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I will Sign Up CD Guadalajara and Club Atlas.

Signing up Blaketon Athletic and Grafonil HQ FC.
(Olastor is the OOC puppet of, but not IC'ly related to, Eastfield Lodge.)

Potential host bid to come along shortly.

Al-Mumtaz will be sending Black Phoenix FC (BPH) and At-Tajra United (ATU)

Legendardisch Football Federation sends in AFC Mantala and FC Endeavour

Olastor's bid for International FireStorm Cup VIII

Where?

Olastor may not be that well known on the international sports scene, currently participating in what is their fourth World Cup, after a dismal introduction to the international football scene. In their first five competitions (2 Copa Rushmoris, the Baptism of Fire and two WC qualis), they managed a great record of 1-5-19. However, the coalition of companies that passes for a government here decided that the masses would be more productive if they had something to get behind, a properly working national team and a proper national league. And hence things turned around, with the first season of the Olastian Premier League having just concluded, and two wins from two games in the current World Cup qualifiers. Winning the hosting rights for this tournament would also be a step forward in Olastian football.

As for the nation itself, well, Olastor is a corporate dictatorship based somewhere in southern Rushmore (and we can't tell you where until the Polarian cartographers officially decide to give us some land). However we can tell you that the main part of the nation is on the mainland, with a few large islands making up the country. Widely acknowledged by the WA as one of the worst places to live, or even be, in Rushmore (#1 awards for the Most Avoided, Shortest average Lifespans, and the Rudest and Fattest Citizens all attest to that), especially if you're poor. The number of businesses in the country means that Olastor is one of the top economic capitals in Rushmore, along with more familiar names such as Sargossa and Karditan, and indeed Olastor is the market leader in around a dozen sectors. However, step out of the bounds of the laws, and you find yourself pretty stuffed, as there are few Civil Rights, and even fewer Economic Freedoms.

Who?

Olastor is the OOC puppet of Eastfield Lodge, although there is no IC relation between the two nations (except that both reside in Rushmore). My experience is rather limited, especially given that Eastfield Lodge has been on NS Sports since World Cup 49 (at the back end of 2009, which makes it over 4 and a half years). The tournaments I have hosted are: Market Cup 4, my own Imperial Commonwealth Soccer Cup, the 2nd Seniors Cup and then emergency hosting the latter stages of Beach Cup 7. However, being here for so long, I do have plenty of experience with scorination, from my own leagues and lots of friendlies, as well as having experience of a wide range of RP'ing styles (I'll admit, it's not the best NSSports CV).

How?

Scorination will be done using NSFS 3.0.1a, the one with variable max rank and variable style mods. I won't reveal the bonus scale, although it will be relatively generous compared to the rankings. The bonus will be cumulative and also degrading, although there will be a separate non-degrading bonus for rosters.
Format wise, I'm open to any numbers of teams signing up, but obviously, the easier the numbers the better. For example, with 52 teams signed up at the moment, that would make 13 groups of 4, but I would ideally like 64 teams. The format will be groups followed by knockouts, although I may use two group stages to increase the relative time everybody plays (and I may also end up structuring it so every team has a finishing rank, similar to what I did in Market Cup 4, but probably with knock-outs).

Costa de Ouro signs up with Fortaleza FC and Antillia FC

bump?

A friendly reminder that host bids close on 8th August 12PM (BST).

Sign-Ups are still open beyond that point unless we reach 32 teams then I will open up a waiting list.

Sorry for the delay.

Host bids are now closed but sign-ups are still open.

All votes must go to Boring Glacier.

1) Patistan and Star United States
2) Olastor
3) Re-open Bids

We shall send our two best teams, the Greenwich Glens from the south and the Auburn. FireStrykers from the North. Best of luck everyone. And have a great tournament.

If its still open West Carpathia will send Banská Štiavnica and Zvolen FC

Boring Paradise wrote:Sorry for the delay.

Host bids are now closed but sign-ups are still open.

All votes must go to Deadmans.

1) Patistan and Star United States
2) Olastor
3) Re-open Bids

Deadmans dosent exist...

Wolfbenz will send FC Kolbenz and Club Pollare.

in please. To the bid, the slogan is very creative.

Brit-kicks FC and Centrle FC

Patistan wrote:

Boring Paradise wrote:Sorry for the delay.

Host bids are now closed but sign-ups are still open.

All votes must go to Deadmans.

1) Patistan and Star United States
2) Olastor
3) Re-open Bids

Deadmans dosent exist...

Okay then, let me change it.

All votes must go to Boring Glacier

One more sign-up will be allowed until we hit a waiting list.

Voting closes on 16th August 12:00 PM BST.

I'll be the 32nd team.

I'll send Ixqa FC and AS Lima.

The Fiefdom Soccer Federation (FSF) of Cosumar will send OAS Royal FC and Mallox FC. Add me to the waiting list if necessary.

If there's space, Polkopia signs up with the two clubs that finished first and second in the Polkopian League last season. We sign up FC Valinkova, and Peeto Gordost'.

If there's no room, no worries

The results are in

1) Patistan and Star United States: 0 Votes
2) Olastor: 2 Votes
3) Re-open Bids: 0 Votes

I will now hand power to Olastor for the IFSC VIII.

Boring Glacier wrote:The results are in

1) Patistan and Star United States: 0 Votes
2) Olastor: 2 Votes
3) Re-open Bids: 0 Votes

I will now hand power to Olastor for the IFSC VIII.

It has almost been two days...

Patistan wrote:

Boring Glacier wrote:The results are in

1) Patistan and Star United States: 0 Votes
2) Olastor: 2 Votes
3) Re-open Bids: 0 Votes

I will now hand power to Olastor for the IFSC VIII.

It has almost been two days...

(Olastor here)
So sorry about that.
To business, I'm still pondering on how to work the large number of sign-ups we have, but that shouldn't take too long, and I should have the everything thread up and running by the end of tomorrow.

Eastfield Lodge wrote:

Patistan wrote:
It has almost been two days...

(Olastor here)
So sorry about that.
To business, I'm still pondering on how to work the large number of sign-ups we have, but that shouldn't take too long, and I should have the everything thread up and running by the end of tomorrow.

Don't forget that Ribth CTEd.

OK, whilst I'm setting up the everything thread, I'll leave the structure of the tournament here for everyone to see:

With Ribth's CTE, that leaves us with 66 teams signed up. Which means that we will have 11 groups of 6 with a single single-round robin. The top two of each group and the 9 best third placed teams go through automatically, with the remaining two third placers having a playoff to decide the last qualifier. And then it's straight single leg knockouts all the way to the final.

Everything Thread is up and running.
Post here if I've missed anything or something's unclear, and I'll rectify/clarify.