tuniscof

......ambitious schedule....
but I'm in
 

Congratulatiuons to the winner ady48   and the medallists Ufilov   and bestmen  
Great job tuniscof

btw about the rugby six nations. thats one great idea, I ll definitely participate even if it will be only a contest about luck from me since I know absolutely nothing but nothing about eventual forms of the teams, I know that al are big rugby nations with large history and thats all. so looking forward how I will perform

Final Standing available here.
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
Ufilov

 
 
 
 
 ady48 
 
 
 

 
bestmen
 
Congratulation to our first winner of the year ady48 and Romania for a deserved Gold Medal !

It was a big battle for top spot since Day 3 between ady48, Ufilov and Crolympic, joined on Day 7 by bestmen.
Unfortunately for him and Croatia, Crolympic missed the round of 16 , and dropped from top spot to the middle of the table losing a big chance for a medal  and leaving the lead to ady48 who secured his position until the finish.
 
There was another battle between Ufilov and bestmen for 2nd and 3rd spot, which was decided on the last day when Ufilov had better picks than the algerian ! so Congratulations to Silver Medalist Ufilov and Poland who proved once again how good he is with predictions almost never leaving top 4 except on Day 1 (7th place) and Day 8 (5th place).
Congratulations also goes to bestmen and Algeria who showed a great talent with his picks : he made 12 perfect prediction all tournament long and he is the only one to make a double perfect prediction for Semifinals , good job bestmen  ! (we'll see about your bonus idea  ) 
 
Italian Dunadan clinches 4th spot from Polish rybak who had a great tournament always being in top 5.
 
Great overall result for team Poland with all three players in top 10! though it could have been an impressive top 5 finish for them if only Pavlo didn't drop at the last day (if he didn't predict Norway to be new World Champions )  
 
Unfortunately some players left the contest  I hope that's not a bad sign here 
Thank you all who participated for this first contest of the year even if the number wasn't that large  we can certainly do better than 25 players for the coming contests .
 
For my part I tried to do my best to make this contest come true  even if it came a little late, I hope you enjoyed it!
See you soon for another contest !
 
Now please stand up for the national anthem of Romania !
 

Working on prediction contests isn't that easy I admit it, it takes a lot of time and energy but at the end it's a good feeling of satisfaction  
 
Now we are (I am actually)  going to prepare for the next prediction contest which is coming soon , the first Rugby contest of the year :Six Nations Championships  so you can prepare yourself from now, the prediction design should be ready tomorrow morning, I hope the number of users will increase a bit more especially among Rugby fans .
 
Any help will be welcome  

I've been looking at the 2017 sports calendar with some help from MCMXC who gave an idea of a calendar here . So here is a long list of events I took the maximum
We are going to keep only half of them at maximum otherwise it would be infernal . What are your suggestions? some new sport to include? 
 
in Blue contest that are very likely to take place
in Red those which we are not sure about
 
