Triathlon World Tour - OOC Thread

by **Star United States** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 6:55 pm

NationStates Triathlon Association
Triathlon World Tour
First Edition

The NationStates Triathlon Association proudly presents the first edition of the Triathlon World Tour. T[he Triathlon Word Tour is a NTA-Sponsored Event and a World Qualifier. This is the last event before the Triathlon World Championship, and might be the last chance for triathletes to qualify for the World Championship.

Important Information
Tournament Sign Ups Open: Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Tournament Sign Ups Close: Monday, August 11, 2014* (5:00 PM, GMT -4)
Host Bids Open: Tuesday, July 19, 2014
Host Bids Close: Wednesday, August 6, 2014 (4:00 PM, GMT -4)

* - Dates are subjected to changed.

How To Sign Up
Submit a post with interest of joining the tournament, and nations may sign up a maximum of 6 triathletes.
Please use the following form:

Triathlon World Tour
Nation:
Trigram:
Triathlete(s):

How To Submit A Host-Bid
Submit a post with interest of hosting the tournament, including IC and OCC info, format, Scorinator, RP, and anything else believed to be needed.

Useful Links
NationStates Triathlon Association Discussion Thread
NTA Ranks
About The Ranking System
Hop-Tri I (RP/Roster/Results)
Rohane Alista Triathlon Circuit (RP & Results)
Fifth Star Triathlon Worldwide Tournament (RP/Results)

Sign Ups & Host Bids

by **Free Swiss States** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 7:34 pm

Triathlon World Tour
Nation: Free Swiss States
Trigram: FSS
Triathlete(s): Frank Gaunt, Alyion du Lusavik, Ernesto Hesperidis, Natalie Rumascher, Jennifer Haley, Joy Szu

by **Patistan** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 11:56 pm

Triathlon World tour

Nation:Patistan
Trigram:PAT
Athletes: Hussam Warsi,Shaheer Shazib,Hume Shahzib,Taha Junaid,Valli Rasool

by **Britonisea** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 12:10 am

Triathlon World Tour
Nation: Britonisea
Trigram: BRI
Triathlete(s): George Jordan, Johnson Rogers, Guy Majifi and Elijah King

A Host bid to come!

by **Bzakstan** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 12:11 am

Triathlon World Tour Sign Up:
Nation: Bzakstan
Trigram: BZA
Triathlete(s): Gregory Svloya, Boris Chneya, Ivan Zlavak and Fredrik Klasinski

by **Estenia** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 12:21 am

Triathlon World Tour
Nation: Estenia
Trigram: ETA
Triathlete(s): Yuri Abdulov, Andriy Dragunov

by **Timbermunich** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 5:46 am

Timbermunich's (TBM) entries for the Triathlon World Tour
1. Great Battle
2. Great One-Arm Willy
3. Great Hatchet Hank

by **HopNation** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 5:53 am

Timbermunich wrote:-snip-

Puppet confirmed

also:
Nation: HopNation
Trigram: HPN
Triathletes: Warren VonHopton, Jörg Ulrich Halle, and Arnold Erdmann Stumpf

by **Peruvian Highlands** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 8:34 am

Triathlon World Tour
Nation: Peruvian Highlands
Trigram: PVH
Triathlete(s): Domingo Clark, Diego Chavez, Marvolo Huddlestone, Iceman Rodriguez, Dustin Grant, Melanie Orton

by **Timbermunich** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 9:47 am

Triathlon World Tour
Timbermunich Trail Triathlon
An NTA Qualifying Event host bid by Timbermunich

The triple T or TTT as its known will be held within the Great Timbermunich Forest Region and on a single track. This track is a combination of woodland trails and elevated wood platforms for both the cycling and running sections while the swim will be in the Quellwassermunich. It is a very scenic course that will challenge even the best triathletes and is setup for the Ironman distance.

Distance and Course Details

Ironman (Full)
Swim: 2.4 mile (3.86 km)
Cycling: 112 mile (180.25 km)
Run: 26.2 mile (42.2 km)
Time Limit: Strict 17 hours

Portion of Quellwassermunich Lake
Swimming Section
The swim will take place wholly within Quellwassermunich Lake and will be outlined by a series of buoys. The buoys will be set up in an teardrop shape with the start and finish lines of this section being a mere 20 yards apart. This lake is well protected from the elements and winds should not be a factor, nor should water currents as the lake is very calm.

Forest Trail
Cycling Section
The cycling section will head due north from the swimming staging area and will wind its way though the Timbermunich Forest and into the village of TimberOak Grove. The ride will be on both rough and smooth trail surfaces with no obstacles but may pass through the middle of some trees (similar to the real life roads of the Avenue of the Giants), depending on which final route is picked.

Heart Canopy Home

One of the Elevated Trails

Another of the Elevated Trails
Running Section
The running section will start from the bike/run staging area, end of the cycling section, and head around the Heart of the Grove*. The run will start off on similar trails to the cycling section but then lead into the elevated trails that surround the Heart of the Grove. There will be some amazing views on this run, but be warned if you are afraid of heights this might not be the event for you. The elevated run sections will be monitored by the Greats and there is little likely hood of anyone falling off of them, but if it does happen just know a Great will be in the area in order to save you from certain death.

