Wumo

You MUST hide your post. To do that, you only have to delete the space between the bracket "[" and the text "hide" in "[ hide]" at the beginning of the prediction post. Do the same at the end of prediction post with "[ /hide]". PREDICTION DESIGN - START COPYING HERE ---> [ hide] Knockout RoundDecember 13th - December 15th, 2019 4 Nations, Semifinals, Third Place Match and Final Semifinals Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 December 13th 2019, h. 17:30 Norway Spain December 13th 2019, h. 20:30 Russia Netherlands [ /hide] ---> PREDICTION DESIGN - STOP COPYING HERE

Provisional Standing after Day 11 available here

Provisional Standing after Day 11 Rank User Nat. Total 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 TB 1 toulousain 969 150 60 94 123 99 70 152 75 41 38 67 2 dcro 968 140 73 104 138 86 89 145 69 23 42 59 3 sami-eg 965 117 60 96 126 78 97 177 68 47 51 48 4 hoversaBR 961 143 69 92 147 94 77 122 87 38 46 46 5 tuniscof 954 150 70 96 115 102 72 148 84 27 32 58 6 hckosice 948 142 65 91 135 98 83 131 72 35 36 60 7 africaboy 947 128 49 92 155 99 87 139 53 38 32 75 8 ady48 946 137 51 92 153 102 81 142 71 23 33 61 9 NikolaB 945 126 68 84 135 91 75 159 92 21 36 58 10 Monzanator 921 108 53 104 120 87 70 177 72 26 46 58 11 IoNuTzZ 920 115 72 90 136 89 80 138 82 21 34 63 12 JOSE SEIJO 910 129 64 76 139 73 79 126 76 40 46 62 13 LDOG 907 134 70 89 107 69 78 152 78 25 46 59 14 George_D 905 131 50 98 115 90 79 143 74 37 39 49 15 Vektor 899 128 46 97 131 76 80 135 74 24 45 63 16 Dolby 897 140 66 77 151 69 63 119 69 35 34 74 17 Henry_Leon 881 132 47 93 132 69 76 118 74 23 44 73 18 Vojthas 876 120 52 85 143 95 72 105 72 21 50 61 19 heywoodu 873 118 63 90 110 65 70 142 79 31 46 59 20 Ufilov 868 122 61 78 171 74 77 110 70 27 30 48 21 bestmen 849 118 60 76 121 84 60 126 77 19 50 58 22 Pablita 843 139 69 84 122 74 59 85 70 36 44 61 23 Laraja 808 98 53 89 135 80 74 94 80 19 34 52 24 vlad 790 110 50 84 114 54 84 110 85 24 34 41 25 rybak 754 114 63 86 137 73 72 121 0 0 26 62 26 titicow 721 127 57 94 129 87 88 139 0 0 0 0 27 tjunior 698 125 62 85 130 92 78 126 0 0 0 0 28 Agger 657 127 52 92 143 73 72 98 0 0 0 0 01: November 30th - Preliminary Round - Group A, B, C and D 02: December 1st - Preliminary Round - Group B and C 03: December 2nd - Preliminary Round - Group A and D 04: December 3rd - Preliminary Round - Group A, B, C and D 05: December 4th - Preliminary Round - Group B and C 06: December 5th - Preliminary Round - Group A and D 07: December 6th - Preliminary Round - Group A, B, C and D 08: December 8th - Main Round - Group 1 and 2 09: December 9th - Main Round - Group 1 10: December 10th - Main Round - Group 2 11: December 11th - Main Round - Group 1 and 2 12: December 13th - Semifinals 13: December 15th - Bronze Medal Match, Gold Medal Match Mistakes are always possible. PM me if you notice any.

I agree this system would be much more fair than the current. What do you think about hosting rights for the two groups? I personally thinks the two nations with the lowest combined sum of their places from the WCH and continental championships should receive the rights to host one group each. (WCH + Cont. = Score) High/top places equals low score. Let's say the Netherlands and Norway end up with the two lowest combined scores. They would have the hosting rights for one group each. If the Netherlands choose to decline as host, then the nation with the second lowest combined score in the group is asked if they want to host the group. In my opinion, it could also be a good idea if the two nations with the lowest combined score could choose which team they would be in group with. If we continue with our example and say the Netherlands has the lowest combined score. The Netherlands would choose a nation first for its group. Norway would then choose a nation for its group. The Netherlands then choose the next nation and so forth until both groups are complete. This way a nation like the Netherlands, who maybe don't want to host such an event, can still benefit by choosing the nations in its group.

