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Lucky Stars Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to Lucky Stars, a once-off live show to determine the voting order for the Totallympics Open International Song Contest 2017. 35 Nations are awaiting their fate as their voting position for the live show will be made known. With us this evening to help with the draw are 4 draw officials in the form of: @dcro @mrv86 @Werloc @Gianlu33 @heywoodu The rules are as follows. The main part of the draw consists of 2 grids. The first grid contains the 35 national flags of the competing nations hidden behind squares numbered from 1-35. A B C D E F G 1 2 3 4 5 The second one consists of 35 coloured stars which are hidden away inside the grid. These stars have been randomly assigned places 1-35 in the voting order template and thusly, the 35 nations will be landed into the voting order template according to the coloured star they are paired with. A B C D E F G 1 2 3 4 5 The draw officials will each take it in turn to select a number from grid 1, to reveal the nation and simultaneously select a grid reference (for example A1) in the second grid to find the lucky star that nation will be paired with. We will then immediately go to the voting order template to find where exactly in the order this lucky star lands that nation. This ends the turn of that draw official and we move on to the next draw official and proceed in that manner until all 35 nations have been paired with their lucky star and have found their voting position. Good luck everyone and let the draw commence @dcro Please select a number from the first grid (example "Number 1") and a grid reference for the lucky star grid (example "A1")

We will go with the following order when conducting the live draw: @dcro @mrv86 @Werloc @Gianlu33 @heywoodu If anyone new wants to join then they are still welcome and will be added to the bottom of the list.

Lucky Stars Coming Soon....... Participants: @dcro @mrv86 @Werloc Scheduled: Tuesday, 7th November, 19:00 GMT (provisional, subject to change)

There will the return of a live draw on thread to determine the voting order for the live show. This will take place on Tuesday, 7th November. As always I would appreciate anyone's help so if you want to take part in drawing the nations and their voting number then please mention here on thread and we can arrange a time. All are welcome to participate, thanks

14 weeks to go - Olympic Flame Arrives in Incheon ! Just 14 weeks to go now and the Olympic flame reached Incheon on Wednesday.... that's another two pieces of the logo in place Key: a1 6 months to go a2 3 months to go a3 1 month to go b1 150 days to go b2 100 days to go b3 75 days to go c1 Four Hills Tournament begins c2 Hahnenkamm Race begins c3 Winter X Games begin d1 tickets go on sale d2 2018 Olympic year arrives (Jan 1st) d3 2018 Olympic Prediction Contests Open on Totallympics e1 lighting of Olympic flame in Olympia, Greece e2 Olympic flame arrives in Incheon e3 Olympic flame arrives in Gangwon province x Olympic cauldron is lit 30 30 30 c1 30 30 e3 c2 30 b3 x c3 30 a3 d3 a2 d2 12 30 30 11 10 9 13 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 PyeongChang 2018 ------------------50--------------------------------------25--------------------------------------02----- --------49-----------------48------------------27-----------------24-------------------04----------------01- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --47----------------------------46-------29-----------------------------22-------06----------------------------03 --------------------------------------36--------------------------------------16------------------------------- --45-----------------------38--43-------30--33-------------------16--21-------08--13------------------------05 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------44-----------40---41------------------28--31-------20--23-------------------10--11-----------07--- ------------------42--------------------------------------26--------------------------------------09------------- ----------------------39-----------------------------32-------19----------------------------12----------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------37-----------------34-------------------17----------------14------------- --------------------------------------35--------------------------------------15---------

100 days to go ! We have already passed by the 100 days to go milestone, the Olympics really are just around the corner now Key: a1 6 months to go a2 3 months to go a3 1 month to go b1 150 days to go b2 100 days to go b3 75 days to go c1 Four Hills Tournament begins c2 Hahnenkamm Race begins c3 Winter X Games begin d1 tickets go on sale d2 2018 Olympic year arrives (Jan 1st) d3 2018 Olympic Prediction Contests Open on Totallympics e1 lighting of Olympic flame in Olympia, Greece e2 Olympic flame arrives in Incheon e3 Olympic flame arrives in Gangwon province x Olympic cauldron is lit 30 30 e2 c1 30 30 e3 c2 30 b3 x c3 30 a3 d3 a2 d2 12 30 30 11 10 14 9 13 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 PyeongChang 2018 ------------------50--------------------------------------25--------------------------------------02----- --------49-----------------48------------------27-----------------24-------------------04----------------01- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --47----------------------------46-------29-----------------------------22-------06----------------------------03 --------------------------------------36--------------------------------------16------------------------------- --45-----------------------38--43-------30--33-------------------16--21-------08--13------------------------05 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------44-----------40---41------------------28--31-------20--23-------------------10--11-----------07--- ------------------42--------------------------------------26--------------------------------------09------------- ----------------------39-----------------------------32-------19----------------------------12----------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------37-----------------34-------------------17----------------14------------- --------------------------------------35--------------------------------------15---------

Happy Halloween

Yep, so that means we are awaiting . It's possible amen has received them in the meantime. We'll see at the next update

These are the only nations we have no confirmation about on thread so far, maybe @amen09 has received something in the meantime from some of the users: Czech Republic (ahjfcshfghb) Greece (Janakis) Netherlands (heywoodu) heywoodu already said he will vote though, so I guess it is the other 2 that are the main concerns.

Hey, I needed all the available time to finalise my choices But my votes are in and Ireland will not be disqualified (I hope not anyway ).

