Candidature for the XIV Olympic Winter Games: Neverend, Liventia and Yeaddin, Vilita About the Candidate CitiesNEVEREND, LIVENTIA
Neverend started off as a small ski resort town, but has gradually boomed over the years, and was declared to be a city by an act of Parliament in 2149. Despite its status as a city, Neverend has no currently-operating civilian airport (the Kenneth G Hardweiss World Airport, opened for the Seventh Winter Olympics, has since been turned into an air force base); the closest international airport is a 50-minute drive away in the former national capital of City Centre.
Athletes and officials will fly into the City Centre Patrick Danahue International Airport, named after the late assassinated former Prime Minister, and be provided with transport to the Olympic Village in Neverend. Fans holding Games tickets can choose to fly into Patrick Danahue Airport or Orean International from where free charter coach services, leaving every 90 minutes, will be provided to transport fans to hotels in Neverend. There is also a train service from City Centre to Neverend which leaves every 14 minutes—but for the duration of the Games will be reduced to 7 minutes at peak times, while services from Orean will leave every 11 minutes during Games time.
Neverend, which at a metropolitan area of 281 sq. km is the smallest city in the country, has its own metro train and public bus system, which will be free to all ticketholders, athletes and officials during the Games. There are three major shopping centres in the city, all located within a 15-minute walk of the Olympic Village. A whole host of nightclubs, bars and restaurants are also available in the city.
There is a total ban on outdoor public smoking and outdoor public drinking, including in bars and restaurants. In Neverend, there is a (redundant) specific ban on smoking within 500 metres of an educational institution, and a ban on drinking within 1 km of one. The drugs trade is banned, although casual use is not actively policed. The minimum age for smoking and drinking in the country is 17. Firearms are banned, although athletes requiring the use of firearms for biathlon events are granted a waiver to carry and import their weapons.
Neverend hosted the seventh Olympic Winter Games, and has hosted two Winter World Paralympic Games since in addition to a number of Qualifying Events for the Games of the XII Olympiad. The Ferrandieu Ski Resort has also hosted legs on the Alpine Skiing World Cup.
YEADDIN, VILITA
Yeaddin is located in the Vilitan North-East between the Parra Kala Mountains and the Turviliki Sea. It is generally considered the 5th Largest City in Vilita though it has fluctuated between 4th and 7th in actual size. Yeaddin has a sister city of similar geographical, footprint and population size in Terrarokka with the satellite city of Nusira Lionta between them on the outskirts of Terrarokka.
During Winter season, Yeaddin becomes one of the least tropical major cities in Vilita with cool air from the Royal Quebecois region. As the cool air arrives in Northern Vilita it interacts with the tropical air trapped in the Morata Valley as well as the Parra Kala Mountains shielding much of mainland Vilita from the cooler temperatures. Yeaddin bears the brunt of the force of the cool winter temperatures though nearby cities to the south Nusira Lionta and Terrarokka also have smaller periods of notably cooler climate as a result of the same effect.
Yeaddin's Air Transportation hub is accessible from most Atlantian Oceania based international terminals. Those traveling to Yeaddin from outside of Atlantian Oceania will likely fly in to Alikki-Corra before catching local transportation - either Air, Land or Sea, to get up to Yeaddin on the opposite side of Vilita's Main Island.
Vilitan Law is not well documented nor strictly enforced in the case of minor infractions. However when it is enforced it is typically done so with a preponderance of evidence with the Vilitan Orbital Intelligence Agency (VOIA) permitted to intervene even in cases of petty crime if the accusing law officer so wishes to pursue the event. Major infractions or repeat offenders tend to be dealt with swiftly and seriously. Security and Spotters will be present at each Olympic Venue where it is more likely for such Laws to be enforced even on a first offense. Traditional weapons are typically banned however technology driven weapons which are registered and have the ability to be disabled remotely by VOIA are permitted in some instances.
Yeaddin has been a host city for numerous World Cup, Cup of Harmony, AOCAF, AOHC and UICA final among other competition and as such maintains an appropriate infrastructure to host major sporting competitions.
