COPA RUSHMORI
39th Edition - Hispinas
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Introduction
Welcome to Hispinas for the 39th edition of Rushmore's premier regional football tournament, the Copa Rushmori. 32 nations make it into the Eastern Terranean nation, trying to etch their name into history by winning the coveted competition.
Will Sargossa be able to retain the Copa Rushmori trophy, and tie with Polar Islandstates with the most Copa Rushmori wins to five, after taking the win in the 38th edition held in Mytanija? Will Cassadaigua finally win their first Copa Rushmori title after being denied twice at the final hurdle of the past two editions? Can Nephara or Pasarga be the nation to be level with the Polarians themselves with a fifth Copa Rushmori title? Can Eura, Savojarna, Valladares, Astograth, or Eastfield Lodge taste another Copa Rushmori triumph this edition having already won in previous editions? And can Hispinas finally reach their first Copa Rushmori final in their own backyard, having come up short in the semifinals for the past two editions? Will they also retain the Unofficial World Champion belt after unspectacularly defending it during the latest Cup of Harmony?
This is the Everything thread for this tournament. Nations can post their rosters and roleplay posts, and hosts will post the scores per given matchday. Posts in this thread should be purely in-character (IC), and any out-of-context or out-of-character (OOC) posts should be directed at the discussion thread.
Roster Posts
Roster posts should include information about the team - the players, coaching staff, how they play, and so on and so forth. You may visit the IC thread of the previous edition of the Copa Rushmori to get an insight on the different roster posts of the participants. Please include as much information as needed in order for you or your opponent to roleplay efficiently should s/he or you use game reports. Participants are also encouraged to include a roleplay permissions box, which contains at least the information below:
My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my goalscorers: Yes/No - allows the opponent to choose the goal scorers for your team
Godmod Scoring Events: Yes/No - allows the opponent freedom to be do anything with the way your team's goals are scored, including unrealistic or improbable instances
RP injuries to my players: Yes/No - allows the opponent to roleplay injuries to your team
Godmod injuries to my players: Yes/No - allows the opponent freedom to be do anything with the way your team's players are injured, including unrealistic or improbable instances
Hand out Yellow cards to my players: Yes/No - allows the opponent to roleplay instances of yellow cards to your team
Hand out Red cards to my players: Yes/No - allows the opponent to roleplay instances of red cards to your team
Godmod Other Events: Yes/No - allows the opponent freedom to be do anything with other in-character events, including unrealistic or improbable instances
It is the users’ responsibility to set their RP permissions in place, and put more specific instructions or guidelines on it. The rule of thumb is that if a user is not sure of his/her RP permissions, or if a user have an RP idea but is not sure if his or her opponent would approve to it, they should discuss it first before proceeding. If a user feels that his or her opponent did not follow his or her permissions, they may contact their opponent to resolve it, or just post it to the discussion thread. Blatant and unreasonable violations of RP permissions by a user will result to their RP bonus reset to zero.
It is also important to check first if the opponent have posted their roleplay before posting their own. Instances of retroactive continuity (retcon) in at least the opponents and users’ roleplays are generally frowned upon and will result to their RP bonus reset to zero. However, users may retcon only if the opponent did not follow RP permissions or did not follow through the last RPs of the user (e.g. player is injured in the last game and cannot play the next one but their opponent roleplayed the particular player as taking the winning shot in that next game).
Disclaimer: The host of the tournament has decided not to mention or make any scenarios with references to the current pandemic, and will ignore any RP instances of it during the tournament. Mentions of the said topic in an RP will not affect the grading of it, but when the main topic is references to pandemic itself, then zero RP points will be awarded.) Participants are given freedom to ignore any instances of this should participants make any remarks about it.
Tournament Format and Schedule
There will be a single round robin group stage which will be held around different venues in Hispinas. The top two teams of each group will advance to a single-elimination playoff bracket, in which the higher ranked teams of the group will face a lower ranked teams from other groups. The bracket will be arranged such that no team in the same group faces each other until the final.
Below is the schedule for the tournament. Cutoff window for each event is at 2300 to 0100 the next day, Philippine Standard Time (PHST/PHT) which is 8 hours ahead of GMT.
November 12, 2021 (Friday) - Group Draw and IC Information (Next 2 posts)
November 15, 2021 (Monday) - Matchday 1 - 1 v 4, 2 v 3 (Results)
November 17, 2021 (Wednesday) - Matchday 2 - 4 v 3, 1 v 2 (Results)
November 19, 2021 (Friday) - Matchday 3 - 2 v 4, 3 v 1 (Results)
November 21, 2021 (Sunday) - Round of 16 (Results)
November 23, 2021 (Tuesday) - Quarterfinals (Results)
November 25, 2021 (Thursday) - Semifinals (Results)
November 26, 2021 (Friday) - Third Place Playoff (Result)
November 27, 2021 (Saturday) - Final
FORMAT: Below is the format for this edition of the tournament.
- There will be eight groups of four, as such, there will be three matchdays per nation in the group stage.
- After matchday 3, the top two teams per group will advance in the knockout round.
The tiebreakers will be as follows: Points, H2H result, Goal difference, Goals scored, IC coin flip (RP bonus). In case three or more teams tie in points, one team gets the better following criteria and remaining teams still tied, the tiebreak procedure will be restarted with the remaining teams. - Bracketing for the Round of Sixteen will be done as with the same procedure in the 2018 RLStates FIFA World Cup: A1 vs B2, C1 vs D2, E1 vs F2, G1 vs H2, B1 vs A2, D1 vs C2, F1 vs E2, H1 vs G2. The winners of the A1 vs B2 match will face the winner of C1 vs D2 match in the quarterfinal and so on.
- There will be a third place playoff as implemented in the previous editions, which will be scored 24 hours after the semifinal results.
Groups
Group A
Hispinas
Isle Noire
Astograth
Bollonich
Group B
Nyowani Kitara
Southwest Eastnorth
Ardengard
Pasarga
Group C
Sargossa
The Askari Union
Eastfield Lodge
San Ortelio
Group D
Mytanija
Cabo Azure
Græntfjall
Takeshwar
Group E
República Guanacasteca
Yuezhou
Darmen
Savojarna
Group F
Soldera
Valladares
Oberour Ar Moro
Cassadaigua
Group G
Nephara
Tikariot
San Isidro Labrador
Brookstation
Group H
Gatchingerrak Union
Eura
Pridnestrovia
Kiltoch
Group draw information, as well as IC information for the hosts will be provided in the next 2 posts.