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02/13/2008 07:29:39 AM · #452

Originally posted by yanko:

Canada's banner

This looks great. Thank you.

However, Ivory, xianart et moi, nous sommes Canadienne.

Pardon my poor French. ;o)

Message edited by author 2008-02-13 07:40:13.

vlado

Canon EOS-70D

02/13/2008 07:30:34 AM · #453

Originally posted by joynim:

Originally posted by rinac:
"There can be only one"

So hows about this:

~ Every team plays each week throughout the length (whatever that ends up) of the tournament.

~ Each week Gold, Silver and Bronze medals are awarded to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd highest averaging team.

~ At the end of the tournament, the country with the most medals wins.

Too simple? Holes?

I like this idea the best and closest resembles the olympics

Well, traditionally, teams are ranked by number of golds, then number of silvers then number of bronzes. So the UAE, Dominican Rep and Cameroon with their single gold medals ranked equal 54th, above North Korea who managed 4 silvers and a bronze and ended up 57th.

Personally, I like the idea of allocating a value to the medals and working out the score... and not some arbitrary value... no, what is the monetary value of each medal... so going by the Seoul Olympic Medals as a example of metal composition and weight, and using current market prices for the constituent metals, a gold is worth US$275, a silver is worth US$77 and bronze worth US$1.75. Factor in labour, R&D etc split evenly between them... one might estimate that a a gold is worth ~$350, silver $150 and bronze $75... or there abouts. Now, this does not take into consideration the sentimental value OR any other elements that might go into consideration should one want to buy or sell an Olympic medal... it's purely looking at how might it might cost a host city to manufacture them.

I think I've gone a little overboard with this... time I got some sleep.

JaimeVinas

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

02/13/2008 07:42:13 AM · #454

Originally posted by yanko:

Since the Tropical Islands team is complete. Here is their banner.

Is there a reason why Eric and myself have the same number on our Jerseys?

vlado

Canon EOS-70D

Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM

02/13/2008 07:43:43 AM · #455

Originally posted by JaimeVinas:

Originally posted by yanko:
Since the Tropical Islands team is complete. Here is their banner.

Is there a reason why Eric and myself have the same number on our Jerseys?

You can't see the 1/3 on Eric's shirt...?

Dirt_Diver

Nikon D3s

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

02/13/2008 07:53:35 AM · #456

I thought it was because you guys were brothers.

Message edited by author 2008-02-13 07:54:53.

yanko

Carl Zeiss 50mm ZE f/1.4 Planar T for Canon

02/13/2008 07:54:06 AM · #457

Ok here's the Iceland Jersey.

That's it for now.

yanko

Carl Zeiss 50mm ZE f/1.4 Planar T for Canon

02/13/2008 07:55:42 AM · #458

Originally posted by JaimeVinas:

Originally posted by yanko:
Since the Tropical Islands team is complete. Here is their banner.

Is there a reason why Eric and myself have the same number on our Jerseys?

It's because you two are fighting for the same spot on the roster. :P Hold on, I'll fix it.

yanko

Carl Zeiss 50mm ZE f/1.4 Planar T for Canon

02/13/2008 07:59:44 AM · #459

Ok, fixed.

Mephisto

Nikon Coolpix A

Panasonic Lumix G 14mm F2.5 ASPH

02/13/2008 08:37:15 AM · #460

Originally posted by joynim:

second that!
but we should also give points for 4th and 5th place (honorable mention), provided that we have at least more than 8 (or maybe even 10) teams for the tournament.
also what do ya think about the system they use for the FSM with the "improvement points"? we could average out the "vote received" average for each team and then calculate the improvement points from that score. we do that for every of the 8 (or whatever number of events we choose) single events/challenges and at the end the team with most medals/honorable mentions wins.
does that make sense? ;)

andrewt

Nikon D810

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm f/4G ED VR

02/13/2008 09:17:59 AM · #461

Originally posted by yanko:

Since the Tropical Islands team is complete. Here is their banner.

Just saw it. Looks fantastic !! Thanks & I love my number..

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

02/13/2008 09:32:17 AM · #462

Originally posted by Mephisto:

Originally posted by joynim:

Originally posted by rinac:
"There can be only one"

So hows about this:

~ Every team plays each week throughout the length (whatever that ends up) of the tournament.

~ Each week Gold, Silver and Bronze medals are awarded to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd highest averaging team.

~ At the end of the tournament, the country with the most medals wins.

Too simple? Holes?

I like this idea the best and closest resembles the olympics

second that!
but we should also give points for 4th and 5th place (honorable mention), provided that we have at least more than 8 (or maybe even 10) teams for the tournament.
also what do ya think about the system they use for the FSM with the "improvement points"? we could average out the "vote received" average for each team and then calculate the improvement points from that score. we do that for every of the 8 (or whatever number of events we choose) single events/challenges and at the end the team with most medals/honorable mentions wins.
does that make sense? ;)

I like that Idea I think :)

basssman7

Nikon D500

02/13/2008 09:49:56 AM · #463

Originally posted by yanko:

Canada's banner

That looks aweseome! Thankyou. Just one thing though. It should be Canadian, not Canadien. :)

02/13/2008 09:54:25 AM · #464

Originally posted by basssman7:

Originally posted by yanko:
Canada's banner

That looks aweseome! Thankyou. Just one thing though. It should be Canadian, not Canadien. :)

suppose that all depends of what side of the country you're from...lol

Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Canon

02/13/2008 10:16:02 AM · #465

Originally posted by Eyesup:

Originally posted by basssman7:

Originally posted by yanko:
Canada's banner

That looks aweseome! Thankyou. Just one thing though. It should be Canadian, not Canadien. :)

suppose that all depends of what side of the country you're from...lol

Or what Gender you are. 3 of us on the team are Canadienne.

