World Cup 67 - RP Thread

[Maineiacs]

From MSPN--

Disappointing Draw for Maineiacs:

The Tie-Dyeds notched their second straight draw, ending even with Great Britannia, 2-2. Maineiacs never led, with Great Britannia scoring first in the 22nd minute, and taking a 1-0 lead into the half. Sarah Thomas scored the equalizer in the 47th minute, only to see Great Britannia pull ahead again 2 minutes later. We were spared a humiliating defeat by the last place team in the 81st minute when substitute forward Fred Lawrence, making his first appearance of the tournament, headed a corner kick from Dieter Müeller. The already anemic Maineiacs offense was even weaker in today's match, as our two goals were our only shots on goal. Momentum for most of the game rested squarely with our opponents. After the match, interim team manager Linda McDillon said "Obviously, we're disappointed not to win. We need to work on creating more chances, instead of always being on the defensive. I will likely be making stylistic changes for upcoming matches." Here are the tables for Group 15 after Game Day 9:

German American States 6–3 Savski Venac
Ceni 0–1 Maklohi Vai
Maineiacs 2–2 Great Britiannia
New Montreal States 1–0 Starblaydia

   Group 15                               Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 New Montreal States                      9    6   1   2    15    9   +6    19
 2 German American States                   9    5   3   1    24   17   +7    18
 3 Maklohi Vai                              9    5   2   2    10    5   +5    17
 4 Starblaydia                              9    5   2   2    17    7  +10    17
 5 Maineiacs                                9    4   2   3    10   10    0    14
 6 Neu Engollon                             8    3   4   1    17   12   +5    13
 7 Savski Venac                             9    1   2   6    13   24  −11     5
 8 Ceni                                     9    1   1   7    11   19   −8     4
 9 Great Britiannia                         9    0   3   6     7   21  −14     3

Maineiacs hopes to avenge an earlier loss to Maklohi Vai on home turf tomorrow.

[Neu Engollon]

"Bien-Welk! Hello! Once again Karl Demais here filling in for Magda on the NETV Sports 7 Update. We bring you to coverage of the football World Cup. The Goats have played quite predictably for the most part, but for some surprising draws; three against the top ranked German American States, Maklohi Vai and New Montreal States; and the other against Ceni, a nation that had a slightly lower ranking in the Group. Powers that be say that with the most recent matches, Neu Engollon should have lost to the Eagles and beaten Ceni in the Burgunden Dome, but as usual, the Goats are racking up the most ties in the Group, much like the last Cup. With the Group stage more than half over, and no chance of making it to the next round, our only hope is that they don't bottom out and manage to pull out a couple more wins. Or maybe we can hope for a straight streak of draws for the rest of the stage? In either case, we will be proud of them and keep cheering them on. Go Goats! Neu Engollon is enjoying a bye as they travel to Savski Venac to play their second match with them. We will bring you coverage right here on NETV Sports 7. Stay tuned for dwile flonking reports..."

[Turori]

Turori Flying High in Group 16
Eels on midway-course to World Cup Finals

Under the command of head coach Ematea Saenu, the Turori Eels continued to string together good results in the opening half of the World Cup 67 Qualifying campaign.

The Eels did drop their first points of the campaign in a disappointing result against the groups 4th seed Gaveo, however. The 2-2 draw came to be after Michael Davidson equalized for the Gaveans with less than 15 minutes to play.

Santiago Rojas had put Gaveo in front just 4 minutes into the match on a corner kick that was delivered by Sebastian Riveros. Rojas leaped highest but still put the ball just under the arm of Mumau Atla-Siioai who likely will have felt he could have done better in saving the Rojas header.

Saenu's Eels responded, however, with Liinai Zakazaka and Tiika Diirotora netting goals to put the Eels back in front going into half time. Saenu made one change to the lineup over the half time break, with Lioniaa Tana being replaced by the experienced Cediici Tzatzos just to get some fresh legs on for the second half.

Tzatzos was one of the most experienced players on a bench that included young Turoki Tide trainee Sharif Deniibo, one who many consider to be the next great Turorian goalkeeper, currently under the tutorship of Hooizo Nuakoi.

Saenu may have wished he would have used more of his subs in the second half because Gaveo eventually wore the Eels down and got the game-tying goal in the 77th minute through Davidson. The match played out as the Eels dropped their first points of the campaign but did give Gaveo the chance to challenge Bears Armed and Kiryu-shi for the second position perhaps also taking some pressure off the Eels in the short term, if they could take care of the Bears in NorthPort.

Knowing the weather could be a factor, Saenu harped on his players to score early, and score often. Fearing the effects the frigid, wet conditions would have Saenu knew if his players weren't scoring quickly after the opening kick off, their motivation to get the ball in the net might be outweighed by their motivation to get off the field as the half time or full time whistle was preparing to blow.

Without question, Inamari Altariiz listened to the advice from his coach, as the Eels stormed down the field, Altariiz playing a one-two with Enluta Makakio before firing a low shot to the corner that beat Marranna NorthStar and gave the Eels a quick 1-0 lead.

The early goal clearly demoralized the Bears early on and Turori was able to add a second through Cediici Tzatzos in the 23rd minute. Tzatzos himself had only been on the field for 3 minutes, part of Coach Saenu's plan to rotate the players throughout the match and get fresh, dry, warm legs onto the pitch.

At 2-0, the focus became preservation and efficiency. Saenu removed goalscorer Altariiz in favor Anuh Ciinima but it ended up being the last of the goalscoring as the Eels cemented the two-goal victory that would crucially put a gap behind Turori atop the table, seemingly leaving the rest of the field to fight it out for the runners-up spot, so long as Turori could avoid the grievous upset in the second half of qualifying.

Turori 2-2 Gaveo

Turori Goalscorers::
33' Liinai Zakazaka
39' Tiika Diirotora
Gaveo
4' Santiago Rojas
77' Michael Davidson

Turori
Best Player: Lioniaa Tana
Worst Player: Mumau Atla-Siioai
Shots on Target: 3
Corner Kicks: 4

Gaveo
Best Player: Sebastian Riveros
Worst Player: Joaquin Cádiz
Shots on Target: 3
Corner Kicks: 2


Turori Eels Lineup v. Gaveo ::
[GK] Mumau Atla-Siioai, [D] Lioniaa Tana, [D] Balariita Muzmaara, [D] Geafi Laina-Sola, [UT] Klaillal Tuirma, [ML] Inlite Makakio, [MC] Etamara Kulkkiia, [MC] Tiika Diirotora, [MR] Rutaj Ranaso, [FC] Enluta Makakio, [FC] Liinai Zakazaka
BENCH::
[FC] Inamari Altariiz, [FC] Matlya Eelador, [M] Kigaoua Oalalka, [M] Cediici Tzatzos, [UT] Diauro Dlaminii, [D] Yoains Konoaafeo, [GK] Sharif Deniibo

Turori Substitutions::
(45) - Lioniaa Tana >>> Cediici Tzatzos

Turori 1-0 Felinetopia

Turori Goalscorers::
62' Inamari Altariiz

Turori
Best Player: Etamara Kulkkiia
Worst Player: Liinai Zakazaka
Shots on Target: 2
Corner Kicks: 1

Felinetopia
Best Player: KitKat
Worst Player: Shoonky Kitten
Shots on Target: 1
Corner Kicks: 2


Turori Eels Lineup v. Felinetopia ::
[GK] Mumau Atla-Siioai, [D] Majid Jedidi, [D] Geafi Laina-Sola, [D] Yoains Konoaafeo, [UT] Klaillal Tuirma, [ML] Etamara Kulkkiia, [MC] Rutaj Ranaso, [MC] Inlite Makakio, [MR] Kigaoua Oalalka, [FC] Inamari Altariiz, [FC] Liinai Zakazaka
BENCH::
[FC] Anuh Ciniima, [FC] Enluta Makakio, [M] Vrotaoa Lorasoiba, [M] Cediici Tzatzos, [UT] Diauro Dlaminii, [D] Inaosnaa Klanoa, [GK] Ronji Miiastara

Turori 2-0 Bears Armed

Turori Goalscorers::
1' Inamari Altariiz
23' Cediici Tzatzos


Turori
Best Player: Inamari Altariiz
Worst Player: Geafi Laina-Sola
Shots on Target: 5
Corner Kicks: 10

Bears Armed
Best Player: Morrranna Lakesider
Worst Player: Marranna NorthStar
Shots on Target: 3
Corner Kicks: 5


