One month after typhoon in Iucan, Brugas – Neo Delta gets ready for the Isle & City Games

TAIAGO – After more than one month of the passage of the Typhoon Nakoe through the city of Iucan, in the Brugas archipelago (Neo Delta), which has brought destruction to the city and other areas of the islands, efforts are being taken in order to rebuild the most affected places and  get the archipelago ready to host the next edition of the Isle & City Games.

Although Iucan is not expected to host ny sport events (the closest event shall take place in Danipa), the area is well-known for the Jolia Beach and the Janni Dunes, which attract thousands of tourists every year. Most of the events of the Isle and City Games will take place in Taiago, the capital of Brugas, in the newly build Athletic Village. The region was not greatly affected by the typhoon. Even so, the organization of the games decided to hold the beginning of the event.

Flooding and damaged areas of Iucan – Brugas.

Some areas of Iucan still suffer with eventual floods during rainy periods. The government of Brugas started a campaign to gather money and resources parts of Iucan. It is expected that more six months will be needed to Iucan look like it was before the typhoon.

 

Jair Villalobos gets first point in Premier Formula

Jair Villalobos has achieved his first point in this year’s Premier Formula. The NTH Racing-driver finished on the 16th place in Lorredion this afternoon, which means he earned one point.

Villalobos qualified on the 18th place yesterday. The race was won by Latinian Fernando Bagatoz y Cruz, who drives for Berger & Hernandez. Brent Harbinson from Freedemia stays number one in the driver rankings and HareSpeed Racing stays number one in the constructor rankings.

Franklinsburgh begins final preparations for International Foosball World Cup

FRANKLINSBURGH- Large preparations are underway in the heart of Franklinsburgh, a city preparing for an opportunity of a lifetime, as the International Foosball World Cup comes to the city.

2016 is the first year in IFWC history that a city other than Quentinsburgh will host the International Foosball World Cup. Starting in 2018, the games will be open to be hosted by cities around the world. As the games will come back to Quentinsburgh every 10 years (every 5 games) and generally will be international for the other 4 games, the chances that the games will come back to Franklinsburgh anytime soon is very unlikely. This will possibly be a one time experience for Freedemia’s third largest and third most popular city, one that city leaders and residents hope to take advantage of.

Freedemia used to be the largest home for foosball heritage in the world, but as the sport’s popularity has grown so much recently, the IFWC board felt it was the right time to allow the world to be further involved.

The International Foosball World Cup will be the week of April 19th- April 23rd, culminating with Saturday’s championship series at Callenday Stadium. Some of the early series will take place at Sesame Harrison Memorial Stadium on the State Fairgrounds. Each stadium can support 2 games at one time, and since a series takes about an hour and a half, several games can happen in one day.

The downtown area is being redecorated for the event, with new banners and other things lining downtown streets. Special bus lines are being added, and the subway line to the airport is going to be given new signage to direct tourists. Special regulation foosball tables have been brought to Freedemia, and the stadiums are, for the first time, being set up for a major foosball tournament. PWN Sports is preparing to provide exclusive coverage of the event.

Tickets are nearly sold out, and nationalism among Freedemians and other countries surrounding their teams is growing. Several Freedemian fans have made it clear they plan to camp out before the game. Pictures of men and women with their chests painted red, white, and blue for Freedemian colors have already gone viral. Watch parties are planned in cities across the nation, including Franklinsburgh. Other countries have been seeing similar bouts of team pride, and this year is expected to be one of the most competitive IFWC yet. Some teams have been practicing trick shots, and several teams have been almost undefeated in practice games. Analysts predict that Freedemia will only make it as far as the 3rd tier of the last 8 teams before getting knocked out by one of the superior teams in the games this year. Either way, it is sure to be entertaining and keep viewers on the edge of their seats.

Benicar annouces bid for 2018 Foosball World Cup

Today, the FNF (Federación Nacional de Fúsbol) annouced that their currently in a bid for the 2018 International Foosball World Cup. 2018 will be the first year that the world cup is held in an other country than Freedemia. At the moment, no other countries are in a bid.

In April this year, the 2016 Foosball World Championship will be held. Mariana will face Mahhal in the first round.

