Over Hyped EVENTS

5rtytry56 · 01-05-2015 11:41AM #1

This thread is inspired by the recent thread, Over Hyped Places. The kind of events that have been over hyped before and after are:

Third Level Rag Weeks.
*Any* event which is described in it's promotional material as "Cool" beforehand

Corvo · 01-05-2015 11:43AM

Oxygen

noway12345 · 01-05-2015 11:44AM

The millenium.

Captain Chaos · 01-05-2015 11:46AM

Sitting the Leaving Cert.

Un Croissant · 01-05-2015 11:48AM

Last year Rag Week involved a thunderstorm which blew away the temporary bar on campus and toppled over a ye olde sweet shop van.

Plus Karl Spain doing blind date or some ****e.

And it was the same this year. Rag Week is totes amazeballs.

mikom · 01-05-2015 11:52AM

Garth........... need I continue.....

dont bother · 01-05-2015 11:52AM

Electric Picnic - or any irish festival for that matter.

they never get the weather, you have to stay as drunk as you possibly can for 3 days on end to deal with the amount of irish bog-trotters around you, and the rain. oh god the rain.

in fact, any event in this country has pretty much always been a complete and utter let down and waste of money or time. dump

podgemonster · 01-05-2015 11:53AM

Anything a team of overpaid diving soccer players play another team of overpaid soccer players based in the same English City.

This is somehow described by Sky Sports as "UNMISSABLE", "ACTION-PACKED", "ALL TO PLAY FOR" despite the teams meeting up at least twice a year. It's also deemed extremely personal affair even though half of the players on the pitch aren't even from this continent.

AndyBoBandy · 01-05-2015 11:54AM

The forthcoming U2 concerts at Christmas

the groutch · 01-05-2015 11:55AM

Mayweather Vs Pacquiao

mikom · 01-05-2015 11:55AM

podgemonster wrote: »

Anything a team of overpaid diving soccer players play another team of overpaid soccer players based in the same English City.

This is somehow described by Sky Sports as "UNMISSABLE", "ACTION-PACKED", "ALL TO PLAY FOR" despite the teams meeting up at least twice a year. It's also deemed extremely personal affair even though half of the players on the pitch aren't even from this continent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MusyO7J2inM

unkel · 01-05-2015 11:56AM

The Ryder Cup at the K-club in '06. There was a private helicopter flying over my house every 2-3 minutes. I remember thinking to myself it was absurd that every self-respecting businessman thought he needed to own a helicopter

With hindsight, that was the summit of the Celtic Tiger and the start of the recession...

valoren · 01-05-2015 11:56AM

podgemonster wrote: »

Anything a team of overpaid diving soccer players play another team of overpaid soccer players based in the same English City.

This is somehow described by Sky Sports as "UNMISSABLE", "ACTION-PACKED", "ALL TO PLAY FOR" despite the teams meeting up at least twice a year. It's also deemed extremely personal affair even though half of the players on the pitch aren't even from this continent.

The Race for Fourth.

valoren · 01-05-2015 11:58AM

Star Wars movies.

Grown men and women crying over the trailer the other week.

GTFO!

j80ezgvc3p92xu · 01-05-2015 12:05PM

the groutch wrote: »

Mayweather Vs Pacquiao

Sir, please show yourself out.

Valetta · 01-05-2015 12:12PM

The sale of Siteserv.

AndyBoBandy · 01-05-2015 12:14PM

podgemonster wrote: »

Anything a team of overpaid diving soccer players play another team of overpaid soccer players based in the same English City.

This is somehow described by Sky Sports as "UNMISSABLE", "ACTION-PACKED", "ALL TO PLAY FOR" despite the teams meeting up at least twice a year. It's also deemed extremely personal affair even though half of the players on the pitch aren't even from this continent.

Further to that, sky sports coverage of the Lions tours, and their commentator in particular.

It seems like every tackle made will echo down through the annals of time, or every scrum won have stories forever told about it around camp fires.
It's a game of rugby ffs

kfallon · 01-05-2015 12:15PM

The Heineken Cup in rugby

DamienOB · 01-05-2015 12:20PM

Ask my girlfriend, she'd prob say sex with me

Arsemageddon · 01-05-2015 12:33PM

dont bother wrote: »

Electric Picnic - or any irish festival for that matter.

they never get the weather, you have to stay as drunk as you possibly can for 3 days on end to deal with the amount of irish bog-trotters around you, and the rain. oh god the rain.

in fact, any event in this country has pretty much always been a complete and utter let down and waste of money or time. dump

Yet another one of your 'Ireland is a kip, everyone in it is a culchie muck-savage' posts.

