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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.

Start Date End Date Prediction Contest No. of Participants Winner 9 January 26 January Men's Handball EHF European Championship 2020 41 africaboy 12 January 26 January Water Polo LEN European Championships 2020 34 toulousain 12 February 23 February Biathlon IBU World Championships 2020 38 Vojthas 15 February 1 March Luge FIL World Championships and Bobsleigh & Skeleton IBSF WorldChampionships 2020 31 Dolby 26 February 1 March Track Cycling UCI World Championships 2020 31 toulousain 5 August 23 August Football UEFA Champions and Europa League Knockout Phase 2020 24 Monzanator 29 August 20 September Road Cycling ASO/UCI Tour De France 2020 21 Agger 31 August 13 September Tennis ATP/WTA US Open 2020 25 Dunadan 27 September 11 October Tennis ATP/WTA Roland Garros 2020 25 ady48 3 October 25 October Road Cycling UCI Giro d'Italia 2020 18 Ufilov 20 October 8 November Road Cycling UCI Vuelta a España 2020 17 Pablita 3 December 20 December Women's Handball EHF European Championship 2020 29 Agger SUGGESTED CONTESTS In each Prediction Contest, Points will be distributed to Users according to the Final Ranking of that Prediction Contest.Points Distribution for the Individual General Standing will be as follows: Rank Olympic Games World Championships Continental Ch. (& Others) 1st 1000 900 800 2nd 780 700 620 3rd 650 585 520 4th 575 510 460 5th 505 455 410 6th 450 405 370 7th 400 365 335 8th 360 335 310 9th 330 310 290 10th 310 290 275 11th 290 275 265 12th 275 265 255 13th 265 255 245 14th 255 245 235 15th 245 235 225 16th 235 225 215 17th 225 215 205 18th 215 205 195 19th 205 195 185 20th 195 185 175 21st 188 178 168 22nd 181 171 161 23rd 174 164 154 24th 167 157 147 25th 160 150 140 26th 153 143 133 27th 146 136 126 28th 139 129 119 29th 132 122 112 30th 125 115 105 31st 120 110 100 32nd 115 105 95 33rd 110 100 90 34th 105 95 85 35th 100 90 80 36th 95 85 75 37th 90 80 70 38th 85 75 65 39th 80 70 60 40th 75 65 55 41st 72 62 52 42nd 69 59 49 43rd 66 56 46 44th 63 53 43 45th 60 50 40 46th 57 47 37 47th 54 44 34 48th 51 41 31 49th 48 38 28 50th 45 35 25 51st 43 33 23 52nd 41 31 21 53rd 39 29 19 54th 37 27 17 55th 35 25 16 56th 33 23 15 57th 31 21 14 58th 29 19 13 59th 27 17 12 60th 25 15 11 61st 23 13 10 62nd 21 12 9 63rd 19 11 8 64th 17 10 7 65th 15 9 6 66th 13 8 5 67th 12 7 4 68th 11 6 3 69th 10 5 2 70th 9 4 1 71st 8 3 1 72nd 7 2 1 73rd 6 1 1 74th 5 1 1 75th 4 1 1 76th 3 1 1 77th.... 2 1 1 The Team General Standing will be calculated and based on the Individual General Standing. Team General Standing Points will be calculated as follows:For Nations with more than 3 Users in the Individual General Standing, the Sum of the Top 3 Individual General Standing Points will be considered.For Nations with 3 or less Users in the Individual General Standing, the Sum of their Individual General Standing Points will be considered.

@Quasit Are you planning to make an ESC-style list of your favourite songs of 2019 like you did last year? https://totallympics.com/index.php?/topic/138-off-topic-music-thread/&do=findComment&comment=186641 I plan to make one for 2019 like I did last year.

Some good news Oestberg is now back and will compete in Tour de Ski. Ebba Andersson, who doctors said would most likely miss the Tour de Ski, is also back and ready for Tour de Ski.

