Hey all, i'm just popping in to let you know that signups for Oatland's 2018 Summer games are now open. The full details of how to sign up and how to make the most of your roster can be found in this dispatch.
The Oatland Regional Games is an international sporting event held in Oatland since 2016. Its purpose is to promote sporting excellence and international brotherhood. Citizens of all nations in Oatland and it's affiliated regions are welcome to compete in the games and each event is open to all athletes.
The Games The Oatland regional games are biannual, with games held in both summer and winter. Each game consists of numerous events in which athletes compete for the gold, silver and bronze metal. This years summer game has eight events: Diving, Rifle Shooting, the Decathlon, Gymnastics, Weightlifting, Equestrian Sports, Swimming and a new event; Archery.
Example roster:
Gymnastics - Angèle Dior, Lionel Genet Swimming - Marc Gérald, Céline Berlioz Weightlifting - Philippe Jauffret, Gérald Pretre Rifle Shooting - Christine Girard, Olivia Gaudreau, Jean-Yves Bachelot Decathlon - Olivier Ballouhey, René Pascal, Marinette Derocles, Nathan Carré Equestrian Sports - Sara Lafaille Archery - Charlaine Paquet, Raymond Denis
How to participate In order to compete nations should telegram a list of competing athletes to Aclion, the event organizer. This roster should contain the full name of each competing athlete as well as the event they will competing in. Nations are currently limited to sixteen athletes total and are allowed to allocate up to five to each event. If an athlete is competing in more then one event then each entry is counted separately towards the nations total athlete pool.
Scoring The exact system used for scoring is secret. However there are a number of things nations can do to to gain advantage, including:
Cultivating a high health stat in there nation to boost athlete performance, Shrewdly allocating athletes among the events, Publishing team logos, uniform designs and anthems to earn a teamwide bonus Publishing short biographies of competitors to earn a bonus for that competitor, Selecting a national specialty sport to gain advantage in that event, Sending previous medal earners to the same event to receive a champion bonus,
Please be sure to submit all material for points by the sign-up deadline if you wish it to count towards your score.
Schedule of events
June 2nd - Opening Ceremonies June 4th - Diving June 6th - Rifle Shooting June 8th - Decathlon June 10th - Gymnastics June 12th - Weightlifting June 14th - Equestrian Sports June 16th - Swimming June 18th - Archery June 20th - Closing Ceremonies
For those of you who are new to the games here's a brief explanation of what it's all about; The Oatland Regional Games is Oatland longest running event, with the first games held in the summer of 2016, less then a year after our founding. The games are biannual, with events held in both summer and winter. In these games nations compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in a number of sporting events through the month. These games are open to everyone in Oatland, as well as any all the regions in which Oatland holds embassies.
Hello everyone. I hope you all are having a wonderful new year! I'm here to announce that signups for Oatland's Winter Games are now open. The games are open to everyone in the region so I hope to see some of you here.
The Oatland Regional Games are an international sporting event held in Oatland. Its purpose is to promote sporting excellence and international brotherhood. The games are biannual, with winter games held in February and summer games held in June. Each game consists of numerous events in which athletes compete for the gold, silver and bronze metal. This years winter game has eight events: Figure Skating, Cross Country Skiing, Ice Hockey, Freestyle Skiing, the Biathlon, Alpine Skiing, Curling and a new event, Bobsledding.
Example roster:
Figure Skating - Angèle Dior, Lionel Genet Cross Country Skiing - Marc Gérald, Céline Berlioz Ice Hockey - Yes Freestyle Skiing - Philippe Jauffret, Gérald Pretre Bobsledding - Yes The Biathlon - Christine Girard, Olivia Gaudreau, Jean-Yves Bachelot, Julie Rousselle Alpine Skiing - René Pascal, Marinette Derocles, Nathan Carré Curling - Yes
Eligibility The games are open to all nations that are residents of Oatland, all nations that are residents of a region that has an embassy with Oatland and all nations which have previously competed in the games.
How to participate In order to compete nations should telegram a list of competing athletes to Aclion, the event organizer. This list should contain the full name of each competing athlete as well as the event they will competing in. Nations are currently limited to sixteen athletes total and are allowed to allocate up to five to each event. If an athlete is competing in more then one event then each entry is counted separately towards the nations total athlete pool. The exception is the team events, ice hockey, curling and bobsledding, in these events nations may only allocate one "competitor". This entry represents the nation's team so will just be named after that nation(unless you want to give a team name I guess)
Scoring The exact system used for scoring is secret. However, nations should note that having a high heath stat will give them a small advantage in the games, nations can also gain an advantage by shrewd allocation of their athletes. Nations can also take advantage of various bonuses, which are added to their athletes scores. Nations can earn team-wide bonuses by publishing team logos, uniform designs and anthems. Additionally nations that publish short biographies of competitors can earn a bonus for that competitor. Nations can also earn a bonus in a specific sport simply by noting that this sport is their nation's speciality when submitting their roster. Please be sure to submit all material by the sign-up deadline if you wish it to count towards your score.
