World Baseball Classic Discussion Thread

[Super-Llamaland]

TIGERS: SS Fiers, 1B Polanco, 3B Walker, LF Patrick, C Trabajen, RF Duffy, CF Pierce, 2B Colham, P Hogan

The comeback begins!

[Skeckoa]

Skeckoa making a long awaited return to the Classic. Last time we were here, we won none other than Super-Llamaland in a confusing tie-breaker scenario.

Back with a freaking vengeance.

[Frenline Delpha]

This is only my second year, but the dreams are big.

[Saintland]

The thread for WBC 34 is now up and the groups are drawn.

[Frenline Delpha]

Important Laws

While there are sumptuary laws on the books, most of them will not be enforced upon visitors who are here for the Baptism of Fire. However, women will be required to wear a head covering while in public. Exceptions will be made for athletes, during games, should the head covering interfere with their ability to compete to the best of their ability. Visitors who are not following the sumptuary laws should keep their IDs with them at all times and be ready to show them to any soldier or police officer upon request. This exemption will apply to nationals from nations that are participating in the World Baseball Classic and will remain in effect until up to 72 hours after the final game of the WBC. Any foreign nationals that remain in Saintland 3 days after the conclusion of the WBC will automatically obtain visitor status, with their 90 day clock to either apply for foreign resident status, apply for immigrant status or leave starting retroactively at the moment they arrived in Saintland.

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[Super-Llamaland]

Skeckoa making a long awaited return to the Classic. Last time we were here, we won none other than Super-Llamaland in a confusing tie-breaker scenario.

Back with a freaking vengeance.

GO AWAY PLEASE :c /s

Great to see you back!

[Frenline Delpha]

Hold on... after reading Greg's RP, I am now confused. Will the group games be at Saintland, or will they be held at the home stadium of the home team?

[Kaboomlandia]

Excited to see how the new scorination formula will work.

[Gregoryisgodistan]

Hold on... after reading Greg's RP, I am now confused. Will the group games be at Saintland, or will they be held at the home stadium of the home team?

Whatever Saintland said. I just copy/pasted, which is common for rosters.

[Frenline Delpha]

Hold on... after reading Greg's RP, I am now confused. Will the group games be at Saintland, or will they be held at the home stadium of the home team?

Whatever Saintland said. I just copy/pasted, which is common for rosters.

The problem is, Saintland was a little ambiguous about that. He never mentioned what events the stdiums would be hosting. From my memory, that is usually included. However, that is not the main reason I am confused.

The format for this WBC will be 7 groups of 6, with each team playing a total of 30 games against their groupmates (a 3 game home series and a 3 game away series against each opponent). The top 2 teams in each group's final standings will advance to the Opening Round of 16, along with 2 wild cards chosen from among the teams that finished third. Should any teams finish the group stage tied and should the question of advancement be at stake, the tied teams will compete in tiebreaker playoffs to determine who advances to the playoffs. The tiebreaker format is described in more detail in the host bid.

He never mentions wether the group stage will be held at Saintland, or at the home stadium of said home team. If he could clarify tis when he gets on, I'd appreciate that. The thing that makes me think the latter is when he says Opening Round of Sixteen. That makes me think that the group play will be hosted at a non-nuetral location.
Also, for future refernce, I personally find it pointless to put your home stadium in a roster unless it has a significant reason, such as games being played there, to be placed there. However, that is just my opinion. I do not force anyone to believe what I believe, I will just state my opinions. Thank you for reading this semi-tangent.

[Saintland]

Important Laws

While there are sumptuary laws on the books, most of them will not be enforced upon visitors who are here for the Baptism of Fire. However, women will be required to wear a head covering while in public. Exceptions will be made for athletes, during games, should the head covering interfere with their ability to compete to the best of their ability. Visitors who are not following the sumptuary laws should keep their IDs with them at all times and be ready to show them to any soldier or police officer upon request. This exemption will apply to nationals from nations that are participating in the World Baseball Classic and will remain in effect until up to 72 hours after the final game of the WBC. Any foreign nationals that remain in Saintland 3 days after the conclusion of the WBC will automatically obtain visitor status, with their 90 day clock to either apply for foreign resident status, apply for immigrant status or leave starting retroactively at the moment they arrived in Saintland.

Your copy and paste is showing.

Indeed, this is an error, which has been corrected.

