NationStates

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Dancougar will host the tournament by default, and signups are closed at 28 nations. Rosters will be linked from here once they are posted.

Competitors

1. Dancougar
2. Newmanistan
3. Shivat
4. Secristan
5. Burchadinger
6. Dimoniquid
7. Al-Mumtaz
8. Delaclava
9. Valladares
10. Sarzonia
11. Quintessence of Dust
12. Mount Kip
13. Taeshan
14. Tyrrin
15. Cafundeu
16. Bisgea
17. Valanora
18. Qazox
19. Warkus
20. Matschusin
21. The Fanboyists
22. Cassadaigua
23. Kalasion
24. Royalsoldiers
25. Tocrowkia
26. Sibirsky
27. Swartaz
28. Cobaltan

The qualifying stage will be double round-robin group play with four groups of seven teams. There are a total of fourteen matchdays plus one global bye day, and will run January 14-28. At that point, twelve teams will advance to the finals.

Qualification Draw and Schedule
Final Round Draw, Schedule, and Venues

Dancougar signs up and bids to host, because I started this nonsense.

Scorination will be done with Basketsim (available for download in my signature), which differs from most scorinators in that it simulates individual possessions. Well, okay, so NSFS kind of works that way, too, just not at the same scale. This means results can vary wildly, as shooting accuracy is a function of team strength, but in the past it has been pretty reasonable. The world rankings I've calculated will serve as the basis for a team's strength, to be supplemented by RP bonus.

The format of the tournament will be:
* Double round-robin group stage for qualifiers. I prefer group sizes of five or six teams to keep the number of matches to a minimum, but will extend this if necessary.
* The final tournament will consist of a single round-robin group stage followed by knockout stage. The playoff bracket will feature best-of-3 series. The number of qualifying teams is generally not more than half of the field, although this depends on the number of enxtrants.
* A "Cup of Harmony" tournament for non-qualifiers, consisting of round-robin group play and a small bracket if needed.

And now, the reason why you bother posting after every game:
* Each daily RP earns up to 3 points for quality, with "daily RP" taken to mean "all posts between your last game and the next one."
* RP degrades by 57.5% every matchday. Why such a weird number? This sets an upper bound for accumulated RP at 7.06, which means that team strength will be on a scale from 0 to 14, the sum of max world rank (Newmanistan's 6.94) and max RP.
* Days off do not count against you. For example, your cumulative RP bonus does not degrade on your bye day.
* Playing at home gives a 10% strength boost.
* First timers start at 0 world ranking points. Note, though, that RP alone can put you at roughly half the maximum possible strength, which can be substantial. Plus, random luck might help you win anyway.
* Dancougar is free to post but is capped at 0.5 RP points per day.

Newmanistan signs up to defend their title.

Winners of men's basketball in the IV Summer Olympics are in!

Millionaires back again!

Burchadinger sign-up for the first time!

The Dimoniquid Dominoes sign up. They just felt like it!

Al-Mumtaz sign up.

After an early Olympic knockout, Delaclava wants to avenge the loss!

Valladares returns!

The champions of the third and the runners up of the fourth sign up for the fifth!

Promising to RP a little more sensibly, we will sign up again.

MK signs up

dito

We will be in for a second time, maybe even to RP.

Hmm, I guess Cafundéu returns. Yes, they return.

We sign up

sure

Qazox will return in an attempt to complete a GRAND SLAM.

Waekus signs up.

matschusin signs up

The Fanboyists pledges to fall short in yet another tournament! Woot-woot!

After thinking about it a little more I suppose we will back!

Kalasion is in for the first time.

Royalsoldiers Blackhawks will take a shot at it.