How stunningly original, go you!

whiskeyman · 01-05-2015 12:50PM

Launch of the new iThingamabob

Mesrine65 · 01-05-2015 12:52PM

the groutch wrote: »

Mayweather Vs Pacquiao

:eek:

castletownman · 01-05-2015 12:54PM

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

Further to that, sky sports coverage of the Lions tours, and their commentator in particular.

It seems like every tackle made will echo down through the annals of time, or every scrum won have stories forever told about it around camp fires.
It's a game of rugby ffs

Particularly that Munster vs All Blacks game in 1978.

You'd swear it was a world cup won, not some glorified friendly against a tour team.

And it's made even worse by that recent Guinness ad.

Boskowski · 01-05-2015 12:56PM

valoren wrote: »

Star Wars movies.

Grown men and women crying over the trailer the other week.

GTFO!

Careful now :pac:

osarusan · 01-05-2015 12:56PM

Limerick Riverfest.

Which is something, because it isn't really hyped that much anyway.

Ryder Cup - it's a nonsense tournament.

International Rules - it's a nonsense tournament.

Stone Deaf 4evr · 01-05-2015 12:57PM

Mass

Son Of A Vidic · 01-05-2015 01:05PM

mikom wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MusyO7J2inM

That is brilliant.:D

Aongus Von Bismarck · 01-05-2015 01:09PM

I went to Electric Picnic a few years back with my girlfriend at the time. While it wasn't an absolute disaster, it certainly wasn't the tranquil and bohemian paradise portrayed by a breathless media.

The food was, with only two notable exceptions, terrible. Stodgy carb, poor quality meat, over salted sauce. Not the gourmets paradise I was expecting. The best meal of the weekend was out of the picnic hamper I prepared before we headed down.

The music itself was a real mixed bag. There's a reason I hadn't heard of most of them, and that's because they were rubbish. The crowd lived up to the stereotype for the most part. Think chunky ankles, sunburn, bootcut jeans, warm lager, excessive bad language, drunkenness, public urination.

The best part of the weekend was the lovely Yurt we hired in the boutique camping site. Lovely soft double bed, good plush carpets, a reading light. Some lovely people beside us as well. I also enjoyed getting involved in a passionate debate in the debate tent over my defence of the free market.

I was still glad to hop into the Beamer nice and early on the Monday morning and get us back to Dublin for a proper power shower and a bathrobe. A glass of properly chilled white wine was also appreciated.

Massively overhyped.

tastyt · 01-05-2015 01:15PM

Christmas. A load of Bollocks.

I do enjoy the pints and time off though

sbsquarepants · 01-05-2015 01:20PM

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

The best part of the weekend was the lovely Yurt we hired in the boutique camping site. Lovely soft double bed, good plush carpets, a reading light. Some lovely people beside us as well. I also enjoyed getting involved in a passionate debate in the debate tent over my defence of the free market.

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Partaaay. You sound like a right laugh!

kfallon · 01-05-2015 01:23PM

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

I went to Electric Picnic a few years back with my girlfriend at the time. While it wasn't an absolute disaster, it certainly wasn't the tranquil and bohemian paradise portrayed by a breathless media.

The food was, with only two notable exceptions, terrible. Stodgy carb, poor quality meat, over salted sauce. Not the gourmets paradise I was expecting. The best meal of the weekend was out of the picnic hamper I prepared before we headed down.

The music itself was a real mixed bag. There's a reason I hadn't heard of most of them, and that's because they were rubbish. The crowd lived up to the stereotype for the most part. Think chunky ankles, sunburn, bootcut jeans, warm lager, excessive bad language, drunkenness, public urination.

The best part of the weekend was the lovely Yurt we hired in the boutique camping site. Lovely soft double bed, good plush carpets, a reading light. Some lovely people beside us as well. I also enjoyed getting involved in a passionate debate in the debate tent over my defence of the free market.

I was still glad to hop into the Beamer nice and early on the Monday morning and get us back to Dublin for a proper power shower and a bathrobe. A glass of properly chilled white wine was also appreciated.

Massively overhyped.

lol - still it was nice of you to mix with the common man, I'm sure it was a thrill for most of them!

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