International Basketball OOC Thread

[Electrum]

ATTN: IBO members, you have 4.5 days to send me those votes for the host vote, and the constitutional vote.

[Electrum]

International Basketball Organization (IBO) Constitution

Article I: IBO Eligibility

Section 1: To be a member of the IBO, a nation must have posted a roster and at least 1 RP in each of the previous 2 IBCs.

Section 2: Nations which do not post a roster for 2 consecutive IBCs will lose their membership.

Section 3: Any previous hosts of the IBC are automatically members of the IBO, so long as they successfully hosted the tournament to its conclusion and posted a roster in the most recently completed edition of the IBC.

Article II: Rights and Responsibilities of the Membership

Section 1: The IBO membership shall be the voters for the next Host of the IBC and shall choose from among the available bids and the option to reopen host bids.

Section 2: The IBO shall be the determining body for changes, (ie: repealing, amending or introduction of new rules), to the IBO Constitution. A two-thirds majority shall be needed to amend or repeal any part of the Constitution, but a simple majority vote shall be sufficient for introduction of new rules to the Constitution.

Section 3: The IBO membership is responsible for maintaining the integrity of the IBC and for advertising of the same.

Section 4: Only 1 IBO member nation may be controlled by the same user at any given time. Membership may be transferred, at any time, to another nation controlled by the same user.

Section 5: The IBO membership shall be held to any subsequent rights and/or responsibilities that are created henceforth into the IBO Constitution.

Article III: President of the IBO

Section 1: The IBO will be headed by a president who will be elected by the membership, using the same election procedures as outlined in Article V.

Section 2: The president will be elected after every third International Basketball Championship, and will serve terms of three IBCs.

Section 3: Any IBO member may nominate any other IBO member for the Presidency. All members who are nominated for President will be placed before the IBO as candidates for the Presidency unless they state that they do not wish to serve as President.

Section 4: The president's duties are the following: opening the sign-up thread; opening and collecting host voting; opening and collecting constitutional proposal voting; keeping the membership list updated; and making any other arbitrary decisions which are not fit to be decided by the organization as a whole.

Section 5: The president must appoint a vice-president to serve in his/her absence. If the president goes missing for an extended period of time, or ceases to exist, the vice-president has the right to step up and serve as the president pro tempore.

Section 6: The president may be impeached under the procedures of Article IV. If the president is impeached and removed from the IBO, the vice-president becomes the new president.

Article IV: Impeachment Procedures

Section 1: In order to initiate impeachment and/or removal from office proceedings against a current member of the International Basketball Organization, another member in good standing must motion for impeachment. If a different member seconds the motion, the member is considered impeached.

Section 2: In the event that an IBO member is impeached, the full membership shall have one RL week to discuss whether or not to remove the impeached member. During that period, the impeached member is still considered a full voting member of the IBO on any items other than those involving the impeachment proceedings.

Section 3: The IBO president shall initiate the removal vote, which shall only take place in the event two thirds of votes cast are in favour of removal from office. If the president is the one being impeached, the vice-president shall serve the same role as the president for the purposes of this section.

Section 4: In the event that two third of votes cast are in favor of removal from office, the IBO member shall be removed from the IBO with immediate effect for a period of two International Basketball Championships. At the end of the two International Basketball Championship period, the member may petition to rejoin the IBO and initiate a plan to address any concerns outlined in the impeachment proceedings.

Section 5: Any IBO member removed due to impeachment proceedings must be nominated to rejoin the IBO and must be formally seconded. If that occurs, the IBO may vote on readmission. If a simple majority of votes cast are in favor of readmission, the impeached member shall rejoin the IBO with immediate effect.

Article V: Voting Procedures

Section 1: For an IBO vote to be considered valid, a motion must have a simple majority of votes cast.

Section 2: Any measure that receives the votes of one more than half the active IBO membership shall be automatically approved.

Article VI: Rankings

Section 1: All editions of the IBC must use the latest version of the World Basketball Rankings.

Section 2: The World Basketball Rankings shall be maintained by a ranking keeper approved by the president.

Section 3: No tournaments other than official editions of the IBC shall count toward the World Basketball Rankings.