Mariana will participate in 2016 International Foosball World Cup

BENICAR – Today is annouced that Mariana will participate with a team of 4 players in the 2016 International Foosball World Cup (IFWC). This will be the first time ever for Mariana to participate. The team will exist of Rolán Benítez (Pabella, Pabella), Alfonso Alba (Narvas, Barzona), Manuel Alba (Narvas, Barzona) and Mauricio Patino (Benicar, Benicar Region).

Mariana is the last of 32 countries that will participate on the tournament. The other countries include Ardisphere, Belphenia, Castellán, Freedemia and a lot more.

This year, the IFWC is not held in the capital of Freedemia, Quentinsburgh, like other editions, but is held in Franklinsburgh. This is because the 2016 Geolympiad will be held in Quentinsburgh.

The tournament will be organised in April 2016.

QUARTA QLine Metro extensions, lines 12 and 13, to be finished around April

QUENTINSBURGH- Construction on several QLine extensions temporarily stopped yesterday as crews take the next few days off to celebrate the New Year’s holiday. The work is coming along quite well on all of the extensions, leading QUARTA to predict the lines should be completed by March and open sometime around March 31st.

Here’s a list of the major extensions under construction and how they will affect the overall system.

Extra tunnel through downtown parallel to 1-3-7 tracks for AirportExpress– The extra two tracks between Fredrick St/Convention Ctr and just north of Quentinsburgh Union Station will allow the AirportExpress to run through downtown with stops at the convention center, state capitol and Union Station without overcrowding the other tracks, which are already the busiest and most crowded in the system. The tunnel is nearly complete and is expected to open in late January.

New elevated track through southern Northcross between line 4 and line 3 for lines 12 and 13– A new elevated extension connecting line 3 in northern Northcross and line 4 in eastern Quentinsburgh is being constructed. When completed, the new line and new stations will be home to new routes 12 (which will run north-south connecting the eastern side of the metropolitan area) and 13 (which will run from Northcross to downtown Quentinsburgh using line 4 tracks, then out to the Geolympiad Complex using line 7 tracks). The extension (along with line 12) is expected to open in mid to late February.

New East-West tunnel in Downtown Quentinsburgh connecting lines 3-7 to lines 2-4 for line 13– A new tunnel along Quentinsburgh Blvd in downtown will help solve the problem of the lack of east west tunnels in downtown while making a path for QUARTA’s newest metro, line 13. The tunnel will be part of a sharp u-turn line 13 will make transferring from line 4 tracks to line 7 tracks. The extension, one of the latest, will likely not open until late March or early April, along with line 13. (Line 13 is expected to be a large help during the 2016 Summer Geolympiad.)

New East West tunnel in Downtown Quentinsburgh under 9th Street to extend line 4– A new tunnel is being constructed around the vicinity of 9th Street to extend line 4 three stops to end at Freeman Square alongside the local 7. The extension also creates the potential for extending line 4 to the airport. While it is expected the extension will be finished in late March, it is last on the priority list and likely will not open until late April.

QUARTA is also constructing an infill station on the Quentins State International University campus. The station, currently unnamed, will be the closest to the center of campus on lines 2, 4, and 13.

QUARTA announces new Airport Express Line, prepping for Geolympiad, possible Line 7 extention

QUENTINSBURGH- A year ago this time, QLine Metro Line 7 ran local only. Today, it runs local and express- and pretty soon, a nonstop airport train will be added to the mix.

QUARTA recently announced plans to add a new special airport express alongside line 7 connecting downtown Quentinsburgh to Sean Bond International Airport. The line, to be named line AX, short for Airport Express, will run from Quentinsburgh Union Station in downtown with a stop at the state capitol  and at the convention center to Sean Bond International Airport with stops at Airport Station and the Rental Car Center. 

The planned route will run basically along the same lines as route 7. However, a new shuttle-style tunnel with only two tracks is being built through downtown so the new Airport Express will not overcrowd already super busy express tracks in downtown along lines 1, 3 and 7. 

The route will initially only run from downtown to the airport. However, for the 2016 Sunmer Geolympiad, it will run all the way out to the Geolympiad Complex in Eastern Quentinsburgh (using regular 7 train express tracks).