# Begins Ends Sport Event 1 11 January 29 January Handball 2017 Men's World Handball Championships 2 14 January 5 February Football 2017 Men's Africa Cup of Nations 3 4 February 18 March Rugby Union 2017 Six Nations Championship 4 9 February 19 February Biathlon World Championships 2017 5 22 February 5 March Nordic Skiing 2017 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 6 18 March 26 March Curling 2017 World Women's Curling Championship 7 31 March 7 April Ice Hockey 2017 IIHF World Women's Championship 8 1 April 9 April Curling 2017 Ford World Men's Curling Championship 9 12 April 16 April Track Cycling 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships 10 27 April 7 May Beach Soccer 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 11 5 May 21 May Ice Hockey 2017 IIHF World Championship 12 28 May 11 June Tennis 2017 French Open 13 29 May 5 June Table Tennis 2017 World Table Tennis Championships 14 15 June 18 June Golf 2017 U.S. Open 15 16 June 27 June Basketball Eurobasket Women 2017 16 17 June 2 July Football 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup 17 22 June 30 June Taekwondo 2017 World Taekwondo Championships 18 1 July 23 July Road Cycling 2017 Tour de France 19 3 July 16 July Tennis 2017 Wimbledon Championships 20 9 July 30 July Football 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup 21 14 July 23 July Athletics 2017 World Para Athletics Championships 22 14 July 30 July Aquatics 2017 World Aquatics Championships 23 16 July 6 August Football UEFA Women's Euro 2017 24 19 July 26 July Fencing 2017 World Fencing Championships 25 24 July 1 August Volleyball 2017 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship 26 25 July 30 July BMX 2017 UCI BMX World Championships 27 28 July 6 August Beach Volleyball 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships 28 4 August 13 August Athletics 2017 World Championships in Athletics 29 9 August 26 August Rugby Union 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup 30 17 August 31 August Basketball Afrobasket 2017 31 21 August 27 August Badminton 2017 BWF World Championships 32 28 August 4 September Modern Pentathlon 2017 World Modern Pentathlon Championships 33 28 August 11 September Tennis 2017 U.S. Open 34 29 August 3 September Rhythmic Gymnastics 2017 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships 35 31 August 17 September Basketball Eurobasket 2017 36 1 September 25 September Chess Chess World Cup 2017 37 2 September 10 September Volleyball 2017 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship 38 17 September 24 September Road Cycling 2017 UCI World Road Championships 39 17 September 25 September Volleyball 2017 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship 40 24 September 1 October Rowing 2017 World Rowing Championships 41 27 September 9 October Artistic Gymnastics 2017 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships 42 15 October 22 October Archery 2017 World Archery Championships 43 17 October 25 October Weightlifting 2017 World Weightlifting Championships 44 26 October 2 November Rugby League 2017 Rugby League World Cup 45 12 November 19 November Tennis 2017 ATP World Tour Finals 46 16 November 2 December Rugby League 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup 47 26 November 2 December Squash 2017 Men's World Team Squash Championships 48 1 December 17 December Handball 2017 World Women's Handball Championship  
 
 

The following would be the calender I'd suggest, based on previous prediction contests and to which is broad in terms of sports and continents
 
 
#    Duration            Sport    Event
1    11-Jan    -    29-Jan    Handball    2017 World Men's Handball Championship
2    14-Jan    -    05-Feb    Football    2017 Africa Cup of Nations
3    09-Feb    -    19-Feb    Biathlon    Biathlon World Championships 2017
4    31-Mar    -    07-Apr    Ice Hockey    2017 IIHF Women's World Championship
5    12-Apr    -    16-Apr    Cycling    2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
6    05-May    -    21-May    Ice Hockey    2017 IIHF World Championship
7    28-May    -    11-Jun    Tennis    2017 French Open
8    01-Jul    -    23-Jul    Cycling    2017 Tour de France
9    14-Jul    -    30-Jul    Aquatics    2017 World Aquatics Championships
10    16-Jul    -    06-Aug    Football    UEFA Women's Euro 2017
11    04-Aug    -    13-Aug    Athletics    2017 IAAF World Championships
12    09-Aug    -    26-Aug    Rugby    2017 Women's Rugby World Cup
13    17-Aug    -    31-Aug    Basketball    AfroBasket 2017
14    02-Sep    -    10-Sep    Volleyball    2017 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship
15    27-Sep    -    09-Oct    Gymnastics    2017 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
16    26-Oct    -    02-Dec    Rugby    2017 Rugby League World Cup
 

Well, I'm kind of a purist for prediction, so I don't like any kind of bonuses (I don't even like the multipliers for knockout stages!). I think they increase the "luck" factor and decrease the "pure knowledge" factor to decide the winner, which I don't like too much.

I don't know how it worked in the past (was this general standing really updated? Did more users participate? ),  but the presence of a general standing itself should encourage lower ranked users to be interested until the end of the contest: gaining positions would mean gaining more points in the general standing, even without bonus points.
 

what kind of bonus do you have in mind? It would be possible to make 1 bonus match per day with some extra points for users who will predict the exact result - good for handball, basketball, water polo, rugby and ice hockey - high score team sports. In football it could be which player scores first (field hockey the same), in volleyball maybe how much points the best scorer will have. Final points (without hundreds) of winners in figure skating etc.
 
