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**Once again, it's time for the FNGT!** If you don't know how this works, [click this link](https://fngt.gq/index.php?page=intro). That link will take you to another site to give you some additional information and tell you about some of our off-site features. That's also the site where we will host the weekly guitar threads, should Poal go down. **NOTE:** That site is by invitation only. If you want an invite, and you're a regular participant, then just ask Crazy, or myself. If you do know what's going on, you probably don't need to click that link - but you may want to, to make sure you know of the other features, such as the archive or a separate forum that's invite only. Remember, we are guests here on Poal. Let's act like it. If you're interested in supporting Poal, then [you can donate](https://poal.co/donate).

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What's ROC? Republic of China

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Also, China would be the PRC - People's Republic of China.

I'm pretty sure... My memory is kinda faulty right now, but I'm pretty sure they're the PRC.

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They could just be China, they are the host, aren't they?

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China is the host, but they can't compete under China's flag. China has their own team and each team is limited in the number of athletes they field. So, they gotta compete as ROC or not at all.

This being the Olympics, there's always some shady shit going on - like a person being granted citizenship in a country just to compete under their flag. Some of the countries that don't field many people will also let you compete under their flag.

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Russia. It's the "Russian Olympic Committee" because Russia can't compete as a country. There are no mentions of Russia at ceremonies and no Russian flags or anything like that.

It was the same thing for the Summer Olympic games. They got seriously, seriously caught cheating. Like, blatantly caught doping all their athletes. Not just one or two of them, but like all of them. Sometimes without the athlete even knowing they were being doped.

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Oh OK, I am not an Olympics watcher. Too many human interest BS stories to manipulate you emotionally

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Of course there are. You're supposed to be emotional. That's kinda the whole point of watching sports. Beyond that, they want you to root for the same team they're rooting for - in this case the US 'cause we're watching a US feed.

Emoting is the entire point of watching. Human interest stories help with that. When you know more about the person, you're more emotionally invested. You don't give a shit when someone in your town gets shot and you don't know 'em. You'd be all sorts of emotional if it was your girlfriend that got shot.