Nationstates Olympic Games Discussion Thread

[Liventia]

Relax, NK. People have lives. They will bid when they are ready to bid. If it means a September or October Olympics, so be it. There is nothing set in stone about when each Games has to take place.

[Northwest Kalactin]

Relax, NK. People have lives. They will bid when they are ready to bid. If it means a September or October Olympics, so be it. There is nothing set in stone about when each Games has to take place.

Trust me I don’t think people want A September or October Olympics we need some bids.

[Razenthuria]

Relax, NK. People have lives. They will bid when they are ready to bid. If it means a September or October Olympics, so be it. There is nothing set in stone about when each Games has to take place.

Trust me I don’t think people want A September or October Olympics we need some bids.

Yea -
Well, unless you yourself are prepared to bid, I don't think putting things in all caps really makes someone anymore inclined to rush their plans.
Screeching does that.

~ Razen

[Ceni]

Trust me I don’t think people want A September or October Olympics we need some bids.

Hold your horses, Kalactin. The Olympics don't revolve around when you want them to be held; they revolve around whenever a qualified host can come forward and voluntarily spend their time hosting a Games. The Summer Olympics is THE SINGLE most logistically challenging event to host on this forum. (Hosting half of one almost killed me, and I didn't do a lot of the behind-the-scenes data entry work.) Bids for the Summer Olympics shouldn't pop up a dime a dozen, and I suspect that the community would prefer a late Olympics hosted by a competent host rather than an early one hosted by someone incompetent.

[Commonwealth of Baker Park]

I want to send some people to a Summer Olympics, but I don't want it to be next month. I know there are people who juggle RPing 3 or 4 events at one time, but I don't want to be trying to do Olympics, NSCF and soccer all at the same time.

[Northwest Kalactin]

I want to send some people to a Summer Olympics, but I don't want it to be next month. I know there are people who juggle RPing 3 or 4 events at one time, but I don't want to be trying to do Olympics, NSCF and soccer all at the same time.

Don’t worry you’ll realize that there’s just not RPing to the Olympics if you look at the sign ups for the last summer Olympics there’s also skill modifiers for your team that add and reduce skill also if you don’t have time to don’t RP it all just RP the big events okay.

[The Sherpa Empire]

I want to send some people to a Summer Olympics, but I don't want it to be next month. I know there are people who juggle RPing 3 or 4 events at one time, but I don't want to be trying to do Olympics, NSCF and soccer all at the same time.

I don't know how people juggle RPing 3 or 4 events at a time... Any time I have multiple things going on at the same time, my RP quality tanks and I start missing cut-offs.

[Greater vakolicci haven]

I want to send some people to a Summer Olympics, but I don't want it to be next month. I know there are people who juggle RPing 3 or 4 events at one time, but I don't want to be trying to do Olympics, NSCF and soccer all at the same time.

I don't know how people juggle RPing 3 or 4 events at a time... Any time I have multiple things going on at the same time, my RP quality tanks and I start missing cut-offs.

I can assure it won't be next month.
We don't even have a bid up yet, never mind one approved. Once that's done, signups will stay open for quite a long time as it's a big multi-sport event and pretty fiddly to do signups for.

[Greater vakolicci haven]

I want to send some people to a Summer Olympics, but I don't want it to be next month. I know there are people who juggle RPing 3 or 4 events at one time, but I don't want to be trying to do Olympics, NSCF and soccer all at the same time.

Don’t worry you’ll realize that there’s just not RPing to the Olympics if you look at the sign ups for the last summer Olympics there’s also skill modifiers for your team that add and reduce skill also if you don’t have time to don’t RP it all just RP the big events okay.

I believe in the winter Paralympics that I successfully managed to finnish third on the medal table without mentioning how my athletes were doing once.

[Starblaydia]

Don’t worry you’ll realize that there’s just not RPing to the Olympics if you look at the sign ups for the last summer Olympics there’s also skill modifiers for your team that add and reduce skill also if you don’t have time to don’t RP it all just RP the big events okay.

I believe in the winter Paralympics that I successfully managed to finnish third on the medal table without mentioning how my athletes were doing once.

That's only good depending on if it's a feature or a bug.

[Greater vakolicci haven]

I believe in the winter Paralympics that I successfully managed to finnish third on the medal table without mentioning how my athletes were doing once.