Provisional Standing after Day 10 available here

Provisional Standing after Day 10 Rank User Nat. Total 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 TB 1 sami-eg 917 117 60 96 126 78 97 177 68 47 51 2 hoversaBR 915 143 69 92 147 94 77 122 87 38 46 3 dcro 909 140 73 104 138 86 89 145 69 23 42 4 toulousain 902 150 60 94 123 99 70 152 75 41 38 5 tuniscof 896 150 70 96 115 102 72 148 84 27 32 6 hckosice 888 142 65 91 135 98 83 131 72 35 36 7 NikolaB 887 126 68 84 135 91 75 159 92 21 36 8 ady48 885 137 51 92 153 102 81 142 71 23 33 9 africaboy 872 128 49 92 155 99 87 139 53 38 32 10 Monzanator 863 108 53 104 120 87 70 177 72 26 46 11 IoNuTzZ 857 115 72 90 136 89 80 138 82 21 34 12 George_D 856 131 50 98 115 90 79 143 74 37 39 13 LDOG 848 134 70 89 107 69 78 152 78 25 46 13 JOSE SEIJO 848 129 64 76 139 73 79 126 76 40 46 15 Vektor 836 128 46 97 131 76 80 135 74 24 45 16 Dolby 823 140 66 77 151 69 63 119 69 35 34 17 Ufilov 820 122 61 78 171 74 77 110 70 27 30 18 Vojthas 815 120 52 85 143 95 72 105 72 21 50 19 heywoodu 814 118 63 90 110 65 70 142 79 31 46 20 Henry_Leon 808 132 47 93 132 69 76 118 74 23 44 21 bestmen 791 118 60 76 121 84 60 126 77 19 50 22 Pablita 782 139 69 84 122 74 59 85 70 36 44 23 Laraja 756 98 53 89 135 80 74 94 80 19 34 24 vlad 749 110 50 84 114 54 84 110 85 24 34 25 titicow 721 127 57 94 129 87 88 139 0 0 0 26 tjunior 698 125 62 85 130 92 78 126 0 0 0 27 rybak 692 114 63 86 137 73 72 121 0 0 26 28 Agger 657 127 52 92 143 73 72 98 0 0 0 01: November 30th - Preliminary Round - Group A, B, C and D 02: December 1st - Preliminary Round - Group B and C 03: December 2nd - Preliminary Round - Group A and D 04: December 3rd - Preliminary Round - Group A, B, C and D 05: December 4th - Preliminary Round - Group B and C 06: December 5th - Preliminary Round - Group A and D 07: December 6th - Preliminary Round - Group A, B, C and D 08: December 8th - Main Round - Group 1 and 2 09: December 9th - Main Round - Group 1 10: December 10th - Main Round - Group 2 11: December 11th - Main Round - Group 1 and 2 12: December 13th - Semifinals 13: December 15th - Bronze Medal Match, Gold Medal Match Mistakes are always possible. PM me if you notice any.

Update - Week 49 - December 2 to December 8 - 2019 Men's Javelin Throw +1 https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/pakistan/arshad-nadeem-307980 Men's Marathon +1 https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/pr-of-china/jianhua-peng-438611 Women's 5000m +1 https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/japan/ririka-hironaka-311997 Qualified Quotas Overview Men (Total Quota: 462) Women (Total Quota: 449)

This is a song I can recall from my time in my kindergarten when I was 4-5 years old. It seems we grew up in very different times?

Yeah, I'm not sure why we have two cases in such a short time and why they come now? The health requirements have been part of the elite programs for years in Norwegian and Swedish skiing and they have not been changed this year, so I do wonder why we suddenly see two top skiers who can't meet them? I do fear Oestberg's situation is more serious than Karlsson's. Of course I don't have any concrete proofs of that. It's only my own personal interpretation from what I can read in the different medias about Oestberg's situation.