Turori Eels Lineup v. Bears Armed ::
[GK] Mumau Atla-Siioai, [D] Lioniaa Tana, [D] Geafi Laina-Sola, [D] Diauro Dlaminii, [UT] Restiaa Mumamba, [ML] Etamara Kulkkiia, [MC] Rutaj Ranaso, [MC] Kigaoua Oalalka, [MR] Rikko Rawaii, [FC] Inamari Altariiz, [FC] Enluta Makakio
BENCH::
[FC] Liinai Zakazaka, [FC] Anuh Ciniima, [M] Inlite Makakio, [M] Cediici Tzatzos, [UT] Majid Jedidi, [D] Yoains Konoaafeo, [GK] Hooizo Nuakoi

Turori Substitutions::
(20) - Geafi Laina-Sola >>> Cediici Tzatzos
(34) - Inamari Altariiz >>> Anuh Ciniima
(73) - Enluta Makakio >>> Liinai Zakazaka

[Chiata]

Coach Roger Fillmont looked at his watch for the fifth time by his count. It was 12:49 and practice started at 1:00. Roger was very nervous about the practice and had a lot to talk about to the Suns. His main goal was to get the players on the benches to play better. In the disastrous game against Polar Islandstates the Suns had lost 6-0. Not only was it a giant loss but Chiata lost some valuable players. Early in the game, Sammy Swade received a red card and could no longer play in the game or the next. Also, defender George Chriss and Mid-Fielder Paul Outman had sustained injuries. Chriss would be out for three games and Outman would be out for two. Without the defensive presence of Chriss and the Swade's nack for getting goals, the Chiata Suns fell apart which led to the embarrassing 6-0 defeat.

Roger was still proud of them however. After the BYE day and the mid-qual break the Chiata Suns licked their wounds and carried on. Their next game was against Esope, whom the Suns had lost to in the opening game. Outman was able to return that day and replaced Logan Britt, the backup Mid-Fielder. However, Swade was not able to play do to his card and Chriss did not play on account of his injury. R.T. stepped up to the job and made two goals by the end of the match. The game ended up being a draw, 2-2. It was better then last game against Estope, however, for the last time they played, Estope had won 3-2.

The players rushed in as loud as ever. Roger looked at his watch for the sixth time and saw that it was 12:00. He must have been lost in thought for eleven minutes. Then Roger began to coach, "Alright guys, get dressed and get on the pitch! We have a lot of work to do. Make sure to....."

[Carialus]

schedule.com/carialuskings

MD1: The Sova Empire L 2-0 (p: L)

MD2: @ Mytannion L 1-0 (p: L)

MD3: Sjonenia W 2-0 (p: W)

MD4: @ Chunnan W 3-2 (p: W)

MD5: BYE

MD6: The Licentian Isles T 1-1 (p: L )

MD7: @ Aels L 3-0 (p: T )

MD8: Kinitaria L 3-1 (p: L)

MD9: @ New Austzeland W 2-0 (p: W)

BREAK

MD10: @ The Sova Empire L 6-2 (p: L)

MD11: Mytannion (prediction: L)

MD12: @ Sjonenia (prediction: W)

MD13: Chunnan (prediction: W)

MD14: BYE

MD15: @ The Licentian Isles (prediction: L)

MD16: Aels (prediction: T)

MD17: @ Kinitaria (prediction: L)

MD18: New Austzeland (prediction: W)

Win
Tie
Loss

predicted record: 6-2-8
record thus far: 3-1-5
percent accuracy: 80%

[Milchama]

"So are going to RP now?"

"I guess so, why not?"

"It's time consuming"

"It's not that much, plus we kind of need to qualify for the World Cup"

"Yeah that would be nice"

"Also, we finally have time again"

"That's true, break is a wonderful thing"

"Most glorious"

"So we should use it to our advantage and RP"

"Sure"

"Good, I'm glad that debate's settled"

"With that said how are Milchama doing?"

"Ok, not great. Third place on goal difference and 2 points back of first"

"That's not horrible"

"No but it's not particularly good either"

"True"

"Hey what does it take to advance in this qualifying anyway?"

"I have no idea"

"Really?"

"Yeah I got nothing"

"So then does second place matter?"

"Well based on group numbers I'd have to assume so but again I really don't know"

"So then we should focus on winning the group"

"Yes but I thought that was patently obvious"

"Fair"

"Though the other second place team does have a game in hand on us"

"Oh that's not good"

"Nope"

"Whatever that will right itself"

"Yeah the key is to keep on winning and everything will equal itself out"

"Basically"

"Cool"

"Glad we had this talk"

"Yeah it's nice to see you after all this time"

"Really, it's been a wild ride"

"Most indubitably"

"That's a stupid word"

"Well anyway see ya later"

"Yeah see ya"

"Shouldn't we do the traditional final touch?"

"Oh yeah that would be a good idea, though I think it's not giving us good luck anymore"

"But it did so we have it forever"

"We stopped with Margaret"

"And that was a bad decision"

"Ok"

"Come on You Warriors!"

"Let's Go Milchama!"

[Kandorith]

Kandorith Seizes Victory, Remains in Place


By Lisho Yaru

Group 4                                    Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 The Inevitable Syndicate                 9    8   1   0    20    6  +14    25
 2 Filopines                                9    6   2   1    25   17   +8    20
 3 Mapletish                                9    6   1   2    31   14  +17    19
 4 Kandorith                                9    6   0   3    29   16  +13    18
 5 Falcus                                   8    3   2   3    13   16   −3    11
 6 Patistan                                 9    2   3   4    17   20   −3     9
 7 Uitbregen                                9    1   2   6    11   21  −10     5
 8 Yttribia                                 9    0   4   5    17   29  −12     4
 9 North East Ohio                          9    0   1   8     8   32  −24     1

A fantastic game and a fantastic win for the Kandorese team. After 92 minutes on the clock Kandorith ended the game with a 6 – 2 victory against Yttribia, yet another result for the ever increasing performance of the Kandorese team. Even though the team impressed, they remain in fourth place, trailing just behind the number two and the number three. The head coach has not given up hopes yet, Xíanjí had the following to say: "Anything is possible in football, tonight has shown that. I am very confident we can still best our records and reach that second place. The team is fit and confident above everything." he stated.


Méng has been the player most in the news, because of his amazing goal record which he increased also in this match. He was not available for commentary or an interview, but did state the training program was slightly altered for the team. He ensured fans that the Kandorese team is working heavily on defense and possession tactics in the training sessions now. The fans are more confident than ever about the Kandorese team. What started as a bit of a lesser sport in the nation, has now grown to be the most popular sport by far, even small restaurants in rural villages are showing the matches.


It has been a long time for the Kandorese football mania to start up, but it seems it has arrived along with the success of Xíanjí as the coach of Kandorith. After he was asked if he would quite if Kandorith would be unable to reach their goals he gave an answer most fans feared: "Well if in the unfortunate event Kandorith does not live up to the expectations I will step down as head coach of the team indeed. The fans forgive me after the success we had in the last qualifiers, where our goal was to reach second place, which did not give us a spot in the cup itself. But if we can't meet our goal this time, I will step down, as I made a promise I am not wishing to break. IT would be unfair towards the fans and towards the players to stay coach after failing to meet expectations. Although the fans do have a say in this, if they decide I have to stay, I will have to say." He said with a slight laugh.


While we asked if the coach or the players had any other teams they were watching Méng answered: "Well I hope Ko-oren qualifies, I've been watching most of their matches the previous campaign and this time I am doing so again. I love watching their football and their team compositions. Right now they are third and I wish them good luck in the upcoming matches and I do hope they qualify, from the bottom of my heart." He stated with a large smile as he returned to the training camp.


The closing fixtures have started for this qualification round and Kandorith is in top shape, the fans are worn down, but still enthusiastic. The stadium will show the national team's colours in every match, colourfully and proudly awaiting the next big step for the Kandorese national team, The Red Dragons.

[Northern Sunrise Islands]

The chauffeur waited outside of his car, holding a little cardboard with Midori written on it. When the player from Mizuyuki finally arrived, he would go on to help her pack her luggage on the car and then let her enter the back-seat door.

"So," said the chauffeur as he entered the car, "Welcome to Beart, Honda. My name isn't really that relevant, since you'll probably just see me for now.". The foreign left winger was still shocked from the sight of the city. Pokémon, Nekonians, Humans: All sharing the same streets, something unthinkable for any foreigner, who were used to see most of those things on the zoo. "What... What are they?" asked Midori, pointing to a Gardevoir that floated on the street. The driver sighed, before giving a small laugh. "That is a Gardevoir, a species of Sentient Pokémon."

