qhiro 2010 | opening ceremony

Games of the XIII Simlympiad Opening Ceremony brought to you in true HD courtesy of AINTv. Commentary provided by Andrei von Stoven, correspondent for “Komostavos, Petrova!” and Gizem Ximena Poslavska, Miss Petrova 2008.

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Andrei: It is a cool and clear evening here at the beautiful Petrovar capital at Chihiro. It has been raining for a couple of days now, but today seems to be the lucky night with clear skies for the rest of the night.

Gizem: We are live at the Qhiro Athletistadium, jam packed at 94,000 spectators and there is an expected estimated number of 88 million viewers worldwide. The country officially only had one month to prepare for these games, so it will be interesting to see what’s in store for tonight.









Andrei: The countdown is to begin in just a few minutes. Earlier this month, there was controversy with smokes coming from this stadium, so some people are uneasy with the stadium, that’s for sure. But the country has made sure that everything goes perfect.

Gizem: Here now is the countdown! Each second shows a picture of the places around the country.

Andrei: We are still in the opening sequence and the stadium has now been transformed into an enchanting and mysterious forest.

Gizem: This represents one of the three major themes that we will be seeing in the opening ceremony tonight.






Gizem: The stars you are seeing are actually real people harnessed. These are actually ancient symbols in Petrovar Mythology, representing peace and unity.

Andrei: We are now seeing a vague glimpse of the rings. Those blue sparkles are actually fire crickets, which are mythical creatures in Petrovar Mythology.

Gizem: And there you have it folks! The Simlympic Rings, representing unity, strength and peace. These rings are actually fast moving LCD screens, developed exclusively for the rings. Since the rendering of 3-d holographic images is still not available, the Petrovars used the next best thing: tiny LCD screens, the size of a fingernail. The forest is the heart of Petrova, this is where the country had its mythical origins.










Andrei: Amazing. The Petrovars will be using some of the most innovative technologies during the ceremonies. These fireworks you are now seeing have been synchronized to the last nanosecond to match the music. Victor Sari Devi, the President of the Chihiro Games, got DisneyWorld Orlando to help with the fireworks.



Gizem: Bollywood culture is definitely a huge part of Petrova. Petrova has recently had a huge number of Indian and Middle Eastern immigrants come into the country and the nation has quickly picked up culture from its Asian neighbors. These ladies have been rehearsing since last year to prepare for their performance.





Andrei: Now we focus our attention to the face of the country. And that is the Queen of Petrova herself, Queen Zivanna Ivanka. She is actually on stilts and she is carrying the flag of Petrova. She truly deserves to be introducing the flag of Petrova. She should be proud and you can see that in her face.

Gizem: You are absolutely right Vlad. She has brought the games to Chihiro. The country was in such disarray, the Petrovar bid to host the games was in spring 2009, then summer 2009, then fall 2009, then finally 2010. The country thought that it would never be able to the games because of the disorganization of the Chihiro Committee. But you know what, Queen Ivanka took over from the former Royal Family and pulled all her connections from all over the world to fund the bid and the games. She was the one who persisted that the Chihiro bid wasn’t good enough. She made sure that no matter who made a bid for the August Games, Chihiro would come out on top and win. The Petrovar bid raised standards and I think that the Queen will be in her grave and there will still yet to be a bid to triumph the 2010 Chihiro Bid. There was also a lot of trouble and confusion during the planning of the games, but she overlooked everything and made sure everything was perfect. This night and the games will be a triumph for the queen.






Molimo vas da se zalažu za Himna Kraljevine Petrova.

S'il vous plaît se lever pour l'hymne national du Royaume de Petrova.

Please stand up for the national anthem of the Kingdom of Petrova.

Gizem: I don’t think there’s a single Petrovar in the stadium right now that isn’t teary eyed. This is such an emotional national anthem.






Andrei: When we come back from this short break, the magic continues with the athletic segment.

Sniff..Sniff That was the greatest opening ceremony I have ever seen! (tears of joy)

Absolutely stunning, you lived up to every expectation I had for the opening ceremony and more, and I had some high expectations based on your bid. Thank you for the awesome opening ceremony. I'm in awe.

Okay, Peter. I knew I was expecting something special tonight... but this just blew my mind. This opening ceremony is second to none! Fabulous job.

On a side note, how long did this take to make?

This was one of the greates opening ceremonies ever!

This was absolutely fantastic!

I think that the word "EPIC" is short for describing the opening ceremony you've made, Peter.

Truly epic, some of the best (maybe the best, don't know) SC4-related things I've seen in all my lifetime...

Wow...just wow...

The hype/waiting has been worth it!

Awsome, breath taking mabye can plan the real olympics

I've been watching this from my corner of the world with much anticipation.




To put it simply this display has put some of my faith back in the entity known as the simlympic games. Peter it is a shame that you have mentioned in your bid that Petrova will be no more after these games. You've done something few on this board, or many other places has been able to achieve and that's create a country with culture and a life force; you've created more than just nice eye candy.

This opening ceremony was by far the best because for the first time you used it as a canvas to show your country, your ideas... not just a loose conglomerate of pictures you could grab off of google from past olympic games. As an artist, I appreciate the effort and the mastery that went into these ceremonies and I hope you can deliver equally impressive displays in the sporting events and further restore some of my faith in the simlympics.

-Dljrfn2000

I will now return to my quite life playing SC4

Really no more Petrova
But its nice to see you back for once dljrfn2000

By the time I got through, maybe 25% of the first post, I was already simply going... damn This is the greatest spectacle i've ever seen online. The only way it could have been better was if one of those pics with the nations had central texas but that cannot detract from the fact that this was simply stunning.

It would have been cool to display each and every nation, but Peter really did tons of work...no time left!

He did an amazing job!

Thank you guys so much! You guys made this possible with your support, thats what kept me going and motivated to make this OC possible.

K50: Well most of the ideas in this OC I had back from 08, then when I won last month, that's when I actually worked on the ceremony. It took me about two weeks straight to do the entire OC

Dljrfn: Thank you so much for those kind words and I am really glad that you are back. Yes, I know I'm leaving SC after this (sometime this fall, most likely december, but maybe earlier than that), but I really have so much going on in my RL that I have to leave SC

Simsamerica: I'm sorry! I thought about doing every country, but I didn't have time, so I just randomly picked countries besides Petrova, Wales and Dimland


I hope that I won't dissapoint you guys in the next couple of days As for the closing ceremony, it will be less spectacular than the opening ceremony, but it will still be great...I hope. I don't even think I can top my own ceremony

Outstanding! Thank you for all of your hard work and for putting on a tremendously fabulous show!