World Bowl XVI (Sign-Ups Open!)

[Carasatoga]

Carasatoga signs up!

[Chrinthanium]

Erm.... You've misspelled our name, kind person. It's Chrinthanium, not Crinthanium. Thank you.

[World Bowl]

Erm.... You've misspelled our name, kind person. It's Chrinthanium, not Crinthanium. Thank you.

Sign-Ups updated through Carasatoga.

Also, fixed. Thanks for the heads-up.

[Sarzonia]

Weegee and Rick Steves has previously competed in the World Bowl, so he would be ineligible to participate in the Baptism of Iron.

[Arroza]

I'll never get in the top 5 doing this, and my schedule of trucking will demolish my hopes to RP consistently, buy why not.

The Arroza Admirals sign up.

I know I have 0 points, but I can't be BOI eligible, right? I mean I've hosted a BOI.

Edit: jeez, and a World Bowl. That was many, many moons ago.

[Beldonia]

I think I'll do the BoI, too.

[Bluth Corporation]

Holy crap, it's Arroza--my first real rival!

[The Fanboyists]

Sign-ups updated and corrections made.

[The Kytler Peninsulae]

Kytlerian bid for the Baptism of Iron

OOC elements

FORMAT: The optimal format will be four evenly-sized groups, in which each team play each other once with the top two from each progressing to a single-elimination knockout. Teams from groups A and B would be drawn against each other in the quarter-finals, and likewise teams from C and D. This works best with 24 teams, though 20 also works.

A possible alternative with 18 teams (unless two "cannon-fodder" puppets are created to set up a 20-team tournament) would be three six-team groups, with the top two in each progressing to the knockout phases, and the two teams with the best overall record receiving byes to the semi-finals. In this instance, knockout seeding would work identically to the AFC/NFC conference playoffs, as the format is identical (six teams with the top two receiving first-round byes).

SCORINATION: NSFS 3.01 will be used.

RP BONUS: A degrading bonus will be utilised, as it ensures the maximum level of RP bonus can be reached more quickly than under an accumulative (non-degrading) bonus. RP bonus will be rated on a 1-10 scale, based primarily on creativity and other subjective judgment. Unusual approaches such as audio RP will be rewarded; generic match reports, less so. The bonus will be halved after one matchday, halved again after a second, and removed after a third, so (for instance) for MD4, the RP bonus will be the full value for MD3, half the value for MD2, and one-quarter the value for MD1.

The maximum bonus level is 18.75 (10 + (10/2) + (10/4)), and as the BoI starts on a level playing field and is intended to reward RPing as much as Margaret can allow, 18.75 will be the "Max Rank Points" value in NSFS.

TIMING: The BoI thread would be created on Friday, November 4, with the draw taking place live on #nssport at 1705 GMT [1305 ET, 1005 PT] the next day, and scorination taking place daily from Monday. This would provide teams with a weekend to complete their rosters and produce other pre-tournament RP. Matchday 1 RP bonuses will be assessed on all pre-tournament RPing, including rosters. Edited to remove reference to an expected off-day on November 12, which is now very unlikely to be necessary.

RP cutoffs would fall at approximately 2200 GMT [1700 ET, 1400 PT], at which point RP bonus would be assessed and NSFS updated with the new team "ranking". Edited to reflect that Daylight Saving Time ends in the US on November 6, and not November 13 as I thought. The UK equivalent ends on October 30.

HOST EXPERIENCE: The Kytler Peninsulae is the new nation of an old user. As Kaze Progressa and Kura-Pelland, this user co-hosted six World Cups, invented the Baptism of Fire competition that begat the Baptism of Iron, was lead devisor of the KPB ranking system that is now entering its 46th World Cup cycle with only minor amendments, and retained extensive involvement in RPing other sports, including gridiron (Kura-Pelland once reaching a World Bowl final).

IC elements

STADIA: Each group will be based in three stadia within the same geographical region of the country, all games being played at the same time (ICly as well as OOCly) and as such all being in different stadia. As such, there will be a significant number of stadia used, all of which will have images provided.

THE NATION: The Kytler Peninsulae is a small nation in eastern Rushmore, consisting (as the name rather suggests) of two narrow peninsulae and a narrow strip of land connecting them. With a modest population of under 10m, stadia are comparatively small (only one stadium has a capacity significantly above 40,000), but temporary stands will be added to some of the smaller venues to ensure more fans can appreciate the atmosphere. Additionally, "fan zones" will be created in public squares in all host towns and cities, increasing the number of travelling supporters beyond that possible from stadium capacity alone.

The country's long coastline is home to many coastal resorts, some of which will be hosting BoI games; as such, there is extensive and relatively affordable accommodation available for fans in locally-owned guest houses, as well as chain hotels.

[Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuk]

You are already hosting the WLC, Although that is a smaller tournament, do you think you could pull off both at the same time?

[The Kytler Peninsulae]

I plan to delay the WLC until the BoI is completed, certainly if I host both.

[Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuk]

Ok, thank you for the quick response

[Darmen]

Just putting this back onto the first page.

[Calmerica]

When will this get going?

[Cassadaigua]

CAFE Presents

CAFE= Cassadagan Association for Football Excellence

A HOSTING BID FOR WORLD BOWL 16

"Its a Sweet Sixteen Party in the Matriarchy!"

"Good morning everyone, my name is Lauren Hamilton and I am the President of CAFE. However I hope that many of you recognize me as the quarterback of the Dagans in our earlier years, including our World Bowl 8 Championship team. It is my pleasure to announce Cassadaigua's bid to bring the 16th version of the World Bowl to the football playing world. In some nations, this sport is known by other names but if you are listening to this bid, you surely know what sport is being discussed!"

