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@Dragon I think we may have found an Algerian user.

Mad bestmen rant
 
 

Irish Delegation enjoying a day-out in the Orlando sunshine
 

 
 
 
The Irish delegation enjoyed a fun-filled VIP tour of the Universal and Disney parks yesterday. The team took plenty of snaps, as they let their hair down before tonight's Opening Ceremony and the Grand Final tomorrow. The day began with a trip to Universal.
 
 

 
 
Séamus wasted no time in seeking some thrills on "The Hulk", of course dragging OlympicIRL with him
 

 
 
And then on to "The Rocket"....
 

 
 
 
 
 
The team took a trip to "Harry Potter world", hoping for some magic on Saturday.
 

 
 
 
Séamus thought for a moment that the Opening Ceremony TISC flame was being lit
 

 
 
 
OlympicIRL was spotted sneaking in to purchase some potions that could come in handy during the Grand Final
 

 
 
 
 
After enjoying a Butter Beer, the team took the Hogwarts Express
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
After the team left Hogwarts, it was time to grab some food. They bumped into @heywoodu at the Krusty Burger, and the Irish team wished the Dutch team well before heywoodu flew off once again in his time-travelling machine.
 

 
 
 
Finally, the team were whisked off to Disneyland. Will there be a fairytale on Saturday for the Irish?
 

 
 
 
The Irish team stayed to watch the fireworks before a late night trip back to their resort.
 

 
 
 
And Irish organisers hired this transport to take them to tonight's Opening Ceremony. They will be sure to make a grand entrance, with Séamus no doubt on the top deck, already getting drunk.
 

 
 

Not sure how long I'm gonna be there tonight, but I'm definitely clearing my calendar for tomorrow

So, does this mean Algeria takes the lead in the doping table with 15982 cases?

norway went to the olympics with 6000 doses of asthma medicine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

So, does this mean Algeria takes the lead in the doping table with 15982 cases?

TISC Team Challenge - USA 2018
 
Some changes were made to the TISC Team Challenge, all of which will make the Team competition much easier to follow what is happening.
Below you can see the TISC Team Challenge scoreboard design as well as a brief explanation of all the scoring rules below.
 
I have also provided a detailed review of the TISC Team Challenge guidelines at the end of this post so you can all be informed and ready to support your teams.
 
 
 
*Team Captains highlighted in gold
 
  ATLANTIC
TEAM
NORTHEAST
TEAM
GREAT LAKES
TEAM
MIDWEST
TEAM
SOUTH
TEAM
MOUNTAIN
TEAM
PACIFIC
TEAM
Leg 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Leg 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Leg 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Leg 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Leg 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Subtotal 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  Additional Team Bonuses
No. of Members Scoring 12 pts 0 / 5
Bonus: 0 pts
0 / 5
Bonus: 0 pts
0 / 5
Bonus: 0 pts
0 / 5
Bonus: 0 pts
0 / 5
Bonus: 0 pts
0 / 5
Bonus: 0 pts
0 / 5
Bonus: 0 pts
Team Captain Scoring 12 pts Yes / No
Bonus: 0 pts
Yes / No
Bonus: 0 pts
Yes / No
Bonus: 0 pts
Yes / No
Bonus: 0 pts
Yes / No
Bonus: 0 pts
Yes / No
Bonus: 0 pts
Yes / No
Bonus: 0 pts
Bonuses +0  +0  +0  +0  +0  +0  +0  Additional Team Forfeits No. of Members Failing to Score 0 / 5
Forfeit: 0 pts
0 / 5
Forfeit: 0 pts
0 / 5
Forfeit: 0 pts
0 / 5
Forfeit: 0 pts
0 / 5
Forfeit: 0 pts
0 / 5
Forfeit: 0 pts
0 / 5
Forfeit: 0 pts
Forfeits -0  -0  -0  -0  -0  -0  -0  Team Total 0  0  0  0  0  0  0   
 
Additional Bonus Guide:
2 Team Members Scoring a maximum on their Leg = 5 pts;
3 Team Members Scoring  a maximum on their Leg = 10 pts
4 Team Members Scoring a maximum on their Leg = 15 pts
5 Team Members Scoring a maximum on their Leg = 25 pts
Team Captain Scoring a maximum on their Leg = 5 pts
 
 
Additional Forfeits Guide:
Team Member Failing to Score on their Leg = -25 pts
2 or More Team Members Failing to Score on their Leg = ELIMINATION
 
 
 
 
TISC Team Challenge Guidelines -
USA 2018
 
The team competition consists of 7 teams of 5 nations each. Each team is based in a different region. Each team also has a designated captain who will be of extra significance to their team in terms of opportunities to score an extra bonus and who could have a role in breaking potential ties between teams in the final TISC Challenge rankings The TISC Team Challenge will be held in a relay format with a different team member covering each of the 5 legs. Each leg will last for a total of 7 consecutive votes. Leg 1 will involve the votes of the juries positioned 1-7 in the voting order; leg 2 will involve the votes of the juries positioned 8-14 in the voting order; leg 3 will involve the votes of the juries positioned 15-21 in the voting order; leg 4 will involve the votes of the juries positioned 22-28 in the voting order; and finally leg 5 will involve the votes of the juries positioned 29-35 in the voting order. The running order of the relays is displayed on the scoreboard. Only the score of the team member taking part in that specific leg will count for the team score. If the scoring team member fails to score throughout their entire leg, the team takes a forfeit in the form of -25 penalty points. If two team members from the same team fail to score throughout their respective legs, their team will be eliminated from the team competition. In the unlikely event where only 2 or fewer teams avoid elimination, elimination will count as a team forfeit of an additional -100 penalty points. Eliminated teams still cannot place higher than non-eliminated teams in the final team ranking. Additional bonus or penalty points can be awarded to teams who achieved one or more of the following achievements:  
 5 team members scoring a maximum 12 point score on their leg 25  4 team members scoring a maximum 12 point score on their leg 15  3 team members scoring a maximum 12 point score on their leg 10  2 team members scoring a maximum 12 point score on their leg 5  Team Captain scoring a maximum 12 point score on their leg 5  Team member failing to score on their leg -25
 2 or more team member failing to score on their legs EL  
 
