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And now, later than planned, here is the result of the Winter Games vote.

Aeropag (COM): 14
Bloco'ye City (RPN): 5
Ungava (DOM): 4
Marshalliston (OLI): 2

There were 2 abstentions, and 58 no-votes. One votes (from Oliverry and Raging Penguins) was invalidated.

This means that AEROPAG, COMMERCE HEIGHTS will be the hosts of the first Winter Games.

This means that AEROPAG, COMMERCE HEIGHTS will be the hosts of the first Winter Games.

And may I be the first to congratulate Aeropag, and the people of Commerce Heights for winning the right to host the Games.

This means that AEROPAG, COMMERCE HEIGHTS will be the hosts of the first Winter Games.

Congratulations!

Now... To get right down to business. ;) Will you be using Krytenia's suggested events' list (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10461382&postcount=286), or another? This is so we can all get our lists of athletes ready, and we can get started asap.

2108 Spaamanian Winter Olympic Team

Alpine Skiing
Men
Kenan Laity - Super G
Wynap Treloar - Downhill, Combined
Petrok Lory - Slalom, Combined
Winnow May - Giant Slalom

Biathlon
Men
Columb Nance - 20km individual, 10km Sprint & (12.5km Pursuit)

Bobsleigh
Men
Tomas Rodda - 2-man bobsleigh
Myghal Tresidder - 2-man bobsleigh

Women
Burien Hoover - 2-man bobsleigh
Tegen Trerice - 2-man bobsleigh

Cross Country
Men
Cadan Pascoe - Sprint Free

Women
Melyor Mutton - Sprint Free
Eia Crocker - 30km Free, Pursuit

Figure Skating
Women
Mabyn Tregear - Ladies Individual

Freestyle Skiing - Aerials
Women
Jenifer Gerry
Chesten Odgers
Morwen Cowling
Jenifer Goninan

Freestyle Skiing - Moguls
Men
Daveth Boaden
Germoe Leggo
Cleder Negus
Talek Kent

Women
Kywere Moon

Luge
Women
Kerra Goss

Short Track Speed Skating
Men
Meriasek Old - 5000m relay
Manaccas Littlejohn - 5000m relay
Hydoc Henwood - 5000m relay, 500m
Wella Tregelles - 5000m relay, 1000m, 1500m
Digory Penna - 5000m relay

Women
Wenn Treloar - 1000m, 1500m

Skeleton
Men
Dochou Tremenheere

Women
Wendrona Kitoow

Snowboard
Men
Conoc Lander - Halfpipe
Peder Kerkin - Halfpipe
Ludjan Pinch - Cross
Mylor Lanyon - Halfpipe
Vepus Chenhalls - PGS

Women
Meliora Geach - Halfpipe
Crowan Rodda - Halfpipe
Crewenna Tyack - PGS
Melyear Benny - Cross

FIGURE SKATING
INDIVIDUAL WOMEN - Clare Gasperini, Isidore Kania

SPEED SKATING
500M MEN - Taysir Farran, Phillip Hubsch, Ceslaus Uhlenbeck, Matthew Zumino
500M WOMEN - Alix Greene, Rose Gliozzi, Catherine Thorne, Anna Katz
1KM MEN - Taysir Farran, Phillip Hubsch, Ceslaus Uhlenbeck
1KM WOMEN - Alix Greene, Rose Gliozzi, Catherine Thorne
1.5KM MEN - Taysir Farran, Phillip Hubsch
1.5KM WOMEN - Alix Greene, Rose Gliozzi
3KM WOMEN - Alix Greene, Rose Gliozzi
5KM MEN - Taysir Farran, Phillip Hubsch
10KM MEN - Taysir Farran
TEAM PURSUIT MEN - Taysir Farran, Phillip Hubsch, Ceslaus Uhlenbeck
TEAM PURSUIT WOMEN - Alix Greene, Rose Gliozzi, Catherine Thorne

SHORT TRACK
500M MEN - David Mach, Ziad Abdulaziz, Ramirus Alexandropul, Dominic Calabi
500M WOMEN - Elizabeth Kaluza, Mary Veneziano, Bernadine Fursteneau, Serena Gamew
1KM MEN - David Mach, Ziad Abdulaziz, Ramiurus Alexandropul
1KM WOMEN - Elizabeth Kaluza, Mary Veneziano, Bernadine Fursteneau
1.5KM MEN - David Mach, Ziad Abdulaziz
1.5KM WOMEN - Elizabeth Kaluza, Mary Veneziano
3KM RELAY WOMEN - Elizabeth Kaluza, Mary Veneziano, Bernadine Fursteneau, Serena Gamew
5KM RELAY MEN - David Mach, Ziad Abdulaziz, Ramirus Alexandropul, Dominic Calabi

ALPINE SKIING
SUPER-G MEN - John Fier
SUPER-G WOMEN - Angela Pechus
DOWNHILL MEN - John Fier
DOWNHILL WOMEN - Angela Pechus

SKI JUMPING
INDIVIDUAL NORMAL HILL MEN - Hadi Rezael
INDIVIDUAL LARGE HILL MEN - Hadi Rezael


TOTAL EVENTS - 26
TOTAL COMPETITORS - 21

This is, obviously, subject to change for any number of reasons, not least of which is fixing stupid mistakes by the writer of this post.

HANG ON A MOMENT, please, CH hasn't confirmed the events list.

The Capitalizt Olympic Committee and Aeropag Winter Olympics Organizing Committee would like to thank all of the supporters of their bid, and will begin dumping millions of ounces of gold into the Jativan Sea immediately. :p

A complete schedule and signup thread for the Games will be posted later tonight (UTC−0600). Due to the unfortunate delay in the host announcement, I have no intention of closing signups on the 15th, but will instead aim to start the Games on the 17th (by waiting, we’ll have enough participants and I’ll have enough sleep :p ).

And since Ariddia asked, the Games will include all events included in the RL 2006 Olympic program, with the addition of womens’ ski jumping and Nordic combined.

Congrats to CH.

To paraphrase the immortal (but perhaps slightly unmonastic) Marty DiBergi...

Enough of our yakkin' - let's boogie!

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Edit: Will Archregimancy contestants will be permitted to wear their monastic robes during competition? Including men's figure skating?

Aqua Anu would like to joing on, but more for summer games like swimming, please.

Will Archregimancy contestants will be permitted to wear their monastic robes during competition? Including men's figure skating?
Yes.

The Winter Olympics signup thread (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=472726) is now posted.

The Imperial Shogunate of Pschycotic Pschycos would love to join the NS Olympic Council, and apply to host the Summer Games at her capitol city, Honimishu.

"On a list? What do you mean we're on a list?"

"On a list of people who have not signed up to this thread."

"Oh. But we're signed up to it now, aren't we?"

"Yes."

"What do we get for doing so?"

"A vote."

"Cooool."

"And three letters."

"Ah, Sesame Street. Can I be the number 69?"

"No."

The nation of CR Oscilloscopes wishes to sign up, so they can participate in these magnificent Winter Olympics.

Do I just post my athletes now, or do is there some sort of routine?

The Liberal Utopia of Maineiacs would like to apply for NSOC membership, and to be allowed to participate in this year's Winter Olympics.


Our team is as follows:

Tom Bellamy -- Men's Figure Skating

Courtney Rogers -- Women's Figure Skating

Jean-Claude Damphier & Marie Poisson -- Pairs Figure Skating

Warren Kelleher & Sophia Daniels -- Ice Dancing

Toby Meyers -- Men's Alpine Skiing (downhill, slalom, giant slalom, combined)

Lodi Davenport -- Men's Alpine Skiing (downhill, giant slalom, super-G)

Theresa Miller -- Women's Alpine Skiing (all events)

Mary Donaldson -- Women's Alpine Skiing (downhill, slalom, combined)

William "Skeet" Shorter -- Men's Speedskating (500m, 1000m, 1500m)

Miguel Fuentes -- Men's Speedskating (1500m, 5000m)

Harold Carter -- Men's Speedskating (10,000m)

Sheila Smith -- Women's Speedskating (500m, 1000m)

Cara Taylor -- Women's Speedskating (1500m, 3000m)

Toshi "Kamikaze" Tanaka -- Men's Ski Jumping (large and normal hill)

Marge Stanton -- Women's Luge

Berkely O'Bannon -- Men's Luge

James Laughton, Mike Riley, Lee Armstrong, Kevin Herbert -- 4-man bobsleigh

Sean Gould -- Men's Snowboard Cross

Peggy Martin -- Women's Snowboard Cross

Kramer Lipshitz -- Men's Short track (all individual events)

Allison Compton -- Women's Aerials

Peter Gammon -- Men's Aerials

Barbara Timmins -- Women's Moguls

Frank Lloyd -- Men's Moguls

Keenan Waters -- Men's Half Pipe

Chrissy Stevens -- Women's Half Pipe

We also have Men's and Women's Hockey teams, and Men's and Women's Curling teams.

Winter olympic sign up is on another thread.

Winter olympic sign up is on another thread.


What's the link?

The Winter Olympics signup thread (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=472726) is now posted.
There's your link.

The link doesn't work.

It did last night, but now it won't.

It works again.

Why am I not on the list? Someone put me on the list, I've got my team all worked out.

what is the date of the games

what is the date of the games


I think that they were going to start on March 15th (time may vary depending where in the world you are) but due to the week-end crap that happened it may be pushed back a few days... check with Commerce Heights, they are the hosts and should know.

Why am I not on the list? Someone put me on the list, I've got my team all worked out.

This thread is to just announce that your country would like to join the Olympic Council and have a vote in determining when and where games should be held.

The teams for the First Winter Olympics need to be posted on a different thread:
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=472726

Once posted there, the organizers will *likely* update the list of nations this weekend. They just happen to be busy during the week. :)

May I enquire as to the status of Maineiacs' application for membership? Our team has now been posted in the appropriate place.

I think I already signed up for this a while back, but since i'm not on the list yet I will repeat Algal States desire to sign up for the NSOC.

The Soviet Socialist Republics of Malatose would like to apply for the NationStates Olympic Council. Also, We'd like to apply to host the Summer Olympics games at our capital, Lusankya.

The head of the OCW, the Olympic Committee of Wentland, was spending many days staring at his watch and ringing the Post Room (Edith). "Where's our three-letter code?" he demanded.

"Ooh, luv, not 'ere yet," she cooed.

Every blimmin' day.

Would it be WEN? Or how about WLD? That looked good. Almost like "would". That would be fine. Would. He thought about the larch. And the larch.

Boudra-Boudra now officially signs up for the membership of the NSOC.
The code BDB is ok.

how is this going to work?

The letter was submitted today to the offices of the NSOC:


To whom it may concern:

Our country code, as currently displayed on published materials, is "KZO." While this country code does exemplify the kazoo, the Ministry of Olympics has determined that our three-letter country-code should be "TKP." This is so that typos do not mistakenly confuse the two nations. After all, on most keyboards, "O" is right next to "P."

To summarise points made herein, The Generally United Nation of The Kazoo Peoples, short-form, three-letter, ISO country abbreviation for all sporting events and other events which require such a code, that the code be "TKP."

Regards,

Ministry of Olympics
The Generally United Nation of The Kazoo Peoples

Wow...apparently I completely failed to sign up for the Games in Aeropag. I blame school for taking up Internet time. :p

Ah well, Bedistan's winter delegation would've been fairly small anyway thanks to our tropical climate.

Baranxtu hereby officially applies to join your ranks; we would like to use the code BAT to participate in all future Olympiads.

Is it possible to send joint delegation of Baranxtu and its two puppets Cikoutimi (CIK) and Otea (OTE), or will they have to compete seperately?

Eonopolis would like to join the committe, and also if possible at this time put in a bid to host the 1st Summer Olympiad in Purpletripe

The Kingdom of Narbithia respectfully asks permission to take part in the NSOC, and requests the code NBT when participating. We look forward to participating in the Summer Olympiad when the time comes.

Eonopolis would like to join the committe, and also if possible at this time put in a bid to host the 1st Summer Olympiad in Purpletripe

See - that's a much better approach than announcing your presence with a separate thread demanding that you be granted rights to host just because your nation claims to have invented badminton.

If you're serious about hosting, however, you'll need to give some thought to both RP opportunities and scorination (how you're going to generate results). If you can deal with these coherently, I for one see no reason why you shouldn't be allowed to bid. Though equally, you shouldn't be to disappointed if you don't _win_ the rights to host. Unless your bid is really special, that's more likely to go to a more established nation.

