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[aceface]

The strange thing is, the touch pad actually registers ties, it's happened a few times these games.

 

[Hootie]

7:30-midnight est.

:lol

 

[My Arms Your Hearse]

That is epically heartbreaking for Cavic.

He's making this epic, triumphant, (too) sweeping lunge towards glory, and then...

Phelps just swoops in at the absolute last moment and crushes his dreams. The hilarious part is that his hands just materialize on the wall because of the half-stroke and he is so close. You're used to seeing everyone have a bit of a lunge for the wall... a dive bomb is just soooo unexpected :lol

 

[SCReuter]

At least Cavic is being a good sport about it.

But yeah, again, I can tell if that was a .01 of a second win and it wasn't.

 

[tenritsu]

If you look at the gif and focus on Phelps, he wins no doubt.

If you look at the gif and focus on Cavic, it's indistinguishable.

To get a feel of how .01 is, I took a stopwatch and literally tried to press the stop and start button at the same time. At my best it was .02 (The stopwatches absolute fastest time possible) and it feelt instantaneous. Now, take that and divide by two.

Incredible.

 

[Ripclawe]

slower

 

[neptunes]

The strange thing is, the touch pad actually registers ties, it's happened a few times these games.

yeah I never thought of that

it has happened once this week, during a semi

 

[Kikujiro]

Guys, I think there's one fundamental thing that is missing.
To activate the pad it needs 15kg of pressure, and even if they touched together, the pressure of Phelps was greater.

I could be wrong.

 

[besada]

Yeah, I'll trust my eyes over an electronic touch pad.

Yeah, because your eyes watching a televised picture are more accurate than a Swiss made timing device and the overhead cameras that fire at 1/10000 of a second.

 

[aceface]

PROTEST FAILED.

 

[DrFunk]

It's FIIINALLL

 

[vas_a_morir]

HAHAHA

CRY MOAR SERBIA! YOU GOT SERBED!

 

[Blader]

10h58 PM Eastern Time.

Thanks.

 

[purg3]

YES, Final time set. Nice try Serbia. :lol

 

[fse]

looks like the sebian won imo.

he did touch first it seems.

 

[Timbuktu]

That is epically heartbreaking for Cavic.

He's making this epic, triumphant, (too) sweeping lunge towards glory, and then...

Phelps just swoops in at the absolute last moment and crushes his dreams. The hilarious part is that his hands just materialize on the wall because of the half-stroke and he is so close. You're used to seeing everyone have a bit of a lunge for the wall... a dive bomb is just soooo unexpected :lol

Hoff probably fell apart for the same reasons.

 

[Meier]

slower

Yeah, I felt it pretty obvious in your previous gif but this makes it even more apparent. He clearly presses first -- his perfect stroke here won it.

 

[Hootie]

HAHAHA

CRY MOAR SERBIA! YOU GOT PHELPS'D!

PHIXED PHOR PHELPSTACULAR WIN

 

[vas_a_morir]

looks like the sebian won imo.

he did touch first it seems.

Skynet disagrees.

 

[Hootie]

looks like the sebian won imo.

he did touch first it seems.

u mad?

 

[AirBrian]

slower

Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.

 

[Darth Sonik]

He punched the shit out of that sensor.

What an incredible finish, I thought he had lost when watching live.

 

[My Arms Your Hearse]

At least Cavic is being a good sport about it.

But yeah, again, I can tell if that was a .01 of a second win and it wasn't.

You're a complete joke. It's not even controversial in the slightest in super slow mo. It's OBVIOUS.

And no, the computers DON'T lie. I'm glad your eyes and brain have higher performance in these matters than brand spanking new technology designed specifically for the task. Who fucking cares that Hubble is going offline soon, we just need to send you up there huh?

 

[Windu]

Protest denied. Phelps = Winner.

 

[Shadow of the Sun]

In my opinion it looks like Phelps did touch first. I had to stare at the .gif for like two minutes straight to see it though.

 

[Formless]

Looks like Phelps extended his long fingers more. Serbian had his fingers up.

 

[AstroLad]

america is so fucking clutch. so proud right now

 

[hyonoid]

 

[Ceres]

You're a complete joke. It's not even controversial in the slightest in super slow mo. It's OBVIOUS.

And no, the computers DON'T lie. I'm glad your eyes and brain have higher performance in these matters than brand spanking new technology designed specifically for the task. Who fucking cares that Hubble is going offline soon, we just need to send you up there huh?

Wonder if he knows how magic tricks work.