"First, let me get to the FORMAT in which we propose: We will offer a double round robin, so that each team has a game against each group opponent at home and on the road. We will strive to make all groups even, and will make that happen, whether we have to cut off satellite nations (puppets), or put in a closing pitch for an additional entry or two. Playoffs will be determined by the amount of signups, but it will be in a traditional single-elimination knockout format. Playoff games will be in Cassadaigua.

As for those groups, when it comes to determining TIEBREAKERS: we will first use H2H results, and then H2H point differential, before moving to overall point differential. I know some of you may not like H2H results as the first tiebreaker, but in Cassadaigua we feel that is the most fair way to break a tie, even if it is not the simplest way."

"Within our SCORINATION offices, scorekeepers will utilize NSFS 3.0.1 as the means of maintaining records. However they will not use the modification system (style modifiers), since those don't appear to function correctly. They will use a complimentary RP BONUS program to judge national media outlets. It will be a cumulative and non-degrading score, from day to day. These scorekeepers enjoy creativity and originality, but most of all want to see an overall knowledge of the competition. They tend to like seeing an awareness of what other media outlets may be saying as well."

"Finally, CAFE reminds the world of the EXPERIENCE that Cassadagan Sporting agencies have accumulated so far. This would be co-hosting World Cup 54, and hosting World Baseball Classic 18 and World Lacrosse Championships 7. These agencies work hard and have had a good track record so far. They hope to continue that if given the opportunity."

"So, are there any questions?"

[Lymantatia]

I am signing up.

[Homelands our]

homelands our host bid for baptism of iron
SCORINATION
NSFS 3.01 will be used.
FORMAT
Groups of 4, 5 if extra teams,top team in each group goes on
Then a single-elimination knockout with byes will take place
RP BONUS
RP's rated 1-10 based on originally so if you got a 8 before match day 1 you would have a 4 for MD 2 and 2 for MD 3 after that none from that RP
If you get a odd number let's say 7 MD 1=7 for MD 2 3.5 is rounded to the nearest whole number 4 for that match day then for MD 3 you would Have 2
Bonus cap is 20
HOST EXPERIENCE
Host of ADUFL final and playoffs 1,4,6,7,9 and will host 11 (in my region)
Scorinated Some friendly matches
STADIA
All will host group matches (play-offs and final marked)
Harloop national seats 100,000 (final and play-offs)
East Kilbride area seats 75,000 (play-offs)
Old park new seats 50,000 (play-offs)
Mosk road seats 50,000 (play-offs)
City of choup seats 45,000
Camp harloop (40.000)
TIMING
I would open the tread at 16:00 GMT on the 31st of October
Group stage draw 16:15 GMT 31st of October
Group stages CUT-OFF 16:00 GMT 1st-4th November (MD 1-4)
(4 team groups 1 team will miss each match day)
Scores will be posted about 30mins after CUT-OFF
Depending on how many teams the play-offs draws and cut-offs will be between 6-12 November
Nation
Homelands our is a fair sized nation in the west of the ADU camp harloop and harloop national are in harloop the capital in the south.
East Kilbride area and old park new are in east Kilbride in the west near the border with ceator.
City of choup and mosk road are in choup our 3rd mega city and is north of the river hoyul.

[Civil Citizenry]

"Ms. Hamilton, this is Pelham Kemp from the Western Chase Courier. I'm interested in knowing why NSFS 3.0.1 will be used as a score-recording device, when xkoranate has seven different formulas to record scores, two of which include style modifiers."

[Qazox]

We gonna start this stuff any time soon?

[Vintrasn]

I like to host the world bowl my nation nation love football they eat sleep football we have the room and large citys that can host the event vintrasn ready I faith In us, the lawenforce are ready also it good to know that we are here ready to host the big game if we host the big gamei it will be at world ctr in the capitol city of portqueens

[Cassadaigua]

"Ms. Hamilton, this is Pelham Kemp from the Western Chase Courier. I'm interested in knowing why NSFS 3.0.1 will be used as a score-recording device, when xkoranate has seven different formulas to record scores, two of which include style modifiers."

Thank you, while the modification system for xkoranate is proven to work, and it is does not for NSFS, that NSFS has shown itself to be a very reliable scorinator for this sport. Xkoranate is very reliable as well, but ultimately our scorekeepers have to use the system that they are most comfortable working with, and that is NSFS. The tournament will still be in good hands with this method.

We gonna start this stuff any time soon?

According to the initial post, host bids close on the 25th, which is two weeks since the thread started.

[Homelands our]

"Ms. Hamilton, this is Pelham Kemp from the Western Chase Courier. I'm interested in knowing why NSFS 3.0.1 will be used as a score-recording device, when xkoranate has seven different formulas to record scores, two of which include style modifiers."

Thank you, while the modification system for xkoranate is proven to work, and it is does not for NSFS, that NSFS has shown itself to be a very reliable scorinator for this sport. Xkoranate is very reliable as well, but ultimately our scorekeepers have to use the system that they are most comfortable working with, and that is NSFS. The tournament will still be in good hands with this method.

We gonna start this stuff any time soon?

According to the initial post, host bids close on the 25th, which is two weeks since the thread started.

Beat me to it

[Braxil]

My nation would like to sign up in the World Bowl.

[Narsora]

We Sign up.

[Weyr Sular]

Entry shall commence!!