Arena Bowl V Everything Thread

[Free Republics]

Arena Bowl V

Welcome to the 5th edition of the Arena Bowl, hosted by the Federation of Free Republics and sponsored by Sporting World Magazine and Nicholls Enterprises. This thread is for the posting of your rosters and RPs and will also be where I will post results. While including OOC notes in your RPs is fine, posts that are purely OOC belong in the Arena Bowl Discussion Thread. Additional information will be found in the next few posts.

To explain some of the differences with the indoor version of (gridiron) football, I quote from Arena Bowl IV's signup thread:

1. Each starting lineup shall have eight players on both sides of the ball. Line players and backfield players except the quarterback are expected to play both offence and defence.
2. Skill players such as wide receivers and cornerbacks and linemen are expected to play both ways except for one defensive player, who shall be designated as the "defensive specialist."
3. The quarterback can only play on offence unless an emergency situation arises in which the quarterback must play on defence or special teams.
4. For RP purposes, the field is 66 yards long (50 yards between goallines and eight-yard end zones) and 85 feet wide. The goalposts shall be nine feet wide with a 15-foot high crossbar.
5. Your squads shall consist of no more than 24 players.

Schedule

January 22nd - Matchday One: 1v6, 2v5, 3v4
January 24th - Matchday Two: 6v4, 5v3, 1v2
January 26th - Matchday Three: 2v6, 3v1, 4v5
January 28th - Matchday Four: 6v5, 1v4, 2v3
January 30th - Matchday Five: 3v6, 4v2, 5v1
February 1st - Semifinals: A1vB2, B1vA2
February 3rd - Championship Game and 3rd Place Game

Cutoff Time: 8-10 PM Eastern Time (North America)

Group Draw

Sporting World Group

Lisander
Greater Vakolicci Haven
Qasden
Frenline Delpha
Free Republics
Dytarma

Nicholls Enterprises Group

Somersville
Cosumar
Trosephstein
West Saintland
United States of Devonta
Southern Democratic States

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Useful Links

Arena Bowl Discussion Thread
Details regarding the hosting of the tournament
Guide to Sports RP
Wikipedia's article on Arena football

[Free Republics]

Free Republics National Information

History of the Free Republics

The Federation of Free Republics was formed in 1767, following decades of revolutions in the Greater Republica region. In the previous few decades, there had been a wave of revolutions. The ideas of liberalism had become popular in the region, as Abram Schmitts, an economist from Shostistan, wrote several books promoting the benefits of capitalizm. Soon, absolute monarchies fell throughout the Greater Republica region. The Kingdom of Saintland remained unaffected by this wave of revolutions, due to its self-imposed isolation.

Following the revolutions, there were now many Republics scattered throughout the region. These Republics faced seemingly constant attempts from reactionary elements to reverse the revolution and bring back absolute monarchy. They also had trouble trading and communicating with one another. The newly free, with a lowercase f, Republics had numerous antiquated laws and contradictory systems of measurement in effect. A foot in Vorita was 2 feet in Amolotopia and a meter in Roxawa was a decimeter in Nejax. It was a total mess all around. This mess was made even worse by the multitude of languages spoken in the different Republics. As they sought to eliminate trade barriers and forge closer ties between one another, their efforts resulted in confusion. In the days of absolute monarchy, the inability to speak one another's language was a benefit, since kings were always waging wars against one another. However, as the Industrial Revolution heated up and brought an unprecedented degree of prosperity to the land, they could no longer maintain separate languages, separate measurements and the arcane laws and regulations that were hindering commerce in the region.

Then, a rebellion broke out in the Republic of Roxawa. The rebels sought to abolish all property, all laws and even government itself. Rampaging around the countryside, they attacked government buildings, vandalized property and stole whatever they felt like. All the while, they spoke of total freedom. Terrifying the Republic's well-armed militia into inaction, the rebel crime spree continued for weeks. Fear spread throughout the region that other "rebellions" of this sort would soon break out, providing the perfect excuse for the Federationists. The leaders of 77 Republics throughout the region agreed to send delegates to the city of Baseton in Amolotopia to discuss an appropriate response to the rebellion. This was a pretext, which was seized upon by the Federationists to push their "Constitution" scheme.

The Federationists proposed that a document called a "Constitution" would establish a new unified government of all of the Republics, known as the Federation Government. This would be a relatively weak government, as the Republics would remain mostly autonomous and generally free to do as they wished in governing themselves. The Federation Government would have an enumerated list of responsibilities, such as promoting commerce, maintaining a common foreign policy and common immigration policy and several other minor tasks, such as the option to establish a national postal system.

The Constitution guaranteed a number of fundamental rights. Among them are the rights to freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, freedom of religion and the right to own weapons for the defense not only of oneself and of the Federation, but also against tyranny. Other provisions of the Constitution prohibited unreasonable searches, cruel and unusual punishments and double jeopardy. The document also included a strict prohibition on the practice of slavery and declared immediately and permanently free any "slave" that was brought within any territory subject to the Free Republics. The Federation Government has the power to pass any legislation it deems necessary to free slaves. While ratification was controversial, due to the feeling among many people that the Federation Government was too powerful, it was eventually ratified by the electorate in each of the original 77 Republics. Today, there are the number of Republics in the Federation is well into the hundreds.

