2022 Winter Games Sim Thread

[2022 Winter Games Sim Thread]

Feb. 13th
Day 9 saw the medals get spread around quite a bit, and that meant that the top of the table (Canada and Italy) didn't do much to pad their lead. Teams that did have a good day, though, included Sweden, which took 1st and 3rd in Men's Giant Slalom, Germany, which went 1-2 in the Men's Biathlon pursuit, Latvia, which got a Biathlon gold for its' second gold medal of the games, Norway (which won the 4x10 km cross-country relay, one of the country's signature events), the Netherlands (which won women's 500m speed skating), Great Britain (a short track gold), China (a short track relay gold), and South Korea (two short-track medals).

Here's the full table as we approach the 2nd and final week of competition:

 

 

[2022 Winter Games Sim Thread]

Feb. 12th
Yes, they Can-ada! Yes, that is right...more Gold for Canada on Feb. 12th. Today's first triumph was in the Women's skeleton event, where Haley Hill and Emma McKinley went 1-2. The other was the men's 500m speed skating gold for Liam Clark in a race that featured dual bronze medalists. Italy also got another gold with Men's Biathlon 10km sprint. They were also gold medals handed out in Women's 4x5km cross-country skiing (Sweden), Mixed Team Snowboardcross (USA), and Ski Jumping Men's Large Hill (Norway). It was a light night in terms of medal events, but it's becoming more and more clear that Canada and Italy are going to continue to lead the medal count.

More tomorrow! See you then!

[2022 Winter Games Sim Thread]

Feb. 11th
Kind of a slow day in terms of number of events on the day, but try telling that to anyone who won gold- it's a big day for them! Probably the biggest winner of the day was the USA, which saw Josh Rogers win his second gold of the games in the cross-country skiing 15km classical event, in an exact repeat of the finish order of the 30km skiathlon. (Norway's Alex Nilsen was 2nd in both events, and Russia's Alexei Vinogradov was 3rd in both events) They also won gold in one of their signature events, the Men's Snowboarding Halfpipe. However, disappointed prevailed in the women's hockey quarterfinals, with both the USA and Canada suffering shocking losses. Great Britain got a gold medal in men's skeleton, while the Netherlands won another speed skating gold, this time in the Men's 10000m, a grueling 13 minute long test of endurance. South Korea took a gold in the (much) shorter 1000m short track speed skating. Meanwhile, France took the Women's Super G in Alpine Skiing, continuing a long-standing tradition of French alpine skiiers. Poland got a gold as well, in the women's Biathlon 7.5km sprint. 

Here's today's look at the medal table!

[2022 Winter Games Sim Thread]

Feb. 10th
Things continued coming up golden for Canada and Italy today, with Switzerland getting in on the party as well. Swiss skier Nico Vonlanthen kicked things off by winning the combined, while Canada's Lucas Wilson followed up his downhill victory with a silver. Switzerland won a second gold medal on the day in the women's 10km classical cross-country skiing. Canada's Aiden Williams won the men's gold medal, followed Italy and Canada once again. Germany got the gold in Luge mixed team relay, but there's Canada again, this time notching a silver. Belarus got a gold in mixed team aerials, their first gold and first medal in the 2022 games. Canada won yet another gold in the Women's halfpipe, while Italy took down a gold in Snowboardcross. The final gold of the day went to the Netherlands, notching the women's 5000m speed skating gold. (Again, imitating reality)

Here's the medal table:

[2022 Winter Games Sim Thread]

Update #2: Sunday Feb. 6th- Wednesday Feb. 9th

With competition underway, the Games showcased a signature event, the Men's Downhill Skiing on Sunday the 6th. The winning country was a bit of a surprise, as Canada got the gold with Lucas Wilson taking a commanding victory over Germany's Luca Meyer and Austria's Florian Kolowrat.
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The Czech Republic won a mixed relay biathlon gold, while USA's Josh Rogers won a gold medal in the men's skiathlon. Canada got a 2nd gold medal on the day in the women's moguls, with Japan finishing 2nd and 3rd. Germany went 1-2 in Men's Luge, meanwhile, and Australia and Russia and China also pulled in gold medals on the day.

