Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2018 9:51 amIn
The Free Republics bid for Independents Cup 5
Nicholls Enterprises presents the following bid to bring the 5th Independents Cup to the Free Republics:
About the Free Republics
The Free Republics are a vast federation of Republics, spanning 3 continents, that pride themselves on being, from their perspective, the freest nation in the multiverse. In most of the Free Republics, you are free to do almost anything, so long as you have the money to pay your own way. Laws do very greatly between Republics, so be sure to read up on the local laws before entering a Republic. Republics are forbidden from restricting a number of basic freedoms, such as the absolute freedom of speech, the right to carry open or concealed firearms in public and the right to due process. Laws do exist against crimes such as theft and murder and there are laws against non-consensual assault, but one should keep in mind that the Free Republics defines consent in a broad manner. The Free Republics has faced political turmoil in recent years, with two administrations coming to power that ignored the federation's Constitution and violated many fundamental rights but under the leadership of Consul Nicholls and Consul Bolton, most of those laws have been repealed. The Free Republics also faced a recent rebellion by a handful of Republics which was put down by the Republican military. In order to address its chronic political extremism problem, the Free Republics has recently created "charter societies" within its territory that are autonomous entities under the Republican banner.
The Free Republics have entered the IAC on two occasions: IAC 2 and IAC 4 and are the defending champions of this tournament. The Republican National Soccer Team has also won DBC 28 and Cup of Harmony 66, finished second at World Cup 68 and finished third at World Cup 71.
The user behind the Free Republics has hosted or co-hosted almost every major tournament in NS Sports including the World Cup, BoF, CoH, 4 WBCs, 2 World Bowls, an IBC, an RUWC, 2 WCoHs, the X Winter Olympics, other multi-sport events, a CR and a CE as well as many other tournaments over the years.
Format/Tiebreakers
There are current 24 nations signed up. Regardless of signup numbers, I will utilize a group stage with a single round robin format and a knockout round, including a 3PPO. Some possible formats include:
24 teams - 6 groups of 4, top 2 advance to knockouts along with the four best 3rd place teams
28 teams - 7 groups of 4, top 2 advance to knockouts along with the two best 3rd place teams
32 teams - 8 groups of 4, top 2 advance to knockouts
40 teams - 8 groups of 5, top 2 advance to knockouts
48 teams -
The groups will be drawn using pots seeded with the post-WC80 KPB rankings. If an 8 group format is used, the playoffs will be seeded using the same method FIFA uses for the RL World Cup. Otherwise, teams will be seeded based upon their finish in their respective groups, with first place teams seeded 1 to n, second place teams seeded n+1 to 2n, etc., where n is the number of groups and the teams will play a bracket format without reseeding and with adjustments made where possible to prevent early group stage rematches. Tiebreakers will be: HTH results, HTH goal differential, goal differential, goals for, coin flips (done OOCly by scorinating tiebreaker games in a single go until the tie is broken).
Scorination & RP Bonus
Xkoranate will be used, with xkoranate (additive) style modifiers and the World Cup 68 version of the SQIS formula. RP bonus will be purely cumulative, will be fair to all styles of RP and will be very generous in keeping with the tradition of the IAC. There will also be a roster bonus. I will not be revealing my bonus scale. In the event that the Free Republics reach the knockout rounds, I will request 3rd party scorination.
If you have any questions, comments or if I forgot anything, feel free to post them.
