The World Cup Discussion Thread (OOC, Version IV)

[Bears Armed]

Do I remember correctly that, although RL may set an upper limit on the number of players in squads sent to the actual WC that might apply here as well, we are allowed to draw on larger pools of players — trying out various rival candidates for our final squad — during the qualifying stage?

[Squornshelan Remnant States]

Do I remember correctly that, although RL may set an upper limit on the number of players in squads sent to the actual WC that might apply here as well, we are allowed to draw on larger pools of players — trying out various rival candidates for our final squad — during the qualifying stage?

I have done this over the past three cycles, naming about 40 or so players who may be called up during qualifying, then naming a final squad of 23 for the World Cup proper Cup of Harmony.

[Bears Armed]

Do I remember correctly that, although RL may set an upper limit on the number of players in squads sent to the actual WC that might apply here as well, we are allowed to draw on larger pools of players — trying out various rival candidates for our final squad — during the qualifying stage?

I have done this over the past three cycles, naming about 40 or so players who may be called up during qualifying, then naming a final squad of 23 for the World Cup proper Cup of Harmony.

Okay, thank you.

[Timuria]

Would just like to say what a pleasure it was to host the BoF and to congratulate our champion Trolleborg.

[Free Republics]

Do I remember correctly that, although RL may set an upper limit on the number of players in squads sent to the actual WC that might apply here as well, we are allowed to draw on larger pools of players — trying out various rival candidates for our final squad — during the qualifying stage?

I've always gone by the assumption that you can have as many players as you want on a roster but can't have more than 3 substitutions in a match which limits how many players you can actually use.

[Cassadaigua]

It's official!

The World Cup Group Draw will be held on Discord at 2pm (Eastern USA time) on Saturday, 12/7!

See you there!

[Commonwealth of Baker Park]

Do I remember correctly that, although RL may set an upper limit on the number of players in squads sent to the actual WC that might apply here as well, we are allowed to draw on larger pools of players — trying out various rival candidates for our final squad — during the qualifying stage?

I have, since WC 80, had a large pool of players who split off into two different squads. Once I get to the Final, I nominally have a roster of 23, but if someone had a roster of 60, I don't think ICly I would object.

[Bears Armed]

Do I remember correctly that, although RL may set an upper limit on the number of players in squads sent to the actual WC that might apply here as well, we are allowed to draw on larger pools of players — trying out various rival candidates for our final squad — during the qualifying stage?

I've always gone by the assumption that you can have as many players as you want on a roster but can't have more than 3 substitutions in a match which limits how many players you can actually use.

Do I remember correctly that, although RL may set an upper limit on the number of players in squads sent to the actual WC that might apply here as well, we are allowed to draw on larger pools of players — trying out various rival candidates for our final squad — during the qualifying stage?

I have, since WC 80, had a large pool of players who split off into two different squads. Once I get to the Final, I nominally have a roster of 23, but if someone had a roster of 60, I don't think ICly I would object.

Thank you.

[Trolleborg]

Would just like to say what a pleasure it was to host the BoF and to congratulate our champion Trolleborg.

Congrats from me as well. Don't worry about your "style". You put a good effort in with the graphics in your posts. Don't be afraid to experiment in different directions. There is no "right or wrong" RP way.
You are the Baptism of Fire Champions! Like Hap says (and knows), it's the only one you get one shot at. I finished 2nd, but note below I have pride in that. It's like your "class" in HS.

Thank you, friends! I’m happy that everything turned out so well and I’ll try to work hard to please NS soccer world with new inventions and ideas

[Bolgano]

Would just like to say what a pleasure it was to host the BoF and to congratulate our champion Trolleborg.

Congrats from me as well. Don't worry about your "style". You put a good effort in with the graphics in your posts. Don't be afraid to experiment in different directions. There is no "right or wrong" RP way.
You are the Baptism of Fire Champions! Like Hap says (and knows), it's the only one you get one shot at. I finished 2nd, but note below I have pride in that. It's like your "class" in HS.

Thank you, friends! I’m happy that everything turned out so well and I’ll try to work hard to please NS soccer world with new inventions and ideas

Congratulations Trolleborg, I hope to play with you in the qualifiers, you have a great future ahead keep it up

[Cassadaigua]

Thank you, friends! I’m happy that everything turned out so well and I’ll try to work hard to please NS soccer world with new inventions and ideas

Congratulations of course on your big win! Just keep having fun, enjoy what you are doing, and that should translate into most people enjoying your contributions.

PS: Live group draw starts 4 hours and 52 minutes after the time of this post.

[HUElavia]

Thank you, friends! I’m happy that everything turned out so well and I’ll try to work hard to please NS soccer world with new inventions and ideas

Congratulations of course on your big win! Just keep having fun, enjoy what you are doing, and that should translate into most people enjoying your contributions.

PS: Live group draw starts 4 hours and 52 minutes after the time of this post.

What's the discord group? I would like to watch the live draw.

[Bolgano]

Congratulations of course on your big win! Just keep having fun, enjoy what you are doing, and that should translate into most people enjoying your contributions.

PS: Live group draw starts 4 hours and 52 minutes after the time of this post.

What's the discord group? I would like to watch the live draw.

You can watch the draw live on ESPN XD

[Equestrian States]

Here’s a link to the discord server.

[Cassadaigua]

Discord has apparently crashed. We will try again around 2:30.

[Hapilopper]

Is anyone else having issues on Discord? It just crapped out on me.

[Saintland]

The Discord status page says they're having issues with their API right now.

[Chromatika]

Back to esper.net perhaps?

[HUElavia]

Great. We try to hold a draw and Discord just loses its mind.

Smh. >_>

[Cassadaigua]

Back to esper.net perhaps?

Is there a backup link there we can try?
We will be re-trying at half hour intervals for the next little bit. 2:30... 3:00, etc.

[Strike]

Back to esper.net perhaps?

Is there a backup link there we can try?
We will be re-trying at half hour intervals for the next little bit. 2:30... 3:00, etc.

https://webchat.esper.net/ CHANNEL: #nssport

https://www.irccloud.com/irc/espernet/channel/nssport

ircs://irc.esper.net:6697

[Cassadaigua]

Is there a backup link there we can try?
We will be re-trying at half hour intervals for the next little bit. 2:30... 3:00, etc.

https://webchat.esper.net/ CHANNEL: #nssport

https://www.irccloud.com/irc/espernet/channel/nssport

ircs://irc.esper.net:6697

UPDATE:


Due to discord being down, we will be having the group draw at the above link:

https://webchat.esper.net/ CHANNEL: #nssport

We will begin at 3:15, about 15 minutes from the time of this post!

[Hapilopper]

And Discord may be down for at least another hour. Here's Google's latest update on the issue that caused Discord to crap out.

Description: Mitigation work is currently underway by our engineering team.

We do not have an ETA for mitigation at this point.

We will provide more information by Saturday, 2019-12-07 12:42 US/Pacific.

Diagnosis: Seeing High IO wait times, failed IO operations, or IO Operations taking over 2 seconds to complete

Workaround: None at this time

[Cassadaigua]

We are beginning now!
webchat.esper.net, channel #nssport

[Cassadaigua]

The groups are now edited into the first post of the RP thread!
The competition begins on Friday the 13th! (This fact plus the fact that discord crashed on us just as we were trying to start has given the Cup the nickname already of the "Cursed Cup".)

We could have started this a couple days earlier but starting on the 13th allows for the midway break to naturally fall over Christmas, instead of having to have an additional off day period for the holiday.