The World Cup Discussion Thread (OOC, version II)

[Starblaydia]

But EVERYONE knows that S is a lucky letter:

Starblaydia won it five times.

That's not because the nation begins with an 'S', you know...

[Bears Armed]

But EVERYONE knows that S is a lucky letter:
Schiavonia (qualified from unranked and got into the quater-finals
Starblaydia won it five times.
Sarzonia... won one world cup right?

That reminds me, I really should sign-up Sibearia -- which I actually created because of this (factor? joke?) -- as well as B.A. next time around... Well, unless the Wabbits actualy manage to qualify this time, of course...

[Alasdair I Frosticus]

But EVERYONE knows that S is a lucky letter:

Starblaydia won it five times.

That's not because the nation begins with an 'S', you know...

You see this:



That's a picture of the glorious Juan Tzimisces entering the Imperial City in triumph, followed at a suitably humble distance by his minion Simeone Di Bradini.

Actually it's a picture of Byzantine Emperor John I Tzimisces entering Constantinople behind the Holy Icon of the Preslav Mother of God following his defeat of the Bulgarian ruler Boris II; but why quibble?

[Starblaydia]

Only because he can cross, you know.

That's a picture of the glorious Juan Tzimisces entering the Imperial City in triumph, followed at a suitably humble distance by his minion Simeone Di Bradini.

Far be it for me to say that The Holy Empire only managed to win their solitary World Cup victory once said humble minion was assistant minioning coaching and occasionally playing (out of position) for them.

But, y'know. Just sayin.

[Swartaz]

But EVERYONE knows that S is a lucky letter:
Schiavonia (qualified from unranked and got into the quater-finals
Starblaydia won it five times.
Sarzonia... won one world cup right?

Is me taking 10 qualifying rounds to finally qualify once lucky?

[Bears Armed]

But EVERYONE knows that S is a lucky letter:
Schiavonia (qualified from unranked and got into the quater-finals
Starblaydia won it five times.
Sarzonia... won one world cup right?

Is me taking 10 qualifying rounds to finally qualify once lucky?

Although your nation's name starts with an 'S' it, unlike the names of those other nations, doesn't end in 'ia'... and apparently you need both of those factors...

[Alasdair I Frosticus]

Far be it for me to say that The Holy Empire only managed to win their solitary World Cup victory once said humble minion was assistant minioning coaching and occasionally playing (out of position) for them.

But, y'know. Just sayin.

Oh, I fully agree.

Like many Starblaydis, his finest personal achievement came via the sort of behind the scenes supporting role his countrymen have always been born to play.

Y'know. Just sayin.

[Starblaydia]

Far be it for me to say that The Holy Empire only managed to win their solitary World Cup victory once said humble minion was assistant minioning coaching and occasionally playing (out of position) for them.

But, y'know. Just sayin.

Oh, I fully agree.

Like many Starblaydis, his finest personal achievement came via the sort of behind the scenes supporting role his countrymen have always been born to play.

Y'know. Just sayin.

Blessed are the Water Carriers. We get by because we always give 100%.

[Saugeais]

Wait, wait.....does this mean I can be in the "S" club too? I'm sure there's a way to make Margaret look my way, right?

[Newmanistan]

Wait, wait.....does this mean I can be in the "S" club too? I'm sure there's a way to make Margaret look my way, right?

Hmm... (looks at how you did in the WBC)... there might be something to this S thing. You didn't limit your sacrifice to baseball, I hope.

[The Kiaser Colonies]

Wait, wait.....does this mean I can be in the "S" club too? I'm sure there's a way to make Margaret look my way, right?

No there isn't. Resistant is futile. Your going down tomorrow Saugeais. The Kiaser Colonies will beat you so bad you'll cry.

Nah I'm just kidding It'll be a good close game (I hope). May the best man/woman win.

[The Archregimancy]

Wait, wait.....does this mean I can be in the "S" club too?

Depends.