See - that's a much better approach than announcing your presence with a separate thread demanding that you be granted rights to host just because your nation claims to have invented badminton.

If you're serious about hosting, however, you'll need to give some thought to both RP opportunities and scorination (how you're going to generate results). If you can deal with these coherently, I for one see no reason why you shouldn't be allowed to bid. Though equally, you shouldn't be to disappointed if you don't _win_ the rights to host. Unless your bid is really special, that's more likely to go to a more established nation.

The Eonopolis Olympic Committee's Official Bid for the Games of the 1st Olympiad to be Held In Purpletripe will be delievered shortly....

OCC: Is it possible to host only badminton events in Purpletripe?

Eonopolise's Olympic code shall be: EON

City Headquartering Eonopolis Olympic Committee: Purpletripe

Host City Bid for 1st Summer Olympiad: Purpletripe

The Eonopolis Olympic Committee's Official Bid for the Games of the 1st Olympiad to be Held In Purpletripe will be delievered shortly....

Host City Bid for 1st Summer Olympiad: Purpletripe

Hell, it's got my vote.


Oops, thought I was quoting Schiavonia there.

Me, I thought "purpletripe" sounded very much Starblaydian, actually. :p

Somewhere in a government office in the middle of The Holy Empire of Mr Chuck Norris...

"Did anyone realize that the Winter Olympics started and that we didn't submit any atheletes".

"O Well, we can always look forward to the summer olympiad".

"That's true, I guess we're not missing out on too much forgetting about this Winter Olympiad".

"Do we even have any winter atheletes, I mean the coldest it ever gets here is about 10 degrees celsius, not near cold enough for it to snow."

"Good Point, so maybe that's why we didn't submit any atheletes for the Winter Games".

"Yea, we'll go with that".

Me, I thought "purpletripe" sounded very much Starblaydi, actually. :p

Only the first six letters. The last five are very much more a Spruitlander kind of thing :p

Hell, it's got my vote.


Oops, thought I was quoting Schiavonia there.
Thank you for your support!

Thank you for your support!

Wait, am I now the victim of sarcasm here or is it still you?

Wait, am I now the victim of sarcasm here or is it still you?

You are a foolish victim, my friend.

Who would attempt to support such a ridiculous nation such as yours when the strong and powerful nation of Eonopolis trumps all opponents.

We shall host the 1st Summer Games in Purpletripe!

Long live Eonopolis!

Sincerely,
The Dear and Eternal Leader of Eonopolis General Dante Spano

You are a foolish victim, my friend.

Who would attempt to support such a ridiculous nation such as yours when the strong and powerful nation of Eonopolis trumps all opponents.

We shall host the 1st Summer Games in Purpletripe!

Long live Eonopolis!

Sincerely,
The Dear and Eternal Leader of Eonopolis General Dante Spano


I'm trying to be nice, encouraging, and supportive, but might I gently suggest that calling one of the most powerful nations in NS sports - the president of the World Cup Committee no less - a 'ridiculous nation' isn't going to help your bid.

Even if it's an in-character post, which it certainly appears to be, I'd recommend waiting until you have an established RP track-record before you try this sort of thing. Especially since this is an out of character thread, which rather blurs the distinction.

EDIT: Having just read your Olympic Host bid, I'm inclined to take the above back on the basis that this is clearly comedy RP. Anyone placing the badminton in their largest stadium, all other events in the local YMCA, and the athletes' village in a former concentration camp is clearly - and I mean this in the positive sense - taking the piss. In character.

This might seem a bit early, But I'm going to put in a bid to hold the Winter Olympics II in Metro-City, Pschycotic Pschycos.

I'm trying to be nice, encouraging, and supportive, but might I gently suggest that calling one of the most powerful nations in NS sports - the president of the World Cup Committee no less - a 'ridiculous nation' isn't going to help your bid.

Even if it's an in-character post, which it certainly appears to be, I'd recommend waiting until you have an established RP track-record before you try this sort of thing. Especially since this is an out of character thread, which rather blurs the distinction.

EDIT: Having just read your Olympic Host bid, I'm inclined to take the above back on the basis that this is clearly comedy RP. Anyone placing the badminton in their largest stadium, all other events in the local YMCA, and the athletes' village in a former concentration camp is clearly - and I mean this in the positive sense - taking the piss. In character.

We shall overcome the hate of the NationStates Olympic Committee. Our bid is a serious one, and you shall soon see how we overcome and prevail against all other oppressors!

If my bid is not taken seriously I shall file an Official Complaint to the NSOC.

Long live Eonopolis! Long live the General!

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c58/Krytenia/NSOC2.png

Welcome to the NationStates Olympic Council, an organisation dedicated to the furtherment of sporting competition within the NationStates multiverse. Our aim is simple: to create a Games that will be seen through to its conclusion rather than splutter out after a few days.

We are currently looking for members, and cities to host Games of both the First Summer and Winter NationStates Olympiad; please sign up below. Please note: The current list of Olympic sports (check www.olympic.org) will be used for both Summer and Winter Games. Ideally, I'd like to see the Winter Games started off first, however this may be subject to change depending on interest.

MEMBER NATIONS - now in alphabetical order! (100, OUC members at top in purple):
The Archregimancy (ARC)
Ariddia (ARI)
Bedistan (BDS)
Krytenia (KRY)
Pacitalia (PAC)
Starblaydia (STB)
Spruitland (SPR)
Aborlau (ABR)
Algal states (ALG)
An Archy (ANA)
Andossa Si Mitrin Vega (AMV)
Antrium (ANT)
Aqua Anu (AQA)
Asgarnieu (ASG)
Audioslavia (AUD)
Bazalonia (BAZ)
Becquerelia (BEQ)
Bejerot (BEJ)
Boswern (BSW)
Boudra-Boudra (BDB)
Broke Phi Broke (BPB)
Cantr (CAN)
Casari (CAS)
Ceorana (CEO)
Chicanada (CHC)
Commerce Heights (COM)
Coronado Del Marr (CDM)
CR Oscilloscopes (CRO)
Domnonia (DOM)
Dorian and Sonya (DAS)
Dsboy (DSB)
The Earthsea Islands (ESI)
East Subucni (ESU)
Euroslavia (EUR)
FMJPhoenix (FMJ)
Georgdem (GEO)
Great Plains (GPL)
Greater Valmeria (GVL)
Green Wombat (GWM)
Hangup (HNG)
Hanneslandor (HNN)
Haraki (HAR)
Hill-Billy-Hoola (HBH)
Hockey Canada (HCN)
Imperial Aaronia (IAA)
The Jedi Revan (JRV)
Jonquiere-Tadoussac (JTD)
Kamanari (KMN)
Kanadaeh (KAN)
The Kazoo Peoples (KZO)
Kelse (KEL)
Kericia (KER)
LA Ice (LAI)
Lawtonia (LAW)
Liverpool England (LEN)
Luchamos (LUC)
The Macabees (MAC)
Magnus Valerius (MVA)
Maineiacs (MAI)
Malabra (MLB)
Malatose (MLT)
The Marxist State (TMS)
Mikitivity (MKT)
Milchama (MIL)
The Moravian Counties (MRV)
Mr Chuck Norris (MCN)
Nation Of Quebec (QUB)
Nedalia (NED)
New Montreal States (NMS)
Nouvelle Angleterre (NAN)
Ocmeoub (OCM)
Oliverry (OLI)
Pli Granda Hungario (HUN)
Polliok (PLK)
Pschycotic Pschycos (PSP)
Qazox (QAZ)
The Isands Of Qutar (QUT)
Raging Penguins (RPN)
Rammstein the Land (RTL)
Rayers II (RAY)
The Resurgent Dream (RDR)
Rolatia (ROL)
Ropa-Topian Unified Team (RTP)
San Haven (SNH)
Schiavonia (SVO)
The Schnauzerlands (SNZ)
Screaming Fish (PCR)
Sel Appa (SAP)
South Illyria (SIL)
Spaam (SPA)
Stevid (STV)
Tillia (TIL)
Trinitron Tower (TTW)
Tynelia (TYN)
Upscale Cruises (UCR)
Vincesuela (PRV)
The Weegies (WEE)
Wentland (WLD)
Yafor II (YAF)
Zertunia (ZER)
Zombie Nerds (ZOM)


ASSOCIATE MEMBERS (4):
San Adriano (SNA) (puppet of Ariddia)
Druida (DRU) (puppet of Schiavonia)
Suncoast of Florida (SCF) (puppet of Coronado Del Marr)
Crna Gora Liv Eng (CNG) (puppet of Liverpool England)

SUMMER GAMES APPLICANT CITIES (17+2):
Sonoma City, BDS
Orean, LEN
Budapest, HUN
Timiocato, PAC
Leetreal, QUB
Nemnenait, SAP
Tampa, SCF
Moravia, MRV
Chicago, GPL
Ajer, YAF
The Marxist State, TMS
Kingsbury, SVO
Icecold, LAI
Kholmogory, MVA
Viola, ESI
Lasankya, MLT
Sjoftich, CAN
Balkan City, ASG
City TBC, HBH (prospective)
Kazoo City/Untitled, KZO (prospective, joint with Qutar)

WINTER GAMES CANDIDATE CITIES (0, Winter Games II):

Why has our great nation not been added to the list as a member?

Along with Purpletripe as a Prospective host city

We shall overcome the hate of the NationStates Olympic Committee. Our bid is a serious one, and you shall soon see how we overcome and prevail against all other oppressors!

If my bid is not taken seriously I shall file an Official Complaint to the NSOC.

Long live Eonopolis! Long live the General!

Then in that case I think I'd better stop trying to defend, encourage, and otherwise help a n00b, throw my hands up in the air, and admit defeat.

But you're really not going about this the right way.

A minor point this, but...

Just because my nation comes first on the alphabetical list of OUC members does not mean I run the NSOC.

I appreciate that those nations sending me NSOC-related TGs recently have meant no harm, so I don't want to sound too whingy, but this has been getting out of hand over the last 3 or 4 days. Sending TGs to the Archregimancy is not the best way to raise most NSOC concerns.

In particular, if you've signed up to the NSOC on this thread, but your name hasn't been added to the list of member nations yet, please either

A) wait (if it's been less than a week since you signed up)
or
B) post a polite reminder to this thread.

In 99% of cases the failure to list your nation won't be down to anything more sinister than we're busy and the 1st Winter Olympics is currently underway. I'm sure the list will be updated in the near future.

after hours and hours of athletes beating on my presidential door i have decided to give my athletes and fellow mkuzians the opportunity to enjoy the olympics.
yours sincerely
President Richardson

Our humble nation of The Nomadic Peoples of The Blue Camel would like To join the NSOC.
We are beginning our selection and training process of sporting hopefuls and we are looking forward to being able to enter forthcoming games. We understand that you are busy with the Winter Olympics so it may take awhile before we are added to the list of participating nations.
We will be watching the Winter olympics with great interest.
Kindest Regards,
Sport and Leisure Ministry The Blue Camel

Terria-Anniston would like to participate as a member of the NSOC. We are not currently interested in hosting a game though.

Well, I'm back, after a 10-day absence. It's going to take me a few days more to get back into the swing of things, but...

The First Winter Olympiad is over, save for the Closing Ceremony. I think congratulations and thanks are in order for Commerce Heights, who has pulled off what many had said could simply not be done. Organising and scorinating Olympic Games is incredibly complicated and time-consuming, so: very well done. And the same goes to Casari, for an excellent Ylompic Games.

Now, assuming we don't want to be bogged down too long in delays, perhaps we should start considering who should host the First Summer Olympiad? We have heaps of candidate cities. Time to narrow down the list a little?

What I suggest is that all hosting candidates prepare a bid, with scorinating, in-game aspects, whatever they feel is important. Perhaps within the next eight days?

On a partially related topic, I still think it would be nice to have some Paralympic Games... if any host candidate feels up to the herculean task of running Paralympics alongside the "main" Olympics. ;)

Now, assuming we don't want to be bogged down too long in delays, perhaps we should start considering who should host the First Summer Olympiad? We have heaps of candidate cities. Time to narrow down the list a little?

Let's take a little break (and I don't mean months, maybe a couple of weeks) and regroup first. :p I'd like to get my bid book up to scratch before we start doing anything.

I think congratulations and thanks are in order for Commerce Heights, who has pulled off what many had said could simply not be done. Organising and scorinating Olympic Games is incredibly complicated and time-consuming, so: very well done. And the same goes to Casari, for an excellent Ylompic Games.
Hear hear. A pair of triumphs.