The Constitution created a bicameral Legislature and an executive branch where power is shared equally by the 2 heads of state. The Assembly is the popularly elected branch of the Legislature. Originally, it used a first-past-the-post system, but this was later changed to proportional representation after political parties and coalitions became the norm. The entire Assembly has always been up for re-election every second year. The Senate, by contrast, is a purely appointed branch and Senators serve for life terms. When a Senator is elected to another office, he becomes an inactive Senator, but other than such periods when he may serve in other offices, he is a Senator for life, without exception. Each Republic may appoint a new Senator every second year and Senators are appointed in the same years when Assembly elections are held. Finally, the Consuls are elected to 8 year terms, with a new Consul elected every 4th year. This means that every other Assembly election is held simultaneously with a Consul election. The Constitution prohibits any Consul from serving more than a single term per lifetime. Originally, Consuls were also elected first-past-the-post, but that has since changed to a 3 round system. In the first round, the top 2 candidates, plus any other candidates that get at least 10 percent of the vote advance, assuming that no candidate gets a majority of the vote. The second round sees the top 2 candidates advance, again assuming that nobody wins a majority of the votes cast. In the third and final round, whoever wins the majority of votes cast is elected. Both Consuls have and have always had full power to veto any act of the other and former Consuls automatically become Senators upon the expiration of their term in office.

The government of the Free Republics quickly moved to standardize the system of measurements used throughout the Federation and adopt English as the national language. To help transition the Federation to an English-speaking nation, the Federation Government established a system of schools funded by the Federation Government, which ensured that the next generation would speak English and identify themselves as Republicans, rather than identifying themselves by their home Republic and speaking their Republic's native language. A substantial minority of parents resisted this effort, but children were allowed to go to school and learn English, whether or not they had parental permission. By 1830, almost everybody spoke English and identified as a Republican, not an Amolotopian, Roxawan, Voritan, Schost or whatever the demonym was for their home Republic. This brought about a more unified society. Around this time, education was returned to the Republics, most of which eventually adopted a voucher based system.

The government also banned trade barriers between Republics. This was an expected and noncontroversial move. The funding of the government by a tariff also proved uncontroversial, since politicians generally agreed that the tariff should be limited to revenue only and not used to "protect" industries from competition. However, an income tax was eventually adopted as foreign imports began to dry up. The Republican economy was simply too much of a powerhouse to justify importing goods from abroad. Discontent with the income tax grew as the government kept pushing it higher and higher. Finally, Paul Musgrove ran for Consul on a platform of capping all taxes at 10 percent of income. After his election, the amendment passed both the Assembly and the Senate before being sent directly to referendum. Voters in every Republic overwhelmingly voted for it and it became a popular amendment.

In the 20th century, the Free Republics became even more of an economic powerhouse, thanks to the capitalizt economic system. Business thrived in the FFR, as the nation became progressively wealthier. Over the years, the FFR has expanded its territory while remaining on the cutting edge of technological advancement. In the present day, the Free Republics have a population in the billions and are one of the wealthiest nations in the multiverse, with a correspondingly high rate of income inequality. The exact population of the Free Republics is unknown, due to a Constitutional amendment adopted in 1934, which prohibited the taking of a Census by any entity, whether governmental or otherwise.

Several years ago, the Free Republics were left leaderless following the death of both Consuls within the span of a few months, one of them via assassination. In the chaos, Reino Kulseth of the Holy Party was elected Consul and gradually obtained dictatorial power for himself at the expense of the nation's Republican institutions. Kulseth established a tyrannical government that passed laws against lying (despite routinely lying to their own people) and mandating the use of the word "thou" instead of you in most circumstances. Kulseth dragged the nation into a large-scale war that proved extremely costly for both sides and which led to his downfall.

In the end, the Republican people rose up against Kulseth and, aligned with several foreign armies, brought down Kulseth's "Holy Republican Empire" and brought back the Federation of Free Republics. Robert Nicholls, the father of Veleik Nicholls (leader of the popular revolt) and owner of Nicholls Enterprises, was named the new Acting Consul until such time as the normal electoral process could elect his replacement. However, the following election led to the rise to power of another tyrant, Consul Caleb O'Reilly, who jailed Acting Consul Nicholls and basically turned over control of the country to a hivemind of robots which oppressed the people of the nation until one day when hackers disabled the robots and Consul O'Reilly resigned from office, claiming to have been under hypnosis during his entire time as Consul. In the aftermath, Consul Nicholls was restored to power as the Senior Consul as the FFR gears up for another election. Consul Nicholls intends to spend his time as Consul restoring the Free Republics to its former glory and is hopeful that the Republican people will select a reasonable Junior Consul in the upcoming election.

Transportation

Just about every mode of transportation is an option in the Free Republics. Visitors for the Arena Bowl may arrive at any seaport or airport in the Free Republics. Planes and ships may also be used to travel between cities. As the Free Republics spans 4 continents and many thousands of miles, the use of planes is recommended for long-distance travel.

Several private companies offer high speed rail between cities. It is possible to travel through most of the Free Republics on high-speed rail, although in some places you may have to walk across the city to a competing company's station to go to your desired destination.