76 users have participated in least one contest, 21 users have participated in least 14/21 contests and 7 users have participated in all 21 contests this year. The 7 users are, africaboy, Vojthas, Henry_Leon, ady48, Monzanator, bestmen, Pablita A total of 32 nations took part in Totallympics Prediction Contests this year with 20 nations winning at least one medal. 33 different users won the 63 medals which were on stake. After this short breakdown of the numbers for 2019 Totallympics Prediction Contests, let's now switch our attention to the individual and team winners of this year. Complete Final Standings and Medal Tables are available here 2019 Totallympics Prediction Contests Overall Individual Points Top 3 chrischi08 8628 africaboy 7555 Henry_Leon 6978 Highest Point Average (Participated in at least 14/21 contests) Top 3 chrischi08 507,5 hckosice 399,9 africaboy 359,8 Highest Point Average (No minimum participation rule) Top 3 Werloc 900,0 Dunadan 731,7 SalamAkhi 677,5 2019 Totallympics Prediction Contests Overall Individual Medal Table Top 3 Place User Gold Silver Bronze Total chrischi08 5 1 1 7 Dunadan 3 2 0 5 hckosice 2 1 1 4 Total Medals Won Individual Top 3 chrischi08 7 Dunadan 5 George_D 5 2019 Totallympics Prediction Contests Overall Team/Nation Points (Based on the top 3 highest scoring users from every nation) Top 3 Romania (africaboy, ady48, vlad) 18591 (7555, 6921, 4115) Italy (Henry_Leon, Pablita, Dunadan) 16705 (6978, 5337, 4390) Poland (Monzanator, Speedy, Vojthas) 16271 (6053, 5466, 4752) Best Team/Nation (Only 2 members) Top 3 Tunisia (amen09, tuniscof) 9491 (6378, 3113) Denmark (Wumo, Agger) 6214 (3740, 2474) Egypt (thepharoah, sami-eg) 3381 (1770, 1611) Best Team/Nation (Only 1 member) Top 3 Slovakia (hckosice) 6799 Algeria (bestmen) 5458 Netherlands (heywoodu) 4706 2019 Totallympics Prediction Contests Overall Team/Nation Medal Table Top 3 Place User Gold Silver Bronze Total Germany (chrischi08 7, OlympicsFan 1) 5 1 2 8 Italy (Dunadan 5, Henry_Leon 2, SteveParker 1, Gianlu33 1) 3 4 2 9 Romania (africaboy 3, ady48 3, vlad 1) 2 3 2 7 Total Medals Won Team/Nation Top 3 Place User Gold Silver Bronze Total Italy (Dunadan 5, Henry_Leon 2, SteveParker 1, Gianlu33 1) 3 4 2 9 Germany (chrischi08 7, OlympicsFan 1) 5 1 2 8 Romania (africaboy 3, ady48 3, vlad 1) 2 3 2 7 These were the winners/medallists of this year. We in the Prediction Group hope you all have enjoyed this season and now look forward to a new exciting season in 2020. Don't forget to vote for the prediction contest in January: https://totallympics.com/index.php?/topic/2128-prediction-contests-poll-contest-selection-for-january/ Users who are mentioned in this post: @africaboy, @Vojthas, @Henry_Leon, @ady48, @Monzanator, @bestmen, @Pablita, @Dunadan, @SteveParker, @Gianlu33 @chrischi08, @OlympicsFan, @vlad, @hckosice, @heywoodu, @amen09, @tuniscof, @Agger, @thepharoah, @sami-eg. @Speedy, @George_D @Werloc, @SalamAkhi