On Monday the 7th, Japan got a big gold medal, holding off Canada and a resurgent USA in the final day of team figure skating. Meanwhile, Great Britain took out top-seeded USA in the mixed doubles curling semifinals, Italy got a gold medal in women's Giant Slalom, while Switzerland got a biathlon gold. Japan won yet another gold, taking the Men's slopestyle gold medal. Austria topped Japan, though, in the mixed team ski jumping, with Slovenia in 3rd.  Italy grabbed yet another gold in 1500m speed skating, with Cristiana de Luca holding off a pair of Canadian skaters. Canada got their revenge in short track speed skating, though, sweeping golds in both of the day's events.

On Tuesday the 8th, Austria celebrated after Phillip Fuchs took home a Super G gold, with Slovenia and Switzerland also making the podium. The Czech Republic's Felix Sedlaek, a biathlete, became the first double gold-medal winner of the games, taking home the 20km individual event after having previously been part of the winning mixed relay team. Italy took another gold in Men's Cross-Country Sprint. Norway's women won big in the Cross-Country sprint, sweeping the top 4 spots on the podium. Great Britain got the mixed doubles curling gold, but came in 2nd to the US's Linda Martinez in Freestyle Skiing's Big Air competition. 

Latvia's Marija Krumins won the country's first medal of the Olympics, a gold, in luge. Switzerland, meanwhile, dominated men's parallel giant slalom snowboarding, taking both gold and silver.  Italy won gold and bronze in the women's version of the same event, with Germany sandwiched in between. The Dutch got Gold and Silver as well in one of their signature events, Men's 1500m speed skating.

And finally, that brings us to today, Wednesday February 9th. 
Germany won doubles luge and added a silver. Meanwhile, New Zealand got its' first gold medal of the games. South Korea, France, and Slovenia also won golds on the day, while Switzerland took home the men's snowboardcross.

Here's a look at the medal table:

[2022 Winter Games Sim Thread]

Update #1: Wednesday February 2nd- Saturday February 5th
Let the games begin! With a joyous, glorious, opening......

wait? The Opening Ceremony doesn't kick things off? Nope! Two days of mixed doubles curling and women's hockey preceded the actual opening ceremony. The US got off to a surprisingly strong start in curling, while Canada struggled. On the other hand, Russia, Canada, and the USA have all stayed unbeaten in women's hockey and look to be on a collision course in the medal rounds. 

Then, the Opening Ceremonies actually got the games underway officially, followed by the first full day of competition. 

After that day Saturday, February 5th, the medal table looked like this

A highlight of the day was the mixed team short track speed skating, which concluded with Canada holding off Italy and Hungary for the gold. Other big winners of the day included Russia (Women's Skiathlon), Japan (Men's Moguls), Slovenia (Women's Ski Jumping, much like real life) and Norway (Women's 3000m speed skating). Keep an eye over the next couple of days on team figure skating, where an upset is brewing as highly ranked USA is just 7th after 1 day.

[2022 Winter Games Sim Thread]

[A note to anybody reading: you can still play along if you would like! Just follow the instructions below!]

Greetings! Thank you for joining in on the Winter Games Sim! Some important instructions you will need!

Downloading the Game
We're going to get started by making sure that everyone has a working download of the game. If you have previously downloaded a stable release of GFG (such as Going for Gold 2020 Edition v 1-6-1), you shouldn't need to re-download. If, however, you have not (or if you need a new copy), you can download here:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wpwHs7CQL52sLXpf2UY1MX8UWo9-EPBe/

Extract that to a folder on your desktop, and then find and run the .exe file (Going for Gold 2020 Edition). Right now, I believe it should be in a functional state for "Winter Games Only" mode. Feel free to play with that, start a new game, and try it out to see how the program runs! (Be aware that it will show the 2018 Games when you do this).

Setting Up the League File for Multiplayer
Once you are ready, we should be able to start the multiplayer setup. Here's what to do: download the league file from this link, simply titled "2022 Winter Games Sim.zip". https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hmPw9y0O_h4mGv_RaV01qLhoyFbpx05S/view?usp=sharing 

Then go to "Winter Games Only", click "Import", and find the "2022 Winter Games Sim.zip" that you should have downloaded to your computer. The game will load the files, then prompt you to select your country. Then the league file will load up on February 2nd. You will know that it's the correct file if, when you click Schedule/Results for the 2nd, the 1st screen looks like this:

Running Training/ Submitting Your Files
IF that is working, you are ready to run your training and submit it. How does that work? You will find the button that says "Set" under Training, and click on it to be taken to the training points menu. You will then be able to put up to 200 points on your various athletes/teams as "bonus" points to boost them up. (Basically a coaching bonus) There is a max of 10 points per athlete per event. Once you have finished the training points, please make sure to click "Save".