Section 4: The ranking formula for the World Basketball Rankings shall be as follows:
Clause a. The base formula for the rankings for every round of the IBC will be (wins+1) divided by games played and multiplied by a multiplier
Clause b. The multiplier shall be identical to the number of the round.
Clause c. Teams that receive a bye through a given round shall be credited with 1 win and 1 game played for that round.
Clause d. A team's total ranking shall be made up of 4 components. Those are: A) their previous ranking multiplied by 0.33; B) the total of their ranking points for all rounds from the most recent IBC; C) half of the total of their ranking points for all rounds from the second most recent IBC; D) a quarter of the total of their ranking points for all rounds from the third most recent IBC
Clause e. All nations whose total ranking is less than that of the lowest ranked nation that competed in any of the last 3 IBCs shall be removed from the rankings.

Article VII: Miscellaneous Procedures

Section 1: When creating the signup thread, the thread creator is to provide (at minimum) a link to the winning bid of the last International Basketball Championship and set a definitive deadline for when host bids must be received by.

[Kaboomlandia]

What are the matchday fixtures (who's playing who)?

[Chromatika]

What are the matchday fixtures (who's playing who)?

Looks like Ceni put it into the schedule.

[Frenline Delpha]

Trying a new thing for this IBC. I'd appreciate constructive criticism on it if any of you feel like it.

[Saint Kanye]

Tell me about it, man.

Also I'm in a creative mood again, so teams without duds, hear me out (TG).

[Frenline Delpha]

Tell me about it, man.

Also I'm in a creative mood again, so teams without duds, hear me out (TG).

It's my nations Top 10 Most Wanted criminals. Each RP will have a different person, going backwards from 10-1.

[Saint Kanye]

No offense, but how does that relate to IBC 20 or hoops in general?

[Frenline Delpha]

No offense, but how does that relate to IBC 20 or hoops in general?

It doesn't...

And your point?

[Saint Kanye]

Then it won't really count as RPing the IBC 20.

[Frenline Delpha]

Then it won't really count as RPing the IBC 20.

That's for the host to decide. You are in no position to say that.

[Saint Kanye]

Fine. But I gotta bad feeling about that. (I'm not in no position to express my feelings though)

[Kirisaki]

Then it won't really count as RPing the IBC 20.

When all's said and done, whether it 'counts' as roleplaying for the IBC or not doesn't really matter - winning is nice, sure, but the key is to have fun while you're writing. As long as Frenline enjoys writing his series, there's no reason why he can't post it in the IBC thread.

If you're talking in terms of hosting, I've never known a host to consciously discriminate against roleplay posts that aren't immediately relevant to the tournament at hand when grading.

[Ethane]

If you had to rp the sport in hand, then I'm pretty sure that many people would be put off.

I certainly would be put off many of the sports, as I don't know much about some sports.

I've seen rp's about loads of things before, Schiltzberg writes poems for baseball for example. I don't see what is wrong with not sticking to the topic in hand.

[Vangaziland]

Yeah, off topic RPs happen. It's part of the norm. I see St. Kanye's angle and understand his point. The precedent is there in past tournaments that off topic RPs are acceptable.

I veer off topic every once and awhile. Every post doesn't have to be a game review. There is so much room for other topics. Like sometimes I'll dig into a player's background or get their opinion on something. The free form nature of these sports RPs makes them a lot more interesting.

[Valanora]

As a veteran host and member of the community, I will say that off topic RPs are completely within the norm and a way to allow those who want to participate but do not necessarily understand the rules or culture of the sports they are competing in a way to participate. I can not speak for all hosts but when I grade an RP that is not "on topic", I do not penalize it any way but I still apply the standards I would to those that are on topic. Some of the best RP arcs and posts in this forum have been off topic, so do not be afraid to dabble in them, for they are sometimes in fact more difficult but ultimately more rewarding, from a storytelling perspective, way to approach competitions and the participation in them.

[Frenline Delpha]

Number ten is now up:
viewtopic.php?p=28706452#p28706452

[Abanhfleft]

If anyone is interested, I will be continuing my long-running RP series No Place for Heroes in the current IBC.

[Ethane]

If anyone is interested, I will be continuing my long-running RP series No Place for Heroes in the current IBC.

*rubs hands in anticipation*

[Abaja]

If anyone is interested, I will be continuing my long-running RP series No Place for Heroes in the current IBC.

I'm interested!

[Saint Kanye]

I posted something off-topic in IBC 20 too: my country's involvement in 7ball.

[Drawkland]

I posted something off-topic in IBC 20 too: my country's involvement in 7ball.

7!

[Saint Kanye]

No, man, that's 5040.

[Abanhfleft]

If anyone is interested, I will be continuing my long-running RP series No Place for Heroes in the current IBC.

And here is said continuation of the story.

[Abaja]

Abaja 79-80 Ceni

Ouch...