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We also need prompts for Frankenstein/Dracula/Black Panther, explaining it's not a realistic depiction of Germany/Romania/Africa.

Wow. That woman probably can't name 10 Olympic sports. Just wow.

Yeah, things may be a little different where you come from (although I doubt it), but here in Europe statues mostly get visited by tourists, and of course they are there to learn about history rather than pay respects.

Unfortunately, it's not how the mainstream media works. Good vs evil sells, while the notion of people having multiple sides to them usually gets left behind. Just like nobody is all-good, no person is all-bad either.

Well, romanticized or not, people still had more liberal views towards slavery back then. If anything, it was a part of their economy, so it was a part of history. Although, speaking of GWTW, I wouldn't say that picture is really about the slavery. It's set against such backdrop, but mainly it is about a love story with a touch of woman against the world theme. Another way of rewriting history is making period pieces in which the characters have modern values and behave as if they travelled through time. Modern Hollywood sure does love that.

But it is a denial. It's a denial on how the South looked in the 1860s.

Great victory for censorship today, as HBO removed Gone with the Wind from their library. How does this work exactly? Denial of the Holocaust is punishable by law in some places, while denial of the slavery is... encouraged? I guess we should just pick-and-choose things we do like and remove stuff we don't. We can all live in our own private little fairytales! That's basically the message these HBO minds are sending.

But then again, it will create trouble whenever someone fails to deliver their votes on time. What happens then? Another juror steps in? Who? What is the deadline for this additional vote? In the end it's just easier to use 3-1-0 system. After all, 3-1-0 system is used commonly in sports, and immitating sport tournaments seems to be the aim of this format. Votes difference can be used for tie breaks though. Knowing how TISC voting usually goes, probably quite a few of them will need to be resolved.

Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Faisal Al Qasimi banned for 20 years for giving his horse Xylazine. His ban expires 27 May 2040. https://inside.fei.org/content/fei-tribunal-hands-down-record-sanction-horse-abuse-case

Yeah, Putin basically ruined the Winter Olympics with his Sochi vanity project.

We already saw "Holland. The Original Cool." in Croatia though.

On this day, RFK was shot by Sirhan Sirhan. Sirhan Sirhan is right up there among the assasins with memorable names... Although, it's a question whether or not he was the actual perpetrator (like it is with basically any other assasination of that era ).

Is this one from Zakrzow CDI?

Hopefully you can keep @Sindo (or some other non-participant) in the loop, so that they can at least post the daily results in case you are not able to.

Yes, 16 days should be quite ideal duration-wise for a tournament like this one. It will probably allow to have a couple of days between the matches of the same group, keeping the anticipation high. I like the idea of a special Opening Ceremony / TISC tribute, too.

For the group matches, I guess you can first randomize the list of jurors, and then randomize the list of matches for each juror. Each juror then gets allocated to the jury panel of the set number of matches (for example, they get allocated to the first 10 matches listed on their respective randomized list). If one of those matches is already filled, then the juror gets allocated to their 11th-listed match and so on. That way the jurors will be asked to vote in the same number of matches (give or take 1 match). Although, maybe there is a quicker way to allocate jurors.

Well, I don't like the idea of users picking the same nation. Festival of Music never allowed that, and it never created any problems. If someone desperately wants to represent a certain nation (even though it's a side edition, but alright), they should just put the registration date in their diary and make sure they book it on time. Besides, having the same nation appear two or three times will make things less diverse and probably more confusing. As for the group scoring format... I'd prefer to have 3 points for the winner, 1 point each in case of a draw, and no points in case of a loss... That way the competition may go forward even if some user(s) fail to send their preferences on time. Additionally, I wouldn't like seeing users / entries getting diqualified from this edition. If someone fails to deliver their votes, they should still be allowed to vote again in the further rounds.

Isn't that flag wrong? I can remember some sports events randomly using reversed coats of arms on flags, and thus leaving us all with the question "Why?".

*what everyone's thinking*

Meanwhile in Beijing 2008. @hckosice

About time.

That helicopter sound made me think that we will be rejoining the peloton any second now.

Pieter Weening joined Trek-Segafredo... And in doing so he was apparently required to make an Instagram profile.

Australia was on fire?

Yeah, purists hate the likes of Feierabend and Skjoeld having Olympic medals. I don't really mind it though.