Then, to generate the file for setting up the training, you need to click "Export", save that file to your computer, and send it to me at this e-mail address

You can use all of your training points at once, or you can update throughout the games- completely your choice!

Viewing Results/Updating the Games
After we begin actually simming the games (which won't begin until at least Monday, to give everyone a chance to do their training points properly), I will update the results daily. How do you see the results? Quite simple. You just press "Import" within the save file, and it will update automatically from the web! (Also, I will post results on the forums if that's more your preference

Final Thoughts/ Questions
Please let me know what questions you have! I do not promise everything will work correctly (my standard reminder: I am an untrained amateur hobbyist programmer!), but I do promise that I will be available to help and work out any issues that occur during the games! 

Speaking of which...there is one known issue to be aware of:
-Game crashes if you try to Set Training on February 4th (the date of the Opening Ceremony) or the date of the Closing Ceremony. This can't be patched out right now, so just please avoid doing that.

Thanks, and I am looking forward to this!
-Jeff

[2022 Winter Games Sim- Sign Up Here]

Bumping this up one final time. Anyone care to join me for the Winter Games?

[Bowl Bound College Football]

9 minutes ago, Colly said:

Waiting for a Steam sale to give it a try.

This guy made some really great content for it but sadly due to time and lack of interest he no longer posts content.

Ragin Cajun - YouTube

Ragin Cajun still plays in some leagues over at SimNation, though, so if you do end up giving it a try, there's several active multiplayer leagues that can be found over there. Still an active (though small) community for a game that's been around a long time.

[Going for Gold- Development Thread]

A quick January update to this thread- I'm now taking signups for the Winter Games. Still time to join in if you'd like! 

 

[2022 Winter Games Sim- Sign Up Here]

I'd like to bump this thread up again and see if anyone else is interested. Your support would be appreciated!

[2022 Winter Games Sim- Sign Up Here]

Greetings! It's time for the return of the internet's most unusual sports simulation! I present, for the 3rd time, the Winter Games Sim. I'll be running daily sims alongside the 2022 Winter Games in China next month, and I'm inviting you to join me. The game we'll be using is my own program, Going for Gold (2020 Edition), which is a hobby project that I've been developing for a number of years. You will take control of a particular country, put resources into different sports to develop a stable of athletic stars, and then boost those stars up with coaching during the winter games to lead your chosen country to the top of the medal stand.

If you are interested in joining, please make a post in this thread with.....

Your e-mail address:
Your chosen country (see list below)

I really hope you will join me for this sim- I put a lot of time and passion into this project, and it would give me great joy to share it with others!

-Jeff (SecretAgentMan)

 

[Going for Gold- Development Thread]

And here is said December update! I have been spending time working on databases that will be needed to run the 2022 Winter Games, including updating the country rankings to reflect the results from the past year and updating the event schedule for the 2022 games. Those updates have gone well, and everything looks to be on track to run another multi-player sim during the upcoming winter games.

I plan on posting a sign-up thread for within the first week of January, so keep an eye on this space for updates. I hope you'll consider joining in!

[Going for Gold- Development Thread]

I know I have a few people that follow this thread, so I wanted to drop a line and let everyone know that I haven't abandoned this project. However, I just started a new job recently, and I haven't had any time to work on it at all, so I've gone dark for a few months. Planning and hoping to get some work done on this project in November or December, so I wanted to let any readers know that!

Thanks,

Jeff

[WWCS College Soccer looking to fill openings]

Greetings! The WWCS (Weekend Warriors College Soccer) is about to complete its' 3rd season over at SimNation. We currently have 9 squads, 4 of which have human managers and 5 of which are computer-controlled. We are looking to fill some of our CPU squads with human managers for our upcoming season. The program we use, ESMS+, is free-to-play shareware and is pretty easy to use. Once you learn how to play, the sim process is pretty quick, and we sim 3 times a week.

We're about 2 weeks away from starting our next recruiting cycle, which means that it's a perfect time to join up and craft the future of your squad.

If you are interested, take a look at the team descriptions below and let me know who you would like!

