COSUMAR & ROYAL KINGDOM OF QUÉBEC
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Humans, sapient creatures and other beings ahoy! Welcome to the 62nd Baptism of Fire, hosted by the Fiefdom Soccer Federation (FSF) and Federation Royale Quebecoise du Football (퀘벡왕립축구협회 / FRQF)! This tournament, first of three WCC tournaments, marks the beginning of the 75th Edition of the NationStates World Cup, where the 32 nations will brave the cold and snow in icy realms of Cosumar and Royal Kingdom of Quebec.
This historic and prestigious competition, the once-only chance for your nation when entering, is reserved to teams that have not entered a World Cup before and thus without a WCC ranking. With the Baptism of Fire as the opportunity, one is able to gain their KPB points that should come handy during their World Cup endeavours and help getting warmed up before the qualifying phase.
With no ranks, all 32 teams entering the Calania region of Atlantian Oceania will start with equal chance and hopes of winning the competition. There are 2 factors that play a huge role in your chances with the World Cup : Roleplay and luck. With the two combined, it is safe to say that you can never write your team off, while also be encouraged to post your roster and RP to your best. If things don't go that way, it's entirely fine! Sometimes things happen and so it goes with it, like life.
In this thread, you should post everything in-character (IC) associated with the Baptism of Fire. That includes, and is not limited to, the rosters and roleplays. The co-hosts will also be posting their nation info, stadiums, results and possible RPing challenges on their half of the Baptism of Fire. There are some things that one should not post, however, and that is anything out-of-character. Whether it being notes, comments, placeholders (this one especially a big no no) and whatnot, should not be posted here. They have to be instead directed to the World Cup Discussion thread or hosts via Telegram. Unnecessary out-of-character comments will result turning your RP bonus into 0.
Group Draw (Group A-D are in Quebec, Group E-H are in Cosumar)
GROUP A
Herendon
New Dukaine
Brigantii
Hasznia
GROUP B
Duestchstien
The Urain
Aji No Moto
Migli
GROUP C
The United States of Saints
Shmirnov
Bonesea
Litorea
GROUP D
New Gazi
Lightshield
Indo-Malaysia
Cre Drago
GROUP E
Stacoco
Greater Cascadia
The Island Formerly Known as Tasmania
Savalen
GROUP F
Confederate Islands of Paputu
Chernordad
Mattijana
Tobiasia
GROUP G
Holy Philippine Empire
Losthaven
North Carcossia and the Hesperides
Rocesia
GROUP H
Mercedini
Platerdam
Vyshehradska
The Republic of Arkan
Tournament Schedule
Both hosts, unless stated with 24 hours in advance or in cases of extreme emergency, will have their cutoff time around 2130-2230 CET (Dallas-Minneapolis time).
Group Stage
Monday, May 16th: Thread Open
Tuesday, May 17th: Group Draw
Friday, May 20th: Matchday 1- 1v3, 4v2
Saturday, May 21st: Matchday 2- 3v4, 2v1
Sunday, May 22nd: Matchday 3- 2v3, 1v4
Knockout Stage
Tuesday, May 24th: Round of 16- 1Av2B, 1Cv2D, 1Bv2A, 1Dv2C, 1Ev2F, 1Gv2H, 1Fv2E, 1Hv2G
Wednesday, May 25th: Quarterfinals - R1vR2, R3vR4, R5vR6, R7vR8
Thursday, May 26th: Semifinals - QF1vQF2, QF3vQF4
Friday, May 27th: Third Place Play-off
Saturday, May 28th: Final
OOC: Cited from the OP of the 60th BoF. Many thanks to Valladares and Eura for the excellent introduction.
First of all, if you are new to the NS Sports forum, you really should read the Guide to Sports Roleplaying. This guide presents you a general idea on what to do and how tournaments in NS Sports work. In case you have any additional questions, feel free to ask on the Discussion Thread (again, linked above) or send one of the hosts a telegram.
Now that you have already taken that step, you should start thinking in a roster for your team. A roster is -in its simplest form- a list of the 11 players in your starting lineup, their positions, manager/head coach, and also the players in your bench or reserves. Some participants often include some other information aimed at enriching the RPing experience and opportunities, for example, additional information on their players, coaching staff, their backgrounds, clubs, style of play, strenghts and weaknesses and anything else deemed to be of interest or anything you want others to know about your team. There is no limit regarding the number of players you can include in your roster, and there's no gender- or species-based restriction of any sort, either, with several past World Cup champions and other established nations currently competing or having competed with all-male, all-female, mixed-gender teams, teams comprised by monks, and also teams made up of elves, sentient bears and ponies, among several others.
