Union Isle Medieval Arts Cup
The nation of Union Isle is known for it's great links to it's extensive past, with the Royal Family still reinstated inside the country as a figurehead for the nation.
Host Nation
Union Isle is a nation that is rich in history, with it's links to Medieval Warfare, especially notable for the Pre-Unity Era back when Union Isle and it's neighbor South Union Isle were split into five nations, Sōgen, Minami Sōgen, The Former British State of Ritoru Kuni, Yorunohi and Iruka no jōtai, whom were constantly fighting each other over the rights to the land, after a war that ravaged for a century and a half, with an estimated peace time of only 1 Years and 2 Months. The kings of each nation came to an agreement over the course of the war, with the owner of the Neutral Lands, a city where many refugees came to avoid the war, becoming King of the Nation and four of the five kings becoming High Lord's of the nation, each involved in planting a tree, the Tree of Union in the center of the Neutral Lands. The nation being renamed as Union Isle and the fifth kingdom becoming Southern Union Isle.
Recently, nearly 7 Centuries later, Union Isle was involved in a Civil War which struck Union Isle hard, with Royalists fighting the oppressive Military, which had taken the nation with slick ease. The Union Island Rebellion, supporting the rehabilitation of King Victor II's son, Vince I on the throne after it occurred he had just escaped a attack on the palace and had gone into hiding. The war raged for 2 and a half years, but ended with a victory for the Royalist side after foreign intervention. Now, a decade later, Union Isle has found themselves back on their feet, but the war took away large chunks of money from the nation, leaving it in a economically troubled state, which also weakened the currency, the Ollmhorian Di (a collective currency for all nations in the Oileánra Ollmhór Collection, the Region in which Union Isle resides) and crippled the region as a whole.
King Vince claimed that the first step to reviving the nation would be to make it appealing to tourism and with the fact that many of the cities and towns are still relatively medieval, the theme would fit perfectly for tourists looking to "step back into the past". However, a clear way to get their nation known would be to get it viewed on the world stage, in order to do this, the government tapped into medieval sports, which are still religiously practiced in the nation and after a year of building and preparation, the Union Isle Medieval Arts Cup were to begin.
Sports
The games will be scorinated using Xkoranate.
Target Archery:
Info: Archery is the national sport of Union Isle, with many great archers coming from the nation itself. Both the Team and Individual require 3 Athlete's, while less than three can be entered, the Team Event cannot be played. The same Archers must be used for both Team and Individual.
How it plays: The Ranking Round will round the players up to 32/16(depending on entrants) prior to the games beginning, with Number 1 of the Ranking Round taking on 32/16 and Number 2 taking on 31/15 etc. etc., the matches will be randomly seeded, so the number 1 of the ranking round does not end up against the number 2 etc.
If there are more than eight teams, then the lowest rating cumulative team is eliminated from the Quarter-Finals.
Location: Both the Women's and Men's Archery are played at the ground of Golden Court in Union City.
Men's Team & Men's Individual (3)
Women's Team & Women's Individual (3)
Field Archery:
Info: Union Isle's forests serve as a backdrop for this event. You can enter up to three athlete's, but they will do each kind of bow, you can exclude an athlete from using a certain type(s) of bow if this is preferred.
How it plays: The Ranking Round will round the players up to 32/16(depending on entrants) prior to the games beginning, with Number 1 of the Ranking Round taking on 32/16 and Number 2 taking on 31/15 etc. etc., the matches will be randomly seeded, so the number 1 of the ranking round does not end up against the number 2 etc.
Location: Kazan Forest, Minami Sōgen and St. Moriko's Forest, Ritoru Kuni.
Men's Barebow, Men's Compound, Men's Recurve - 3
Women's Barebow, Women's Compound, Women's Recurve - 3
Target Javelin:
Info: Scorinated the same as Target Archery. This game is similar to javelin, except is aimed at a target from a long distance of 100M. Same sign up rules as Target Archery.
How it plays: The Ranking Round will separate the game into two seeds, Ranks 1-16 and Ranks 17-32 each fighting each other in a elimination round. The final 6 (with the four Quarter Finalists taking to fighting each other for the final 2 spots) from the Rank 1-16 and the final 2 from Ranks 17-32 will make up the final 8, the players are then randomly seeded then placed in a Final Elimination, to work out the winner. The team game will skip this, with bye's being placed for each team (randomly).
Location: Waterside Memorial Arena, Ritoru Kuni.
Men's Individual & Men's Team - 3
Women's Individual & Women's Team - 3
Fencing:
Info: Sword Fighting was long apart of Union Isle's extensive history, with many battles determined by the leaders facing a one on one combatant match. You can sign up 3 Athlete's for each sport and the team equivalent.