-Jeff (SecretAgentMan)

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-Louisville Cardinals- Made the title game in Season 2 and still have some young talent coming back for Season 4. Can you get them back to the mountaintop?

-Maryland Terrapins- The league's strongest offense by a mile; currently making its' second straight playoff appearance. Would be a great fit for a manager looking for a high-scoring playstyle!

-Penn State Nittany Lions- Won an improbable national title in Season 2, their first year of existence, but missed the playoffs this year. Can you build them back up?

-Virginia Cavaliers- An otherwise successful squad that has missed the playoffs in all 3 WWCS seasons. Will you be the one to get them over the hump?

-Virginia Tech Hokies- Currently competing in their 2nd playoffs in 3 seasons; the pieces appear to be in place for future title runs if they can recruit some good forwards!
 

[Going for Gold (2020 Edition) now available for free Open Beta trial]

If you tried/played this game at all, I have a favor to ask. Would you please fill out this Survey? Stuff like this helps me get better and would be appreciated! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeBanUTeiYC9wqNamPxBhCUcPgOnvVcXHXRSsDw-2mnteLdYQ/viewform

I will use the results to help make things better, including with the Winter Games in February. (There will absolutely be another one of these sims in February if you are so inclined/interested)
 

[2020 Summer Games Sim Thread]

Results- August 8th, 2021
And there we are! Time to close the Summer Games and Summer Games Sim! Final Results below. First, though, I have a favor to ask.

If you played this game, would you please fill out this Survey? Stuff like this helps me get better and would be appreciated! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeBanUTeiYC9wqNamPxBhCUcPgOnvVcXHXRSsDw-2mnteLdYQ/viewform

So, with that, we're done until the Winter Games in February! (And yes, there will absolutely be another one of these sims in February if you are so inclined/interested)

Final Medal Table

USA|18|21|18|57
Russia|22|15|16|53
Australia|16|19|15|50
France|19|10|16|45
Germany|13|13|17|43
Great_Britain|15|13|12|40
China|13|6|16|35
Italy|13|8|12|33
Japan|7|12|14|33
Canada|9|7|10|26
Hungary|5|11|8|24
Brazil|10|7|5|22
Netherlands|9|6|7|22
Poland|6|9|7|22
Spain|4|12|4|20
South_Korea|7|6|6|19
Argentina|7|5|6|18
Ukraine|6|7|5|18
New_Zealand|4|10|4|18
South_Africa|7|5|5|17
Denmark|5|8|4|17
Czech_Republic|3|7|7|17
Israel|5|3|8|16
Kazakhstan|6|3|6|15
Belarus|5|6|4|15
Ireland|4|7|4|15
Romania|6|5|3|14
Azerbaijan|5|7|2|14
Slovakia|4|5|5|14
Bulgaria|1|6|7|14
Iceland|8|2|2|12
Mexico|3|7|2|12
Malaysia|3|4|5|12
Iran|6|2|3|11
Lithuania|4|2|5|11
Greece|3|4|4|11
Uruguay|2|6|3|11
Croatia|6|2|2|10
Nepal|3|3|4|10
Chile|6|1|2|9
Slovenia|5|1|3|9
Finland|4|0|5|9
Switzerland|3|4|2|9
Estonia|3|4|2|9
Cuba|3|3|3|9
Nigeria|3|2|4|9
Thailand|1|6|2|9
Sweden|3|2|3|8
Ethiopia|3|1|4|8
Indonesia|3|4|0|7
Turkey|2|3|2|7
Austria|0|4|3|7
Luxembourg|2|1|3|6
Serbia|1|2|3|6
Liechtenstein|1|0|5|6
Latvia|3|0|2|5
Jamaica|2|3|0|5
Kenya|2|1|2|5
Georgia|2|0|3|5
Belgium|1|0|4|5
Norway|0|3|2|5
India|2|2|0|4
Pakistan|2|1|1|4
Zimbabwe|1|0|2|3
North_Korea|0|1|2|3

[2020 Summer Games Sim Thread]

News and Results for August 7th, 2021
One day more!

