Sunday, February 23, 2014

893 days......



FINAL Medal Count: 2014 Winter e-Lypmics


COUNTRY G S B T
Croatia 2 3 2 7
Liechtenstein 3 0 3 6
Ukraine 2 1 2 5
Japan 1 3 1 5
Austria 1 3 0 4
Malta 0 0 4 4
Finland 0 1 2 3
Chile 2 0 0 2
South Korea 2 0 0 2
Georgia 1 1 0 2
Israel 1 1 0 2
Mexico 1 1 0 2
Morocco 1 1 0 2
USA 1 1 0 2
Jamaica 1 0 1 2
Germany 0 2 0 2
Australia 0 1 1 2
Azerbaijan 0 1 1 2
Bulgaria 0 1 1 2
Peru 0 1 1 2
Canada 1 0 0 1
Paraguay 1 0 0 1
Togo 1 0 0 1
Venezuela* 1 0 0 1
San Marino 0 1 0 1
Tajikistan 0 1 0 1
Argentina 0 0 1 1
China 0 0 1 1
Denmark 0 0 1 1
Estonia 0 0 1 1
Monaco 0 0 1 1
Philippines 0 0 1 1
Puerto Rico 0 0 1 1
Russia 0 0 1 1
Serbia 0 0 1 1
Spain 0 0 1 1

MEDAL CEREMONY: 'Til We Meet Again


GOLD:  JAMAICA

SILVER:  MEXICO

BRONZE:  MALTA

The answer:  February 9-25, 2018
1446 or 1447 days away - depending on where you are on the globe

PLEASE STAND FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF JAMAICA:

4th:  CANADA
5th:  CROATIA
6th:  SOUTH KOREA
7th:  UKRAINE
8th:  CHILE
9th:  LIECHTENSTEIN
10th:  SAN MARINO
11th:  POLAND
    

MEDAL CEREMONY: Saying Goodbye in Hangul


GOLD:  CHILE

 SILVER:  FINLAND

BRONZE:  LIECHTENSTEIN

THANK CHILE!!!!

PLEASE STAND FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF CHILE:

4th:  AUSTRIA
5th:  MALTA
6th:  MEXICO
7th:  CROATIA
8th:  SAN MARINO
9th:  UKRAINE
10th:  CANADA

MEDAL CEREMONY: Gold Medal Hockey

 "_______ is cheering for SWEDEN!"   
None of it helped in the end....but it was nice to have all the e-support for my second favorite place on earth!

GOLD:  ISRAEL

SILVER:  UKRAINE

BRONZE:  CHINA

PLEASE STAND FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF ISRAEL:  

4th:  LITHUANIA
5th:  BELARUS
6th:  CROATIA
7th: FINLAND
8th:  SWEDEN
9th:  JAPAN
10th:  ICELAND
11th:  CHILE
12th:  SLOVENIA
13th:  MALTA

DQ'd:  FRANCE.....for cheering for CANADA.  BOO.

Saturday, February 22, 2014

MEDAL CEREMONY: Furthest From The Village

It takes some skill to get as far away from the intended goal as possible!
So a "secret" event has been established...and the medals go to those whose guesses were furthest from correct!  Congrats to all who played!
Remember:  204 emails were received

GOLD:  TOGO (2731)

SILVER:  JAPAN (1412)

BRONZE:  PHILIPPINES (1383)

PLEASE STAND FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF TOGO:
  
4th: NORWAY (1268)
5th:  MOROCCO (921)
6th:  SERBIA (850)
7th:  TAJIKISTAN (744)
8th:  IRELAND (683)
9th:  LIECHTENSTEIN (666)
10th:  INDIA (535)
11th:  PUERTO RICO (515)
12th:  MEXICO (490)
13th:  JAMAICA (467)
14th:  CROATIA (450)
15th:  LITHUANIA (345)
16th:  SLOVAKIA (333)
17th: DENMARK (321)
18th:  RUSSIA (317)
19th:  PARAGUAY (290)
20th:  GREAT BRITAIN (275)
21st: CHINA (250)
22nd:  SAN MARINO (240)
23rd:  CHILE (217)
24th: FINLAND (211)

MEDAL CEREMONY: How Big is Your Village?

Remember....the rules called for the closest number of emails received WITHOUT GOING OVER.  204 emails were received.

GOLD:  UKRAINE (156)

SILVER:  AUSTRIA (128)

BRONZE:  MONACO (73)

PLEASE STAND FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF UKRAINE:

4th:  Pakistan (45)
5th:  Finland (211)
6th:  Chile  (217)

MEDAL CEREMONY: Crowdsourcing For Gold


GOLD:  LIECHTENSTEIN  (47 emails)

SILVER:  MOROCCO (31 emails)

BRONZE:  SERBIA  (24 emails)

PLEASE STAND FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF LIECHTENSTEIN:

4th:  Croatia (21 emails)
5th:  Finland (18 emails)
6th:  San Marino (14 emails)
7th:  Albania (13 emails)
8th:  Mexico (12 emails)
9th:  Lithuania (7 emails)
10th:  Ukraine (6 emails)
11th:  Malta (5 emails)
12th:  South Korea (3 emails)
13th:  China (2 emails)
14th:  Iceland (1 email)  