Hold on... after reading Greg's RP, I am now confused. Will the group games be at Saintland, or will they be held at the home stadium of the home team?

As is the norm in the WBC (and in double round-robin tournaments), the group stage is home-and-away. Only the playoffs will be held in the host nation.

Whatever Saintland said. I just copy/pasted, which is common for rosters.

The problem is, Saintland was a little ambiguous about that. He never mentioned what events the stdiums would be hosting. From my memory, that is usually included. However, that is not the main reason I am confused.

The format for this WBC will be 7 groups of 6, with each team playing a total of 30 games against their groupmates (a 3 game home series and a 3 game away series against each opponent). The top 2 teams in each group's final standings will advance to the Opening Round of 16, along with 2 wild cards chosen from among the teams that finished third. Should any teams finish the group stage tied and should the question of advancement be at stake, the tied teams will compete in tiebreaker playoffs to determine who advances to the playoffs. The tiebreaker format is described in more detail in the host bid.

He never mentions wether the group stage will be held at Saintland, or at the home stadium of said home team. If he could clarify tis when he gets on, I'd appreciate that. The thing that makes me think the latter is when he says Opening Round of Sixteen. That makes me think that the group play will be hosted at a non-nuetral location.
Also, for future refernce, I personally find it pointless to put your home stadium in a roster unless it has a significant reason, such as games being played there, to be placed there. However, that is just my opinion. I do not force anyone to believe what I believe, I will just state my opinions. Thank you for reading this semi-tangent.

The format for this WBC will be 7 groups of 6, with each team playing a total of 30 games against their groupmates (a 3 game home series and a 3 game away series against each opponent). The top 2 teams in each group's final standings will advance to the Opening Round of 16, along with 2 wild cards chosen from among the teams that finished third. Should any teams finish the group stage tied and should the question of advancement be at stake, the tied teams will compete in tiebreaker playoffs to determine who advances to the playoffs. The tiebreaker format is described in more detail in the host bid.

Emphasis mine.

[Frenline Delpha]

Your copy and paste is showing.

Indeed, this is an error, which has been corrected.

Hold on... after reading Greg's RP, I am now confused. Will the group games be at Saintland, or will they be held at the home stadium of the home team?

As is the norm in the WBC (and in double round-robin tournaments), the group stage is home-and-away. Only the playoffs will be held in the host nation.

The problem is, Saintland was a little ambiguous about that. He never mentioned what events the stdiums would be hosting. From my memory, that is usually included. However, that is not the main reason I am confused.

He never mentions wether the group stage will be held at Saintland, or at the home stadium of said home team. If he could clarify tis when he gets on, I'd appreciate that. The thing that makes me think the latter is when he says Opening Round of Sixteen. That makes me think that the group play will be hosted at a non-nuetral location.
Also, for future refernce, I personally find it pointless to put your home stadium in a roster unless it has a significant reason, such as games being played there, to be placed there. However, that is just my opinion. I do not force anyone to believe what I believe, I will just state my opinions. Thank you for reading this semi-tangent.

The format for this WBC will be 7 groups of 6, with each team playing a total of 30 games against their groupmates (a 3 game home series and a 3 game away series against each opponent). The top 2 teams in each group's final standings will advance to the Opening Round of 16, along with 2 wild cards chosen from among the teams that finished third. Should any teams finish the group stage tied and should the question of advancement be at stake, the tied teams will compete in tiebreaker playoffs to determine who advances to the playoffs. The tiebreaker format is described in more detail in the host bid.

Emphasis mine.

Okay. Thanks for clearing that up. Looks like I am adding another spoiler to my roster.

[Frenline Delpha]

Also, I have another question for the host:
Is it fine with you if, for each series, I only RP the last game with reference to the first two. The way I plan to RP will be too time consuming if I RP three games.
Thanks.

[Saintland]

Also, I have another question for the host:
Is it fine with you if, for each series, I only RP the last game with reference to the first two. The way I plan to RP will be too time consuming if I RP three games.
Thanks.

Yes. It isn't the place of a host to tell you how to RP. Any RP that follows site rules and doesn't violate somebody's RP permissions is fine.

[New Wolfopolis]

Shoot! Did I really miss the beginning and end of WBC sign-ups in my three-week absence?