The use of bicycles, although unregulated, is not recommended. The Free Republics are simply too vast a nation, so players and fans that travel by bike risk missing a match altogether.

Taxis are available in every city that will be hosting Arena Bowl games. Most bus services cover a radius of less than 100 miles, so the use of buses is only recommended for short distance travel.

Automobiles are legal in the Free Republics and can be rented near any airport or seaport. Travel by automobile is possible to any nation located on one of the 4 continents upon which the Free Republics are located. However, as the Republican continents are located in Greater Republica, it is not possible to travel by automobile to-or-from the Free Republics and any other nation participating in the Arena Bowl. Anybody who intends to rent a car is strongly encouraged to get a Republican drivers license, as foreign drivers licenses are only recognized in certain Republics. Most Republics will hand out a drivers license to anybody that applies and passes the driving test. The difficulty of these tests varies greatly by Republics. The test in Nejax is notoriously easy while the test in Amolotopia is notorious as one of the most difficult. Despite this, all Republics are required by Federation law to recognize out-of-Republic drivers licenses as valid. A wide variety of cars are commonly available in the Free Republics, such as SUVs, sports cars and pick-up trucks. Those that have money to burn may rent luxury cars or limos. The vast majority of cars on the road are produced in the Free Republics. Many roads, especially long distance roads, are underfunded and in poor condition, so planes and high speed rail are much more popular in the Free Republics.

Lodging

There are numerous hotel firms throughout the Free Republics. Participating nations will be required to pay for their own lodging. We encourage participating teams to visit hotels.co.republica and purchase rooms before the rush. Those that wait may very well end up staying in a cheap motel with holes in the walls and bedbugs under the sheets.

Those national teams that do not wish to stay in hotels may stay at campgrounds outside of the host cities.

Weather

The Free Republics has a varied climate. In the north, it tends to be very cold during this time of the year and snow is a definite possibility. In the south, the climate is tropical. The Arena Bowl will be held during the dry season in the southern part of the Free Republics. Amolotopia is one of the more northern Republics while Roxawa tends to be toward the southern part of the Federation. A Republic such as Exastrium is in the middle, where they experience all 4 seasons, but only mild snow during winter.

Language

The official language of the Free Republics is English and all government documents are printed in English. Most private businesses do not print anything in a non-English language. While the rise of xenophobia in the Free Republics has subsided, most Republicans still don't speak any languages other than English. The most common foreign language spoken in the Free Republics is Latin, due to the influence of the Church of Saintland in recent years, but its use is currently frowned upon because of the language's association with the former Kulseth dictatorship.

Currency

The Republican Thaler is the only widely accepted currency in the Free Republics. Financial institutions are generally willing to change Sanctii bullion, Acedonian Aces or Universal Standard Dollars into Thalers. Due to the large number of currencies in the world, it is impossible for financial institutions in the Free Republics to keep track of all of them. Therefore, it is highly recommend that everybody visiting the Free Republics get their currency converted into Thalers, USDs or bullion before entering the Free Republics. Non-Republican Thalers, such as the Taxachusetts Thaler (which was notorious for its extremely high inflation rates), are not accepted as currency in the Free Republics and are not convertible into Republican Thalers.

Entertainment

There are a plethora of entertainment options in the Free Republics. Every quality hotel room comes equipped with cable or satellite television, including thousands of channels and an interactive program guide. No matter what your preferences, you can probably find something on Republican television that you'd want to watch. If you can't find anything to watch on TV, you can always log on to Sanctustube, a video sharing website from West Saintland, and browse the uncensored version of the site, which has (illegal) copies of just about every television program and movie in the multiverse.

Virtually every town in the Free Republics includes a movie theater, which is a popular social hangout. Tickets are relatively inexpensive, to keep an endless flow of teenagers coming into the movie theaters. Concerts are held in the major cities on a near-daily basis and there are several popular groups in each major genre.

Nightclubs and bars are available in virtually every village, town or city in the entire Federation. The local laws do differ, but most Republics will allow anybody over the age of 15 or so to enter a bar or nightclub. Strip clubs and brothels are also popular, although the regulation of those establishments greatly differs in each Republic. Women should be forewarned that the definition of consent in the Free Republics tends to be somewhat looser than they may be used to.

In the past, pro wrestling has been a popular form of entertainment in the Free Republics, especially among guys between the ages of 13 and 30. The wrestling company in the Free Republics put on extremely violent and sexualized shows. As their shows grew more explicit, their ratings steadily increased to the point where they were once of the most popular programs on television in the Free Republics. The Republican Wrestling Conglomerate attempted international expansion at one time, but the rise of Consul Kulseth and the restrictions he imposed on the content of their programming eventually drove them out of business. Abelino Sagese, their former owner, hopes to eventually establish a new wrestling organization, but has not yet been successful in doing so.

