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Posted on 02-17-10 10:58:17 PM (last edited by krutomisi at 02-17-10 07:58 PM) Link | Quote

Originally posted by Gabu
So instead of flying off, where they may still survive, they build a wall, and have that chance snuffed out.


nah, the guy wouldn't have died if that wall had been there, but the whole thing is still

Originally posted by Gabu
Good going, Olympics. :specialed:


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Posted on 02-17-10 11:56:53 PM Link | Quote
I know, but I'm saying going into a wall at 60 + miles per hour with no metallic shell to protect seems pretty fucked up.

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Posted on 02-18-10 12:02:36 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Gabu
So instead of flying off, where they may still survive, they build a wall, and have that chance snuffed out.

Good going, Olympics. :specialed:

Yeah, no bonus. The wall is parallel to the tracks, so they won't be "slamming into it at __ miles per hour". They'll collide with it with considerably less force, and just slide/roll along it until they come to a stop. Chances are they'd still be beaten up (probably a broken bone or ten) because at that speed you really don't have much luck anywhere, but that's still a far cry from flying off the track and into a metal pole and snapping your body pretty much in half.

So... yeah.

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Posted on 02-18-10 04:29:11 AM Link | Quote

Fun fact: apparently when VANOC declared the track "Safe," they did so after being advised so by some Luge association or another.

So if that is indeed true, it may not be "good going olympics" but "fission mailed, luge assoc."

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