Friday, February 21, 2014

Medal Count - updated 2/21


COUNTRY G S B T
Croatia 2 3 2 7
Liechtenstein 2 0 2 4
Japan 1 2 1 4
Austria 1 2 0 3
Ukraine 1 0 2 3
Malta 0 0 3 3
South Korea 2 0 0 2
Georgia 1 1 0 2
USA 1 1 0 2
Germany 0 2 0 2
Australia 0 1 1 2
Azerbaijan 0 1 1 2
Bulgaria 0 1 1 2
Peru 0 1 1 2
Finland 0 0 2 2
Canada 1 0 0 1
Chile 1 0 0 1
Mexico 1 0 0 1
Morocco 1 0 0 1
Paraguay 1 0 0 1
Venezuela* 1 0 0 1
Israel 0 1 0 1
San Marino 0 1 0 1
Tajikistan 0 1 0 1
Argentina 0 0 1 1
Denmark 0 0 1 1
Estonia 0 0 1 1
Jamaica 0 0 1 1
Puerto Rico 0 0 1 1
Russia 0 0 1 1
Spain 0 0 1 1

MEDAL CEREMONY: Just For Men


GOLD:  AUSTRIA

SILVER:  TAJIKISTAN

  BRONZE:  UKRAINE

PLEASE STAND FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF AUSTRIA:

4th:  PORTUGAL
5th:  PARAGUAY
6th:  LIECHTENSTEIN
7th:  CROATIA
8th:  SERBIA
9th:  JAPAN
10th:  PERU
11th:  SOUTH KOREA
 

Thursday, February 20, 2014

MEDAL CEREMONY: Text Relay


GOLD:  CHILE

 SILVER:  AUSTRIA

BRONZE:  FINLAND

PLEASE STAND FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF CHILE:
  

4th:  CROATIA
5th:  BELARUS
6th:  PERU
7th: LIECHTENSTEIN
8th:  DEMARK
9th:  SERBIA
10th:  ESTONIA
11th:  JAPAN
12th:  MEXICO
13th:  MOROCCO
14th:  NETHERLANDS
15th:  MONACO
16th:  SOUTH KOREA

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Medal Count - UPDATED (2/19)


COUNTRY G S B T
Croatia 2 3 2 7
Liechtenstein 2 0 2 4
Japan 1 2 1 4
Malta 0 0 3 3
South Korea 2 0 0 2
Georgia 1 1 0 2
USA 1 1 0 2
Ukraine 1 0 1 2
Germany 0 2 0 2
Australia 0 1 1 2
Azerbaijan 0 1 1 2
Bulgaria 0 1 1 2
Peru 0 1 1 2
Canada 1 0 0 1
Mexico 1 0 0 1
Morocco 1 0 0 1
Paraguay 1 0 0 1
Venezuela* 1 0 0 1
Austria 0 1 0 1
Israel 0 1 0 1
San Marino 0 1 0 1
Argentina 0 0 1 1
Denmark 0 0 1 1
Estonia 0 0 1 1
Finland 0 0 1 1
Jamaica 0 0 1 1
Puerto Rico 0 0 1 1
Russia 0 0 1 1
Spain 0 0 1 1

MEDAL CEREMONY: Looking for Logos


GOLD:  CROATIA

 SILVER:  AUSTRALIA

 BRONZE:  ESTONIA

PLEASE STAND FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF CROATIA: 

4th:  BULGARIA
5th:  SWEDEN

DQ'd
JAPAN (2 logos and cities did not match up)
LIECHTENSTEIN (Chamonix 1924 - not Paris 1924)
SOUTH KOREA (Chamonix 1924 - not Paris 1924)
PERU (You listed the Candidate City logo)

MEDAL CEREMONY: Future e-Lympians

Our panel of expert judges (5 judges not competing in the 2014 Winter e-Lympics) each were given the judging criteria laid out at the beginning of the competition: Creativity, humor, wit, style, spirit and sportsmanship count - and probably anything with an "awwwwwwww cute" factor will score pretty darn high!  Each judge could give a total of 10 points overall - for an overall possible point total of 50.  The point totals for each submission are listed after the county below.

 GOLD:  PARAGUAY (50 pts)

 SILVER:  CROATIA  (47 pts)

 BRONZE:  BULGARIA, FINLAND, PUERTO RICO (38 pts - tie)

PLEASE RISE FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF PARAGUAY:

6th:  SOUTH KOREA (37 pts)
7th:  JAPAN  (33 pts)
8th:  LIECHTENSTEIN  (31 pts)
9th:  PERU  (29 pts)
10th:  BRAZIL
10th:  AUSTRIA (25 pts - tie)  

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

MEDAL CEREMONY: The Athlete's Village


GOLD:  LIECHTENSTEIN

 SILVER:  SAN MARINO
 
 BRONZE:  AZERBAIJAN

PLEASE STAND FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF LIECHTENSTEIN:

4th:  FRANCE
5th:  CHINA
6th:  PUERTO RICO
7th:  JAPAN
8th: CHILE
9th:  SERBIA
10th: MALTA

DQ'd:  FINLAND (incorrect name format -missing some last names)
DQ'd:  CROATIA (duplicate entries from team members)  

Medal Count - UPDATED (2/18)

COUNTRY G S B T
Croatia 1 2 2 5
Japan 1 2 1 4
Liechtenstein 1 0 2 3
Malta 0 0 3 3
South Korea 2 0 0 2
Georgia 1 1 0 2
USA 1 1 0 2
Ukraine 1 0 1 2
Germany 0 2 0 2
Peru 0 1 1 2
Canada 1 0 0 1
Mexico 1 0 0 1
Morocco 1 0 0 1
Venezuela* 1 0 0 1
Austria 0 1 0 1
Azerbaijan 0 1 0 1
Bulgaria 0 1 0 1
Israel 0 1 0 1
Argentina 0 0 1 1
Australia 0 0 1 1
Denmark 0 0 1 1
Jamaica 0 0 1 1
Russia 0 0 1 1
Spain 0 0 1 1