Republican entertainment has been hit hard by the Kulseth and O'Reilly regimes, but businesses in that sector are currently trying to revive it. The Republican video game industry, long dominated by the RepublicSoft Saint, a device created as part of a partnership between RepublicSoft and the Sanctii government, has been hit particularly hard due to RepublicSoft's extremely close ties to the Kulseth regime. Republican gamers are currently awaiting the launch of a new generation of handheld gaming devices while increasing numbers of Republican computer users have begun looking into open source alternatives to RepublicSoft's Doors operating system, particularly after the free upgrade to Doors 12 was discovered to contain numerous backdoors designed to aid the efforts of the Kulseth government to spy on its citizens.

Important Laws

For the most part, visiting teams and fans will not have to worry about any unusual laws in the Free Republics. While public nudity statutes remain on the books in many Republics and around half of the Republics restrict the use of hard drugs, pornography, prostitution, alcohol, tobacco and cannabis are generally legal. In fact, pornography is legal everywhere in the FFR, as it is recognized by the Federation courts as freedom of speech. While many of these activities were barred at the request of the Kulseth regime and later barred again by the O'Reilly regime, there has been a push since the fall of the dictatorships to legalize them as widely as possible.

Some Republics have their share of silly laws. The Constitutional provision prohibiting "cruel and unusual punishment" does not have as strong of an effect as you might expect because the Federation courts use an 18th century definition of cruel and unusual punishment. While nobody's going to be hung, drawn and quartered or tortured for evidence, several backwater Republics do practice some rather bizarre punishments for crimes. If you're going to run into any legal problems, it will probably be in some backwater Republic, since they are the main power base of extremist politicians in the Free Republics. Even under Kulseth's Consulship, the federal system remained largely intact, so many of these extremist politicians have been in power since the days before Kulseth's rise.

In particular, women visiting the Free Republics should be mindful that sexual consent is defined slightly more broadly than they may be used to. The Free Republics has traditionally had a very sex-positive culture for the most part and has tended to be suspicious at times regarding the reliability of accusations of sexual crimes. The different sexual norms in the Free Republics have caused several international incidents in the past. Sexual norms changed during the Kulseth regime and have yet to fully return to the way that they were. Given Kulseth's popularity among Republican women, it is doubtful that the old sexual culture will ever be fully restored.

Arena

During the Arena Bowl, there will be a single host arena, which will host all games.

Indoor Sports Palace

The Indoor Sports Palace, which seats 23,412 per venue, was constructed for the X Winter Olympics in Baseton, Amolotopia. The arena, hosted many of the ice hockey matches at the X Winter Olympics and has replaced Nicholls Enterprises Arena as the foremost arena in Baseton. The Palace consists of 4 different venues that can each host events simultaneously. Amolotopia is toward the northern part of the Free Republics.

[Cosumar]

Team Cosumar - Arena Bowl V


Basic Information
Nation: The Fiefdom of Cosumar
Nickname: Dragons
Colors: Navy, Royal Blue, White and Silver
Home Stadium: The Xanadu Dome (74,000) in Pelethas, Morponte Fief

Cosumar won Arena Bowl I after a 5-3 record in group play and a 50-34 win over Rennidan in the championship game. In Arena Bowl II, the Dragons miserably failed at defending their title, winning only two total games. In Arena Bowl III, however, the Dragons redeemed themselves and became the first and only nation to win two Arena Bowl titles. Cosumar did not send a team to Arena Bowl IV in Shadowbourne.


Coaching Staff
Head Coach: Huli Navarran
Assistant Coach: Ethar Na'Tafeh
Offensive Coordinator: Lawrence Northcutt
Defensive Coordinator: Murk McCarthy
Captain: Klout Dolving (WR/DB)

Since Arena Bowl III, only one coach returns due to the long period of time between tournaments. Huli Navarran, a young assistant coach at Arena Bowl III, will head up the staff this time. He is also the head coach of the CFL's Na'Malsille Venom. Lawrence Northcutt, a legendary NSCF and World Bowl running back in Cosumar, makes his coaching debut as Offensive Coordinator after retiring two years ago.


Roster

The roster is a collection of top players from our domestic Cosumar Arena Football League (CAFL), which somewhat serves as something of a development league for the massively popular normal-gridiron Cosumar Football League (CFL). Players are listed below with their age and CAFL team in parenthesis. The most recent CFL and CAFL season's can be read starting here. Ra'ef Nimmo-Dirksen is a fast-scrambling dual-threat quarterback and he leads an up-tempo motion offense that tries to confuse defenses and keep them on their heels.

Starters

QB: Ra'ef Nimmo-Dirksen (25, Sundsvall Penguins)
RB/LB: Luke Lallobe (30, Jotungard Goblins)
WR/DB: Klout Dolving (32, Jotungard Goblins)
WR/DB: Stanislaw Szewc (27, Sundsvall Penguins)
WR/DB: Uhtmar Na'Vgelu (24, Aldenskoett Jackhammers)
OL/DL: Luis Pham (26, Ruminov Black Panthers)
OL/DL: Jabez Boaz (27, Sundsvall Penguins)
OL/DL: Kirum Masselstrohm (27, Ruminov Black Panthers)
DS: Declan McEntire (22, Sundsvall Penguins)
K/P: Al Snavely (27, Wealdheim Foxes)

Bench

QB: Seth Lewicki (31, Yambridge Pioneers)
RB/LB: Thomas Greenkind (26, Cavaleira Cucumbers)
WR/DB: Karim Metellus (21, Sundsvall Penguins)
WR/DB: Aksel Toomstra (23, Yambridge Pioneers)
OL/DL: Eoungoun Na'Kojun (24, Jotungard Goblins)
OL/DL: Vivek Koguda (32, Rhupenhoven Raging Rhinos)
DS: Laru Jevons (26, Cape Dutch Killer Whales)
K/P: Naughton Hume (22, Lombrica Fire)



Uniform


Full RP Permissions

[Southern Democratic States]

Southern Democratic States National Arena Football League

Nation: Southern Democratic States
Trigramme: SDS
Demonym: Southerner
Nickname: Bears, Southern Bears
Team colors: Blue, white and grey.