*We also issue this lone warning about the Heart of the Grove. This is a sacred and well protected area, it also possesses magical powers which supply the rest of Timbermunich with its life force. No one can enter the Heart of the Grove except for Timbermunich Greats because of this magical power, any one that does enter is instantly killed and their body is vaporized down to the skeleton and cannot be return as it will be frozen in time to forever remain at that point of entry (or just a few yards inside). So please only enjoy the view from the encompassing elevated trail.
You have been warned…

More information on all sections of the course will be released if selected to host the event.

Scorination and Format
Xkoranate will be used and set to the Ironman distance for proper time output

This will be a multi-run qualifying tournament with five group stage match days followed by a three day final. The field of competitors will be split into three or four groups with the top 3-4 making it to the three day final (all dependent on total sign-ups).

Group Stage
For the Group stage (match days 1-5) scoring will be based on place with first place getting the most points and last place getting the least amount. Actual points will be determined once a final number of sign-ups is determined (example would be 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0 for first through ninth if each group has 9 triathletes). The groups will be drawn randomly using one of the many online randomizers, and depending on sign-ups pots are likely to be used based on the NTA rankings (the only way pots will not be used is if we only have 10 previously ranked triathletes sign-up). With current number (33) we’d have three groups of 11 and the top four would qualify from each group to the final (just as an example based off current numbers, likely to change).

Final
For the Final it will be a cumulative time, three day event so that after the three days the triathlete with the fastest overall time will be crowned the Champion of the Triathlon World Tour (Timbermunich Trail Triathlon).

Misc. and Ties
Times and Tie Breaker:
Any triathlete that does not meet the time cut-off will be given a DNF indicator and he/she will receive a time of 17:00:00 for that day, all others will receive their actual time per scorination results. Any ties in terms of points for the group stage will be separated by total time (all of a triathletes finishing times added up) after the final match day, if it is needed to find the participants that will advance to the final.

RP Stuff:
Cut-off times for RPs have not been set yet, but will likely be mid to late afternoon EST but will ultimately depend on when we start things up and the hope will be to start around Monday the 11th of August. As for RP and Bonuses, I will be using a simple scale (although generous) to rate all RPs and they will be cumulative over the course of the event. Their may be some incentive RP bonuses along the way as well.

Other:
If we happen to hit 60+ participants I may go with six groups instead of three/four, but we'll see how the numbers work out once we get that far. Also at that threshold I would expand the initial group stage to seven days instead of just five.

Questions
If selected more detailed information shall be released, but for now I think that covers it and hope I got everything your looking for. If however I did not cover what is needed or what you want to know please post your questions.

by **Star United States** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 11:20 am

Updated.

by **North Britonisea** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 12:22 pm

Bring it on. A question: is it only Ironman? Nothing else?

by **Star United States** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 12:24 pm

North Britonisea wrote:Bring it on. A question: is it only Ironman? Nothing else?

Yes, there will only be one distance, depending on the host.

by **North Britonisea** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 9:41 am

We will not be bidding as there is no specific program to generate scores over the 3 events. If there is please tell me.

by **HopNation** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 12:44 pm

North Britonisea wrote:We will not be bidding as there is no specific program to generate scores over the 3 events. If there is please tell me.

go here as I have them posted now. TG me if you need help getting them loaded in xkoranate.

by **Britonisea** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 1:09 pm

What I was thinking is do the swimming on one day, running the next and etc, but there is not xml fies for swimming running and cycling. But as a whole. And realistically athletes do not do the hour (s) race every day... so I will see how others do it, but I am still in for hosting! Soon.

by **Ceni** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 1:24 pm

Triathlon World Tour
Nation: Ceni
Trigram: CEN
Triathlete(s): Zach Ivins, Tyr Gaejac, Rres Darael, Dayes Ferlo

by **Itanpavia** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 1:31 pm

Triathlon World Tour
Nation: Itanpavia
Trigram: ITN
Triathlete(s): Jens Mass, Robert Patreße, Louiza Kravža

by **United States of Devonta** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 1:34 pm

Nation: United States of Devonta
Trigram: USD
Triathlete(s):
1) Marcus Ali
2) Demonte Edwards
3) Cesia Alveolar
4) Elizabeth Johnson

by **Timbermunich** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 1:46 pm

Britonisea wrote:-snip-

by **Britonisea** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 3:03 pm

I will leave the bid with you... good luck.

by **Star United States** » Fri Aug 01, 2014 5:49 pm

Updated.

by **Wolfbenz** » Fri Aug 01, 2014 8:49 pm

Triathlon World Tour
Nation: Wolfbenz
Trigram:WBZ
Triathlete(s):Marinius Klasson, Elov Brotz, Emil Schwartze, Irina Kjellsson, Vanessa Dries

by **Star United States** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 9:57 am

Updated.

by **Swibia** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 10:18 am

Nation: Swibia
Trigram: SWI
Triathlete(s): Darin Layton
Frank Roe
Peyton Tweedy
Katrina Willows

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