OlympicIRL

The latest update in terms of participation is as follows: 28 users have registered or expressed interest by Private Message. 27 users have chosen the nation they will represent 24 users have chosen the artist and song In terms of the 4 users who have registered and not yet chosen their entry, they have all been reminded of the deadline approaching. I will send one final reminder tomorrow afternoon if needed.

Maybe I already entered . Although I may enter the contest, in order to keep things fair, I would not take part in the judging (since I am the only one who knows who entered with what song).

Just 1.5 days left to enter the contest. The latest update in terms of participation is as follows: 28 users who have registered or expressed interest by Private Message. 27 users have chosen the nation they will represent 23 users have chosen the artist and song

We have our 27th user registered Also one more artist / song was selected since my update this afternoon.

Also, if you aren't sure if someone is aware of the thread if they have not been online for some time, feel free to contact them externally in case they missed it.

Just a reminder that the deadline to register and choose your entry is this Friday, 10th July, so not much time left now. Just a quick update for you all: 26 users who have registered or expressed interest by Private Message. 24 users have chosen the nation they will represent 20 users have chosen the artist and song This Saturday, 11th July we will reveal the users who are participating and the nations who will be participating in advance of the draw. However, you will not discover which user has chosen which nation at this time.

Yes 20 matches per judge would be quite a lot. I think for group stages we might have to go for fewer judges, 8 or 6 judges.

And today we received the 25th registered user. However they have yet to select their nation so it’s still provisional. We may still get another couple in this final week. I will also be sending out reminders from tomorrow for any registered user that has not yet chosen their entry.

I guess it's only normal for a Dutch guy to get upset when he finds out that the world isn't all flat

If we’re re-living history, let’s hope those flat-earthers are paying attention when we get to the part where we all re-discover that the world is not flat.

Nope

I'm not totally against it, but maybe it would be a bit harsh to try to find out the worst of the worst (which is what we will do when trying to find the best of the worst) . I have considered it though so I'll wait to see if anyone has strong opinions either way on the matter. Edit: actually on further reflection, yeah it sounds like a good idea. If it's 24 nations, the 8 who are eliminated could enter a consolation bracket to find the winner via knock-out. No need to find the worst that way About your second thought, well I already brought up that issue earlier on this thread as that issue occured to me. The only fair way to prevent it would be to have everyone vote in advance of the contest but that was ruled out. And I am fine with that. I strongly believe that everyone or indeed the vast majority of people will vote for the songs they like the most, regardless of seeding or how it impacts the draw. I'm not sure anyway that there will be seeds after the group stage. It will follow a simple format like Group A winner vs 2nd place in Group B. Or maybe Group A winner vs 3rd place in Group B. It will depend on the format. But it won't be possible to seed them especially if we are using simple format like 3 points for win, 1 point for draw and if each match has different number of judges who completed their votes. I have no idea how the competition will go in honesty, it's very difficult to plan out in advance especially when we have to chase up votes from users as we go. So from an organisation perspective, it's probably going to be far from a neat process. But I'm sure it will be fun nonetheless.