Medal Table

USA|17|21|17|55
Russia|22|14|14|50
Australia|14|19|13|46
France|18|9|14|41
Germany|13|11|17|41
Great_Britain|15|13|12|40
China|13|5|15|33
Italy|13|8|11|32
Japan|7|12|13|32
Canada|9|6|10|25
Hungary|5|11|8|24
Netherlands|9|6|7|22
Brazil|8|7|5|20
Poland|6|8|6|20
South_Korea|7|6|6|19
Ukraine|6|7|5|18
Spain|4|11|3|18
New_Zealand|4|10|4|18
South_Africa|7|5|5|17
Czech_Republic|3|7|7|17
Argentina|7|4|5|16
Denmark|5|7|4|16
Israel|5|3|8|16
Romania|6|5|3|14
Azerbaijan|5|7|2|14
Kazakhstan|5|3|6|14
Slovakia|4|5|5|14
Bulgaria|1|6|7|14
Iceland|8|2|2|12
Mexico|3|7|2|12
Ireland|3|6|3|12
Belarus|3|5|4|12
Malaysia|3|4|5|12
Iran|6|2|3|11
Lithuania|4|2|5|11
Greece|3|4|4|11
Uruguay|2|6|3|11
Croatia|6|2|2|10
Nepal|3|3|4|10
Chile|6|1|2|9
Slovenia|5|1|3|9
Finland|4|0|5|9
Switzerland|3|4|2|9
Estonia|3|4|2|9
Nigeria|3|2|4|9
Thailand|1|6|2|9
Sweden|3|2|3|8
Cuba|3|2|3|8
Ethiopia|3|1|4|8
Indonesia|3|4|0|7
Austria|0|4|3|7
Luxembourg|2|1|3|6
Turkey|1|3|2|6
Serbia|1|2|3|6
Liechtenstein|1|0|5|6
Jamaica|2|3|0|5
Kenya|2|1|2|5
Georgia|2|0|3|5
Belgium|1|0|4|5
Norway|0|3|2|5
Pakistan|2|1|1|4
Latvia|2|0|2|4
India|1|2|0|3
Zimbabwe|1|0|2|3
North_Korea|0|1|2|3

 

[2020 Summer Games Sim Thread]

News and Results- August 6th

Two days left to go. Will anyone pass the USA for most medals or Russia for most gold medals?

Medal Table

USA|12|20|17|49
Russia|18|13|12|43
Australia|11|19|12|42
Germany|12|10|15|37
Great_Britain|14|12|10|36
France|16|7|10|33
Japan|6|12|13|31
Italy|12|7|11|30
China|12|5|11|28
Canada|9|6|9|24
Hungary|4|11|8|23
Netherlands|9|6|6|21
Brazil|8|7|5|20
South_Korea|7|6|6|19
Poland|5|7|6|18
Ukraine|6|6|5|17
Czech_Republic|3|7|7|17
South_Africa|7|4|5|16
Israel|5|3|8|16
Spain|4|9|2|15
New_Zealand|4|9|2|15
Argentina|6|3|5|14
Azerbaijan|5|6|2|13
Kazakhstan|5|3|5|13
Slovakia|4|4|5|13
Denmark|3|6|4|13
Iceland|8|2|2|12
Romania|5|4|3|12
Mexico|3|6|2|11
Ireland|3|5|3|11
Uruguay|2|6|3|11
Bulgaria|1|6|4|11
Iran|6|2|2|10
Lithuania|4|1|5|10
Malaysia|3|2|5|10
Belarus|2|4|4|10
Chile|6|1|2|9
Finland|4|0|5|9
Nepal|3|2|4|9
Croatia|6|0|2|8
Slovenia|4|1|3|8
Switzerland|3|3|2|8
Estonia|3|3|2|8
Nigeria|3|1|4|8
Thailand|1|5|2|8
Greece|3|2|2|7
Sweden|2|2|3|7
Ethiopia|2|1|4|7
Austria|0|4|3|7
Cuba|2|1|3|6
Liechtenstein|1|0|5|6
Georgia|2|0|3|5
Indonesia|1|4|0|5
Turkey|1|3|1|5
Serbia|1|2|2|5
Norway|0|3|2|5
Luxembourg|2|1|1|4
Latvia|2|0|2|4
Jamaica|1|3|0|4
Belgium|1|0|3|4
Pakistan|2|0|1|3
India|1|2|0|3
Kenya|1|1|1|3
Zimbabwe|1|0|2|3
North_Korea|0|1|2|3

[2020 Summer Games Sim Thread]

News for August 5th, 2021
Another day and many, many more results. Take a look!

