World Baseball Classic Discussion Thread

[Schiltzberg]

If home plate has a slightly yellow tint in tonight's game, it is because the real one was stolen and replaced by one that was made entirely out of melted down rubber duckies.

Seemed like it did more harm then good for your pitcher in the first two innings.

Well, it's more dramatic if we give you an advantage and then still win, so we'll see what happens.

[The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp]

Really am sorry for not RPing more this WBC.

That writing spark in me is just out for right now.

[Nova Anglicana]

Does it count as a choke if you predicted it yourself? In any case, congrats to Abanhfleft for moving on. They deserved it for actually RPing in the quarterfinals. This is the first time I've been able to get on since Friday, so it's no surprise they won. Congrats to all the semifinalists and I look forward to a couple of competitive series!

[Super-Llamaland]

Congrats to FFR for a long-overdue finals appearance!

As far as I can tell, these are the current top 10 in the WBC rankings (updated to the most recent post):

1. Super-Llamaland
2. Newmanistan
3. Cassadaigua
4. Schiltzberg
5. Scootalove City
6. Nova Anglicana
7. Free Republics
8. Abanhfleft
9. West Phoenicia
10. Alpine Union

-Newmanistan will become World #1 if they defeat Schiltzberg in Game 5 and don't get swept in the Finals;
-Schiltzberg will pass Cassadaigua if they defeat Newmanistan in Game 5 and don't get swept in the Finals;
-Schiltzberg will pass Newmanistan if they win the WBC.

[Newmanistan]

Liked that game 3 score.
If only we saved a few for game 4!

[Schiltzberg]

First of all, congrats to Free Republics!

Congrats to FFR for a long-overdue finals appearance!

As far as I can tell, these are the current top 10 in the WBC rankings (updated to the most recent post):

1. Super-Llamaland
2. Newmanistan
3. Cassadaigua
4. Schiltzberg
5. Scootalove City
6. Nova Anglicana
7. Free Republics
8. Abanhfleft
9. West Phoenicia
10. Alpine Union

-Newmanistan will become World #1 if they defeat Schiltzberg in Game 5 and don't get swept in the Finals;
-Schiltzberg will pass Cassadaigua if they defeat Newmanistan in Game 5 and don't get swept in the Finals;
-Schiltzberg will pass Newmanistan if they win the WBC.

Doesn't the system also take games from the third place series into account? So, that could also have an impact on this.

I want to apologize in advance because I will be disconnected from the Internet for two weeks starting tomorrow, so that means I will not be able to RP the finals or third place series. Good luck to everyone, and I will do the update to HOF rankings when I get back.

[Cassadaigua]

Congratulations to Newmanistan and Free Republics on making it to the championship. This is a best of seven, and games are now scorinated one per day for your series, instead of two per day.

The third place series will still be scorinated two per day, and is a best of five.

[Schiltzberg]

Congrats Newmanistan! Best of luck to the finalists.

[Newmanistan]

Congrats Newmanistan! Best of luck to the finalists.

Thank you, congrats on your bounce back year and good luck in the 3rd place series.

#sixpack

Interesting, had we upset Allamunnic States in the World Bowl, we'd playing Free Republics in the playoffs there as well tomorrow.

[Ethane]

Congratulations to Newmanistan and Free Republics on making it to the championship. This is a best of seven, and games are now scorinated one per day for your series, instead of two per day.

The third place series will still be scorinated two per day, and is a best of five.

HOLY MOTHER OF COWS. WHAT IF MY PREDICTION OF A FREE REPUBLICS WIN COMES TRUE!!!!
I WANNA BE THE ONLY PREDICTOR THAT GOT IT RIGHT!

[Newmanistan]

Congratulations to Newmanistan and Free Republics on making it to the championship. This is a best of seven, and games are now scorinated one per day for your series, instead of two per day.

The third place series will still be scorinated two per day, and is a best of five.

HOLY MOTHER OF COWS. WHAT IF MY PREDICTION OF A FREE REPUBLICS WIN COMES TRUE!!!!
I WANNA BE THE ONLY PREDICTOR THAT GOT IT RIGHT!

Guess we can't say no one picked them. Thanks for the reminder on that, well done!
If only you didn't pick Alpine Union to beat us!

