Evening friends,
I have been gone for a few days. Mostly because of moving back from the dorms to home, unpacking, spending time with family, etc.
On the topic of ratings of teams in the IFAF - While it may seem exciting or enticing to just give your national squad a 8/9, 9/9 , etc. team, an excessive amount of nations having elite teams just does not seem realistic. Taking that into account, I wholly endorse the efforts discussed by [nation]Dormill & Stiura[/nation] and others throughout the week of allocating a certain number of skill points per team to even out the playing field between (as Dorm mentioned) nations who are gunning for a win at all costs, and those who wish to use the tournament to tell a story, which also seems like a cool idea. 14 skill points is a reasonable cap, with 7/7 offensive/defensive coming off as the standard balanced team example. I am also throwing my weight behind this proposition. big thank you and shout out to Dorm for picking up the weight in my absence.
Host Bids - Get them in soon. We will be going over bids and posting a vote poll (
Verdon, mind giving us a hand with this ?) to allow the host of the cup to be chosen.
THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT BIDS IS 6/21/18, 12:00 AM PST Scorekeeping - since this rendition of the cup this year is much larger, and compared to last year, much more complicated, I am throwing out a call for volunteer scorekeepers to help us manage spreadsheets, scorekeeping, and related material as this tourney gets going.
Verdon - Nice to see you back in the tourney this year. I appreciate you offering feedback and assistance with the tourney. If it is okay with you, we do still need a hand gauging interest and getting the word out to all map-occupying nations in the Isles. Would you be okay with using your powers as the SoRP to getting the word out to the best of your ability within the month ?
Now that I am home for the summer (finally), I can get back to helping build something great for the Isles. Cheers Everyone !