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These are the suggested contests for February: - 12-23 Feb. Biathlon IBU World Championships - 13 Feb-16 Feb. Speed Skating ISU Single Distances World Championships - 15-16 Feb. Luge FIL World Championships - 21 Feb-1 Mar. Bobsleigh & Skeleton IBSF World Championships - 26 Feb-1 Mar. Track Cycling UCI World Championships If you have any other suggestions, please suggest them here in the discussion thread before January 13th.

Then it should be an easy question to get correct.

Men's Handball EHF European Championship 2020 Prediction Contest is now open

You MUST hide your post. To do that, you have only to delete the space between the bracket "[" and the text "hide" in "[ hide]" at the beginning of prediction post. Do the same at the end of prediction post with "[ /hide]" too. PREDICTION DESIGN - START COPYING HERE ---> [ hide] Preliminary Round January 9th - January 15th, 2020 24 Nations, 6 Groups, the 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group will qualify for the Main Round Group A Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 9th 2020, h. 18:15 Croatia Montenegro January 9th 2020, h. 20:30 Belarus Serbia January 11th 2020, h. 16:00 Montenegro Serbia January 11th 2020, h. 18:15 Croatia Belarus January 13th 2020, h. 18:15 Serbia Croatia January 13th 2020, h. 20:30 Montenegro Belarus Group B Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 10th 2020, h. 18:15 Czech Republic Austria January 10th 2020, h. 20:30 North Macedonia Ukraine January 12th 2020, h. 16:00 Austria Ukraine January 12th 2020, h. 18:15 Czech Republic North Macedonia January 14th 2020, h. 18:15 Ukraine Czech Republic January 14th 2020, h. 20:30 Austria North Macedonia Group C Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 9th 2020, h. 18:15 Spain Latvia January 9th 2020, h. 20:30 Germany Netherlands January 11th 2020, h. 16:00 Latvia Netherlands January 11th 2020, h. 18:15 Spain Germany January 13th 2020, h. 18:15 Netherlands Spain January 13th 2020, h. 20:30 Latvia Germany Group D Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 10th 2020, h. 18:15 France Portugal January 10th 2020, h. 20:30 Norway Bosnia and Herz. January 12th 2020, h. 16:00 Portugal Bosnia and Herz. January 12th 2020, h. 18:15 France Norway January 14th 2020, h. 18:15 Bosnia and Herz. France January 14th 2020, h. 20:30 Portugal Norway Group E Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 11th 2020, h. 16:00 Denmark Iceland January 11th 2020, h. 18:15 Hungary Russia January 13th 2020, h. 18:15 Iceland Russia January 13th 2020, h. 20:30 Denmark Hungary January 15th 2020, h. 18:15 Russia Denmark January 15th 2020, h. 20:30 Iceland Hungary Group F Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 10th 2020, h. 18:15 Sweden Switzerland January 10th 2020, h. 20:30 Slovenia Poland January 12th 2020, h. 16:00 Switzerland Poland January 12th 2020, h. 18:15 Sweden Slovenia January 14th 2020, h. 18:15 Poland Sweden January 14th 2020, h. 20:30 Switzerland Slovenia [ /hide] ---> PREDICTION DESIGN - STOP COPYING HERE

