rybak 3,205 Posted April 10, 2021 Author #581 Share Posted April 10, 2021 11 hours ago, dcro said: If I am not mistaken, this should be the Team Challenge allocation... Torun Gingerbreads - Hel Grey Seals - Malbork Knights - Masurian White Storks - Leszno Speedway Racers - Drawno Otters - Tatra Chamois - Podlasie Bisons - Baltic Cods - And you had 100% right dcro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,210 Posted April 10, 2021 #582 Share Posted April 10, 2021 First time we have a wildcard team member in a while... And again it is Brazil. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rybak 3,205 Posted April 10, 2021 Author #583 Share Posted April 10, 2021 Later today I will introduce first city/town of one of the teams. mrv86 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderer 1,693 Posted April 10, 2021 #584 Share Posted April 10, 2021 Austria Sinuswelle - Ich mache mir die Welt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rybak 3,205 Posted April 10, 2021 Author #585 Share Posted April 10, 2021 The first team, which will be introduced to their base before next week Grand Final, which will take place in Kraków is... Baltic Cods The team consists of four countries Moldova Lithuania Croatia Slovenia There are at least two populations of cod in the Baltic Sea: One large population that spawns east of Bornholm and one population spawning west of Bornholm. Eastern Baltic cod is genetically distinct and adapted to the brackish environment. Adaptations include differences in hemoglobin type, osmoregulatory capacity, egg buoyancy, sperm swimming characteristics and spawning season. The adaptive responses to the environmental conditions in the Baltic Sea may contribute to an effective reproductive barrier, and thus, eastern Baltic cod can be viewed as an example of ongoing speciation. The western Baltic cod consists of one or several small subpopulations that are genetically more similar to the North Sea cod. In the Arkona basin (located off Cape Arkona, Rügen), spawning and migrating cod from both the eastern and western stocks intermingle in proportions that vary seasonally. The immigration of eastern cod into the western Baltic management unit may mask a poor state of the populations in the western management unit. Without further ado (because I believe that most of us know what cod is ) let's go to presented the town where "Baltic cods" will prepare to Grand Final. Selected town is Władysławowo. Władysławowo is a town located on the south coast of the Baltic Sea in Kashubia in the Eastern Pomerania region in northern part of country. This city is also commonly called "Summer Capital of Poland" since in every summer thousands of tourists arrive there for their vacations. The town have an extensive tourist infrastructure. One of the tourist attractions is the location by the open sea and the Puck Bay, as well as in the vicinity of the Coastal Landscape Park. The city has a seaport located on the open sea, part of which is the western breakwater which also functions as a tourist pier. Five seaside bathing areas have been organized here. In Władysławowo we can found the promenade named "Sport Stars Alley" with pavement stars with the names and surnames of famous Polish and three foreign sportsmen. Here you can check which athletes have their stars there... In Władysławowo there is the Olympic Preparation Center "Cetniewo". The resort has clay tennis courts and a court in the hall, a football fields, a swimming pool, it has a sports equipment rental. The center is well liked by Polish athletes, annualy in summer on the center is organized an athletics meeting, the center also saw Weightlifting European Championships in 2006. On May 30, 2012, the only "Ocean Park" in Poland was opened on Żwirowa Street in Władysławowo. The greatest attraction of Ocean Park is the reproduction of the 34-meter blue whale. There you can also see dozens of other marine and ocean mammals and fish, such as: sperm whale, whale shark, great white shark, giant squid and so on. All exhibits are life-size. One of the attractions is Dom Rybaka (Fisherman's House) - public building, built in the 1950s, originally erected for hotel purposes. Currently, it is the seat of the Władysławowo City Hall and other institutions. It is the architectural dominant of the city. Part of the building is an observation tower, which allows you to observe a fragment of the Gdańsk Coast. In connection with the plans to build a large fishing port and a fish processing center in Władysławowo in the 1950s, on the initiative of the Minister of Shipping Mieczysław Popiel, the construction of a large hotel for fishermen and sailors was started on the coastal slope. The process of erecting the building took place in the years 1953-1956, and