The Beach Cup Discussion Thread (V. II)

[Free South Califas]

Wow! I only just got a chance to check all the knockout scores on my phone. I was elated to see Escovedo had finally brought the team to near its full potential. I would have RPed more, but I've been moving and don't have direct internet access in the new place yet. Thanks for a fun tournament, all and congratulations to Filopines!

Anyways to go on brighter things, congrats Free South Califas for beating me. To be honest, its a bit of a relief. I would of felt embarrassed if I was to win with having no roster uploaded and not a single rp. Unfortunately I just haven't been able to be a part of NS. And it shows for the Cup of Harmony as well. But hey what can you do? RL > NS.

Thanks WC however, it is an honor, not a right, to catch a top team in a vulnerable moment. There is no shame in advancing in rank. Quite the opposite: you went that far because of your quality RPs in earlier tournaments.

[Eastfield Lodge]

I find it quite funny how I'm fourth in the rankings, but only ever posted a roster in my very first Beach Cup (BC2).

[Lukquarel]

Hey, we're 31st!

[Free South Califas]

I find it quite funny how I'm fourth in the rankings, but only ever posted a roster in my very first Beach Cup (BC2).

Stop helping, everyone knows your teams are weird

[Mangolana]

So maybe we can get the next edition sign-ups going when the World Cup qualifiers are half way over, or what do you guys think.

[Darmen]

So maybe we can get the next edition sign-ups going when the World Cup qualifiers are half way over, or what do you guys think.

Sounds good.

[Filopines]

Where can you find the new rankings?

[Mangolana]

I dont think they were done yet, Ill ask NWG if they can update them, or ill try and do it this week

[Mangolana]

Here we go, the updated beach cup rankings. Check please and make sure their are no mistakes, and now I believe we are all clear to return to beach cup action.

Post Beach Cup 8 Rankings(BC5-8)
Western Cuba  7.88
Eastfield Lodge  4.84
Darmen  4.49
Mangolana  4.15
Carmadin  3.51
Hossaim  3.4
Mapletish  2.96
Homelands our  2.95
West Guiana  2.75
Luziyca  2.43
Ko-oren  2.33
The Andromeda Islands  2.25
Filopines  2.00 
Free South Califas  1.75
Civil Citizenry  1.55
United Gran Chapo  1.5
Lukquarel  1.5
Bergnovinaia  1.41
Sarrbia  1.39
Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuk  1.32
Thatius  1.29
Grandterre  1.25
Sicoutimont  1.25
Soviet Canuckistan  1.25
Aqusul  1.25 
Bloodbath Generation  1.18
The Icemark  1.11
Shadowbourne  1.00
Vettrera  .91
Kazzoria  .91
Alekoslav  .85
Altimarus  .82
Vulshain  .82
Schmeigelland  .75
Cakistan  .68
Syvorji  .67
Megadia  .64
St. Rosa  .6
Ipeland  .54
Mashiki  .5
Boring Paradise  .5
Hakkland  .5    
Northern Sunrise Islands  .5
VANTELIRA  .5
Exrasus  .5
Camwood  .5
Malta and Gozo  .42
Arsenolia  .42
Warova  .42
UK of the Southwest  .4
Trimoriia  .4       
Polkopia  .4
Qaddafistan  .4 
Prince Bartholomew Islands  .35
Delaclava  .35
Carasatoga  .35   
4 Riech  .33      
Kerblaekistan  .33
Gallund  .33       
New Silbodale  .3
Ezikster  .3
Earo  .3
Malakula  .28
Chuckio  .28
Zoobians  .28
Slembana  .25
Gaveo  .25
Russian people of America  .25
Lunar Republic Islands  .25
Subramani  .25
Equestrian States  .25
The Royal Kingdom of Quebec  .25
United Nations of Slavia  .25
Kriegiersien  .25
Krumbia  .21
Sambela  .2
Boyznichov  .16      
Deep Fried Pickles  .16     
Demersvien  .14
Saintland  .1

[Mangolana]

The ninth Beach Cup Sign-ups are officially open

[Mangolana]

Updated Beach Cup NSWiki

http://www.nswiki.net/index.php?title=Beach_Cup

[Carasatoga]

Looking forward to a hard-fought Beach Cup. Good luck, Saintland!

