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Just finished watching “Richard Jewell.” It was a fantastic movie! It just came out this past December & tells the true story of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic bombing. I highly recommend watching it!

I am interested to see what the MITB matches look like inside WWE HQ. Looking forward to watching highlights tomorrow.

I am not going to do anymore. That was a trial run to see if people liked it. I could resume it sometime next year, when we have clear medal contenders and participants for every event.

I just finished making the day 1 predictions polls. Here is the link: https://forms.gle/qkXXbGggMHDDsHvT8 Let me know if you like this or want to stick with @rafalgorka points system. @Fly_like_a_don @Wumo @Gianlu33

The only problem with doing this is that there are 300 some events to get people’s predictions on. I don’t want to clog up this thread with 300+ polls.

I can make a google form for each sport, so we can tally predictions easier. It’s pretty easy, I can make multiple polls. I can post the link on this thread & users can pick their medalists for each event.

@Fly_like_a_don I like your idea for predictions with the polls. More users would be involved if we do the polls. We could also make a medal table based on the poll results and call it the “Totallympics projected medal table”

UFC 249 is next Saturday (May 9th)

Eddie Dawkins (Cycling)- 3 time world champion & Olympic silver medalist Mathias Boe (Badminton)- Olympic silver medalist, multiple world championship medals

You can buy it on amazon. It is quite expensive though ($65).

It is a good game. Yes there is online, but I always have trouble finding matches with other players. I’m sure I will find more online matches when the game gets released worldwide. It has a good balance of single player & online modes. There are two modes for online (ranked games & groups). Ranked games is where you play one event against other players. For example the 100m can have up to 8 players for online. For Beach Volleyball you are playing against one other player. You can also play with your friends or with other players in a group format (up to 4 players). You can pick the events you want to do & those events will be contested between/with the players in your group. For single player/offline there is a practice mode where you just practice the events. You can also play an offline Olympic Games. You compete against the computer in an event of your choosing. For example, in the 100m you do a qualifier, then if you get top 3 you advance to the semifinal than final. The level of difficulty gets higher as you advance. So far I have won gold in BMX & silver in beach volleyball.

I have it on ps4. It was released in Japan last fall I believe. I bought it on amazon from someone in Japan. Don’t know when the official release date for the game is.

I think it would be fun to play the Tokyo 2020 video game (not Mario and sonic) with other users. If we end up playing the game I am happy to participate because I already have it.

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1093336/nba-dinwiddie-nigeria-tokyo-2020 It looks like Brooklyn Nets player Spencer Dinwiddie will play for Nigeria.

swimmer Pieter Timmers has announced that he will retire at the end of 2020 and not pursue the 2021 tokyo games. He won a silver medal in the men’s 100m freestyle at the 2016 rio Olympics.

Think about the athletes though... they work hard for 4 years for their moment in the spotlight. It would suck if you’re an athlete and your team boycotts the games.

I wouldn’t be shocked if they did it on purpose, but I am praying that it wasn’t on purpose. IF it was on purpose and you were the head of the usopc, would you boycott Beijing?

Here is something I just thought of: If the virus originated from a Chinese lab & the Chinese government covered it up, do you guys think we will see a boycott from USA & other countries at Beijing 2022? What do you guys think.

Yes Oakland U is in Michigan. About 15 minutes from where I live. As much as I would want to go to school in California, it is too damn expensive. Anyway, I am heading off to bed, good night and stay safe!

Well good luck. Your classes are done on May 29th? Is that late or normal for Cali. Michigan unis get out at the end of April. I am am going to start applying this summer to Michigan State, Central Michigan & Oakland University. Maybe more, but I am pretty sure I will get in to one of those schools.

Also I would stay up if it was the actual Olympics and not a replay.

For the rest of the year grades are based on participation & completing the assignments that teachers give out. The students have to stay up to date using zoom, email, etc. Each teacher has office hours (through zoom) once a week if students have questions. We turn in assignments through a platform called schoology (not sure if you are familiar with it or not). We don’t know how exams will work though. How long are you out of school for?

That’s not on until 1 am here on the east coast I will definitely record it and watch tomorrow.

Return to rio is on NBC sports network rn if any of my American friends are interested. Women’s team gymnastics final is on now, with women’s all around on later tonight. Also, Women’s road race and time trial tonight.

For my American friends: https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2020/04/09/nbcsn-olympics-tv-schedule/ Sounds like NBC will be showing Olympic replays starting this Monday in prime time.