms in a row or specially in some SOGs. If the pace is kept, we will surpass Cuba for the first time since 1967 PanAms - which is big here in Brazil.

Come back more times, buddy. You'll change your idea.

Deal! Until this day arrives, no more rivalry!

Yeah, some did, not all, Bairros... And that's not a reason to us to be in the same level of them... Haters gonna hate anyway, and as I told before, most of the world loved the World Cup in Brazil... From TV audiences to those who came to work and watch matches. Three or four guys (members of a obscure olympic games bidding-related forums in the internet) aren't relevant to measure the global success of the World Cup in Brazil, definitively. Why not discuss PanAms in Toronto? This thread is NOT about Brazil.

Your stupid rivalry Canada vs Brazil is older than this thread... Don't play silly... And you are the one who is talking about PanAms being more relevant than Olympic Games. Yeah, you are high... Stop using drugs now, buddy. You are losing your intelligence... quickly! And finally, you started provoking medal table things in the right part of the front page of the forums. I had no idea PanAms were running when I read that. Indeed, thank you for informing us Toronto is hosting something Canadians sent their A-teams to beat "almighty" Brazil B and C-teams (not to mention some amateurs) in medal table. That's a mature way to pay back the triple of gold medals Brazil got over Canada in the last Summer Olympics. Nah, I am not. Not sure about Bairros. *whisper* He uses Dilma's pic as avatar...*whisper ends* NYK, you always are complaining about my posts but I never talked to you. BTW, I want to visit New York someday, we can have some Starbucks and you'll see you are totally wrong. Oh no, Bairros... *facepalm*

hahaha good one! Must admit! Ofan, definitvely, I have nothing against CanadaIndeed, I chosen Canada when in school every time we had Nations Expos... It's a country I truly want to visit, really. But Intoronto's stupid rivalry against Brazil brings us to some provoking jokes... Don't worry, Canada will never replace Argentina as our main rival. Canadians are friendly and nice, if you don't count Intoronto. And I agree with Cauê! Toronto would make an amazing Olympic city. Just kick Intoronto from the city and the games will be perfect. lol I'm not sure which kind of halluciogen drugs you are using, but I strongly recommend you to stop... ______________________________________________________________________ And I'm over with innexistent rivalry Canada vs. Brazil. Our rivals are the Argentines... Where is LDOG? Brazil got triple gold medals compared to Argentina... lol

What does the president have to do with everything? As far as mistakes happen, accidents also happen (indeed in your country), and to use dead people as an argument only shows how stupid are your arguments. About our World Cup: the attendees, the visitors, the TV audience, the media all around the world and even Argentines acclaimed Brazil 2014 as the best World Cup ever. Your opinion is irrelevant against all of them. I rest my case.

Hey Canadians are kind and polite, keep this reputation! You are acting like a Latino by saying this. Canadians with hot blood is new for me, Ofan. Well, it already happened in London 2012. How Canada dare to be beaten by an emerging country full of sensitive people who cries like babies? Amazing...

I know mistakes happens and I never said it was on purpose... And as I pointed, it happened in Chile, in Dominican Republic with Brazil... In London with South Korea and go on... Only asking you guys to adjust your rulers for next year when some mistake happen in Brazil (I remember the drama because the stadium in Salvador mispelled "Entrance" - it was 8 pages of "Brazil is not ready for global events"... Why didn't people remember they happen all around the globe? I can say exactly the same sentence for PanAms 2007 in Rio and for the 2014 World Cup (something you guys never hosted). For sure!!! Mistakes happen!!! Everywhere, from Brazil to Canada, to Chile, do Dominican Republic, to England................................. Maybe we care more about 3x times more gold medal than Canada in Summer Olympics. I think Canadians too. Fair and thank you for the explanation, still, the country name is Colombia. I'm not offended at all... But, Intoronto loves to provoke Brazilians at any costs about everything... Just our turn Do you want me to discuss the Canadian stereotypes here? I leave it for Americans.

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