I think Germany already have this record

@konig Good luck for the plans, sounds really great Since you mentioned Ireland I would highly recommend going out to the west as the scenery is beautiful and with many lovely small towns full of charm. Galway is a beautiful city also and very good from a tourist perspective (maybe @Bohemia is better than me to confirm that as she lived there for a while recently so she can tell you her experience as a traveller to Ireland). The Ring of Kerry and Connemara are two standout options. Expense is a factor for a visit to Ireland though as it is a quite expensive country. I agree too with Bohemia about Dublin and advised her about that when she visited Ireland the first time, there are much nicer and charming places to visit than there but having said that there are many touristic options in Dublin too.... Guinness Storehouse, Botanical Gardens, National History Museum, various museums in fact and the beautiful Trinity College Library which houses the Book of Kells. https://goo.gl/images/AJYXEh If you wanted to go to Northern Ireland, the Causeway Coast is a great option with the Giant's Causeway and Bushmills Distillery and Dunluce Castle which I visited when going to the Giro d'Italia a couple of years ago. All very close to Belfast too which has some touristic options such as the Titanic museum. I can't upload any pics now but you can Google anything if you wish and I'm sure you'll have a thousand times better idea than from me if you'll like something or not. Plus I don't like to say everything is great and then you come here and you're like, meh . Expense is a factor to consider and also rain, lots of it

But one man's wine is another man's poison when it comes to music and there is no right or wrong taste. Some people like strawberry ice cream, some people like mint, some people even like bubblegum And thank God for that as music would be pretty boring otherwise.

What is the difference between the Golden Shoe and Golden Boot? I presume Golden Shoe must be the player of the Tournament award but come on, we already have Golden Boot.... could they not come up with a better name than Golden Shoe for this award?

15 weeks to go ! 15 is the number of sports that will feature at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Games, and 15 is the number of weeks until the big event arrives! Also updated with another piece of the logo to reflect the lighting of the Olympic flame in Olympia and the beginning of the torch relay Key: a1 6 months to go a2 3 months to go a3 1 month to go b1 150 days to go b2 100 days to go b3 75 days to go c1 Four Hills Tournament begins c2 Hahnenkamm Race begins c3 Winter X Games begin d1 tickets go on sale d2 2018 Olympic year arrives (Jan 1st) d3 2018 Olympic Prediction Contests Open on Totallympics e1 lighting of Olympic flame in Olympia, Greece e2 Olympic flame arrives in Incheon e3 Olympic flame arrives in Gangwon province x Olympic cauldron is lit 30 30 e2 c1 30 b2 e3 c2 30 b3 x c3 30 a3 d3 a2 d2 12 30 30 11 10 14 9 13 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 PyeongChang 2018 ------------------50--------------------------------------25--------------------------------------02----- --------49-----------------48------------------27-----------------24-------------------04----------------01- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --47----------------------------46-------29-----------------------------22-------06----------------------------03 --------------------------------------36--------------------------------------16------------------------------- --45-----------------------38--43-------30--33-------------------16--21-------08--13------------------------05 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------44-----------40---41------------------28--31-------20--23-------------------10--11-----------07--- ------------------42--------------------------------------26--------------------------------------09------------- ----------------------39-----------------------------32-------19----------------------------12----------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------37-----------------34-------------------17----------------14------------- --------------------------------------35--------------------------------------15---------------

Timo Boll beats Ma Long in the World Cup semis!!

16 weeks to go ! Key: a1 6 months to go a2 3 months to go a3 1 month to go b1 150 days to go b2 100 days to go b3 75 days to go c1 Four Hills Tournament begins c2 Hahnenkamm Race begins c3 Winter X Games begin d1 tickets go on sale d2 2018 Olympic year arrives (Jan 1st) d3 2018 Olympic Prediction Contests Open on Totallympics e1 lighting of Olympic flame in Olympia, Greece e2 Olympic flame arrives in Incheon e3 Olympic flame arrives in Gangwon province x Olympic cauldron is lit e1 30 e2 c1 30 b2 e3 c2 30 b3 x c3 30 a3 d3 a2 d2 12 30 30 11 15 10 14 9 13 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 PyeongChang 2018 ------------------50--------------------------------------25--------------------------------------02----- --------49-----------------48------------------27-----------------24-------------------04----------------01- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --47----------------------------46-------29-----------------------------22-------06----------------------------03 --------------------------------------36--------------------------------------16------------------------------- --45-----------------------38--43-------30--33-------------------16--21-------08--13------------------------05 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------44-----------40---41------------------28--31-------20--23-------------------10--11-----------07--- ------------------42--------------------------------------26--------------------------------------09------------- ----------------------39-----------------------------32-------19----------------------------12----------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------37-----------------34-------------------17----------------14------------- --------------------------------------35--------------------------------------15---------------

I have fallen in love with one of the songs . Though there are many I like a lot . Listened to all three times now.

Well there is a solid argument to be had that anyone who sings nursery rhymes of any description should be locked up but live and let live and all that I guess

It's just annoyingly stupid and serves no good purpose. I don't know if you are familiar with the nursery rhyme "Baa Baa Black Sheep", well some politically correct morons have turned it around to say that this is too racist to teach children because it has racial connotations..... just go away already you silly people

Yep, I am liking this game a lot. Also, those obnoxious politically correct people who want to do away with all traditions for no reason at all can go with them..... you know the type who decide that Christmas is no longer an acceptable term and that Winterville would be a much less discriminatory idea. Those people should also be on the ignore list

An ignore function like you have on forums would also be useful too. If somehow you could implement this ignore button on all walks of life, not just online

Yeah, such people are such a good example to us all

Yeah, or Saudi Arabia on women's rights commission ...... oh wait....

I was thinking the exact same thing . Come on users, let's get our Mokorotlos on