it was put into use in June 1957. It had 150 hotel beds. Due to the person who initiated the construction, the building was originally called "Popielówka", and the tower dominating the building (ironically referring to the famous building in Kruszwica) was called "Popiel's Tower. It consists of a 4-story main body and a high, 8-story tower; both parts of the building are connected by an arcaded connector. There are two observation decks in the tower: one at 45m above sea level, the other at 63m above sea level. The tower houses a private Butterfly Museum with over 3,000 exhibits To finish presentation of the team and city I recommend you also to watching this video. Wumo, dcro and mrv86 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicIRL 5,532 Posted April 10, 2021 #586 Share Posted April 10, 2021 And just for fun, here is how the TISC Annual 2021 will pan out based on the voting positions each nation has been drawn in Congratulations @Yannakis Look away @Bohemia and @Benolympique Rank Nation Voting Position Average Finish for that Voting Position 1 Greece 35 14.55 2 New Zealand 26 14.80 3 Moldova 9 15.67 4 Denmark 32 15.71 5 Romania 2 15.93 6 Indonesia 16 16.67 7 Slovenia 37 16.67 8 Argentina 24 16.80 9 Sweden 22 16.87 10 Kazakhstan 15 16.93 11 Czech Republic 33 17.07 12 Canada 25 17.13 13 United States 8 17.40 14 Great Britain 34 17.54 15 Spain 3 17.60 16 Poland 17 17.60 17 Tunisia 7 18.07 18 Israel 13 18.13 19 Croatia 28 18.20 20 Lithuania 18 18.47 21 Portugal 23 18.53 22 Norway 30 18.53 23 Bulgaria 20 18.53 24 Netherlands 27 19.27 25 Germany 10 19.33 26 Serbia 4 19.40 27 Slovakia 12 19.66 28 China 11 20.40 29 Mexico 5 20.67 30 Finland 14 20.93 31 Malta 21 20.93 32 Italy 6 21.13 33 Brazil 19 21.60 34 Hungary 31 22.80 35 Ireland 1 23.33 36 India 29 23.33 37 France 36 28.33 Yannakis, Makedonas, dcro and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werloc 3,163 Posted April 10, 2021 #587 Share Posted April 10, 2021 1 hour ago, OlympicIRL said: And just for fun, here is how the TISC Annual 2021 will pan out based on the voting positions each nation has been drawn in Congratulations @Yannakis Look away @Bohemia and @Benolympique Rank Nation Voting Position Average Finish for that Voting Position 1 Greece 35 14.55 2 New Zealand 26 14.80 3 Moldova 9 15.67 4 Denmark 32 15.71 5 Romania 2 15.93 6 Indonesia 16 16.67 7 Slovenia 37 16.67 8 Argentina 24 16.80 9 Sweden 22 16.87 10 Kazakhstan 15 16.93 11 Czech Republic 33 17.07 12 Canada 25 17.13 13 United States 8 17.40 14 Great Britain 34 17.54 15 Spain 3 17.60 16 Poland 17 17.60 17 Tunisia 7 18.07 18 Israel 13 18.13 19 Croatia 28 18.20 20 Lithuania 18 18.47 21 Portugal 23 18.53 22 Norway 30 18.53 23 Bulgaria 20 18.53 24 Netherlands 27 19.27 25 Germany 10 19.33 26 Serbia 4 19.40 27 Slovakia 12 19.66 28 China 11 20.40 29 Mexico 5 20.67 30 Finland 14 20.93 31 Malta 21 20.93 32 Italy 6 21.13 33 Brazil 19 21.60 34 Hungary 31 22.80 35 Ireland 1 23.33 36 India 29 23.33 37 France 36 28.33 You're going to save the average for voting position number 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicIRL 5,532 Posted April 10, 2021 #588 Share Posted April 10, 2021 7 minutes ago, Werloc said: You're going to save the average for voting position number 1 Well at least my favourite will lead the contest for a little time. The last time that happened was 4 years ago at TISC Annual 2017 when my favourite held a 3-way tie for the lead for one round of voting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,210 Posted April 11, 2021 #589 Share Posted April 11, 2021 11 hours ago, OlympicIRL said: Well at least my favourite will lead the contest for a little time. The last time that happened was 4 years ago at TISC Annual 2017 when my favourite held a 3-way tie for the lead for one round of voting I remember this feeling going into 2019 Open. I was so happy about my personal favorite taking a lead for once. But then it turned out that Liquid Lunch was the first ever winner to earn the opening 12 points. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,210 Posted April 11, 2021 #590 Share Posted April 11, 2021 Since I am updating some stats right now, I thought I'd share some trivia... Number of nations that competed at TISC - 59 Number of nations with at least one victory - 10 (16.9%) Number of nations with at least one podium finish - 21 (35.6%) Number of nations with at least one Top 10 finish - 42 (71.2%) Number of nations with at least one Top 20 finish - 52 (88.1%) Number of nations that never finished inside of Top 20 - 7 (11.9%) Number of nations that never finished outside of Top 20 - 2 (3.4%) - only and ! mrv86, heywoodu and Gianlu33 2 1 #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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