 

[Cloudy]

Phelps touched it harder but there is no way he was first. I wonder what they are saying on Serbian boards :lol

 

[Meier]

That is epically heartbreaking for Cavic.

He's making this epic, triumphant, (too) sweeping lunge towards glory, and then...

Phelps just swoops in at the absolute last moment and crushes his dreams. The hilarious part is that his hands just materialize on the wall because of the half-stroke and he is so close. You're used to seeing everyone have a bit of a lunge for the wall... a dive bomb is just soooo unexpected :lol

No kidding. You *never* see someone time it perfectly so their stroke ends at the wall... to win on that, just amazing. Guy is unreal.

 

[MrPing1000]

super slowmo. Looks like Phelps to me, but it's insanely close.

 

[fistfulofmetal]

Final proof:

This is the moment Phelps touched.

In the very next frame, Phelps fingers are being bent by the pad, while Cavic's are not.

 

[skybaby]

yeah I never thought of that

it has happened once this week, during a semi

It actually happened in a final:
http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/SW/C92A/SWM011000.shtml#SWM011101

 

[Cloudy]

super slowmo.

If they really wanted to avoid controversy, they should have accepted the protest. It looks very shady this way IMO...

 

[SCReuter]

Yeah, because your eyes watching a televised picture are more accurate than a Swiss made timing device and the overhead cameras that fire at 1/10000 of a second.

You're a complete joke. It's not even controversial in the slightest in super slow mo. It's OBVIOUS.

And no, the computers DON'T lie. I'm glad your eyes and brain have higher performance in these matters than brand spanking new technology designed specifically for the task. Who fucking cares that Hubble is going offline soon, we just need to send you up there huh?

Psst... I was being sarcastic.

 

[Formless]

If they really wanted to avoid controversy, they should have accepted the protest. It looks very shady this way IMO...

0.01 difference. Computers. Get it through.

 

[AstroLad]

are the timing pands sensitive to any touch or are they using the original street fighter technology where it varies based on strength?

 

[The Hermit]

Acho que foi a primeira de sempre na natação, não? Next: Soccer.

sim e to torcendo pra que agente acabe o usa no volei de praia e futebas feminino... seria perfeito!

 

[WHOAguitarninja]

If they really wanted to avoid controversy, they should have accepted the protest. It looks very shady this way IMO...

I think accepting the protest means changing the result. You can tell in that super duper slow gif that was posted that Phelps was first though. It's damn near as close as physically possible, but he was first.

 

[aznpxdd]

Like I said, a tie AT BEST...

That's not a tie man...Phelps clearly touched it first.

 

[giga]

If they really wanted to avoid controversy, they should have accepted the protest. It looks very shady this way IMO...

they didn't figure it out this way. they have speed cameras directly 90 degrees above the final wall which proved that phelps clearly won.

quit your bitchin.

 

[neptunes]

It actually happened in a final:
http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/SW/C92A/SWM011000.shtml#SWM011101

why isn't everyone remembering this?

 

[fse]

0.01 difference. Computers. Get it through.

doesn't it just measure weight? cavic could have touched it first but with not enough force perhaps.

 

[alr1ght]

If they really wanted to avoid controversy, they should have accepted the protest. It looks very shady this way IMO...

they have super slo-mo cameras right above the touchpoints. they checked and verified the result. trying to decipher who exactly won through a gif is a tad less sophisticated than what the IOC judges are using.

 

[fistfulofmetal]

are the timing pands sensitive to any touch or is it like the original street fighter pads where it varies based on strength?

At the speed in which they're swimming towards the pads, I doubt the pressure matters much.

I mean, I'm sure they've thought this kind of stuff through.

 

[Karma]

Final proof:

This is the moment Phelps touched.

In the very next frame, Phelps fingers are being bent by the pad, while Cavic's are not.

Obvious that Phelps won with those pics. USA USA

 

[Ceres]

0.01 difference. Computers. Get it through.

Obviously the swiss hate the serbs and purposely programmed this thing to screw them over. Switzerland is neutral no more bitches!

 

[skybaby]

they have super slo-mo cameras right above the touchpoints. they checked and verified the result. trying to decipher who exactly won through a gif is a tad less sophisticated than what the IOC judges are using.

I knew it should have been an animated PNG!

 

[Schrade]

If they really wanted to avoid controversy, they should have accepted the protest. It looks very shady this way IMO...

Do you just have to go against anything from the U.S.A.? Is that just the way you're programmed?