Virabia--a democratic republic, split between a cold north and a mild south, led by a bunch of pot smoking socialists, whose football fans fill the stadia and prompt extra seats--
and Aguazul--a "república" in name only, whose climate has turned from rainforest to desert, led by corrupt military officials, whose football fans like setting stuff on fire--
join forces to bring you Baptism of Fire 39.
Hey, football is all about teamwork.
Scorination
NSFS3 is scheduled to be released soon. Assuming a full release is available before the Baptism of Fire begins, we would use this scorinator; as a relatively small tournament, the Baptism of Fire could provide an opportunity to "ease in" NSFS3 to the forum at large. The full range of NSFS3 style modifiers, -5 to +5, would be used.
If the public release NSFS3 is not available by the beginning of the BoF, we would use NSFS 2.0.7. Because of the flawed implementation of style modifiers in this program, the full range would not be used.
Format and tiebreakers
We'd aim for a simple structure of groups and then a knockout stage, with the top teams advancing from each group. Ideally, four or eight groups would be used, to provide for an even number of advancing teams without need for play-ins or wild cards; the final decision, however, will be based on the number of signups.
Tiebreakers to be used when teams are equal on points, in order, are goal difference, head-to-head, number of wins, goal ratio, and a playoff match if still necessary. If three or more teams are tied, teams will "clear the tiebreaker" as soon as possible--as soon as teams can be separated from others, they will be, and we'll go back to the top of the list to sort the remaining teams.
For seeding the knockout stages, all first-placed teams will be seeded above all second-placed teams (and, if need be, so on), with goal difference, number of wins, and goal ratio in that order seeding teams with the same placement.
Experience
The user behind Aguazul has co-hosted a Baptism of Fire and a Cup of Harmony, while the user behind Virabia is currently co-hosting the Cup of Peace.