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Welcome to signups for International Baseball Slam XV: The Fifteenth Edition! This is the fifth edition of the revival of the IBS, a minor baseball tournament between WBCs previously run by Gregoryisgodistan and Super-Llamaland. I brought this back as a way to keep up baseball enthusiasm between WBCs and allow for new nations or nations that do not traditionally compete in the WBC to try out baseball RPing.

To signup, simply post your nation name and a nickname, in the following format:

Nova Anglicana Lions

If you wish to enter a domestic club team, your signup should look like this:

Domestic club team name + nickname (nation name)

Example: Vinovium Gunners (Nova Anglicana)

Please note that if you want to send a youth team, "U[age]s" is an acceptable nickname.

Host bids are welcome, and this is a good chance for nations to host their first event, though it is not recommended you bid unless you have at least some experience RPing in this subforum. Hosting previous events is by no means a prerequisite, but at least participating and actively RPing so you get a feel for how things work probably is. Your bid won't be rejected as long as it includes all required information, but bids by brand new users are unlikely to win.

The host bid deadline is set for Wednesday, October 20 at 11:59 PM (midnight) EST (UTC-4). Host voting may begin early if we have only one host bid, no other likely bidders, and significant interest. After that, we will vote on hosts and then the tournament will be turned over to the host(s). Signups will remain open through the end of the host voting, but any nations who sign up after host voting starts are ineligible to vote, as will the bidder(s).

Here is the winning bid from IBS XII, by Tikariot and South Newlandia.

Here is the winning bid from IBS XIII, by Banija.

Here is the winning bid from IBS XIV, by Bollonich.

The bids should resemble those three bids in format, somewhat, and include similar information. Please note that previous editions of the IBS have used both the series format and the single-game format. Both are acceptable in host bids.

There were previously IBS ranks. However, in the spirit of keeping up interest and allowing for more fleshed-out roleplaying, we will not be using ranks, instead saying that no senior national teams of nations that are ranked in the WBC will be competing. Instead, established nations should feel free to send backup national team squads, college all-stars, domestic minor leaguers, U18/U21 squads, a domestic club team, or some other collection of players. Have fun with it and use this tournament to flesh out your baseball worldbuilding! Nations not ranked in the WBC or competing in a baseball event for the first time should feel free to enter a senior national team if they so choose.

Puppets are allowed at a maximum of one per nation and must be confirmed by the master nation, but in the end, it is up to the host whether to include them or not. This post also acts as a signup for Nova Anglicana and my numbers puppet, San Isidro Labrador.

Signups

1. Nova Anglicana Lions
2. San Isidro Labrador Jornaleros (numbers puppet, to be removed if necessary)
3. South Newlandia U21s
4. Frozen Forest Lynx
5. United Adaikes Hawks
6. Kohnhead U21 Pandas
7. Eshialand U21s
8. TJUN-ia U21 Batting Cubs
9. StrayaRoos Emus
10. Brookstation Crimsons
11. Super-Llamaland U17s
12. Central Heights High School (Chromatika)
13. Redemption Joshuyo (Aji no Moto)
14. Abanhfleft Revolution All-Stars
15. Banija Joint Service Academy All-Stars
16. Basian Clergy White Sox (Schima Bas)
17. Behetij Beach Lions
18. Alexander Petien High School (Milchama)
19. San Fukuoka Jets (Caleonia)
20. Cassadaigua U18s
21. ICF Crocodiles (Indiana Controlled Florida)
22. You?

Host Bids:

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South Newlandian U21s

Edit: sevens

Confirming that the San Isidro Labrador Jornaleros are signing up as a puppet of Nova Anglicana.

United Adaikes Hawks

Kohnhead U21 Pandas are back

Eshian U21s

TJUN-ia Battin' Cubs (U21)

Tbd on team but Milchama will sign up.

It might be the Milchama Series Champions, it might be the U21 team, it might be the women's team. Not sure yet, still deciding.

StrayaRoos Emus

Brookstation Crimsons

Super-Llamaland U17s

Central Heights High School

Signups have been updated through Chrom. Host bidding is still open, this is a great tournament to get your feet wet in!

Milchama wrote:Tbd on team but Milchama will sign up.

It might be the Milchama Series Champions, it might be the U21 team, it might be the women's team. Not sure yet, still deciding.

When you decide, you'll be added to the signup list.

StrayaRoos wrote:Puppets
Team Momo Dumplings
Barrier Islands U21s

First of all, one puppet per master, not two. Secondly, they actually need to be a nation and sign up in the thread.

Redemption Joshuyo will be entering a squad.

Caleon will be entering a Central League representative, the winner of the Central League Championship Series, to enter in this. It is undetermined whether or not it will be the Red Bull Baseball Club of Vienna or the Mercedes-Benz San Fukuoka Fliers, as the CLCS has not yet begun. Depending on the time this is hosted the CPB may enter the loser as this is a year that the Caleon International Championship will be held in New York City. NYC hosts the CIC once every three years in Yankee Stadium and Citi Field, and this year is one of them.

The Abanhfleft Revolution All-Stars return once again.

Signups updated and host bid deadline pushed back 3 days given that we currently have no host bids. Those who have signed up without a nickname are listed in "provisional signups" and are reminded to add a nickname/determine who will be representing them in order to participate.

"Banijan Joint Service Academy All-Stars" will join.

Montaña Verde U18s sign up.

Signups

Every user whose participation is commensurate with an enjoyable game environment for other users is welcome to enter a main and a (declared) puppet. 20 is my ideal signup number.

Format & Scorination

Single round robin group stage (4 groups of 5 being the preferred numbers, but adjusted based on numbers).

Top teams from each group (top 2 from 4 if as above) progress to a double elimination bracket. Tiebreakers: record, head-to-head record, run differential, runs conceded, coin flip.

xkoranate baseball formula (no line scores).

RP bonus

Daily RP bonus, 50% cumulative, 50% resetting every 2 days. On top of this there will be a double RP bonus for completing a challenge each day (e.g. including a certain word in an RP, formatting RP in a particular style).

There will be a roster bonus. RP bonus can be earned on bye days.

Host info

All games, from group stage on, will be hosted in the Hannasean Federation at Hannasean Baseball League grounds. The Guild Federation is a medium-sized alpine nation located in the northeast corner of the central Esportivan continent, just the other side of the Esportivan Alps from the Slam's originators, Super-Llamaland.

OOC

In lieu of RP bonus Montaña Verde will receive a bonus of the average RP bonus across the field. I will scorinate Montaña Verde's group stage games. If I make the playoffs I will seek third party scorinators for their games. I do not plan on entering a puppet but if necessary for numbers purposes same deal applies.

I have previously co-hosted a World Baseball Classic 16 as my other nation Quintessence of Dust, have hosted a World Cup of Hockey and Campionato Esportiva as Hannasea, and have hosted various other tournaments in various sports with various nations, variously.

Signups updated and we have a host bid!

Behetij Beach Lions signs up!

Signups updated and telegrams sent out for the host vote! All nations besides Hannasea (and puppet Montaña Verde) are eligible to vote. Host vote will remain open until Sunday night at 11:59 EST, but will close earlier if a clear majority is established.