thiago_simoes

Nice. I was not a big fan of Western RPGs until I played Skyrim. I'm more into JRPGs, though. Final Fantasy Tactics, Grandia, Paper Mario, Panzer Dragoon Saga, Persona 2 (yes, I'm oldschool).

I'm a fan of DF Retro, Sega Lord X and Game Sack, but I don't think retro gaming is what you're looking for.

Yep, it's pretty nice. My boyfriend bought it and I sometimes play it on his accout. I'm a huge fan of RPGs, and I've been playing Darkest Dungeon, which is also very nice. I'm a sucker for very hard games, so it's right up my alley. But I'm also a huge fan of retro titles and since I only have to go back to work on April 20th, I believe I'll finally try to complete Tactics Ogre. I plan to move back to Rio next week, but I have to sit back and wait for interstate buses to be allowed to operate again. Besides, I still have to sell my fridge and my bed before I move, so there's nowhere to go and it's mostly a waiting game at this point. Man, don't tell me about it. The last game I paid full price on release day was 428: Shibuya Scramble. I don't regret the decision, since it's a fantastic story, but it hurt seeing the game at half the price just 2 months later. Still, this is the best visual novel I've ever played, and the plot has to do with a life-threatening virus that could infect the whole world, so it would be quite interesting to replay it now.

If age requirements are changed, then some qualification events must be scratched and start all over again. Romania could qualify a full team in women's artistic gymnastics with the 2020 new senior girls. Brazil could benefit as well after the disaster last year with 2 out of 5 girls injured on the spot during team qualifications. I'm contrary to any change, though. If the event will still be Tokyo 2020, so there's no way that athletes who turn senior in 2021 should be allowed to compete. Just wait for 2024.

Rebeca Andrade in artistic gymnastics. I hope she stays healthy.

The IOC cannot postpone the Olympics! What will happen to all the copies of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 that will look outdated now?

I'll sell and donate everything I currently have, so moving to Rio will not be that hard because I'll only carry my clothes and two boxes full of books. The problem is I can't drive. There are bus tickets available from April 4th to April 19th, so I have a chance of making it on time. The biggest challenge will be selling my stuff during quarantine.

The vast majority of people are at home since the public health system cannot cope with new infections and the private health system is a total disaster (they don't even test for covid-19 in most places). I'm worried about my health in the future because amidst all this crazy situation, the federal government greenlighted my transferal to Rio de Janeiro (almost one thousand kilometers from where I currently live) and I have to be there in 30 days. The problem (besides the pandemic, of course) is that state borders are currently closed and there's no way I can take a bus and go there. Even flights are being suspended. I'll go back to Rio so I can live with my mom, who is 70 and needs my help, and I just can't risk being infected because I could also infect her. I'll go crazy with all this.

I guess a compromise could be made by hosting it in September and forbid spectators. It would be very sad indeed, and a postponement to early 2021 would be fantastic. Is it feasible to stage the Olympics in late March 2021? How is the weather in the Northern hemisphere in March?

Sure, hosting it in July seems a lot more realistic as a valid an entry for this poll.

I believe they should be postponed to September or October this year. There's no option to vote for this, though.

Apparently just for Tokyo.

FIG released a statement today informing that a committee will be formed and a new qualification system will be created. I'm against this for one reason: every FIG document presented alternative qualification methods should the planned championships not be held. Creating a new system would only take more time and frustrate federations that thought they had qualified gymnasts for the Olympics according to the original documents. Ensuring continental representation in every genre could easily be achieved by adjusting the rules for the tripartite invitational quotas. Currently, Africa in men's artistic gymnastics, men's trampoline and women's trampoline, and Oceania in rhythmic gymnastics, are not currently qualified. This could be solved easily, but bet that there will come a system that will totally disrespect gymnasts who should have qualified and give quotas to smaller programs with questionable quality.

Nope. Just assumptions. FIG released a note today informing that they will form a committee to discuss new qualification procedures. I wish they could respect the documents that have been released because these documents outlined alternative qualification methods should the championships not be held. Of course the circumstances are far from what was expected, but the truth is that federations knew about the procedures and no one complained, so they should just take what is written and move on.