That's only good depending on if it's a feature or a bug.

No, I rped different stuff.

[Starblaydia]

That's only good depending on if it's a feature or a bug.

No, I rped different stuff.

That's alright, then! Feature

[Greater vakolicci haven]

No, I rped different stuff.

That's alright, then! Feature

Maybe it is all a bug. That thread, ns, life, the world...one massive, unfixable bug that the universal admins have just given up on

[Savojarna]

I want to send some people to a Summer Olympics, but I don't want it to be next month. I know there are people who juggle RPing 3 or 4 events at one time, but I don't want to be trying to do Olympics, NSCF and soccer all at the same time.

I don't know how people juggle RPing 3 or 4 events at a time... Any time I have multiple things going on at the same time, my RP quality tanks and I start missing cut-offs.

I've done it in the past (I think I even had other stuff to RP while hosting the Skiing World Tour) - you just don't RP every day if that happens. RPing every other match day or so is usually still good. I know I'm far from roleplaying every match day for WCQ, but it was much more fun just writing a big post every 2-3 days than coming up with a new, somewhat replacable match report against a > 200 ranked anonymous opponent that doesn't have a roster every day. And if RL gets in the way of things, that's usually fine too.

[Amuaplye]

Can someone TG me when the Summer games come up, with a spreadsheet to help me do the app?

[Razenthuria]

Can someone TG me when the Summer games come up, with a spreadsheet to help me do the app?

When signups you come out there's literally a direct and precise explanation to doing the application. Just wait till then.
~ RZN

[Razenthuria]

Also question to like the leaders of the Olympics and stuff - is there a schedule for when Winter and Summer Olympics are held [and yes I know one's summer and one's winter] or is it at the discretion of the bidder?

- RZN

[Free Republics]

Also question to like the leaders of the Olympics and stuff - is there a schedule for when Winter and Summer Olympics are held [and yes I know one's summer and one's winter] or is it at the discretion of the bidder?

- RZN

Its entirely at the discretion of bidders. Generally, if you want to host an Olympics (and are qualified to do so), you post a bid 2-3 months before you have time to host the Olympics. That starts a one month bidding process where other potential bidders can come forward with their own bids followed by a month or more of signups once the host is selected. The only thing the Olympic Charter says is that each Winter Olympics must follow a Summer Olympics and each Summer Olympics must follow a Winter Olympics. There's nothing about "one of each per year" or "the Summer Olympics must take place during the summer" or "the Winter Olympics must take place during the winter", just a rule that says that the next Olympics, whenever it happens, must be a Summer Olympics.

If there's still no viable bid by early to mid September, I'll probably post a bid targeting a December to January schedule.

Can someone TG me when the Summer games come up, with a spreadsheet to help me do the app?

When signups you come out there's literally a direct and precise explanation to doing the application. Just wait till then.
~ RZN

A spreadsheet or a program to create signups is very useful (and usually provided by the host, though this isn't a requirement) since its very easy, even for former Olympic hosts, to forget semicolons or make a math error and end up with a skill average over 50.

Asking to be TGed when the Olympic signups open, given that they open at such irregular times, is a perfectly reasonable request though one that I definitely can't promise to fulfill since I'd probably forget about it by then (I even forget to reply to TGs half the time).

[Neu Engollon]

When signups you come out there's literally a direct and precise explanation to doing the application. Just wait till then.
~ RZN

Asking to be TGed when the Olympic signups open, given that they open at such irregular times, is a perfectly reasonable request though one that I definitely can't promise to fulfill since I'd probably forget about it by then (I even forget to reply to TGs half the time).

No one should feel any obligation to be a messenger service for any player here. If someone is interested enough in a certain RP that is cyclical, they will check back often to get in on that. Sometimes, you make enough friends interested in the same things you are, that they will TG or message you in some way to give you a heads up on cool RPs because they want to participate in those same RPs with you, or they are a OP/host trying to garner interest. Guess that's my personal opinion, but pretty certain it's shared by many others on NS.

[Greater vakolicci haven]

I'll drop you a message if I remember, Amuaply, but can't promise I will.

[Qusmo]

Hi, there. I'm just dropping a tag.

[Northwest Kalactin]

Also question to like the leaders of the Olympics and stuff - is there a schedule for when Winter and Summer Olympics are held [and yes I know one's summer and one's winter] or is it at the discretion of the bidder?

