World Cup LVII - Cafundéu and Sarzonia
Introduction
Cafundéu. Sarzonia.
Two nations linked together by one legendary figure.
Franz Braddock was the first-ever national team manager for Cafundéu's national team during World Cup 32. He guided the team to World Cup berths in each of its first two World Cup qualifying cycles before returning to manage his club team Petardos S/A.
He later returned to manage the Cafundelenses to three consecutive World Cup berths before retiring, citing burnout. Later, however, he cast about searching for a national team managerial gig, consistently getting turned down by other nations because of his age.
That was until Sarzonia were searching for a national team manager. The Stars had promoted their legendary player Brian Wilson from his position as manager to serve as chairman of the Incorporated Football Federation, Sarzonia's governing body for football. At the behest of his father, two-time Sarzonian national team manager Dave Wilson, Brian hired Braddock, bucking the trend.
Now, Braddock sees the links between his native land and his adopted country strengthened once more as Cafundéu and Sarzonia present a bid to host World Cup LVII.
Format
Format will largely depend on the number of sign ups by the time Cafundéu or I close sign ups, but if there is a similar number of sign ups to the current World Cup, we would foresee a very soft cap of 122 nations leading to a hard cap of 202 nations. In the former, the format would consist of 15 groups of eight nations, making a total of 14 matchdays for qualifying with the top two teams automatically advancing to the proper. In the latter, the format would be 20 groups of 10 teams each, totaling 18 matchdays. Group winners would automatically advance and runners up would play a one-off playoff match against other runners up for the right to qualify.
In the event a nation who otherwise would qualify for the proper ceases to exist and is not restored by 24 hours after scorination for the final group stage match, the team directly below them in the table would qualify in its stead.
Scorination
The tried and true NSFS 3.0.1 will be used to scorinate matches. Style modifiers ranging from -5 (ultra defensive/karelan) to +5 (ultra attacking/takilan) will be allowed and must be specified in the roster post prior to pre-qualifying friendlies. If they are NOT included, we will assume a style modifier of zero (balanced). Style modifiers may NOT be changed at any point during the competition. If Matchday 1 has already taken place and you have not yet posted your roster, you will be required to RP with a style modifier of zero.
Roleplay Bonus
Without revealing the specific details of exactly how we plan to award bonus, both prospective hosts have decided upon a method that we believe will encourage nations of all levels to participate actively during qualifying and the proper. Nations who post a roster will receive a baseline RP bonus that will be maintained throughout the competition. The RP bonus would be updated for each matchday, with all RPs posted between one cutoff and another being considered as one for bonus purposes. It'll have a max daily value added to the KPB bonus which would consider the originality and quality of the RP. The bonus for each matchday will get smaller over time, in order to reward frequency: a player who RPs consistently will be able to stay with the highest bonus available, while another who stops RPing will see its bonus reduced over time.
Experience
The player behind Cafundéu has had extensive experience hosting WCC-sanctioned tournaments.
The first competition hosted by Cafundéu was Women's World Cup 8, but the country quickly became a natural destination for important competitions. Just two cycles after participating in their first World Cup campaign, which was a success with the qualification at the first attempt in World Cup 32, Cafundéu hosted the Baptism of Fire, and two cycles after that their first World Cup in home soil, together with Commerce Heights. After another two BoFs, two CoHs, other three World Cups besides WC36 and one Winter Olympics, the second toughest event to host in the world of international sports, Cafundéu proved that it is an outstanding host country for international competitions.
So far, the list of competitions hosted by Cafundéu includes: Women's World Cup 8, Baptism of Fire 21 (prior to World Cup 34), Baptism of Fire 30 (prior to World Cup 43), Baptism of Fire 37 (prior to World Cup 50 - with The Macabees); Cup of Harmony 31 (with Daehanjeiguk), Cup of Harmony 36 (with Dancougar); World Cup 36 (with Commerce Heights), World Cup 42 (with Septentrionia), World Cup 48 (with Bazalonia), World Cup 52 (with Nethertopia); and the 5th Winter Olympics.
The player behind Sarzonia has had fairly extensive hosting experience, the bulk of which came in his "second" tenure in NationStates. Prior to the first period of introversion, known in Sarzonia as Isolation (OOC: Prior to when I "left" NS in 2006/2007), Sarzonia had a modest resume as a host of multinational sporting events. It served as founding nation and host of the AO Bowl, an international gridball competition for nations in Atlantian Oceania. It also co-hosted two editions of the Basketball World Cup, the predecessor tournament to the International Basketball Championships. Sarzonia also co-hosted the inaugural Futsal World Championships with The Macabees and substituted as scorinator for a Cherry Cup match.
More recently, Sarzonia also hosted World Bowl XIV, which had an unprecedented 72 nations compete. It also served as junior co-host of Cup of Harmony 45 with Rejistania and as senior co-host of Cup of Harmony 47 with Saugeais. Sarzonia has also hosted the seventh Handball World Championships, marking the first time in several attempts that a handball tournament actually concluded with a gold medal match. Sarzonia also hosted four editions of the World Lacrosse Championships and three editions of the NS Arena Bowl and its predecessor tournament the Sarzonian Indoor Gridball Cup. It also hosted the inaugural World Softball Classic, is currently hosting the second edition of that competition, and hosted an edition of the Baptism of Iron. It bid unsuccessfully for Baptism of Fire XL and World Cup LVI.
The player behind Sarzonia has used multiple scorinators during his tenure as a host. He used Excel-based scorinators for each edition of the World Lacrosse Championships and the NS Arena Bowl and different Excel-based scorinators for his edition of the AO Bowl and the Baptism of Iron. He also used Leagion during Cup of Harmony XLV and NSFS 3.0.1 for the World Softball Classic and World Bowl XIV. Sarzonia has further demonstrated its commitment to the NS Sports community by serving on the World Baseball Classic Council and the World Bowl committee.
Scorination for Sarzonia will take place between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. Eastern time. Cafundéu initially plans to scorinate at around 1 a.m. GMT.