"Well... where are we, again?", asked Midori. "Beart, Lynder Island, Northern Sunrise Islands. Some of us speak Portuguese and live on the top of the hill. Again, don't worry... it's a strange sight, but you'll get used to it.", said the driver as the car passed through people rising the "Huelarus", Sunrise's new flag as the old "National's" flag was lowered, with a happy Vaporeon on a shield. "New flag?" asked the forward. "Yes. They approved the new flag, as they said that the old one was too simple and not much of something that could represent our country's rich culture."

As the track started to fade out, a female, serious voice started to talk.

"On a Sunrisian newsflash, the Sunrise conquered, by economical means, two new territories. In deep debt, Catalaterra and Euskaldunek, two common Emirates of Futurnia countries that were once considered rich and powerful, are now under Sunrisian rule. The Special Department for Colonies is going to be re-activated and the president, Tiago Souto will be picking a political party to rule those areas. Rumors have that the Batistan Party, an ultra-nationalist group has been talking very often with the president, asking if they could rule those new colonies and start a program regarding their biggest project, the Batista Bomb¹. I'm Luiza Diamante, with your Political News."

"Wait..." asked the Auroran, looking at the chauffeur, "Your land annexes territories by debts?". The driver laughed a bit, calm. "And what other way would we do it? Using force? Killing our people just for land? We don't believe on those things." The Auroran looked outside, before talking again. "But won't they be angry about it?"

The driver continued to move the car through Beart, calm. "Oh, and would you prefer to live under another government that pushes itself on you? The Corvidae²? Paradystopian rules? Believe me, most of the people from there barely have anything to look forward to... If it's to live under the laws of another country, rather Sunrise's fair rules than other countries' ways." The Winger sighed, uncomfortable as the driver tried to calm her down a bit. "Look, the only reason we have Armed Forces is to protect ourselves. If we have too much people to fit in one place, we make huge buildings or use Silphean architeture³. Controlling other people's lands is just a way we make up for debts and that's about it. Esportivan countries know that we wouldn't shove a gun up their behinds, though we would like to switch their flag if they try to Hue their debts on us."

"Hue their debts?"
"It's just an expression. Don't worry, after a while here, you'll understand everything."

Midori was obviously unsettled, the Sunrise was a difficult place to live at... or at least to make sense out of.

¹ Batista Bomb: A powerful bomb that the Batistan Party has been trying to make for years. The power of it should be double the power of Ultimate Destrucity or ten times the power of Judgement, a powerful attack that Arceus used on the legend that created the Arceusian Church.
² Corvidae: The fascist party that controls The Inevitable Syndicate, known for applying green and blue flags to the places they have influences at.
³ Silphean Architeture: The Architeture of Pokémon games, where you seem to be able to fit A LOT of stuff at just some blocks.

[Free Republics]

Doranto, Contoria, Free Republics

At the RayDome, the match between the Free Republics and the Sarian had remained scoreless most of the way through. The match was intense, as the FFR faced the nation that had cheated their way to a win during the previous match. Today, the Republican National Team came into this match focused on obtaining a victory over those punks from the Sarian. They would obtain exactly that after Kyle Bolton was deliberately fouled in the scoring area with a dangerous sliding tackle.

Bolton temporarily went down. However, after a few moments, the Republican captain made it to his feet once again. Taking a few steps, he shook off his injury. He was insistent upon taking the penalty. Kyle Bolton walked up to take the decisive penalty, in the 88th minute of the match. While most managers would have taken him out of the match at this point, Theriault chose to keep his captain in, permitting him to take the penalty. Bolton hesitated to shoot for a moment and Stringer moved to the left side early. Kyle shot it to the right side and scored with ease. The remainder of the match saw the Republicans kill time until the final whistle.

Upon winning the match, they stormed the pitch to celebrate. Kyle Bolton took off his shirt and leaped into the crowd, right into the arms of a bunch of groupies that had been following the team all around the Free Republics. After the wrestling organization had begun selling shirts with Lucia's controversial words, many of the groupies for the Republican National Team had bought those shirts. The sight of a shirtless Kyle Bolton leaping into the arms of women wearing "Kyle, you can rape me anytime you want" shirts was captured by television cameras and would surely be broadcast around the world.

Most importantly, the Free Republics were now second in the group, ahead of Felix. The "Trolls" had been defeated, once again, by Mizuyuki. That reminded Theriault and Bolton of the upcoming match in Mizuyuki. Fortunately, RepublicSoft had contacted Rule Theriault with just the solution to his problems. RepublicSoft had produced a new version of Doors Phone, running the controversial Doors 9 operating system, which had an interesting new feature. It was now possible, with a Doors Phone, to video chat over the Internet, using the RepublicSoft satellites. These were the same satellites that allowed Saint owners to access the Internet apps on their device no matter where they were in the world, with no usage limits. This meant that Rule Theriault would be able to manage the team from the safety of the Free Republics, delivering instructions to Massimiliano Abdullahi and to the team via a video chat. RepublicSoft promised to provide any such communication with the highest priority on their network, even higher than communications with emergency services, ensuring that Theriault and Abdullahi would be able to carry on a conversation smoothly, without any issues whatsoever.

Meanwhile, Kyle Bolton was already making plans, if necessary, to fake another injury to provide an excuse to stay out of Mizuyuki. Koby Theodore had played very well in his absence. However, Kyle was hopeful that the DNA test results would come back soon and clear his name. Kyle knew for certain that he did not commit any crime on that night and was certain that the DNA evidence would indicate exactly that. However, he was worried that he may be covering for Koby. Theodore had been gone on that night and had come back in the middle of the PPV, looking clearly disheveled. Shortly thereafter, the "Trolls" had begun spreading rape allegations against the Republican National Team. Kyle Bolton hoped that Koby Theodore hadn't committed the rape, but if he had done so, Kyle was hopeful that his efforts had prevented anybody from discovering that fact. If he had to take the heat on himself to protect somebody whom he considered a little brother, he would happily do so. He was just hopeful that Consul Piazza would let the whole matter rest or, at the very least, wait until after the Mizuyuki match to demand the next DNA samples. At that point, the rest of the team could assert their Constitutional right to refuse to cooperate and the investigation would be permanently stalled. If Koby had committed the rape, he would get away with it and hopefully the Axis of Idiots, as Kyle Bolton had come to consider Felix, Mizuyuki and the Sarian, would stop harassing the freest nation in the multiverse over this matter.

---

Venicio Piazza had to address the situation regarding the Sarian. The nation had just been defeated by the Republican National Team and Consul Piazza had yet to warn the Armed Forces stationed in Taiyou of the impending attack from the sore losers, which was exactly how it was going to be portrayed in the Republican press. Consul Savard was almost certain to agree to this. This meant that the press would rally public support behind any such war effort.

However, Consul Piazza had another goal. He wanted to protect as many lives as possible. In the interest of doing so, he called up General Joseph Trigg, the commander of the Republican Army in Taiyou. Many politicians, particularly of the more isolationist variety, called him General Trigger-Happy when they had a reasonable expectation that he wouldn't be around to hear it. General Trigg had a reputation as a wild cowboy who seemed to relish the opportunity to wage war. The commander answered the phone, surprised to see the "yellow-bellied" Consul Piazza on his caller ID.

Joseph Trigg - This is General Trigg, Sir.

Venicio Piazza - No need to be so formal with me, General. I'm calling about a matter of concern.

Joseph Trigg - Let me guess, you're concerned that I'm going to just invade Felix on a whim?

Venicio Piazza - No. I'm calling because The Sarian will be attacking you imminently.

Joseph Trigg - The Sarian? They're just a gnat that we can squash whenever we want.

Venicio Piazza - I received information from a very reliable source informing me, specifically, that the Sarian will be attacking Taiyou.

Joseph Trigg - Why are you delivering this information?

Venicio Piazza - Because I received it and because I want to save Republican lives.

Joseph Trigg - I'll talk to Marshall [Iain] Nielen and have him send some drones to the Sarian.

Venicio Piazza - I order you to wait and let them fire the first shot.

Joseph Trigg - Why do I need to wait. If they're going to attack us, why not attack them first?