But do we need it. Wouldn`t it turn more like to bet contests? For me the simpler the better

I have an idea regarding the prediction contests. Maybe we can introduce the "Winners of the day" bonuses.
 
Users are ranked by points they've won in a single day of a contest. So for example we look at the first day of the current handball contest:
 
Gianlu33 - 88 (10)
heywoodu - 85 (5)
MCMXC - 81 (3)
bestmen - 77
ady48 - 75
...
 
Every winner of the day gets 10 pts, 2nd best gets 5 pts and 3rd best gets 3 pts. These points are summed at the end of the contest and they go straight to the general standings for the season. These bonuses might encourage lower ranked users to be more interested in the later stages of the contest.
 
Obviously it doesn't have to be 10-5-3, it can be set up differently. However, with the 10-5-3 system we would have the following current bonus points from the handball contest.
 
 

Congratulatiuons to the winner ady48   and the medallists Ufilov   and bestmen  
 
Thanks at  tuniscof for re-open the prediction contests, good job!  well done!

Final Standing available here.
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
Ufilov

 
 
 
 
 ady48 
 
 
 

 
bestmen
 
Congratulation to our first winner of the year ady48 and Romania for a deserved Gold Medal !

It was a big battle for top spot since Day 3 between ady48, Ufilov and Crolympic, joined on Day 7 by bestmen.
Unfortunately for him and Croatia, Crolympic missed the round of 16 , and dropped from top spot to the middle of the table losing a big chance for a medal  and leaving the lead to ady48 who secured his position until the finish.
 
There was another battle between Ufilov and bestmen for 2nd and 3rd spot, which was decided on the last day when Ufilov had better picks than the algerian ! so Congratulations to Silver Medalist Ufilov and Poland who proved once again how good he is with predictions almost never leaving top 4 except on Day 1 (7th place) and Day 8 (5th place).
Congratulations also goes to bestmen and Algeria who showed a great talent with his picks : he made 12 perfect prediction all tournament long and he is the only one to make a double perfect prediction for Semifinals , good job bestmen  ! (we'll see about your bonus idea  ) 
 
Italian Dunadan clinches 4th spot from Polish rybak who had a great tournament always being in top 5.
 
Great overall result for team Poland with all three players in top 10! though it could have been an impressive top 5 finish for them if only Pavlo didn't drop at the last day (if he didn't predict Norway to be new World Champions )  
 
Unfortunately some players left the contest  I hope that's not a bad sign here 
Thank you all who participated for this first contest of the year even if the number wasn't that large  we can certainly do better than 25 players for the coming contests .
 
For my part I tried to do my best to make this contest come true  even if it came a little late, I hope you enjoyed it!
See you soon for another contest !
 
Now please stand up for the national anthem of Romania !
 

Final Standing available here.
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
Ufilov

 
 
 
 
 ady48 
 
 
 

 
bestmen
 
Congratulation to our first winner of the year ady48 and Romania for a deserved Gold Medal !

It was a big battle for top spot since Day 3 between ady48, Ufilov and Crolympic, joined on Day 7 by bestmen.
Unfortunately for him and Croatia, Crolympic missed the round of 16 , and dropped from top spot to the middle of the table losing a big chance for a medal  and leaving the lead to ady48 who secured his position until the finish.
 
There was another battle between Ufilov and bestmen for 2nd and 3rd spot, which was decided on the last day when Ufilov had better picks than the algerian ! so Congratulations to Silver Medalist Ufilov and Poland who proved once again how good he is with predictions almost never leaving top 4 except on Day 1 (7th place) and Day 8 (5th place).
Congratulations also goes to bestmen and Algeria who showed a great talent with his picks : he made 12 perfect prediction all tournament long and he is the only one to make a double perfect prediction for Semifinals , good job bestmen  ! (we'll see about your bonus idea  ) 
 
Italian Dunadan clinches 4th spot from Polish rybak who had a great tournament always being in top 5.
 
Great overall result for team Poland with all three players in top 10! though it could have been an impressive top 5 finish for them if only Pavlo didn't drop at the last day (if he didn't predict Norway to be new World Champions )  
 
Unfortunately some players left the contest  I hope that's not a bad sign here 
Thank you all who participated for this first contest of the year even if the number wasn't that large  we can certainly do better than 25 players for the coming contests .
 