Do you look anything like this?

(somebody had to)

[Andossa Se Mitrin Vega]

Wait, wait.....does this mean I can be in the "S" club too?

Depends.

Do you look anything like this?

(somebody had to)

Ouch. That one should have stung a bit.

Praise be to Arch

[Jimmer Fredette]

WSPN on the Times

Wolfmanne to play no.1 Polar Islandstates at the World Indoor Soccer Championships

by Peter Lord

After two defeats and one victory, along with a free win yesterday after a team left, which is listed as 1-0 win, the Woflmanni futsal team is to play giant Polar Islandstates, a team with the same rank, however despite this is currently 1st in Group C.

The Polar Islandstates finished with a similar result as Wolfmanne at the last World Indoor Soccer Championships, therefore giving it joint 12th with the Wolfmanne team. However an excellent manager has been able to guide them towards their 1st place in Group C, while Wolfmanne has been left for the dogs to scrape off the remains. Critics are citing caretaker manager John Spencer, although it is a fact that many quality players from last year are now playing in the World Cup. This is a reflection upon Wolfmanne's performance at the World Cup, however people are more ok with that, since Wolfmanne is a new team to the World Cup and is unranked,

Meanwhile John Spencer has made an official statement over his post as caretaker manager. During a WSPN interview, he told commentator Mark Laurence:

Due to the poor results of the team, which I don't believe it's my fault but rather that we don't have the squad from last year, I would like to announce that untIl the Futsal Board of Wolfmanne and the Wolfmanen Football Association finds a suitible replacement, I shall continue to manage the squad. Once they do find that replacement, I'll step down as I have promised and hand over my responsibilities to the new manager without question.

A survey of 100 anonymous people, 25 of which were journalists and the rest were fans, revealed that 72% believed that John Spencer had to go, while the rest believed that he should be given more of a chance. Out of those 72 people, 39 wanted Rouzen as manager, 22 someone else and 11 wanted current Assistant manager Ivan Burke as manager. However a spokesperson representing both the WFA and the FBW have responded and have announced that:

Spencer is a caretaker manager and shall take management responsibilities until we find a suitable replacement. What we can confirm is that he'll lead the team for the rest of the WISC 2, since we would find it impractical to replace him and it will just make the team worse than it is right now.

Amazingly during Rouzen's run at the World Indoor Soccer Championships, some people believed that Rouzen should be replaced by Spencer, however as the Group stages concluded, that idea died down as Wolfmanne beat several of the larger teams.

Tournament predictions

For the rest of the tournament, I've compiled a series of predictions for our Group. Darmen and the Polar Islandstates are set to qualify but who will take the 3rd and 4th spots and go along with them (winners are in bold):

MD 6

Wolfmanne v Polar Islandstates

Darmen (free win)

Carasatoga v Salchar

Kazzoria v Kernansquillec

MD 7

Darmen v Wolfmanne (I hate to say this but it seems that Darmen is set to beat us)

Salchar (free win)

Kernansquillec v Carasatoga

Beaverriver v Kazzoria

MD 8

Carasatoga v Beaverriver

Kazzoria (free win)

Wolfmanne v Salchar

Polar Islandstates v Darmen

MD 9

Salchar v Polar Islandstates

Kernansquillec v Wolfmanne

Beaverriver (free win)

Kazzoria v Carasatoga

Final tables

Group C
                         Pld    W   L    
1 Polar Islandstates      8    8   0    
2 Darmen                  8    6   2    
3  Kazzoria               8    5   3    
3 Beaverriver             8    5   3    
5 Carasatoga              8    4   4
5 Wolfmanne               8    4   4
7  Kernansquillec         8    2   4    
8  Salchar                8    1   7

Under these predictions, Polar Islandstates qualify winning 8 matches, Darmen winning 6 and losing 2, Kazzoria winning 5 and losing 3 and Beaverriver winning 5 and losing 3, with the 3rd and 4th being decided by tiebreakers. Carastoga and Wolfmanne will win 4 matches but also loose 4, with tiebreakers used to decide who gets 5th and 6th. Kernansquillec would be seventh and Salchar 8th. In order for Wolfmanne to qualify, they would have to beat Darmen or Polar Islandstates or would have to have to hope that Kazzoria or Beaverriver loose a match so that it could be decided by tiebreakers.
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WSPN on the Times

We won a match; and it wasn't a friendly!

