MAXIMUM SPEED: oh teh noes! Crysis' nanosuit is used in teh Olympics

[andylawcc]

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=12636

anyway, politics aside, I really want to buy this now:

http://www.speedo80.com/lzr-ra...male-bodyskin-no-arms/

doesn't it look like the Nanosuit from Crysis?

 

[Mo0o]

The LZR RACER has been around for awhile now... I thought people already finished their rabbling about it

 

[Ns1]

http://forums.anandtech.com/me..._key=y&keyword1=speedo

 

[Lamont Burns]

Who are these people under a rock that are just now complaining.

 

[LittleNemoNES]

what do they mean by bonded? I thought it was almost painted on

 

[JulesMaximus]

I thought it was approved for the Olympics months ago...

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
I thought it was approved for the Olympics months ago...

And if the Chinese can falsify the birth records of their gymnasts, we can use the LZR RACER.

 

[lokiju]

I can see junk.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
I thought it was approved for the Olympics months ago...

And if the Chinese can falsify the birth records of their gymnasts, we can use the LZR RACER.

who cares? every team can use it

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
I thought it was approved for the Olympics months ago...

And if the Chinese can falsify the birth records of their gymnasts, we can use the LZR RACER.

who cares? every team can use it

I realized someone would mention that after I posted it. I know every team can use it.

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
I thought it was approved for the Olympics months ago...

And if the Chinese can falsify the birth records of their gymnasts, we can use the LZR RACER.

who cares? every team can use it

The problem is not every team can pay for every individual to have one, especially if it's supposed to be replaced every 10th race. However, it's kinda like NASCAR. Everyone has different cars, engine mods, etc. I'm sure it's not that hard for a professional racer to get $500 for a suit. Also, Michael Phelps has raced several times without this suit and has still CRUSHED world records.

 

[shocksyde]

Originally posted by: SociallyChallenged

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
I thought it was approved for the Olympics months ago...

And if the Chinese can falsify the birth records of their gymnasts, we can use the LZR RACER.

who cares? every team can use it

The problem is not every team can pay for every individual to have one, especially if it's supposed to be replaced every 10th race. However, it's kinda like NASCAR. Everyone has different cars, engine mods, etc. I'm sure it's not that hard for a professional racer to get $500 for a suit. Also, Michael Phelps has raced several times without this suit and has still CRUSHED world records.

The commentators said speedo supplies them to Olympic athletes for free.

 

[MH2007]

Some of the athletes cannot wear the suits do to contractual obligations to sponsors that are rivals of Speedo.

I remember one swimmer (from China I think?) that was wearing the suit but had a piece of gray duct tape over the Speedo logo

 

[benzylic]

Originally posted by: shocksyde

Originally posted by: SociallyChallenged

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
I thought it was approved for the Olympics months ago...

And if the Chinese can falsify the birth records of their gymnasts, we can use the LZR RACER.

who cares? every team can use it

The problem is not every team can pay for every individual to have one, especially if it's supposed to be replaced every 10th race. However, it's kinda like NASCAR. Everyone has different cars, engine mods, etc. I'm sure it's not that hard for a professional racer to get $500 for a suit. Also, Michael Phelps has raced several times without this suit and has still CRUSHED world records.

The commentators said speedo supplies them to Olympic athletes for free.

I would assume only athletes they sponsor

 

[CPA]

Originally posted by: MH2007
Some of the athletes cannot wear the suits do to contractual obligations to sponsors that are rivals of Speedo.

I remember one swimmer (from China I think?) that was wearing the suit but had a piece of gray duct tape over the Speedo logo

duct tape fixes everything....even possible breaches of contracts.

 

[Jugernot]

Originally posted by: mxrider

Originally posted by: shocksyde

Originally posted by: SociallyChallenged

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
I thought it was approved for the Olympics months ago...

And if the Chinese can falsify the birth records of their gymnasts, we can use the LZR RACER.

who cares? every team can use it

The problem is not every team can pay for every individual to have one, especially if it's supposed to be replaced every 10th race. However, it's kinda like NASCAR. Everyone has different cars, engine mods, etc. I'm sure it's not that hard for a professional racer to get $500 for a suit. Also, Michael Phelps has raced several times without this suit and has still CRUSHED world records.

The commentators said speedo supplies them to Olympic athletes for free.

I would assume only athletes they sponsor

Incorrect, every swimmer was offered free suits. As people have posted, only those with competeing contracts from other companies were unable to wear them because of their contract obligations.

 

[jonks]

Maximum Package?

 

[Platypus]

Originally posted by: lokiju
I can see junk.

 

[lupi]

Worse, many teams and individual swimmers have contractual obligations which bar them from wearing the Racer. According to some, this gives an unfair competitive advantage. Alberto Castagnetti, coach of the Italian swim team -- which wears a rival brand -- calls the suit "technological doping". Australian coach Forbes Carlisle has written an open letter calling for it to be banned outright.

Yeah, must suck that you took money from the 2nd rate company and getting your ass kicked cause of it.

 

[Fenixgoon]

that looks nothing like the crysis nanosuit.

 

[ryan256]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
I thought it was approved for the Olympics months ago...

And if the Chinese can falsify the birth records of their gymnasts, we can use the LZR RACER.

who cares? every team who doesn't have a contract from a rival manufacturer can use it

Fixed

 

[Savij]

Originally posted by: andylawcc
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=12636

anyway, politics aside, I really want to buy this now:

http://www.speedo80.com/lzr-ra...male-bodyskin-no-arms/

doesn't it look like the Nanosuit from Crysis?

The suit makes will reduce your times by 1%. Your shitty swimming will still increase your times by 50%.

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: Savij

Originally posted by: andylawcc
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=12636

anyway, politics aside, I really want to buy this now:

http://www.speedo80.com/lzr-ra...male-bodyskin-no-arms/

doesn't it look like the Nanosuit from Crysis?

The suit makes will reduce your times by 1%. Your shitty swimming will still increase your times by 50%.

Damnit, they didn't tell me that when I bought the suit.