World Baseball Classic Discussion Thread

[Schiltzberg]

Maklohi Vai has been known to slack off during the preliminary round and then start being active during the playoffs.

Hey I'm fully on break during the prelims of this classic for the first time since WBC 27. Maybe I'll actually write two RPs instead of one.

Ah, yes, that helps. I'll be on break too. It seems like these tournaments always land right on all my breaks. It should be fun.

[Ethane]

Hey I'm fully on break during the prelims of this classic for the first time since WBC 27. Maybe I'll actually write two RPs instead of one.

Ah, yes, that helps. I'll be on break too. It seems like these tournaments always land right on all my breaks. It should be fun.

And never on mine

[Newmanistan]

It actually is a very good week for me as well!

[Schiltzberg]

It actually is a very good week for me as well!

The stars aligned! ...Except for Ethane. :/

[Drawkland]

It actually is a very good week for me as well!

The stars aligned! ...Except for Ethane. :/

My break won't be until the playoffs, which is great news!

Except I also have like 3 other tournaments to try and not suck at. OH well.

[Newmanistan]

These 11pm cutoffs are gonna kill me. I wanna go to bed!
But I can't knowing the scores are coming.

[Frenline Delpha]

These 11pm cutoffs are gonna kill me. I wanna go to bed!
But I can't knowing the scores are coming.

Sorry that took so long. Inputting 48 teams into Xkoranate isn't a quick task.

[The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp]

This is what the kids meme nowadays, right?

[Cassadaigua]

To go along with the having time for this theme, my office is dead until the end of the month. (Because we were efficient and ahead of March 31 deadlines for our quarterly projects, we're dead until next month). That gives us just enough time to be that nagging unranked spoiler causing headaches to the rest of our group in qualifying and I may be able to expand this storyline a little. We may not qualify, but we're going to make you sweat it out if we don't!

[Frenline Delpha]

To go along with the having time for this theme, my office is dead until the end of the month. (Because we were efficient and ahead of March 31 deadlines for our quarterly projects, we're dead until next month). That gives us just enough time to be that nagging unranked spoiler causing headaches to the rest of our group in qualifying and I may be able to expand this storyline a little. We may not qualify, but we're going to make you sweat it out if we don't!

My only question is that are you implying that one of your players in psychic? Because that shit's cool.

[Schiltzberg]

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No, I decide how my team feels after a game. Remove your part about Musterfield or I will be forced to take drastic action.

Lol, oh shit. We should probably tell him to take this down, right? I'll send him a telegram.

[Anglatia]

No, I decide how my team feels after a game. Remove your part about Musterfield or I will be forced to take drastic action.

Lol, oh shit. We should probably tell him to take this down, right? I'll send him a telegram.

This isn't his first rodeo when it comes to NS Sports disagreements, check the NSCAA signup thread... But yes, that's probably a good idea.

[Musterfield]

I can't say what the drastic action is or I will be breaking the rules.

[Schiltzberg]

I can't say what the drastic action is or I will be breaking the rules.

Lol, that is actually pretty funny. You could turn this into a legitimate role play, but just keep it in character. I would advise that you take down or edit your OOC posts to make them in character. Otherwise, the host will be forced to dock you heavily of points. As I said in my telegram, Newmanistan had every right to write his role play the way he did, simply because he role played first. If you want to write the role play your way, you have to get there first. It is as simple as that.

[Musterfield]

I have been forced to take drastic action.

[Schiltzberg]

I will remove my ooc comments in this once certain people have seen it.

This defeats the whole purpose of removing them. You have now triple posted OOC in the IC thread.

[Musterfield]

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THE ROCKET REPORT

ROCKETS LOOKING LIKE FIFTH GRADERS

by Brianne Henry


On opening day, things looked great. They toppled Musterfield so badly, well just 5-0, that they did not want to play in the same college basketball tournament with us anymore. It was a vintage Newmanistan effort highlighted by yet another dominant outing by Courtney Duvall. She was amazing during World Baseball Classic 38, with an ERA under two and multiple shutouts. In this game, she took a perfect game into the eighth inning, at which point she would surrender the only hit she would allow for the game. She fanned 16. Yes, we can continue the Stacey Keisler conversations with her, she was simply been that good. The Rockets hit the ball well, pounding out 12 hits, and could have probably scored a few more runs in this game. In any event, Newmanistan was off and rolling. Here we ago again, Frenline Delpha, here we come!

And then. This. What the hell, is this? On the surface, the loss to United States of Devonta was not a bad effort. Some will say they are a better ranked team, so we should not be expected to beat them, but if you believe that, then stop reading my articles. Newmanistan does not settle for losing to anyone, regardless of what the rankings may say. Perhaps, a loss to Nova Anglicana in a playoff series, like last year, will be tolerated, but there is no one out there with the Newmanistanian mindset of baseball dominance that better be thinking that losing to USD is acceptable. Standing wise, they are the most essential games for us to win, and if the Rockets are not stepping up in those games, then something is wrong. Newmanistan was flat for most of this game, but they did show some life late, rallying for a run in the top of the eighth to tie it at 2, and then rallying again in the ninth to tie it at 3. That shows the potential is there, but the Rockets of old do not surrender that run in the bottom of eighth. Let’s take you through the whole scenario.

