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valo403 · 02-13-2010, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by dj_patm

So we'll keep the poles?
Sweet that roof looks wicked, It just wouldn't be the same with out it

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You were expecting them to go in with blow torches? The poles aren't the issue, keeping athletes from leaving the track is the issue.

dj_patm · 02-13-2010, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by BloodFetish

To sum up that official statement...

Not making a correct entrance into curve 16 = guaranteed accident possibly involving death, but this is not due to deficiencies in the track.

That's a head scratcher. I'm very relieved they're taking those metal posts out of play, but unless the change in ice profile has a noticable effect I expect lugers will continue to spill in that curve but hopefully not with the same tragic results.

No this will boost the Luge ratings x20

dj_patm · 02-13-2010, 01:01 AM

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Originally Posted by valo403

You were expecting them to go in with blow torches? The poles aren't the issue, keeping athletes from leaving the track is the issue.

That is true but honestly you'd think they'd remove them. Just seems like a logical thing to do...

valo403 · 02-13-2010, 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by dj_patm

That is true but honestly you'd think they'd remove them. Just seems like a logical thing to do...

No, actually it doesn't.

Removing = dismantling a massive steel structure overnight.

Placing barriers = logical thing to do

JayP · 02-13-2010, 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by BloodFetish

Not making a correct entrance into curve 16 = guaranteed accident possibly involving death, but this is not due to deficiencies in the track.

That's a head scratcher.

How is it a head scratcher?

You go into the most difficult corner on the course wrong, you're more than likely going to spill. Every single track in the world is the exact same.

dj_patm · 02-13-2010, 01:25 AM

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Originally Posted by JayP

How is it a head scratcher?

You go into the most difficult corner on the course wrong, you're more than likely going to spill. Every single track in the world is the exact same.

Usually most tracks in the world are designed so that after falling you don't fly into a steel pole.

But hey, look at our opening ceremonies! What do you expect!?

valo403 · 02-13-2010, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by dj_patm

Usually most tracks in the world are designed so that after falling you don't fly into a steel pole.

But hey, look at our opening ceremonies! What do you expect!?

Why do you deem it necessary to take a good post and then run it by commenting like a total idiot? C'mon man, stop digging your grave.

dj_patm · 02-13-2010, 01:30 AM

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Originally Posted by valo403

Why do you deem it necessary to take a good post and then run it by commenting like a total idiot? C'mon man, stop digging your grave.

Am I wrong?

Do people design tracks so that when something goes wrong, it goes as bad as possible? Cause it couldn't go any worse.

FireFly · 02-13-2010, 01:33 AM

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Originally Posted by dj_patm

Usually most tracks in the world are designed so that after falling you don't fly into a steel pole.

But hey, look at our opening ceremonies! What do you expect!?

Usually elite athletes can better handle their sleds. He was well out of the turn before he went over the edge.

CokeMachineGlow · 02-13-2010, 01:37 AM

It's a hard video to watch. But I can't help but agree some what with dj patm. truth be told, however, if you go flying off your sled at 100km really there's no good place to land except in a huge stack of pillows...

dj_patm · 02-13-2010, 01:38 AM

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Originally Posted by FireFly

Usually elite athletes can better handle their sleds. He was well out of the turn before he went over the edge.

He's not the only one. Wasn't there like 5 or 6 athletes that had close calls, one of them being a perennial medalist?

The track is fundamentally flawed and they're not moving it or making significant changes too save money. Thats it.

We'll see what happens. If another serious accident happens on that track, I'm pretty sure you can write off the reputation of these games...

malcolmk14 · 02-13-2010, 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by dj_patm

He's not the only one. Wasn't there like 5 or 6 athletes that had close calls, one of them being a perennial medalist?

The track is fundamentally flawed and they're not moving it or making significant changes too save money. Thats it.

We'll see what happens. If another serious accident happens on that track, I'm pretty sure you can write off the reputation of these games...

Yeah, and what if nothing happens? What if everyone finishes the track and no one else gets seriously injured? Will you shut the $*#@ up finally?

FireFly · 02-13-2010, 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by dj_patm

He's not the only one. Wasn't there like 5 or 6 athletes that had close calls, one of them being a perennial medalist?

The track is fundamentally flawed and they're not moving it or making significant changes too save money. Thats it.

We'll see what happens. If another serious accident happens on that track, I'm pretty sure you can write off the reputation of these games...

Ugh. Not all on the same corner. And none of them were about to go flying out of the track like that.

What you should do once in a while is listen instead of talk. Not every post needs a comment. Not every thought needs to be written down.

Yes, a lot of persons have had accidents on that track. It's a dangerous track in a dangerous sport. It happens. Accidents in luge happen quite frequently actually. Remember the Jamaican bobsled team in Calgary?

If Canada doesn't win Gold in men's hockey you can 'write off the reputation of these games' too... whatever that means.

dj_patm · 02-13-2010, 01:43 AM

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Originally Posted by malcolmk14

Yeah, and what if nothing happens? What if everyone finishes the track and no one else gets seriously injured? Will you shut the $*#@ up finally?

No. Cause a man lost his life already due to the fact that the engineers didn't think that the walls should be higher.

dj_patm · 02-13-2010, 01:44 AM

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Originally Posted by FireFly

Yes, a lot of persons have had accidents on that track. It's a dangerous track in a dangerous sport. It happens. Accidents in luge happen quite frequently actually. Remember the Jamaican bobsled team in Calgary?

Nope. Because they didn't fly off the track and hit a metal post and die.

Wierd hey? They screwed up, going really fast and they DIDN'T die.

FireFly · 02-13-2010, 01:50 AM

Ignore is my new favorite. I feel better already. It's like I'm talking to myself now in a big white empty room. I mean, it was kinda like that before, but this is different. It echos the intelligence and I can no longer hear the inane musings of others.

*sigh*

CokeMachineGlow · 02-13-2010, 01:50 AM

I think we can all agree that if another luger dies on this track during these games it will be a black mark on Canadian sport we may never live down

dj_patm · 02-13-2010, 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by FireFly

Ignore is my new favorite. I feel better already. It's like I'm talking to myself now in a big white empty room. I mean, it was kinda like that before, but this is different. It echos the intelligence and I can no longer hear the inane musings of others.

*sigh*

Ignore is the new Touche... Its another means of saying "I'm an idiot and you were right."

nik- · 02-13-2010, 02:11 AM

Regardless of him not handling the corner right, there should be no part of the track where screwing up causes you to leave the track, let alone leave the track into a row of squared off metal pillars.

CokeMachineGlow · 02-13-2010, 02:20 AM

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Originally Posted by nik-

Regardless of him not handling the corner right, there should be no part of the track where screwing up causes you to leave the track, let alone leave the track into a row of squared off metal pillars.

yeah this. this isn't mutant league football, where falling out of bounds sends you flying off into the abyss of the universe