The World Cup Discussion Thread (OOC, Version IV)

[Equestrian States]

And I made a Nepal one for Audio just to make sure even the unusual flag bases are covered. Nepal 2022 champs confirmed.

Oh yeah, well what if Ohio secedes, turns LeBron James into a soccer player, and then wins the World Cup? What then?

[Starblaydia]

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Star, your Brazil version of the NSWC Signups flag looks a bit like the Solomon Islands flag. Just saying.

Solomon Islands 2026, yeah!

What you mean is the Solomon Islands flag is riffing on the NSWC Signups flag if Brazil were world champions. Also, damn. i don't think I've ever seen that flag in my life, but appear to have almost completely reproduced it. I'm sure Kita-Hinode loves it either way, lol

And I made a Nepal one for Audio just to make sure even the unusual flag bases are covered. Nepal 2022 champs confirmed.

Oh yeah, well what if Ohio secedes, turns LeBron James into a soccer player, and then wins the World Cup? What then?

I'd quit NS Sports in hilariously bemused dismay just before the final whistle.

[Super-Llamaland]

And I made a Nepal one for Audio just to make sure even the unusual flag bases are covered. Nepal 2022 champs confirmed.

0/10, no Chicago Fire

[Starblaydia]

And I made a Nepal one for Audio just to make sure even the unusual flag bases are covered. Nepal 2022 champs confirmed.

0/10, no Chicago Fire

If I did a Chicago one it'd just end up being a CM Punk flag, fire notwithstanding.

[Valanora]

Funny, I mentioned in the discord the other day how much I missed having Squorn around, with fond memories of RPing against you, especially that 3-3(6-3 AET) game back in WC39. Glad to see you back ^__^

[The Sherpa Empire]

And I made a Nepal one for Audio just to make sure even the unusual flag bases are covered. Nepal 2022 champs confirmed.

The Nepal one is very cool. Here's hoping we get to use it!

[Drawkland]

And I made a Nepal one for Audio just to make sure even the unusual flag bases are covered. Nepal 2022 champs confirmed.

The Nepal one is very cool. Here's hoping we get to use it!

Hmmm, The Sherpa Empire is hoping for the Nepal flag to be used? What a twist

[Torisakia]

So it's been a while since I've really done anything NSS-wise. I can't remember if it was ever explained to me or not, but how does KPB work for nations that haven't appeared in the past few WCs? The last one I believe I was apart of was WC73, as I don't appear in the current KPB rankings spreadsheet. Is it just reset?

[Starblaydia]

So it's been a while since I've really done anything NSS-wise. I can't remember if it was ever explained to me or not, but how does KPB work for nations that haven't appeared in the past few WCs? The last one I believe I was apart of was WC73, as I don't appear in the current KPB rankings spreadsheet. Is it just reset?

KPBs take the last three cycles into account, so since WC74-76 you'll have slid down and down, and now will have a rank of 0 since wc77.

[Alasdair I Frosticus]

Squornshelous made its debut in World Cup 5

N00b

Welcome back!

[Geisenfried]

Lotta names I remember from the olden days. Y'know, the ones that were all powerhouses by the time I actually got around.

[Torisakia]

So it's been a while since I've really done anything NSS-wise. I can't remember if it was ever explained to me or not, but how does KPB work for nations that haven't appeared in the past few WCs? The last one I believe I was apart of was WC73, as I don't appear in the current KPB rankings spreadsheet. Is it just reset?

KPBs take the last three cycles into account, so since WC74-76 you'll have slid down and down, and now will have a rank of 0 since wc77.

Alright. Thanks!

[Polkopia]

Oh boy... I remember how fun the NS World Cup used to be, and now I have to start back from square one

Great to be back though!

[Squornshelan Remnant States]

Lotta names I remember from the olden days. Y'know, the ones that were all powerhouses by the time I actually got around.

I'm sure you'll have your chance to return the favor for those times I was responsible for eliminating you.