It was today announced that Frida Karlsson will not be allowed to compete in any competition because she has not met the health requirements set by the Swedish Ski Association. The national team doctor can't say when she will be ready to compete again. Karlsson is sad and disappointed about the situation, but she will do her best to come back soon, she says. https://www.svt.se/sport/langdskidor/frida-karlsson-kan-stoppas-fran-allt-tavlande

Provisional Standing after Day 9 available here

Provisional Standing after Day 9 Rank User Nat. Total 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 TB 1 hoversaBR 869 143 69 92 147 94 77 122 87 38 2 dcro 867 140 73 104 138 86 89 145 69 23 3 sami-eg 866 117 60 96 126 78 97 177 68 47 4 toulousain 864 150 60 94 123 99 70 152 75 41 4 tuniscof 864 150 70 96 115 102 72 148 84 27 6 ady48 852 137 51 92 153 102 81 142 71 23 6 hckosice 852 142 65 91 135 98 83 131 72 35 8 NikolaB 851 126 68 84 135 91 75 159 92 21 9 africaboy 840 128 49 92 155 99 87 139 53 38 10 IoNuTzZ 823 115 72 90 136 89 80 138 82 21 11 George_D 817 131 50 98 115 90 79 143 74 37 11 Monzanator 817 108 53 104 120 87 70 177 72 26 13 LDOG 802 134 70 89 107 69 78 152 78 25 13 JOSE SEIJO 802 129 64 76 139 73 79 126 76 40 15 Vektor 791 128 46 97 131 76 80 135 74 24 16 Ufilov 790 122 61 78 171 74 77 110 70 27 17 Dolby 789 140 66 77 151 69 63 119 69 35 18 heywoodu 768 118 63 90 110 65 70 142 79 31 19 Vojthas 765 120 52 85 143 95 72 105 72 21 20 Henry_Leon 764 132 47 93 132 69 76 118 74 23 21 bestmen 741 118 60 76 121 84 60 126 77 19 22 Pablita 738 139 69 84 122 74 59 85 70 36 23 Laraja 722 98 53 89 135 80 74 94 80 19 24 titicow 721 127 57 94 129 87 88 139 0 0 25 vlad 715 110 50 84 114 54 84 110 85 24 26 tjunior 698 125 62 85 130 92 78 126 0 0 27 rybak 666 114 63 86 137 73 72 121 0 0 28 Agger 657 127 52 92 143 73 72 98 0 0 01: November 30th - Preliminary Round - Group A, B, C and D 02: December 1st - Preliminary Round - Group B and C 03: December 2nd - Preliminary Round - Group A and D 04: December 3rd - Preliminary Round - Group A, B, C and D 05: December 4th - Preliminary Round - Group B and C 06: December 5th - Preliminary Round - Group A and D 07: December 6th - Preliminary Round - Group A, B, C and D 08: December 8th - Main Round - Group 1 and 2 09: December 9th - Main Round - Group 1 10: December 10th - Main Round - Group 2 11: December 11th - Main Round - Group 1 and 2 12: December 13th - Semifinals 13: December 15th - Bronze Medal Match, Gold Medal Match Mistakes are always possible. PM me if you notice any.

Strangely, I first realised your profile picture was the gay bear flag when you mentioned it and I even see it every weekend when I'm down at my local gay bar. The flag is even very recognisable compared to many of the other flag of the LGBT+ community.

Obviously, if you don't post a team again for the next World Cup, you are not out of BMG. As you write, you just keep the same team as you had in the last World Cup. However, it would make it easier for me to keep track of the different teams and transfers if managers would post their teams again in the latest transfer window. When I count points after a race, it's just much easier if all teams are in the same two pages, so I don't have to find a manager's team six or seven pages back from the rest. It sounds a bit lazy, I know, but very convenient for a person like me with not always much free time because of my studies and job.

@africaboy, @toulousain, @heywoodu, @brunamoura, @Dunadan, @Federer91, @Vojthas, @Monzanator @hckosice, @IoNuTzZ, @Henry_Leon, @Agger, @RobtheAggie, @Kirkpatrick, @Olympian1010, @Ufilov Managers can now sell one or more biathletes on their team or buy one or more for their team. The transfer window closes when the first race in the next World Cup starts. Remember! Only 2 transfers per window and 12 in total per manager are allowed. If a manager violates the rules, he or she will lose points according to 3f in the BMG rulebook. Managers must post their team for the second World Cup before the deadline, December 13th, 11:30 (CET). Remember to hide your post! For more details on specific dates and times, see the calendar in the first post of this thread.