Individual General Standing Updated as of December 23rd, 2019 Rank User Nation +/- # Avg. Points 1 chrischi08 0 17 507,5 8628 2 africaboy +1 21 359,8 7555 3 Henry_Leon +1 21 332,3 6978 4 ady48 +2 21 329,6 6921 5 hckosice -1 17 399,9 6799 6 amen09 -4 18 354,3 6378 7 Monzanator +2 21 288,2 6053 8 Dolby 0 19 306,2 5817 9 toulousain -2 17 333,5 5669 10 Speedy +1 19 287,7 5466 11 bestmen +3 21 259,9 5458 12 Pablita +1 21 254,1 5337 13 Vojthas -1 21 226,3 4752 14 heywoodu +2 20 235,3 4706 15 George_D +12 14 322,4 4514 16 Dunadan +3 6 731,7 4390 17 SteveParker +4 17 246,2 4185 18 vlad +4 18 228,6 4115 19 Ufilov +1 20 204,8 4096 20 Wanderer -5 17 233,7 3973 21 Wumo -11 8 467,5 3740 22 titicow +9 15 244,7 3670 23 vinipereira +3 11 330,2 3632 24 tuniscof -1 15 207,5 3113 25 LDOG +3 9 322,2 2900 26 juliosilva -9 10 288,3 2883 27 Federer91 -9 13 220,1 2861 28 OlympicsFan +4 9 313,1 2818 29 Topicmaster1010 -5 9 298,9 2690 30 dcro -1 8 321,9 2575 31 Agger -6 10 247,4 2474 32 thepharoah -2 6 295,0 1770 33 Michal Hroch 0 8 208,4 1667 34 sami-eg +14 4 402,8 1611 35 SalamAkhi NEW 2 677,5 1355 36 szy123 +18 6 225,0 1350 37 rybak +8 7 175,9 1231 38 Cobi -4 3 400,0 1200 39 Kirkpatrick -4 4 298,8 1195 40 Vektor NEW 4 295,3 1181 41 hoversaBR 0 5 211,2 1056 42 Finnator123 -6 2 487,5 975 43 crovitlaci -1 4 238,8 955 44 Werloc -7 1 900,0 900 45 JOSE SEIJO NEW 5 172,0 860 46 Olympian1010 -7 5 169,8 849 47 Bearas -9 6 122,8 737 48 Laraja +7 4 157,0 730 49 Gigs -9 2 330,0 660 50 NikolaB +5 3 212,3 637 51 RiSeGwangFan +1 3 180,0 540 52 Gianlu33 NEW 1 520,0 520 53 intoronto -10 2 252,5 505 54 EselTheDonkey -10 2 239,0 478 55 Jahiegel -9 1 455,0 455 55 sounak -9 4 113,8 455 57 AlFHg -8 3 142,0 426 58 Dimitar -8 1 405,0 405 59 thiago_simoes +5 2 180,0 360 60 OlympicIRL NEW 1 335,0 335 61 CestaKago NEW 1 139,5 279 62 zob79 NEW 1 275,0 275 63 Ustatsch -5 2 136,0 272 64 Sindo NEW 1 265,0 265 65 IoNuTzZ NEW 1 255,0 255 66 Herberth Nelson B. S. -15 2 111,0 222 67 orangeman -15 1 205,0 205 68 Shravan Kumar -11 1 147,0 147 69 tjunior NEW 1 136,0 136 70 Fly_like_a_don -11 1 126,0 126 71 Vinicius Vaz NEW 1 122,0 122 72 ofan -12 1 115,0 115 73 Huganxiazhi -12 1 105,0 105 74 kacz187 NEW 1 95,0 95 74 mihamiha -12 1 95,0 95 76 Benolympique -13 1 90,0 90 Team General Standing Updated as of December 23rd, 2019 Rank Nation Points +/- User 1 Pt. User 2 Pt. User 3 Pt. 1 Romania 18591 0 africaboy 7555 ady48 6921 vlad 4115 2 Italy 16705 +1 Henry_Leon 6978 Pablita 5337 Dunadan 4390 3 Poland 16271 -1 Monzanator 6053 Speedy 5466 Vojthas 4752 4 Germany 11924 0 chrischi08 8628 OlympicsFan 2818 EselTheDonkey 478 5 Brazil 10185 +1 titicow 3670 vinipereira 3632 juliosilva 2883 6 Tunisia 9491 -1 amen09 6378 tuniscof 3113 - - 7 France 7114 +3 toulousain 5669 SalamAkhi 1355 Benolympique 90 8 Slovakia 6799 +1 hckosice 6799 - - - - 9 India 6419 -1 Dolby 5817 sounak 455 Shravan Kumar 147 10 Denmark 6214 -3 Wumo 3740 Agger 2474 - - 11 Algeria 5458 +2 bestmen 5458 - - - - 12 Croatia 4725 -1 dcro 2575 Kirkpatrick 1195 crovitlaci 955 13 Netherlands 4706 +3 heywoodu 4706 - - - - 14 Greece 4514 +4 George_D 4514 - - - - 15 New Zealand 3937 0 Wanderer 2992 - - - - 16 Canada 3400 -2 Topicmaster1010 2690 intoronto 505 orangeman 205 17 Egypt 3381 0 thepharoah 1770 sami-eg 1611 - - 18 Bulgaria 3266 -6 Federer91 2861 Dimitar 405 - - 19 Argentina 2900 0 LDOG 2900 - - - - 20 Spain 2060 +2 Cobi 1200 JOSE SEIJO 860 - - 21 Czech Republic 1667 -1 Michal Hroch 1667 - - - - 22 Lithuania 1637 -1 Werloc 900 Bearas 737 - - 23 Hungary 1317 NEW Vektor 1181 tjunior 136 - - 24 United States 1304 -1 Olympian1010 849 Jahiegel 455 - - 25 Finland 975 -1 Finnator123 975 - - - - 26 Austria 660 -1 Gigs 660 - - - - 27 Serbia 637 0 NikolaB 637 - - - - 28 Mexico 540 -2 RiSeGwangFan 540 - - - - 29 Ireland 335 NEW OlympicIRL 335 - - - - 30 Switzerland 272 -2 Ustatsch 272 - - - - 31 Great Britain 105 -2 Huganxiazhi 105 - - - - 32 Slovenia 95 -2 mihamiha 95 - - - - Individual Medal Count Updated as of December 23rd, 2019 Rank User Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 chrischi08 5 1 1 7 2 Dunadan 3 2 0 5 3 hckosice 2 1 1 4 4 africaboy 1 2 0 3 5 amen09 1 1 1 3 6 Dolby 1 1 0 2 6 Speedy 1 1 0 2 8 vinipereira 1 0 0 1 8 Agger 1 0 0 1 8 sami-eg 1 0 0 1 8 SalamAkhi 1 0 0 1 8 Werloc 1 0 0 1 8 Vojthas 1 0 0 1 8 vlad 1 0 0 1 15 Wumo 0 2 1 3 16 George_D 0 1 4 5 17 ady48 0 1 2 3 18 bestmen 0 1 1 2 18 toulousain 0 1 1 2 18 Henry_Leon 0 1 1 2 21 juliosilva 0 1 0 1 21 dcro 0 1 0 1 21 thepharoah 0 1 0 1 21 Finnator123 0 1 0 1 21 SteveParker 0 1 0 1 26 Topicmaster1010 0 0 1 1 26 Kirkpatrick 0 0 1 1 26 Michal Hroch 0 0 1 1 26 OlympicsFan 0 0 1 1 26 Vektor 0 0 1 1 26 Gianlu33 0 0 1 1 26 Wanderer 0 0 1 1 26 Monzanator 0 0 1 1 Total 21 21 21 63 Team Medal Count Updated as of December 23rd, 2019 Rank User Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Germany 5 1 2 8 2 Italy 3 4 2 9 3 Romania 2 3 2 7 4 Poland 2 1 1 4 4 Slovakia 2 1 1 4 6 Denmark 1 2 1 4 7 France 1 1 1 3 7 Tunisia 1 1 1 3 9 Brazil 1 1 0 2 9 Egypt 1 1 0 2 9 India 1 1 0 2 12 Lithuania 1 0 0 1 13 Greece 0 1 4 5 14 Algeria 0 1 1 2 14 Croatia 0 1 1 2 16 Finland 0 1 0 1 17 Canada 0 0 1 1 17 Czech Republic 0 0 1 1 17 Hungary 0 0 1 1 17 New Zealand 0 0 1 1 Total 21 21 21 63