Now, assuming we don't want to be bogged down too long in delays, perhaps we should start considering who should host the First Summer Olympiad?
Eonopolis, surely?

Without wanting to be a nuisance, I just wanted to re-submit my application in case it got lost in the heap of posts...

So,
Baranxtu hereby officially applies to join your ranks; we would like to use the code BAT to participate in all future Olympiads.

Is it possible to send joint delegation of Baranxtu and its two puppets Cikoutimi (CIK) and Otea (OTE), or will they have to compete seperately?

Is it possible to send joint delegation of Baranxtu and its two puppets Cikoutimi (CIK) and Otea (OTE), or will they have to compete seperately?

You can send a joint delegation if you want to, but it's not compulsory. However, you will probably be limited to only two nations (your main one and a puppet) as ''seperate delegations''. It's not clear yet whether that's a definite rule or whether it's up to each host. If it's the case, you can join two of your nations into one delegation (if there are plausible RP reasons to justify it), and have the third compete seperately. Or join all three (again, if it's plausible).

It's actually something I've been wondering myself. I've got a couple of puppets that I'd like to see send just one athlete each... but that's a matter to be brought up later.

You can send a joint delegation if you want to, but it's not compulsory. (...) Or join all three (again, if it's plausible).
Well, then I would very much like to send athletes from Baranxtu, Cikoutimi and Otea to all Olympic Games henceforth under the Banner BCO.

The reason behind the joint delegation?
Well, all three nations are in personal union under the same monarchs, Their Royal Majesties, King Ateni (http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Ateni_Meinaratu_Gguri-Eilari)and King Iðari (http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/I%C3%B0ari_Nemuritu_Ali%CF%86i-Neurani), so I think it is plausible to send them jointly.

I concur with Paci abut the break. School starts in one week for me, and so I'll likely, for the first few days at least, be quite busy and probably would sturggle to find time online.

I concur with Paci abut the break. School starts in one week for me, and so I'll likely, for the first few days at least, be quite busy and probably would sturggle to find time online.

I also agree - in my case, final exams are two weeks away and preparation for those would almost surely preclude me from doing any work on my hosting bid at all. I'd say a break through Cinco de Mayo would probably be sufficient.

To be honest, I'd like to see how many members of our esteemed Council still happen to even exist now, so we'd have some idea of who's voting.

Now, assuming we don't want to be bogged down too long in delays, perhaps we should start considering who should host the First Summer Olympiad? We have heaps of candidate cities. Time to narrow down the list a little?
I would suggest first telegramming all of the proposers and make sure they're still up for doing it.

Also, the International Democratic Union is interested in hosting the I Olympic Summer Games as a region.

If it's not too late the proud Sporting Nation of Rorysville would like to Join the Olympic Members for the Summer Games as well as the Winter games(whenever they happen again). Also Rorysville would like to be considered as a Host for Future Winter Olympic Games

Not that my opinion means much, or throws much weight into the discussion, but I would much appreciate a break from Olympic-style activities until, as Bedistan said, the 5th of May. Perhaps later?

And also, Qutar is about here somewhere, I think... I just can't find him. :confused: Once I find him, we'll discuss if we want to advance our bid.

And to Qutar:

If you're reading this, contact me somehow! :p

Any chance I could sign up before the next Olympiad?

I agree that the 5th of May will be a good time to resume. Give everyone a chance to recover.

It can also be used to discuss what I saw as minor problems with some of the scorinators. The one example off the top of my head was in Ylompic Cycling. My rider won a silver medal while being listed as subpar, while a world class rider finished near the bottom of the pack. There are some other examples as well, but I will wait and see who wants to discuss this issue and where.

Overall I would like to congratulate Casari and Commerce Heights for the job they did. Some of the results seemed skewed, but it was a huge undertaking that took a ton of effort. Graet job!

Yeah yeah. :p I'll be damned if I didn't hear about every single event with a WC person in it that didn't win. The only reason it happened is because the WC means that the rider's slowest possible finish is faster than a normal riders, which is faster than a subpars.

Besides, WCs were pretty much all-conquering in a lot of other sports. =p Team Sports, anyone?

The Kingdom of Narbithia respectfully asks permission to take part in the NSOC, and requests the code NBT when participating. We look forward to participating in the Summer Olympiad when the time comes.


Just incase it got buried...

Adrasuvare would like to join the NSOC as a full member...
The Proposed Abbreviation would be ASV (but if it is taken then any suitable combination of three letters would be fine)

If you signed up, you don't need to remind us every page. :p Someone will get around to it, don't worry.

Celeance would like to join, and Celeance City will bid for the Winter Games.

We, the Socialist Union of Kerla would like to join the great ranks of the NS Olympic Council, we would like to particpate.

Pending getting a scorinator to work (it won't work on my comp, any suggestions?), the Maineiacs city of Lake Placid would like to make a bid for the next 2nd Winter Olympics and Boston would like to bid for the Summer Olympics.

Yeah yeah. :p I'll be damned if I didn't hear about every single event with a WC person in it that didn't win. The only reason it happened is because the WC means that the rider's slowest possible finish is faster than a normal riders, which is faster than a subpars.

Besides, WCs were pretty much all-conquering in a lot of other sports. =p Team Sports, anyone?
I know you took some crap over some things, and that is definately not what I was aiming at. Believe me, the medal was to my benefit. I was just wondering how it worked mainly. Scorinators are alien to me for the most part.

Overall you did a good job with a ton of events to handle. I personally would not want to handle something that massive and time consuming by myself. Everything seemed to flow pretty smoothly and in line. The scores were out at basically set times so that everyone knew when to look for them. An overall success. And the Aluminum medals were brilliant.

Like I said, I just wanted to know a bit more of how the scorinators worked.

But I do have one more question. Some events had a Ylompic Champion but no medal was given. Was that in line with RL OLympics, or was it due to lack of competitors? Thanks. Great job!

i didnt participate in the Ylompics, but did the real winter games. I did read the Ylompic thread and i thought it went well. like ASMV said i don't know a scorinator from the terminator (that my line and it will cost you $5.00 if you repeat it...lol j/k) and i would like to know how some of the results came about. (execpt for the 2-man bobsliegh.. my guys were 11th or so after 1 run and wound up winning the silver...which was cool).

my only complant is that at times both hosts seemed overwhelmed with the scorination of the events, I suggest that in the future like in the WC, a joint bid be used or reduce the number of events... (i mean for the Ylompics, i saw a lot of sailing stuff, nobody watches sailing unless its the America's Cup..which is next year hosted by a country that is not on the ocean Switerland?!?!?) some events possibly could be dropped with a vote, but then again the more events the better chance i win a medal....

Once agaon a great job of Hosting by both Casari and Commerce Heights :D :D :cool:

Our region plans on putting forward a bid to host the summer olympics that will have many regional members share the workload. I'm thinking this will keep the overwhelming factor down, and keep the event schedule running smoothly, so there shouldn't be any need to cut down on events.

Our region plans on putting forward a bid to host the summer olympics that will have many regional members share the workload. I'm thinking this will keep the overwhelming factor down, and keep the event schedule running smoothly, so there shouldn't be any need to cut down on events.

I'd actually be against a region-hosted evnt, as it would give too many nations an unfair home advantage (assuming there is any, but I'd expect a small home advantage in any sports event).

I know you took some crap over some things, and that is definately not what I was aiming at. Believe me, the medal was to my benefit. I was just wondering how it worked mainly. Scorinators are alien to me for the most part.

etc. etc.

Aye, if there were less than 4 entries, There weren't any medals, just to stop padding on the table.

On the number of events, I can really only say... Oh my god, that was a lot of events. I even accidentally created some in Rowing, too. But other than that, I pretty much copied the event list off the olympic website word for word. Not to brag, but I scorinated about 3-4 hours a day all the way through. So even if you have a co-host, that could be 1 1/2-2 hours. Not to mention all the time I spent copying athlete names.

Heh... In Retrospect, it doesn't seem like so good of an idea. There's room for cuts, though. I still have all my info, if anyone wants to mull over and take a look at that.

The Phoenic States would be honored to host or participate in the NS Olympic Council in any way that would be most helpful.

Dear NSOC,

The People's Republic of Democratic Mada would like to join the committee and participate in the Summer Olympics.

Thank you,

Adam Marx, Prime Minister
The People's Republic of Democratic Mada

http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Democratic_Mada

Aye, if there were less than 4 entries, There weren't any medals, just to stop padding on the table.

On the number of events, I can really only say... Oh my god, that was a lot of events. I even accidentally created some in Rowing, too. But other than that, I pretty much copied the event list off the olympic website word for word. Not to brag, but I scorinated about 3-4 hours a day all the way through. So even if you have a co-host, that could be 1 1/2-2 hours. Not to mention all the time I spent copying athlete names.

Heh... In Retrospect, it doesn't seem like so good of an idea. There's room for cuts, though. I still have all my info, if anyone wants to mull over and take a look at that.

I know I spaced this in the RP thread, but you definitly deserve at least a shiny silver sticker for running that whole thing yourself, keeping it on time "and under budget" and not giving people a clue you were going mad!

Hey CH, if you see this ever, PM me for I am wanting to bid on hosting the Second Winter Games and would like to see how you did the scorinator since I can't build one since I'm rather incompetent with Excel.

I'd actually be against a region-hosted evnt, as it would give too many nations an unfair home advantage (assuming there is any, but I'd expect a small home advantage in any sports event).
I wrote the scorinator for our bid, and we haven't included a home advantage, but if we did, only one nation will be hosting each event (we're splitting it up). So the Games would be hosted cooperatively by the region, but at most one and probably zero nations would get a home advantage.

The Galactic Empire of Mationbuds wishes to apply for full membership and bid to host any future games at our capital city/planet .

It is now 5 May, which is when it was suggested to continue...?

Indeed. Could prospective hosts please start preparing detailed bids?

I think a better question is- Who wants to put their sanity on the line by trying to host? :p

Official confirmation of the withdrawal of the Orean bid due to lack of resources (time).

I'm guessing the Olympic movement is dead once again at least for 4 or 5 months and some one reads this and decides "Hey let's have an olympics???"

Adam Island (AI) would like to participate in the games.

I think a better question is- Who wants to put their sanity on the line by trying to host? :p

Not me, that's for sure...

Official confirmation of the withdrawal of the Orean bid due to lack of resources (time).

Kingsbury's bid follows Orean's in withdrawing for the same reasons.

I think a better question is- Who wants to put their sanity on the line by trying to host? :p
Apparently I did at one point. I think I’m finally starting to recover. :p

Do the Olympic hosts get added to the OUC (like the EWCC), are we stuck with the same seven randomly-chosen nations for eternity, or does it work in some complex way I can’t possibly imagine? :p

How about this:
Ten regions host their own olympics, and then the winning athletes from those regions compete in an internation competition? This way, you can limit the number of possible nations and yet still have fun.
So, who will be the regions?
I'm sure CAP will play, but in the interest of fairness, Jachrillrae will not. We will be happy to host the International finals.

How about this:
Ten regions host their own olympics, and then the winning athletes from those regions compete in an internation competition? This way, you can limit the number of possible nations and yet still have fun.
So, who will be the regions?
I'm sure CAP will play, but in the interest of fairness, Jachrillrae will not. We will be happy to host the International finals.

Not gonna happen.

Oh well. Worth a shot, since it has a batter chance of being pulled off.:cool:

Heh, that's the thing, that depends on 10 different regions successfully holding that kind of competition, while just holding one is enough to make you break down, curl up into a little ball, and cry for your mother. :p

Apparently I did at one point. I think I’m finally starting to recover. :p

Do the Olympic hosts get added to the OUC (like the EWCC), are we stuck with the same seven randomly-chosen nations for eternity, or does it work in some complex way I can’t possibly imagine? :p

I believe the idea was that hosts get added to the UOC.

I also get the vague feeling that - having seen the sheer amount of work CH had to put in to do the Winter Olympics (and Casari had to put in with the Ylompics) - deep breaths have been drawn over the scale of the logistical challenge facing prospective hosts.

But I second my UOC member Ariddia in asking that those prepared to take on the challenge now enter their official, detailed summer Olympic hosting bids.

Heh, that's the thing, that depends on 10 different regions successfully holding that kind of competition, while just holding one is enough to make you break down, curl up into a little ball, and cry for your mother. :p
True, but not all regions have 1,000,000,000,000,000 members, hahaha. I could do one for CAP quickly.

