Dolby

I thought that was the name of the doping discussion thread  

This has been going on for some time now, but I believe it has not been talked about here, and it deserves its own thread so all the members can see how disgusting everything related to the subject is. Former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar has been accused by 150 girls, over two dozen of them female gymnasts -- including four Olympic champions -- of sexually abusing them. Even when these girls were as young as 6 years old. The thing is: USA Gymnastics knew about this and did nothing. They offered former Olympic champion McKayla Maroney 1 million dollars in exchange for her silence. But now other girls have spoken. The International Gymnastics Federation and the International Olympic Committee remain silent on this subject.

Statement by Olympic champion Aly Raisman about USA Gymnastics: https://www.vogue.com/article/aly-raisman-larry-nassar-usa-gymnastics-doesnt-care-about-abuse
 

New Year but always the same old song for the prediction contests:
no old results, no schedule of the new year, decisions overturned in few days (Sindo said on 2nd January that Australian Open won't have a prediction contest and now we have the contest) no planning, why work on Australian open while it would be better to open the Olympic contests (we still don't know how many they will be and what are we waiting for opening the hockey contest?) Moreover I think the choice of Australian Open is quite nonsensical because past tennis contests showed that
they don't capture the interest of new people because the two brackets are big and tedious (you need a lot of time to fill them) it's necessary a lot of work for the organizer (check many results in the first week, create many predictions in the second week) the contenders have to work a lot in the second week because there are many matches and you don't know when they finish, so many matches predictions are forgotten or skipped Good luck to the contenders and to the organizer (it's nice to see tuniscof come back on predictions) for the Australian Open but I hope that this contest doesn't steal time and energy from the Olympics.

I'm blaming them... 

But why would they have to be merged? Imagine someone opens a thread about a news event he/she finds important in that sport (just an example, the Chapecoense plane crash). After a while, that thread doesn't get updated anymore because there's not much news anymore, but there's not a single reason to think "ok, this is not new anymore, time to merge it with a general thread".
 
A thread will go down by itself once interest levels are getting down, and that's fine. It's how a forum works. 

Considering how many points India receives, it is a lot. 

That was one of the best songs I have heard in TISC. 

I am hearing rumours that Ireland has already promised the penguins that next contest would be hosted in Antarctica in exchange of help in winning all these contests. 

@vinipereira  @titicow  Thank you so so much!!!! This is going to be long in my memory! Thank you!!  
 
@dezbee2008 and @Damian  really hard way to end great contest, I don't wish anyone to lose in this way. But thank you for making this a memorable race.
 
I can't believe it, this was the most unexpected of them all, I never in my wildest dream imagined when choosing the entry that this would be the outcome!
 
Thanks to all who voted for The Stunning and for all who spent the day with me here making this a really fun weekend.
 
And thanks so much to @amen09  for all his efforts and a wonderful staging of the event. You must have been bursting with excitement when you realised how the draw made for such a climactic finish. But to pull all this off on your own is not easy and you have done an amazing job. Now go and have a well deserved rest
 
 
Me and this little guy are gonna get rather drunk now....
 
 

 
 
Go raibh míle maith agaibh!! Thank you!!!

I am hearing rumours that Ireland has already promised the penguins that next contest would be hosted in Antarctica in exchange of help in winning all these contests. 

I am hearing rumours that Ireland has already promised the penguins that next contest would be hosted in Antarctica in exchange of help in winning all these contests. 

I am hearing rumours that Ireland has already promised the penguins that next contest would be hosted in Antarctica in exchange of help in winning all these contests. 

You emotional ladies want to sleep and eat. Be a man and complete this farce of contest where only emotional songs win due to points from their neighbours. 

It’s on my playlist and I still love it every time it comes on as much as I did when I first heard it!

My aim was one medal, I ended up with 1 gold and India's best ever finish. Can't complain. 

India completes on 84. Breaks the PB by massive 25 points!

My aim was one medal, I ended up with 1 gold and India's best ever finish. Can't complain. 

You emotional ladies want to sleep and eat. Be a man and complete this farce of contest where only emotional songs win due to points from their neighbours. 

My aim was one medal, I ended up with 1 gold and India's best ever finish. Can't complain. 

You emotional ladies want to sleep and eat. Be a man and complete this farce of contest where only emotional songs win due to points from their neighbours. 

You emotional ladies want to sleep and eat. Be a man and complete this farce of contest where only emotional songs win due to points from their neighbours. 

You emotional ladies want to sleep and eat. Be a man and complete this farce of contest where only emotional songs win due to points from their neighbours. 

Brazil
 
 
 
With one of the most underrated songs in this contest, India gets our 8 points! Beautiful choice, @Dolby!
 
 
 
      India 8       New Zealand 7       France 6       Croatia 5       Portugal 4       Denmark 3       Argentina 2       Estonia 1  

You emotional ladies want to sleep and eat. Be a man and complete this farce of contest where only emotional songs win due to points from their neighbours.