Because our arena football league is still under re-construction and not operating, the SDS is sending ex-Chattahoochee State Seminoles players who won the Pioneer Bowl of NSCF's season 11 plus 5 other players including Bobby Murphy who played for the national football team a few seasons ago, but recently retired and finally joined the national arena football team.

Head Coach: Doug Olsen
Offensive Coordinator: Stan Hightower
Defensive Coordinator: Paul McKinney

Pos     #       Name                    Age             Birthplace
QB	11	Hunter Knoll	        23		Redington Beach, CH
WR/DB	26	Tre'Von Jordan	        24		Fort Sullivan, CH
WR/DB	86	Rashawn McCain	        26		Rabbit Ridge, CH
WR/DB	20	Fred Clark III	        23		Saint Landry, CH
HB/LB	28	Bobby Murphy	        31		Redington Beach, CH
OL/DL	99	Bear Knapton	        25		Wilkesboro, CH
OL/DL	55	J.T. Goodman	        24		St. James City, CH
OL/DL	66	DaShaun Robinson	24		Braddock, WA
DS	16	Salvatore Scapecchi	23		Westborough, SA
K/P	14	Billy Ray Gibson	23		Palm Beach, CH

QB	4	Mason Lichtensteiger	29		Shawneetown, WA
WR/DB	12	Jamaal McAllister	24		Dog Town, CH
WR/DB	83	Jalen Bowman	        24		Glenn Shores, WA
RB/LB	56	Luis Gonzalez	        24		Madeira Beach, CH
OL/DL	98	Jamaal Willis	        24		Navarre, CH
OL/DL	70	Lorenzo Novak	        23		Lake Mary Jane, CH
DS	91	Simba Opoku	        24		Oglethorpe, CH
K/P	1	Demetrius Joyner	32		Ocean City, CH

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:

Choose my Scorers: Yes
Choose Scoring Events: Yes
Godmod Scoring Events: Yes
RP Injuries to my Players: Yes (I'll choose the severity)
Godmod Injuries to my Players: No
Godmod Other Events: Yes

[Lisander]

Lisander National Indoor Gridiron Team

State of lisanderian gridiron football
Lisander doesn't have a national gridiron football league. The principal league of the sport is the Liga Académica Nacional, with 4 universities. AGFA, the Association of Gridiron Football Athletes of Lisander, the first association of the country, currently have plans to a Arena League.

Previous participation in International Gridiron includes a 15th place in NSCF9 for University of Saint Michael Archangel. The same team also played Amateur American Football League, and earned a place in Wildcard, before the league fold. Lisander also placed an university students team ro World Bowl XXII, but failed to qualify.

The Team
20 players, chosen between the alumni of the LAN, will participate in the Arena Bowl V, and after it, will be drafted to the teams of the new league.

Schedule:
MD1: v Dytarma
MD2: v Greater Vakolicci Haven
MD3: v Qasden
MD4: v Frenline Delpha
MD5: v Free Republics

Modifier: +2.7

Coaching Staff
Coach: Cyril Dainelli
Assistant Coach: Mariano Galiani
Offensive Coordinator: Desiderius Ávila
Defensive Coordinator: Andreas Lane
Team Doctor: Luísa Tody

The Team
Starters

#	Pos	Name
10	QB 	Martin Hoffman (C)
27	WR/DB	Leandro Zaid
32	WR/DB	Lucas Bizier
44	WR/DB	Theodore Amati
52	HB/LB	Hugh Blondlot
54	OL/DL	Gabriel Bussière
60	OL/DL	William Galvão Jr.
63	OL/DL	Luís Henrique Galiani
75	DS	Jacob Selwyn
12	K/P	Jesse Hagenauer

Bench

#	Pos	Name
4	QB	Howard Underwood
2	QB	Denis Carson
22	WR/DB	Lalo Hernandez
41	WR/DB	Luís Giles
36	WR/DB	Mark Lyons
28	WR/DB	Alfie Long
48	HB/LB	Tiago Bessa
59	HB/LB	Henrique Brito
64	OL/DL	Domenico Hart
55	OL/DL	Harley Cruz
72	OL/DL	Guilherme Centieira
76	DS	Ethan Bateman
3	K/P	Vincent Pontevedra

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following...
Choose My Scorers/Scoring Events: Yes
Godmod Scoring Events: No
RP Injuries to My Players: Yes, but send me a TG before.
Godmod Injuries to My Players: No
Godmod Other Events: No

[Free Republics]

