Europe & Asia Day Semi-final Weekend Discussion Thread

[mtsweat]

@jonjones229 I would just love it if they stopped butchering the names of athletes who don't have English sounding names (or aren't on the top of the list of celebrity athletes)

 

[shiga]

@mtsweat Luckily they have Mads there to get the correct pronunciation

 

[civlwrbuf]

@shiga He pronounced Aoife Burke correctly then when one of the females mispronounced it he changed to her way

 

[labryan]

@shiga Worst part is that he is willfully mispronouncing Danish and Swedish names due to him talking in his American stage accent. 100% correct Danish pronunciation doesn't go with the rhythm of speaking English for an example.

To the point, he kept saying Team Butcher's Lab Kree-ger when it is, to an English speaker, more akin to "Krejer".

Also Chase pronounced the Hollandic names better for an example. I know and like Mads, but it become too much of a talking point between Chase and Mads to float time during early heats and on the podcast coverage.

 

[mtsweat]

@labryan The Dutch names are some of the worse. Yes, I know our language isn't a very easy language to speak, but sometimes names wouldn't even come close to what it actually is.

 

[blacktophat]

@jonjones229 Is there any way to check what lane the athletes compete in? I am struggling finding the athletes i want to follow

 

[grace4nan]

@blacktophat I don't think specific lane assignments are available.

You either catch the intro section of a broadcast when (if) they show it for the upcoming heat with on screen graphics, or

you calculate yourself daily from the leaderboard and the number of lanes they use for the specific workout (the regular field of play is 10 lanes, but sometimes they go perpendicular).

 

[giftsigns]

@jonjones229 Chase livestreaming Test 3 of Day 3 -

 

[qutcut]

@jonjones229 I hope that Vitesson will qualify

 

[labryan]

@qutcut She deserves it more than most!

 

[jimmyjam_85]

@jonjones229 This guy commentating on the Europe semi-final is the most-ah annoying-ah

 

[be_a_light]

@jimmyjam_85 Yeah-ah, I-ah could not-ah understand-ah half the names-ah because of it-ah.

 

[labryan]

@jimmyjam_85 You mean the male flowmaster?

I don't know, my dude. Depends on what century. He'd fit right in at a jousting tournament in the 1200s

 

[matafy]

@jimmyjam_85 Came here to see if anyone had the same thought.

 

[throwaway]

@jonjones229 Slippery floor in Europe? The times are a few minutes faster than USA?

 

[matrichuploader]

@throwaway They commented on the teams stream yesterday that the floor was different and they thought it would slide better.

 

[skelendke]

@throwaway Yep, the sled moved much more easily. I wouldn't put much store in the times.

 

[thobewill]

@jonjones229 Does anyone have a link to any way of knowing what is happening in Asia? The link provided above appears broken for the live stream and the leaderboard is not updating on the Crossfit website despite the fact that two indi events have completed!

 

[grace4nan]

@thobewill https://www.youtube.com/@fareastmedia364/streams

 

[giftsigns]

@thobewill Leaderboard for Far East Throwdown -

https://fareastthrowdown.com/Leaderboard

Normally the livestreams are kept once they are finished, for some reason they didn't do it, they'll probably fix the link later.