Limbo

Canon EOS Rebel SL1

02/13/2008 10:20:35 AM · #466

lol, it's hard to keep up with this thread.

My vote for scoring is everyone plays every round. No elimination.
1 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze are awarded each round based on the average score of each team each round.
At the end most golds wins. With a tie in golds, most silvers from the tie teams wins, then bronze.

I suggest 6-8 rounds so it's not too long but gives those having a bad week a chance to come back.

As a little something for the end. How about a little image to say "I went to the DPC Olympics" that all participants can display on their bio. Or "I went to the DPC Olympics and all I got was this [blank]". Someone else can fill in the blank ;-)

Quasimojo

Canon EOS-30D

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

02/13/2008 10:22:19 AM · #467

Originally posted by Limbo:

lol, it's hard to keep up with this thread.

Yep..it's insane...it's like a live chat room, only a forum...!!

SC take note: big appetite for team sports at DPC (no league so seems that Olypmics is where the effort is....how about perverting some of the existing DPL code to support the olympics? Go on

Langdon, I know you've got nothing else better to do and endless time on your hands :)

N

Message edited by author 2008-02-13 10:23:33.

02/13/2008 10:40:38 AM · #468

Originally posted by cpanaioti:

Originally posted by Eyesup:

Originally posted by basssman7:

Originally posted by yanko:
Canada's banner

That looks aweseome! Thankyou. Just one thing though. It should be Canadian, not Canadien. :)

suppose that all depends of what side of the country you're from...lol

Or what Gender you are. 3 of us on the team are Canadienne.

Or we could just go by Equipe Nationale Canadien/ne

Message edited by author 2008-02-13 10:41:04.

danielcheong1974

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L IS USM

02/13/2008 10:44:01 AM · #469

Originally posted by vlado:

Originally posted by JaimeVinas:

Originally posted by yanko:
Since the Tropical Islands team is complete. Here is their banner.

Is there a reason why Eric and myself have the same number on our Jerseys?

You can't see the 1/3 on Eric's shirt...?

loving the banner!

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

02/13/2008 10:49:25 AM · #470

Originally posted by cpanaioti:

Originally posted by cpanaioti:

Originally posted by Eyesup:

Originally posted by basssman7:

Originally posted by yanko:
Canada's banner

That looks aweseome! Thankyou. Just one thing though. It should be Canadian, not Canadien. :)

suppose that all depends of what side of the country you're from...lol

Or what Gender you are. 3 of us on the team are Canadienne.

Or we could just go by Equipe Nationale Canadien/ne

no to be truely canadian it would have to read
"Equipe Nationale Canadien(ne) National Team"
of course the bloc would still complain that it has english in it at all :)

Dirt_Diver

Nikon D3s

02/13/2008 11:53:24 AM · #471

Originally posted by Quasimojo:

Originally posted by Limbo:
lol, it's hard to keep up with this thread.

Yep..it's insane...it's like a live chat room, only a forum...!!

SC take note: big appetite for team sports at DPC (no league so seems that Olypmics is where the effort is....how about perverting some of the existing DPL code to support the olympics? Go on Langdon, I know you've got nothing else better to do and endless time on your hands :)

N

Please explain the use of the word in bold? HAhaha

Message edited by author 2008-02-13 11:54:20.

basssman7

Nikon D500

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

02/13/2008 12:15:11 PM · #472

Originally posted by Eyesup:

Originally posted by cpanaioti:

Originally posted by cpanaioti:

Originally posted by Eyesup:

Originally posted by basssman7:

Originally posted by yanko:
Canada's banner

That looks aweseome! Thankyou. Just one thing though. It should be Canadian, not Canadien. :)

suppose that all depends of what side of the country you're from...lol

Or what Gender you are. 3 of us on the team are Canadienne.

Or we could just go by Equipe Nationale Canadien/ne

no to be truely canadian it would have to read
"Equipe Nationale Canadien(ne) National Team"
of course the bloc would still complain that it has english in it at all :)

Canadien is still not english. It should be Canadian. A not E will make me happy. The quebecers can join the french team. :)

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

02/13/2008 12:18:53 PM · #473

Originally posted by basssman7:

Originally posted by Eyesup:

Originally posted by cpanaioti:

Originally posted by cpanaioti:

Originally posted by Eyesup:

Originally posted by basssman7:

Originally posted by yanko:
Canada's banner

That looks aweseome! Thankyou. Just one thing though. It should be Canadian, not Canadien. :)

suppose that all depends of what side of the country you're from...lol

Or what Gender you are. 3 of us on the team are Canadienne.

Or we could just go by Equipe Nationale Canadien/ne

no to be truely canadian it would have to read
"Equipe Nationale Canadien(ne) National Team"
of course the bloc would still complain that it has english in it at all :)

Canadien is still not english. It should be Canadian. A not E will make me happy. The quebecers can join the french team. :)

I've got it...

Equipe Nationale du Canada

xianart

Canon EOS-7D

02/13/2008 12:18:53 PM · #474

Originally posted by Limbo:

good ideas!