World Cup 84 - Signups Thread (CLOSED)

[Monso]

Signing up for WC

[Nirvacana]

Nirvacana would like to participate in the WC and BoF for the first time in the nation's history.

[Appalachian Nation]

Applachian Nation will sign up for the WC and BoF


Puppet of Xanneria

[Xanneria]

Applachian Nation will sign up for the WC and BoF


Puppet of Xanneria

Confirmed

[NSWC Signups]

Signups have been updated through Appalachian Nation.

Thread OP has been updated to reflect tentative closure of BoF 71 signups and hosts' goal of 165 participants in WC 84.

-EQS

[Castanya]

Signing up for the BoF and WC, puppet of Eshan

[Schiavonia]

Optimistically signing up Schiavonia for WC84. You never know, I might have some time for RPing properly one of these days. But probably not.

[Nahkistan]

Goldhorns in. Confirming Nahkistan as my puppet.

Nahkistan in for the BoF and WC, puppet of Siovanija and Teusland.

[Fetra]

Our royal court decided that we want to participate in both BoF and WC, as we like participating in sports and showing our nation's sport quality.

[Zwangzug]

Baptism of Fire signups are officially closed at 32 teams; given that this is primarily a tournament for new-to-NS Sports roleplayers, we plan to accept the primary nation of Fetra over the puppet account of Nahkistan. Stand by for more information about the tournament scheduling!

[Quakmybush]

Quakmybush is in.

[Pratapgadh]

Hello, we would like to withdraw our signup as it will take us some time to prepare a new team after the plane crash.

Pratapgadh won't compete in the World Cup Qualifiers

[Northwest Kalactin]

Innnnnn

[Filindostan]

Signing up in case it's not too late...

[Cassadaigua]

Signing up in case it's not too late...

Not too late! World Cup signups are still open.

[Gopnikea]

IN

[Cassadaigua]

HOST NOTE:

Signups, minus hosts and CTE's are currently at 158.
They will be closed once we hit 165. Also note that if we can't get to 165, we will revert to 160. So time is running out!

[Folmara]

Heads up, The Folmaran Football Federation would like to give a warning of a possible withdraw should my war with Faustlin continues thrash my military, I lost 21% of my armed forces in one battle so...yeah. A possible withdraw of my participation is on the board.

[Equestrian States]

Is a BoF open or is 71 the current?

The Baptism of Fire (71) for the World Cup 84 cycle is indeed closed, unfortunately. However, signups for the current World Cup remain open.

My recommendation to you, and to any other newcomers who may be concerned about entering the WC without first participating in the BoF, is that you should go ahead and participate in WC84 regardless. The BoF provides a relatively small rank bonus, which can typically be easily offset by posting a roster and a few MDs of regular RPing during WC qualifying, so you won't be starting at what I would consider a major disadvantage. In fact, just last cycle, we had a team that didn't participate in the BoF come fairly close to qualifying for the finals thanks to regular, high-quality RPing. I wouldn't necessarily expect that strong a performance from any other newcomers, as it requires a fair bit of good luck, but it does prove that you don't need the BoF to have a respectable WCQ campaign.

[Folmara]

Is a BoF open or is 71 the current?

The Baptism of Fire (71) for the World Cup 84 cycle is indeed closed, unfortunately. However, signups for the current World Cup remain open.

My recommendation to you, and to any other newcomers who may be concerned about entering the WC without first participating in the BoF, is that you should go ahead and participate in WC84 regardless. The BoF provides a relatively small rank bonus, which can typically be easily offset by posting a roster and a few MDs of regular RPing during WC qualifying, so you won't be starting at what I would consider a major disadvantage. In fact, just last cycle, we had a team that didn't participate in the BoF come fairly close to qualifying for the finals thanks to regular, high-quality RPing. I wouldn't necessarily expect that strong a performance from any other newcomers, as it requires a fair bit of good luck, but it does prove that you don't need the BoF to have a respectable WCQ campaign.

Cool, Thanks

[Vdara]

Never done anything like this before, but here goes.
Vdara is signing up for the WC.

[Atlantic Republic]

ATL will sign up for the WC

[Wrecker]

For the first time in 54 cycles, Wrecker signs up, signing up as "Wreckeria." Puppet of Hapilopper.

[Hapilopper]

For the first time in 54 cycles, Wrecker signs up, signing up as "Wreckeria." Puppet of Hapilopper.

Confirmed.

[Hampton Island]

Why not!