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Opening Ceremony will be helmed by Fernando Meirelles.

Any favourite events?
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the_red_ninja wrote:Any favourite events?
Hard to say, its a toss up between when government officials compete to see who can evict more Rio residents from their homes the fastest and the event in which athletes compete to sail through swathes of human waste and dead bodies.
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I would normally be excited for this, but the integrity of the whole thing has been lost due to so many cheaters.
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Even though the opening ceremony is on Saturday, Women's Soccer starts in an hour, and Men's soccer tomorrow.


So Rio's time is PST right?
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the_red_ninja wrote:Even though the opening ceremony is on Saturday, Women's Soccer starts in an hour, and Men's soccer tomorrow.


So Rio's time is PST right?
No. BRT. They are an hour ahead of me. I'm in EST.
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the_red_ninja wrote:
Any favourite events?
basketball
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