Medal Table

USA|11|19|17|47
Russia|18|13|12|43
Australia|11|17|12|40
Germany|11|10|14|35
Great_Britain|14|11|9|34
France|14|7|10|31
Italy|11|7|11|29
Japan|5|11|12|28
China|11|5|11|27
Canada|9|6|8|23
Hungary|4|10|8|22
Brazil|8|7|5|20
Netherlands|8|6|6|20
South_Korea|7|6|5|18
Poland|5|7|6|18
Ukraine|6|6|5|17
Czech_Republic|3|7|7|17
Israel|5|3|8|16
Spain|4|8|2|14
Denmark|3|6|4|13
South_Africa|5|2|5|12
Azerbaijan|4|6|2|12
Slovakia|4|4|4|12
New_Zealand|3|8|1|12
Iceland|8|1|2|11
Argentina|6|3|2|11
Iran|6|2|2|10
Romania|4|3|3|10
Mexico|3|6|1|10
Ireland|3|4|3|10
Malaysia|3|2|5|10
Bulgaria|1|6|3|10
Lithuania|4|1|4|9
Uruguay|2|4|3|9
Kazakhstan|2|3|4|9
Chile|6|1|1|8
Croatia|6|0|2|8
Finland|3|0|5|8
Nepal|2|2|4|8
Slovenia|4|1|2|7
Greece|3|2|2|7
Estonia|3|2|2|7
Nigeria|3|1|3|7
Thailand|1|4|2|7
Sweden|2|1|3|6
Belarus|1|2|3|6
Ethiopia|1|1|4|6
Austria|0|4|2|6
Cuba|2|1|2|5
Indonesia|1|4|0|5
Turkey|1|3|1|5
Serbia|1|2|2|5
Liechtenstein|1|0|4|5
Norway|0|3|2|5
Switzerland|2|1|1|4
Luxembourg|2|1|1|4
Georgia|2|0|2|4
Latvia|2|0|2|4
Kenya|1|1|1|3
Belgium|1|0|2|3
Zimbabwe|1|0|2|3
Jamaica|0|3|0|3
North_Korea|0|1|2|3
Pakistan|1|0|1|2
India|0|2|0|2

 

[2020 Summer Games Sim Thread]

News Results- August 2nd, 3rd, and 4th
No time for a proper writeup today, but we are once again caught up on results!

Medal Table

USA|10|19|14|43
Russia|16|13|12|41
Australia|10|15|12|37
Germany|10|9|14|33
Great_Britain|13|10|9|32
Italy|11|7|10|28
France|12|7|8|27
Japan|5|11|11|27
China|9|4|11|24
Canada|8|6|7|21
Hungary|4|10|6|20
Brazil|8|6|5|19
South_Korea|7|6|4|17
Netherlands|7|4|5|16
Ukraine|6|6|4|16
Poland|5|6|4|15
Israel|5|2|8|15
Czech_Republic|3|7|5|15
Spain|4|6|2|12
Azerbaijan|4|5|2|11
New_Zealand|3|7|1|11
Iceland|8|1|1|10
Slovakia|4|2|4|10
South_Africa|3|2|5|10
Denmark|2|5|3|10
Iran|6|2|1|9
Romania|4|2|3|9
Lithuania|4|1|4|9
Mexico|3|5|1|9
Malaysia|3|1|5|9
Kazakhstan|2|3|4|9
Bulgaria|0|6|3|9
Argentina|5|2|1|8
Ireland|3|3|2|8
Uruguay|1|4|3|8
Croatia|5|0|2|7
Estonia|3|2|2|7
Finland|3|0|4|7
Nepal|2|1|4|7
Chile|5|0|1|6
Slovenia|3|1|2|6
Nigeria|2|1|3|6
Belarus|1|2|3|6
Greece|2|2|1|5
Sweden|2|1|2|5
Turkey|1|3|1|5
Serbia|1|2|2|5
Ethiopia|1|1|3|5
Austria|0|4|1|5
Thailand|0|3|2|5
Cuba|2|1|1|4
Georgia|2|0|2|4
Latvia|2|0|2|4
Indonesia|1|3|0|4
Norway|0|2|2|4
Liechtenstein|0|0|4|4
Switzerland|1|1|1|3
Kenya|1|1|1|3
Luxembourg|1|1|1|3
Belgium|1|0|2|3
Zimbabwe|1|0|2|3
North_Korea|0|1|2|3
Pakistan|1|0|1|2
Jamaica|0|2|0|2
India|0|2|0|2

