Summer Olympics Noticeboard

[HumanSanity]

This is the noticeboard for the Summer Olympics event being held by the Cultural Office.

Given that this event by its explicit design is intended to have a variety of moving parts simultaneously and for participants to customize their experience to events that they are not interested in, this thread will serve as the centralized notice board for the broader Summer Olympics and will serve as the only forum-wide "Announced" thread for the Summer Olympics. This has been done to minimize clutter while still ensuring we can distribute announcements about event sign ups and results in a clear way.

This thread will remain locked and only Olympic Directors Grea Kriopia and HumanSanity are to post in this thread. Best of luck to all!

[HumanSanity]

The Summer Olympics event is now officially underway, with a Discord ping and regional telegram being sent out to notify people!

As stated above, this thread will be used to let people know about new events Keep in mind: I believe it would be legitimately not humanly feasible to participate in every event, so coordinate with your team, pick events that interest you and cater to your strengths, etc.

A few events are already open:
* The Card Collection Contest: www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1372620
* The TIC Nation Creation Contest: www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1377505
* A collective Issue Writing Contest: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/39135/summer-olympic-issue-writing-contest

And, don't forget to submit to your team's playlist or to submit a graphic for your Team's Banner if you have graphic design skills or interest: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/39038/team-spirit-events

Lenlyvit Control @thx1138 Kohnhead Dokansia Louisistan Eastern New England Free Las Pinas Paffnia Thedairos Wischland Wolvilan Marxist Germany Musketoon Anisopterra tomikalsx Klick Klack SweetHaven

[HumanSanity]

XKI Summer Olympics Announcement

The XKI Summer Olympics have now officially begun! A few events to draw everyone's attention to:

- the Resistance sign ups have begun on the forum here: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/39113/resistance-olympics-version-scooby-where
- the Summer Olympic Spam points thread has been opened here: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/39070/summer-olympic-spam-points
- the Summer Olympic Month-long Spam-a-thon has been opened! Initial post counts have been taken in the Points Spreadsheet. Be sure to hit Taco Island during the event!: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/39086/summer-olympic-prolific-posting-contest
- voting has begun for one of the Teams in the private sub-forum on the Team Banner - check your private subforum for more!
- and our other events including the Team Playlist and Card Collection contests are still ongoing!

If you haven't signed up yet, just fill out this survey and we'll sort you onto teams!: forms.gle/XCPdoqZDCqeVt9TH9

Best of luck to all!

Lenlyvit Control @thx1138 Kohnhead Dokansia Louisistan Eastern New England Free Las Pinas Paffnia Thedairos Wischland Wolvilan Marxist Germany Musketoon Anisopterra tomikalsx Klick Klack SweetHaven Flying Eagles Ayunli Dorab Snakeden Liberdon United North American Islands Krystalveil Wille-Harlia Starrden Phoebegeria Solarampa Azziraphalia Maleibidulu Ignis Cinere The Geraldic Islands The Alani Islands The Republic of Riachisland Almonaster Almonaster Kingdom of Amabanana Boston and Maine Shy Guy Yuwa

[HumanSanity]

A few updates from the XKI Summer Olympics:

- Selection of Team Banners has concluded! Congratulations to the selected designers: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1758392/thread
You can show your team pride by uploading your Team Banner on NationStates here: www.nationstates.net/page=banners

- Each Team's Spotify Playlist is also available here: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1758409/thread

- The Resistance game is underway! If you're not participating, check it out and cheer on your friends: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/39244/resistance-olympics-version-game-thread

- Wille-Harlia is running a round of Discord-based Jeopardy! games. Learn more about it here: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/39254/summer-olympics-10000-islands-jeopardy

- and our other events including the Card Collection contests and prolific posting contest are still ongoing!

If you haven't signed up yet, just fill out this survey and we'll sort you onto teams!: forms.gle/XCPdoqZDCqeVt9TH9

Lenlyvit Control @thx1138 Kohnhead Dokansia Louisistan Eastern New England Free Las Pinas Paffnia Thedairos Wischland Wolvilan Marxist Germany Musketoon Anisopterra tomikalsx Klick Klack SweetHaven Flying Eagles Ayunli Dorab Snakeden Liberdon United North American Islands Krystalveil Wille-Harlia Starrden Phoebegeria Solarampa Azziraphalia Maleibidulu Ignis Cinere The Geraldic Islands The Alani Islands The Republic of Riachisland Almonaster Almonaster Kingdom of Amabanana Boston and Maine Shy Guy Yuwa Sulenia Tuga Nation's Dragon Ammotangandia

[HumanSanity]

Updates!