Venicio Piazza - For the sake of our diplomatic efforts. We can get more international support if we're attacked first. However, tell Marshall Nielen to send drones to the Sarian to indiscriminately bomb one of their cities as soon as they attack us.

Joseph Trigg - I didn't know you could be so ruthless, Consul.

Venicio Piazza - I'm flat out sick of the Sarian and their crap. If they're stupid enough to attack the Indispensable Nation, then they need to be taught a lesson they won't soon forget.

Joseph Trigg - Should we colonize them?

Venicio Piazza - No. We don't need any more colonies at the moment and I don't want to have to pay to rebuild their country after you guys blow them up.

Joseph Trigg - I see where you're coming from. I'll pass on word to Admiral [Jay] Baron.

Venicio Piazza - Good.

General Trigg decided, reluctantly, to do as the Consul had ordered him. The Republican military would wait until the Sarian fired the first shot, then they would strike with overwhelming force. Elsewhere, Consul Piazza decided to send more troops to Esportiva. It wasn't that hard to get Consul Savard to sign off on it. He didn't even have to inform him about the impending attack. Only Consul Piazza and the military contingent in Taiyou were aware of the Sarian's plans. That was just how Venicio Piazza wanted it...

[Farfadillis]

The trapezoid waving its axe, riding his gorious elephant, approaching him. A roar coming off its seven mouths that nobody could ignore. He was scared, terrified. He could see the trapezoid approaching him faster and faster, and now waving a machine gun on the other hand. The machine gun was firing upwards, but it was not shooting bullets, it was shooting little fireballs, which to him represented demise. Demise catching fire. Him catching fire.

Now the trapezoid had turned into an eye and stopped. He was dizzy. What was happening? Soon, the entire world he was in started moving in erratic ways, and the axe became a snake. The machine gun became a choir of angels singing terribly. The eye started creeping towards him, with those weird hands it had just grown. It was insulting him, with not apparent reason. What had he done for such offensive words?

He was paralyzed, stunned, immobilized. The eye approaching him very slowly, it was torture rearing its ugly head. Soon, the eye got to him. It opened a gargantuan mouth and swallowed him.

But it all had changed again. After being swallowed for some reason the environment seemed to change again. It was hell, with eternal hellfire burning his feet. However, he was ok. He couldn't feel a thing. Out of the apparently harmless fire, a decmon came out. It started telling him about killing people - those he was close to. It threatened him. He cried. The demon then started crying and seemingly melted. He was now slowly turning crazy. He saw a dragon approaching him. He pulled out a sword out of nowhere and slew its belly. The dragon then transformed into a close friend of his and fell to the floor, in his very last seconds of life. His close friend said it was all his fault and faded away.

'What kind of hell is this?', he thought for a moment, trying to stay calmed. It was all happening too quickly, he could not really get any details of the situation. His stomach was like blending machine now. He threw up. Blood came out.

The blood then took a humanoid form and started writing with one of its fingers in a wall. He could read it. He did not want to. It said something.

Something.

Something.

He looked up. He saw nothing left. He was in the middle of a void. Nothing below him or above him. Nothing behind him or in front of him. Nothing to the left, nothing to the right. The diagonals all empty too. He was alone.

Once again.

He woke up. He rubbed his eyes. The tenth nightmare in a row. Yet, this one had ended differently. What was it supposed to mean, if anything? He was not going through a hard time, after all.

He could not waste time anymore, as he was late for Oyardo's training.

[Antoletia]

"Well that was unexpected."

"Yeah. 5 goals."

"I mean im used to scoring a lot of goals but that was just wow."

"I thought 19th Century Beards was at least semi good."

"Yeah, that game was just pretty pathetic on their part."

"Show some pride man."

"We didn't even have to try the second half up 3-0."

"It was a fun home win, but man i got to feel bad for the opponents."

"Just pow"

"Pretty good all around activity from the team."

"No drama on the field was nice though. Not losing 3 points on a late opponent goal was great."

"Yeah."

"Could do with more all out victories personally."

"Word."

[The Inevitable Syndicate]

Corvidae Triumphant

The first clue I had that things were about to change was the whirr of an overturned bus, as it supposedly crashed into the fences of the prison. I've never been a heavy sleeper, and staying in Olettia hasn't helped, so when I heard the rattle and coughing of a n electrified chain-link fence and a bus respectively, I woke up with a start. I struggled to stand on the tips of my toes to look out of the sky-light, and all I could see was the spotlights from the guard towers violently swinging about. At first, I had no idea what was going on, but the sound of gunfire a few minutes after told me that there was a fight going on. I peered around again, this time to see a car wheeling across the courtyard, filled to the brim with men and women in bandanas, clutching rifles. I didn't have my glasses on me, but the armour they wore looked just like the armour your typical Corvidae soldier would wear. This confused me at first, as I initially thought someone had tried escaping. It was when they burst open the door I realised they weren't on the enemy's side. They swept the place very well, shining torches in my eyes. I was told - ordered, even - to get into a van that they'd parked outside the cell block. I stopped to think about whether to trust them for a second, but figured that running from Corvidae was probably a better idea than staying. I looked out the window again, to see an actual Corvidae guard shoot a prisoner at point blank range. I didn't need to be shown that twice.

I bundled into the van, and we sped off from the scene as quickly as possible. I couldn't see outside, and I was tired, so everything was a little blurry. We were bundled to a service station, where I saw many people, all of which looked like they belonged to this group that had helped me escape. I had a brief chat with the woman who had driven me out, and she told me that they were part of a group called Ohm. They were also taking me to Magnaeus. I protested at this, telling them that I actually used to live in Wozinitz, but they wouldn't listen. They said I had to join the resistance now, as Corvidae would get me. Corvidae already 'got me' once, but I didn't really want it to happen again.

It was only when I arrived at Magnaeus I found someone proper to talk to. He looked like he had the weight of the world on his shoulders, and he also looked to be in a state of shock. He was a member of this Ohm, one of the guys that had broken us out, but the oddest thing was his reaction when I introduced myself. He jumped out of his seat, pointing at me. "It's you!" he said. "You're Samuel Dannin Fresko!"

[Taeshan]

Purple Knights Open Second Half With a Win

You wouldn't have known it after the final score, but the Purple Knights were missing a man going into the game and their defensive form was a little off. Peter Fasnacht came down with the flu the weekend before the game in the Sovan Antithesis meaning backup left back Eddie Styles was forced to play on the wrong side of the field and start for the first time in months for the men in Purple. IT showed early in the game as the home side exploited the right side's left footed player and got an early home goal. But around the halfway point the Knights started to turn on the flair and defense and going into halftime they drew level as captain Ender Wiggin found Striker Brian Ibrahim for a headed goal to knot things up 1-1.

In the second half the Knights came out to win and it showed early. Mark Tlumach came on the field for Aaron Conrad at halftime and had an immediate impact almost giving the Knights a lead on a brilliantly planned corner, but ultimately he was thwarted by the crossbar. The Knights kept up the attack after their first failures and ultimately made it to paydirt as the Captain himself found the back of the net on a free kick won by Grant Fauejeau in off the bench for Jeremiah Longwaters. The Knights heald their lead through the late minutes thanks to a final substitute on of defender Max Toledo.

[West Angola]

NAMIBE CHRONICLE

WEST ANGOLA DRAWS PASARGA, STAYS ALIVE

Group 17
Vettrera 3–1 Preiva
Free Republics 1–0 The Sarian
West Angola 4–4 Pasarga
Mizuyuki 4–3 Felix

NAMIBE- Last week, I wrote that West Angola wouldn't beat Pasarga, and that the top seed would go on to win the group. On the first of those predictions, I was wrong, as West Angola and Pasarga put on an attacking show last night in Warren Memorial Stadium, combining for eight goals in a 4-4 draw that kept both teams alive in the group. While a win for either side would have essentially eliminated the loser, both West Angola and Pasarga now each sit six point out of second, and are still within striking distance to steal a playoff spot. Required by each team, however, is attrition at the top. West Angola needs to beat Felix in its next match and see Pasarga knock off Free Republics, which would move Pasarga to third (one point back of second) and keep West Angola in fifth (three points back of second). From that point, Felix needs to lose to Free Republics and probably then drop one its match against Vettrera, and Mizuyuki needs to lose to West Angola (of course) and then beat Free Republics. After that, Mizuyuki needs to lose to Free Republics while West Angola is on bye. If all that happens, assuming Pasarga and West Angola keep winning, Pasarga will climb back into first with 27 points, and while West Angola will still be fifth, and still only three points back of second, they will be only a Mizuyuki loss away from retaking their seeded position. For you visual people out there, here's what the table would look like (for convenience, conservative values of 1-0 wins were used for all goal values):

