1) Sign-ups
To sign-up for the Twenty-Third World Bowl, simply post your intentions to compete in this thread.
Puppets
For non-first-time participants, you may sign up a second nation, or a 'puppet'. To sign up a puppet: post with that nation, making it clear that it is a puppet, then confirm that it's yours with your master nation. Or mention your puppet in your master nation's post and then confirm with your puppet. Just make sure you confirm that both nations are yours. Be warned that puppets will be the first to go if the host needs to cut nations to make the numbers work.
2) Host Bids
As those already familiar with the competition know, we need a host for this shin-dig. How do we get that host? By interested nations posting host bids. A good host bid should contain scorination information, proposed format of the competition, maybe some IC background information, and a little bit of writing on the subject of why you should be host (IC and OoC info, for preference). You can write host bids from an OoC or IC voice; that is your choice. You can see the winning bid from the last cycle for reference (or the one from two cycles ago for an example with a more normal format). Once the deadline for hosting bids to be submitted has passed, we will vote on who will host World Bowl XXIII (and possibly BoI whichever one is next).
The deadline for host bids is Friday, April 18th. Ideally we'll have the World Bowl started by the time May rolls around, or just about if a BoI is held, which will require the entry of 16 users new to the World Bowl.
Signups (48/??)
1. Karditan
2. Super-Llamaland
3. Vettrera
4. Equestrian States
5. San Jose Guayabal
6. Gregoryisgodistan
7. The Royal Kingdom of Quebec
8. Nassau-Hessen
9. Cassadaigua
10. New North Aqmuland
11. Free Republics (Puppet of Saintland)
12. Saintland
13. Hicana (Puppet of Super-Llamaland) (BoI Eligible)
14. Taeshan
15. Estope
16. Cosumar
17. McKleigh (BoI Eligible)
18. Sangti (Puppet of Ati Kaluraya) (BoI Eligible)
19. Ati Kaluraya
20. Alparia (BoI Eligible)
21. New Wolfopolis
22. New South Aqmuland (Puppet of New North Aqmuland) (BoI Eligible)
23. Darmen
24. Unolia
25. Hamamatsu (BoI Eligible)
26. Ko-oren
27. German zerabithea
28. Mochria (Puppet of New Wolfopolis) (BoI Eligible)
29. Democratic States of Fenbar
30. HopNation
31. Timbermunich (Puppet of HopNation) (BoI Eligible)
32. Osarius
33. The Fair Republic
34. The Tidal Wake (BoI Eligible)
35. Darvale (BoI Eligible)
36. Allamunnic States (The Fanboyists)
37. Anditia
38. Zenic (BoI Eligible)
39. The Glorious Commune
40. Estenia
41. Jeckland
42. Menukten (BoI Eligible)
43. Kykid8 (BoI Eligible)
44. Macquarrie (BoI Eligible)
45. Quakmybush
46. Hutt River (BoI Eligible) (Returning User)
47. Icatus (BoI Eligible)
48. Levivania
Host Bids:
BoI: Super-Llamaland & San José Guayabal
WB: Estope