- The Short Story competition prompt is now posted! All short stories must be submitted in Dispatch form and include the word "Mixture". Best of luck to all writers!: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/39098/summer-olympic-short-story-contest

Lenlyvit Control @thx1138 Kohnhead Dokansia Louisistan Eastern New England Free Las Pinas Paffnia Thedairos Wischland Wolvilan Marxist Germany Musketoon Anisopterra tomikalsx Klick Klack SweetHaven Flying Eagles Ayunli Dorab Snakeden Liberdon United North American Islands Krystalveil Wille-Harlia Starrden Phoebegeria Solarampa Azziraphalia Maleibidulu Ignis Cinere The Geraldic Islands The Alani Islands The Republic of Riachisland Almonaster Almonaster Kingdom of Amabanana Boston and Maine Shy Guy Yuwa Sulenia Tuga Nation's Dragon Ammotangandia Pelanesomunk

[HumanSanity]

Updates:

- Sign up for forum Debates has begun! Topics range from the structure of the UN Security Council, a universal basic income, and surveillance for contact tracing to respond to Covid-19. Debates occur in two teams of two with each team debating each other team one time. The winning team in each debate will receive 25 points for their team. You can find full information and sign ups here: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/39108/summer-olympics-team-debates

- Remember to consider submitting to the Short Story contest. All stories must contain the word "Mixture" and be published in a NS Dispatch. Additionally, Taco prizes are provided by Taco Island Charities. Information is here: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/39098/summer-olympic-short-story-contest

- As before, the Resistance Game, Issue writing contest, Spam Points and Spam-a-thon, and Card Collection contests are all ongoing!

- And, as of this morning we have the first awarded event points! On Discord, Marxist Germany, Eastern New England, and Kohnhead faced off in the first edition. Ultimately, with 3200 points, Eastern New England was victorious and earned 25 points for Team AD! Marxist Germany finished in second with 2600 points and earned 10 points for Team Fleeb. Congratulations to both of them! Wille-Harlia is holding other rounds on the 12^th and 17^th and there is still time to sign up - check it out here: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/39254/summer-olympics-10000-islands-jeopardy

With that event having been completed, we have an updated scoreboard!
1st Place: Team Anime Daisuki - 103 points
2nd Place: Team Fleeb - 84 points
3rd Place: Team ALEN - 75 points

You can always find the up-to-date point spreadsheet at this link: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XeY10-jiXJBtVM2DlN9oVPIsiWoSffDolgffZKvdzq8

Lenlyvit Control @thx1138 Kohnhead Dokansia Louisistan Eastern New England Free Las Pinas Paffnia Thedairos Wischland Wolvilan Marxist Germany Musketoon Anisopterra tomikalsx Klick Klack SweetHaven Flying Eagles Ayunli Dorab Snakeden Liberdon United North American Islands Krystalveil Wille-Harlia Starrden Phoebegeria Solarampa Azziraphalia Maleibidulu Ignis Cinere The Geraldic Islands The Alani Islands The Republic of Riachisland Almonaster Almonaster Kingdom of Amabanana Boston and Maine Shy Guy Yuwa Sulenia Tuga Nation's Dragon Ammotangandia Pelanesomunk

[Grea Kriopia]

Updates:

- A second round of Resistance has opened for signups due to popular demand! You can find them here: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/39113/resistance-olympics-version-scooby-where?page=1&scrollTo=1762276

- The forum scavenger hunt kicks off tomorrow, where you'll be searching for the Olympics logo hidden throughout different places in the forum. Happy hunting!

- The Factbook contest has just been announced! Find all of the details here: www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1387769

Lenlyvit Control @thx1138 Kohnhead Dokansia Louisistan Eastern New England Free Las Pinas Paffnia Thedairos Wischland Wolvilan Marxist Germany Musketoon Anisopterra tomikalsx Klick Klack SweetHaven Flying Eagles Ayunli Dorab Snakeden Liberdon United North American Islands Krystalveil Wille-Harlia Starrden Phoebegeria Solarampa Azziraphalia Maleibidulu Ignis Cinere The Geraldic Islands The Alani Islands The Republic of Riachisland Almonaster Almonaster Kingdom of Amabanana Boston and Maine Shy Guy Yuwa Sulenia Tuga Nation's Dragon Ammotangandia Pelanesomunk San Kalungsod Saludong

[HumanSanity]

The Scavenger Hunt event using the forum plug in has concluded! Congratulations to all those who earned points. Overall, the event was a huge coup for Team ALEN who scored 113 points total. Team AD scored 49 points and Team Fleeb trailed with 14 points. After this, Team ALEN has taken a commanding lead!

The current totals stand at:
Team ALEN - 213
Team AD - 147
Team Fleeb - 123

However, this is not over! We have a series of contests still ongoing and submission deadlines fast approaching:

June 17: On the Discord, the Jeopardy! event hosted by Wille-Harlia: here

June 20: Deadline for the Card Collection Creation Event

June 21: Deadline for the Short Story Contest

June 23: Deadline for the Food Factbook Contest

June 25: Deadline for the Issue Writing contest

Best of luck to all our writers and collectors!