   Group 17                               Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Pasarga                                 13    8   3   2    23   12   +11   27
 2 Free Republics                          13    8   1   4    19   13   +6    25
 3 Felix                                   13    8   0   5    25   19   +6    24
 4 Mizuyuki                                12    7   2   3    26   18   +8    23
 5 West Angola                             12    7   1   4    25   22   +3    22
 6 The Sarian                              13    5   4   3    22   17   +5    19
 7 Vettrera                                13    4   1   7    17   21   −4    13
 8 KungYo                                  12    2   0   9    14   26   −12    6
 9 Preiva                                  12    0   0   12    11   34  −23    0

While this is a ridiculously complicated scenario, West Angola could still survive a little variation, and all these predictions were made assuming that the top tier always beats the bottom tier (except for Felix's loss to Vettrera), so any upset opens up the table even further for West Angola. The only thing West Angola can do for themselves is to win the rest of their matches, but even if they do that, they could still find themselves on the outside looking in at the end of qualifying. Relying on other teams losing is not a recipe for success, but West Angola has placed themselves in a position where that is their only option. If West Angola squeezes out of qualifying by some miracle like the one I have described above, they would do well to take the lessons learned here to heart and avoid making similar missteps going forward.

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The Beginning of the End, Part Five

Colin Manning's Last Appearance

John Blevit was seated in a chair, hands cuffed behind him, with a bright light overhead illuminating the concrete walls and floor of the spare room. After being captured, he had been taken south under heavy guard, and then been blindfolded and dragged into what he could only assume was a secure intelligence installation. Once the blindfold had been removed, he had found himself in the room, with two West Angolan MP's yelling at him about treason. He had been afraid, really and truly afraid, that they were going to kill him, and it seemed as though the taller of the two was on the verge of cracking his skull open with his rifle butt when he suddenly went completely silent, and abruptly he and his partner had turned and left the room. Blevit had had only a few seconds to contemplate his near escape before another man emerged through the open door, this one dressed in the uniform of a full general. Blevit had been thrown off-guard by the arrival of such an important man, but once again had been given no time to think before the General had snapped his fingers and the room, the chair, everything had vanished.

Now, Blevit was floating in a white, formless void, and he had either been there for a few seconds or for a million years. With a flash, the General appeared beside him, now dressed in the old-style football uniform, and laughing at him. Blevit was still too disoriented to do anything but stare, and the General's mirth quickly subsided as he wiped the tears from his eyes. Finally recovering his bearings, Blevit tried to turn to face the General, and after some struggling in the void finally succeeded, "What is this? Who are you? Where are we?"

The General grinned, and replied in a cocky tone, "So demanding. Questions, questions, questions... Well, first of all, my name is General Colin Manning, and I have lifted you out of the universe you know so that we can have a little heart-to-heart about the future."

"What do you mean, the future?"

"Your future, and the future of your so-called friends."

"What the hell are you talking about?"

"You're so dense, Mister Blevit. Are all the officers in Cabinda's military this slow to catch on? I should be able to conquer your homeland in no time. I'm talking about your football team, and specifically Mr. Parrish; you might remember him, the one you abandoned to go play soldier."

"I didn't abandon them, I went to defend my homeland and fight for my people!"

"You're kidding yourself, Johnny, you don't know the first thing about soldiering. The only reason you have those bars on your shoulder is your name, and the only reason you aren't dead is because someone a lot dumber than you down south decided not to offload his troops until they were already under your guns. Face it, you've made a mistake, and I'm here to help you rectify it."

Blevit paused, "Let me think about it. I don't know where to go yet."

Manning smiled again, "Take all the time you need, John. You have all eternity to decide..."

[HopNation]

ooc - sorry not a lot of time today and will probably be my last RP until Monday or Tuesday as I will be traveling

Sports Section

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SECOND LEGUNDER WAY

HopNation plays a thriller on the road against United Gordonopia but they come up short. The Hops jumped out to an early lead as Pheir Droimpol scored off of a Ike Myer corner kick in the seventh minute. Unided Gordonopia answered with a goal of their own in the following minute. The teams played to half 1-1 and seemed to split the possession meter. United Gordonopia struck first in the second half as they were awarded a free kick just outside the box at the fiftieth minute mark. The teams then battled a bit and there was no scoring action until Droimpol notched his second goal of the game in the eighty fifth minute off of a great give and go with Pech Schytaing. The 2-2 draw held just five minutes more as United Gordonopia notched the game winner in the ninetieth minute. Both teams played well but the United Gordonopia side was just a little to much for the Hops on the road. We look forward to seeing the Hops back in action tomorrow at Rhizome Arena in HopNation.
Good Day, Good Brew!

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SPORTS

Dec. 27^th, 2013

pg S1

Match Day 9 Preview

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HopNation (270) vs Furellum (135)

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Location: Rhizome Arena, HopNation 125,000 cap

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Match Prediction: HopNation 2 – 1 Furellum

The Hops are trying to stop the bleeding as they are on a bad losing streak right now. They should be able to do this at home as home is where they seem to play the best.

Until next edition, Brew on Hoptonians, Brew on!

Next Match: Away vs Cquactar (329)

[The Royal Kingdom of Quebec]

14:50
Suite 1975, Hôtel Blanchard-par-Grande-Montagne

Elaine Tanguay was resting in her hotel room, looking as calm as she can be. She has an interview at the very hotel suite in 2 hours, so she tried to clear her mind and focus on what lies ahead for the interview. She was so far unhappy at the fact that she doesn't get to have much freedom this time around, but what else she can do?

The silence in the room was broken when her phone rang like fire alarm in middle of Grade 12 English final examination. Stunned instantly she quickly reached for her phone and answered, "Allo?"
It was Natalie Cardone. "Hello, Mrs. Emma Tanguay. This is Royal Cassadagan Police...."
"First of all, I am NOT Emma Tanguay!" The 34-year old Québécois interrupted right away, clearly unhappy about the caller's confusion with her and her sister back in Montréal, "I am Elaine, not Emma Tanguay! My sister does not work for RQIS nor Surête du Québec."
"Sorry, Mme Tanguay. Please do not feel so pissed off, for that is not my intention....."
"And secondly, I am not married at all!" She bit back again then continued to speak, "What's wrong with you Cassadagans not respecting my marital status and name at all? Tzk, tzk, tzk...."
Realising that she's now in a huge trouble with this sassy Québécois agent, Natalie Cardone decided to turn her attention around by mentioning the topic. She quickly regathered her voice and confidence as she spoke, trying not to make any mistakes.
"I am really sorry, Miss Tanguay. Regardless, we have found that there are. So it would be great if you can interview some witnesses who were there either at the plane or the hotel at the time of the crime. Since it's most likely that she brought her friends as accomplices on the flight as well...."
"Of course. In fact, I am in a good progress at the moment. It turned out to be that two witnesses at the Cascade flight were Québécois citizens so the other agents were able to bring them over to here. The file of the interview will be sent once it's over."
"What about at hotel?" She asked, sounding much happier about the progress made by Elaine.
"For that part I haven't been able to get through yet. However, if there is list of possible witnesses to interview, I will start interviewing once done with those two Québécois I am interviewing."
"Excellent, thank you."
Following that she hung up the call.

[Paradystopia]

"Have you seen this?"
"Seen what?"
"This article on the match by some Gloriaxian, Gloriaxus? ... A person from Gloriax ..."
"No, let's see it."

Ha-ha.... The Paradystopis couldn't beat us.... Such losers.....!
They think they're number whatevr and they cn beat us?! Nah! No waaaay!
See? 0-0... No score we couldn't score but hey! They couldn't too....!

"Hmmm ..."
"Yeah, that's what I thought."
"Gloriaxites, or whatever they call themselves are certainly weird."
"What's number 'whatevr'?"
"Not a clue, unless they have a peculiar way of pronouncing thirty-eight ... "
"It funny they chose to omit all the statistics from the game."
"Not really, I can see how they'd not want to mention the match possession of 68% to 32% in our favour."
"Or shots on target. Us fourteen, them zero. In fact, did they even have a shot on goal?"
"Depends on whether you count that time Phil Stoner sliced it and it hit the corner flag."
"True."
"We should've won really."
"Ah well, at least it's one point rather than nothing."
"Indeed."