*sigh* next time, I guess

[Super-Llamaland]

Wikistates is dead, so please help and fill in the rest of this

WBC26: New Montreal States - Sicoutimont - Zwangzug (Cassadaigua)
WBC27: Strawbee - Maklohi Vai - Milchama (Maklohi Vai/Saintland)
WBC28: Super-Llamaland - Sangti - Nova Anglicana (Vaugania)
WBC29: The Royal Barangay - Super-Llamaland - Cassadaigua (Equestrian States)
WBC30: Super-Llamaland - Jeckland - N/A (New Wolfopolis/Super-Llamaland)
WBC31: Super-Llamaland - Jeckland - Karditan (Imota/Nova Anglicana)
WBC32: Patistan-Gregoryisgodistan-Nova Anglicana (Jeckland/The Northern Union/Patistan)
WBC33: Schlitzberg-Maklohi Vai-United States of Devonta (Gregoryisgodistan)

[Maklohi Vai]

I don't know if you were looking for this in particular, but there was no third place game held for WBC 30, as can be seen here: viewtopic.php?p=20473528#p20473528

[Newmanistan]

Wikistates is dead, so please help and fill in the rest of this

WBC26: New Montreal States - Sicoutimont - Zwangzug (Cassadaigua)
WBC27: Strawbee - Maklohi Vai - Milchama (Maklohi Vai/Saintland)
WBC28: Super-Llamaland - Sangti - Nova Anglicana (Vaugania)
WBC29: The Royal Barangay - Super-Llamaland - Cassadaigua (Equestrian States)
WBC30: Super-Llamaland - Jeckland - N/A (New Wolfopolis/Super-Llamaland)
WBC31: Super-Llamaland - Jeckland - Karditan (Imota/Nova Anglicana)
WBC32: Patistan-Gregoryisgodistan-Nova Anglicana (Jeckland/The Northern Union/Patistan)
WBC33: Schlitzberg-Maklohi Vai-United States of Devonta (Gregoryisgodistan)

It's not chronological, but an order of 1-25 can be found here. I believe in this thread Qazox also referenced each tournament at times to be able to re-create the complete list.

Still no one else at four yet I see!

[Maklohi Vai]

Wikistates is dead, so please help and fill in the rest of this

WBC26: New Montreal States - Sicoutimont - Zwangzug (Cassadaigua)
WBC27: Strawbee - Maklohi Vai - Milchama (Maklohi Vai/Saintland)
WBC28: Super-Llamaland - Sangti - Nova Anglicana (Vaugania)
WBC29: The Royal Barangay - Super-Llamaland - Cassadaigua (Equestrian States)
WBC30: Super-Llamaland - Jeckland - N/A (New Wolfopolis/Super-Llamaland)
WBC31: Super-Llamaland - Jeckland - Karditan (Imota/Nova Anglicana)
WBC32: Patistan-Gregoryisgodistan-Nova Anglicana (Jeckland/The Northern Union/Patistan)
WBC33: Schlitzberg-Maklohi Vai-United States of Devonta (Gregoryisgodistan)

It's not chronological, but an order of 1-25 can be found here. I believe in this thread Qazox also referenced each tournament at times to be able to re-create the complete list.

Still no one else at four yet I see!

Just when we need someone with a good memory and lots of experience! Good to see you again.

[Newmanistan]

It's not chronological, but an order of 1-25 can be found here. I believe in this thread Qazox also referenced each tournament at times to be able to re-create the complete list.

Still no one else at four yet I see!

Just when we need someone with a good memory and lots of experience! Good to see you again.

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My pleasure. Every now and then I lurk the forum still to see what goes on, but am far too busy now to ever participate again. Great to see this tournament still in great hands.

[Maklohi Vai]

Just when we need someone with a good memory and lots of experience! Good to see you again.

''

My pleasure. Every now and then I lurk the forum still to see what goes on, but am far too busy now to ever participate again. Great to see this tournament still in great hands.

Yeah, we've had our ups and downs, but we're still going strong.

[Frenline Delpha]

Holy shit. Those acores are unbelieveable, as in I can't believe the scorinator goes that high for baseball. 16 runs!!! My god.

[Super-Llamaland]

relevant

[Frenline Delpha]

relevant

My jaw dropped.

[Super-Llamaland]

Super-Llamaland                    0 10 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 14
Ack Barnes                         0  3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  3

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