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Not really that as much as Biles doing ridiculous stuff. Difficulty of her vault was 1.00 higher than anyone else's. That's one fall cancelled out right there.

Forced spectators are back!

Yes, they will count for individual rankings as well. Nations Cup events are notified as CDIO, CCIO and CSIO in the calendar.

Yes and no. There isn't a specific list of qualification events yet, but the calendars for 2019 are available here. For dressage all CDI3*/4*/5* and CDI-W events will count, as well as European Championships and Pan American Games. For eventing all CCI4*/5* events will count, together with the Europeans (but not Pan Ams). For jumping all CSI3*/4*/5* and CSI-W can count, but FEI will publish as the year goes which of these events will actually count (there are certain requirements, though I don't really know much about them)..

: d That's how it's been since forever...

Why just not call them "Chick" or something while they're at it? Very urban.

Well, it's better to adopt a whole new format, instead of both Team Challenge and Mixed Team Music'thlon having different criteria for bonuses, penalties and eliminations.

Announcement There will be a change of format for the Mixed Team Music'thlon, due to similarities (but also differences) between the initial Music'thlon format and the format of the Team Challenge. Mixed Team Music'thlon will now be held in a Tournament format, with mixed teams facing each other during Round Robin and Playoff stages. More details to come once the Music'thlon scoreboard gets revealed after the Opening ceremony next week.

WC Grand Prix from Lyon.

Since last year?

Really enjoyed Halloween (1978) at cinema tonight. Also the first time I saw the film. Just kind of annoyed that a lot of fellow movie-goers couldn't cope with "cheesiness" of old movies, what caused laughter at parts that certainly weren't intended to be funny.

Verniaiev Grass is green, water is wet...

South Africa Kongos - Come With Me Now

[hide] MIXED TEAM MUSIC'THLON - RULES Mixed Team Music'thlon will be held in two stages: Stage 1 - Round Robin Stage 2 - Playoff Stage 1 - Round Robin: Double Round Robin system - Mixed teams will face each other twice, for a total of 6 rounds Each of the 6 rounds will last for 3 votes, during which the scores from both members of a respective team will be added up Points distribution will be as follows: Win - 3 points Draw - 1 point Loss - 0 points All 4 Mixed teams will advance to Stage 2 - Playoffs Stage 2 - Playoff: Page Playoff system - Mixed teams will be seeded according to their positions after Stage 1 - Round Robin Each of the 3 playoff rounds will last for 3 votes, during which the scores from both members of a respective team will be added up In total, there will be 9 rounds (6 round robin + 3 playoff), each lasting 3 votes, for a total of 27 counting votes. Votes of the 8 participating nations will be excluded for the purposes of Mixed Team Music'thlon. Votes used during the corresponding stages will be as follows: Round Robin, Round 1: Round Robin, Round 2: Round Robin, Round 3: Round Robin, Round 4: Round Robin, Round 5: Round Robin, Round 6: Playoff, Semifinals: Playoff, Bronze Medal Match: Playoff, Gold Medal Match: Awards Future of the Mixed Team Music'thlon is uncertain at this point. However, if there is a next edition of this competition, then the winning team of this edition will be automatically qualified with the same composition. STAGE 1 SCOREBOARD MIXED TEAM MUSIC'THLON Round Robin Standings Mixed Team Composition Win Draw Loss +/- POINTS Team Stunning / 5 0 1 +67 15 Team Cranberries / 3 0 3 +14 9 Team Roxette / 3 0 3 +8 9 Team Jazzu / 1 0 5 -89 3 Round Robin Matches Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Jazzu 5 Cranberries 13 Stunning 24 Roxette 24 Jazzu 14 Jazzu 22 Roxette 37 Jazzu 10 Jazzu 2 Jazzu 10 Cranberries 13 Stunning 43 Stunning 13 Roxette 25 Roxette 13 Cranberries 16 Stunning 29 Cranberries 18 Cranberries 11 Stunning 20 Cranberries 27 Stunning 25 Roxette 9 Roxette 9 Round Robin Standings Mixed Team Composition Win Draw Loss +/- POINTS Team Cranberries / 0 0 0 0 0 Team Jazzu / 0 0 0 0 0 Team Roxette / 0 0 0 0 0 Team Stunning / 0 0 0 0 0 STAGE 2 SCOREBOARD MIXED TEAM MUSIC'THLON Playoff Upper Semifinal Gold Medal Match Team Stunning 23 Team Cranberries 21 Team Cranberries 27 Team Stunning 24 Bronze Medal Match Composition: Team Cranberries - / Team Jazzu - / Team Roxette - / Team Stunning - / Team Stunning 21 Team Roxette 15 Lower Semifinal Team Roxette 34 Team Jazzu 0 [/hide]

Looks like the Bougainvillean independence referendum should go as planned next year, as the referendum question has finally been confirmed. Do you agree for Bougainville to have: (1) Greater Autonomy (2) Independence?

12 points from Croatia.

Pretty sure is the only longterm participant who never finished outside of top 20. That's crazy. You probably have a lot of friends, neighbours and emotional ladies songs.

No way! I actually have Canadian songs from both 2013 Open and 2014 Annual on my playlist. Despite not participating at those contests and having only 110 songs on a playlist in total...

Netherlands is otherwise REALLY consistent. Maybe the users are just giving points because Netherlands. I'm surprised though that the Dutch have never won 3 medals in a row.

Will be watching Night of the Living Dead tonight.

This sounds way too idealistic however.

Welp, again Russia and China took the remaining spoils. I guess Canada underperformed on beam mostly.

Nowadays it's just cool to complain about everything. Just like it's super cool to feel offended 24/7.

So, after a nice live stream on Youtube we had yesterday, today's final is blocked?

And I remember now that I also entered 2014 Open but forgot to put forward a song. So... I've seen it all.