If there is a tie between two or more teams once all 5 legs have been completed, the highest and lowest scoring members for each team will be discarded, and the scores of the 3 middle scoring team members will be used to determine the tie-break. If there is still a tie, only the score of the team captains will be used to determine the tie-break. If there is still a tie, the team with a higher Fair Play ranking will win the tie (the team awarding least points to their own team members are ranked highest in the Fair Play rankings). If there is still a tie after the tie-break rules have been applied, the teams will be deemed to have tied for position.  

Guys, I'll be posting starting around 5pm EST tomorrow for the opening ceremony. Hope you join us.

Thanks, now I'm already understanding 3% of the whole thing  

What three nations?
 
Oh, wait. Those three nations ( ) are not starting in the gold medal match. It only means that their votes will be looked at to decide the gold medal match results.
 
And it's those specific three nations because they are the final 3 voters.
 
 

Reading the rules...
 
 

MIXED TEAM MUSIC'THLON - Rules and Regulations
 
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 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  
Round Robin Matches Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Jazzu   Cranberries   Stunning   Roxette   Jazzu   Jazzu   Roxette   Jazzu   Jazzu   Jazzu   Cranberries   Stunning   Stunning   Roxette   Roxette   Cranberries   Stunning   Cranberries   Cranberries   Stunning   Cranberries   Stunning   Roxette   Roxette    
 
STAGE 2 SCOREBOARD
 
MIXED TEAM MUSIC'THLON
Playoff Upper Semifinal   Gold Medal Match Round Robin 1   Winner Upper Semifinal   Round Robin 2   Winner Bronze Medal Match     Bronze Medal Match Composition:
Team Cranberries - /
Team Jazzu - /
Team Roxette - /
Team Stunning - /
Loser Upper Semifinal   Winner Lower Semifinal   Lower Semifinal   Round Robin 3   Round Robin 4    

Almost  
 
Ok, because I've got nothing better to do: this Brazilian girl and me were kind of saying we were dating, even though we had never met face to face yet. Before I went to Brazil to meet her for the first time (which eventually resulted in a 3,5 year relationship) I used to watch videos of other people on YouTube going through the exact same thing (especially that insanely nervous first moment) and in my favourite one they used 'A moment like this' for the backdrop  

12 points.

TISC is Coming to America... This Week!

Although Antarctica has not participated in TISC with an entry, progress was made earlier this year when they ceased their 4-year long boycott of TISC and accepted an invitation to be part of the TISC Jubilee celebrations as a special guest of honour. The reconciliation was hailed as a huge success after years of conflict with TISC which culminated in Antarctica setting up their own rival to TISC, named WINTERFEST, and setting out to sabotage many editions of TISC during that period. As part of the Jubilee's reconciliation process, Antarctica agreed to end their boycott of TISC and also to disband WINTERFEST.
As a special tribute, let's look at Antarctica's entry in the final-ever WINTERFEST that took place earlier this year.
 
 
 
ANTARCTICA AT THE TOTALLYMPICS INTERNATIONAL SONG CONTEST
 
 
 
 
 
ANTARCTICA
 
Continent - Antarctica Population: 0.001 million people
Population: 12.00 million penguins
TISC Appearances 0 TISC Open Appearances 0 TISC Annual Appearances 0 National Records Best Finish (Overall) - Best Finish (Open) - Best Finish (Annual) - Antarctica NR Points (Overall) - Antarctica NR Points (Open) - Antarctica NR Points (Annual) - Antarctica NR Average (Overall) - Antarctica NR Average (Open) - Antarctica NR Average (Annual) - NR Points Streak (Overall) - NR Points Streak (Open) - NR Points Streak (Annual) - Antarctica NR Medal Streak - TISC Record 0 0 0  
 
 
List of Antarctic Entries:
 
 #1  TISC Open 2013  Did Not Participate
- -  #2  TISC Annual 2014  Did Not Participate
- -  #3  TISC Open 2014  Boycotted - -  #4  TISC Annual 2015  Boycotted - -  #5  TISC Open 2015  Boycotted - -  #6  TISC Annual 2016  Boycotted - -  #7  TISC Open 2016  Boycotted - -  #8  TISC Annual 2017  Boycotted - -  #9  TISC Open 2017  Boycotted - -  #10  TISC Annual 2018  Did Not Participate - Invited as Special Guest - -  
 
 
 
Antarctica's 2018 WINTERFEST entry
 

Irish Delegation Arrives in Orlando ahead of Tomorrow's Opening Ceremony
 

 
 
The Irish delegation have arrived in Florida ahead of tomorrow's Opening Ceremony. The team are currently settling into their accomodation at Floridays Resort and are planning a fun-filled day around the Orlando parks at Universal and Disney, where they will receive VIP treatment courtesy of their kind American hosts.
The official Irish TISC twitter account tweeted their arrival this morning:
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
View from OlympicIRL and Séamus' apartment:
 

 
 
 
 

 

Looks like Durango is a bit of a choker. She will fail to qualify here despite winning both pistol qualification rounds.

Women's 25m pistol quota goes to .

TISC is Coming to America... This Week!

TISC is Coming to America... This Week!

It's iPad, not IPad.
 
 

Team Challenge Draw Overview
 

 
 

Team Challenge Draw Overview