I'd like to let it be known that I'm more than willing (maybe even eager) to try and find a co-host and post a Summer Olympic bid, even after my Ylompic experiences. And I'd also like to reassure that if I did bid, it wouldn't be all of my Ylompic stuff with an Olympic sticker over it.

And if not, I'd still be more than willing to advise based on all the Ylompic stuff I still have on a dark corner of my hard drive.

Um... so when are the bids going to be posted for the Summer Games?

and when will this start if it is?

Hmmm.. I was just about to ask the same thing....

I've been gone for a bit, but I'M BAAAAAAAAAACK

What Arch said is pretty much my dilemma. It's not that I have a problem with the scope of hosting solo, because I still really want to do it. It's available time. The Winter Olympics were just drawn out over too long of a period, and seeing as the Summer Games include probably 30-40 more sports/competitions and thus hundreds more scorinations than the Winter ones, it's just too much work with too little time to host for me. Comparably to how CH did it, it would probably take me four months!

And even if I were joint hosting I wouldn't want to feel guilty that my co-host was doing his/her part while I was struggling just to post one scorination in the hour per day that I'm not working, eating, studying, researching for my trip or sleeping.

I think I'm presenting the exact opposite of the situation- with school out of the way now, all I have is freakishly immense amounts of time with nothing to do but scorinate event after event. :p

Just an idea, but... If no-one has the time to co-host a fuller Summer Olympiad with Casari, would someone perhaps have time to do Winter Paralympics? There are far fewer events. That way we would still have some Olympic (well, Paralympic) Games, and it would be far less to handle for the hosts.

I know the Paralympics are traditionally held in the same city as the Olympics IRL, but this is NS so there'd be no need for them to take place in Aeropag.

Ekoz would like to join the olympics. And our capital city (karniz) would like to bid for the Summer Games...

And our capital city (karniz) would like to bid for the Summer Games...

That's very good of you. But have you got the slightest idea of the amount of time and effort involved? ;)

You'd need to generate randomised scores for each athlete in each event, then rank them and post the results. If you want a better idea of how time-consuming it is, ask Commerce Heights or Casari.

That said, if you do feel up to it and you and Casari feel like co-hosting together... then great!

The Democratic Republic of Mahaliastan (MDR) would love to join the Olympics. As a nation under dictatorship, this will be the first time in which Mahaliastan's government will permit athletes to compete in the games.

The Athletic Paradise of Sliponia (SLP) would like to reclaim it's place among the NS World's elite by entering the next Olympics.

Is the Olympic movement dead? There are a few serious nations/regions willing to host, and more than enough nations willing to participate - so why has everything at the NSOC come to a stand still? Wheres Kyrtenia?

I think a new list of all the nations in the NSOC + Potential bids should be compiled, and that the OUC should give official dates for an upcoming summer games so that we can have a summer olympics by June.

Newly Compiled List [6-18]

MEMBER NATIONS - now in alphabetical order! (123, OUC members at top in purple):
The Archregimancy (ARC)
Ariddia (ARI)
Bedistan (BDS)
Commerce Heights (COM)
Krytenia (KRY)
Pacitalia (PAC)
Starblaydia (STB)
Spruitland (SPR)

Adam Island (ADI)
Adrasuvare (ASV)
Allanea (ALA)
Algal states (ALG)
An Archy (ANA)
Anastasiania (ANS)
Anathematic Republics (ANR)
Andossa Se Mitrin Vega (AMV)
Antrium (ANT)
Aqua Anu (AQA)
Asgarnieu (ASG)
Audioslavia (AUD)
Baranxtu (BCO)
Bazalonia (BAZ)
Becquerelia (BEQ)
Bejerot (BEJ)
Benkonate (BEN)
The Blue Camel (TBC)
Bostopia (BOS)
Boudra-Boudra (BDB)
Caliscabetta (CLI)
Callisdrun (CAL)
Cantr (CAN)
Casari (CAS)
Cayr (CAY)
Celeance (CEL)
Ceorana (CEO)
Chicanada (CHC)
CR Oscilloscopes (CRO)
Da WhoseLine People (DWL)
Dingzanwa (DIN)
Domnonia (DOM)
Dorian and Sonya (DAS)
Dsboy (DSB)
The Earthsea Islands (ESI)
Ekoz (EKO)
Eonopolis (EON)
Euroslavia (EUR)
Fmjphoenix (FMJ)
Georgdem (GEO)
Green Wombat (GWM)
Hanneslandor (HNN)
Haraki (HAR)
Hendrick4824 (HEN)
Hill-Billy-Hoola (HBH)
Hockey Canada (HCN)
The Jedi Revan (JRV)
Jeffgordonville (JGV)
Jonquiere-Tadoussac (JTD)
Kanadaeh (KAN)
The Kazoo Peoples (KZO)
Kelse (KEL)
Kericia (KER)
Kerla (KRL)
LA Ice (LAI)
Lisburn Mateys (LIM)
Liverpool England (LEN)
The Macabees (MAC)
Mada (MAD)
Magnus Valerius (MVA)
Mahaliastan (MDR)
Maineiacs (MAI)
Malabra (MLB)
The Marxist State (TMS)
Mationbuds (MAT)
Mikitivity (MKT)
Milchama (MIL)
Mkuzy (MKU)
The Moravian Counties (MRV)
Mr Chuck Norris (MCN)
Narbithia (NBT)
Nation Of Quebec (QUB)
Nedalia (NED)
New Montreal States (NMS)
Nomadic Bounty People (NOM)
Nouvelle Angleterre (NAN)
Oliverry (OLI)
The Phoenic States (TPS)
Pli Granda Hungario (HUN)
Pschycotic Pschycos (PPS)
Purple Smurphs (PSM)
Qazox (QZX)
The Islands Of Qutar (QUT)
Raging Penguins (RPN)
Rammstein the Land (RTL)
Rayers II (RAY)
Remotstad (REM)
The Resurgent Dream (RDR)
Rolatia (ROL)
Ropa-Topian Unified Team (RTS)
Rorysville (ROR)
San Haven (SNH)
Schiavonia (SCV)
The Schnauzerlands (SNZ)
Sel Appa (SAP)
Sliponia (SLP)
South Illyria (SIL)
Spaam (SPA)
Stevid (STV)
Tillia (TIL)
Terria-Anniston (TEA)
Tynelia (TYN)
Upscale Cruises (UCR)
Vincesuela (PRV)
Virgina Nova (VNO)
Vuam and Isma (VUI)
The Weegies (WEE)
Wentland (WEN)
Yafor 2 (YAF)
Zertunia (ZER)
Zombie Nerds (ZOM)

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS (3):
Crna Gora Liv Eng (CNG) (puppet of Liverpool England)
Druida (DRU) (puppet of Schiavonia)
Garfield The Fat (GTF) (puppet of ?)
San Adriano (SNA) (puppet of Ariddia)

II WINTER GAMES APPLICANTS:

...Why was Yafor 2 taken off of that list, Kelse? Huh? And me bid, too?

My sincerest apologies, your nation was previously listed as Yafor II, and as I did not find the nation in the World Search, I took both Yafor II and its' bid off the list. However, both the bid and your nation have been restord onto the list.

Is the Olympic movement dead? There are few serious nations/regions willing to host, and more than enough nations willing to participate - so why has everything at the NSOC come to a stand still? Wheres Kyrtenia?

I think a new list of all the nations in the NSOC + Potential bids should be compiled, and that the OUC should give official dates for an upcoming summer games so that we can have a summer olympics by June.

NS sports has (and probably always will) revolve around the World Cup. If a World Cup is happening then nobody will care about the olympics when the WC is over however, this might become a priority again or it might not and die. There is no way to tell.

I would like to withdraw Magnus Valerius' Hosting Bid (Kholmogory) for the Summer Olympics. I don't have the time to host the Olympics, with the current school quarter killing me and all.

We are in and will assist in any way we can. We would like to host the Games if possible.

Everything is at a standstill because the Olympics are soul-destroyingly hard to host. If you think the Winter Olympics seemed difficult, the Summer Olympics are easily twice the work. And honestly, I just don't think anyone's that willing to put their life on hold.

:p Oh, wait, except me. Expect an Ashford bid based on the way the WC29 hostage falls.

The International Democratic Union has bid to host the First Summer Games. We're serious. Please see the bid thread here (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=483405).

Here's a funny thought.. WHY not have the NS Summer Games during the RL World CUP? and have the NS World Cup take a month long break... just a suggestion which will be shot into much swiss cheese.

Oh, yes. The Ashford Bid is not a myth. (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=483455)

One way of resolving the hosting impasse is to have multiple nations bid to work as a unit on a series of Olympics, splitting up the duties and the stress.

***THE FOLLOWING IS PURELY FICTICIOUS***

An example of the system at work:

NMS and Evisceratomatoes (no, the latter has not come back from the dead) decide to host Olympics. Each submits a bid for a city (one for Winter Olympics, one for Summer) and if the bid passes inspection, the two nations work together to generate results for both Olympics. Each nation gets its shiny, happy moment of glory. Hosting becomes that much less work. Everyone else gets more Olympic goodness. Everyone goes home happy.

NMS, that may solve a bit of hassle, but how many people would want to co-host two successive Games? Isn't it easier to just find someone to co-host for one bid?


Here's a funny thought.. WHY not have the NS Summer Games during the RL World CUP? and have the NS World Cup take a month long break... just a suggestion which will be shot into much swiss cheese.

Because the NS Olympics and the NS World Cup are unrelated events, and people taking part in the latter but not the former probably wouldn't be too pleased with the Cup being put on hold.

But thanks anyway for the suggestion.

Anyway... Yay, two bids already! How long should we leave it until the vote? 10 days? Two weeks?

A point of detail about the IDU bid. I would never vote against a bid for an "in-game" detail, but having athletes spread around the continent may be a tad costly (in plane tickets and such) for poor/Third World nations (such as Ariddia). Would the Olympic Committee be providing funds to make sure athletes get to where they're supposed to be? ;)

Last thing. Now, I know no-one seems interested in hosting Paralympics too (way too much additional scorination). But will there be, in any bid, specific events for disabled athletes within the Olympics themselves?

The Nomadic Bounty People(NBP) would love to join. We would also like to put in a bid to host the winter games at Barbalos City a city high in the mountains. Perfect place to host winter games.

The problem with the Paralympics is that there's about 40 different disability classes in any one event, and some are in some events, and some are in others, and I couldn't understand what they all were, myself.

A point of detail about the IDU bid. I would never vote against a bid for an "in-game" detail, but having athletes spread around the continent may be a tad costly (in plane tickets and such) for poor/Third World nations (such as Ariddia). Would the Olympic Committee be providing funds to make sure athletes get to where they're supposed to be? ;)
The National Olympic Committees would have to pay for transport into the IDU (as with all Olympics), unless they applied for "special arrangements", but transportation around the IDU would most likely be paid for by the IDU Olympic Committees.

The problem with the Paralympics is that there's about 40 different disability classes in any one event, and some are in some events, and some are in others, and I couldn't understand what they all were, myself.

True. It would require some reading up on types of disability for each event. I could look that up if someone wants, but I understand if hosts don't want to go to the extra bother. Although, for some events I don't think it would be a factor in scorination. In the Turin Games, in speed events, they simply adjusted the speed at which the seconds ticked by depending on your disability, which meant that you could then simply see who had the fastest time, without having to match it up against specific disability records etc... So some of it at least would be as "simple" to scorinate as for non-disabled athletes.


The National Olympic Committees would have to pay for transport into the IDU (as with all Olympics), unless they applied for "special arrangements", but transportation around the IDU would most likely be paid for by the IDU Olympic Committees.

Ah. All right, then. :)

The forces of Hell will be latecomers to the NS Olympic movement.

And as for the Paralympics, we'd like rocket-powered wheelchair racing added as an event.

SERIOUS THOUGHT:

What if Olympic bids were submitted by regions, rather than by nations, to spread the work out a bit?

What if Olympic bids were submitted by regions, rather than by nations, to spread the work out a bit?
Then Atlantian Oceania would have to host two out of every three Olympics. :p
If there are seventy hosts, it’ll be nearly impossible to make any sort of decision.

You mean, just like when there's 70 voters?

Anyway... Yay, two bids already!

That's about to become three - the long-dormant Sonoma City bid is about to see a revival. Stay tuned. ;)

You mean, just like when there's 70 voters?
Yes. It’ll be nearly impossible to make any sort of decision in a reasonable amount of time. :p

Well, if nothing else, let's get the vote train rolling right slani now, so we can fit these in before slani Beijing.