Formats depending on the final number of entries: 24 entries 6 groups consisting of 4 nations each Top 2 qualify for the Round of 16 The 3rd placed nations will qualify for the repechages (6 songs competing for 4 remaining places in the Round of 16) 4th placed nations are eliminated 25 entries 5 groups of 5 nations each Top 3 in each group qualify for the Round of 16 The 4th placed nations will qualify for the repechages (5 songs competing for 1 remaining place in the Round of 16) 5th placed nations are eliminated 26 entries 6 groups (4 groups of 4 nations and 2 groups of 5 nations) Top 2 in each group qualify for the Round of 16 3rd placed nations in the 5-nation groups also qualify for Round of 16 The 3rd placed nations in the 4-nation groups enter repechages (4 songs competing for 2 remaining places in the Round of 16. 4th and 5th placed nations are eliminated 27 entries 6 groups (3 groups of 5 nations and 3 groups of 4 nations) Top 2 in each group qualify for the Round of 16 3rd placed nations in the 5-nation groups also qualify for Round of 16 3rd placed nations in the 4-nation groups enter repechages (3 songs competing for 1 remaining place in the Round of 16) 4th and 5th placed nations are eliminated 28 entries 7 groups of 4 nations each Top 2 in each group qualify for the Round of 16 3rd placed nations in each group will enter the repechages (7 nations competing for 2 remaining places in the Round of 16) 4th placed nations are eliminated 29 entries 7 groups (6 groups of 4 nations and 1 group of 5 nations) Top 2 in each group qualify for the Round of 16 3rd placed nations in each group and the 4th placed nation in the 5-nation group will enter the repechages (8 nations competing for 2 remaining places in the Round of 16) 4th placed nations in the 4-nation groups and the 5th placed nation in the 5-nation group are eliminated 30 entries 6 groups of 5 nations each Top 2 in each group qualify for the Round of 16 3rd placed nations in each group will enter the repechages (6 nations competing for 4 remaining places in the Round of 16) 4th and 5th placed nations are eliminated 31 entries 7 groups (4 groups of 4 nations and 3 groups of 5 nations) Top 2 in each group qualify for the Round of 16 3rd placed nations in each group will enter the repechages (7 nations competing for 2 remaining places in the Round of 16) 4th and 5th placed nations are eliminated 32 entries 8 groups of 4 nations each Top 2 in each group qualify for the Round of 16 3rd and 4th placed nations are eliminated

The deadline closes next Friday, 10th July, then on Saturday 11th July there will be a full reveal of the nations and the artists and songs chosen to represent each nation. We will also reveal the participating users, but you won't know which user has entered with which song / nation. Later that day the live draw to allocate each nation to their respective groups will take place and the entries will be divided into different continental pots in order to distribute the songs as evenly as possible in terms of geography. And finally when the draw has concluded @Olympian1010 will reveal the logo and the slogan which he has created for this edition. Once the draw has concluded, work will begin on Sunday 12th July to allocate judges for each match and private messages will be sent out to each participant to inform them which matches they must judge and how long they have to complete their judgements.

20 of the 24 entries have now been selected.

Nothing much to update since. We still have 24 registered to participate and 18 songs and artists have now been selected.

24 users have now registered and one other thing I can point out is that all continents are represented. Well, apart from Antarctica 17 artists / songs have also been chosen.

Just a shoutout to all the participants in the last TISC contest to raise some awareness. If you have been tagged here and you have already entered, just ignore this message. The only reason you have been tagged again is because we are still keeping it secret who has entered so far. For the rest of you here who have not yet entered, just a reminder that the closing date to register, choose your nation and entry is Friday, July 10th. @konig @KingOfTheRhinos @titicow @vinipereira @Federer91 @intoronto @Vic Liu @dcro @Wumo @Benolympique @Bohemia @catgamer @Janakis @Vektor @Ashton @Fly_like_a_don @Griff88 @MHSN @Dnl @Gianlu33 @Henry_Leon @Pablita @SteveParker @Ruslan @Werloc @Glen @mrv86 @Ionoutz24 @heywoodu @Wanderer @Skijumpingmaster @rybak @kungshamra71 @IoNuTzZ @DaniSRB @hckosice @justony @Cobi @Belle @amen09 @tuniscof @Illya @dezbee2008 @Olympian1010 @NaBUru38 Thanks for you attention and would be nice to have you onboard.

No, though it's probably for the best since we don't want fatigue to hit in when TISC Open 2020 kicks off soon after.

Just a quick weekend update, so far 21 users have registered and 12 artists / songs have already been confirmed.

The song can be from any year

Yes for sure, that would be great. I was planning on asking for help anyway so I would be really happy to let you have that

Just a quick update. So far 18 users have registered with a nation and of those, 8 have already chosen their entry.

You are more than welcome to create those events if you want of course and for sure it sounds like a nice idea. But that would be separate from this TISC Special. I think you are thinking more about the Totallympics Games that were initially planned and this TISC Special was supposed to be a part of that. However, that was cancelled and this now is a stand-alone TISC Special event. So I was thinking about TISC tributes or anything related to Japan (it could be music, sport, culture, whatever) when I was asking for ideas.

So far, 17 users have registered for the TISC Special.