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I will do my best to organise a pairs competition also involving nations from the 4 teams that are eliminated in the first half of the team competition along with the lowest ranked individual nations at the halfway point (end of session 2) to form 8 pairs. Pairs will be balanced so that the highest ranked nation in the competition will be paired with the lowest ranked nation, second highest with the second lowest and so on. All of that will be based on the individual ranking at the halfway point. This way every nation will have at least interest in some event until the end of the 3rd session. I will probably base it closely on @mrv86‘s proposed rules, and have sprints every 3 rounds of votes. The pairs with most medals from those 3 rounds get the points along with an extra bonus for medal and points doubles. I do only have 1 day to organise this now so I can’t promise anything though.

Ok I have come up with some team nicknames ..... Wicklow Wolfhounds @Vic Liu @Agger@Wumo@mrv86@Topicmaster1010 Belfast Titanics @Belle@Bohemia@Benolympique@heywoodu Clare Banners @Bailer@hckošice@Fly_like_a_don@Roamingrover86@dezbee2008 Limerick Leprechauns @Griff88@amen09@justony Galway Girls @Dragon@kungshamra71@Memo Waterford Crystals @Henry_Leon@SteveParker@Gianlu33@Pablita@maestro@Yannakis@Erigert Dublin Druids @Cobi@Dnl@Glen Donegal Dannys @Ruslan@NikolaB@OlympicIRL Derry Oakleafs @Illya@IoNuTzZ@konig Mayo Mariners @Federer91@hoversaBR@Bearas Kilkenny Cats @catgamer@rybak@Fer GUA Q1 Pts Q2 Pts Q3 Pts Q4 Pts 1 Wicklow Wolfhounds 0 0 0 0 2 Belfast Titanics 0 0 0 0 3 Clare Banners 0 0 0 0 4 Limerick Leprechauns 0 0 0 0 5 Galway Girls 0 0 0 0 6 Waterford Crystals 0 0 0 0 7 Dublin Druids 0 0 0 0 8 Donegal Dannys 0 0 0 0 9 Derry Oakleafs 0 0 0 0 10 Mayo Mariners 0 0 0 0 11 Kilkenny Cats 0 0 0 0

Team Event I have come up with a quick team competition to allow me time to organise it in the short amount of time I have between now and the Grand Final. I will come up with some names for each team in the coming day (hopefully ). Nations will be divided into 10 teams of 3 and 1 team of 4, making 11 teams in total. For the team of 4, one of those nations will sit on the bench for each of the 4 sessions meaning only the scores of the other 3 nations of that team will count towards the team competition for that particular session. (Canada will sit on the bench in session 1, Denmark will sit on the bench in session 2, China in session 3 and Mexico in session 4). Teams were assigned based on voting position to help distribute when each team has a voting member as evenly as possible between each session. The team event will be an elimination-based event where the scores of the team members will be accumulated for that session or quarter and the teams with the lowest combined score will be eliminated and play no further part. Scores will be reset to zero after each quarter but in the event of a tie-break, the team with the highest ranking in the previous session will win the tie-breaker. In the event of a tie in the first round, all teams involved in the tie will be advanced to the next round. See details below about how many teams will be eliminated after each quarter 1st Quarter: 11 teams Top 9 teams advance to next round 2nd Quarter: 9 teams Top 7 teams advance to next round 3rd Quarter: 7 teams Top 5 teams advance to Final 4th Quarter: 5 teams No elimination Q1 Pts Q2 Pts Q3 Pts Q4 Pts 1 Team 1 0 0 0 0 2 Team 2 0 0 0 0 3 Team 3 0 0 0 0 4 Team 4 0 0 0 0 5 Team 5 0 0 0 0 6 Team 6 0 0 0 0 7 Team 7 0 0 0 0 8 Team 8 0 0 0 0 9 Team 9 0 0 0 0 10 Team 10 0 0 0 0 11 Team 11 0 0 0 0

Yes agreed, resetting it would help make it more dramatic as no one would be running away with it. We could also set it that there is a small reward for ranking higher after each round… maybe they start the next round with a “head start” so they bring a few points into the next round? But starting from scratch each round might be cleaner

I like the concept a lot. My only worry would be that the nations doing the best individually would also end up at the top here as teams are only made up of pairs. Whereas in a bigger team it gives the nations not doing so well individually to have another chance if they are lucky enough to be placed in a good team. Any way we can balance it?

Probably the teams of 3 (and one team of 4) with elimination format is easiest to organise at short notice. Should scores reset after every elimination? Or is it better to accumulate the scores throughout?

Ok I finally have all the scoreboard templates ready to go for the Grand Final too. Now need to come up with something for the Opening Ceremony . I will probably use much of the material I used for my hosting of TISC Open 2015 so any of you oldies who are tuning in since the old Totallympics forum, you might remember some of it. But since we can no longer access it, why not bring it back (if I can remember any of it ). Also does anyone have any ideas for a team competition with 34 nations that would be quick and easy to organise?? Still not sure I can fit it in but open to suggestions on how we can get one in as convenient and easily as possible

Take care Belle. So sorry for your loss Our thoughts and prayers are with you now. Grieving and healing is all that matters right now. We are all here for you.

Because I wasn’t sure if I could commit to the team competition due to time constraints I didn’t plan for it. However, I will reassess in the next couple of days and if I believe there is time to prepare it then I will see if I can fit one in. It may be more stripped back than usual though. Same goes for the opening ceremony, I’ll do my best to create something but I am juggling it around other personal commitments.

