IN the moments leading up to the closing ceremony, Twitter was awash with civic pride as social media squeezed the last of the Glasgow 2014 goodwill.
James Grant, of the band Love And Money, who played during Glasgow 2014 events, said: "I've totally loved the Games, the gigs, the warmth and fun of the whole thing. Know it's cheesy, but very proud. We rock."
Sporting blog sporting intelligence said: "So 1m+ people have watched 5000 athletes in 18 sports at Glasgow2014. A city's had a party. You'd be curmudgeonly to fault that."
The ceremony billed itself as a Glasgow night out, a theme that would run through the evening, not always in a tone the organisers would have intended.
Manchester-based journalist Iain Hepburn said: "If tonight represents a typical night out, naebody at Hampden better be wearing a coat even if it's chucking it down."
One big topic ahead of 1960s Scots icon Lulu's appearance was her trans-Atlantic accent.
Patrick McGuire, in a reference to gallus Lanarkshire boxer Charlie Flynn's interviews the night before, said: "Once upon a time Lulu was just like Charlie Flynn."
With the grass roots Games workers paraded around to Deacon Blue's Dignity, Mícheál Mac Eoghain said: "Great move. Having council workers in for the Dignity song."
But broadcaster and music journalist John Robb had a different take: "Glasgow has one of greatest music scenes in world and the closing ceremony of Commonwealth Games is Lulu and Deacon Blue."
By the time of the speeches Twitter was getting bored. Celtic Rumours said: "This is a typical night out in Glasgow? Admittedly I don't get out much these days but I'm not convinced."
And novelist Ian Rankin tweeted: "Looks like the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony has said No to Dugs."
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