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Title: 2008 Beijing Olympics! Post by: Nook on June 26, 2003, 04:10:08 PM IDBF is campaigning to get Dragonboat officially recognized as an Olympic event.
They have set up a petition to get our collective voice heard http://www.dragonboat2008.org.uk/ Title: 2008 Beijing Olympics! Post by: Photog on June 26, 2003, 04:45:02 PM Nice cause, but could the shirt be any cheesier? :lol:
I feel like throwing up whenever I see that chinese-y font. :lol: I'd prob still wear it though. :D Were they selling it at Alcan? Title: 2008 Beijing Olympics! Post by: Nook on June 26, 2003, 11:27:32 PM don't think so, the tshirt is sanctioned by the idbf, so maybe they are available at IDBF festivals, which are only the East coast (toronto or montreal, forgot which one)
Title: 2008 Beijing Olympics! Post by: Mach_5 on June 27, 2003, 10:12:57 AM Sadly, I doubt the IOC will take the petition very seriously when the see **** like this:
Quote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 Mar 2003 17:25:44 Chen, cheng-kuo Taiwan, Taipei Fu Jen University Dragon Boat team [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 Mar 2003 17:26:41 Chen, cheng-kuo Taiwan, Taipei Fu Jen University Dragon Boat team [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 Mar 2003 17:27:07 Chen, cheng-kuo Taiwan, Taipei Fu Jen University Dragon Boat team [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 Mar 2003 17:33:12 Chen, Cheng-kuo Taiwan, Taipei Fu Jen University Dragon boat team. [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 Mar 2003 17:33:39 Chen, Cheng-kuo Taiwan, Taipei Fu Jen University Dragon boat team. [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 Mar 2003 17:36:06 Chen, Cheng-kuo Taiwan, Taipei Fu Jen University Dragon boat team. [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 Mar 2003 17:37:25 Chen, Cheng-kuo Taiwan, Taipei Fu Jen University Dragon boat team. [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 Mar 2003 17:40:09 Chen, Cheng-kuo Taiwan, Taipei Fu Jen University Dragon boat team. [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 Mar 2003 17:54:33 Chen, Cheng-kuo Taiwan, Taipei Fu Jen University Dragon boat team. [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 Mar 2003 18:18:28 CHEN CHENG-KUO Taiwan, Taipei Fu Jen University Dragon boat team. [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 Mar 2003 18:29:09 CHEN CHENG-KUO Taiwan, Taipei Fu Jen University Dragon boat team. [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26 Jun 2003 08:12:15 MARY MANOV AUSTRALIA, CANBERRA CANBERRA GRIFFINS DRAGONBOAT CLUB [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26 Jun 2003 08:12:22 MARY MANOV AUSTRALIA, CANBERRA CANBERRA GRIFFINS DRAGONBOAT CLUB [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26 Jun 2003 08:12:27 MARY MANOV AUSTRALIA, CANBERRA CANBERRA GRIFFINS DRAGONBOAT CLUB [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- .... I'm sure these aren't the only ones, these are the ones I noticed on the first page of the petition alone. :( Title: 2008 Beijing Olympics! Post by: Nook on June 27, 2003, 10:28:18 AM oh well, don't let that stop you from doing your part, if you care that is
Title: 2008 Beijing Olympics! Post by: Mach_5 on June 27, 2003, 10:30:57 AM Yep, I signed once myself. That would be so sweet to get db into the olympics! :D
Title: 2008 Beijing Olympics! Post by: Mach_5 on June 27, 2003, 10:41:20 AM Is this a hoax? Why did they have to Photoshop the picture of the guy sporting the yellow t-shirt and the dragonboat paddle? Zoom in a bit... the paddle is SO obviously cut and pasted into the image and the yellow t-shirt looks like someone drew it on with the paintbrush tool. Nice job of the shading, but I think the edge on the left sleeve is the biggest give away that it's not real. :lol:
Title: 2008 Beijing Olympics! Post by: Photog on June 27, 2003, 10:55:01 AM Quote from: Mach_5 Is this a hoax? Why did they have to Photoshop the picture of the guy sporting the yellow t-shirt and the dragonboat paddle? Zoom in a bit... the paddle is SO obviously cut and pasted into the image and the yellow t-shirt looks like someone drew it on with the paintbrush tool. Nice job of the shading, but I think the edge on the left sleeve is the biggest give away that it's not real. :lol: You are correct, I did not look at it long enough to notice, but the guy definitely has a white t-shirt on with the yellow one superimposed. Pretty sh!tty photoshop job, but isn't that noticeable on the small pic and it blends in with the jpeg compression. I guess the IDBF didn't have the funds or means to have the shirt properly photographed. Title: 2008 Beijing Olympics! Post by: Mach_5 on June 27, 2003, 10:57:10 AM Quote I guess the IDBF didn't have the funds or means to have the shirt properly photographed. Oh please! Anyone with a $20 disposable camera can take a better photo than that. Title: 2008 Beijing Olympics! Post by: Photog on June 27, 2003, 11:04:56 AM Quote from: Mach_5 Oh please! Anyone with a $20 disposable camera can take a better photo than that. Maybe they are lazy or just plain @$$ suck. I dunno, people do stupid things for stupid reasons. Title: 2008 Beijing Olympics! Post by: Mach_5 on June 27, 2003, 11:10:45 AM Quote Maybe they are lazy or just plain @$$ suck. I dunno, people do stupid things for stupid reasons. I prefer to think this is all some big conspiracy. I bet they made up the T-Shirts and this whole petition thing to cull email address from the Dragonboating community so that they can mass email dragonboat-related advertising. Bastards! :lol: Title: 2008 Beijing Olympics! Post by: Mach_5 on June 27, 2003, 11:14:45 AM Quote If you scroll through and check some of the replies, you'll probably recognize invidual paddlers and teams. I remember receiving an email back in 2001 asking me to sign. I don't doubt most or all of the signees are legitimate people who, like myself, want to see Dragonboating in the olympics and yes, I do see familiar team names etc. It doesn't mean they won't be using our contact information for their own nefarious purposes. ;) I also think the people running the petition need to very carefully ensure that only one person submits a 'signature' to the petition. They could have done this by IP address fairly easily, but as long as they cut out obvious duplicates before submitting it everything should be okay. Title: 2008 Beijing Olympics! Post by: Nook on June 27, 2003, 11:15:30 AM just because they had to photoshop the shirt on, then added the paddle for aesthetics doesn't mean the whole thing is a hoax.