Can you write a PM to me about your thoughts on how a YOG Prediction Contest can be made. It's 10pm here, so I can't promise I will answer you tonight/today. I will try my best to answer your PM tomorrow.

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@bestmen It does work in this thread. https://totallympics.com/index.php?/topic/2091-fantasy-contests-201920-biathlon-manager-game/&do=findComment&comment=264283 Maybe hidden posts only work in threads in the Totallympics Prediction Contests section?

Overall Standing of BMG after WC 3 Mass Start is available here

Standing after WC 3 Mass Start (14/48 races) Place Manager Overall Points Transfers Used and Points 1 africaboy 3637 0 2 Federer91 3594,5 0 3 Dunadan 3576,5 Transfers: 4 Points: - 225 4 toulousain 3549,5 Transfers: 2 Points: - 98 5 heywoodu 3517,5 0 6 hckosice 3512 Transfers: 2 Points: - 74 7 Monzanator 3483,5 0 8 Henry_Leon 3414,5 Transfers: 3 Points: - 97 9 Kirkpatrick 3355 Transfers: 1 Points: - 64 10 brunamoura 3226 Transfers: 2 Points: -130 11 IoNuTzZ 3122,5 0 12 Agger 3096,5 0 13 Vojthas 3071 Transfers: 3 Points: - 222,5 14 Olympian1010 2977 0 15 RobtheAggie 2883,5 0 16 Ufilov 2501,5 Transfers: 2 Points: - 98 Updated Biathletes Points: BMG Biathlete Points .xlsx Notice! Managers' Overall Points includes points lost or earned from transfers