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Well, he has very few WC starts so far. Hopefully this will not be the race of his life.

Jylhae and Maeki are basically pure sprinters though.

Corrected it for you.

What a result for Esteve!

1.20 for Johaug. It should be 0.50...

For the method, an external tweaked random draw would be my proposal. Quick and easy, plus it's for the Annual so there will be more time left for organization. Last penguin game took A LOT of time and ended with heywoodu/myself picking for Canada/NZ, and hckosice picking for Tunisia...

There is really no need for calling witnesses.

And I joined maybe a few weeks later. Either way, it's not about exact numbers, we'll get nowhere like that. We are all in the same category as far as the general activity goes. Maybe I shouldn't have brought it up then.. As for the usual process, it does include tweaking odds in favor of first timers (as stated several days ago).

I just thought the bidding alone was stressful (and long) enough without such possibilities. Maybe the others would disagree, I don't know.

By 4) I don't mean the exact number of posts or extra-forum activity. I just mean the activity to a certain extent, where all four of us are in the same category.

That is a fair point, so obviously there are certain layers of objectivity that need to be considered. Number of unsuccessful bids can be one of the criteria, so for example Mexico and Serbia can have an equal chance next time if some new country expresses interest, which hasn't done it for 2017 Open earlier, and 2019 Annual now. Also, user's activity is another thing that can be considered. It's not the same if former hosts are bidding against ever-invested first timers like bestmen or myself, or if they are bidding against a user from Birbistan for example (I don't want to name a specific nation), whose user logs in twice a year. In any case, here we have the following facts: 1) Mexico and Serbia have both already hosted a TISC edition. 2) Both of them hosted it not by winning, but by bidding or other such means. So in a sense they have already been successful in the process. 3) Mexico and Serbia have hosted TISC editions at their 2nd and 3rd participation, respectively. Algeria and Croatia (with this jury) have both done it 7 times and haven't hosted yet. 4) Neither Mexican or Serbian users are conclusively more active than the other two bidders.

S/K are on fire.

Joe Morgan commentating luge.

Start delayed. Fascinating how Whistler seemed to have the least amount of snow ever during their Olympics..

If there is a game of luck, then there can be two hosting tickets to be found. With those seeking to host again being required to locate both of them. And please, no penguin fields, key stealing, etc. this time... However, my main proposal would be awarding 2019 Annual (and 2019 Open, if Agger elects not to host) to first timers. I believe both of us have shown enough activity around here to be given a courtesy of being able to host a contest before TISC starts revisiting places. Besides, all bidders come from the same group that bid in 2016, so it looks quite likely that we'll be regularly revisiting users/places as soon as 2020...

No. It's just exclusive.

Don't! Or at least come back at 23:41, it should become chronological then.

Sindo accidentally pushed the button for "Emotional Lady" mode, I guess.

No, you are just time travelling. Again.

That shouldn't matter. It's an International federation, not some country club.

No double Dutch team sprint podium this time.

Walking Dead, lol. It's more likely named after Charlie Chaplin film.

Tsunami alert has been issued.

Lara Gut-Behrami

I can't believe there can still be an International sports federation whose website is not in English by default.