[Cassadaigua]

Thank you for the fabulous Classic, it was a pleasure to host!
Congratulations to the new six-time Champions.

[Schiltzberg]

Congratulations to Newmanistan on yet another record-breaking win. Thanks to Cassadaigua for a wonderful Classic!

Edit: I am not currently in a position to update the HOF rankings, but they will be done when I get a chance. I just wanted to point out that Newmanistan will get a whopping 8 HOF points for the Classic, earning six for winning and two for completing a presidential term.

[Super-Llamaland]

Congratulations to Newmanistan and Free Republics on making it to the championship. This is a best of seven, and games are now scorinated one per day for your series, instead of two per day.

The third place series will still be scorinated two per day, and is a best of five.

HOLY MOTHER OF COWS. WHAT IF MY PREDICTION OF A FREE REPUBLICS WIN COMES TRUE!!!!
I WANNA BE THE ONLY PREDICTOR THAT GOT IT RIGHT!

press f to pay respects

Congrats to Newmanistan, commiserations to Free Republics for a great run, and thanks to Cassadaigua for hosting!

[Schiltzberg]

HOLY MOTHER OF COWS. WHAT IF MY PREDICTION OF A FREE REPUBLICS WIN COMES TRUE!!!!
I WANNA BE THE ONLY PREDICTOR THAT GOT IT RIGHT!

press f to pay respects

Congrats to Newmanistan, commiserations to Free Republics for a great run, and thanks to Cassadaigua for hosting!

F

Sorry for the random shoutout, but I will be bringing back my team's Instagram and probably talk about it in next season's RPs, so if anyone wants to follow it, it is @fourtimechampions.

[Newmanistan]

Thanks everyone, we are truly spoiled in this competition, but it was a great run. Congrats to the Free Republics on the runner up performance.
Cassadaigua, great job hosting, as usual!

We'll let this soak in for a couple days, then get to some of the Presidential duties over the weekend.

[Free Republics]

Thanks everyone, we are truly spoiled in this competition, but it was a great run. Congrats to the Free Republics on the runner up performance.
Cassadaigua, great job hosting, as usual!

We'll let this soak in for a couple days, then get to some of the Presidential duties over the weekend.

Congrats on the record. Once you went up 3-1, I know it was only a matter of time before you were going to win.

This will conclude World Baseball Classic 43. It's been a blast to host this event, starting with the record number of signups to what is probably a record number of posts in the thread. The RP was outstanding, thank you! Congratulations to our champions!

Here's the top 10 WBCs by posts in the thread (source):

WBC 27 (hosts: Saintland & Maklohi Vai): 430 replies
WBC 19 (host: Newmanistan): 417 replies
WBC 25 (host: Equestrian States): 383 replies
WBC 26 (host: Cassadaigua): 379 replies
WBC 43 (host: Cassadaigua): 357 replies as of right now
WBC 11 (host: Secristan): 311 replies
WBC 29 (host: Equestrian States): 307 replies
WBC 15 (host: The Babbage Islands): 304 replies
WBC 42 (host: Free Republics): 288 replies
WBC 40 (host: Cassadaigua): 287 replies

This WBC still had more posts than any World Bowl in history (the record is World Bowl XXII, hosted by Saintland & Free Republics and won by Cassadaigua, with 319 replies in the RP & Roster thread + 17 replies in the results thread), more than any WCoH in history (the record is World Cup of Hockey 23, hosted by Saintland, with 289 replies) and more than any IBC in history (record is IBC 14, hosted by Cassadaigua, with 238 replies). Its also worth noting that the record for replies in a World Cup RP thread is still held by World Cup 67 (hosted by Cassadaigua & Equestrian States) with 1237 replies and second place is still held by World Cup 68 (hosted by Free Republics & Legalese) with 1216. Its also worth nothing that this WBC was much closer to the all-time peak than the most recent edition of any of those tournaments (last IBC: 134 replies, last World Bowl: 160 replies, last WCoH: 115 replies, last World Cup: 805 replies).

What does this all mean? By every measure, the WBC is doing really well right now and is arguably the strongest tournament in NS Sports at the moment. And its also true that, as much as I like holding that record, I'd like to see somebody break it in WBC 44 even more.

