The World Cup Discussion Thread (OOC, version III)

[Vilita]

C'mon, Astograth... Do me a favor and drop a game

Same, but replace Astograth with "Anybody in the Group!"

I assure you, someone in your group will drop points. Every game.

[Starblaydia]

Just wanted to tell you all its been a great five years so far on nationstates. And im looking forward to more of this to come.

Ive also made a video to commemorate these five years....you can find it here... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc1T4q8A ... e=youtu.be

Awww, our Taeshan gone and all growed up! Like some sort of Michael Owen pre- and post-that goal against Argentina in the '98 World Cup, you can look on everything before this point as a boy, and from now on a man.

The user behind Star is probably pretty happy to be second right now. On the other hand, Starblaydia the nation is probably confused as to why they aren't first.

Having just got back from Poland about half an hour ago, I've only just seen the standings. MY OOC reaction is to say not only "OMFGWTFBBQ, how random is this scorinator if a Roster+1-RP nation ranked in the mid-100s can get a pretty even win/loss record at the halfway stage?" but also "OMFG this is awesome!" too.

The IC reaction for the nation is more like "See, we always told you we were naturally that good".

On an unrelated note, someone remind me to kick Star in the ass. Everytime I hear that damn song I get "Call us Starblaydi" stuck in my head.

I think the right response is, erm, "You're welcome"? Just be glad I didn't do an Audio/Video RP.

[Krytenia]

I think the right response is, erm, "You're welcome"? Just be glad I didn't do an Audio/Video RP.

Do it. Do it now.

[Starblaydia]

I think the right response is, erm, "You're welcome"? Just be glad I didn't do an Audio/Video RP.

Do it. Do it now.

I'm sorry, the quantity of vodka I drank over the weekend that would have been enough to sink a battleship is now no longer in my system. So no!

[Qazox]

Meanwhile.. back at beatnik's corner.. the poetry will return tonight!

"beatnik"? I thought that it was McGonagall...

Nothing wrong with a good Roast Pork Warkus

My eyes might need fixing: I originally read that as "Roast Pork Walrus".
...

Mmmmm Roast Pork Walrus....

[Jeruselem]

Star is the drunken Purple People Eater?

[New Montreal States]

Star is the drunken Purple People Eater?

Jared Allen fell off the bandwagon?

Edit - Warkus, I am not a nameless cipher! I am a free man!

[Starblaydia]

Star is the drunken Purple People Eater?

Jared Allen fell off the bandwagon?

Strangely enough, Allen is about a week younger than I am. Makes you wonder about the paths not taken when rich and famous sports stars are your age or younger (not that Jared Allen is famous to me, of course, I needed to google him).

I'm not the type to 'boast' of "Duuuude, I was soooo drunk...", but that was a lot of vodka. And dancing, and singing, and eating and general awesomeness. I highly recommend Polish-style weddings.

But how am I still second in Group 12? Did 'Call us Starblaydi' get C&M-on-their-most-inspired-day-ever levels of bonus or is the home advantage something to really be feared in this cup?

[Slembana]

Does anyone know who I replaced?

Also I lost 5-0 to Jeru FC. Sure was freaking expected - my first away loss of the campaign, and also my heaviest-ever defeat. My players will have nightmares about today's match for years to come.

[Kinitaria]

Slembana, you replaced Catocton.

As for me, I'm down to third. I knew it couldn't last, and the back half of qualifying is trickier in terms of home and away fixtures, so it's either going to be resignation to being third or praying for Milchama to slip up. Only one point in it, at least.

Hm. I seem to be rambling.

[Slembana]

Slembana, you replaced Catocton.

Never heard about them until you told me about them.

[The Archregimancy]

Unexpected RL concerns are going to keep me from RP'ing, probably for the duration of the tournament. I apologize, I had a nice idea in mind with where I was going to take my plot with Arch, too.

I'll keep my related posts to exhortations to MEN about embracing Orthodoxy rather than attempting any pro-active plot development with your characters.

I know you wanted to take your characters in a specific direction, and I don't want to undermine that should you be able to return to it later.

[Slembana]

Good afternoon, everyone! (I'm from the UK)

I've just worked out that the first NS World Cup was held from July-September 2002 - but I don't think I'm right. Actually, I don't think NationStates even existed then, never the WC. Can someone tell me when it actually started?

[Daehanjeiguk]

Good afternoon, everyone! (I'm from the UK)

I've just worked out that the first NS World Cup was held from July-September 2002 - but I don't think I'm right. Actually, I don't think NationStates even existed then, never the WC. Can someone tell me when it actually started?

Actually, I'm 99% certain 2002 was around the time NS was started. Back in high school, I had some friends who were crazy into that stuff (of course, I was introduced sometime in college by a high school friend). As for the inaugural NSWC, reading the NSwiki article, "The NationStates World Cup is NationStates' longest-running recurring sporting event, dating back to the first half of 2003."

[Slembana]

Good afternoon, everyone! (I'm from the UK)

I've just worked out that the first NS World Cup was held from July-September 2002 - but I don't think I'm right. Actually, I don't think NationStates even existed then, never the WC. Can someone tell me when it actually started?

Actually, I'm 99% certain 2002 was around the time NS was started. Back in high school, I had some friends who were crazy into that stuff (of course, I was introduced sometime in college by a high school friend). As for the inaugural NSWC, reading the NSwiki article, "The NationStates World Cup is NationStates' longest-running recurring sporting event, dating back to the first half of 2003."