Free Republics National Arena Football Team

Style Modifier: -1.5
Colors: Blue and White
Head Coach - Jak Hamilton
Offensive Coordinator - Niels Juhl
Defensive Coordinator - Canine Berggren
Special Teams Coordinator - Godemir Tomic
Assistant Offensive Coordinator - Prudencio Orosco
Assistant Defensive Coordinator - Nicanor Pirogov
Assistant Special Teams Coordinator - Martin Enersen
QB Coach - Edvin Berg
RB Coach - Pall Istvan
WR Coach - Pejo Herceg
TE Coach - Conall Black
OL Coach - Casper Eriksson
DL Coach - Riccardo Li Fonti
LB Coach - Dominic Challis
DB Coach - Luka Marjanovic
Conditioning Coach - Valdemar Thygesen
Coach - Alexandre Garceau
Coach - Vasilije Grajfoner
Coach - Lucas Bumgarner
Coach - Olli Maenpaa
Coach - Bent Klausen

Roster (age in parentheses)

Starters

QB - #89 Rene Duerr (29)
RB/LB - #42 Marco Finkel (30)
WR/DB - #93 Seth Baume (31)
WR/LB - #87 Anders Brandt (27)
OL/DL - #98 Eliot Lafond (22)
OL/DL - #41 Alcide Conti (22)
OL/DL - #76 Fatty Clark (33)
OS - #88 Zak Cross (22)
DS - #16 Fedro Colombo (23)
DS - #71 Ostap Mordvinov (28)
K - #7 Kevin Antonsen (34)

Backups

QB - #12 Carlo Pirozzi (31)
RB/LB - #26 Laurentius Drok (22)
WR/DB - #5 Carst Zoutewelle (23)
WR/DB - #6 Lazarus Zhirov (23)
WR/DB - #96 Christopher Barker (24)
WR/LB - #94 Amund Haugen (30)
OL/DL - #33 Stanislav Loncar (25)
OL/DL - #30 Neri Arreola (22)
OL/DL - #2 Armen Vela Alba (29)

RP Permissions
My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my scorers: Y
Choose scoring events: Y
RP injuries to my players: Y
Godmod scoring events: Y
Godmod injuries: Y
Godmod other events: Y

[Saintland]

West Saintland National Gridiron Team

Captain: Andreas Polus
Style: -2
Colors: Red and White
Demonym: Sanctii

Roster

Starters

QB - #2 Andreas Polus
RB/LB - #51 Petrus Roscius
WR/DB - #84 Nicolaus Polus
WR/LB - #88 Thomas Tuccius
OL/DL - #71 Beniamin Milonius
OL/DL - #63 Matthaeus Arruntia
OL/DL - #97 Thomas Faventinus
OS - #84 Nicolaus Lusius
DS - #21 Petrus Uulius
DS - #27 Adam Lampronius
K - #7 Andreas Flaccus

Backups

QB - #11 Thomas Caesius
RB/LB - #42 Nicolaus Caesius
WR/DB - #28 Ioannes Bruccius
WR/LB - #82 Georgius Clovius
OL/DL - #77 Moyses Cassianus
OL/DL - #92 Abraham Faustilla

RP Permissions

Choose my scorers: Y
Choose scoring events: Y
RP injuries to my players: Y
Godmod scoring events: Y
Godmod injuries: Y
Godmod other events: Y

[Free Republics]

Matchday 1 Results

Sporting World Group
Lisander 62–7 Dytarma
Greater Vakolicci Haven 0–109 Free Republics
Qasden 59–68 Frenline Delpha

  Sporting World Group          Pld   W  L   PF  PA  PD 
1 Free Republics                  1   1  0  109   0 +109
2 Lisander                        1   1  0   62   7 +55
3 Frenline Delpha                 1   1  0   68  59  +9
4 Qasden                          1   0  1   59  68  −9
5 Dytarma                         1   0  1    7  62 −55
6 Greater Vakolicci Haven         1   0  1    0 109 −109

Nicholls Enterprises Group
Somersville 0–94 Southern Democratic States
Cosumar 104–6 United States of Devonta
Trosephstein 0–83 West Saintland

  Nicholls Enterprises Group    Pld   W  L   PF  PA  PD 
1 Cosumar                         1   1  0  104   6 +98
2 Southern Democratic States      1   1  0   94   0 +94
3 West Saintland                  1   1  0   83   0 +83
4 Trosephstein                    1   0  1    0  83 −83
5 Somersville                     1   0  1    0  94 −94
6 United States of Devonta        1   0  1    6 104 −98

[Free Republics]

Matchday 2 Results

Sporting World Group
Dytarma 44–78 Frenline Delpha
Free Republics 47–3 Qasden
Lisander 83–6 Greater Vakolicci Haven

  Sporting World Group          Pld   W  L   PF  PA  PD 
1 Free Republics                  2   2  0  156   3 +153
2 Lisander                        2   2  0  145  13 +132
3 Frenline Delpha                 2   2  0  146 103 +43
4 Qasden                          2   0  2   62 115 −53
5 Dytarma                         2   0  2   51 140 −89
6 Greater Vakolicci Haven         2   0  2    6 192 −186

Nicholls Enterprises Group
Southern Democratic States 38–50 West Saintland
United States of Devonta 51–23 Trosephstein
Somersville 10–88 Cosumar

  Nicholls Enterprises Group    Pld   W  L   PF  PA  PD 
1 Cosumar                         2   2  0  192  16 +176
2 West Saintland                  2   2  0  133  38 +95
3 Southern Democratic States      2   1  1  132  50 +82
4 United States of Devonta        2   1  1   57 127 −70
5 Trosephstein                    2   0  2   23 134 −111
6 Somersville                     2   0  2   10 182 −172

[Lisander]

TWO VICTORIES, PAVING THE ROAD TO PLAYOFFS

Lisander Arena Team is making a great participation in the Arena Bowl V!