Provisional Standing after Day 8 available here

Provisional Standing after Day 8 Rank User Nat. Total 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 TB 1 dcro 844 140 73 104 138 86 89 145 69 2 tuniscof 837 150 70 96 115 102 72 148 84 3 hoversaBR 831 143 69 92 147 94 77 122 87 4 NikolaB 830 126 68 84 135 91 75 159 92 5 ady48 829 137 51 92 153 102 81 142 71 6 toulousain 823 150 60 94 123 99 70 152 75 7 sami-eg 819 117 60 96 126 78 97 177 68 8 hckosice 817 142 65 91 135 98 83 131 72 9 africaboy 802 128 49 92 155 99 87 139 53 9 IoNuTzZ 802 115 72 90 136 89 80 138 82 11 Monzanator 791 108 53 104 120 87 70 177 72 12 George_D 780 131 50 98 115 90 79 143 74 13 LDOG 777 134 70 89 107 69 78 152 78 14 Vektor 767 128 46 97 131 76 80 135 74 15 Ufilov 763 122 61 78 171 74 77 110 70 16 JOSE SEIJO 762 129 64 76 139 73 79 126 76 17 Dolby 754 140 66 77 151 69 63 119 69 18 Vojthas 744 120 52 85 143 95 72 105 72 19 Henry_Leon 741 132 47 93 132 69 76 118 74 20 heywoodu 737 118 63 90 110 65 70 142 79 21 bestmen 722 118 60 76 121 84 60 126 77 22 titicow 721 127 57 94 129 87 88 139 0 23 Laraja 703 98 53 89 135 80 74 94 80 24 Pablita 702 139 69 84 122 74 59 85 70 25 tjunior 698 125 62 85 130 92 78 126 0 26 vlad 691 110 50 84 114 54 84 110 85 27 rybak 666 114 63 86 137 73 72 121 0 28 Agger 657 127 52 92 143 73 72 98 0 01: November 30th - Preliminary Round - Group A, B, C and D 02: December 1st - Preliminary Round - Group B and C 03: December 2nd - Preliminary Round - Group A and D 04: December 3rd - Preliminary Round - Group A, B, C and D 05: December 4th - Preliminary Round - Group B and C 06: December 5th - Preliminary Round - Group A and D 07: December 6th - Preliminary Round - Group A, B, C and D 08: December 8th - Main Round - Group 1 and 2 09: December 9th - Main Round - Group 1 10: December 10th - Main Round - Group 2 11: December 11th - Main Round - Group 1 and 2 12: December 13th - Semifinals 13: December 15th - Bronze Medal Match, Gold Medal Match Mistakes are always possible. PM me if you notice any.

To answer your questions: 1) As I wrote in the post, the normal process is one contest per month. But if me, or any other member in the Prediction Group, have the time to run a second contest that month then it would be great. The one contest per month rule is there because at the moment the Prediction Group only consist of me and Wanderer. Wanderer will not have so much time next year and I feel I can only promise the users here on Totallympics that I will be able to run one contest per month for the next year. I can't promise I will be able to run two every month or three in some. I think it's important we update the provisional standing every time a day has been completed in that event. The participants will have a much better chance to follow where they are placed in the contest and we in the Prediction Group hope this will encourage more participants to post predictions through the whole contest. We prefer to have one contest where we are able to post updates from it every match/competition day, instead of two or three contests where we forget or don't have the time to update every match/competition day. Quality over quantity. 2) We basically already choose the same event every year. With your biathlon example, your assumption is likely correct. As many users here on the forum have a great passion for biathlon, they would much likely choose the WCH Biathlon every year. The contest would have many participants which I think is a good thing. Most likely, a prediction contest for the Nordic Ski WCH will also receive many votes. In that case, the Prediction Group will do its best to have a prediction contest for it if the users on Totallympics show great interest for one. To sum up. In the current situation, we, me and Wanderer, feel we can deliver high quality prediction contests if we stick to one contest per month. This is what is possible in our lives at the moment. If the Prediction Group get more members who are willing to run contests on their own, we will likely have more prediction contests. Of course me and Wanderer will try our best to help a new manager. I hope you understand my points and why we in the Prediction Group choose to do so in the current situation. We also thank for any help you and Vojtas can provide.

Yep, but as expected, only Team Slovenia in Women's Relay tomorrow.

I made a mistake in the list. Men's and Women's European Water Polo Championships is in January. I had written handball twice.

