Games of the XI Olympiad—OOC thread

[Dunnes]

Am I missing something or were the games supposed to start today

[Commerce Heights]

Am I missing something or were the games supposed to start today

Yes. Results will be posted eventually.

[CoraSpia]

Don't we have actual cutoff times?

[Britonisea]

Don't we have actual cutoff times?

As per the Results thread

SCHEDULE
All scorination is scheduled to occur around 02:00–06:00 UTC on the stated day.


And plus, the results will come...just give it time.

[CoraSpia]

Don't we have actual cutoff times?

As per the Results thread

SCHEDULE
All scorination is scheduled to occur around 02:00–06:00 UTC on the stated day.


And plus, the results will come...just give it time.

That's not a set cut-off time though. It's pretty difficult to factor in posting at a certain time when you've no idea of the time.

[Valanora]

Considering most major hosting events have a 2-3 hour window in which scorination can take place and the Olympics is by far the largest of events to scorinate, a four hour window is more than fair and a "set cut-off" time.

[Ceni]

That's not a set cut-off time though. It's pretty difficult to factor in posting at a certain time when you've no idea of the time.

Then post before the earliest set window time to ensure your RP gets counted.

Considering most major hosting events have a 2-3 hour window in which scorination can take place and the Olympics is by far the largest of events to scorinate, a four hour window is more than fair and a "set cut-off" time.

Yes. It took me about 3 hours to grade RP and score when I was hosting, and I did less than half of all events. And some of the events are complicated - like the gymnastics qualification, which is happening today. It is a BIG pain in the butt to score, organize, and figure out who is advancing. So be patient, Coraspia. The scores will be ready whenever they are ready.

[The Serbian Empire]

I just hope everything is a-ok with the Scorination program.

[Liventia]

I just hope everything is a-ok with the Scorination program.

For crying out loud, what bit of 02:00–06:00 UTC is so difficult to comprehend?

[Dunnes]

I just hope everything is a-ok with the Scorination program.

For crying out loud, what bit of 02:00–06:00 UTC is so difficult to comprehend?

I think what they're getting at is that 0200-0600 UTC August 7th was 17 hours ago

[The Serbian Empire]

For crying out loud, what bit of 02:00–06:00 UTC is so difficult to comprehend?

I think what they're getting at is that 0200-0600 UTC August 7th was 17 hours ago

This is exactly why I'm concerned.

[Ndaku]

For crying out loud, what bit of 02:00–06:00 UTC is so difficult to comprehend?

I think what they're getting at is that 0200-0600 UTC August 7th was 17 hours ago

0200-0600 UTC August 7th is the given time frame in the United States.

[Hannasea]

I'm pretty sure passively aggressively looking at your watch won't make the results come any faster.

There's plenty we can RP respond to, like the great Opening Ceremony RP, so there's no hurry. :)

[CoraSpia]

I'm pretty sure passively aggressively looking at your watch won't make the results come any faster.

There's plenty we can RP respond to, like the great Opening Ceremony RP, so there's no hurry.

I don't think anyone's doing that, we're just wondering what's going on.

[Vilita and Turori]

I'm pretty sure passively aggressively looking at your watch won't make the results come any faster.

There's plenty we can RP respond to, like the great Opening Ceremony RP, so there's no hurry.

I don't think anyone's doing that, we're just wondering what's going on.

Nothing, because we're not currently in a scorination window

http://time.is/UTC

[The Serbian Empire]

I'm pretty sure passively aggressively looking at your watch won't make the results come any faster.

There's plenty we can RP respond to, like the great Opening Ceremony RP, so there's no hurry.

I don't think anyone's doing that, we're just wondering what's going on.

I'm reserving a massive RP for the new results. I'm just getting antsy of not putting two RPs in the same results window.

[Krytenia]

I don't think anyone's doing that, we're just wondering what's going on.

Nothing, because we're not currently in a scorination window

http://time.is/UTC

Looks like there's been a bit of a mix-up over the times...which is unusual for CH, admittedly. CH is in one of the US time zones (I forget which one) and I think what he's done is posted the date from his native time zone with the time in UTC. Unfortunately, this would mean that the August 7 scorination would actually take place in the early hours of August 8, UTC.

I'll see if I can nudge CH on IRC for comfirmation.

EDIT: I've checked in with CH, it is in fact a delay in scorination which should have happened earlier. Speaking from experience, the Olympics are an insanely massive undertaking, so I completely understand. I'll leave it to our esteemed host to provide additional information when/if required.

[Vilita and Turori]

I don't think anyone's doing that, we're just wondering what's going on.

I'm reserving a massive RP for the new results. I'm just getting antsy of not putting two RPs in the same results window.

You can put as many RPs as you'd like into any window

[CoraSpia]

I'm reserving a massive RP for the new results. I'm just getting antsy of not putting two RPs in the same results window.

You can put as many RPs as you'd like into any window

I put 3 in this one.

[The Serbian Empire]

I'm reserving a massive RP for the new results. I'm just getting antsy of not putting two RPs in the same results window.

You can put as many RPs as you'd like into any window

Never have had a RP this detailed or fleshed out in my life.

[Britonisea]

Oo, Krytenia. I thoroughly enjoyed that.

[Tobiasia]

Why do we only have one host??? It makes no sense. If we had a group of nations TGing CH with the results everything would be less stressful for CH, quicker and smoother!

[CoraSpia]

Why do we only have one host??? It makes no sense. If we had a group of nations TGing CH with the results everything would be less stressful for CH, quicker and smoother!

Because those nations might be inexperienced and thus incapable of doing anything. It's obviously better to give it all to one person, because reasons apparently.
/sarcasm

[Liventia]

Why do we only have one host??? It makes no sense. If we had a group of nations TGing CH with the results everything would be less stressful for CH, quicker and smoother!

Because those nations might be inexperienced and thus incapable of doing anything. It's obviously better to give it all to one person, because reasons apparently.
/sarcasm

When it comes to the most important event on these forums, yes, absolutely, I'd rather put up with delays knowing the Games are in the hands of a very experienced host, than to have five random no-previous-hosting people "scorinating" dodgy results.

[Tobiasia]

Because those nations might be inexperienced and thus incapable of doing anything. It's obviously better to give it all to one person, because reasons apparently.
/sarcasm

When it comes to the most important event on these forums, yes, absolutely, I'd rather put up with delays knowing the Games are in the hands of a very experienced host, than to have five random no-previous-hosting people "scorinating" dodgy results.

Even if you accept the argument that many nations are inexperienced, there must be more than ONE experienced nation.