For my part I tried to do my best to make this contest come true  even if it came a little late, I hope you enjoyed it!
See you soon for another contest !
 
Now please stand up for the national anthem of Romania !
 

And now, it's the time that everyone has been waiting for, we are heading to KAUNAS!

Kaunas is the second biggest city in Lithuania and it also has been the capital for a short time in history. It is also my hometown and the town in which Žalgiris Arena has been built. Kaunas has a lot of things to offer, for example 3 quite huge shopping centres, beautiful sights such as the Oldtown or Liberty Avenue, it is also the town of most successful athletes.

Here are the top places to visit

Here you can see the Oldtown of Kaunas and Kaunas Castle
 
Another thing that Kaunas is very well known for and since Christmas is already around the corner, well, we have a famous Christmas Tree designer. Not only does Kaunas win the most beautiful tree award here in Lithuania, it also rivals the trees around Europe, because of their creativity.

 

Before travelling to Kaunas, I think it is very important to do something that hasn't yet been done throughout the 6 TISC contests, we must thank our SPONSORS!
Apart from Totallympics, there was another thing that aided TISC every single year and it is Youtube.

So, with this segment, we are going to look at some of the best cover artists that Youtube has to offer.
Starting with a name, that some of you might know, let's look at Boyce Avenue


Next up is a very talented duet "Us The Duo"

Following them, let's introduce a very talented woman Madilyn Bailey

Next up is Alex Aiono

Following him is Leroy Sanchez

Next up is Kurt Hugo Schneider and friends
 

Another amazingly talented cover channel is Post Modern Jukebox


And I'm sorry to be ending this on a serious note, but we have to pay tribute to Christina Grimmie, whom has represented USA at TISC a couple of years ago. It is really a shame to lose such a talented artist.
 

We still have one last stop before we visit Kaunas

Time to check out the beautiful town Trakai. It is home to our famous rowing team that brought two Olympic medals back home this year. The venue has already had its fair share of Youth Championships.


 
The town is also known for one of the longest standing castles in Europe.

And now, another very important destination is the capital of Lithuania - Vilnius!

Let's travel now to Panevėžys, the 4th biggest city in Lithuania. It is mostly known for track cycling as it has one of the best velodromes in Eastern side of Europe. Many teams come to train here as well as an annual competition that attracts many stars (such as Cavendish for example) is held here


Up next let's travel to Anykščiai, one of the most prettiest towns that Lithuania has to offer. It's nature is breathtaking, there are books written about this town.

The town is not that big, but here's an opportunity to get lost

And finally from this corner of the map let's visit Ignalina. The home of all of our biathletes.

Time to get back on track with our sightseeing

Let's check what the dark blue corner of Lithuania has to offer.
Here's a picture of Alytus

And now it's time for a pretty special city of Lithuania, where you can not only sight see, but also have some wonderful adventures and it also might attract the attention of our Slovakian friends.
It's the town of Druskininkai
 
 

 
Are you wondering why Druskininkai are called the town of adventures? Well, worry not, it has the biggest SPA center in Lithuania as well as a water park.

And why would it be attractive for Slovakia? It has the only indoor skiing center in our country. It is a highly rated infrastructure as quite a few Olympic teams come to train here as well as there are FIS competitions held.

Let's take a break from sightseeing with a little segment I call
Where Are They Now?
The segment involves every artist that has ever participated and represented Lithuania and we will be looking at how much their music changed throughout the years.
 
1st ever participation for Lithuania was a soul/jazz group Saulės Kliošas with their song "Sninga". Let's look at them now!

The second time that Lithuania entered a TISC competition, it was a fairly young girl "GJan" that was making a name for herself in our music industry. Let's look at her now!

Third participation in TISC was pretty special for me personally, because Lithuania was represented with my song. Let's see what I've been doing throughout the years.

4th time that Lithuania has entered TISC, it was again a song in Lithuanian, performed by our local star Vaidas Baumila. Let's look at him now!

The 6th time that Lithuania participated in TISC, we've sent Erica Jennings that is actually representing Lithuania this year as a duet with her husband. Let's look at her now!