As 2019 is coming to an end and 2020 is about to start, it would be a fitting time to look back at the year 2019 in Totallympics Prediction Contest and what the 2020 Totallympics Prediction Contest season brings. 2019 was a busy year for the participants in Totallympics Prediction Contest with many world and continental championships. Totallympics Prediction Group would like to thank all users who have shown their interest in the many prediction contests this year. We can also annnounce the final general standing of the 2019 Totallympics Prediction Contest season will be published between Christmas and New Year. 2020 is a special year for almost all users here on Totallympics, as it's an Olympic year. An Olympic year also means many prediction and betting contests for Tokyo 2020, so July and August are going to be two active months for the Totallympics Prediction Contest participants and the Prediction Group. On that matter, the Prediction Group hopes to recruit a couple more members to its group in 2020. If you have an interest to join, send a PM to me and Wanderer. If you have good experience working with Excel, it would be a big plus, as we want to improve our current spreadsheets. If you are person with many ideas for prediction or other contests, you are very welcome to send a PM, as we could probably need a person like you. A new year often marks a time of changes. The year 2020 in Totallympics Prediction Contest will see some changes. As many of you have noticed, it's me, Wumo, who have been writing this recap and update from the Prediction Group. @Wanderer has decided to step down from his position as Totallympics Prediction Manager on regular basis. I think it would be best @Wanderer explains the reason for his decision himself. @Wanderer will still be an active member of the Prediction Group, as his experience with running prediction contests is a big asset for the group. As we are still not certain how many members the Prediction Group will have in 2020, the Prediction Group has decided to reduce the number of prediction contests to maximum 1 per month. However, if a member of the Prediction Group, beside me, has the time to run a prediction contest, it could be possible we would have 2 contests in a month. But the usual procedure would be 1 contest per month. Of course prediction contests for Tokyo 2020 will be an exception to the forementioned. As a new initiative, the Prediction Group will try its best to get the users here on Totallympics more involved in the selection process. Every month the users will vote for the prediction contest in the upcoming month. The Prediction Group will create a poll every month in the Totallympics Prediction Contests section. Users will have a fixed number of votes depending on the amount of suggested events for the month. If there are two suggested events in January, users will have 2 votes. In case of three events, users will have 2 votes. Four events then 3 votes per user and so forth. Users are not forced to use all of their votes. They can choose to vote for one or no event. The event with most votes in the poll that month will have a prediction contest the upcoming month. Usually a poll ends the last day of the month. So the poll for the prediction contest in February will end January 31st. In case an event happens in the first week of a month, the poll will close at an early time in the previous month. So with February it could be January 24th the poll would close. Here is a current list of suggested events for 2020: Users can suggest events which are not included on the current list. Users must submit their suggestions in the Totallympics Discussion thread no later than the 12th in a month to have them in a poll. Example: Your suggested event is in May. You must submit your suggested event before April 13th. The deadline would be April 12th, 23:59 (GMT). Feel free to already suggest any prediction or betting contest you want to have for Tokyo 2020. The list above with suggested events will be in the first post of the Calendar, Suggested Events & General Standings 2020 thread when it opens. The list will be updated with users' suggestions as they come. Users now also have an opportunity to propose changes of the point systems or anything related to the prediction contests. It could be highering or lowering the basic number of points in the different team prediction contests? More or less bonus point systems? Different point system for medallists? Or what ever comes to your mind. As long as it has to do with Totallympics Prediction Contests, you are welcome to suggest and discuss it for the next couple of weeks. This was a rather long and informative post. I hope you have understood most of it. If not all, just write your questions down below and I will try to answer them. That's all from me, Wumo

The reason for the high price is because they bought the rights to show most matches from the Premier League. "Funnily" enough, this Summer they lost the rights to show any matches from the Premier League, but they haven't lowered the price and I think they have no intention to due so.

I know. I don't actually have Eurosport Player anymore. The Danish version is notorious for its many technical issues. You can watch HBO and Netflix with out much lagging, but when you use Eurosport player it's lagging as f***. Sometimes you can't watch programs live because "We experience technical issue at the moment". It's beyond my comprehension why Eurosport Player doesn't work probably here in Denmark. Of course this is what I have experienced with the service, but I do know a couple more people who have tried Eurosport Player and they experience some of the same technical issues. It costs 17.30 Euros per month or 132.50 Euros for a year. For that price, it should work properly. I'm curious to know if Eurosport player works better in the Netherlands?

I always enjoy watching races on Birds of Prey. Such a great course. Unfortunately I can't watch tomorrows' Downhill live due to work.

The Prediction Design for the Main Round is available here