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Welcome! to my first... and hopefully not horribly disastrous last attempt at an OT Forum Game. I s'ppose this may have made more sense two weeks ago rather than now, but meh I'm special like that Anyways on to Games of the Olympiad. In this Game you will take the position of leadership of a Nation's Olympic Committee. You will be charged with managing athletic facilities within your nation, budgeting, developing your nations athletic programs, negotiating Advertising Contracts, and potentially presenting city hosting bids. Various statistics (to be worked out) shall determine your monetary capabilities to field larger teams, ensure your athletes have the highest training, and develop Olympic Class facilities.
Step 1: Characters
Just like any other typical OT Game...
Name:
Birth:
Nationality:
Background:
Bio:
Background: Determine what areas you may have a boost in. There are four main backgrounds to choose from
I. Former Athlete-Boosts skill and performance of athletes as well as boosting media popularity. In you past you competed yourself, you felt like the dream would never end, but your aging body said otherwise. You continue the wonder by leading your nation to continued Olympic Glory.
II. Businessman-Boost to budget and general wealth. You are one of your nations leading businessmen, your financial cunning has led you to the top and now, with proper maneuvering and investment you prepare to bring victory for your nation. Also boosts Advertising.
III. Idealist-Boost towards Olympic Bidding. You already have the entire Olympics planned in your head, it's a dream of yours , with majestic Olympic Parks and a Jaw-Dropping Opening Ceremony. Means if you get a bid, the chances of a successful Olympics are very high.
IV. Political Figure-Boost to Government Support and Media Popularity. You are a public officer of your nation and you know performing spectacularly in your post as OC Chair can take you to the next level, maybe even... [INSERT PRESIDENT, PRIME MINISTER, CHANCELLOR, DICTATOR SUPREME, or GENERALLY COOL DUDE]
Step 2: Athletes and Programs
If you want to succeed in the Olympics you'll need Athletes and darn good ones like Phelps, Pluschenko, Bolt, or just about any Dutch guy with Skates. The best way to ensure this is to direct some funds towards Youth Athletic Programs such as Youth Olympics and Tournaments. This process can bring forward to you the best rising Athletes of your nation. You look at their results and determine who shall represent your nation in the coming Olympics. The amount of athletes you have are determined by 2 factors; your Population and Olympic Popularity. OP can be raised by investing money in ad campaigns and/or ad sponsors with major businesses in your nation. Note that you will already start with acting Olympic Athletes
You can create 1 Custom Athlete at the beginning of the Game. Custom Athletes will begin with a generally high performance rating to get you started.
Following the format...
Name:
Birth:
Ethnicity:
Sport(s):
Bio:
Once you have your Olympic athletes in place you can invest in Facilities, all nations start with some level, but the better they are the better your team prepares and then performs.
Step 3: Olympic Bidding
Any nation can viably present a Bid for a certain City to Host either the Winter or Summer Games. Note that certain nations will need to make major strides in order to win a hosting bid (I'm looking at you Palau). A bidding time will be opened for any nation to present its candidacy. Then a primary voting process shall be determined in narrowing the pool down to three. Those three will then be put through a final voting process. (The primary voting is done all through you and the final voting is determined by two parts. 70% is your votes and 30% is determined by a dice roll with certain factors such as facilities and budgeting)
Step 4: Let's Get this Started
The Game will begin on January 1, 1993 because by that point much of our Modern World has come to be yet it still presents a cushion between then and present day. The next Olympics shall be Lillehammer (Winter '94) followed by Atlanta ('Summer '96), and Nagano (Winter '98). The bidding prepares this year for the 2000 Olympics. Millennium and all it could be a big deal.
Note: Although sign up is already ready, I still have some minor mathematical systems to work out and obviously some processes need to be expanded and added. Right now I'm hoping to see if I have a good sized group interested in participating.
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