Prediction Contests Are Just-For-Fun Games You don't need to be an expert to take part in a Prediction Contest. If a mistake penalizes you, always keep in mind that everyone is in good faith. Competition Details City Various Cities Start Date January 9th, 2020 End Date January 26th, 2020 Participants 41 Gold africaboy Silver mihamiha Bronze ritesh Instructions In order to post your predictions, you have to do the following: Select with your mouse specified content of the Post named Prediction Contest Design Copy the selected content Go to Reply Box at the end of the Page, click on "Reply to this topic" Paste the copied content ( When information "You have pasted content with formatting" appears at the end of the Reply Box, ignore it, it will disappear eventually. DO NOT click on "Remove formatting" under any circumstances) Once you have specified content in new Post, start making your predictions according to the Rules To post your predictions, click on "Submit Reply" button Rules For this Prediction Contest you are predicting point difference for each match. To do that, you have to write in empty Cell a number - point difference for each match. If your prediction is that Nation 1 is going to win, you should type point difference in appropriate Cell of T1 Column. If your prediction is that Nation 2 is going to win, then type point difference in appropriate Cell of T2 Column. In case you think the match is going to end with a tie (draw), type 0 in any of the corresponding Cells. There cannot be 0 as point difference in the Semfinals and Medal Matches, and result after overtime/penalties will be counted as final result. Example Group A Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 9th 2020, h. 18:15 Croatia 8 Montenegro Scoring System: Basic number of points is 10 If you predict the right winner for a match or a draw, you will get 10 points regardless of the goal difference. If your prediction is perfect (correct winner + correct goal difference or a draw) you will earn 10+10=20 points. Depending on difference between your prediction and actual result, earned points will differ. Example Group A Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 9th 2020, h. 18:15 Croatia 8 Montenegro If Croatia wins by 8, you will earn 20 points [10 pts for correct winner + 10 pts for point difference: (10-(8-8)) If Croatia wins by 3, you will earn 15 points [10 pts for correct winner + 5 pts for point difference: (10-(8-3)) If Croatia wins by 19, you will earn 10 points [10 pts for correct winner + 0 pts for point difference: 10-(8-19) - no negative points If Montenegro wins by 1, you will earn 1 point [0 pts for correct winner + 1 pts for point difference: (10-(8+1)) If Montenegro wins by 2 or more, you will earn 0 points [0 pts for correct winner + 0 pts for point difference: (10-(8+4)) In the Knockout Round, points will be multiplied by: In the Semifinals, points will be multiplied by 1.5 In the Medal Matches, points will be multiplied by 2 TB Rules If two or more contestants have the same number of points at the end, Tie-Break rule will be applied to break the tie. Number or perfect predictions throughout the contest will be compared for the involved contestants. If they are still tied, number of second best scores will be compared, then number of third best results and so on. Example Contestant 1: 3x20, 2x19, 2x18, 2x17 Contestant 2: 3x20, 2x19, 2x18, 1x17 Contestant 1 will be placed ahead of Contestant 2. The contestant with most points wins the competition. The Ranking is determined by the Sum of Points the Contestant scores in all predicted Matches. You can enter the Contest whenever you want. The moment you post your predictions is the moment when you are entering the Contest and your points will be calculated for all the matches you predicted AND which haven't started. In order to earn points from the start, you should post your predictions before the start of the first match of the Championship - January 9th, h. 18:15 (GMT +1). You can EDIT your predictions whenever you want until the start of the first match of the Prediction Design Post. Once competition starts, you are not allowed to edit your post and any further changes will be ignored. On contestant's request, edited predictions will be accepted, but contestant will earn 0 points for finished matches and the matches that have started. Moment at the latest editing will be considered as the entry moment, in other words. If you want to comment on this Prediction Contest, please use the Prediction Contests - Discussion Thread. If you have problem with the format, you can post your predictions in simplified format. Make sure your predictions are understandable. For instance, 8 CRO-MNE means Croatia beats Montenegro by 8. CRO 8 MNE means nothing. And please, write your Totallympics username, so the contest manager can know who actually sent predictions. Every contestant MUST HIDE own predictions. 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North Korea has withdrawn from the tournament. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-2020-soccer-northkorea/olympics-north-korea-pulls-out-of-womens-2020-soccer-qualifiers-in-south-idUSKBN1YZ066

All this discussion about "Carmen" has made me think. What are your favourite piece/s of classical music? I have a long list of pieces of classical music I love. I will probably make a top 12 or maybe a top 20 one day. But as it is almost New Year's Eve here in Denmark, why not end the year with a piece of music many people here in Denmark associate with New Year.