Two great victories in rounds 1 and 2, against Dytarma and Greater Vakolicci Haven are enough proof for me. Lisanderian Arena Gridiron is going great. Even if these are unranked in traditional gridiron codes, some of them have international experience, Like Martin Hoffman, Leandro Zaid, Lalo Hernandez and Vincent Pontevedra. They reached the Wild Card of folded AAFL, and a 15th place in NSCF9. We can expect good things for the next days, even good results against nations like Saintland and Free Republics.

These 23 guys will be the first choices in the Draft of the first National Arena League, that will occur after the Arena Bowl. Some teams are currently confirmed, and the preparations are already underway. STAY WITH US, GRIDIRON FAN! (and if you had played for any major university with a gridiron program in Lisander, get in touch with AGFA, you still can be drafted for the season 1!)

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[Cosumar]

Cosumar off to record-setting pace at Arena Bowl V

Gwendolyn Kode
Courier Gridiron Reporter

BASETON -- With two titles, Cosumar is the most successful nation in the history of the Multiverse's premier arena football competition. This week, the Dragons are already setting new benchmarks for success in Arena Bowl V after only two games.

Their ratio of 192 points scored to only 16 allowed nearly defies belief. It is the hottest start in Arena Bowl history. Cosumar's embarrassingly lopsided 104-6 opening win over the United States of Devonta was actually topped by a 109-point shutout by the hosting Free Republics team, but Cosumar raced ahead to the best point-differential in the competition by over 20 after pulverizing Somersville 88-10 last night.

Ra'ef Nimmo-Dirksen has been the catalyst for the Dragons' smashing offensive success. Nimmo-Dirksen, set to move up to the CFL with the Venom next year and known for his scrambling ability as a 4.3 40-yard dasher, completed 27 of his 37 passes for 301 yards and seven touchdowns against Somersville. He also added an additional 102 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown against Somersville.

Four of Nimmo-Dirksen's touchdowns found the sticky hands of breakout young receiver Uhtmar Na'Vgelu. The sprightly Vloo was second on the team in receiving touchdowns at the University of the Western Isles three years ago before going undrafted at the CFL draft. His arena team, the Aldenskoett Jackhammers, will surely have some bids from CFL teams waiting after Na'Vgelu's display of playmaking ability at this Arena Bowl.

The defense has been equally as impressive, with no single standout player other than perhaps specialist DeClan McEntire, but dominating with an aggressive mentality and swarm-to-the-ball style.

While head coach Huli Navarran has done an outstanding job organizing and motivating this completely new team to compete at such a high level right away, Cosumar's record-breaking success so far in the Arena Bowl can also be attributed to increased investment in the Cosumar Arena Football League (CAFL) back home. Since affiliating with the CFL and adopting a role as the unofficial development league of the "standard gridiron" giant, the once-struggling CAFL and arena football in general have experienced an uptick in popularity and profitability. A trend reflected in the increasing number of CAFL teams and now in the Arena Bowl results.

Whether the Cosumarite arena football talent pool, deeper than ever thanks to "CAFL 2.0", is strong enough to deliver an unprecedented third Arena Bowl title remains to be seen. Three more games remain in the Nicholls Enterprises Group play, with tougher tests West Saintland and Southern Democratic States still remaining. The biggest obstacle between Nimmo-Dirksen & Company and the Arena Bowl trophy, however, is likely Free Republics. The hosts have enjoyed enthusiastic support and have yet to allow a single touchdown under Jak Hamilton.

Cosumar play Southern Democratic States tonight at The Indoor Sports Palace in Baseton.

[Free Republics]

Matchday 3 Results

Sporting World Group
Greater Vakolicci Haven 40–58 Dytarma
Qasden 29–86 Lisander
Frenline Delpha 3–102 Free Republics

  Sporting World Group          Pld   W  L   PF  PA  PD 
1 Free Republics                  3   3  0  258   6 +252
2 Lisander                        3   3  0  231  42 +189
3 Frenline Delpha                 3   2  1  149 205 −56
4 Dytarma                         3   1  2  109 180 −71
5 Qasden                          3   0  3   91 201 −110
6 Greater Vakolicci Haven         3   0  3   46 250 −204

Nicholls Enterprises Group
Cosumar 46–23 Southern Democratic States
Trosephstein 74–20 Somersville
West Saintland 83–6 United States of Devonta