Mexico is next in line. There are three other continental championships scheduled in May, but I believe none of them will happen. If they get canceled, the next qualifiers are: Individuals: Chisaki Oiwa Ekaterina Fetisova Fanni Pigniczki Groups: If the All-Around World Cup is also canceled, the next qualifiers would be: Polina Berezina Ksenia Moustafayeva Denisa Mailat There's also the tripartite invitation that will probably go to: Rejchl Stojanov

Brazil records first COVID-19 death

Are there any results from competitions hosted by Brazil that you want? I'll move back to Rio in 2 months (hopefully) and the National Library is in Rio, so I can go there and look for books with results if you want.

The European Championships has been canceled. If qualifications documents are to be followed, Salome Pazhava qualifies as an individual and the group will get a quota.

@Olympian1010, @MHSN, if you guys have access to old links where these results were supposed to be, or come across broken/dead links, you can always try to open the links through the Internet Archive (web.archive.org). Through this, and after months exploring obscure forums online, I was able to find all of the results of every stage of the World Cup series in artistic and rhythmic gymnastics since 1999. I also found many results from the rhyrhmic gymnastics Grand Prix series since 1994. I asked FIG for help but they never replied (even after 5 e-mails), but the Internet Archive helped me a great deal and I believe I've found some information even FIG doesn't have anymore.

I forgot about a host and motto. I'm afraid it might seem that I lack creativity, but I would choose as the host city the place where I currently live, Joinville (I'm moving back to Rio in a couple months, though). Joinville has a population of nearly 600 thousand people and it hosts the Joinville Dance Festival every year. It was once the largest dance festival in the world, and remains the largest in Brazil. It's also the only place in the world outside of Russia where there's an official Bolshoi Ballet Academy. It would be perfect for the "Discolympics". As for the motto, I'm in doubt. It could be: 1) Listen to your passion 2) Move to the rhythm of your passion 3) Let sport touch your heart 4) Your heart beats to the rhythm of sports 5) One heart, two passions (i.e., sport and music)

This is TeamGym. The problem is that currently there's no international federation representing the sport, only the European federation, which organizes European Championships since 1996.

Trampoline, tumbling and parkour would not be included. It's for the best, of course.

If the continental championships are canceled too, the rules are confusing and kind of up for debate, but from I understand the eligible qualifiers would be, in order: Women: Seojeong Bachynska Magistrati Kaeslin Schermann Fidelis Nedov Crisan Gutierrez Men: Mussayev Dolgopyat Mozzato Borello Jessen Schmidt Gonzalez Muntean Van den Keybus

The all-around World Cup in Birmingham has been canceled. This means that the all-around world cup series cannot serve as one of the qualifying stages for the Olympics anymore. EDIT: I had the wrong version of the document. The correct version is clear about the qualification rules. The qualifiers are: Women (+1 quota): Men (+1 quota):

So, Petrounias wants the qualifications for Baku World Cup to count as finals, and he thinks he can still outscore Liu Yang. Excerpt from a recent interview for the International Gymnast website: IG: You were in a good position to win in Baku before the finals were canceled. What is your perspective on the disappointing circumstances, and especially how they affect your plans to qualify for Tokyo? EP: Yes, it is true that I am in very good shape and the 15.10 (score in qualifications) isn’t the best score I can get. I really believe I can do better. With a stuck dismount it can be 15.30-plus! I think the FIG (International Gymnastics Federation) has to count this qualification as a final because it was the closest competition to a final. Otherwise they have to organize a new World Cup in order for the athletes who are chasing the Olympic ticket to have the right chance. After that I think it will not impact my plans because we’re still on the road to Tokyo and the dream is alive. IG: Considering the recent changes to the FIG schedule because of the pandemic, which competitions do you hope to attend in the coming months, and what will you need in terms of points and wins to qualify for Tokyo? EP: As I said, if Baku counts, I need one more win in Doha (World Cup of Doha, originally set for March 18-21 but rescheduled to June 3-6). I will be there to get what I deserve and have worked for, in order to go to Tokyo and defend my title on rings. I’m ready for it.