Totallympics Announcements Thread

[Sindo 1,651]

Discussion Threads are moving from an annual cycle to a quadriennium cycle, and being merged with the Olympic Qualification Thread for the following Olympic Games.

 

Example: Alpine Skiing Discussion | Qualification to Winter Olympic Games Milano-Cortina 2026

 

You might see the downside of this so I anticipate the benefits of it

 

- There will be no need to open discussion threads every new year, but just every 4;

- In the past we had some discussion threads very active and some with very few replies. Having also the general Olympic qualification discussion in the thread will guarantee each thread to be active during the Olympic quadriennium;

- We will still have separate threads for single Olympic qualification events, so these threads are only for general discussion related or unrelated to Olympic qualifications;

- In the past, we had to move lots of posts between Discussion Threads and Olympic qualification threads. This now will not be necessary anymore because there is a single thread for both.

[Dolby 754]

2 hours ago, Sindo said:

Discussion Threads are moving from an annual cycle to a quadriennium cycle, and being merged with the Olympic Qualification Thread for the following Olympic Games.

 

Example: Alpine Skiing Discussion | Qualification to Winter Olympic Games Milano-Cortina 2026

 

You might see the downside of this so I anticipate the benefits of it

 

- There will be no need to open discussion threads every new year, but just every 4;

- In the past we had some discussion threads very active and some with very few replies. Having also the general Olympic qualification discussion in the thread will guarantee each thread to be active during the Olympic quadriennium;

- We will still have separate threads for single Olympic qualification events, so these threads are only for general discussion related or unrelated to Olympic qualifications;

- In the past, we had to move lots of posts between Discussion Threads and Olympic qualification threads. This now will not be necessary anymore because there is a single thread for both.

One suggestion. Reserve the first post for qualification details. PDF/Overview/Important dates, whatever format everyone agrees on. Personally, I see this change as a positive, as it reduces the clutter and athletes/fans anyway think more on the line of 4 year Olympic cycle rather than year. 

[Sindo 1,651]

32 minutes ago, Dolby said:

One suggestion. Reserve the first post for qualification details. PDF/Overview/Important dates, whatever format everyone agrees on. Personally, I see this change as a positive, as it reduces the clutter and athletes/fans anyway think more on the line of 4 year Olympic cycle rather than year. 

Yeah, the first post is reserved anyway, we currently have the logo for "Discussion Thread". We can change it pointing to a link to the Qualification Tracker, where all the olympic qualification information will be stored.

[heywoodu 16,003]

1 hour ago, Dolby said:

One suggestion. Reserve the first post for qualification details. PDF/Overview/Important dates, whatever format everyone agrees on. Personally, I see this change as a positive, as it reduces the clutter and athletes/fans anyway think more on the line of 4 year Olympic cycle rather than year. 

I'd say the very best, as soon as it's there, is to have the official qualifying document (generally in PDF format) in the first post, so you don't need to go to another place just for that.

[Sindo 1,651]

The sidebar has been removed from Totallympics International Song Contest and Totallympics Prediction Contests sections, where large table need to be used.

[heywoodu 16,003]

1 hour ago, Sindo said:

The sidebar has been removed from Totallympics International Song Contest and Totallympics Prediction Contests sections, where large table need to be used.

Fantastic, those threads have now become way more readable (also compared to all other threads)  

[Grassmarket 4,028]

Hey did anyone get the address of that shopping in  website, btw?  Just going there soon, and they have such a fantastic reputation for honesty!   

[Sindo 1,651]

All the 2024/2025 winter sport season events have been added to our calendar. If you spot any missing event please feel free to report it!

[Sindo 1,651]

Hello,

 

we need some recurrent Olympic threads for LA2028 to be opened in the upcoming weeks, please feel free to open any of these threads in the Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 section.

 

Ideally, the user who opens the thread will also keep it updated if necessary, and make sure the thread is "bumped" every once in a while, but of course you can even just open it and other users can contribute.

 

Here is a complete lists of threads we are going to have, you can open any of them and I will then add the logo to it. For any unopened thread I will make sure it will be open once the first post related to that thread will be posted somewhere else.

 

• Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Broadcasters
• Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Ceremonies
• Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Debuting, Coming Back, Returning and Missing Nations
• Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Early Qualification Predictions for your Nation
• Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Medal Count
• Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Medal Predictions
• Nations that can win their First Olympic Medal at the Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028
• Newcomers per Sport at the Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028
• Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Opening Ceremony Flag Bearers @hckošice?
• Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Replay Videos @hckošice?
• Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Team Sports Early Qualification Predictions | This can be opened as soon as possible.
• Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Test Events
• Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Tickets, Trips and Experiences
• Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Torch Relay
• Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Tripartite Invitations Places @JoshMartini007?
• Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Uniforms
• Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Unqualified Nations @JoshMartini007?
• Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Venues 

 

 

Thanks!

Edited August 5 by Sindo

[Sindo 1,651]

And we still need the following threads for Milano Cortina in the Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026 section. Please feel free to open them even now.

 

• Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026 Ceremonies
• Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026 Debuting, Coming Back, Returning and Missing Nations @JoshMartini007?
• Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026 Medal Count
• Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026 Official Countdown @OlympicIRL?
• Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026 Opening Ceremony Flag Bearers @hckošice?
• Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026 Replay Videos @hckošice?
• Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026 Torch Relay
• Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026 Uniforms
• Which Nation will Win the Medal Count at the Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026?