Yeah, I was sure about 2002, but not July. I know that the WC started in 2003 - I just did January-March, March-May, May-July, July-September, September-November, November-January (next year), working backwards from this year. Where have I gone wrong?

[Bears Armed]

Earlier competitions contained fewer teams, so they took less time to complete.

[Slembana]

Earlier competitions contained fewer teams, so they took less time to complete.

But I'm sure they all had 32 teams from the start, didn't they?

Also will the system that I used (WCs starting in Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Nov every year) be right?

EDIT: WC1 had no qualifying, so does it depend on how many teams take part?

[Bears Armed]

Earlier competitions contained fewer teams, so they took less time to complete.

But I'm sure they all had 32 teams from the start, didn't they?

I think so, although I wasn't around in the early days myself, but the first couple of competitions only had 32 teams each signed-up and consequently had no qualifying stage before the actual World Cup itself... and even after that it took a while for the numbers of teams trying to qualify to reach current levels.

[Slembana]

But I'm sure they all had 32 teams from the start, didn't they?

I think so, although I wasn't around in the early days myself, but from what I can remember reading 'm fairly sure that the first several only had 32 teams each signed-up and consequently had no qualifying stage before the actual World Cup itself.

Also, is my system of WCs starting in Jan-Mar-May-Jul-Sep-Nov right?

[The Babbage Islands]

Earlier competitions contained fewer teams, so they took less time to complete.

But I'm sure they all had 32 teams from the start, didn't they?

Also will the system that I used (WCs starting in Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Nov every year) right?

There is no firm system even in the short term, much less the long term. The one constant is the 32 teams in the tournament proper with group stages and knockouts. The greatest variable is the qualifying period which has inevitably lengthened as fields have swelled. My first tournament as WC host was WC 49 with 137 teams, at that time an all time record. No World Cup has been so small since. Five tournaments later we had 169 in WC 54 (and there had been two fields of 182 in between), and six tournaments after that we had 194 in WC 60. We now routinely average double the field size of the later Jolt-hosted Cups before NS started hosting its own forum in May 2009. That takes longer.

[Alasdair I Frosticus]

Good afternoon, everyone! (I'm from the UK)

I've just worked out that the first NS World Cup was held from July-September 2002 - but I don't think I'm right. Actually, I don't think NationStates even existed then, never the WC. Can someone tell me when it actually started?

The first World Cup - and I'm the last active participant from that tournament - began no earlier than March 2003 (or thereabouts); it couldn't have started any earlier because that's when this nation was founded.

But I'm sure they all had 32 teams from the start, didn't they?

I think so, although I wasn't around in the early days myself, but from what I can remember reading 'm fairly sure that the first several only had 32 teams each signed-up and consequently had no qualifying stage before the actual World Cup itself.

In the first two World Cups, the first 32 nations to sign up were automatically accepted into the tournament.

Yeah, I was sure about 2002, but not July. I know that the WC started in 2003 - I just did January-March, March-May, May-July, July-September, September-November, November-January (next year), working backwards from this year. Where have I gone wrong?

You have gone wrong by assuming the World Cup always runs to a consistent and predictable schedule.

[Slembana]

Good afternoon, everyone! (I'm from the UK)

I've just worked out that the first NS World Cup was held from July-September 2002 - but I don't think I'm right. Actually, I don't think NationStates even existed then, never the WC. Can someone tell me when it actually started?

The first World Cup - and I'm the last active participant from that tournament - began no earlier than March 2003 (or thereabouts); it couldn't have started any earlier because that's when this nation was founded.

I think so, although I wasn't around in the early days myself, but from what I can remember reading 'm fairly sure that the first several only had 32 teams each signed-up and consequently had no qualifying stage before the actual World Cup itself.

In the first two World Cups, the first 32 nations to sign up were automatically accepted into the tournament.

Yeah, I was sure about 2002, but not July. I know that the WC started in 2003 - I just did January-March, March-May, May-July, July-September, September-November, November-January (next year), working backwards from this year. Where have I gone wrong?

You have gone wrong by assuming the World Cup always runs to a consistent and predictable schedule.

Yeah, but I'm right in assuming that the next World Cup will be in September, and then November, and than January, March, May, July, etc.?

Also, mate, hats off. You're the defending champion!

[Socialist States Owen]

The first World Cup - and I'm the last active participant from that tournament - began no earlier than March 2003 (or thereabouts); it couldn't have started any earlier because that's when this nation was founded.





In the first two World Cups, the first 32 nations to sign up were automatically accepted into the tournament.





You have gone wrong by assuming the World Cup always runs to a consistent and predictable schedule.

Yeah, but I'm right in assuming that the next World Cup will be in September, and then November, and than January, March, May, July, etc.?

Also, mate, hats off. You're the defending champion!

And I'm the defending runner up! HAH!

[The Icemark]

Yeah, but I'm right in assuming that the next World Cup will be in September, and then November, and than January, March, May, July, etc.?

Also, mate, hats off. You're the defending champion!

Seeing as the current World Cup doesn't finish until September 10th It iis more than likely that the next won't start until late November. We need some breathing space inbetween for tournaments such as Di Bradini, the regionals, Cuppet, etc

[Slembana]

Yeah, but I'm right in assuming that the next World Cup will be in September, and then November, and than January, March, May, July, etc.?

Also, mate, hats off. You're the defending champion!

And I'm the defending runner up! HAH!

I guess hats off you too, dude. I read on NSWiki that you were a "shock" finalist. Also, you and AIF (the Holy Empire) were in the same group as each other in qualifying.