The World Cup Discussion Thread (OOC, Version IV)

[Strike]

I've been so scarred by the loss of NSwiki and my thousand-plus not backed up Starblaydia articles that could never trust any wiki bar one of my own again

The scars run deep.

I mean, we have the factbooks now which are housed on the NS servers.

If those go down or are lost forever, we've got much bigger problems

[Starblaydia]

I've been so scarred by the loss of NSwiki and my thousand-plus not backed up Starblaydia articles that could never trust any wiki bar one of my own again

The scars run deep.

I mean, we have the factbooks now which are housed on the NS servers.

If those go down or are lost forever, we've got much bigger problems

That's very true, and (a version of) my national team article is on there now, but to mess around and get all the template sorted to match what I had before - much less rewrite all of it, is a huge task.

How many of us have some vague interest in using NS Factbooks to make some kind of interconnected mini wiki of sport? Or is there a particular sporting presence on one of the current wikis that are used for NS that we can use?

[Semarland]

Could be a bit of a long shot, but we could set up our own dedicated wiki for NS Sport. Think there's some free MediaWiki hosts lurking about.

[Starblaydia]

Could be a bit of a long shot, but we could set up our own dedicated wiki for NS Sport. Think there's some free MediaWiki hosts lurking about.

Problem is the free ones are largely terrible and full of ads, so best is a dedicated one, unfortunately $$$. Although I wouldn't mind covering that for a while, the technical aspects of setting one up seem beyond my meagre IT skills.

NS Factbooks, at least are free

[Blaneu]

lmao trying to put one together but don't even have anything to put in the biggest win bit.

[Starblaydia]

lmao trying to put one together but don't even have anything to put in the biggest win bit.

"TBA"

[Zwangzug]

I mean, we have the factbooks now which are housed on the NS servers.

If those go down or are lost forever, we've got much bigger problems

That's very true, and (a version of) my national team article is on there now, but to mess around and get all the template sorted to match what I had before - much less rewrite all of it, is a huge task.

How many of us have some vague interest in using NS Factbooks to make some kind of interconnected mini wiki of sport? Or is there a particular sporting presence on one of the current wikis that are used for NS that we can use?

Very interested in helping with factbook stuff! (Aguazul has plenty already. Zwangzug has a lot of non-football data, I need someone to pretend they'd be interested in reading about my characters to update/copy over that part. )

[Kavagrad]

So, do we know when to expect the beginning of the Baptism of Fire?

[Union of Socialist Alpine Republics]

So, do we know when to expect the beginning of the Baptism of Fire?

It could start in two weeks.

The deadline for host bids was yesterday I believe, so the vote for the host should start whenever Val or Nephara comes online and we'll probably have a 7 days vote. Then in 7 days, the hosts will be announced and they will decide when it's going to start. They will make the IC thread shortly after they'll be announced as the hosts, then it could take another 5-7 days until it begins. So it could start in two weeks.

[Kita-Hinode]

Could be a bit of a long shot, but we could set up our own dedicated wiki for NS Sport. Think there's some free MediaWiki hosts lurking about.

I remember seeing Krytenia show a NSS Wikia somewhere. Good luck finding it though.

[Semarland]

Could be a bit of a long shot, but we could set up our own dedicated wiki for NS Sport. Think there's some free MediaWiki hosts lurking about.

I remember seeing Krytenia show a NSS Wikia somewhere. Good luck finding it though.

Yeah, I remember that. However I don't think Wikia would be as well suited as MediaWiki. Though as Star said they're all relatively poor unless you've got an adblocker.

[Adab]

Alright, this is a bit of an odd question, but do you still RP after you get knocked out of the WC or other tournaments? Like for example do you RP the match that you lost, even though it obviously won't contribute to your chances of winning the next match (because you're out)? Does such an RP still contribute to our rankings at the end of the tournament?

[Strike]

Alright, this is a bit of an odd question, but do you still RP after you get knocked out of the WC or other tournaments? Like for example do you RP the match that you lost, even though it obviously won't contribute to your chances of winning the next match (because you're out)? Does such an RP still contribute to our rankings at the end of the tournament?

You don't have to RP at all, or you can RP as much as you want - even after your team has been knocked out - particularly to report on the match that did knock you out or to finish up any story line that you had already started during the cup.

