International Basketball OOC Thread

[Ethane]

Oh come on... 1 point between me and Saintland. That is just cruel.

[Saint Kanye]

Americans are Yankees, now Kanyeans are Yeezies. Thanks for the new nickname, Abanhfleft.

[Abanhfleft]

Americans are Yankees, now Kanyeans are Yeezies. Thanks for the new nickname, Abanhfleft.

Um, I don't know how to react to this. Is this a compliment or not? I mean, I just worked with the material I've got.

Saint Kanye = Kanye West = Yeezus = Yeezies?

[Saint Kanye]

That was a compliment, man.

[Abanhfleft]

But seriously, all I had expected from my farewell post was some very loud boos and trash being thrown, not a full-scale riot! To everyone involved (Quebec, Kanye, Ceni), sorry that I got you involved in all this!

Now I'm tempted to add to my farewell post. At least I know what I'll do for IBC 21 now...

[Saint Kanye]

What if you won? I can't imagine The Sixth Man and The Bubonic Plague rioting against each other after your series, not alongside.

[Abanhfleft]

What if you won? I can't imagine The Sixth Man and The Bubonic Plague rioting against each other after your series, not alongside.

Who knows? There are some IC hard feelings between Abanhfleft and Quebec, but that's mostly confined in ice hockey, but fan violence in Abanhfleft does spill over between sports, you know...

[Ceni]

Please, guys, take it easy with my nation. I don't want fan wars tearing up the country...

[Saint Kanye]

Fleft: And yet your two nations didn't clash now, since they realized "the enemy of the enemy is our friend"?

By the way, that burning Kanyean flag is a li'l off, it shows a B and not a K, since the shutters' ends weren't cut off. But hey, protesters don't have lots of time to check, right?

Ceni: Dude, I'm just caught in it!

[Abanhfleft]

Kanye: I only had some time to make it look like people were burning a Saint Kanye flag. And I envy your photo manipulation skills, let me tell you that.

Ceni: All I honestly thought was going to happen was what I mentioned earlier, loud boos and some trash being thrown at the court. I think it was Quebec's idea to escalate it. And the Grim Reapers bought the Sixth Man's conspiracy theory! Let it be said that only they and not the rest of my country believe that.

[Saint Kanye]

I taught myself Photoshop for years. Well I envy how you write fiction.

Expect the Plague to eat that up, they'll take anything from anyone if it makes their opponents look bad.

[Abanhfleft]

Oh, Photoshop. Now I'm really envious. The best I can do is MS Paint at the moment.

Looks like I will be posting a part two for my "farewell post". Might take me some time, but I can do it.

[Saint Kanye]

I'll be waiting, man. Btw if you want, you can search Photoshop tutorials online.

[Frenline Delpha]

I'll be waiting, man. Btw if you want, you can search Photoshop tutorials online.

I think the main problem is its cost. Photoshop does cost money, right?

[Saint Kanye]

To be honest, not always.

[Frenline Delpha]

To be honest, not always.

Cheeky wink?

[Saint Kanye]

Or there's the free alternative, GIMP.

[Electrum]

Keep your discussion to telegrams if it's not relevant to basketball.

- IBO President

[Saint Kanye]

Sorry, chief.

So I found some similarities between the IBC 20 and NBA Final Four. We, the St. Kanye Surge, are the Thunder, because electricity-themed nickname. Quebec is the Raptors, because Canada. Ko-oren is Golden State because they're #1 (and Quebec, the top seed, is already the Raptors). I think that's it, Banguela and the Cavs are left, but I just can't connect the two.

[The Royal Kingdom of Quebec]

For those knowing me, I don't do rioting more than once per tournament. Won't be happening for rest of the tournament, because believe it or not- The Bubonic Plague headquarters itself condemns it :

Ceni: All I honestly thought was going to happen was what I mentioned earlier, loud boos and some trash being thrown at the court. I think it was Quebec's idea to escalate it. And the Grim Reapers bought the Sixth Man's conspiracy theory! Let it be said that only they and not the rest of my country believe that.

There is a reason why Grim Reapers are known as the one of the most, if not the most, violent supporters' group in Multiverse

With game results, I've based the game results and fouls off what I've seen in Raptors-Cavaliers series mostly.

We all know how shitty the quality of NBA reffing is, right? Phantom calls, LeBron getting away with almost anything, etc....supporters won't execute referees unless the referee quality is that bad. Calls were somewhat reasonable in Indiana and Miami series but boy, the level of refereeing at NBA nowadays is just bad.

What if you won? I can't imagine The Sixth Man and The Bubonic Plague rioting against each other after your series, not alongside.

Considering how fun it was between Drawkian and Quebecois fans in Round of Sixteen, that's theoretically possible The Bubonic Plague would love some challenge, especially if it's against a fanbase as driven as Abanhfleft's.

Sorry, chief.

So I found some similarities between the IBC 20 and NBA Final Four. We, the St. Kanye Surge, are the Thunder, because electricity-themed nickname. Quebec is the Raptors, because Canada. Ko-oren is Golden State because they're #1 (and Quebec, the top seed, is already the Raptors). I think that's it, Banguela and the Cavs are left, but I just can't connect the two.

Why assume that my team be based off Raptors? I didn't say my IC nation is that similar to the one I live IRL......nor the Grim Reapers similar to Raptors. If we really compare with RL NBA, shouldn't it be Golden State given their top seed / obliteration of first two opponents? The importance of centres in 4 remaining teams would really be more or less equal as well.

Note: Raptors aren't the top seeds in current conference finals. If we're talking about East that'd be Cleveland Cavaliers. If we're talking about the league, that'd be Golden State. Order of wins-losses would be : GSW-CLE-TOR-OKC.

[Banguela]

I'll take it as a compliment to join the best three of the tournament at this stage - but the Bangers are the Cavs? Nah...

Sorry I can't throw in one last RP effort, enjoyed it so far. For future reference, Joao Vicente missed the first game against Ko-oren but is now up for a last stand...

Edit: best three - well, throw in Abanhfleft there as well.

[Banguela]

And that's the end of that for Os Bestas, the dream had to end somewhere. Thanks a lot to Ceni for the tournament and good luck to all three remaining!

[Saint Kanye]

There's no third-place series like last season?

[Ceni]

There's no third-place series like last season?

My bid states there will be a third place bid, which will be held concurrently with the finals series (on account of me not having time to extend the schedule by three days because I'm going on vacation).

[The Royal Kingdom of Quebec]

For those wondering how the hell did nobody die or get converted into dalek puppets or daleks during the match, let's just say that marijuana ticket and high potency of the potion disabled their abilities to kill or injure severely