Please see the OOC & signups thread here: http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=187452
As of now, you have until 0900, Thursday, June 28th, 2012 PST (California) to post your rosters and initial RPs, pending any reasonable objections to the contrary. That being said, the roster bonus refreshes at every cutoff, so if you don't post one before this "deadline", you will get credit for it whenever you do decide to post one later, and for all subsequent games. This also means that you can improve your roster and get more of an RP bonus out of it throughout the tournament, and this is encouraged. Could be a convenient place to keep a running list of results, just a suggestion...
The group draw will take place shortly, and will occur entirely at random across the four groups. If a 16th non-puppet nation joins the tournament by the deadline on Wednesday at 0900, that draw will be scrapped and a new one will be done randomly. (EDIT: This all happened.) Thanks for playing!