Breanne Burks had generally pitched a good game through seven innings. She had only conceded two runs on seven hits, and that’s a line that many nations not named Newmanistan would be thrilled to have, and even by our standards, it’s good enough. But, she was taken out after the seventh. What the eff is that? Many nations do that, but not Newmanistan. We leave our starters in during those situations, and do you think for a second that the greatest coach ever, Christina Sanders, would have taken Breanne out there? No! That is indisputable. Ashley Stevens, however, does not do this, and I am completely dumbfounded. Instead, she brings in Meghan Girardi out of the bullpen. Meghan is what a lot of other nations will refer to as a set up reliever, or your typical 8th inning reliever for the team. This move, therefore, would be duplicated by many baseball coaches out there. Does this mean, we are conforming to what other nations do? We are the Rockets, and we became great by being unique in how we play the game, and instead of sticking with our strategy of leaving the starters in based on their performance, Stevens goes with Girardi. Meghan proceeds to struggle, walking the leadoff batter. What a terrible thing to do! Someone who is, according to the new-school of thought with bullpen usage, supposed to be fresh and ready to go, has the audacity to walk the first batter that they face. Burks had only walked one better for the game, and was on good form when she was taken out. Oh, but the arm be getting tired, the naysayers will whine. She had thrown 108 pitches. Oh no, that means we can’t have her in anymore! I hate that school of thought. But we implemented it. So in comes Girardi, who had thrown zero pitches to that point, and she walks the friggin’ leadoff batter. Naturally, that was the runner who came around to score, and put Newmanistan in the situation of having to score again in the 9th just to tie the game. Trust me, in the old days, Newmanistan wins this game 3-2. There is never that bottom of the 8th run. This is the difference between then, and now.

That loss is frustrating, but qualifying is long, and you can get a game like that back. What was despicable was this last game. Allowing eight runs to an unranked team is simply disgusting. This, is where the headline comes in, because it was truly a fifth grade effort. Who the hell is this Nuevo Constancia? Never heard of them, no one has, and who the hell knows, they may be taken over by Anglatia for all they I care. Some more Rushmori drama, it appears. Anglatia. Yeah, you’ve heard of them. You know who kicked their ass, by the way? Cassa-freakin-daigua. Yeah, them. They are back. And they are 2-1. We are 1-2, and we cannot allow this to happen. The Dagans didn’t allow any authority figures to get in the way of their hopes and dreams, and came out sharp in their debut, and have played some strong games to begin their campaign. We may not qualify, we better qualify, but we have to be realistic and be aware that there is a chance that we do not. If Cassadaigua ends up with a better record then us, then there will be hell to pay. If, even worse, they qualify, and we don’t, it’s not gonna be pretty in Newmanistan.

The ship needs to be righted, and it needs to be done by playing typical Newmanistanian baseball, and not conforming to what the current generation does with their bullpens or general game strategy. It’s not a good start. 1-2, and we have not even played Maklohi Vai yet. There’s plenty of time to get it turned around, but there’s no time for fooling around.

No, i decide how my team feels after a game. Remove the part about Musterfield or I will be forced to take drastic action.
No, you did not have a perfect hitter untill the eight inning. Anything about Musterfield in this post must be removed. She did not strike out 16 of my players. I decide how many of my players are stiriked out.

[Musterfield]

I haves moved my posts to here (by copying and pasting them)

[Kaboomlandia]

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my runscorers: No
Choose my lineup: No
Follow my pitching rotation: You have to follow my rotation.
Godmod scoring events: No
RP injuries to my players: No
Godmod injuries to my players: No
Eject my players: No
Godmod other events: No
Use DH at home: Yes

Musterfield, I should point out that you've effectively banned your opponent from RPing anything at all about your team with these standards.

[Musterfield]

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my runscorers: No
Choose my lineup: No
Follow my pitching rotation: You have to follow my rotation.
Godmod scoring events: No
RP injuries to my players: No
Godmod injuries to my players: No
Eject my players: No
Godmod other events: No
Use DH at home: Yes

Musterfield, I should point out that you've effectively banned your opponent from RPing anything at all about your team with these standards.

It's not against the rules to put that as my role play permissions.

[Elgenstad]

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my runscorers: No
Choose my lineup: No
Follow my pitching rotation: You have to follow my rotation.
Godmod scoring events: No
RP injuries to my players: No
Godmod injuries to my players: No
Eject my players: No
Godmod other events: No
Use DH at home: Yes

Musterfield, I should point out that you've effectively banned your opponent from RPing anything at all about your team with these standards.

But he's still entitled to those permissions regardless of how any of us feel about them. I will note that what Newmanistan did does not violate any of these permissions imo. That being said, it sounds like Musterfield has filed a GHR and there has been a mods as weapons report made in Moderation, so we should just wait for the mods. Nothing we say here is going to change the outcome.

[The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp]

No one liked the meme?

[Kaboomlandia]

Musterfield, I should point out that you've effectively banned your opponent from RPing anything at all about your team with these standards.

But he's still entitled to those permissions regardless of how any of us feel about them. I will note that what Newmanistan did does not violate any of these permissions imo. That being said, it sounds like Musterfield has filed a GHR and there has been a mods as weapons report made in Moderation, so we should just wait for the mods. Nothing we say here is going to change the outcome.

I totally get that - but it makes it nigh-impossible for an opponent to work around them.

[Elgenstad]

No one liked the meme?

I thought you memed well

[Schiltzberg]

Thank you Musterfield for taking down those posts and bringing them here instead. Let's just try to keep everything under control for now.