[2020 Summer Games Sim Thread]

News and Results- August 1st, 2021
Another day, and many more medals handed out today. A highlight: how about Chile, which took home two Gold Medals in Tennis in the same day. Much more coming tomorrow, as the games move along towards their conclusion!
Medal Table

USA|9|18|12|39
Russia|13|11|9|33
Australia|9|12|11|32
Japan|4|11|11|26
Germany|7|6|11|24
Great_Britain|8|10|5|23
Italy|9|6|7|22
China|6|4|10|20
France|8|5|6|19
Brazil|8|6|4|18
Canada|7|4|6|17
South_Korea|7|5|3|15
Czech_Republic|3|6|5|14
Hungary|1|8|5|14
Netherlands|5|3|3|11
Spain|4|6|1|11
Ukraine|4|5|2|11
Poland|2|5|4|11
South_Africa|3|2|4|9
Denmark|2|4|3|9
Israel|3|1|4|8
New_Zealand|2|5|1|8
Iceland|6|0|1|7
Romania|3|2|2|7
Croatia|5|0|1|6
Malaysia|2|0|4|6
Belarus|1|2|3|6
Kazakhstan|1|2|3|6
Bulgaria|0|3|3|6
Azerbaijan|2|2|1|5
Slovenia|2|1|2|5
Finland|2|0|3|5
Slovakia|2|0|3|5
Ireland|1|2|2|5
Uruguay|1|1|3|5
Lithuania|1|0|4|5
Argentina|4|0|0|4
Iran|3|1|0|4
Cuba|2|1|1|4
Nigeria|2|1|1|4
Estonia|2|1|1|4
Mexico|1|2|1|4
Nepal|1|0|3|4
Austria|0|3|1|4
Chile|3|0|0|3
Sweden|2|0|1|3
Greece|1|2|0|3
Turkey|1|2|0|3
Zimbabwe|1|0|2|3
Latvia|1|0|2|3
Kenya|1|1|0|2
Indonesia|1|1|0|2
Serbia|1|0|1|2
Georgia|1|0|1|2
Luxembourg|1|0|1|2
Norway|0|1|1|2
Ethiopia|0|1|1|2
Thailand|0|1|1|2
North_Korea|0|0|2|2
Liechtenstein|0|0|2|2
Belgium|1|0|0|1
Pakistan|1|0|0|1
Jamaica|0|1|0|1
India|0|1|0|1
Switzerland|0|0|1|1

[Going for Gold- Development Thread]

Well, I'm going to do a July update, but if you've been on this site during July, you know EXACTLY what I've been up to programming-wise. So, I am continuing to work on Going for Gold, and I've released a Beta build, "Going for Gold: 2020 Edition" for testing. 

It's available from the link here: https://forums.gmgames.org/topic/20553-going-for-gold-2020-edition-now-available-for-free-open-beta-trial/

I'm using this as an opportunity to see what works well, and what doesn't work well, from a simulation standpoint, from a gameplay standpoint, and from a multiplayer standpoint. If you haven't already had a chance to do so, I'd be immensely appreciative if you'd consider taking a look and telling me what you think. I want to emphasize that this is very much still a Beta edition, and will likely have crashes and problems, but every time I do this (this is my 4th "Games" and 2nd "Summer Games"), I feel like it improves every time because I have players and get feedback. So if you check it out, please let me know!

[2020 Summer Games Sim Thread]

News- July 31st, 2021
The US came back on strong in the pool today, winning two more golds, while France also picked up one and Great Britain won the mixed medley relay (another reality check, no?). Denmark has themselves an archery champion, while Malaysia upset China to win Gold in Men's Doubles Badminton. USA downed New Zealand to take Gold in Women's Rugby 7s. Italy and Great Britain won tennis golds, denying Denmark from another Gold in the process, while host Japan won Golds in Weightlifting and Judo.