[Adab]

I understand that there is no overall agreement on this, but IC-ly speaking how often does the World Cup take place for most nations? Every one, two, four years? I want to keep things as realistic as possible for my team and I'd love to RP my players as they age, mature, and perhaps become legends along the way, or even retire and then become manager for the next competition à la Zidane.

[Starblaydia]

I understand that there is no overall agreement on this, but IC-ly speaking how often does the World Cup take place for most nations? Every one, two, four years? I want to keep things as realistic as possible for my team and I'd love to RP my players as they age, mature, and perhaps become legends along the way, or even retire and then become manager for the next competition à la Zidane.

For realism, do 4 (like me). The problem here is that, as per real Cups, players will only get 2 or 3 attempts to become legends on the World Stage and you have to generate new players a lot more often. Players wkll, though, end up with roughly reasonable numbers for appearances and goals compared to real life if you take part in regional and/or other occasional tournaments.

For ease of making sense with the rest of the forum, doing 1 year per UICA (essentially the champions league) season, run in the Domestic Newswires thread, is very common.

As long as you're consistent internally with how long things take in your own nation, you'll easily have a handle on it and work out what's best for the way you RP and organise around it.

[Semarland]

I understand that there is no overall agreement on this, but IC-ly speaking how often does the World Cup take place for most nations? Every one, two, four years? I want to keep things as realistic as possible for my team and I'd love to RP my players as they age, mature, and perhaps become legends along the way, or even retire and then become manager for the next competition à la Zidane.

There's no set timeframe really. It's entirely up to you! Can be a bit of a pain keeping it sync with UICA (domestic football) though as they don't always run at the same time. For me personally, it tends to vary depending on UICA (as that determines how old my players are going into the competition). Others have less fluid timescales - WC one IC year, regional tournament the next, then WC again, etc.

[Valanora]

As Star and Sem have pointed out, there is not set time limit, although the convention for a majority of nations has been 2 years per World Cup or 1 year per UICA cycle, as typically there has been 2 UICA cycles in a World Cup cycle. There are pitfalls to this, such as when there is not 2 UICA cycles per WC, but it is the most commonly used convention.

[Cosumar]

Did I miss an announcement about MD3 of the Di Bradini Cup being delayed somewhere? I hope all is well with Valanora.

[Mriin]

Did I miss an announcement about MD3 of the Di Bradini Cup being delayed somewhere? I hope all is well with Valanora.

It was mentioned that it'd be pushed back to Friday on the Discord.

[Valanora]

Did I miss an announcement about MD3 of the Di Bradini Cup being delayed somewhere? I hope all is well with Valanora.

I forgot yesterday was a holiday when making the schedule and got swamped with work, crashed shortly after asking if people were okay with a delay on the discord server.

[Rakivland]

Howdy, when does qualifying for 81st NSWC start, and when does the roster thread go up?

[Equestrian States]

Howdy, when does qualifying for 81st NSWC start, and when does the roster thread go up?

Well, we're currently having the big regional football competitions, so once those are nearly done (in a week or two probably), the Baptism of Fire will start. WC qualifying can only start once the BoF finishes. At a rough guess, we're looking at 4-6 weeks for qualifying to start.

I'd guesstimate it will be closer to the end of that window since we currently don't have any BoF bids yet and the regional tournaments are only just getting started with the actual competition phase (Atlantian Oceania starts this evening, but Rushmore and Esportiva haven't even finished host voting yet). We'll need at least one BoF bid, a week for voting, probably two or three weeks for the BoF to run to completion, and then a week or two between the end of the BoF and MD1 of qualifying. The actual roster and RP threads for the WC will likely be up well before the start of qualifying, but I wouldn't expect us to actually start qualifying before the second week of August or thereabouts.

As for when the roster thread will be up, that'll be up to the hosts once they're selected, but it'll probably be after the BoF is closer to finishing.

[South Toronto]

What time would you suggest for nations to start putting in a host bid for the BoF?

[Northwest Kalactin]

What time would you suggest for nations to start putting in a host bid for the BoF?

Right now