[Super-Llamaland]

Group 2
Alta Belleza 0–2 Brenecia
Super-Llamaland 3–5 Sicoutimont
HorusLand 6–2 Swansea City
Valanora 5–2 Kitsunia-Deese

Group 2                                Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Valanora                                 9    8   1   0    34   13  +21    25
 2 Brenecia                                 9    6   2   1    11    3   +8    20
 3 Super-Llamaland                          9    5   1   3    18   17   +1    16
 4 Sicoutimont                              9    5   0   4    16   13   +3    15
 5 Kintratar                                8    4   2   2    18   11   +7    14
 6 HorusLand                                9    3   1   5    15   14   +1    10
 7 Kitsunia-Deese                           9    2   1   6    16   24   −8     7
 8 Alta Belleza                             9    2   0   7     8   18  −10     6
 9 Swansea City                             9    1   0   8    10   33  −23     3

Two (or maybe 1.5) Souls
Chapter VIII: Pwned @ Home

Two straight home games were nice. In the six days between Tigers-Brenecia and Tigers-Sicoutimont, Andrea went through seven bodies, careful not to shatter any one life too much.

But on the day before the Sicoutimont game, Andrea accidentally possessed a body that fought back. She was walking with him in the body of a Mrs. Luella A. Bradley when, on a whim, she ditched the poor Mrs. Bradley and flew to another body.

"Andrea!" Xavier shouted as Luella Bradley, who had always believed in ghosts for no apparent reason but did in fact have a very good reason (Andrea was the sixth person to possess Mrs. Bradley), collapsed in the sunny Willow Park, about 600 yards from the considerably less sunny Willow Graveyard.

Xavier, who couldn't see Andrea except for when she was in a body, frantically searched around. He ran off in the complete opposite direction of Willow Graveyard, hoping that Andrea wasn't dumb enough to possess a corpse.

Lucas Robinson had been twenty-six years old when he had died in a car crash. The family mourned their son, nephew, and brother, and Robinson was buried in a small plot overlooking a grove of willow trees nearby Robinson's favorite park.

Andrea didn't want to rush toward the body. It drew her forth somehow, but she couldn't. So she strained and barely stayed in the body of Luella Bradley.

Her arm spasmed twice. Her eyelids twitched. Lucas Robinson called to her. And then she was gone, soaring. And then she was Lucas Robinson.

But wait. Lucas Robinson was dead. What was she doing? She c-

And then a weird net was thrown over her, and she found she was stuck inside the corpse.

"Yeeeeeeeeeeah buddy!" Dorian Mendel shrieked as he tossed the net over the dug-up grave.
"What?" "Screech" Oliver, whose real name was Darwin Dmitri Olivier Junior, asked Dorian, trotting over with ham sandwich in hand. Screech chewed the day-old sandwich and swallowed.
"We got it!" Dorian told Screech.
"Seriously?"
"TOTALLY!"
The two high-fived.
"Let's just wrap this thing up and send her to Rod," Screech suggested.
"Shh! Don't say 'Rod'!" Dorian whispered harshly.
"Okayyyy, so-wee." Screech said, which made Dorian want to slap him. So he did.
"Ow!" Screech yelled, clasping his cheek. "You hit me!"
"Shuddup!" Dorian explained.
"No, you shuddup!"
"Let's both shuddup!"
"You shuddup first!" Screech hit Dorian.
"SHUDDUP!" Dorian tackled Screech. The two went rolling down the hill. At the bottom, it occurred to them that they should just bring the Whatever-it-was to "Rod" and accept the $400 very graciously.


The corpse, as all corpses, couldn't see, hear, feel, anything. Contrary to popular belief, corpses could be possessed, but they sure couldn't be revived. In other words, the only way to get out of a corpse was to un-possess it. Which was why the net was wrapped around the stupid body.

And then she felt something else. Like somebody else had occupied the corpse.

"Here you go, boss," Dorian said inside the dusty workshop.

Rod looked up. "Thank you." He raised a hand.

"Can we have our money now?" Dorian asked. Rod stood up and then froze. Dorian fell to the ground. His fingers spasmed and prodded, digging deeply into his own body, drawing blood.

And then Rod moved over to Dorian, who had not yet regained control and whose breath came in short gasps.

"Please..." Dorian said. And then he died.
"Too late," Rod said simply, and then turned to the terrified and shaken Screech.
"Darwin Dmitri Oliver," he spat, "run."
Screech did so.

Andrea felt nothing inside the pale body. Only the feelings and the emotions. She did not want to be alone with the new character. But she didn't have a voice in the matter, both literally and figuratively.

A shaken Xavier played in the 5-3 loss, not knowing where she was.

STATS!

Richards: 7.5 Games, 64 SOG, sixteen goals, 75% save percentage, 2.13 GPG, 4 shutouts
Matthews: 0.5 Games, 3 shots on goal, 2 goals, 33% save percentage, 4 GPG, no shutouts

Duncan: Six goals, seven assists, 19 points
Platona: Five goals, two assists, 12 points
Crosby: Three goals, four assists, 10 points
Powell: Three goals, one assist, 7 points
Mujica: One goal, one assist, 3 points
Alcanatra: One goal, 2 points
Rushmore: One assist, 1 point

[San Jose Guayabal]

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We must improve!

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Wrote by Mauro Barrera
Follow in Pajarraco as: @Mau25
December 27th, 2013. 3:30 P.M.

The national football team of San Jose Guayabal had in the last night the worst performance in the whole Qualifier for the WC 67, a 1-1 draw against The Holy Forden Church, a weak opponent but today took his claw and rescues the second consecutive draw, SJG but slows its run of four straight wins, but not a big blow to our situation in the standings.

SJG decided to go with a 4-4-2 offensive tendencies little more than normal, using Faña, Zelaya as unique front and team , and more concentrated than usual defense in theory, the opposing team use 3-4-3 to try to breach the defense of SJG and enforce local status.

The game began on a very strong downpour, the game began in favor of SJG and to take shape by James Moreira who decided to go to support the front and corner kicks make midrange shots or 10 minutes in the same Moreira ball crashed off the crossbar, missing a clear opportunity for our interests, starting from that moment , the national team weakened and started playing the wrong way and gave chance to the opponent to attack , culminating in the first half with a goal of The Holy Forden Church, one of his attackers found a gap in the defense and jump for a header and beat Ruslan Molodetsov, who replaced Henry Hernandez, and that was 1-0 against San Jose Guayabal, and with that and culminated the first half of the match.

During that time the fans of San Jose Guayabal began to claim their players because of his wrongdoing in the game, they wished that more points were obtained and thus continue well into the leaderboard , but Inzer Emanuel decided not to make substitutions team , what he did is a bad Starring emphasize its improved for the second time and achieve at least a draw.

In the second half the rain calmed down and was able to enjoy a better game from SJG, who already tried with shots from distance past goalkeeper of the opposing team, in 68 minutes Zelaya crashed a ball in the hand of a defense, the referee took a freekick to SJG, Zelaya shot and scored a 1-1 draw by a shot that went right over the goalie , who had only to keep watching as the balloon entered the goal.

Since then San Jose Guayabal tried to get the winning goal , but the iron and solid defense of The Holy Forden Church prevented him from scoring that goal , and therefore the match ended with a 1-1 draw and a point for both sides, apart that SJG was removed to a point of first place in Group 19 and now has a five point difference to the leader who is now Taeshan, but it is still achievable, as the second round is just beginning.

The Holy Forden Church 1-1 San José Guayabal

Goals: SJG: (Zelaya: '68) HFC (Unknown: '39)
Shots: SJG: 7; HFC: 10
Ball posesion: SJG: 42%; HFC: 58%
Yellow cards: SJG: 0; HFC: 1 (Unknown: '82)

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The next match.

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In the next game, SJG will face, The Sandwich Territories as local, a team that beat us 1-0 in the previous round, but all games are not equal to another, this time is expected to SJG Realize better work both physically and mentally, other than to be opportunities to be generated during the game, because that fail was continuous from the beginning of the Qualifier, and it is time to improve and at least Realize equal or mmejor even where the action beat Sovan the Antithesis, where if he knew capitalize on opportunities to be generated.

In statements provided by Emanuel Inzer, only we were told that the alignment will be revealed before the game but who will make emphasis players to play with more attitude and effort , besides being more humble because the last game was disappointing but the above should already be forgotten because every game is an opportunity for improvement for everyone.

