The World Cup Discussion Thread (OOC, version III)

[Starblaydia]

I don't have impatience but what's up with the cut-off?

Yes, you are being impatient. Just relax, and ES will post when they're ready.

[Vaugania]

due to a family emergency, I am probably out of the loop until at least Sunday. Nothing too major for us, just some out of town baby sitting while my future daughter-in-law has emergency surgery for a detached retina. Everything is expected to go fine, just will take some time to heal.

Hopefully everything goes well. I'll say a prayer.

[Saintland]

I don't have impatience but what's up with the cut-off?

ES probably waited until after the cutoff to read at least some of the RPs. The only way you can post results as quickly as Cass did is if you read all of them prior to the cutoff. When I hosted the Beach Cup, I was still waiting until after cutoff to go back and read the RPs and it took around 45 minutes to get the results up. When I started waiting to cutoff until I had read and graded every RP (right after that point), that brought the time between cutoff and results down to a few minutes (except when I forget to set up xkoranate in advance, which adds an extra 5 minutes or so). If you don't see the host (or one of the host's puppets) in the browsing this forum list for a while before cutoff, expect either a delayed cutoff or a long wait between cutoff and results.

Either way, its better for a host to take as much time as necessary rather than rushing through it and awarding somebody the wrong bonus.

[Bears Armed]

Just saw this post elsewhere in the forum: viewtopic.php?f=12&t=276830...
Check the latest post (as of the time when I'm posting this) in the relevant RMB:
http://www.nationstates.net/region=the_q_continuum

[German American States]

due to a family emergency, I am probably out of the loop until at least Sunday. Nothing too major for us, just some out of town baby sitting while my future daughter-in-law has emergency surgery for a detached retina. Everything is expected to go fine, just will take some time to heal.

No seriously, I hope the surgery goes well. Best of luck!

[Vilita]

Just saw this post elsewhere in the forum: viewtopic.php?f=12&t=276830...
Check the latest post (as of the time when I'm posting this) in the relevant RMB:
http://www.nationstates.net/region=the_q_continuum

So much for the winner of World Cup 100...

[Saintland]

I just noticed while looking through the BoF entry list in the factbooks of NSWC Signups that Gregoryisgodistan is not listed, despite having competed in BoF 53 and despite the list being updated through BoF 53. Whenever the list is updated next, it may be a good idea to go back and look through BoF 53 to make sure every nation that competed at that BoF is included.

[Gregoryisgodistan]

I just noticed while looking through the BoF entry list in the factbooks of NSWC Signups that Gregoryisgodistan is not listed, despite having competed in BoF 53 and despite the list being updated through BoF 53. Whenever the list is updated next, it may be a good idea to go back and look through BoF 53 to make sure every nation that competed at that BoF is included.

I also said this when the list was first released, so I'm not trying to cheat you or anything.

[Maineiacs]

I hope this is the correct place to post this, but I'd like my team's style modifier changed to 0 for the remainder of the tournament.

[Qazox]

Just saw this post elsewhere in the forum: viewtopic.php?f=12&t=276830...
Check the latest post (as of the time when I'm posting this) in the relevant RMB:
http://www.nationstates.net/region=the_q_continuum

Yeah, I'm not leaving NS, just ditching my region. Anyone here want it?

[The Dark Star Republic]

Just saw this post elsewhere in the forum: viewtopic.php?f=12&t=276830...
Check the latest post (as of the time when I'm posting this) in the relevant RMB:
http://www.nationstates.net/region=the_q_continuum

Yeah, I'm not leaving NS, just ditching my region. Anyone here want it?

I hope it at least goes to a Star Trek nation :(

[Legalese]

Heads up info for later today (didn't have time to fully complete the post right now, so I'll wait to post it for at least a few hours):

Polls will open on a host vote and three proposals later today, which shall be as follows:

CoH 59 vote between the two bids currently posted. The deadline is passed for bid submission.

ES's Host Voting Amendment

ASMV's CoH Host Vote Amendment Proposal

In light of ASMV's proposal, and my feeling that a change in CoH hosting eligibility should be consistent with that of the other WCC tournaments, I propose the following:

THAT the WCC Constitution provision 2.2.2 shall be amended as follows:
"Any nation that has previously participated in a World Cup and is signed up for the current edition of the World Cup may bid to host the BoF."

