The World Cup Discussion Thread (OOC, Version IV)

[Bears Armed]

I believe an old user by the name of Snub Nose 38 was the one who initially created it,

You are indeed correct. Interestingly, it would seem that at some point, she went from serving the Random Number Gods, to being the Random Number Goddess herself.

Well, that's randomness for you...

^_^

[Chromatika]

You are indeed correct. Interestingly, it would seem that at some point, she went from serving the Random Number Gods, to being the Random Number Goddess herself.

Well, that's randomness for you...

^_^

Bears! Bears! Bears!
*Faints from seeing Bears back*
*Resuscitates self*
Please come back!

[Nephara]

Idle thought; for a DBC roster, would it be acceptable for someone to submit someone over 21, provided that they were acknowledged in the squad to be lying about their age with their official paperwork saying something that did fit the age limit?

...But then what happens afterwards? Would anyone be willing to, say, hand back a title because of that or something?

Depends on how the RPer wants to handle it, whether they're discovered or not.

[Northern Sunrise Islands]

Cast down the false idol Margaret and embrace the real goddess Elune.

Psssst... Arceus is better.

[Barunia]

...But then what happens afterwards? Would anyone be willing to, say, hand back a title because of that or something?

Depends on how the RPer wants to handle it, whether they're discovered or not.

Furellum HAS done that before, although we used time travel to explain why they were eligible.

Man, I need to RP with them more. Just can't find a storyline to do them justice.

[Bonesea]

BAPTISM OF FIRE ANNOUNCEMENT

With Raschastan CTEing, we are expecting a short delay to the Baptism of Fire while alternative arrangements are made. As things stand, discussions are being held with the next sign-ups on the list and this has proven slightly more complicated than expected. It would not be fair to disclose details at this point, but we would ask both BoF and WC participants to bear with us, more details will follow as we are in a position to provide them.

I think it's probably fair to plan for at least a 48-hour delay at this stage. We sincerely hope it won't be longer than this.

EDIT: The issue has been resolved and an update will be posted in the sign-up thread shortly; the delay stands at 48 hours, so we can confirm the start of the competition for Monday eve UTC.

[Mriin]

BAPTISM OF FIRE ANNOUNCEMENT

With Raschastan CTEing, we are expecting a short delay to the Baptism of Fire while alternative arrangements are made. As things stand, discussions are being held with the next sign-ups on the list and this has proven slightly more complicated than expected. It would not be fair to disclose details at this point, but we would ask both BoF and WC participants to bear with us, more details will follow as we are in a position to provide them.

I think it's probably fair to plan for at least a 48-hour delay at this stage. We sincerely hope it won't be longer than this.

EDIT: The issue has been resolved and an update will be posted in the sign-up thread shortly; the delay stands at 48 hours, so we can confirm the start of the competition for Monday eve UTC.

Sweet, was about to come in here to apologize for not getting my roster up (had a busy week and am in a busy weekend), so that delay is convenient for me.

[Prusy Krolewskie]

Great Caledonia's "master" here. Because of me, some teams have the time to post their roster before the BoF starts. I was writing a pre BoF preview and it's hard to analyse teams when you dunno them so I searched for them, went on their country page and find out Raschastan CTEd. It doesn't happen often that a team CTE after the everything thread is made and before the competition starts.

[Whovian Tardisia]

Cast down the false idol Margaret and embrace the real goddess Elune.

Psssst... Arceus is better.

ALL HAIL THE GREAT MODDESS REPPY!

[The Archregimancy]

I think that it should be legalized while not necessarily required.

No, it should be required. Once the RL WC format changes, our format should change too. The constitutional change required is minor, and should present no practical obstacles.

Giving hosts more options and creating more disparity between opposing bids can be an interesting option, and puts more at stake between normally nearly-identical bids.

Absolutely not. This is, indeed, the very reason why we deliberately shadow the RL format in both the NSWC and the NS Olympics; to avoid arguments over format. We all know what the base format is going to be; in that one specific area creativity is actively discouraged - and with good reason. This has been a founding principle of the tournament since WC 1.


My apologies to Drawkland; I don't mean to single him out - his was just the easiest post to use to reiterate some core points that go back to 2003.


But then we do all realise that we're at least 5 years away from having to address this, and possibly 9 years away from having to finalise it? Most of you won't be here by then, and there's a fairly decent chance that I'll be dead. So maybe we should cross that bridge when we come to it rather than argue about it now.