[Drawkland]

This WBC still had more posts than any World Bowl in history (the record is World Bowl XXII, hosted by Saintland & Free Republics and won by Cassadaigua, with 319 replies in the RP & Roster thread + 17 replies in the results thread), more than any WCoH in history (the record is World Cup of Hockey 23, hosted by Saintland, with 289 replies) and more than any IBC in history (record is IBC 14, hosted by Cassadaigua, with 238 replies). Its also worth noting that the record for replies in a World Cup RP thread is still held by World Cup 67 (hosted by Cassadaigua & Equestrian States) with 1237 replies and second place is still held by World Cup 68 (hosted by Free Republics & Legalese) with 1216.

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.... is this a trend? What godly RP-vacuum powers do you two possess?

[Schiltzberg]

It's interesting how WBC 35 is the lowest on that list and actually had more replies in the signup thread than the everything thread. The WBC was so much different back then. More intimate you could say. It's better now though because it is so much more competitive.

[Union of Socialist Alpine Republics]

Congrats Newmanistan for your 6th championship, commiserations to the FFR and good job Cassadaigua for hosting such a great tournament! I actually enjoyed RPing in this edition.

[USS Monitor]

It's interesting how WBC 35 is the lowest on that list and actually had more replies in the signup thread than the everything thread. The WBC was so much different back then. More intimate you could say. It's better now though because it is so much more competitive.

I don't have much to compare with because I haven't been around the Sports forum for very long, but it was cool having so many people this time.

[Cassadaigua]

This WBC still had more posts than any World Bowl in history (the record is World Bowl XXII, hosted by Saintland & Free Republics and won by Cassadaigua, with 319 replies in the RP & Roster thread + 17 replies in the results thread), more than any WCoH in history (the record is World Cup of Hockey 23, hosted by Saintland, with 289 replies) and more than any IBC in history (record is IBC 14, hosted by Cassadaigua, with 238 replies). Its also worth noting that the record for replies in a World Cup RP thread is still held by World Cup 67 (hosted by Cassadaigua & Equestrian States) with 1237 replies and second place is still held by World Cup 68 (hosted by Free Republics & Legalese) with 1216.

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.... is this a trend? What godly RP-vacuum powers do you two possess?

Very interesting how often my name shows up on those lists! Then, interesting how often, myself, Free Republics and Equestrian States will.

[Maklohi Vai]

Congratulations to the champions and commiserations to the runner-up. It was a well-RP'd and well deserved run for both of you, and for so many others who made late runs in the tournament. And a big thank you to Cassie for another flawless hosting job!

WBC 27 (hosts: Saintland & Maklohi Vai): 430 replies

Well hot damn! Go us. A little bittersweet for me to see this because I can't RP much anymore, but proud that we've held this record for so long. And of course, here's to hoping it gets broken in WBC 44.

[Newmanistan]

Hello everyone, now that the championship hangovers are over, we can move forward a little bit! Before conducting the WBC Council vote and the HoF vote, I first want to conduct the Presidential nomination period. Then, once we get nominees, we can do all three votes at once. So keep an eye on the discussion thread for some happenings for the next couple weeks, as we have some "off the field" things to address.

World Baseball Classic 43 concluded my run as the President of the Council. It has been a great run for us, even when not including grabbing two of the three titles during the period. It has been a pleasure and an honor to serve as the President. For now, we need nominees for the next President. The following nations are eligible to be nominated:

Abanhfleft
-Anthor-
Banija
Cassadaigua
Darmen
Drawkland
Equestrian States
Ethane
Free Republics
Gregoryisgodistan/South Covello
Hampton Island
Ko-oren
Maklohi Vai
Newmanistan
Nova Anglicana
Sangti
Schiltzberg
Super-Llamaland (aka Hicaña)
The Derpy Democratic Republic of Herp (Scootalove City)
Union of Socialist Alpine Republics (formerly Southern Democratic States) (now Alpine Union)
West Phoenicia

Nations that are crossed off have expressed a desire to not be considered for a nomination. If a nation is not crossed off that is not interested in a nominated, they can simply respond as such on this thread. However, if you previously expressed an interest in not being a nominated, and you have changed your mind, that is fine, and please express that interest here so people will know.

Send your nomination to my puppet West Pocono. The nomination period will close on Thursday the 28th at 8pm EDT.

[Lycrabon]

Just as a reminder, I will be eligible for the Council this time around, I believe.