The match will start at 8:30 PM and tickets are expected to be exhausted before 4:00 PM, as they have been made ​​available 117,500 tickets for the game for what is expected to be a true celebration of joy and peace because safety is guaranteed.

[Alianza Albos]

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Welcome to the White Hell Magazine, official newspaper of Alianza Albos National Team

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And we lose, but that's nothing

By: Karlsen Ruiz
@KaRuiz10 in Elephant
3:35 PM

Yesterday's National Team of Alianza Albos were defeated 0-1 against a team already known called Gregoryisnotgodistan in visitor status in a very even game but with many attacks, the goal was scored by Bottlemaker LP913838 (Please forming more ridiculous of naming people can put more common names like Luis, Charles, Mario, etc.). 28th minute who scored the only goal of the game.

The national team of Alianza Albos returned back to the country to prepare for their next game against Olastor, too weak opponent which seek to capitalize and win and if possible thrashing to get three points and at least a decent participation of the Qualifiers.

[San Jose Guayabal]

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My own series of RPing takes a dramatic turn from this moment as it was already planned, now begins the real drama of death and mystery in the holiday season, for the madness that causes of the RP series name of "Fever of new year" because the part of the carnival was the pacific part of this series.

Chapter two, part one.

A Christmas carol for today

Christmas is comming.

At twelve o'clock,
all the cocks crowed,
and announced their song,
that the Christ Child was born.

Oh yeah, oh no,
Child what I want.
Oh yeah, oh no,
Child what I want.

Madamme Maria,
here I bring some pears,
although not very mature,
They are very good cooked.

Oh yeah, oh no,
Child what I want.
Oh yeah, oh no,
Child what I want.

At twelve o'clock,
a rooster woke me
so happy with his singing,
saying Christ was born.

Oh yeah, oh no,
Child what I want.
Oh yeah, oh no,
Child what I want.

In the stable of Bethlehem,
make light the shepherds,
to heat the Child,
that is born among the flowers.

The joy of that night was transformed into a morbid fever people after the hug he began to have crazy orgy at that moment a pervert who posed as a family and actually sought revenge against the family by past problems and But finances by trying to appropriate unlawfully a company, I began to abuse a little girl who was not family, was a guest and the girl refused, but the pedophile trying by all means to abuse, but the girl in this cry instantly alarming people and a group of people came shouting "Death to the bastard," and one of them decided to hit with a rifle butt, but the friend of the girl grabbed the rifle with courage and said "Good night ass**le "at that moment the man shot him three times, causing her death while people screamed in horror.

All approached the scene of the fatal event but it happened someone did not, it was the other assistant murdered, who was immediately gagged in a chair as he was asked what he wanted.

"What do you fool, you were coming to do here without invitation" asked one of the guests as she wept with rage

"A break your nose and then burn in flames," said the arrested subject without remorse with ropes

"What did you say?" shout the guest while he shot in the leg and kicked the place where the bullet entered "

"Yes, to kill you for the outstanding debt, however you did for me, for the bull**it of yours that left me on the street begging for food and sleeping in public bedroom, without clothes or just with the few clothes that government gave me, then got a job and buy the weapon that came to kill you but I forgot it in my car, "said the subject while delirious with pain caused by the bullet in his leg.

"Well, that's wrong motherf***er, to go from where you should not go asshole, you know that if you attack us, we attack and that you have done, moron" as police arrived and entered saying goodnight.

At the greeting of good night, police accidentally shot the criminal was tied and killed immediately, while other family deposited the corpse of another murderer on the basement to leave less evidence and fingerprints to incriminate someone in the family The police began to collect data but it turns out they had another emergency, dismissed the case because it was an accident and retired (Typical of the San Jose police Guayabal).

While the family watched another hitman who was dying and there was not dead as previously thought, tied him in a plastic chair and interrogated.

"Why did you do this?" said the guest and in more relaxed way, because of the death of another buddy of the gunman.

"You know you, or you think I suck my thumb like a baby, what happened to my friend is not going to be so, I will kill and then eat them the corpses as if dinner of December 31, ass**les , You will suffer, as this is not going to be because I have not fallen in grace "as the gunman shouted angrily.

"Oh yes, you scare me, you idiot, if you're tied to a chair and raving, if you want to give you goodnight goodbye forever," said derisively the guest.

It was already three in the morning, which it was a party became a fever of crime christmas and new year, people were angry with the criminals and the guests wanted to kill the assassin left alive, after that the passed away hitman naturally and people returned to eating as usual, everything was normal, as if nothing happened.

---

Back to the Justice Force of Amberrica, the superheroes are beginning to prepare for the battle against the Shadow demons in a cave on the outskirts of the city of El Roblar was midnight but our superheroes were well equipped for the battle.

"Comrades's attack, attack the Shadow demons"
"Muahahahaha may never win over us we're invincible and you are only a mortal baby bear."
"They are many, we need special weapons"
"Take it"
"AAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!"
"Let's go Sandbear, we must destroy them all"
"Aaaayaaaaaa"
"Ouch, we are being defeated by the Bears, we must attack"
"Never, the Justice Force of Amberrica always win, we are victorious, we are Amberrica"
"Polar Freeze, aaaaaaaaaa!

The Shadow demons were defeated momentarily in the city of El Roblar, they must do more because there are still many places where evil is prevailing, but a victory is always sweet as honey.

"We won, we won!"
"Celebrate"
"How?"
"As you know, honey"
"Honey, delicious"
"But do not think it will be good to eat a local aperitif?"
"Tamales?"
"Yes, tamales"
"Good idea, let".

And that is how our superheroes will start the path to victory against evil and celebrate in good shape after a stunning victory over evil, for evil has no place in the Multiverse, since the well actions must pevail always.

To be continued.

[Valanora]

Fórentë

Changing shapes, changing colors
Changing all the things that make you so
What are you supposed to be
Why are you nothing ever the same as it used to be
Have you not the pride to stand atop your monument
This lasting legacy that you crafted from its infancy
Rising it above all other challengers near and far
The great unifier of all the realms
A crusader for logic that all beings seek
The smooth rational that sees things clearly and without bias
Why do you step away from the praise
Keep yourself cloaked in the shadow of time
Basked in Bedstani blues and royal purples
The mighty lands of Paripana ever at your beck and call
Completing the monumental task time and time again
Are you man or machine
Praise be to the gods of your grace and patience
A champion of the game of life
May your words ever whisper the simple truths
And be one at peace with whatever brings your heart joy
Oh Fórentë, Fórentë
The rose in the garden of chaos.

[Vettrera]

Western Headquarters: Majesty Falls, Hectate
Official Press Release
"PUSH Picks Up Steam"

Introduction: I'd like to start off by thanking the national community for supporting PUSH through these troubling times. The Vettrera Sporting Association is glad to have their full funding back for the PUSH initiative, and hope that this will open the door for Vettrera to once again take a more active role in the sporting community. We want to continue running a surplus in terms of ticket sales, tourism, and tax revenue; while still expanding our programs. As you look further in this release, you will see how we plan to do this.

Baseball: Vettrera will soon enter into the NationStates Baseball League. We will be entering a team of the best undrafted players in an attempt to increase awareness of baseball in the mainland. In the future, we are going to try to rebrand the Protectorate Baseball league to add in 8 teams on Vettreran Soil. The League will then be re-established as the Valorian Baseball League. We currently don't have a timeframe for this, but we are going to be gauging national response to our involvement in the NSBL and work from there.

Collegiate Sports: We will be stepping back from collegiate sports a bit, and giving the VCSA more autonomy in their own matters. We will however, continue to be involved in the NSCF as well as the NSCAA. We will override the VCSA's wishes, and will give the Polluxia University Polars the right to return the NSCF next season. We will also continue to determine which schools will compete in the NSCAA tournament rather than the VCSA March Mayhem. We will also be increasing the "Collegiate Babbage" as well as "Collegiate Hockey" programs inside the nation.

Babbage Rules: Years ago, Vettrera was the 3rd best nation in the NSUniverse in Babbage Rules. Recently we met with other nations in the sporting world, and asked how they would feel about Babbage returning to the world stage. We got a mixed, but generally favorable response. Vettrera will pledge to be one of the "Start-Ups" of the rebirth, and we are excited about what the future has in store.

