I hope it is in KL...I heard it already but I will check one more time.... If it is held in KL...yes...I will come back to Asia then this is first time in 15 yrs, I will have old and new in Jakarta/Bali.... Lets Hycong organize the gathering.....
The Super-Series FINAL is going to be on the 18th-23rd December, just right before Christmas. I will definitely be in SUB on the 16th December...whether or not I will drop by KL if the Final venue is there will still be a question mark as I have an impending family trip to Bali (yet again) on 19-23rd. We'll see how it goes....
I am hoping too, but I am not as loaded as Hau-Ge and I do have some important family committment to attend to first before I can sneak away and watcht the SS Finals
Singapore is a better choice but i guess the sponsor's likely to be Malaysian firm so they call the shots on the venue.
Singapore and KL are very close to one another... Overall, we can say this should be a cheap trip for the Southeast Asian Badminton fans in general... Good choice, BWF... But... for the sake of worldwide badminton growth, next time it should be in Russia or somewhere else out there... By the way, I just returned from Vietnam. Wow, the common people are crazy about badminton. Crazy, I tell you... Good sign, good sign...
Unlikely... because there might be to few INA stars playing this year... Next year, if Taufik, Sony, Greysia-Jo, Lily-Vita, Kido-Hendra, Luluk-Alven or Rian-Yoke, Maria Kristin, Firda, Lily-Nova, Flandy-Vita or Rijal-Gresysia are all there, then I will surely watch... 2 each from every country, right? Then these are INA's best hope for the 2008 SS Finals...
Please......... Not Singapore! I hope Malaysia gets to play host. At least their TV camermen know how to cover badminton in all its excitement. Great lighting, great crowd ambience, great camera positions, great vision switching and very uncluttered live graphics. Singapore's TV coverage sucks... and bigtime too. To make it worse, the scheduling is very very poor. To make it worser, everything is kinda pay and pay and pay. Malaysia, please!
Oldhand, you might like to know Cable has already planned to show the final live, so regardless where it is host, it will be on the Cable.
Relaying a match is different from covering it. If the coverage is poor to start with, it ruins the whole experience. It's like football on television in South America and Europe. Even dull matches look good because the TV crew know what they're doing. The Malaysian crew are very good at this (and I bet most of them play the game as well).
I have been told by BWF that the venue HAS NOT been finalized..the sponsor asked the extra time until next tuesday to determine the final venue.....
Wow, need more time once again to know the venue?! Seriously, I guess BWF face difficult problem to lobby main sponsor, how about next year and future years of this SS Final?? Really big question if the situation will always like this...
I will be back to Malaysia too during that time, how about setting up some sort of BF gathering in KL, lets hope the dream comes thru.
