NBC are still dicks but....

....A live stream has been found! I CAN WATCH!! I am delirious with excitement right now. I shouldn't really because it will be 2-4AM here and I have to get up at 7AM because I'm going away for the weekend...but I will. So worth it. This link has some ads on it and you have to mess around with it, Stream 2 will work. It's absolutely not legit but hey, no viruses like that gobshite who posted up one with a Trojan earlier on the USAG facebook.

The link is being publicised a bit now, you'll find it on Spanny Tampson's twitter (THANK YOU SPANNY), Full Twist's twitter and it's being discussed on the intlgymnast forums under 'can I watch in the UK' in Trials forum. It was confirmed as fine there by people who actually have NBC.

HURRAY!!!

Canadian team named and Barbosa signs

The Canadian girls really have a lot going for them, it's a great pity they don't have higher difficulty (read: 7.0 bar routines or a few amanars) to really challenge the top 3. However they will give Australia, Britain and maybe even China good run for their money. A great pity Lee is injured of course because she has such AA potential, but nevertheless, it's a strong team. Vaculik, Moors, Rogers, Pegg and Black. Desperately want to see Moors in the EF for floor, it's amazing. Must look up her SV to see if she has a fighting chance.

Jade Barbosa has apparently agreed and has signed the contract. What this means for me after the Olympics is hard to tell..I hope she doesn't end up penniless. That of course is speculating that there was a good reason for it and not just greed. Or huge pressure from her sponsors.

I did not watch MAG Night 1, not that I could have really what with REGION BLOCKING. I am not comfortable with downloading IP blockers and disabling nti-virus, particularly since I keep hearing that to watch the live streaming you have to enter a password from your satellite/TV company anyway. That team looks similar to WAG in that three are locks and the other two are still a bit up for debate. Looks like Orozco, Lleyva, Mikulik, Horton and...Dalton or Legendre. I find pommel horse and rings extremely boring. High bar is great, I enjoy that and vault and floor are fine. PB..snore. Anyway I find Orozco very endearing and easy to root for...Lleyva less so. I hate the towel thing and his super crazy coach having heart attacks all over the podium. It just smacks of 'easy for NBC to get fluff out of this'.

Good luck to Nastia and Shawn in the olympics!!

USAG facebook is the funniest thing ever. It's going to be hilarious when the team is announced and everyone gets butthurt that Nastia won't be on it. Oh and the 'OMG where's Shawn??'. Can't wait. Youtube comments with a team of Nastia, Alicia, McKayla, Aly and Jordyn also crack me up. Especially since I won't have access to the actual comp, so analysis and comments are where it's at. I would also appeal to any US readers to please upload the comp if possible. Nobody outside of the US can watch Trials at all, and there is major interest in them! It's a disgrace.

Thank you NBC you insufferable dicks

I'm waiting to watch Trials after they happen, when they are archived online as I won't be able (and don't particularly want to watch them starting at 2am my time). But I'm blocked as I am outside the USA- you absolute wankers NBC. I don't normally swear but I'm so infuriated by this. Here's hoping it goes up on youtube within a week but in the meantime I'm going to have to survive off live blogging and youtube videos of single routines which is of course fantastic to have but I so wanted the full thing. AGHHHHHHH! Rage!

There is HUGE interest in Trials outside the US. Plague us with ads on the screen all you want but they should be webcast with no region block. Universal managed it!

No live webcast of Trials :(

..makes me very sad. Fair play to universal sports for their visa and classics live webcasts which were not region blocked. Surely there's money to be made in webcasts for international viewers if they throw ads on the page? Poor show NBC. Because of the time difference (five hours ahead of east coast US) and the fact the women's competitions are starting pretty late, it will be very late here BUT maybe by the time I get up in the morning some hero will have uploaded them to youtube. Visas were uploaded very fast..international readers..we can have hope for that, and in the meantime drool over podium training videos and quick hits. Thank God for youtube!