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I DECLARE CHRISTMAS 2023...OPEN! And with that, we get December underway with the only major Christmas song I know that shows off the sound of Ireland and the spirit of Christmas...kinda. You'll soon see why that's appropriate. RIP to Shane MacGowan, whose voice begins that song. It is time to get the board's most loved, most colourful, and most deadline-phobic annual event back up and running - yes, it's THE 17TH ANNUAL GAMESBIDS OLYMPIC LOGO COMPETITION! Last year Bear took the title in Reykjavik and Glacib won out in Nairobi, and now we are here to see who will be their successors - if they don't retain them of course. The format is traditional - winter, summer, one of each - and we are about to have half a good old big reveal, and half a coronation of what we already know. We of course must present them, because things must still be done properly! Here goes: SUMMER 2036: DUBLIN, IRELAND Yup, you voted for it, so don't complain - but who would complain? The Irish capital is one of the most popular cities in Europe, so there can't be many better places for a rare Summer logo comp visit to the continent. Dublin is a prime example of the kind of middle-sized major city the IOC could really do with attracting, so maybe you can convince them - and it's a measure of Ireland's cultural impact that I've promised Rols I'll only resort to Eurovision once but still won't struggle for musical choices in a city that should probably get to host just for the ceremonies. Whatever happens you won't be short of inspiration, so how will you brand the Olympics in this "fair city"? WINTER 2030: NICE*, FRANCE The observant among you will notice this is not not in Europe, and yes, this is a change of plan. We were set for somewhere very very different until some German with a sword turned up & decided he really wanted to alter the logo comp. Still, this is our newest Olympic City, and there are worse places than the Riviera to spend winter. Although I'll be honest, I don't think too many people come to Nice to ski. The pressure's on for this one, because depending on whether they come up with something really soon to serve them now, your designs will be the first logos for the French hosting of 2030 to appear on the web - as France nears one Olympic moment, how will you brand its next? *I'm going to give you the choice of how to name this. Nice, Nice Alpes, Nice Alpes Francaises, Alpes Francaises, the only thing that seems sure is Nice is there, and the Alps are there. If they don't know what their own bid is called, what chance have we got?! --------------------------------------- And now THE RULES, copied and pasted (mostly) from last year, because unlike the IOC I don't change them every week: We are, as ever, after logos that encompass the overall feel of the city and local influences that can be tied into a design concept. How can any of these cities articulate graphically what they could bring to future Olympics hosting? What flavour will they bring to the games? Will you end up accidentally designing the logo of something completely different? (Hey Krakow!) The logos should be presented as full colour designs on white background. If you like, however, they can also be presented in black and white or utilised in forms like street banners, t-shirts, apps, vehicles, pins etc. For voting purposes, the main (colour) logo will be used on the polls, & extra stuff is not obligatory, but any extra material you produce may help you “sell” your design better to the wider GamesBids voting membership.  These logos are for the cities as they HOST the games. So you CAN use the rings, and don't need to include the words “Candidate City, Olympic Games 2036” or whatever the IOC want this week. Please post your preliminary submissions on this thread. If you want to hold anything back to be presented as a “surprise” when voting starts you can contact me or Rols via PM and I'll tell you where you can send the extra material. However, it would be nice to see as many on-thread submissions as possible for people to chew over in-thread, & to try & get the old buzz back. We can hope, right? You can submit logos for either or both cities. However, you cannot enter more than one logo for the same city (see below). So entering one logo for each is fine, but two logos for Dublin, say, is not fine. You are able, encouraged even, to enter both 'sides' of the comp. Feel free to post as many logo designs as you like, & to ask for feedback from our famously discerning electorate. If you really can't decide between your own designs for a city, feel free to start a poll (or to ask for one to be started). When the time comes for voting, however, you will be asked to settle on a maximum of ONLY ONE official logo per city as your official entry. The format depends on the numbers. Most likely, it will be the traditional exhausting exhaustive ballot preferred by the IOC, and the winter & summer 'halves' will be entirely separate, there will be two winners in the Olympic comp tradition. The competition is open to all members of GamesBids, or to any new legitimate members who join before the end of the submission period. I, with consultation, will rule on the legitimacy of new members. As you would expect, I will rule on any disputes - always aiming to be as fair as possible in the process. As always, just remember, this is all meant to be fun. Olympic spirit, remember?. Hopefully this will spark up some action on the board. I'll be dipping in, keeping a close eye on things, but otherwise will try and keep my green yoshi-paws off until the polling stages. The deadline for submissions is 1pm London time (that is, midnight in Sydney, as per tradition) on NEW YEAR'S EVE, 31 DECEMBER 2023. Thus, GB will begin 2024, the year some of our members have waited a century to see, with the voting. Just one extra thing, there is something of a tradition of that being extended, but I'm hoping not to have to do that this year as we already have 12 members sufficiently interested to vote in the city election, and hopefully at least some of you will submit logos within the month. I will @ all those voters (yes all of you) in the next post. And this is just to alert @Rob. Rob to the existence of the new comp in the hope that he'll do his traditional bit of putting up links to various free design programs etc for the benefit of those who want to take part but may not have the facility at the moment, and to alert @GBModerator Rob to the fact the comp is back! In addition, we had a member ask in the election thread about info on programs people use - I don't know that world (those who can't...) but I'd encourage anyone who does to share. All that is left to say is thank you Rols once again, and to all participants for having the guts to put your logos up for the annual GamesBids dissection, & may the best logos win - GOOD LUCK!

LIVE CHAT Olympic Winter Games 2030 and 2034 Targeted Dialogue Announcements Yes normally live chat on gamesbids.com is for ceremonies, but this historic, much anticipated announcement of Targeted Dialogue for both the 2030 and 2034 editions of the Olympic Winter / Paralympic Games will be compelling viewing, as will the Q&A with journalists at the end. IOC Executive Board Meeting Press Conference Where: Salon Hoche, 9 Avenue Hoche, 75008 Paris, France When: 7pm C.E.T. Wednesday, 29 November 2023 To Watch: Livestream or replay at IOC MediaYouTube It was a year ago that we at this position only to learn that the whole continuous dialogue process for 2030 and 2034 was on pause. This time round and multiple posts, opinions, debates from fans here on Gamesbids.com, we are finally about to learn who is in serious contention for the double award 2030 and 2034 Host Elections to be held in 2024. Who is the front-runner for each? Who will, or won’t, make it through to the final host elections in 2024? What happens next?