Further, THAT the WCC Constitution provision 2.3.2 shall be amended as follows:
"Any nation that has previously participated in a World Cup, and participated in it's most recently completed edition, may bid to host the World Cup, except if the user has co-hosted the previous World Cup."

The Above Amendments shall only be enacted upon the approval of the WCC, as well as the concurrent approval of the ASMV-submitted Cup of Harmony Host Eligibility Amendment of Cycle 67.

As per the duties authorized to myself as the stand-in for PIS during his brief absence, I am elevating this proposal to the floor, and will be submitting it for a vote with the other proposals. Of course, it will only go through if the ASMV proposal is also accepted.

Either way, I'll be back tonight with the poll opening.

[Bears Armed]

"Any nation that has previously participated in a World Cup, and participated in it's most recently completed edition, may bid to host the World Cup, except if the user has co-hosted the previous World Cup."

Definitely "its", rather than "it's"... and I'd suggest "unless that nation's owner" rather than "except if the user has".

[HopNation]

I hope this is the correct place to post this, but I'd like my team's style modifier changed to 0 for the remainder of the tournament.

it will probably be seen here, but most likely it will get updated faster if you just RP it in.

[San Jose Guayabal]

I hope this is the correct place to post this, but I'd like my team's style modifier changed to 0 for the remainder of the tournament.

it will probably be seen here, but most likely it will get updated faster if you just RP it in.

Send a TG to the hosts is better than OOCly

[Legalese]

Definitely "its", rather than "it's"... and I'd suggest "unless that nation's owner" rather than "except if the user has".

Ah, thanks. That's what I get for typing quickly. The final version will reflect that grammatical correction.

As for the second change, note that I neglected to mention that the only portions that are amended from the original language are in bold. I don't disagree that your wording for that might be worth tidying up - though a question of schematics and not necessity - but I hesitate to propose a change precisely because of the nature of this proposal, as well as the circumstances of how it is being brought to a vote. While the President (or the VP acting as such) has the ability to bring something to the floor, I feel that the person making the decision to bypass the nomination process should have a damn good reason to do it, and limit the proposals they make to fit that strictly.

In short, if there was more time before the scheduled vote were to happen, and/or ASMV weren't pulled away by other duties (my best to you and the family, on that note), I'd be running this by him, and hoping it'd be included in a single vote. As it is not, and the time doesn't allow for this to come up otherwise, I'm taking the step of putting it forward with very limited circumstances - that is, requiring passage of the ASMV proposal in order for this (if passed) to take effect - and with a limited amendment - that is, to only change the same things the ASMV proposal changes, only applied to the tournaments not covered by his proposal. Since his version doesn't cover anything but adding a requirement that the CoH host bidders must come from the pool of current WC participants, I submit that the same should hold for the BoF and the WC bidders. Any other clauses can be dealt with at another time.

As for the vote, that'll be coming soon - have some time to finish the draft right now.

[Vettrera]

I found this to be funny...

[NSWC Signups]

The vote is up! The deadline for receiving votes shall be at approximately 9 PM Eastern Standard Time on Monday, December 30, 2013 (02:00 on 31 December 2013 UTC), though as explained in the handy-dandy link, I reserve the right to delay, should RL interfere (gotta love the holidays).

[New North Aqmuland]

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I found this to be funny...

Very funny. Glad I wasn't the only one who thought that.

[Taeshan]

I managed an impressive 10 goals today. Considering one of my teams is -5 modded...thats impressive

[Jeruselem]

Yes, still puzzled why Jeruselem and Jeru FC are +2 but have completely different goal scoring tendencies (Jeru FC concedes a lot of goals too)

[New Sideburn]

Åsløtten-Bëðerbørg så Cesky 11–3 The United Squiggles

Jesus christ.

[Taeshan]

Åsløtten-Bëðerbørg så Cesky 11–3 The United Squiggles

Jesus christ.

Yes My son?

[San Jose Guayabal]

Åsløtten-Bëðerbørg så Cesky 11–3 The United Squiggles

Jesus christ.

The reason is: Margaret

[Chiata]

1 Polar Islandstates 0-1 UR The Weegies

Has an unranked every beat a number one before?