Next up, you may want to include a style modifier for your team in your roster. A style modifier is a number ranging from -5 to +5 which will be inputted into the scorinator and will also serve to give others an idea of your style of play. Teams with negative style modifiers tend to be more defense-focused and will concede (on average) fewer goals at the cost of having more trouble at scoring goals. On the other hand, if your team is more offense-focused, then you should choose a positive style mod. Teams that play offensively tend to score more goals on average...but also tend to concede more goals in return. For those of you who would rather a more balanced style, a neutral style mod of 0 is also available. Teams will also be assigned a style mod of 0 if they don't state a style modifier.
Okay, so you already have a list of players and have chosen a style mod for your team. Good. Now pay attention to this part, because this is one of the most important things to include in your roster as it will have an effect on your opponents' RPs. Ladies and gentlemen, now we present to you the RP Permissions Box:
- Code: Select all
My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my goalscorers: Yes/No
Godmod scoring events: Yes/No
RP injuries to my players: Yes/No
Godmod injuries to my players: Yes/No
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Yes/No
Hand out red cards to my players: Yes/No
Godmod other events: Yes/No
The box above will be the tool enabling you to tell your opponents what you are willing to allow them to do, as well as what you are not allowing them to do. Please copy and paste it somewhere into your roster indicating your preferences as well as any restrictions for every option. Now let's review the meaning of each of these options:
Choose my goalscorers allows your opponents to choose which player(s) score your team's goal(s), should they RP the match before you do. Almost everyone allows this option since the most common form of roleplay in this forum is the traditional match summary/report, and it would be really difficult to write one of those without identifying the goalscorers. Godmod scoring events enables your opponents to RP goals that are scored in an unrealistic way or not likely to happen in reality.
The RP injuries to my players option is pretty self-explanatory: it allows your opponents to injure your players. However, most participants who allow others to injure their players will also set restrictions on the severity and causes of those injuries, thus retaining some extent of control on how badly injured their player is and future consequences and impacts of that injury on their teams. Just like "Godmod scoring events" for unlikely/unrealistic goals, Godmod injuries to my players refers to your opponents RPing injuries on your players but caused in less common and/or unrealistic ways. This option is generally used for more drastic injuries than those of the standard injury option, ranging from rendering your players unable to play the remainder of the tournament, ending their careers, or even killing them. That causes this option to be restricted by most players.
Yellow cards and red cards are an important part of the game, as yellow cards are handed out to players who aren't following the rules of the game as a warning, with red cards being handed out either after a second yellow card or as a result of a particularly severe violation of the rules or unsportsmanlike behaviour. Those players that are shown a red card are sent off the field, forcing their team to continue the remainder of the match with less players. Basically, if you choose "yes" to any or both of those options, you are allowing your opponents to enact such disciplinary actions against your players in their RPs. However, you can also set limits on the number of those cards if your players are less prone to carrying out actions that cause them to be booked and/or sent off.
Finally, Godmod other events refers to other unrealistic and/or unlikely events not related with goals or injuries. This can include from severe weather conditions, events by fans in the stands, to the opening of a portal to another dimension at the center of the pitch in the middle of the match. There are several things that can fall into this option, therefore you might deem it appropriate to set some limits for your opponents.
RP Challenges
With this Baptism of Fire, there will be 2 RP challenges. One provided for the Cosumarite half and other Quebecois half, it will be unveiled with the IC information in next ~72 hours. Stay tuned.....
All-Star Match
Separate to the RP challenges, all nations are welcome to submit an in-character RP on somebody from your national team, whether coach, player or even a mascot. Those selected, after a long period of review, will be selected to play as the 'Team of Ice and Snow', which is going to be the team of all-stars from the latest joining the fun World Cup offers. This team will be playing a joint selection of the best players from both Quebecois and Cosumarite National teams, who will be teaming up in a Cocodragon XI or 'True North Combine', in the All-Star matched scheduled following the completion of this Baptism of Fire.
It is to be noted that you are not obligated nor forced to write an RP submission, and that the hosts will decide the selection of the teams depending on who's available and fitting for the challenge.