Why was Maineiacs taken off the list of nations making bids? Please return me to the list, and any advice on a scorinator (I couldn't get the one mentioned to load) would be appreciated.

My bids were:

Boston (Summer)

Lake Placid (2nd Winter)

Shall we try to actually get this moving? ;)

How about a vote by, say, May 31st? It's the 24th now.

Shall we try to actually get this moving? ;)

How about a vote by, say, May 31st? It's the 24th now.

One of us on the Upper Council simply needs to take this in hand and push it through given the apparent temporary absence of our previous de facto leader Krytenia.

I nominate you, oh mighty World Cup founder ;)

Let's have a summary of all of the existing active bids, then have the Upper Council narrow the list down as for Winter Olympics by the 31st [maybe TG the vote call] then set the final vote Olympic Council deadline for June the 7th.

I think the Upper Council can be trusted to identify the serious bids versus the not-so-serious bids.

For the OUC, a summary of all current summer games bid...

SUMMER GAMES APPLICANT CITIES (18):
Balkan City, ASG
Sonoma City, BDS
Sjoftich, CAN
Ashford, CAS Ashford Bid Thread (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=483455)
Purpletripe, EON
Karniz, EKO
Viola, ESI
Budapest, HUN
International Democratic Union (Region) IDU Bid Thread (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=483405)
Icecold, LAI
Boston, MAI
Moravia, MRV
Timiocato, PAC
Honimishu, PSP
Leetreal, QUB
City TBA, REM
Nemnenait, SAP
The Marxist State, TMS
Ajer, YAF

Please note that all prospective bids were not included, however, the above are confirmed bids.

One of us on the Upper Council simply needs to take this in hand and push it through given the apparent temporary absence of our previous de facto leader Krytenia.

I nominate you, oh mighty World Cup founder ;)

Let's have a summary of all of the existing active bids, then have the Upper Council narrow the list down as for Winter Olympics by the 31st [maybe TG the vote call] then set the final vote Olympic Council deadline for June the 7th.

I think the Upper Council can be trusted to identify the serious bids versus the not-so-serious bids.

All right, then. And thanks for the list, Kelse. I'll TG all the Upper Council members, asking them to nominate between one and four bids for the final list.

For those of you who have submitted a bid, if you want to detail it, now's the time.


Edit: All OUC members have been TGed.

T'is BUMPed.

OOC : After having missed out on the Winter Olympics I for homework reasons, I would however like to take part in the Summer Olympics I.


IC :

Vuam and Isma submit application to be part of the Olympic Game Member Nation.

Vuam and Isma submit application to be part of the Olympic Game Member Nation.

OOC: The... what? If you mean the Olympic Council, you become a member automatically upon signing up to take part in the Games.

OOC: The... what? If you mean the Olympic Council, you become a member automatically upon signing up to take part in the Games.

OOC : I based my formulation on the way nations do IRL... French Guiana isn't a member of the "Olympic Council", but still have the right to send people to the games (as part of a different political entity from France, in the same way that they have a national soccer team that plays in CONCACAF competitions, dispite being politically part of France). Vuam and Isma will comply with the Olympic Council membership if it's required, but normally a nation "cannot" become a direct Council Member, if I have understood correctly.

In fact, just say that I sign up. It'll be easier for everybody.

i would like to take part in the Games as well:)

Edit: All OUC members have been TGed.
Not quite all… :p

Heck We Will Join

Not quite all… :p

Whoops, sorry... I TGed those listed as OUC members in the wiki, but it's not been updated to add you. Feel free of course to send me nomination(s).

If we could participate, it would be great, our capital Canta will also be open as organisating city.

Um. Anastasiania never actually signed up for the Council, despite winning bucketloads of medals in the Nørdic competitions at the Winter Games on account of my athletes being pretty much the only ones signed up. So can I sign up now, and still vote?

The current NSOC Member List + Summer Games Bid List can be found here. (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10957846&postcount=611)

I have been able to update it regularly, so Anastasiania (ANS), Anathematic Republics (ANR), Benkonate (BEN), Cayr (CAY), Lisburn Mateys (LIM), Nomadic Bounty People (NOM), and Vuam and Isma (VUI) have all been added as of 5-29 bringing the member-list to 108.

The current NSOC Member List + Summer Games Bid List can be found here. (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10957846&postcount=611)

I have been able to update it regularly, so Anastasiania (ANS), Anathematic Republics (ANR), Benkonate (BEN), Cayr (CAY), Lisburn Mateys (LIM), Nomadic Bounty People (NOM), and Vuam and Isma (VUI) have all been added as of 5-29 bringing the member-list to 108.


And the committee members? Can we join the committee too?

Kelse, I was just wondering if I could change Vuam and Isma's 3-symbol code to V&I rather than VUI...

It's just that I will NOT recognise VUI, and V&I is far more explicit.

If it's not possible, then stick with VUI. It's better than anything else I can think of.

And thanks for all you do to allow me to have fun RPing here.

Kelse, I was just wondering if I could change Vuam and Isma's 3-symbol code to V&I rather than VUI...

It's just that I will NOT recognise VUI, and V&I is far more explicit.

If it's not possible, then stick with VUI. It's better than anything else I can think of.

And thanks for all you do to allow me to have fun RPing here.

It's a 3-LETTER code, not 3-symbol - otherwise V&I would work better.

As alternatives - VAI, VEI, or VIS, perhaps?

It's a 3-LETTER code, not 3-symbol - otherwise V&I would work better.

As alternatives - VAI, VEI, or VIS, perhaps?
Oh well... too bad.

I'll go with VAI then. Vuam And Isma. ;)

Phew.... seems like we're back on track after a moment of post-winter olympic inertia where it looked for a moment as if we'd fade out with a whimper.

As an Upper Council member, I'd like to table a suggestion to my fellow Upper Council members....

I think there's an argument for us having an Upper Council President with a roughly similar role to the World Cup Committee President. IE, someone to take responsibility for announcing votes and deadlines.

I think one of the reasons we almost faded away is that no one felt really comfortable taking responsibility for this until Ariddia brought it up and I gently nudged him into organising the vote.

So I would like to formally table for discussion the proposal that we appoint a Chairman of the Upper Olympic Council to organise host voting.

Errors in the member list:
Andossa Si Mitrin Vega should be Andossa Se Mitrin Vega.
FMJPhoenix should be Fmjphoenix. (even if it doesn’t make sense, it is their nation name…)
I’m a member of the Olympic Upper Council.

Three nations (Pschycotic Pschycos, Ropa-Topia, Wentland) have different three-letter codes than they did in the First Winter Olympics (PPS, RTS, WEN—yes, I still have them all memorized :p ), since they were not in the NSOC member list at the time of the Olympics. It may be a good idea to re-assign these codes for simplicity.

EDIT: There are also six ex-nations in the NSOC: Druida, Hanneslandor, Mada, The Phoenic States, The Schnauzerlands, and Zombie Nerds.

Instead of wasting time going through and adding more levels and more people to this power structure, let's hold something before we lose *all* momentum whatsoever.

Note: If you check the NSWiki under International codes, Qazox's Sports Code is : QZX not QAZ thanks.

The Schnauzerlands
He didn't CTE, this refers to a collection of nations (Grosseschnauzer, Schnauzer Homelands, Schnauzer Dominions, Kinderliebstadt [or something like that], Purple Schnauzers, and maybe a couple others). They're all controlled by the same player.

Instead of wasting time going through and adding more levels and more people to this power structure, let's hold something before we lose *all* momentum whatsoever.

The nominations end tomorrow evening; after that, I'll announce the nominated bids. It would be a good idea for us to decide now how the actual vote should proceed, since there was... some controversy over the organising of it last time.

The only way I can think of to avoid having voters asked to TG one of a list of OUC members would be to have a public vote in this thread... but that probably wouldn't be popular either.

The nominations end tomorrow evening; after that, I'll announce the nominated bids. It would be a good idea for us to decide now how the actual vote should proceed, since there was... some controversy over the organising of it last time.
The weird colored groups are a bit complicated, but I don’t see anything wrong with them as long as there isn’t a less complicated way of doing the same thing (and as long as I don’t have to receive any votes with my main nation :p ).

In completely unrelated news, I finally got around to verifying the medal table for the I Olympic Winter Games. Boudra-Boudra had the wrong number of total medals, and Jonquiere-Tadoussac and Ropa-Topia both had a bronze medal where they should have had a silver. I’ve edited the correct table into the results thread (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=10762721#post10762721), and will fix the table on the wiki later (unless someone else wants to do it sooner :p ).

It would be a good idea for us to decide now how the actual vote should proceed, since there was... some controversy over the organising of it last time.

The only way I can think of to avoid having voters asked to TG one of a list of OUC members would be to have a public vote in this thread... but that probably wouldn't be popular either.

With 55 eligible voting nations for the WC29 host vote, I received 35 votes over the course of a week. Only once did I have more than three votes appear in my TG box since the previous time I had checked it.

Pac's Rainbow system was rather unnecessary and, with the usefulness of sending a TG back to say 'w00t I have your vote', it's nearly redundant.

In that case, I don't mind collecting the votes. Or someone else can do it if they want to, of course...

Last chance for UOC members to nominate one or more bids.

Also, as you start thinking about what your national sport is in preparation for the Olympics, you can list it here (http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/National_sport).

Not quite all… :p

Indeed, why haven't I received a TG yet? :confused:

Indeed, why haven't I received a TG yet? :confused:

You haven't? I'm positive I sent you one. :confused:

TGs were sent to The Archregimancy, Bedistan, Commerce Heights, Krytenia, Pacitalia, Spruitland and Starblaydia.

Feel free to send me your nomination(s) now, in any case.

OFFICIAL UPPER COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENT

And the nominated bids are...

Ashford, CAS Ashford Bid Thread (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=483455)
Sonoma City, BDS
Timiocato, PAC
International Democratic Union (Region) IDU Bid Thread (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=483405)

Congratulations to all nominees. Olympic Council members, you can now TG me your vote. As this is a vote, not a nomination, vote for one bid only please. Voting closes on June 8th, 22:00 GMT.

My apologies, but I'm afraid the Sonoma City bid is going to have to be withdrawn - I'm just not going to have enough time to get it ready with everything else I'm doing. Sorry about that.

I assume those up for bid can't bid themselves? :p

The Ashford Olympic Schedule is complete, and can be provided on any and all requests.

You haven't? I'm positive I sent you one. :confused:

TGs were sent to The Archregimancy, Bedistan, Commerce Heights, Krytenia, Pacitalia, Spruitland and Starblaydia.

Feel free to send me your nomination(s) now, in any case.

No, I never got one.

Though my friend was on here the other day checking out NS on my account, so he may or may not have deleted it before I had a chance to see it. Regardless...

BUMP for the sake of voters.

BUMP for the sake of voters.

Semi-Official Announcement from Someone who Collects Votes from Unwilling Host Voters With Some Regularity and Happens to Be an OUC Member

Would all Members of the Olympic Coucil - that is anyone who has signed up to be on the council, or compete in a Games in this thread - who can be bothered to choose between:

Casari's Ashton Bid (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=483455)
Pacitalia's Timiocato Bid
The IDU's Regional Bid (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=483405)

...Please send your vote to Ariddia NOW!





there you go, Arry, that'll help :)

Thank you. Much more... eye-catching. :D

I hate to look like I'm giving up on the NSOC, because I'm really not. I did some thinking since the bid finalists were announced (since you know I wasn't going to continue with my bid due to time constraints). I was actually considering going for it again, but a lot more projects IRL have cropped up around yours truly and thus I cannot say for sure I could do it. I need to have 100% time dedication to do this and I don't think I will have that luxury, so like Bedi, I'm going to pull out.

Hope that doesn't offend anyone - I'm still going to be participating, but just not able to do the massive amount of work involved with hosting.

-Pac

T'is BUMPed.

Before voting, I'd just like to point out that the IDU's bid has events that take place over a suface of sevral tens of thousands of kilometers.

I'd like to ask them, for the sake of all the participants in the next NSOlympics where they plan to have the Olympic Village, and how they expect anybody to finish the tour cycling that has a total length in excess of 10,000 km?

I'm all for "regional" bids, but I still think that over-extension of the Olympics would be negative for all the people who want to watch the Olympics, and also for athletes themselves, by breaking the unique feel of the olympian spirit of exchange between people of different cultures and sporting interests.

