The Paris Olympics 2024!

[cocopop3011]

7 days to go and I am very excited! I absolutely love the Olympics, the gymnastics is my favourite part, but enjoy a lot more of the sports. 
 

How does everyone feel about the Olympics? And which sports do you like to watch? 
 

What kind of bets can we make guys? You’ll have to help me out with this part. 

[Afi4wins]

I love watching the Olympic events, love the track events especially. Love the gymnastics and some others too. 

[Blackjax]

@cocopop3011 looks like you are about to start your sports betting addiction. 

[Flatzem]

only time I recall betting on an Olympic event was back in 2004,

when I bet on Wariner.

 

[Blackjax]

@cocopop3011 pick your sporting events.

[cocopop3011]

9 minutes ago, Blackjax said:

@cocopop3011 looks like you are about to start your sports betting addiction. 

I can see it going that way, yes

[cocopop3011]

22 minutes ago, Afi4wins said:

I love watching the Olympic events, love the track events especially. Love the gymnastics and some others too. 

Love the track events also Afi!! Another of my favourites. 

[cocopop3011]

@Blackjax shall we do some admin points contests? Happy to give you free reign of this, just please run your ideas past me first in here. 

[Blackjax]

I am bad at olympics events. I only like boxing among the listed events. I used to love watching Curling as it was a weird sport to watch at first. 

I suggest we should do a contest regarding how many medals a country will win. Pick your favourites to win most Gold, silver and bronze medals. Pick a country to top the medals tally. Finally guess total number of medals your own country will win. Not exact but a range. 

[cocopop3011]

On 7/19/2024 at 1:38 PM, Blackjax said:

I am bad at olympics events. I only like boxing among the listed events. I used to love watching Curling as it was a weird sport to watch at first. 

I suggest we should do a contest regarding how many medals a country will win. Pick your favourites to win most Gold, silver and bronze medals. Pick a country to top the medals tally. Finally guess total number of medals your own country will win. Not exact but a range. 

We will run a contest like this! If I set up the contest, @Blackjax are you willing to keep track of the results as I’m swamped with reviews right now. I’m willing to produce a lot of admin points for the contest to get people taking part. Let me work it all out tonight. 

[Blackjax]

Done. Please go ahead with the comp.

[cocopop3011]

14 minutes ago, Blackjax said:

Done. Please go ahead with the comp.

I’m on the case. I’ll come back to you

[Blackjax]

8 minutes ago, cocopop3011 said:

I’m on the case. I’ll come back to you

The first medal will be awarded on 27th so take your time. 

[caroline93]

On 7/19/2024 at 3:06 PM, cocopop3011 said:

The Olympic Games are always an exciting event! Personally, I love watching gymnastics and athletics, but other sports are just as interesting. As for bets, you can place bets on the winners of individual competitions, the overall medal tally, team tournament results, and even the performances of specific athletes. The main thing is to approach this responsibly and enjoy the spectacle!

 

[cocopop3011]

8 minutes ago, Blackjax said:

The first medal will be awarded on 27th so take your time. 

We are in the middle of creating something with the team, this will be exciting!! I hope we can get members to take part. 

[cocopop3011]

So I have placed my first bet so far. 
 

[Maiwen]

What I like about the Olympic games, football and athletics which is the individual sport with the most events and participants.

[Flatzem]

[cocopop3011]

16 minutes ago, Flatzem said:

Me and the children watched it and absolutely loved it. It was VERY different to other openings, very “extra” I would say, but we loved it. Love the Olympic flame this year. 

[cocopop3011]

@Blackjax Did you watch the hockey? GB vs India. Well done India, through to the semi-final on penalites.

[Blackjax]

3 hours ago, cocopop3011 said:

@Blackjax Did you watch the hockey? GB vs India. Well done India, through to the semi-final on penalites.

Yup. It was an amazing match. India were down to 10 players and managed to not allow a single goal and then GB down to 10 as well. The penalties were exciting to watch. GB started pretty good but then they just fumbled the win.

[Blackjax]

On 7/25/2024 at 7:27 PM, cocopop3011 said:

So I have placed my first bet so far. 
 

@cocopop3011 you predicted Team GB to win 70 medals and they are on 38 now. Do you think they will reach 70?

[cocopop3011]

16 minutes ago, Blackjax said:

@cocopop3011 you predicted Team GB to win 70 medals and they are on 38 now. Do you think they will reach 70?

It’s going for be close I think! How many days do we have left? 

[Blackjax]

12 minutes ago, cocopop3011 said:

It’s going for be close I think! How many days do we have left? 

7, including today. It ends on 11th.

[Afi4wins]

@cocopop3011 Malaysia just won its 2nd Bronze Medal via the Badminton Men's Singles. Well done my chosen athlete, although I expected him to take home a Silver.

My country medals prediction was 3, but won only 2, and I don't think there's anymore events for my country. So, do I still win admin points for guessing 2 instead of 3? It's well within the +- 10 medals prediction though.