Medal Table

USA|8|16|12|36
Russia|12|11|5|28
Australia|7|10|10|27
Japan|4|9|10|23
Germany|6|5|10|21
Great_Britain|8|9|3|20
Italy|7|5|6|18
Brazil|7|6|4|17
China|5|4|8|17
South_Korea|7|5|3|15
Canada|6|3|5|14
France|5|5|3|13
Czech_Republic|3|4|5|12
Hungary|1|8|3|12
Ukraine|4|4|2|10
Spain|3|6|1|10
Poland|2|4|4|10
Israel|3|1|4|8
Denmark|2|3|3|8
South_Africa|2|2|4|8
Netherlands|3|1|3|7
New_Zealand|2|4|1|7
Croatia|5|0|1|6
Iceland|5|0|1|6
Romania|3|1|2|6
Belarus|1|2|3|6
Kazakhstan|1|2|3|6
Bulgaria|0|3|3|6
Azerbaijan|2|2|1|5
Slovenia|2|1|2|5
Finland|2|0|3|5
Lithuania|1|0|4|5
Argentina|4|0|0|4
Iran|3|1|0|4
Cuba|2|1|1|4
Nigeria|2|1|1|4
Estonia|2|1|1|4
Malaysia|2|0|2|4
Slovakia|2|0|2|4
Mexico|1|2|1|4
Uruguay|1|1|2|4
Nepal|1|0|3|4
Austria|0|3|1|4
Ireland|1|1|1|3
Turkey|1|1|0|2
Sweden|1|0|1|2
Serbia|1|0|1|2
Georgia|1|0|1|2
Latvia|1|0|1|2
Luxembourg|1|0|1|2
Greece|0|2|0|2
Norway|0|1|1|2
Ethiopia|0|1|1|2
Thailand|0|1|1|2
Zimbabwe|0|0|2|2
Liechtenstein|0|0|2|2
Belgium|1|0|0|1
Indonesia|1|0|0|1
Chile|1|0|0|1
Jamaica|0|1|0|1
India|0|1|0|1
North_Korea|0|0|1|1
Switzerland|0|0|0|0
Kenya|0|0|0|0
Pakistan|0|0|0|0

[2020 Summer Games Sim Thread]

News- July 30th, 2021
Track and Field finally got underway, with a 10,000m final that was taken by Ukraine. Netherlands and Latvia took the two medals in BMX Racing, while France fitting won a Gold in fencing in the Men's Team Epee. Canada got a trampoline Gold, while Romania and Croatia were among the Rowing golds. Japan, meanwhile, got its second gold medal with one in swimming.

Medal Table

USA|4|16|12|32
Russia|12|8|5|25
Australia|7|9|6|22
Germany|6|5|8|19
Japan|2|8|8|18
Brazil|7|6|4|17
Great_Britain|6|8|3|17
Italy|6|4|6|16
China|5|3|8|16
South_Korea|6|5|3|14
Canada|6|3|4|13
France|4|5|3|12
Czech_Republic|3|3|5|11
Spain|3|6|1|10
Ukraine|3|4|2|9
Poland|2|3|4|9
South_Africa|2|2|4|8
Hungary|1|5|2|8
Netherlands|3|1|3|7
Israel|3|0|4|7
Iceland|5|0|1|6
Romania|3|1|2|6
Denmark|1|2|3|6
Kazakhstan|1|2|3|6
New_Zealand|1|3|1|5
Croatia|4|0|0|4
Iran|3|1|0|4
Cuba|2|1|1|4
Azerbaijan|2|1|1|4
Slovenia|2|1|1|4
Belarus|1|1|2|4
Lithuania|1|0|3|4
Bulgaria|0|2|2|4
Argentina|3|0|0|3
Slovakia|2|0|1|3
Ireland|1|1|1|3
Uruguay|1|1|1|3
Nigeria|1|1|1|3
Estonia|1|1|1|3
Malaysia|1|0|2|3
Austria|0|2|1|3
Mexico|1|1|0|2
Serbia|1|0|1|2
Georgia|1|0|1|2
Latvia|1|0|1|2
Luxembourg|1|0|1|2
Greece|0|2|0|2
Norway|0|1|1|2
Ethiopia|0|1|1|2
Thailand|0|1|1|2
Finland|0|0|2|2
Nepal|0|0|2|2
Sweden|1|0|0|1
Belgium|1|0|0|1
Turkey|1|0|0|1
Indonesia|1|0|0|1
Chile|1|0|0|1
Jamaica|0|1|0|1
India|0|1|0|1
Zimbabwe|0|0|1|1
Liechtenstein|0|0|1|1
Switzerland|0|0|0|0
Kenya|0|0|0|0
Pakistan|0|0|0|0
North_Korea|0|0|0|0