As for what is normal - it is normal to RP about the match that knocked you out. Most folks don't post more than 1 additional RP in the thread after they've been eliminated - though there is nothing preventing you from doing that if you had a reason or wanted to.

[NSWC Signups]

Voting for the WC and BoF is underway, as are nomination for the next WCC President.

[Starblaydia]

Alright, this is a bit of an odd question, but do you still RP after you get knocked out of the WC or other tournaments? Like for example do you RP the match that you lost, even though it obviously won't contribute to your chances of winning the next match (because you're out)? Does such an RP still contribute to our rankings at the end of the tournament?

The RPs you write only give boosts to your ranking during the tournament for scorination purposes, they're not permanently added to your ranking score.

You can 100% post after you've been eliminated, perhaps there's a particular way you'd like to go out, or the fallout from that match is immediate and can't wait until the next tournament. Maybe you just want to continue the story, too.

People writing stories or background or whatever in threads when they are guaranteed to get no bonus from it get extra cool points on a personal level in my book, fwiw.

[Tinhampton]

So... four thousand natterings of various degrees of usefulness it is from me, then. Reports of my demise are widely considered by scholars to be amongst the most exaggerated subject matter in history, and I will indeed be roleplaying for the WC81 cycle... roleplaying? Now that's something you haven't seen from me on NS Sports in a while!

[Commonwealth of Baker Park]

Alright, this is a bit of an odd question, but do you still RP after you get knocked out of the WC or other tournaments? Like for example do you RP the match that you lost, even though it obviously won't contribute to your chances of winning the next match (because you're out)? Does such an RP still contribute to our rankings at the end of the tournament?

like others have said, it's really up to you. I'm one who likes to at least wrap up any narrative or extended RP I've got going instead of just stopping cold turkey. I might do a final long post on my domestic thread or as a dispatch and just do a small blurb, where I would include a link to whatever I've written elsewhere.
And as Star said, some people do respect you and give you "cool points" for basically RPing for no reward.

[The Authoritarian Republic of Lochario]

Can someone recommend me some good coaches for my national football team?

We need this so that we could do good in WC qualifiers

[Darkmania]

Can someone recommend me some good coaches for my national football team?

We need this so that we could do good in WC qualifiers

I can give you one from me.

Tÿr Dërmär

[The Authoritarian Republic of Lochario]

Can someone recommend me some good coaches for my national football team?

We need this so that we could do good in WC qualifiers

I can give you one from me.

Tÿr Dërmär

I'll put him on the list.

Waiting for the other offers

[Bears Armed]

You can 100% post after you've been eliminated, perhaps there's a particular way you'd like to go out, or the fallout from that match is immediate and can't wait until the next tournament. Maybe you just want to continue the story, too.

And if that elimination was from World Cup qualifiers then continuing to RP might increase the likelihood of you getting invited to the Cup of Harmony...

[Maryloupe]

Can someone recommend me some good coaches for my national football team?

We need this so that we could do good in WC qualifiers

I could give you our current one, Cinga Munrich. We did well in the WC80 qualifiers but got knocked out by Damukuni(it still bothers meh). We got 3rd place, which is enough to send you to the playoffs. But don't remind me of WC79 tho. Cuz if u do look at the results, you'd not probably choose him, just speaking.

[The Authoritarian Republic of Lochario]

Can someone recommend me some good coaches for my national football team?

We need this so that we could do good in WC qualifiers

I could give you our current one, Cinga Munrich. We did well in the WC80 qualifiers but got knocked out by Damukuni(it still bothers meh). We got 3rd place, which is enough to send you to the playoffs. But don't remind me of WC79 tho. Cuz if u do look at the results, you'd not probably choose him, just speaking.

Added to the list

[Commonwealth of Baker Park]

well, I've got Tony Weiss, who was the manager of our SWC championship squad or Shane Newman, who is our Senior National Team Asst Manager or a wild card might be George Prather who was an U17 asst manager but is now a staff coach for youth squads, who is a bit older than the other 2 (52).
But they would all probably expect to have a serious role in overall player/technical development as that's how we do things here. They wouldn't be interested in just being "first team coaches".

[Nephara]

People who have a manager they wish to fill the vacancy should TG Lochario directly.