[Luziyca]

Looking forward to a hard-fought Beach Cup. Good luck, Saintland!

Same. I for one, am looking forward to this one. I may even improve.

[Taijan]

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=250476&start=50
*whistles* Take a look at that, and tell me Saintland didn't have a good reason to hold off on the IC thread. 472 athletes and 3 associations is a lot.

You, uh, you have to scroll down to see Saintland's delegation

[Saintland]

http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=250476&start=50
*whistles* Take a look at that, and tell me Saintland didn't have a good reason to hold off on the IC thread. 472 athletes and 3 associations is a lot.

You, uh, you have to scroll down to see Saintland's delegation

And I also had to create a character list factbook to make sure I wasn't using the same name twice and create name lists for my other 2 associations. I've been working on it off-and-on since Olympic signups opened. The difficult part was coming up with the names, especially since I didn't have a previous signup to start with. The skill modifiers, which took most of my afternoon today, were the easy part.

The thread is up.

[Vaugania]

http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=250476&start=50
*whistles* Take a look at that, and tell me Saintland didn't have a good reason to hold off on the IC thread. 472 athletes and 3 associations is a lot.

You, uh, you have to scroll down to see Saintland's delegation

And I also had to create a character list factbook to make sure I wasn't using the same name twice and create name lists for my other 2 associations. I've been working on it off-and-on since Olympic signups opened. The difficult part was coming up with the names, especially since I didn't have a previous signup to start with. The skill modifiers, which took most of my afternoon today, were the easy part.

The thread is up.

Awesome. For my Olympic sign-up I sat over my computer with a name generator and a calculator for hours on end over 3 or 4 days.

[Vaugania]

After looking at some of the rosters on the everything thread, I feel the need to point out that there are only 5 players on the field at one time including the goalkeeper in beach soccer.

[Equestrian States]

Wow, all those RP permissions boxes...

Seriously guys, if you don't have a roster at the moment, please don't post. There is no advantage to your posting your roster now as opposed to an hour before the MD1 cutoff. You can always use the "Save Draft" feature if you need it. I'm not the host of the tournament, so I'm not saying that you can't do it. But as a person who's hosted his fair share of events, I can say having to look backwards to check if people have edited in rosters is a lot more inconvenient than simply checking to see what the newest posts are.

The difficult part was coming up with the names

You think that's hard? Try coming up with clever names for over 400 miniature, pastel-colored, magical equine athletes!

[Taijan]

After looking at some of the rosters on the everything thread, I feel the need to point out that there are only 5 players on the field at one time including the goalkeeper in beach soccer.

I thought so, but I went back and added a sixth starter anyway. Silly Taijan.

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You think that's hard? Try coming up with clever names for over 400 miniature, pastel-colored, magical equine athletes!

I feel for the breeders of the world. I feel like spin notation could be your friend.

[The Sova Empire]

And it looks like I'll be absent for the group draw through MD 5 or so. I guess I'll have to put my roster in sooner than later.

Also, some people(myself included) put the RP box in there to get a post in that thread so it shows up in the "View your posts" section, and so we don't forget about it.

[New Lonopolian Empire]

I'll be on vacation 7/22 - 7/28, so i won't be able to RP

[Eastfield Lodge]

Seems some people have no clue about that Beach Soccer is five-a-side...

[Saintland]

Seems some people have no clue about that Beach Soccer is five-a-side...

I will be posting a reminder about that with tomorrow's draw. There's still plenty of time for anybody that has already posted a roster to go back and correct that.

[Vaugania]

Seems some people have no clue about that Beach Soccer is five-a-side...

Hey! That's what I said!

[The Sova Empire]

I'll be on vacation 7/22 - 7/28, so i won't be able to RP

I know how you feel. I go away 7/21-27