Current plans call for stops at Quentinsburgh Union Station, State Capitol/Mark St, Fredrick St/Convention Center, and at the airport transit center and rental car center.

The Airport Express trains, designed as a special model of the Q700 subway cars by Ardispherian Chang y Sainz, will actually have special rack space for luggage and slightly more cushioned comfortable seats for a slightly more luxury ride. 

QUARTA hopes that the new express metro line will help connect everyone from businessmen to politicians to tourists between the airport and the growing downtown, especially considering its stops at the State Capitol and the Convention Center. During the duration of the 2016 Summer Geolympiad the extended trips on the route will likely run under the name GX for Geolympiad Express.

  
 QUARTA has also announced a feasibility study to investigate the possibility of a Berkeley Ridge extention of the 7 train, to possibly be built alongside the small modifications for the Airport Express.

In light of 2016 Geolympiad, 2016 International Foosball World Cup moving to Franklinsburgh

FRANKLINSBURGH- It appears Franklinsburgh, Freedemia will be getting an event out of Quentinsburgh winning the privilege of hosting the 2016 Summer Pancontinental Games, otherwise known as the 2016 Geolympiad, after all. To ease the stress put on Quentinsburgh, the International Foosball World Cup, normally hosted by Quentinsburgh, will instead take place in Franklinsburgh.

The biennial (every two years) International Foosball World Cup has always been hosted by the city of Quentinsburgh, Freedemia since the event began in the 1930s. However, last year, after a huge increase in international popularity of the sport, the IFWC Commitee decided that beginning in 2018, cities around the world can bid to host the International Foosball World Cup, with the exceptions of every ten years starting with 2030, when to continue the heritage, Quentinsburgh will host. However, there were originally no plans to move the 2016 IFWC until Quentinsburgh won the bid for the 2016 Summer Geolympiad.

After months of discussions, the IFWC board finally voted 8-3 in favor of moving the 2016 IFWC to Franklinsburgh on Thursday, with the support of both the Quentinsburgh and Franklinsburgh chambers of commerce. Since the event takes place in April, Franklinsburgh will be working overtime to prepare for the big event. Nevertheless, city leaders are happy to get this once in a lifetime chance to host an event that until now had always been hosted by Quentinsburgh.

  

Quentinsburgh’s Geolympiad Complex area being fixed up in advance of the event, QUARTA QLink BRT Station and Transit Center added

QUENTINSBURGH- In Quentinsburgh, a lot of work has been underway in preparation for the 2016 Pancontinental Games. Preparations to date have included everything from building hotels to adding express service to certain metro lines. However, work is finally wrapping up in one of the most important areas of the city.

The area in Eastern Quentinsburgh just outside of the suburb of Gillepsie known collectively as the Spectrum Geolympiad Complex is home to a very large amount of venues for the 2016 Geolympiad. Perhaps the most well known is Spectrum Geolympiad Stadium, a huge building complex consisting of five full-size soccer (football) stadiums. Surrounding Spectrum Geolympiad Stadium are the Geolympiad Aquatics Center, K. Arnolds Stadium, Kolden Center, Roman N. Barker Stadium, Glofish.Com Arena, and more. The area is also connected to the nearby venues at Read University by elevated tram.

However, The Quentinsburgh Geolympiad Bid Committee knew the second Quentinsburgh made it to the final round of selections for host cities that it would be necessary to redevelop the area. The venues, most originally built as separate and unrelated entities, needed to be connected and made into one large complex of venues for the big event. While the buildings themselves were fine, the roadways running through the “complex” were small and disorganized. The tram between venues had been built already and helped this issue greatly, but it didn’t solve the issues with bus and shuttle traffic, parking, or anything else. 

The bid committee and the Quentins Department Of Transportation immediately began work on a redevelopment project, including new and improved roadways through, around, and leading to the stadiums. After a long period of work, the project is nearing completion. 

Among the biggest changes are the roadway alignment around Spectrum Geolympiad Stadium and the addition of a new transit center operated by QUARTA.