Hockey: Hockey will stay on the Protectorate Level until further notice

Basketball: Nothing new to report. We will leave well-enough alone, but will be entering in a few more international tournaments

Gridiron: See Above

The Olympics: Vettrera will field a limited team

Soccer/Felix: News of the PUSH initiative has recently spread across the world, with some nations responding in a scoffing tone, and some responding with great class and dignity. Felix would be a nation that supports the latter. The nation of Felix has now pledged to help train with, compete with, and re-establish Vettrera's soccer program. This will cut expenses greatly for the PUSH Initiative, and we look forward to what Felix can help bring to the table.

The VSA has now also pledged that we will not miss another World Cup Cycle for a time to come, and we have already commissioned uniforms for the next edition. A sneak peak can be seen below:



The uniforms are made by the same organization our current ones are by, but showcase a sleeker style, and a much better design. Because of recent rebranding efforts, Vettrera will also be changing the moniker of their national team. Instead of being regaled as the Tempests, Vettrera will now be known as "The Seekers"
Furthermore, I am also elated to report that Vettrera has now broken even in World Cup Qualifying, currently sitting at 6th in the standings, but with a 4-1-4 record. This shows that while we still have much work to do, we have a chance to be great.

Group 17                               Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Mizuyuki                                 9    6   2   1    25   16   +9    20
 2 Free Republics                           9    6   1   2    17   11   +6    19
 3 Felix                                    9    6   0   3    23   17   +6    18
 4 Pasarga                                  9    4   3   2    19   12   +7    15
 5 West Angola                              9    4   1   4    22   22    0    13
 6 Vettrera                                 9    4   1   4    17   18   −1    13
 7 The Sarian                               9    2   4   3    19   17   +2    10
 8 KungYo                                   8    2   0   6    14   23   −9     6
 9 Preiva                                   9    0   0   9    11   31  −20     0

[Pasarga]

For some reason, Dimitri had decided that this was as good as a second half fixture as any to come and watch in person. Sure it mean he was not in his pub to do all the little tricks he knew in squeezing a few more dollars out of the patrons, but he had always seen at least one game of the Wanderers every qualifying cycle. This one just happened to be the fixture that he had managed to snag a ticket to at the start of the qualifying cycle, when no one had thought that The Free Republics and the other teams were going to give the Wanderers any sort of test. Fast forward eight months later and here he was at one of the biggest fixtures left for the home side, as a victory was absolutely necessary to keep any dreams of qualifying for the World Cup alive.

In any other qualifying cycle, Dimitri knew that the entirety of the nation and the staff of the Wanderers would have seen escaping West Angola with a draw a great result. That was the mantra of football, draw away and win your home fixtures and you'd be in great shape. However this was proving to be anything but an ordinary qualifying cycle for the top five or six seeds in Group 17, as the table looked upside. No one would have expected anything quite like this leading into the campaign, even those who had decided to christen the group as the "Group of Death" in those foreign media outlets. Maybe a part of them had believed the words that they were printing but did they actually expect them to come to anything close to fruition past the halfway point of qualifying? Dimitri had to think certainly not, or perhaps they really did, as such was the egotistical ignorance that came with relative youth to the World Cup scene.

Now though, here he was standing in the corner of Stade de Torgos in the bottom tier in the middle of winter, braving snow and a chilled wind to watch the Wanderers play. However his jaw nearly dropped when he took in his surroundings and saw sitting in the royal box was none other than Queen Júlía. It was the same box that her uncle, the late king Majistar, had sat in many times to watch the team in action. In the years since his passing, it was often empty or filled with some government official, but never the Queen or anyone of the royal family. However the rumors of her attending a home match for the Wanderers had proved more than truth as his own eyes testified to seeing her here in this mighty of grounds in the cruel conditions. Granted she was set inside the safety and warmth of the royal suite but there she was.

Were things so dire then that it took the Queen to come see the side to get them ready and willing to put it all on the line in every game? No, that was not it at all, Dimitri had watched each and every one of the matches that the Wanderers had played in this cycle. It was not that the squad was not putting in the effort to get the results, the effort and work rate was definitely there. Instead they were being matched in spirit by teams that they did not expect to see such resistance from, whose personnel just seemed to give their own fits. Tactics classes had talked about just poor match ups regardless of how skilled your team or ideas might be, there was always something out there that could trump them. It seemed to Dimitri then that every consciously or not, these teams might have all just put in the right personnel groupings and tactics that spoiled the ideas of the Wanderers.

It was up to the manageress then if that was indeed the case in why the side was failing. She had to learn and adapt, like she had done during the Copa Rushmori and the World Cups previous to it. That was the job of the manager was it not, to get the squad ready for the match and then make adjustments as the match and league went on? If the woman was worth what the PFA was paying her and that extension to the end of the next World Cup cycle that they had given her, she had to make the adjustments now or risk everything that she had built in those four years.

Dimitri took in a deep of breath as could in the cold air as the snow flakes dashed across his nose and face. The horn sounded and the teams were exiting the locker rooms and entering the field, dressed for the conditions. Could his team, his nations team rise to the occasion or were they destined to be left in the dust once more?

[Tasrailia]

Tasrailia Blog 9
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8 Part 8.5

MD 1: @ The Fair Republic (257) 5-2
MD 2: Dutzenderland (312) (Launey Arena) 1-0
MD 3: @ Sangti (79) 1-1
MD 4: Kinzar (126) (Launey Arena) 0-2
MD 5: @ New Sideburn (48) 2-2
MD 6: Eura (4) (Tasrailia Arena) 1-3
MD 7: @ New Rhodes (324) 2-1
MD 8: BYE
MD 9: Eastfield Lodge (40) (Tasrailia Arena) 1-0
MID-GROUP BREAK
MD 10: The Fair Republic (257) (Launey Arena) 6-3
MD 11: @ Dutzenderland (312)
MD 12: Sangti (79) (Tasrailia Arena)
MD 13: @ Kinzar (126)
MD 14: New Sideburn (48) (Tasrailia Arena)
MD 15: @ Eura (4)
MD 16: New Rhodes (324) (Launey Arena)
MD 17: BYE
MD 18: @ Eastfield Lodge (40)

Tasrailia 6–3 The Fair Republic (Crowd: 15,154)

GK: Samuel Eraor (Glenlaide)
DF: Matthew Ripo (Devborune)
DF: Sarah Utaja (Hoberra)
DF: Mario Aoaoae (Launey)
DF: Barry Edwards (Devbourne)
MF: Addison Roqwa (Penwin)
MF: Tom Dieaeoe (Ulvbart)
MF: Kelsey Otot (Burth)
MF: Tiai Iraop (Penwin)
FW: David Banrai (Hoberra)
FW: Robin Federer (Burth)

The whole of Tasrailia is now celeberating after Tasrailia have created history today with the 6-3 win over The Fair Republic making the history with three wins in a row for Tasrailia. What a game though to create this record.

The small crowd of only 15,154 celeberated our team coming into the stadium knowing what had happened last time out with a 7 goal showdown over in The Fair Republic on the opening matchday. That being said though it was much like the opening game in which we conceded the first two goals in seven minutes to put us right back on the foot.

Here we go again as much like the opener we knew what had to happen. The 12th minute being the start as Robin Federer finally opened our account with a excellent goal to get us back in the game. The score being 2-1 in their favour as we knew what to do.

The next two goals was much easier for us, with the opposition being in someway completey started to slow down. We then knew with both of our strikers looking at brilliantce and for goals. This now put us in a brilliant position for the game after only 26 minutes to put this in someway pressure.

We could smell that we were going for the kill as the half time whistle came with us in a good position at the half.

Second Half

We knew what we had to do and it showed in only the fourth minute of play with our fourth goal coming from Tom Dieaeoe to double the amount of goals that the other team had, as they didn't knew what was about to hit them in face.

Tasrailia knowing that every goal counts in WC went like in dramatic zone with everything all of a sudden going their way with no one to stop them but themselves. That being said, Robin Federer got his hat-trick on the 58th minute to make it 5-2 in favour of Tasrailia and a record was coming in their way.

The next goal then also came from Tasrailia and that was the goal to create the goal record in Tasrailia with Addison Roqwa being the scorer. The crowd going completey wild with the record being broken. The crowd then fell silent with another goal coming from the opposition but didn't matter with another win coming from Tasrailia which now puts them into third place in Group 14.

Tasrailia 6
Robin Federer 12', 26', 58'
David Banrai 20'
Tom Dieaeoe 49'
Addison Roqwa 67'

The Fair Republic 3
Unknown 3'
Unknown 7'
Unknown 76'