You posted this in the WC56 RP thread.

[Sorthern Northland]

And you don't need to quote the post in it's whole entirety.

[Armorgames]

Armorgames:

Armorgames lost again, this time it was to The Allamunnic States. And guess what, AG only scored a run, once again.

Last I checked,their aren't any runs in soccer.

Fixed, I'm in baseball mode still. And you have posted bye instead of by in one of your posts.

[Qazox]

Now they tell me...

Quick... someone who can please change my name to Kazox!

But EVERYONE knows that S is a lucky letter:
Schiavonia (qualified from unranked and got into the quater-finals
Starblaydia won it five times.
Sarzonia... won one world cup right?

I was thinking along the lines of Krytenia or K&P or K-P...

So starting at World Cup 56 my nation's name will offically be: Kazoxia!

So don't be suprised if i win like 7 World Cups with that name... and you'd only have yourselves to blame for encouraging me...

[Civil Citizenry]

Peisandros 0-14 Bears Armed

New record!! Lol, congrats to Bears Armed.

[Krytenia]

I was thinking along the lines of Krytenia or K&P or K-P...

Hate to break it to you, but I've had precisely zero World Cup Final appearances (and only four semi-finals) from 37 attempts. I've never even made it to the Cup of Harmony final.

[Qazox]

I was thinking along the lines of Krytenia or K&P or K-P...

Hate to break it to you, but I've had precisely zero World Cup Final appearances (and only four semi-finals) from 37 attempts. I've never even made it to the Cup of Harmony final.

At least you've been to an WC semi...

You've been around long enough that almost everyone, who doesn't read your sig, thinks you have won a Cup.

[Novikov]

Why is it that every WC I go into with the intention of RPing, I implode in. Yet if I sign up and don't pay it any more mind until the cup is well on it's way, I do well... For Novikov, not RPing seems to be the way to succeed.

[Utmost Upright]

I did a little stat checking on the teams that were in the BoF that are in the WC at the halfway point. I don't really have an IC RP for this, but I figured I'd post the summary of my work for reference. It looks like we may have 6 BoF entrants that may threaten Gordon Bay City's distinction of being the most recent BoF entrant to qualify for the corresponding WC.

43 BoF participants in WC 56
Gordon Bay City--WC 46 last BoF entrant to qualify for the WC proper

3 of 43 teams in 2nd (7%), avg. pts: 12.3 (all 3 are in 2nd on GD)
1 of 43 teams in 3rd (2%), avg. pts: 14
2 of 43 teams in 4th (5%), avg. pts: 10
9 of 43 teams in 5th (21%), avg. pts: 8.4
11 of 43 teams in 6th (26%), avg. pts: 6.7
9 of 43 teams in 7th (21%), avg. pts: 4.6
8 of 43 teams in 8th (19%), avg. pts: 2.5

Most points: 14 (Utmost Upright)
Fewest Points: 0 (Ockkorlond)
Golden Boot (most goals): 13 (Utmost Upright, Nitrome Island)
Golden Net (fewest conceded): 4 (Scrap Brain Zone)

[Civil Citizenry]

The first Cup of Harmony XLVIII bid has been posted!

Is it a tad early? Maybe. But it's better than waiting too long like last cycle.

[Jeruselem]

Peisandros 0-14 Bears Armed

>> Me thinks the bear girls at the other team by accident

[Qazox]

Peisandros 0-14 Bears Armed

>> Me thinks the bear girls at the other team by accident

Ate maybe, but never at someone...