  Nicholls Enterprises Group    Pld   W  L   PF  PA  PD 
1 Cosumar                         3   3  0  238  39 +199
2 West Saintland                  3   3  0  216  44 +172
3 United States of Devonta        3   1  2   63 210 −147
4 Southern Democratic States      3   1  2  155  96 +59
5 Trosephstein                    3   1  2   97 154 −57
6 Somersville                     3   0  3   30 256 −226

[Somersville]

Somersville
SSV
QB1 Aaron Rodgers 6'2 209 lbs.
FB Marco Torres 6'3 222 lbs.
HB Marcus Powers 6'3 209 lbs.
TE1 Travis Kelce 6'1 202 lbs.
TE2 James Graham 5'11 199 lbs.
WR1 Hunter Hogan 6'0 200 lbs.
WR2 Tristan Hogan 6'0 199 lbs.
OL Quincy Avery 6'1 240 lbs.
Db Andrew Arrington 6'1 190 lbs.
Lb Steve Park 5'10 189 lbs.
Fs Cory Matthews 6'0 198 lbs.
Jac Cody Stevens 6'3 747 lbs.
Mac Owen Argiro 6'5 767 lbs.
K Mason Crosby 5'11 201 lbs.

[Free Republics]

Matchday 4 Results

Sporting World Group
Dytarma 3–118 Free Republics
Lisander 93–0 Frenline Delpha
Greater Vakolicci Haven 27–71 Qasden

  Sporting World Group          Pld   W  L   PF  PA  PD 
1 Free Republics                  4   4  0  376   9 +367
2 Lisander                        4   4  0  324  42 +282
3 Frenline Delpha                 4   2  2  149 298 −149
4 Qasden                          4   1  3  162 228 −66
5 Dytarma                         4   1  3  112 298 −186
6 Greater Vakolicci Haven         4   0  4   73 321 −248

Nicholls Enterprises Group
Southern Democratic States 57–13 United States of Devonta
Somersville 10–49 West Saintland
Cosumar 95–3 Trosephstein

  Nicholls Enterprises Group    Pld   W  L   PF  PA  PD 
1 Cosumar                         4   4  0  333  42 +291
2 West Saintland                  4   4  0  265  54 +211
3 Southern Democratic States      4   2  2  212 109 +103
4 United States of Devonta        4   1  3   76 267 −191
5 Trosephstein                    4   1  3  100 249 −149
6 Somersville                     4   0  4   40 305 −265

[Free Republics]

MD5 Results

Sporting World Group
Qasden 64–43 Dytarma
Frenline Delpha 51–63 Greater Vakolicci Haven
Free Republics 16–71 Lisander

  Sporting World Group          Pld   W  L   PF  PA  PD 
1 Lisander                        5   5  0  395  58 +337
2 Free Republics                  5   4  1  392  80 +312
3 Frenline Delpha                 5   2  3  200 361 −161
4 Qasden                          5   2  3  226 271 −45
5 Dytarma                         5   1  4  155 362 −207
6 Greater Vakolicci Haven         5   1  4  136 372 −236

Nicholls Enterprises Group
Trosephstein 28–90 Southern Democratic States
West Saintland 12–67 Cosumar
United States of Devonta 28–87 Somersville

  Nicholls Enterprises Group    Pld   W  L   PF  PA  PD 
1 Cosumar                         5   5  0  400  54 +346
2 West Saintland                  5   4  1  277 121 +156
3 Southern Democratic States      5   3  2  302 137 +165
4 Trosephstein                    5   1  4  128 339 −211
5 Somersville                     5   1  4  127 333 −206
6 United States of Devonta        5   1  4  104 354 −250

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Arena Bowl V Semifinals

Lisander vs West Saintland*
Cosumar vs Free Republics*

Qasden will be the 3rd party scorinator for the Semifinals.

[Lisander]

5-0. 100%. THEY ARE UNSTOPPABLE!

Who can stop them? Lisander continues to make history in Free Republics!

Cyril Dainelli's team has been making history. Between university seniors and Alumni of the National Academic League, an awesome team has arisen! Much of this is due to the work of a young man. At age 22, Martin Hoffman (photo) has twice been voted the best quarterback in the college league. He has participated in two international competitions and is now the highest rated to be Despina Angels' first quarterback, a team that will be coached by Dainelli himself in the National Arena League.

But before that, Hoffman and the others still have at least one more important challenge. The team faces second place in the Nicholls Enterprises Group, West Saintland, a team that has four wins in the competition, only one less than "green and gold." The game will be broadcast for the first time by TV5 Sports, which is considering signing a contract with AGFA to broadcast the NAL matches on its second channel.

The match between Lisander and West Saintland will be broadcast this Wednesday night for all TV5 Sports subscribers and also via free streaming on the AGFA website.

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[Qasden]

Semifinals Results

Lisander 49-13 West Saintland

Cosumar 86-58 Free Republics

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Arena Bowl V Third-Place Playoff

West Saintland vs Free Republics

Arena Bowl V Championship Match

Lisander vs Cosumar

[Free Republics]

3rd Place Game/Championship Game Results

3rd Place Game
West Saintland 33–34 Free Republics

Championship Game
Lisander 83–57 Cosumar

Congratulations to Lisander, commiserations to Cosumar to thanks to everybody who participated.