You might wonder why we skipped the 5th edition. Well, it is because it's very special and it's the reason why we're all here tonight in Lithuania. Let's give it up for Leon Somov & Jazzu!
 

Let's move a little bit to the right now and look at Telšiai, known as the capital of Žemaitija

Here's a picture of Šiauliai famous sun clock

And if we looked at the green area of the map, we would see Marijampolė

So today we are planning to spend some time in every corner of Lithuania, seeing the nature and the architecture.

 
Since quite a few of the TISC delegations decided to stay near the sea, let's have a look at that region first.
Klaipėda is the 3rd biggest city in Lithuania, it is known as a harbor city, a city historically connecting our country in trade with the Scandinavian countries and Western Europe

Next up on our list is Nida that is known for Kuršių Nerija that is oficially included in UNESCO, places to see.

Last, but definitely not least, it is Palanga, considered the town of vacations and the town with the best beach in Lithuania.

You can also look closer at the singing and dancing fountain here

It is finally time for what all of you have been waiting for. TISC is finally here and it is in Lithuania. A small, but proud Baltic state country. Tonight, we're going to take you on a journey throughout our country and we also have musical acts planned.
 
Before we start visiting most of our cities, let's see what Lithuania has to offer overall


 

Alright, seeing as there are 10 minutes to go till the draw goes live, I decided to present to you the game and the rules.
 
Another Brick in the Wall
 
 
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National Flags are randomly hidden behind the numbered bricks
 
 
 
 
True Colors
 
 
 
 
 
Red
 
 
 
Green
 
 
 
Blue
 
 
 
Yellow
 
 
 
Black
 
 
 
White
 
 
 
Brown
 
 
 
Orange
 
 
 
Pink
 
 
 
Grey
 
 
 
Purple
 
 
 
Navy
 
 
 
Lavender
 
 
 
Lime-Green
 
 
 
Cream
 
 
 
Cyan
 
 
 
Gold
 
 
 
Silver
 
 
 
Turquoise
 
 
 
Magenta
 
 
 
Lime
 
 
 
Teal
 
 
 
 Sky Blue 
 
 
 
Olive
 
 
 
Peach
 
 
 
Honeydew
 
 
 
 Amaranth
 
 
 
 Light Pink
 
 
 
Mint
 
 
 
   Maroon  
 
 
 
 Slate Grey
 
 
 
Tangerine
 
 
 
Emerald
   
Voting position hidden behind the coloured buttons
 
I'll be asking someone to pick a number from the wall and a colour and the combined result will land the country in this table.
 
 
   17  1  18  2  19  3  20  4  21  5  22  6  23  7  24  8  25  9  26  10  27  11  28  12  29  13  30  14  31  15  32  16  33  

Alright, if anyone else will join, they'll be put at the end of the queue.
 
hckosice dcro Wanderer OlympicIRL  
Hckosice, you may start the show with a number and a colour:
 
Another Brick in the Wall
 
 
  1 2 3 4 5   6 7 8 9 10 11   12 13 14 15 16     17 18 19 20     21 22 23 24 25     26 27 28 29     30 31   32 33    
National Flags are randomly hidden behind the numbered bricks
 
 
 
 
True Colors
 
 
 
 
 
Red
 
 
 
Green
 
 
 
Blue
 
 
 
Yellow
 
 
 
Black
 
 
 
White
 
 
 
Brown
 
 
 
Orange
 
 
 
Pink
 
 
 
Grey
 
 
 
Purple
 
 
 
Navy
 
 
 
Lavender
 
 
 
Lime-Green
 
 
 
Cream
 
 
 
Cyan
 
 
 
Gold
 
 
 
Silver
 
 
 
Turquoise
 
 
 
Magenta
 
 
 
Lime
 
 
 
Teal
 
 
 
 Sky Blue 
 
 
 
Olive
 
 
 
Peach
 
 
 
Honeydew
 
 
 
 Amaranth
 
 
 
 Light Pink
 
 
 
Mint
 
 
 
   Maroon  
 
 
 
 Slate Grey
 
 
 
Tangerine
 
 
 
Emerald
   
Voting position hidden behind the coloured buttons