Before voting, I'd just like to point out that the IDU's bid has events that take place over a suface of sevral tens of thousands of kilometers.

I'd like to ask them, for the sake of all the participants in the next NSOlympics where they plan to have the Olympic Village, and how they expect anybody to finish the tour cycling that has a total length in excess of 10,000 km?

I'm all for "regional" bids, but I still think that over-extension of the Olympics would be negative for all the people who want to watch the Olympics, and also for athletes themselves, by breaking the unique feel of the olympian spirit of exchange between people of different cultures and sporting interests.
The base Olympic Village will be in the IDU's capital, the Free Land of the IDU. Other "mini-Olympic Villages" will be located at the various venues in different nations, allowing athletes to meet with locals in each different nation, which all have different cultures and sporting interests. Various airlines and sailing companies have been contracted by the IDU Olympic Committee to provide an "Olympic Shuttle" between the various events.

You'll have to wait for a response from the tour course's organizer, Grosseschnauzer, about the long course.

To reaffirm the fears of the 173 residents of the Town of Ashton, the Olympics would take place in the 11-million-resident City of Ashford. :p Why someone would think a town of 173 would host something like the Olympics is beyond me.

How can I apply to enter Dingzanwa into the NSOC?

Update: The cycling tour course in the IDU will continue the whole length, but athletes will not go on the whole course: the course is divided into many smaller sections that athletes will choose to run on.

It's not an event, just a demonstration.

The base Olympic Village will be in the IDU's capital, the Free Land of the IDU. Other "mini-Olympic Villages" will be located at the various venues in different nations, allowing athletes to meet with locals in each different nation, which all have different cultures and sporting interests. Various airlines and sailing companies have been contracted by the IDU Olympic Committee to provide an "Olympic Shuttle" between the various events.

You'll have to wait for a response from the tour course's organizer, Grosseschnauzer, about the long course.

Update: The cycling tour course in the IDU will continue the whole length, but athletes will not go on the whole course: the course is divided into many smaller sections that athletes will choose to run on.

It's not an event, just a demonstration.

A few more questions :

1) The sites are incredibly far apart, especially from the Olympic village. Larena is over 40000km away from the Free land of the IDU. This means that there would be at least 36 hours of flight between the two sites, and require 2 refuellings, and this is by modern aircraft standards (figures based on an A380). Since all the athletes of the participating nations will be in the Free Land of the IDU for the opening and closing ceremonies, does this mean that there will be a 3-day gap between the opening ceremony and the start of the games, and a similar gap between, the end of the events and the closing ceremony?

2) Will the explosion of events over numerous locations not hinder the budding Olympics' touristic value? How do you plan to ensure people from Vuam and Isma, or from another participating country, are able to see all (or at least most) of their stars compete?

The games will most likely continue between sites, with all spectators and applicable competitors traveling around the region in a very fast set of vehicles that will take everyone together if they so wish.

The longest flight will only be 8000 kilometers, from Montreal to Adam County.

So the events will be sequential?

That would mean spreading the games over sevral months...

So the events will be sequential?

That would mean spreading the games over sevral months...
Well, not quite sequential. The venues would be sequential, and maybe close cities would do things at the same time, but it will be mostly sequential.

I don't see how the order things are done in will effect the time of the games. There will be probably from 3-6 events each day.

Uh, nothing but the swimming competitions have to be spread over at least a week, and more plausibly over two, same for athletics. Modern pentathlon is at least a 4-day deal, cycling is a one-week job...

If in each town we have to stay 4-5 days, then we'll end up needing a month or two to finish all the events...

OK, I've consulted with a regionmate who told me I got the whole thing wrong. I now post a (hopefully) correct summary.

The games will be held simoultaneously in different locations. There will be speedy transportation connecting the different venues, but it will not be possible to attend all of the events (like at the real Olympics). There ought to be enough time between events for a plane to come in if the two cities are close, to maximize the number of events you will be able to see.

How can I apply to enter Dingzanwa into the NSOC?

By sending a delegation of athletes to the Olympics. You'll automatically become a member of the NSOC.

A few more questions :

1) The sites are incredibly far apart, especially from the Olympic village. Larena is over 40000km away from the Free land of the IDU. This means that there would be at least 36 hours of flight between the two sites, and require 2 refuellings, and this is by modern aircraft standards (figures based on an A380). Since all the athletes of the participating nations will be in the Free Land of the IDU for the opening and closing ceremonies, does this mean that there will be a 3-day gap between the opening ceremony and the start of the games, and a similar gap between, the end of the events and the closing ceremony?

2) Will the explosion of events over numerous locations not hinder the budding Olympics' touristic value? How do you plan to ensure people from Vuam and Isma, or from another participating country, are able to see all (or at least most) of their stars compete?

This is an understandable comment. However easily solved if one has heard of the Interstellar Federation of DataGenesis. DataGenesis is the only nation in the IDU to posses vessels capable of interstellar flight. There are currently 18 such vessels in commission, with another 5 available in joint co-opration to nations that have shown themselves to be able to adapt to the technology and not release it to nations that may wish to use such technology for weaponry.

It is a matter of a short hour or two for such vessels to transport participants from venue to venue with no intertial or pressure based sickness. Clearly the enormous cost and small number of these vessels would mean not all such vessels will be available, (at most one or two) hence the need for conventional airports and mini-olympic villages. However, when the need arises there are 3 vessels available to be used, typically for the movement of officials or injured athletes lin emergencies. All athletes will thus be able to be transported to and from the IDU central village for the opening and closing ceremonies.

:P

The Empire of Caliscabetta would like to send a small delgation to the games. We are not yet large enough to host, but would very much liek to get involved in anyway we can.

The Empire of Caliscabetta would like to send a small delgation to the games. We are not yet large enough to host, but would very much liek to get involved in anyway we can.

Welcome! The host(s) will be announced in a few days, and will tell you what you need to do.

Eo Sheh, President of the Comité Olympique Ariddien, coughed lightly as he stepped up onto the podium and faced the rows of faces before him. Some of them anxious, some smiling, some excited. He kept his own face expressionless, and tapped the microphones before him, if only for the sake of prolonging the suspense a second or two longer.

"Mesdames, Mesdemoiselles, Messieurs," he began, and his gaze swept over the gathering briefly. He noticed some of those in attendance had apparently forgotten to bring a translator along with them, and were looking a little panicked. "Merci d'être là ce soir," he went on. "Ces derniers jours, les représentants accrédités des Comités Olympiques nationaux du Comité Olympique International m'ont dûment fait parvenir leur vote quant à la ville hôte de la toute première Olympiade d'Eté. Il est temps maintenant de vous annoncer la ville hôte, et donc, sans plus vous faire attendre..."

He paused. Time to put them out of their uncertainty.
"Ladies and gentlemen," he continued, this time in English. "Thank you for being here tonight. Twelve delegates of National Olympic Committees have each cast a vote in favour of one of the two remaining hosting bids for the first ever Summer Olympiad. I may now announce that, with nine votes to three, the First Summer Olympiad will be hosted by the city of... ASHFORD!

Thank you all for gaving voted, I would like to thank also the organisers of both bids, and now, with the duties of organising entrusted to the representatives of Casari... may the preparations for the Olympic Games... begin!"


OFFICIAL OLYMPIC UPPER COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENT

With the votes now in, the hosting bid for Ashford, Casari, has been awarded hosting duties for the First Summer Olympiad, with a total of nine votes to three.

Casari, I suggest you let everyone know asap precisely how you're going to organise it, what the specific events will be (etc... so we can prepare rosters), and when it'll start.

Due to the complication of my WC hostage with the Kryman, signups will be delayed a minor amount of time. However, the list of events, the national sport and athlete skill point details will appear here soon, so you can get a minor head start on the soulcrushing process of filling it out.

No problem, Casari. And:

T'is BUMPed.

The updated NSOC Membership List can be found here (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10957846&postcount=611).

I've changed some very minor mistakes and have added two new nations to bring the count to 115 including associate members and the UOC. Also, if any new nation signs up i'd request if they could please come up with their 3-Letter Code. Thanks, and congratulations Casari!

Is it too late to join?

Is it too late to join?

Nope. Not until the host (Casari) says so. What'll happen now is, Casari will provide a list of events so that you can draw up a "roster" - i.e., decide what events your athletes will be competing in, and name those athletes.

Welcome to the Olympics!

I would like to join As I have an Idea for an event ;)

For your "Oh hell, this is a large freaking list" pleasure:

DO NOT POST SIGNUPS HERE, OR I WILL MOCK YOU RELENTLESSLY.

Also, this list is not at this point final- minor alterations could be announced.

A fully loaded Olympic Delegation will have 1243 athletes in 791 entries. For instance, your Men's Football team is one entry, but has multiple athletes.

SKILL POINTS: Each entry comes with one point. If you want to make an entry better, you must take points from others to do so. So if you have 4 Men's 100m entries, and you want to make your Men's Football team better, you can take the point from each 100m entry and give them to the Men's Football Team. An entry can have a maximum of 5 points. If you don't list a number of points with an entry, we'll assume that it has 1, so that if it confuses you, you don't have to mess with it.

The only request is that you do your own math. Doing signups are extremely time-consuming, and therefore if you end up with more than one point an athlete, we'll just subtract a point from every entry to be sure you're under that limit. Willingly putting yourself under 1 per entry carries no penalty, of course.

NATIONAL SPORT: You can pick one National Sport (Aquatics, Football, Rubgy, Wrestling, etc.) for your nation. All your entries in that sport will get a super-happy-fun-bonus!

Lastly, there's a few specifics about some sports with odd qualifying systems.

ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS
You can enter any number of athletes in the Artistic Gymnastics competition. However, you will only be allowed to qualify for the Team Finals if you enter the full six. Each Gymnast will therefore have their own skill points.

EQUESTRIAN
Dressage uses a team of 4 in the team competition. After the team competiton, the individuals with the highest score qualify for the Individual event. In the individual competition, the athletes will use the same skill as the team had.

Eventing is the opposite. The Eventing is treated as an individual competition. Similarly to Gymnastics, if you enter a full 4 athletes, the team will be entered into the team competition as well, where the top 3 scores will count for the team.

