2012 Olympic logo triggers epilepsy

Post by **Anthro** » 06 Jun 2007, 12:12

THE controversial 2012 London Olympics logo was rocked by another blow last night — after it was ruled too dangerous to view on-screen.

An animated version of the symbol used on TV and the internet had to be dropped because it could trigger fits in thousands of people.

The £400,000 logo, a graffiti-style spelling of 2012 in shades of pink, blue, green and orange, was branded “hideous” when it was launched on Monday.

And Olympics bosses were left squirming with embarrassment after an epilepsy group reported 12 cases of people collapsing through looking at it.

Epilepsy Action warned that 23,000 mainly young people in the UK were at risk from the TV and internet version.

They suffer from the photosensitive form of epilepsy and flickering images can trigger fits.

*ROFL*

Hman · Post by **Hman** » 06 Jun 2007, 12:19

Roffel se kopter

Spicy-McHaggis · Post by **Spicy-McHaggis** » 06 Jun 2007, 12:22

so i doubt the special olympics wil bee using it ?

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 06 Jun 2007, 12:32

They probably got a fit from laughing their asses off

PHR33K · Post by **PHR33K** » 06 Jun 2007, 13:36

HAHAHAHA
I know I shouldnt laugh at this but I cant help it :S

Spicy-McHaggis · Post by **Spicy-McHaggis** » 06 Jun 2007, 14:18

zerubabel wrote:Epileptic people should be locked in cages anyways. What are they doing watching tv?

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In europe a guy i knew had the shocks and went to a club, luckily EMS was quick!

PaperCut · Post by **PaperCut** » 06 Jun 2007, 14:42

ROFL!
Epileptic people should probably look away now...

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Neon948 · Post by **Neon948** » 06 Jun 2007, 15:43

That logo sucks.

Spicy-McHaggis · Post by **Spicy-McHaggis** » 06 Jun 2007, 15:44

i think when someone with epilepsie sees it thats how they see it says 2012 WITH A SHOCK!!!

Zana · Post by **Zana** » 26 Jun 2008, 22:58

2012 is going to be a strange year,mayan calendar ends, people get epilepsy from olympic logo, what next?, guess this is the start... but strange that this happned.

DeathStrike · Post by **DeathStrike** » 27 Jun 2008, 09:34

Zana wrote:2012 is going to be a strange year,mayan calendar ends, people get epilepsy from olympic logo, what next?, guess this is the start... but strange that this happned.

I read sumwhere that the mayan calendar predicts the end of the world...

DJT · Post by **DJT** » 27 Jun 2008, 10:52

Spicy-McHaggis wrote:so i doubt the special olympics wil bee using it ?

ROFL

That is actually funny, and yes, i know i shouldn't laf, but i got the LULZ in the lobby now. French people are staring at me 8O

Ark · Post by **Ark** » 27 Jun 2008, 11:08

you guys gotta see this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvQxxDpsenM

i lol'd

Ark · Post by **Ark** » 27 Jun 2008, 11:39

DeathStrike wrote:
Zana wrote:2012 is going to be a strange year,mayan calendar ends, people get epilepsy from olympic logo, what next?, guess this is the start... but strange that this happned.
I read sumwhere that the mayan calendar predicts the end of the world...

i heard from a babtist pastor that a heavy study of the bible pointed out a similar event happening in 2013

Futs · Post by **Futs** » 27 Jun 2008, 12:26

Mayan, Aztech...all of them. Interesting about the planet which is speculated to orbit near our earth during that time.

Zana · Post by **Zana** » 27 Jun 2008, 23:59

Gosh, hmm and this Olympic game logo thing could be a temporal distortion, where elpileptic prone people got affected... Planet orbiting earth ? I hope its my elfies!