Thanks for letting me know! No problem, I will post them on your behalf

Every nation should have received their voting templates by now!

The first-half of voting nations have received their voting templates already. I will continue to work on the remaining templates for the second-half voting nations over the coming days

Happy New Year to you all. Hope 2026 is a good one

TISC Annual 2025 - Voting Order & Provisional Grand Final Date I have arranged a voting schedule for the upcoming TISC Annual 2025. Please see your jury's designated voting time in the table below. For convenience I have included a column showing the host country time in GMT and the local time for each jury based on their specific time-zone. Please check to ensure the local time shown is correct as mistakes can happen! Fortunately I have only had to make one swap to ensure every jury has a voting window within a reasonable time in their local time. That was achieved by swapping and . China will now vote in position #12 while moves to position #25. For any juries who cannot personally deliver their votes during the live Grand Final, I will post their votes on their behalf. Now that I have the voting schedule, I can begin work on the voting and scoreboard templates. The provisional date I am setting for the Grand Final - Saturday 17th January. That's just under 3 weeks from now which I feel is necessary to allow enough time for me to fit in all the preparations around the holidays and an upcoming exam! Session 1 Host Time (GMT) Local Time Jury Voting 09:00 10:00 Denmark 09:10 10:10 Sweden 09:20 10:20 Slovakia 09:30 16:30 Indonesia 09:40 09:40 Great Britain 09:50 10:50 Italy 10:00 11:00 Spain 10:10 15:10 Kazakhstan Break 10:20 - 12:00 GMT Session 2 Host Time Local Time Jury Voting 12:00 14:00 Ukraine 12:10 14:10 Bulgaria 12:20 13:20 Germany 12:30 20:30 China 12:40 13:40 France 12:50 18:20 India 13:00 14:00 Tunisia 13:10 13:10 Portugal 13:20 15:20 Greece Break 13:30 - 16:00 GMT Session 3 Host Time Local Time Jury Voting 16:00 18:00 Israel 16:10 17:10 Serbia 16:20 18:20 Romania 16:30 13:30 Brazil 16:40 17:40 Poland 16:50 10:50 Mexico 17:00 18:00 Netherlands 17:10 12:10 United States 17:20 18:20 Slovenia Break 17:30 - 19:00 GMT Session 4 Host Time Local Time Jury Voting 19:00 22:00 Turkey 19:10 20:10 Albania 19:20 20:20 Malta 19:30 19:30 Ireland 19:40 16:40 Argentina 19:50 21:50 Lithuania 20:00 14:00 Guatemala 20:10 12:10 Canada

Merry Christmas to all of you who are celebrating the holidays here on Totallympics! Hope it is a good one

No worries! Sorry to hear that and hope you feel better soon!

Covers are fine! This is just a celebration of music so no rules in this festival

Festival of Music For this year’s Festival of Music I thought I would change it up a bit. Since we are approaching the festive holiday season, I want you all to post some festive songs from your country. If you don’t celebrate Christmas then perhaps some other song that has a special place in your heart during an important celebration. I’m going to start with a Christmas song from Ireland’s TISC Annual 2023 representatives Picture This. Picture This - This Christmas

So the voting draw has been completed. Here is the provisional voting order. Once a voting schedule for the Grand Final has been created we will look to see if there is any nation eligible to request a swap. Denmark will be opening the voting followed by their Scandinavian neighbour Sweden. will close the voting on the Grand Final day TISC Annual 2025 - Provisional Voting Order 1 Denmark 18 Israel 2 Sweden 19 Serbia 3 Slovakia 20 Romania 4 Indonesia 21 Brazil 5 Great Britain 22 Poland 6 Italy 23 Mexico 7 Spain 24 Netherlands 8 Kazakhstan 25 China 9 Ukraine 26 Slovenia 10 Bulgaria 27 Turkey 11 Germany 28 Albania 12 United States 29 Malta 13 France 30 Ireland 14 India 31 Argentina 15 Tunisia 32 Lithuania 16 Portugal 33 Guatemala 17 Greece 34 Canada

I have scheduled the voting order draw for later today. I will be using a random generator to auto-generate the results. If anyone is interested, I have posted a ticket of the scheduled draw. There is no result available yet but will appear once the draw has passed the scheduled time. https://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php?t=4047191GXV9CAS4M2

has just delivered their votes which means that all nations have now voted and we have no disqualifications this year The voting window will officially end tomorrow (Friday) at midnight GMT after which I will post details about the voting order draw. It’s likely going to be a random draw from a random generator site to save time in this busy period. I will schedule the draw and post a ticket so users can view the result after the scheduled time. More to come on that on Saturday. Thanks again to all participants

votes have been received For any other multi-member jury member who hasn’t yet voted you still have until midnight tomorrow to vote if you so wish. I know @Gianlu33 said he was busy with exams this time so had to withdraw. So just @Roamingrover86 and @Olympian1010 who we didn’t hear from so tagging in case they still want to submit their votes by tomorrow Update: Roamingrover86 has now voted too

We are waiting on just and to vote now. @Glen @Illya Glen has been in touch to say he needs another 24 hours to get his votes in which is fine! I am hoping to receive all votes by this Friday at the latest as I need to start my preparations for the voting templates.

Right now for me, no. But it’s still coming and going for me as well.

Yes same here. It seems to sporadically go slow at some parts of the day to the point where it’s hard to use the site. Then later it will be fine and after a while back to the same issue.