frankly the only thing I focussed on was the petition, what were you doing gazing at that guy in the photo for anyways? :wink: Title: 2008 Beijing Olympics! Post by: Mach_5 on June 27, 2003, 11:18:46 AM Quote frankly the only thing I focussed on was the petition, what were you doing gazing at that guy in the photo for anyways? Not at him... at the hideous shirt. It's a good example of what NOT to do if you want to promote a sport. Title: 2008 Beijing Olympics! Post by: Photog on June 27, 2003, 11:18:54 AM Quote from: Nook just because they had to photoshop the shirt on, then added the paddle for aesthetics doesn't mean the whole thing is a hoax. frankly the only thing I focussed on was the petition, what were you doing gazing at that guy in the photo for anyways? :wink: Ack, just having some fun. I signed it like a year ago already anyways. :lol: Title: 2008 Beijing Olympics! Post by: DBWTim on June 27, 2003, 11:41:24 AM OK... amusing comments guys...
if we're complaining of how that site does all this wrong... how about you set up an Olympic Petition ourselves? :wink: Mach_5, you seem well versed in how to set up a proper running online petition.... want to prove it? Photog... we know you can take better photos than what's used there... With our webhosting sponsorship from Glide (blatant sponsor plug), we could host it on our website. I don't think Glide would mind the increase in exposure hosting an online petition once we get their logos and banners. But just curious... Didn't China choose Wu Shu over Dragon Boat for 2008? Title: 2008 Beijing Olympics! Post by: Mach_5 on June 27, 2003, 01:42:27 PM Quote Mach_5, you seem well versed in how to set up a proper running online petition.... want to prove it? I didn't say I knew how to do it myself, just that I know it's possible. I can look into it though. :roll: Title: 2008 Beijing Olympics! Post by: Photog on June 27, 2003, 01:50:11 PM Quote from: chaos I don't think Glide would mind the increase in exposure hosting an online petition once we get their logos and banners. That would be awesome, we just have to design a shirt for it first. Quote from: chaos But just curious... Didn't China choose Wu Shu over Dragon Boat for 2008? Dunno, but I definitely think Wu Shu is much more worthy of the Olympics than dragon boat. I thought it would have been in already?Title: 2008 Beijing Olympics! Post by: DBWTim on June 27, 2003, 02:35:18 PM Quote from: Mach_5 I didn't say I knew how to do it myself, just that I know it's possible. I can look into it though. :roll: Sorry Mach, forgot the happy face... it should have read Quote Mach_5, you seem well versed in how to set up a proper running online petition.... want to prove it? :P Title: 2008 Beijing Olympics! Post by: Mach_5 on June 27, 2003, 02:39:26 PM Quote Sorry Mach, forgot the happy face... it should have read Quote Mach_5, you seem well versed in how to set up a proper running online petition.... want to prove it? :P lol.... I've could have a working petition going that won't accept multiple posts from an IP address in just a few hours. Gotta love free script sites ;) Title: 2008 Beijing Olympics! Post by: GrannyB on June 28, 2003, 02:25:49 AM wohoo! who's drawing up the shirt? or are gonna sell jerseys?
Title: 2008 Beijing Olympics! Post by: tiny tina on July 23, 2003, 09:03:44 PM :o wow am i slow or am i slow! i never knew wu shu is an olympic sport now?! ! it'll be great if dragonboat becomes an olympic sport, but then it's such a hassel! in order for a city to have dragonboat races, they must aquire a sh*t load of D-boats. But man there're gonna be such amazing races to the audience! 8)
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