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So, uhh, do we have to disqualify Portugal? (Check the date)

Which would be cool too, since we’d have all the five continental games in one year.

No, still 2022. No reason to move those.

Yeah I’ve been a fan of Slovakia’s response, but this was the first ill-planned move they’ve made.

A US company began trials yesterday as well. I believe the Israelis are in the trial phase as well.

Yep, 2022 is looking quite sexy at the moment. I still think we should wait until May, but this is easily the second best option.

I would totally be okay with 2022. That’d be an epic year. 2 Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, and Asian Games. Plus, I’ve never lived in a time where both Olympics have taken place in a single year, so that’d be really special for me. I also think it gives the world ample time to cover recover from corona, and for the global economy to pick back up. For a business standpoint, this would be a great decision.

Mainly Sailing and Shooting, but have two years to find a work around.

Seems I’ve omitted a key word. Whoopsies

I’m a sucker for international sports jobs. I’d fly to fricken Nauru if the NOC offered me job

Time for upgrade/downgrade (depending on pay)?

IPC has a wide range of jobs open for any of those interested: https://www.paralympic.org/jobs None that really suit me unfortunately

Unfortunately the one games the hosted I was able to find, so I probably won’t be able to enlist their help. I have to hope the likes of Greece, Qatar, Mexico, Italy, and Brazil pull through, which once again leaves me feeling mostly hopeless about this process. I too would love to go through the libraries of the IOC, NOCs, and IFs.

Finally found the song recognized from the London 2012 Closing Ceremony, while watching Edge or Democracy. Easily one of my favorite “classic” pieces.

Yeah it’s rough. That’s why I have absolute respect for people like you and @Dragon who comb through paper resources as well. I think I already told you why, but the reason I start with 2008 is because that’s when PDF technology went into wide use (at least in multi-sports terms, and not 100s MB per sport), and when I can remember my first multi-sports memory (so essentially the “big bang” for international multi-sports games universe ) I guess I’ll hit up a few of the NOCs then. I know Turkey, Chinese Taipei, and Portugal love to post PDFs, so maybe I’ll start with them. I’ll email Qatar about the Pan Arab Games to, since they seem like an NOC who’d keep stuff like that (or have contacts that can make things happen for me )

We know . We’ve already exhausted that resource. Thanks for the advice though, it is a fantastic resource. I’ve found that gymnastics wiki, and gymnastics archive are some of the better sports communities (in terms of preservation). I’ve come across a few of your Wikipedia entries while we’re talking about this, thanks for helping out the multi-sports wiki team

So these organizations do have these then? Or at least have the ability to access them? My biggest fear isn’t that they won’t help, but that they wouldn’t be able to. This is a little reassuring at least. Any advice as to who’s more helpful: NOCs, LOCs, the actual data companies, or some one else I haven’t listed?

Multiple states have chosen to go ahead with primary elections tomorrow Yes, it is to incredibly dumb. Yes, it puts people’s health in danger. Yes, we should postpone the elections. We are seriously the dumbest fucking country on the planet. Half of our population still thinks Coronavirus is made up, and the other half won’t shut up about how right they are. Just tonight, the Chairman of the DNC, Tom Perez, went on record to say that he agrees with having primaries tomorrow (as did Trump). What a fucking disgrace. This is why I refuse to endorse a Democrat any longer. The DNC is essentially the Soviet single party. It’s the moderate way or the highway. I mean don’t get me wrong, moderate politics are good for democracy, but there needs to be some change every once in a while. It’s just stupid. I haven’t been happy with the DNC for about as long as I’ve cared about politics. There’s not a single non-corrupt political party in the United States. Democrats love to sit around and virtue signal, but they’re no better than the rest of them. I just can’t with American politics anymore. I need to immigrate to a country that believes in science, that has good moral values, and that has a government that looks out for the people.

Man, I’ve had zero luck. No other collectors, no federations have reached out to help yet, none of the archival services have what I need, and all the websites are no longer active. Talk about demoralizing, at least I still have a few games to work, or else I’d really be stuck with nothing do in quarantine.

journalist interpretation (if a political figure): Yes, it is.

Well, my father has started coughing, developed a “runny nose”, and is now taking Tylenol to cope with it. Hopefully it’s not Coronavirus, but we’re all fucked if it is. He’s not listened to our requests not to leave the house, he’s constantly going around the house doing chores and touching things, and he insists on being the one to prepare our food. He isn’t always able to comprehend the concept of the greater good. As a student of communications, I’d classify him as an ineffectual listener. That said, I can’t control his life, and I can only hope he’s not infected. This is a prime example of why I plan to live alone in a small apartment by myself (though I plan to adopt a kid under that plan...)

Parkour get rid of it, but Trampoline and Tumbling! Those are definitely Gymnastics (and some of my favorite disciplines)

First positive test in my community. My town, and our neighbor town, have a combined population of around 300,000 (so just smaller than Iceland). However, there is two suspected cases from a local high school (my sister’s in fact) that could foretell real harm for the community. High schools around here have about 2,000-3,000 students each, so that creates quite the testing pool (if either of those students test positive).

I saw something about lung capacity being reduced by 20%, but I don’t remember the source or where I saw it. I’d recommend doing your research.

The weird thing is that the virus will be worse in “blue states”, since will have the majority of the big population centers. Even if we’re much better prepared, this will be an “easier” issue for the “red states” (maybe except for Florida and Texas). We’ve actually seen an interesting turn in pro-Californian succession thanks to Trump’s response to the virus. I love my state government, but even I know we need the national government’s support on stuff like this.