ALL HAIL THE GREAT MODDESS REPPY!

Well, that's my feelings hurt.

[Frenline Delpha]

Most of you won't be here by then, and there's a fairly decent chance that I'll be dead.

Ouch. That's dark, Arch.

[Whovian Tardisia]

ALL HAIL THE GREAT MODDESS REPPY!

Well, that's my feelings hurt.

Sorry. No hard feelings intended. *leaves cookies*

[Savojarna]

Welp, that was one horrid BoF campaign... at least I get some backstory done I guess?

[Spaam]

You can only sign up as your own nation.

Speaking as vice-President, with respect, this isn't the case. A nation can sign up under an alias that doesn't match their on-site username, and there's plenty of recent precedent for this.

The only thing that might be an issue is the fact that the original Greater Vakolicci Haven nation (which was run by the same guy as far as I'm aware) was banned - but forum precedent seems to have allowed Coraspia to continue to compete under the GVH name, so.

Broadly, comments in this thread that aren't signups are limited to the WCC president/VP and former and current BoF/WC hosts - while people are of course welcome to point out discrepancies and other issues, the WCDT is a better place for it where it won't get buried in signups.

Thankyou for the clarification, I am unaware of that change.

I'm assuming that, as a former BoF host, that my comment (while incorrect, and possibly in the wrong place) was not out of line then?

[San Jose Guayabal]

Yes, as Nephara said, there's no problem with another IC name for the nation, well, as co-hosts, we have no issue with CoraSpia using Vakolicci Haven (Talked with Queb already).

[Nephara]

Speaking as vice-President, with respect, this isn't the case. A nation can sign up under an alias that doesn't match their on-site username, and there's plenty of recent precedent for this.

The only thing that might be an issue is the fact that the original Greater Vakolicci Haven nation (which was run by the same guy as far as I'm aware) was banned - but forum precedent seems to have allowed Coraspia to continue to compete under the GVH name, so.

Broadly, comments in this thread that aren't signups are limited to the WCC president/VP and former and current BoF/WC hosts - while people are of course welcome to point out discrepancies and other issues, the WCDT is a better place for it where it won't get buried in signups.

Thankyou for the clarification, I am unaware of that change.

I'm assuming that, as a former BoF host, that my comment (while incorrect, and possibly in the wrong place) was not out of line then?

My apologies for overlooking that, I only checked former WC hosts for some reason.

[Spaam]

My apologies for overlooking that, I only checked former WC hosts for some reason.

All good!

[Kaisaru]

I hope you're ready for Kaisaru

[Krytenia]

I hope you're ready for Kaisaru

I just hope you're ready for us. Welcome to the madhouse.

[Kosovakia]

I hope you're ready for Kaisaru

I just hope you're ready for us. Welcome to the madhouse.

Kosovakia is ready for all of you guys, See you on top of the leaderboard!

[Jeckland]

Why do so many of you begin with K?

[Kosovakia]

Why do so many of you begin with K?

I don't know man... In real life the most of the worlds Countries begin with an S.

[San Jose Guayabal]

In regards of World Cup, threads might be open as soon as today on night, so you can start posting RPs and rosters. Another idea we have with Queb is about the implementation of certain RP ideas on random matches, those ideas won't have any impact while grading RP, so no penalisation or reward for don't using or using it, what we want to see is some input from the community, as in what do you all think of it? Any idea we can implement in mark of the RP situations or criticism will be welcomed.

Thanks beforehand.

[-Anthor-]

In regards of World Cup, threads might be open as soon as today on night, so you can start posting RPs and rosters. Another idea we have with Queb is about the implementation of certain RP ideas on random matches, those ideas won't have any impact while grading RP, so no penalisation or reward for don't using or using it, what we want to see is some input from the community, as in what do you all think of it? Any idea we can implement in mark of the RP situations or criticism will be welcomed.

Thanks beforehand.

Think it would be pretty nifty.

[Gregoryisgodistan]

In regards of World Cup, threads might be open as soon as today on night, so you can start posting RPs and rosters. Another idea we have with Queb is about the implementation of certain RP ideas on random matches, those ideas won't have any impact while grading RP, so no penalisation or reward for don't using or using it, what we want to see is some input from the community, as in what do you all think of it? Any idea we can implement in mark of the RP situations or criticism will be welcomed.

Thanks beforehand.

Sounds fun.