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You wouldn’t need to calculate the highest score, lowest score, and average after each voting period in each segment, just once at the end of that specific segment. People didn’t like the elimination aspect last time around because they felt like the contest was already over for some at the midway point.

I’m not sure if this is the final list of participating countries, but the CIJF announced it last month like it was…

I’ve done two preliminary listens to each song now. If I can have until evening my time Sunday; I can get my votes in. Also, suggestion for the Team competition: I propose use use a modified version of the climbing combined format. Teams will be given a rank for each leg, and then those rankings will be multiplied to produce a total score for the final ranking. I propose we have 4 legs, each lasting 9 vote reveals. They would scored as followed - Leg 1: Ranking is determined by the highest scoring song from each team, Leg 2: Ranking is determined by the lowest scoring song on each team (tiebreaker being 2nd lowest scoring song per team and so on), Leg 3: Ranking is determined by the average score of all entrants per team (ie all a teams points are added up, then averaged, and compared to the other teams averages to form the ranking), Leg 4: Ranking is determined by the total of all points earned by members of the team, Bonus Leg: Applies to the votes of the host country, any points earned a team are subtracted from their final total. Is this format complicated? Yes. However, an overly complicated format for a team event in an individual competition is, in many ways, the perfect celebration of international sports.

Between work and uni, I’ve only been able to listen through the songs once. I might have to drop out of this edition if I can’t find the time this weekend.

Confirmed: https://www.infobae.com/aroundtherings/press-releases/2021/10/27/european-athletics-team-championships-added-to-european-games-2023/

First races of the season due up in the next feed hours. It’s a series of IBSF races in Yanqing that aren’t World Cup events, yet should feature many of the teams you’d expect to see on circuit.

I didn’t read the book either, though I do feel like I might pick it up at some point now. I’d definitely like to see more content in that universe.

I don’t want to say too much, but Dune is worth at least one viewing in my opinion.

I like the skinsuit design Ireland went with.

From the WU2021 Games Regulations as of January 2021:

If Soberanis fails to qualify, then she will be removed from the list of candidates.

This clip from ABC’s coverage of Mexico City 1968 has been making the rounds on social media today. It’s interesting to consider this in the context of the ongoing debate about Rule 50, refugee athletes, and the geopolitical role of the Olympic Games.

@OlympicIRL I just remembered that we had to opt into the new multi-jury voting rule, so if that’s still possible, I’d like to opt into that if it’s okay with @dezbee2008