Lenlyvit Control @thx1138 Kohnhead Dokansia Louisistan Eastern New England Free Las Pinas Paffnia Thedairos Wischland Marxist Germany Musketoon Anisopterra tomikalsx Klick Klack SweetHaven Flying Eagles Ayunli Dorab Snakeden Liberdon United North American Islands Krystalveil Wille-Harlia Starrden Phoebegeria Solarampa Azziraphalia Maleibidulu Ignis Cinere The Geraldic Islands The Alani Islands The Republic of Riachisland Almonaster Almonaster Kingdom of Amabanana Boston and Maine Shy Guy Yuwa Sulenia Tuga Nation's Dragon Ammotangandia Pelanesomunk San Kalungsod Saludong

[HumanSanity]

Updates:

We are now in the final stages of the Summer Olympics event.

Here's the layout for the rest of the event:

First, today at 2 PM ET/6 PM UST, I am hosting a 10000 Islands History Jeopardy! on the 10000 Islands Discord. It will be open to all. My apologies for not "announcing" this sooner. More information can be found here: 10000islands.proboards.com/post/1766398/thread

Second, we're doing deadlines and announcements for our longer-term competitions this week. The Card Collection and Short Story events were already due. The Food Factbook event is due today at 11:59 PM ET/3:59 AM UST and the Issue Writing contest is due on June 25 at 11:59 PM/3:59 AM UST. The Team Debate is also ongoing right now. As a reminder, the Spam Points thread and the month-long Prolific Posting contest both end on June 31--so there's still things to do!

Third, the TIC Nation Creation contest is set to end on July 3. From July 1-3, so fully after the end of the main Prolific Posting contest, we'll be holding a three day Spam Finale to get your last minute points in. Details on that to come!

Best of luck and thank you to everyone who has participated! I've enjoyed throwing this event immensely and look forward to wrapping it up well

Lenlyvit Control @thx1138 Kohnhead Dokansia Louisistan Eastern New England Free Las Pinas Paffnia Thedairos Wischland Marxist Germany Musketoon Anisopterra tomikalsx Klick Klack SweetHaven Flying Eagles Ayunli Dorab Snakeden Liberdon United North American Islands Krystalveil Wille-Harlia Starrden Phoebegeria Solarampa Azziraphalia Maleibidulu Ignis Cinere The Geraldic Islands The Alani Islands The Republic of Riachisland Almonaster Almonaster Kingdom of Amabanana Boston and Maine Shy Guy Yuwa Sulenia Tuga Nation's Dragon Ammotangandia Pelanesomunk San Kalungsod Saludong

[Grea Kriopia]

The results are in for the Short Story Contest! Congrats to all of our entries for their hard work.

In 1st place, we have Margaux with his thrilling tale of a 'Uni-crew' (found here) who brings home a whopping 50 points.

In 2nd place is Wille-Harlia with his delectable tale of a feast that made even the judges hungry (found here) and he brings home 25 points.

Both of these members belonged to Team ALEN so our current point standings are:
Team ALEN - 343
Team Fleeb - 183
Team AD - 172

[HumanSanity]

Updates:

- the Card Collection contest wrapped up yesterday. Congratulations to @thx1138 for earning 1st place, Paffnia for earning 2nd place, and Anisopterra for their Honorable Mention. Full results can be found here: www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1395384

- Remember that the Spam Points thread and general Prolific Posting competitions are ongoing until 6/30

- The Issue Writing contest, Factbook Writing contest, and Team Debates have all wrapped up and results are expected shortly. Stay tuned!

- There will be one last hurrah event! From July 1 to 3, there will be a no-cap points-earning extravaganza on the forum but you have to remember to opt-in before the event starts! Get more details here: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/39446/summer-olympics-spam-last-hurrah

The current totals are as follows:
Team ALEN -- 383 points
Team Fleeb -- 213 points
Team Anime Daisuki -- 172 points

So, Team ALEN has a sizable lead, but there's lots of points left to be counted!

Lenlyvit Control @thx1138 Kohnhead Dokansia Louisistan Eastern New England Free Las Pinas Paffnia Thedairos Wischland Marxist Germany Musketoon Anisopterra tomikalsx Klick Klack SweetHaven Flying Eagles Ayunli Dorab Snakeden Liberdon United North American Islands Krystalveil Wille-Harlia Starrden Phoebegeria Solarampa Azziraphalia Maleibidulu Ignis Cinere The Geraldic Islands The Alani Islands The Republic of Riachisland Almonaster Almonaster Kingdom of Amabanana Boston and Maine Shy Guy Yuwa Sulenia Tuga Nation's Dragon Ammotangandia Pelanesomunk San Kalungsod Saludong