The roads surrounding Spectrum Geolympiad Stadium before the redevelopment of the area were far too small for a venue that big, and had no real flow. They didn’t connect to the roads surrounding the Spectrum Geolympiad Aquatic Center, nor did they make it possible to create convenient drop-off lanes and bus stops. The new development has changed this. Portions of Town Street and other unnamed streets were realigned with each other to create a large bottle-shaped loop now named Spectrum Geolympiad Complex Parkway. This realignment came with improvements to nearby parking and the addition of new sidewalks, walkways and pedestrian areas to the area. Drivers can now freely loop clockwise around the new loop with easy access to each venue and parking. 

  
Along with the basic change in alignment and traffic flow, a bus only lane on the clockwise part of the road was added, as well as the creation of a new transit center for buses that stop at the complex. The transit center, officially Spectrum Geolympiad Complex Transit Center, is located just north of the north wing of Spectrum Geolympiad Stadium. It includes a much improved bus stop on all three QLink Bus Rapid Transit Lines, a collection of bus stops for feeder buses, a ticketing and fare kiosk and pedestrian access to the Spectrum Geolympiad Tram and the nearby QLine subway stations on routes (7) and (11). A smaller park and ride area is expected to be added to the transit center relatively soon.

These large improvements have been under development for about two years; however, the needed improvements and planned redevelopment was kept somewhat on the down low, as to not negatively impact people’s view of Quentinsburgh being fully prepared to host the big event. Committee member Jennifer Morgantown said that the element of surprise of a big reveal would be better anyway, as supporters would see how much of a positive change took place in the area in preparation.

“It’s one thing to say ‘This is what’s wrong with it now and here’s how we plan to fix it.” It’s something else entirely to show people the good parts of the before and then reveal how much better it is after further improvements. By doing the second option, it made the big reveal of the new Spectrum Geolympiad Complex that much better,” Morgantown stated on the issue.

Other large improvements include the widening and improvements to Kolden Road between Horizon Pkwy and U-204 to make it easier to reach the venues by car, improvements to the road in front of Glofish.Com Arena (now Glofish Arena Parkway) and the addition and improvements of tram stops on the Geolympiad Complex Tram.

2016 Summer Geolympiad- a win for Quentinsburgh, a win for wholesome activities

QUENTINSBURGH- Huge crowds waiting for the final result in the voting for the 2016 Summer Geolympiad/ Pancontinental games erupted into cheering earlier today as the announcement was made that Quentinsburgh, Freedemia had won the bid and would be hosting the huge international event in the summer of 2016.

Quentinsburgh has, for the last few years, made more and more of an effort to become the next big global city. Over the past few years, improvements to public transit, roadways, airports, other infrastructure, and even just general new development have helped move Quentinsburgh forward in this way. However, this is the first win for Quentinsburgh on an international scale.

Over these same last few years, Freedemia has been working hard to increase friendly relations with other countries around the world, and so far this has been successful. President Angela Rosenthal has been concentrating greatly on improving tourism and economy by connecting more with other nations.

However, this bid has been seen as more than just a win for the city of Quentinsburgh itself, or even for the United Freedemian Union. The bid also stood for a win for wholesome activities.

In the past, Geolympiad Village has been known to be home to lots of inappropriate partying and sexual activities, an issue usually ‘solved’ by a large pharmaceutical company giving out lots of condoms. However, the Quentinsburgh Bid Committee had launched a new initiative known as the “Redefine Geolympiad Village” project. The idea was to instead provide athletes and visitors with a very large amount of fun wholesome activities, such as a free day at Thrill Planet Amusement Park for athletes and their families, an international festival for tourists and visitors, and more. This was, at the time of putting in the bid, a controversial idea that many on the bid committee feared would be shot down very quickly by the international audience. However, the bid performed very well, and many were greatly surprised by the positive response.

Quentinsburgh has also spent lots of time and planning to work on engraining the Geolympiad experience into the core of the city. Plans are in the works for viewing events, tourism, and more. Time has also been put into making the experience the best possible for the athletes, including temporary healthcare plans, five-star accommodations, and more.

President Rosenthal cheerfully announced earlier today that “Today is the first day of the future of Quentinsburgh and the United Freedemian Union!!!”

As Quentinsburgh finally steps out onto the world stage for the first time, today showed that it indeed “is time” and Quentinsburgh truly is “ready”.

More preparations are underway, and more information is to come as it is available.

Logo for the 2016 Quentinsburgh Summer Geolympiad.