VenuesSix venues in Neverend and Four venues in Yeaddin will be used for the Games. Neverend will hold the alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, curling, freestyle skiing, Nordic combined, ski jumping, and snowboarding medal events, and snow volleyball demonstration events. Yeaddin will hold the bobsleigh, figure skating, ice hockey, luge, short track speed skating, skeleton, and speed skating medal events as well as the bandy and Ice Racing demonstration events.
There will be two Opening and Closing Ceremonies, one each in each cluster respectively. In Liventia, the Stade Grande Olympique, built for the seventh Olympic Winter Games, will serve this purpose. Medal ceremonies will be held in the Olympic Park, co-located with the stadium. In Vilita, the Opening Ceremonies will be held at the Lirai Asku Castle and the closing ceremonies will be held at the Kolósaio Vóreios Yeaddin. Medal ceremonies in Vilita will be held at the venue where the medal was earned.
NEVEREND Stade Grande Olympique (Ceremonies, snow volleyball demonstration)
Neverend Ferrandieu Ski Resort (Alpine, snowboard)
National Biathlon Centre (Biathlon, cross-country skiing)
Ferrandieu Ski Sports Centre (Nordic combined, ski jumping, freestyle skiing)
Neverend Curling Club (Curling)
YEADDINLirai Asku Castle (Ice Hockey)
Parra Kala Sliding Complex (Bobsleigh, luge, skeleton)
Yeaddin Ice Centre (Ice Hockey, Figure Skating, short track)
Kolósaio Vóreios (Speed skating, demonstration events)
Note: Additional Ice Hockey venues outside of Yeaddin will be added based on number of competing delegations.
TimingEstimated between 15 Oct - 5th Nov (if we're split between two hosts we can probably get it done in the traditional 17 days) - recommend 17 Oct-3 Nov as the given window
Scorination/RP BonusThe latest version of xkoranate, as of the opening ceremony, will be used for all events. New files will also be created as needed in order to reflect current RL Olympic formats and judging, etc.
Scorination will happen daily at a time announced by the hosts.
A min-max avoidance bonus (MMAB) will be used and will be weighted at 20% percent of the total RP bonus. The MMAB will be based upon the standard deviation of a delegation's skill modifiers and the size of the delegation.
1–10 entries: Full MMAB for any STDEV
11–35 entries: Full MMAB for STDEV of 35 or less
36–75 entries: Full MMAB for STDEV of 30 or less
76–150 entries: Full MMAB for STDEV of 25 or less
151+ entries: Full MMAB for STDEV of 20 or less
75% of the RP bonus will be split between a Cumulative and Degrading portion with RPs posted on the current match day having a higher weighting than earlier RPs. Roster bonus will be counted as part of the RP bonus for the first cutoff after they are posted and as 5% of the total RP bonus. The host delegations will receive its MMAB per the same formula as every other delegation and receive RP bonus per any RPs posted by the hosts, plus 50% of the day's highest RP bonus to mirror the 'host effect'. RP bonuses will be calculated using a spreadsheet before being entered into xkoranate.
Event ListThe full base list and extended list will be contested as medal events, with full gender equality.
Demonstration events will be contested in Bandy, Ice Racing and Snow Volleyball. Other demonstration events may be proposed but are not guaranteed to be accepted. Snow volleyball events will be scorinated using a modified beach volleyball file (to restrict scoring to 15 points per set rather than 21).
Signups and entry limitsOnly signups in the xkoranate input file format (comma-delimited) will be accepted. The standard skill modifiers consisting of all whole numbers from 0 to 100 will be used, with the standard average skill limit of 50.
The entry limit will be
250 entries per delegation (301 is the technical maximum), and
400 per user (maximum 2 delegations per user). For any combined delegations or unified teams, the entry limit of 250 will not apply, so long as any individual user is still limited to a maximum of 400 entries across a maximum of 2 delegations including the unified delegation.
Demonstration event signups do not count towards the entry limit, and demonstration event skill modifier averages will be considered separately from medal event averages. The average skill of all medal event entries and the average skill of demonstration event entries must both be 50 or less. All puppet entries must be declared.
Puppets will be treated as separate entities, for RP bonus purposes.
Unified Teams, consisting of more than 1 nation/entity competing as a single delegation, will be treated as a single nation for RP bonus purposes, with RPs by any of their component entities counting toward their bonus.
For the purposes of the medal table and team events, athletes from Unified Teams will be permitted to participate as a team even if they are from different nations.