- RZN

Its entirely at the discretion of bidders. Generally, if you want to host an Olympics (and are qualified to do so), you post a bid 2-3 months before you have time to host the Olympics. That starts a one month bidding process where other potential bidders can come forward with their own bids followed by a month or more of signups once the host is selected. The only thing the Olympic Charter says is that each Winter Olympics must follow a Summer Olympics and each Summer Olympics must follow a Winter Olympics. There's nothing about "one of each per year" or "the Summer Olympics must take place during the summer" or "the Winter Olympics must take place during the winter", just a rule that says that the next Olympics, whenever it happens, must be a Summer Olympics.

If there's still no viable bid by early to mid September, I'll probably post a bid targeting a December to January schedule.

When signups you come out there's literally a direct and precise explanation to doing the application. Just wait till then.
~ RZN

A spreadsheet or a program to create signups is very useful (and usually provided by the host, though this isn't a requirement) since its very easy, even for former Olympic hosts, to forget semicolons or make a math error and end up with a skill average over 50.

Asking to be TGed when the Olympic signups open, given that they open at such irregular times, is a perfectly reasonable request though one that I definitely can't promise to fulfill since I'd probably forget about it by then (I even forget to reply to TGs half the time).

Speaking of this if we want to have a September Olympics someone should bid

[Kita-Hinode]

Its entirely at the discretion of bidders. Generally, if you want to host an Olympics (and are qualified to do so), you post a bid 2-3 months before you have time to host the Olympics. That starts a one month bidding process where other potential bidders can come forward with their own bids followed by a month or more of signups once the host is selected. The only thing the Olympic Charter says is that each Winter Olympics must follow a Summer Olympics and each Summer Olympics must follow a Winter Olympics. There's nothing about "one of each per year" or "the Summer Olympics must take place during the summer" or "the Winter Olympics must take place during the winter", just a rule that says that the next Olympics, whenever it happens, must be a Summer Olympics.

If there's still no viable bid by early to mid September, I'll probably post a bid targeting a December to January schedule.



A spreadsheet or a program to create signups is very useful (and usually provided by the host, though this isn't a requirement) since its very easy, even for former Olympic hosts, to forget semicolons or make a math error and end up with a skill average over 50.

Asking to be TGed when the Olympic signups open, given that they open at such irregular times, is a perfectly reasonable request though one that I definitely can't promise to fulfill since I'd probably forget about it by then (I even forget to reply to TGs half the time).

Speaking of this if we want to have a September Olympics someone should bid

Considering we have a World Cup coming eventually, I wouldn't exactly be on a rush about an Olympics. We kind of have lives, you see.

[Razenthuria]

I believe Kal, many people have spoken they they have lives and running the Olympics is very demanding. You've already brought up the point that you're interested in having the Olympics soon, perhaps work behind the scenes and you do something about it rather than you setting an artificial timetable for something you have no control over.

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- RZN

[Greater vakolicci haven]

Its entirely at the discretion of bidders. Generally, if you want to host an Olympics (and are qualified to do so), you post a bid 2-3 months before you have time to host the Olympics. That starts a one month bidding process where other potential bidders can come forward with their own bids followed by a month or more of signups once the host is selected. The only thing the Olympic Charter says is that each Winter Olympics must follow a Summer Olympics and each Summer Olympics must follow a Winter Olympics. There's nothing about "one of each per year" or "the Summer Olympics must take place during the summer" or "the Winter Olympics must take place during the winter", just a rule that says that the next Olympics, whenever it happens, must be a Summer Olympics.

If there's still no viable bid by early to mid September, I'll probably post a bid targeting a December to January schedule.



A spreadsheet or a program to create signups is very useful (and usually provided by the host, though this isn't a requirement) since its very easy, even for former Olympic hosts, to forget semicolons or make a math error and end up with a skill average over 50.

Asking to be TGed when the Olympic signups open, given that they open at such irregular times, is a perfectly reasonable request though one that I definitely can't promise to fulfill since I'd probably forget about it by then (I even forget to reply to TGs half the time).

Speaking of this if we want to have a September Olympics someone should bid

Unless FR's plans have changed their will be an Olympics in December. Their's no rush, I want an Olympics as much as you but I can't bid for it as I don't have any hosting experience or time. Obviously the people with the experience are busy, so we'll just have to be patient.