Olympics
The Olympics are a recurring series of server-wide gatherings in Civ where players compete in minigames for medals. The event is loosely modeled after the real-life Olympic Games. They have been held on Civcraft, CivClassic, and CivMC.
The First Olympics on CivClassic 2.0 were held in Yoahtl across five evenings in June 2018. Olympics occurred regularly throughout 2019 in The Commonwealth[1], Gensokyo[2] and Mount Augusta[3][4]. During this time, the Olympics was run by an international organization that selects each location for every Olympics games.[5]
The Olympic Committee announced Columbia was set to host the Fifth (V) Olympic Games in January 2020,[6] however due to the outbreak of the Columbian Bush War the Olympics were announced to be postponed, they eventually hosted the sixth Olympics instead.[7][8]
A Fifth Olympics was hosted in Icenia independent of the Olympic Committee in June 2021.[9]
The first Olympic games on CivMC were the Nara-Danzilona Olympics, held between the 10th and 12th of March, 2023.[10][11]
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.[7]
| Olympics | Host Nation | Opening | Closing |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Olympics (I) |  Yoahtl
|
June 22, 2018 | June 26, 2018 |
| Second Olympics (II) |  The Commonwealth
|
January 7, 2019 | January 13, 2019 |
| Third Olympics (III) |  Gensokyo
|
May 10, 2019 | May 12, 2019 |
| Fourth Olympics (IV) |  Mount Augusta
|
August 14, 2019 | August 18, 2019 |
| Fifth Olympics (V) |  Icenia
|
June 4, 2021 | June 6, 2021 |
| Sixth Olympics (VI) |  Columbia
|
December 12, 2021 | December 12, 2021 |
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.
References
- ↑ https://old.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/aa1auv/the_olympic_torch_arrives_in_taliesin_and_an/eco69n7/
- ↑ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SreDiHuo4YPH_ZNrA0BTiMMkHUhFpNG81g52E0d_QrQ/edit
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/cqakdk/mta_summer_olympics_have_begun_dont_miss_this/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/cl5vg8/olympics_4_on_mount_olympus_most_august/
- ↑ https://discord.gg/qKcfcsB
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/e40xia/columbia_2020_olympic_games/
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/rec077/olympic_civclassics_2021_olympic_winter_games/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/eocyjw/columbian_olympic_update/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/njmqz8/reminder_that_the_olympics_in_icenia_are_june/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/CivMC/comments/11imqx1/olympics_timetable/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/CivMC/comments/11awgfp/olympics_informational/