WORLD CUP FIFTY - KRYTENIA & THE HOLY EMPIRE
"Dream The Dream"
(Please note, this opening post blends IC and OOC, and should be taken as such.)
When Ariddia conceived the World Cup, way back in the mists of time, who would have imagined we'd still be here, on the cusp of a new decade, preparing for its fiftieth edition? But, here we are, ready for the end of the first half century of these competitions, and ready to lay the foundations that will, we hope, take us to World Cup 100 and beyond.
So how have we got here? The answer, simply, is you. The players who add the colour, add the roleplay, add the meat to the bones of scorination the hosts supply. You make it fun, dramatic, and occasionally controversial. Every dodgy red card, every beautiful volley, every segue into the ins and outs behind the scenes, off the scenes, or completely ignoring the scenes. And that is why we have decided to reward you.
World Cup 50, if awarded to our bid, will contain a higher skew on RP bonus than before. Teams will be able to earn up to 2.5 KPB points each matchday. This, I am sure, will create a few shocks, and a few rumblings among those at the top, but we hope you'll be able to see past this short-sightedness and into the long game; that World Cup 51 will have more quality RPers than ever before in the top 32. The meat behind this will be NSFS, using the "XL Parameters" file previously used to scorinate World Cup 40.
And if you think this is radical thinking, fear not. Your cup is in safe hands. In The Holy Empire, we have the only remaining nation (to WC49) of those who took part in that ground-breaking inaugural World Cup so long ago; in Krytenia, one of the most experienced hosts out there (check the sig!) and the creators of the longest-running regional football competition, the AOCAF Cup.
The cap on participants will be 152; 150 to qualifying, plus Krytenia and The Holy Empire.
There will be more details to come, but in the meantime, feel free to ask questions in this thread.
ADDENDUM: A NOTE ON FRIENDLIES
1) Formal acknowledgement will be given in the schedule for pre-, mid- and post-qualification friendlies.
2) There will be a higher limit of FIVE friendlies in those spots; however, they will not automatically be scorinated by the hosts. Nations must arrange their own friendly scorination; a designated host will be free to scorinate a friendly if asked (only one host, so as not to split RP count), but may also refuse. Krytenia will also, prior to the World Cup, draw up a list of "preferred hosts"; this objective list will be made up of active nations/players that have scorinated at least one WCC-sanctioned event (less any nations who indicate in the WCDT prior to the Cup that they do not want to be on this list).
3) The maximum number of friendlies that the host will be willing to scorinate per nation will depend on RL availability on that day, but will be announced prior to the World Cup Qualifying Draw. The hosts will make the relevant RP-adjusted ranks available to other scorinating nations for scorinating purposes.
4) The scores thread will make explicit which nation will be scorinating which match(es). There will either be an allowance for scorinating nations to post in the scores thread, or a second thread for friendly scorination.
5) Friendly RPs will count normally towards RP bonuses regardless of who scorinates them.