How it plays: Each competitor is seeded into Group Stages, which will take the competitor's down to 16 Remaining Players which will play in a Elimination Match.
Location: Aster Castle, Yorunohi.
Men's Individual Épée & Men's Team Épée - 3
Men's Individual Foil & Men's Team Foil - 3
Men's Individual Sabre & Men's Team Sabre - 3
Women's Individual Épée & Women's Team Épée - 3
Women's Individual Foil & Women's Team Foil - 3
Women's Individual Sabre & Women's Team Sabre - 3
Jousting:
Info: Jousting will be scorinated the same as individual fencing. Jousting is a unique sport to the world stage, with many safety precautions put in a place to ensure safety. The teams aim to knock each other off their horses with Lance's, to fall off the horse would be to lose a point. The game plays until one athlete has fallen off 15 times. Due to expectation that mild damage could be done to the competitors, athlete's are advised to come with two substitutes. Each country can also enter 2 Competitors into the contest.
How it Plays: Each competitor is seeded into Group Stages with three competitors each, the top 2 of each group being placed into the finals.
Location: Ashford Castle Jousting Grounds, Union City
Jousting - 2 (+2)
Medieval Pentathlon:
Info: Proposed by the Oileánra Ollmhór Olympic Commitee, the Modern Pentathlon is the only game that has been modernized, Union Isle agreed, as it served a good way to show off all four states in one sport but decided to put a medieval twist on it to keep it in the theme. The athlete's score points for Fencing, Swimming and Riding, the highest scoring athlete goes first in the Combined Event, which starts in a Shooting Range, which uses Crossbows instead of Pistols, then run 1000 Meters, they do the Combined Event three times over, to determine a winner. One of each of the four events take place in the four districts of Union Isle. (Excluding Union City) Two Male and Female Competitors.
Location: Senshi no Ichi Colosseum, Sōgen (Fencing). Torēdā no pōto Swimming Court, Minami Sōgen (Swimming). Prince's Court, Ritoru Kuni (Equestrian). Quinns Sports Colosseum, Yorunohi (Combined Event).
[i]Men's Medieval Pentathlon (2)
Women's Medieval Pentathlon (2)
Horse Racing:
Info: This may or may not take place as I haven't yet worked out a way to scorinate it. A popular sport that brings in a large gambling revenue for the nation, the arena is to be flat for this game, with no obstructions in the way. Two Competitors.
How it plays: All the competitors take place in two separate races, one with Obstructions and one without. There are two races of each, both earning a medal. There is also a time trial event on a flat track, with the fastest horse winning.
Location: Prince's Court, Ritoru Kuni and Drake's Field, Ritoru Kuni
Horse Racing (2)
Scorination
(Passage stolen from the previous Olympiad Thread.)
You can put the skill modifier of your athletes, by adding a number (it must be just after the name of your athlete or team, and preferably in parenthesies. Please turn smilies off when you post, or any numbers ending in an 8 may end up as a guy wearing shades). The skill modifiers are from 0 to 100, from the lowest to highest. 0 probably means the athlete (or team) was called (or organized) without having any proper training or preparation; imagine them as an Eric the Eel. A 100 means that the player is part of an elite group of athletes for the event. So, you can input any number between 0 and 100 - whole numbers only please, 37 is OK but 44.6 is not. Skill modifiers refer to a single entry, and not to a person or a sport. This means that a full Fencing team, for example, has a single skill modifier, at the same time that an athlete competing in multiple events can have one different modifier for each event.
Please also note the following: the average of all the skill modifiers in your delegation cannot be more than 50, although it can be lower than it. Any list in which the average of skill modifiers end being higher than 50 will have its skill modifiers reduced until it meets the 50 limit. And, finally, entries without a skill modifier will have it set to a default modifier of 50.
RP Bonus
A Bonus will be given out to your team if you RP. The number of this boost is 10%.
Competing Nations & Medal Table
The best scoring nation will claim the Medieval Arts Cup at the Closing Ceremony.
| Pos. | Name (Country Code) |  |  |  | Total |
| 1 | Free South Califas | 9 | 4 | 9 | 22 |
| 2 | Darmen | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | Union Isle | 6 | 9 | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Aquitayne (FEA) | 4 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | St Haru Peninsula (SHP) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | Free Swiss States (FSS) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Chevalbourg (CHE) | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | Apox (APX) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Schedule
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Dates:
Opening Ceremony - 5th August
Day 1 - 6th August
Day 2 - 7th August
Day 3 - 8th August
Day 4 - 9th August
Day 5 - 10th August
Day 6 - 11th August
Closing Ceremony - 12th August
The Schedule to be posted after/if I get a good show of interest.
So, sign up sheet, post rosters if you wish now, but I will ask for them officially if I get a good show of Interest.
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