Event Number of Entries allowed
Number of Athletes per Entry
Total Athletes in Event
Total 791 1243
Aquatics
Diving
Men's 3m Springboard 4 1 4
Men's Sync. 3m Springboard 2 2 4
Men's 10m Platform 4 1 4
Men's Sync. 10m Platform 2 2 4
Women's 3m Springboard 4 1 4
Women's Sync. 3m Springboard 2 2 4
Women's 10m Platform 4 1 4
Women's Sync. 10m Platform 2 2 4
Swimming
Men's 50m Freestyle 4 1 4
Men's 100m Backstroke 4 1 4
Men's 100m Breaststroke 4 1 4
Men's 100m Butterfly 4 1 4
Men's 100m Freestyle 4 1 4
Men's 200m Backstroke 4 1 4
Men's 200m Breaststroke 4 1 4
Men's 200m Butterfly 4 1 4
Men's 200m Freestyle 4 1 4
Men's 400m Freestyle 4 1 4
Men's 1500m Freestyle 4 1 4
Men's 400m Individual Medley 4 1 4
Men's 4x100m Freestyle 1 4 4
Men's 4x100m Medley 1 4 4
Men's 4x200m Freestyle 1 4 4
Men's 10k Marathon 4 1 4
Women's 50m Freestyle 4 1 4
Women's 100m Backstroke 4 1 4
Women's 100m Breaststroke 4 1 4
Women's 100m Butterfly 4 1 4
Women's 100m Freestyle 4 1 4
Women's 200m Backstroke 4 1 4
Women's 200m Breaststroke 4 1 4
Women's 200m Butterfly 4 1 4
Women's 200m Freestyle 4 1 4
Women's 400m Freestyle 4 1 4
Women's 800m Freestyle 4 1 4
Women's 400m Individual Medley 4 1 4
Women's 4x100m Freestyle 1 4 4
Women's 4x100m Medley 1 4 4
Women's 4x200m Freestyle 1 4 4
Women's 10k Marathon 4 1 4
Synchronized Swimming
Women's Duet 2 2 4
Women's Team 1 8 8
Water Polo
Men's Water Polo 1 16 16
Women's Water Polo 1 16 16
Archery
Men's Individual 4 1 4
Men's Team 1 3 3
Women's Individual 4 1 4
Women's Team 1 3 3
Athletics
Men's 100m 4 1 4
Men's 110m Hurdles 4 1 4
Men's 200m 4 1 4
Men's 400m 4 1 4
Men's 400m Hurdles 4 1 4
Men's 800m 4 1 4
Men's 1500m 4 1 4
Men's 3000m Steeplechase 4 1 4
Men's 5000m 4 1 4
Men's 10000m 4 1 4
Men's Marathon 4 1 4
Men's 4x100m Relay 1 4 4
Men's 4x400m Relay 1 4 4
Men's 20k Walk 4 1 4
Men's 50k Walk 4 1 4
Men's Discus Throw 4 1 4
Men's Long Jump 4 1 4
Men's High Jump 4 1 4
Men's Triple Jump 4 1 4
Men's Javelin 4 1 4
Men's Shot Put 4 1 4
Men's Hammer Throw 4 1 4
Men's Pole Vault 4 1 4
Men's Decathlon 4 1 4
Women's 100m 4 1 4
Women's 100m Hurdles 4 1 4
Women's 200m 4 1 4
Women's 400m 4 1 4
Women's 400m Hurdles 4 1 4
Women's 800m 4 1 4
Women's 1500m 4 1 4
Women's 3000m Steeplechase 4 1 4
Women's 5000m 4 1 4
Women's 10000m 4 1 4
Women's Marathon 4 1 4
Women's 4x100m Relay 1 4 4
Women's 4x400m Relay 1 4 4
Women's 20k Walk 4 1 4
Women's Discus Throw 4 1 4
Women's Long Jump 4 1 4
Women's High Jump 4 1 4
Women's Triple Jump 4 1 4
Women's Javelin 4 1 4
Women's Shot Put 4 1 4
Women's Hammer Throw 4 1 4
Women's Pole Vault 4 1 4
Women's Heptathlon 4 1 4
Badminton
Men's Singles 4 1 4
Men's Doubles 2 2 4
Women's Singles 4 1 4
Women's Doubles 2 2 4
Mixed Doubles 2 2 4
Baseball
Men's Baseball 1 25 25
Basketball
Men's Basketball 1 12 12
Women's Basketball 1 12 12
Boxing
Men's Lightweight 4 1 4
Men's Welterweight 4 1 4
Men's Middleweight 4 1 4
Men's Heavyweight 4 1 4
Canoeing/Kayaking
Men's Single Canoe 4 1 4
Men's Double Canoe 2 2 4
Men's Single Kayak 4 1 4
Women's Single Kayak 4 1 4
Cricket
Men's One Day International 1 12 12
Women's One Day International 1 12 12
Cycling
BMX
Men's Individual 4 1 4
Women's Individual 4 1 4
Road
Men's Time Trial 6 1 6
Women's Time Trial 6 1 6
Men's Road Race 6 1 6
Women's Road Race 6 1 6
Track
Men's Individual Pursuit 4 1 4
Men's Team Pursuit 1 4 4
Men's Points Race 2 2 4
Men's Keirin 4 1 4
Men's Madison (American) 2 2 4
Men's Individual Sprint 4 1 4
Men's Olympic Sprint 1 3 3
Women's Individual Pursuit 4 1 4
Women's Points Race 2 2 4
Women's Individual Sprint 4 1 4
Mountain Bike
Men's Cross Country 4 1 4
Women's Cross Country 4 1 4
Equestrian
Dressage 1 4 4
Eventing 4 1 4
Individual Jumping 4 1 4
Team Jumping 1 4 4
Fencing
Men's Individual Epee 4 1 4
Men's Team Epee 1 9 9
Men's Individual Foil 4 1 4
Men's Team Foil 1 9 9
Men's Individual Sabre 4 1 4
Men's Team Sabre 1 9 9
Women's Individual Epee 4 1 4
Women's Individual Foil 4 1 4
Women's Individual Sabre 4 1 4
Women's Team Sabre 1 9 9
Football
Men's Football 1 23 23
Women's Football 1 23 23
Gymnastics
Artistic
Men's Qualifying 6 1 6
Women's Qualifying 6 1 6
Rhythmic
Women's Group Competition 1 5 5
Women's All-Around 4 1 4
Trampoline
Men's Trampoline 4 1 4
Women's Trampoline 4 1 4
Handball
Men's Handball 1 14 14
Women's Handball 1 14 14
Hockey
Men's Hockey 1 27 27
Women's Hockey 1 27 27
Judo
Men's Lightweight 4 1 4
Men's Middleweight 4 1 4
Men's Heavyweight 4 1 4
Women's Lightweight 4 1 4
Women's Middleweight 4 1 4
Women's Heavyweight 4 1 4
Modern Pentathlon
Men's Individual 4 1 4
Women's Individual 4 1 4
Rowing
Men's Single Sculls 4 1 4
Men's Double Sculls 2 2 4
Men's Lightweight Double Sculls 2 2 4
Men's Quad Sculls 1 4 4
Men's Coxless Pair 2 2 4
Men's Coxless Four 1 4 4
Men's Lightweight Coxless Four 1 4 4
Men's Coxed Eights 1 8 8
Women's Single Sculls 4 1 4
Women's Double Sculls 2 2 4
Women's Lightweight Double Sc. 2 2 4
Women's Quad Sculls 1 4 4
Women's Coxless Pair 2 2 4
Women's Coxed Eights 1 8 8
Rugby
Men's Rugby Sevens 1 12 12
Sailing
Men's RS:X (Sailboard) 4 1 4
Men's Laser (Single Dinghy) 4 1 4
Men's 470 (Two Person Dinghy) 2 2 4
Men's Star (Keelboat) 2 2 4
Women's RS:X (Sailboard) 4 1 4
Women's Laser Rad. (Single D.) 4 1 4
Women's 470 (Two Person Dinghy) 2 2 4
Women's Yngling (Keelboat) 1 3 3
49er (Mixed Skiff) 2 2 4
Finn (Mixed Dinghy) 4 1 4
Tornado (Mixed Multihull) 2 2 4
Shooting
Men's 10m Air Pistol 4 1 4
Men's 10m Air Rifle 4 1 4
Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol 4 1 4
Men's 50m Pistol 4 1 4
Men's 50m 3-position Rifle 4 1 4
Men's 50m Prone Rifle 4 1 4
Men's Skeet 4 1 4
Men's Trap 4 1 4
Men's Double Trap 4 1 4
Women's 10m Air Pistol 4 1 4
Women's 10m Air Rifle 4 1 4
Women's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol 4 1 4
Women's 50m 3-position Rifle 4 1 4
Women's Skeet 4 1 4
Women's Trap 4 1 4
Softball
Women's Softball 1 25 25
Table Tennis
Men's Individual 4 1 4
Men's Team 2 2 4
Women's Individual 4 1 4
Women's Team 2 2 4
Taekwondo
Men's Lightweight 4 1 4
Men's Middleweight 4 1 4
Men's Heavyweight 4 1 4
Women's Lightweight 4 1 4
Women's Middleweight 4 1 4
Women's Heavyweight 4 1 4
Tennis
Men's Singles 4 1 4
Men's Doubles 2 2 4
Women's Singles 4 1 4
Women's Doubles 2 2 4
Triathlon
Men's Triathlon 4 1 4
Women's Triathlon 4 1 4
Volleyball
Men's Volleyball 1 12 12
Men's Beach Volleyball 2 2 4
Women's Volleyball 1 12 12
Women's Beach Volleyball 2 2 4
Weightlifting
Men's Lightweight 4 1 4
Men's Welterweight 4 1 4
Men's Middleweight 4 1 4
Men's Heavyweight 4 1 4
Women's Lightweight 4 1 4
Women's Welterweight 4 1 4
Women's Middleweight 4 1 4
Women's Heavyweight 4 1 4
Wrestling
Men's Lightweight Greco-Roman 4 1 4
Men's Middleweight Greco-Roman 4 1 4
Men's Heavyweight Greco-Roman 4 1 4
Men's Lightweight Freestyle 4 1 4
Men's Middleweight Freestyle 4 1 4
Men's Heavyweight Freestyle 4 1 4
Women's Lightweight Freestyle 4 1 4
Women's Middleweight Freestyle 4 1 4
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OOC: is Coranado Del Marr still on the Commitee

I have not listed Coranado Del Marr in the Member Nation List because Coranado Del Marr is not a registered nation on NationStates. Search results yeild no match query, so it is not listed as a member-nation.

I have not listed Coranado Del Marr in the Member Nation List because Coranado Del Marr is not a registered nation on NationStates. Search results yeild no match query, so it is not listed as a member-nation.


That was my Old nation Can Pleases Replace him since he was on the Commitee

Schiavonia would like to appeal to the NSOC to have it's three letter abbreviation changed from SVO to SCV.

Thanks.

OOC:

Wow, can't wait for the Summer Olympiad to start! Sign me up, if the signups occur this week; I've got my hands tied with finals. :)

T'is BUMPed.

If it's not too late, I would like to enter my nation in these Olympics.

If it's not too late, I would like to enter my nation in these Olympics.

It's not too late until Casari says it is. Welcome aboard!

You can start preparing your delegation, based on the info given by Casari seven posts above your own.

This is it, the signup thread (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=487906)!

So are we going to begin planning for the Second Winter Olympics?

dunno... hopefully sometime in september...lol

I doubt it'll get done that soon, but we can start by asking: Who would be willing to host them?

Hehheh... Don't look at me, I did my duty for the good of the thing.

I would love to host the Winter Games, but I have no clue hot to run a scorinator on excel and Commerce Heights, who ran the first one, never responded as to how they did theirs.

Otherwise, the city of Spears Crossing, Chicanada is ready to host (with skiing held 20 minutes away in the mountain resort city of Castille).

I would love to host the Winter Games, but I have no clue hot to run a scorinator on excel and Commerce Heights, who ran the first one, never responded as to how they did theirs.
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The Capitalizt Olympic Committee submits its application to host the II Olympic Winter Games in 케토 (Ket0), UCS*. There are some concerns that there is insufficient funding to host the Games, but the COC is confident that it will be able to either obtain the necessary funds or withdraw the bid prior to the final host vote (OOC: this depends on how many other bids there are). They will provide more information on the bid at a later date, however, they have assured the NSOC that the proposed location has naturally-occurring snow.

*The COC’s three-letter code is still COM.

I'd just like to say that if nothing else, we should expand the pool of people who have hosted before going and having repeat hosts.

And we need to create some slani buzz around these things, as the movement is apathetic at best.

I'd just like to say that if nothing else, we should expand the pool of people who have hosted before going and having repeat hosts.

And we need to create some slani buzz around these things, as the movement is apathetic at best.


No.. if we had more interest, then it would be apathetic.

Heh. Well, the workload is nothing short of immense, to be honest.

I'd just like to say that if nothing else, we should expand the pool of people who have hosted before going and having repeat hosts.
I agree, that’s why I’m withdrawing if there are other good bids. And it’s not like I really want to do all that work again. :p

Hi,i want to join the NationStates Olympic Council.Can i join?

Hi,i want to join the NationStates Olympic Council.Can i join?

Sure why not?? We're still debating as to wether or not to have a 2nd Winter games.

Commerce Heights, still willing to do it?

If you make winter games i will send a bid for the city of Solleria,located at the mountains of northern Mallorca.

Ugh, hasn't this died the death it deserves yet?

Ugh, hasn't this died the death it deserves yet?


And we need to create some slani buzz around these things

Your own words. ;)

Which the council entirely fails to do. All it is is another pointless power structure that gets nothing done.

We wouldn't even be talking about Olympics right now if someone hadn't dug around and found the thread again.

Which the council entirely fails to do. All it is is another pointless power structure that gets nothing done.

We wouldn't even be talking about Olympics right now if someone hadn't dug around and found the thread again.

It was bound to be brought up again eventually. And now that it has, why not see if it can be got to work yet again hmm? Since you seem to be brimming with ideas to get things done, let's hear a few shall we?

What's so damn wrong with the Council? It got us two Olympic hosts sans probleme, n'est-ce pas?

hopefully we'll get around to actually hving this thing... I suggest that once the K-O stages begin in the World Cup, we try this again.

What's wrong with the council?

1) It's freaking huge. The concept of "everyone having a voice", while noble, has made the body packed full of people who probably forgot they were even in it. There are people on the council who have never been in an Olympics or Olympic-type event, and I bet a significant number have ceased.