I sort of feel "Gossip Girl" was a big hit in Poland.

It's a shame that lesbians can be laughed at and gay men can end up in a physical confronration just for holding hands. I don't understand why people would make comments about two men or two women holding hands while a man and a woman holding hands don't have that effect?

I prefer facts. Why would men have it worse than women?

@Agger Many great songs on your list. I did also consider to have Rammstein "Deutschland" and Aldous Harding "The Barrel" in my top 12. Nick Cave's album, "Ghosteen" is one of the best album in many years.

@Monzanator Would two men or two women holding hands be shouted at if they walked through a Polist town?

Why would you recommend a LGBT-person not to come out in public in Poland? What would happen to a publicly open LGBT-person in Poland?

I'm curious to know what "adapt to reality" mean, according to you. If you could be specific, it would be great.

Could you elaborate why we need to register and get intros now?

I would personally prefer TISC to be held in April-May and October-November, but if it was held one month before or after, I wouldn't mind it. However, I don't like to see a host who has not included all rules in the TISC rulebook for this edition. As many have already pointed out, the users here on Totallympics voted to have a 6 week time-frame for TISC: https://totallympics.com/index.php?/topic/17-totallympics-international-song-contest-discussion/&do=findComment&comment=214087 But according to the rules of this edition: SECTION 8 - HOSTING DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 8. (a) The host organisation must allow a minimum of 3 weeks from the opening date for the national selection and the deadline to submit an entry. This is to give users enough time to see the thread, consider song and artist choices and submit their entries. 8. (b) The host organisation must allow a minimum of 2 weeks for National Juries to submit their votes during the National Jury voting phase. This is to allow jury members enough time to consider each song carefully before casting their votes. ... https://totallympics.com/index.php?/topic/2148-totallympics-annual-international-song-contest-2020/&do=findComment&comment=264948 I think this is just an unfortunate mistake from bestmen's side and I hope this will corrected soon.

We will have 50km and 30km freestyle interval/individual next season, 2020/2021. I wish it was in classic technique, but I can live with it, as long as it is an interval race. https://assets.fis-ski.com/image/upload/v1570451196/fis-prod/assets/WC_Calendar_CC20-22_all.pdf

There are still three days left of the year. Should be enough time to select 12 songs. I don't use Spotify. I mostly use Youtube and a Danish music website, http://www.chartbase.dk/. I find my metal music on Youtube combined with music news websites. I mainly use the Danish music website to discover new Danish music for TAISC. The Danish website is also a good source to discover new artists from the electronic and indie-rock/pop scene. On a side note. @Agger I already have a list of 40 songs for the Danish selection for TAISC 2020. I hope you have a lot of spare time in the spring?

I discovered it via a Danish music website. One of the editors had chosen it as his "hit of the week". I hadn't heard about the band before they were recommended on the site. I find it a bit weird I have never heard about a band who's front singer is one of Bono's sons. I'm glad I now know the band.

My Favourite Songs of 2019  2019 Here it is! My personal top 12 songs from 2019. 2019 was a decent year when it came to music. Beside the 12 songs I have chosen, I have also included some honourable mentions. Enjoy! 12: 11: 10: 9: 8: 7: 6: 5: 4: 3: 2: 1: Honourable Mentions:

Well, sad for you. But in all seriousness, I do like tennis, but I'm not sure if I want to keep the current format of the tennis prediction contests? Also, I can't come up with a new format. Furthermore, I'm not sure how many users are interested in tennis prediction contests? I don't follow speed skating closely. I only watch it at the Olympics. With all of these world championships, I just picked the one which to me seemed to involve most events. I guess I was wrong in my assumption. The single distances championships is this one, right?: https://www.isu.org/events/eventdetail/11526/35/isu-world-single-distances-speed-skating-championships?templateParam=11

Thanks for your inputs, @Henry_Leon. I will consider if I need to change something about the contests and the selection of the contests.