Additionally when choosing competitors for your roster note that athletes and teams which earned medals in the previous winter games will automatically receive a bonus if they return to compete in the same event.
Schedule of events Feb 1st: Signup deadline Feb 4th: Opening Ceremonies Feb 7th: Figure Skating Feb 9th: Cross Country Skiing Feb 12th: Ice Hockey Feb 15th: Freestyle Skiing Feb 17th: Bobsledding Feb 19th: Biathlon Feb 22nd: Alpine Skiing Feb 25th: Curling Feb 28th: Closing Ceremonies
Well, fun fact. If your nation is deleted through inactivity and you come back, you still have powers you've been given even though it automatically puts you in the Osiris region. I could've been suppressing people's messages here without ever coming back.
Apparently, both Prefesia and Oasisa really, REALLY think my card is valuable. Prefesia is trying to get 5.00 for my card, and Oasisa trying to sell it for 53.00!!
Just launched our region's third major embassy expansion. If this goes well, I think we could start considering trying to increase the populace of The Bunny Fire.
I rather liked that A Cappella rendition!! I am rather curious how long it took to record each individual voice track though.
Windiria
Well, I started about 1:00 that day, and finished the recording at about 9:00. So 8 hours, with maybe an hour and a half worth of breaks for 6 and a half recording hours, divided by 4 since it's 4 voice tracks, so an average of about an hour and 40 minutes per track.
Windiria
It's not a pony song this time, but I did a Fire Emblem-based parody of the song They Call the Wind Mariah
Hello everyone. With the days getting warmer we're once again preparing for the summer games. As always these games are open to all of you in our embassy regions, so we hope to see some of you there. Information about the games and signing up can be found here:
The Oatland Regional Games is an international sporting event held in Oatland since 2016. Its purpose is to promote sporting excellence and international brotherhood. Citizens of all nations in Oatland and it's affiliated regions are welcome to compete in the games and each event is open to all athletes.
The Games The Oatland regional games are biannual, with games held in both summer and winter. Each game consists of numerous events in which athletes compete for the gold, silver and bronze metal. This years summer game has nine events: Diving, Rifle Shooting, the Decathlon, Gymnastics, Weightlifting, Equestrian Sports, Swimming, Archery, and a new event; Fencing
Example roster:
Gymnastics - Angèle Dior, Lionel Genet Swimming - Marc Gérald, Céline Berlioz Weightlifting - Philippe Jauffret, Gérald Pretre Rifle Shooting - Christine Girard, Olivia Gaudreau, Jean-Yves Bachelot Decathlon - Olivier Ballouhey, René Pascal, Marinette Derocles, Nathan Carré Equestrian Sports - Sara Lafaille Archery - Charlaine Paquet, Raymond Denis Fencing - Jacques Lefèvre, Françoise du Gast
How to participate In order to compete nations should telegram a list of competing athletes to Aclion, the event organizer. This roster should contain the full name of each competing athlete as well as the event they will competing in. Nations are currently limited to Eighteen athletes total and are allowed to allocate up to five to each event. If an athlete is competing in more then one event then each entry is counted separately towards the nations total athlete pool.
Scoring The exact system used for scoring is secret. However there are a number of things nations can do to to gain advantage, including:
Cultivating a high health stat in there nation to boost athlete performance, Shrewdly allocating athletes among the events, Publishing team logos, uniform designs and anthems to earn a teamwide bonus Publishing short biographies of competitors to earn a bonus for that competitor, Selecting a national specialty sport to gain advantage in that event, Sending previous medal earners to the same event to receive a champion bonus,
Please be sure to submit all material for points by the sign-up deadline if you wish it to count towards your score.
Schedule of events June 8th - Signup deadline June 10th - Opening Ceremonies June 12th - Diving June 14th - Rifle Shooting June 16th - Decathlon June 18th - Gymnastics June 20th - Weightlifting June 22nd - Equestrian Sports June 24th - Swimming June 26th - Archery June 28th - Fencing June 30th - Closing Ceremonies
Ho ho ho, with Z-day over it is that time of the year again when we prepare for Christmas. And keeping up regional tradition we have the REGIONAL DISPATCH with all the events running this year from Christmas themed competitions to the return of the nice list. We hope to hear from many of you soon.