2) The presence and role of the Upper Council. The original nomination of people to the Upper Council was random and subject to whim, and just drags the whole damn process out longer with multiple votes. Just because of being sick of the wait is why I did the Ylompics, and because of those I won the Olympics vote.

3) The approaching arbitrary selection of a Winter Olympics Host. If the council exists for a reason at all, it would be to vote. But a unilateral selection hints at the fact that noone is paying attention at all. And you're picking a host to host an event that has MUCH less widespread popularity than the Summer Olympics do.

4) It happily ignores that hosting is freakishly massive amounts of work. Too much to get together in a few days.

Not that a council is a bad idea. But there is no reason on Earth why a council should exist before what it's trying to regulate is a regular event. As it sits now, there is no momentum. Just like last time. The list of willing, capable hosts has not developed or expanded a bit.

The council has done so little since, in fact, I already had Ylompic plans half done to be held after American Thanksgiving, and then a search for someone else to attempt the next Ylompics hopefully after the new year.

The council has done so little since, in fact, I already had Ylompic plans half done to be held after American Thanksgiving, and then a search for someone else to attempt the next Ylompics hopefully after the new year.

Sounds good to me.
As one of the Official Original Upper NS Olympic Council BigWigs, who hasn't really done anything constructive since then, I suggest we skip the voting thing and name Casari the host of the next Summer Olympics.

Sure, we could try to get this whole thing rolling again, try to stir up some interest, make a handful of people get carried away and put in a "ooh, that sounds like fun"-hosting bid in the hope that one of them is actually half decent. And we'll probably end up letting CH host the next Winter Olympics again because he did a good job with the first one, but, let's face it, nobody is really that interested in the winter stuff. And then we can maybe get started some time around Christmas.

Or we can decide to skip the Winter stuff, because, let's face it, nobody is really that interested, and go through a similar elaborate process trying to find a host for the Summer Olympics instead, and probably end up with Casari again because he already did it twice and it worked like a charm and he's the only one nuts enough to do it, and again hopefully get started some time around Christmas.

Either way, knowing Casari, he'll probably just start his Ylompics anyway while we're all still voting and discussing.
So we might as well endorse the Ylompics, switch a few letters around, and sit on our asses while Casari does all the work and we'll have a well-hosted event faster than if we all get worked up about it.
And, perhaps, during/after the event, while there's a new buzz about it, we can pick up the discussion again, and see if this whole process can be streamlined into something workable and sustainable. But for the time being, "just let Casari do the next one" seems a perfectly fine solution to me. :)

Well i proposed this a few times and was shouted down..so to speak.. but here's an idea.

Let's just have an olympics with only 10-15 events, the events any one cares about anyway:

PROPOSED EVENTS:

FOOTBALL (MENS/WOMENS)
HOCKEY (MENS/WOMENS)
BASEBALL
SOFTBALL
BASKETBALL (MENS/WOMENS)
TRACK AND FIELD
GYMNASTICS (MENS/WOMENS)
SKIING (downhill, Slalom, jumping, x-country)
SNOWBOARDING (halfpipe, Boardercross, Slalom)
AQUATICS (swimming and Diving)

and the host(s) pick one demonstration event which could be anything they want..

There. an olympics that has the most popular events and shouldn't take as long as the last ones did. Sorry but who really cares about Kayaking, Canoing, Sailing,etc...? thises events added god-knows-how-long time and effort to events that don't mean anything in RL except at the Olympics anyway? (when was the last time you saw the World Cup of Kayaking??? hmmm?)

Bangor, Maineiacs can host a winter olympics, or Boston for the summer if I can figure out the scorinator. I couldn't get it to work last time I tried.

See, everything you just proposed to cut is why I like the Olympics. Because the odd, slightly bizzare sports that would never turn up on NS actually turn up. Then, people can RP something other than "Hurr my football team lost 2-1 in the 89th minute hurr I would have won if it wasnt for a penalty nurr we got screwed by the ref hurr" like you see in the World Cup. Every. Single. Cup.

Both the Oly/Ylompics I've hosted have had several people just blow my mind via roleplaying, because, bizzarely enough, the chance to RP different things actually spurs a bit of creativity.

And I LIKE creativity.

Yep, I agree. The whole shitload of sports, ranging from popular to obscure, is a big part of what makes it fun.
The first Ylompics were one of the most fun sports events I've done, RP-wise, because I could just look at what was on the schedule for the day and have several options to choose from. Beach volley or cycling, badminton or gymnastics, so much going on, there's bound to be something that spurs your creativity.

That's why the Summer Olympics are more popular/fun than the Winter Olympics too (from a RP point of view). Winter is basically "a bunch of sports on snow or ice." It's not quite as limited a background as "a bunch of guys on a soccer field" but it's going in that direction. In a Summer Olympics, there's so many different things going on, you have to choose what *not* to write about.

Pain in the ass for the host, sure, but the grandness of the thing is what makes it so fun. The nation leading the medals chart needs to have like 87 medals, at least. Not 2 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze. :)

If anything, it's the sports like football that should not be in the Olympics (in RL as well as in NS), on the basis that in both there's ample opportunity to play them elsewhere. How many people - even football fans - remember the last 2 RL Olympic football champs? Compared to the last 2 WC winners?

Qazox while I like your Idea I won my Medals in Shooting events primarily and without those I wouldn't have an intrest as Rorysville would probally get shafted in the team sports (as we have in the past) Noble Idea maybe just a bit of expansion is needed

Only.. guess that I'm wrong.. but to be honest most people don't know the difference between Yngling and Women's 470. add does anyone even care about Rythmic Gymnastics or know what Skeleton is? just wondering.

I suggest we skip the voting thing and name Casari the host of the next Summer Olympics.

TGing the members of the OUC is very easy. If we want things to get done quickly, we can wait four days to see who volunteers to host the next Games, then have the OUC pick one in just four days too, and bang. We'll be ready to start in no time.


And we'll probably end up letting CH host the next Winter Olympics again because he did a good job with the first one,

Sounds good to me if he wants to.


but, let's face it, nobody is really that interested in the winter stuff.

Speak for yourself. If no-one else is and no-one wants to host we can skip it, but last time, you may remember, we had excellent Games with quite a few participants and some decent RPing.


Let's just have an olympics with only 10-15 events, the events any one cares about anyway:


I agree with Casari on this point: HELL NO!


Sorry but who really cares about Kayaking, Canoing, Sailing,etc...?

Quite a few of us, I should think.


Yep, I agree. The whole shitload of sports, ranging from popular to obscure, is a big part of what makes it fun.
The first Ylompics were one of the most fun sports events I've done, RP-wise, because I could just look at what was on the schedule for the day and have several options to choose from. Beach volley or cycling, badminton or gymnastics, so much going on, there's bound to be something that spurs your creativity.

Indeed.


If anything, it's the sports like football that should not be in the Olympics (in RL as well as in NS), on the basis that in both there's ample opportunity to play them elsewhere. How many people - even football fans - remember the last 2 RL Olympic football champs? Compared to the last 2 WC winners?

I remember that my women's team are Olympic silver medallists. ;) And I think Qazox took the gold. Anyway, I see no reason to cut the football out, as long as we also keep the more unusual sports. (Heck, there's an Ariddian who's an Ylompic and Olympic champion in archery, and everyone in Ariddia is very proud of him. :p)

So... Here's what I suggest. In four days we see who's willing to host the Winter Games, and the OUC picks one of those. Assuming there's a plausible candidate/bid, of course.

does anyone even care about Rythmic Gymnastics or know what Skeleton is? just wondering.
Nope to Rythmic Gymnastics could care less about it

Skeleton is like luge except you go down the track head first I tried it once it was pretty cool to watch in the winter Olympics as well Winter Wise I usually watch these events(Hockey,Luge,Bobsled,Skeleton,SKi Jump,Cross Country Sking,That event where you Cross country Ski with a Rifle on your back and shoot at targets,Moguls,Snowboarding events,Curling anything else in the Winter Games is kinda just backround stuff to me)

Nope to Rythmic Gymnastics could care less about it


You mean you couldn't care less. If you say you could, it means it would be possible for you to care less than you already do. If you say you couldn't, it means you already care so little that caring even less would be impossible.

Sorry to nitpick, but that particular mistake annoys me.

You mean you couldn't care less...

Sorry to nitpick, but that particular mistake annoys me.

That's American terminology for you. They've been doing that for years

About the olympics, I'd like to see them happen. I don't really think we need a council, but I don't care much either way.

But why I'm posting here, is that I have to stand against gramattical nitpicking. It really gets me. We all use language differently so there's no need to attack people for using language in a way that is accepted, but happens to be different from your standard. I will not stand for prescriptivism in my ranks. If Rory wants to care less 'bout rhythm gymnastics more power to him. And I'm going to continue to use prepositions to end my sentences with. So let's just all back away from the grammar wheel and get back to debating the inannity of bureaucracy as it relates to sports on NS.

Thanks.

But why I'm posting here, is that I will not let so called "educated" people

I'm not a "so called educated person", I am an educated person. Doing a doctoral thesis right now, incidentally. And teaching at university. Not that you need to be educated in order to use proper grammar. Well, you do need at least a primary school education, I suppose, but you see my point.


bully people

I'm not bullying him; I'm pointing out a mistake. As is my goddamn right. He can do as he pleases.


with their prescriptive grammar crap.

It isn't just prescriptive grammar. It's about basic logic and knowing the English language well enough to say what you actually mean to say, rather than the reverse. How can you communicate or even think properly if you don't understand the meaning of the words you use?


You've all seen how much I post, so believe me that I will be rabid about this.

Knock yourself, m'dear. You be rabid, and I'll tell you just what I think of it.

H'mm, as my nation particpated in the Summer Olympics (where our assigned three-letter symbol was 'BRS') I suppose we should sign up here as well.
Regarding possible hosts for the next Winter games, I know that some of our neighbours in the International Democratic Union are interested in jointly hosting this event (OOC: It's been discussed in the region's offsite forum...) but don't know whether any of them have managed to attend this council recently: Might I suggest that the few nations whose representatives are here at the moment contact all of the other nations who sent teams to the previous Winter Olympics and/or the Summer Olympics too, to seek their opinions on the matter, instead of just arbitrarily selecting a host-country?

Well thank god we got to have an insightful bitchfest about grammar.

Everyone's getting really gung-ho about throwing someone under Olympics hosting bus. And as it seems like the only reaction we're getting from anyone is covering their ears and going "lalalalala" instead of getting a reasonable conclusion.

All I see is people who don't know what it's like in sheer work to try and host the Olympics happily pretending that they do.

Might I suggest that the few nations whose representatives are here at the moment contact all of the other nations who sent teams to the previous Winter Olympics and/or the Summer Olympics too, to seek their opinions on the matter, instead of just arbitrarily selecting a host-country?

We can't ask people to suggest hosts who aren't already self-designated candidates. As Casari pointed out, the workload is tremendous.

I'll TG CH and find out whether he's still interested in doing the Winter Games. If not, and if no-one else is seriously interested in doing so, bearing in mind all the work involved, then yes, regretfully, I suppose we can skip to the Summer ones.

Gretavass would enjoy sending their champion saberist, James McInereny, to the Summer Games Men's Single Saber.

TGing the members of the OUC is very easy. If we want things to get done quickly, we can wait four days to see who volunteers to host the next Games, then have the OUC pick one in just four days too, and bang. We'll be ready to start in no time.

Right. Sure, ok, supposing we actually get a half-decent hosting bid or two in those four days, I guess we could have a Winter Olympics ready to start around Thanksgiving then. However, the point kinda was that, if we go this route, Casari's just gonna start his Ylompics around the same time anyway, and we're back to where we started 8 months ago.

So I still say it makes more sense to just wait a few weeks for Casari to start the Third Summer Olympics, for which he's pretty much all set to go, and while this is nicely underway, start selecting hosts for the Winter Olympics, which then can start not long after the Summers are finished.

So I still say it makes more sense to just wait a few weeks for Casari to start the Third Summer Olympics, for which he's pretty much all set to go, and while this is nicely underway, start selecting hosts for the Winter Olympics, which then can start not long after the Summers are finished.

I suppose that makes a fair amount of sense, yes. It'll mess up the "chronology", but perhaps that's not of major concern. ;)

OK then. Want me to TG to OUC members for what will no doubt be the formality of approving Casari?

Everyone's getting really gung-ho about throwing someone under Olympics hosting bus.

Their idea, honestly, not mine...

Sounds good to me. :)

Sounds good to me. :)

TGs sent. (Yes, including to you. ;))