Olympics



The Olympics are a recurring international gathering where players compete in minigames for medals. The event is loosely modelled after the real-life Olympic Games. Each had multiple nations compete and saw a multitude of athletic and non-athletic events held, for friendly international competition.

The First Olympics were held in Yoahtl across five evenings from in June 2018. Olympics occurred regularly through 2019 in The Commonwealth, Gensokyo and Mount Augusta (CivClassic 2.0). During this time, the Olympics was run by an international organization that selects each location for every Olympics games.

The Olympic Committee announced Columbia was set to host the Fifth (V) Olympic Games in January 2020, however due to the outbreak of the Columbian Bush War the Olympics were announced to be postponed, they eventually hosted the sixth Olympics instead.

A Fifth Olympics would be hosted in Icenia independent of the Olympic Committee in June 2021.

Currently, the Olympic Committee nor any nation has not announced a future host after CivClassic 2.0.

Hosts
So far, during CivClassics there have been six Olympic Games, all set in different nations. The first four Olympic Games were organized in association with the Olympic Committee created by WackyAki and Feathercrown of Yoahtl. The committee planned to have Columbia host the fifth Olympic Games, however due to the outbreak of the Columbian Bush War and the involvement of the Infinity War this never happened. Icenia organized the Fifth Olympics themselves in May 2021 without the Olympic Committee's involvement but has been widely regarded as the successor of the Olympic Games in CivClassic. Columbia were finally able to run an Olympics, hosting the sixth and last Olympics on CivClassics, independent of the Olympic Committee, not long before the server was shut down.

Events
The events are mostly typical Minecraft minigames such as Spleef and Thimble but also include imitations of real Olympic games such as Archery and Racing. Typical events that occur are:

Archery
Hit the target with a bow

Boat Course
First to the end wins

Boat Dodgeball
Try and shoot the other teams' boats, last team with people in boats wins

Boat/Minecart Jousting
Destroy all of the opponents' vehicles before they destroy yours

Capture the Flag
Kill another player in your territory to capture them, reach the enemy's jail to return a captured player, get the enemy's flag to score a point; first to the set number of points wins

Chess
Typical 2d chess

Civ Hockey
Throw the flint to your teammates and into the goal; no moving while you hold the flint

Hoedown
Hoes, speed pots, brews, and food only; last man standing wins

Horse Races
First to the end wins

King of the Ladder
Last man standing on the ladder pole wins, try to knock others off

Parkour
Get the best time on a course of jumps

Pillar of Doom
Each participant has 64 blocks and a bow; try to build the tallest pillar while knocking your opponents down!

PvP 1v1
Last man standing wins

PvP 3v3
Last team standing wins

Racing
Outrun your opponents around and through the island and down its sides

Sky Wars FFA
Try to survive in the sky; chests with items will help you; last man standing wins

Spleef
Destroy the ground under your opponents to make them fall

Thimble game
Take turns landing in water pool, when you land you place a block in the water that might kill others

Triathlon
Horse racing, running (possibly with parkour), boating.