Brevity Challenge Cup 4 - OOC, Signups Closed

[Banija]

The Fourth Brevity Challenge Cup
As presented by the RBSA



OK, I'll try to keep this brief

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Brevity Challenge Cup 1
Brevity Challenge Cup 2
Brevity Challenge Cup 3

So, I'm sure all of you are wondering- what the hell is the Brevity Challenge Cup?

The answer: This is an association football(soccer for some of us) tournament, that'll be held in the immediate aftermath of the World Cup. The key? RPs will be limited to 50 words. With a bonus for having your RP be 50 words precisely. And a maximum one RP per matchday. Bonuses for other challenges will be set after each scorination, that will include things like a word or phrase of the day, or miscellaneous trivia, or a random theme. You can choose to ignore all that of course, and you'll forego some of your bonus. So the Brevity Challenge Cup is a creative writing challenge, but designed to inspire and not to give you a ton of homework. ICly it might be a nice opportunity to give fringe NTers some playing time directly after the World Cup, or a chance to give your senior team another opportunity to earn a trophy.

And yes- I've gotten permission from the previous host to resurrect this tournament after a RL decade of it going into hiatus.

*Variations do occur

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Organisational Notes

As with previous Brevity Challenge Cups, this will be limited to 32 nations- although, we may run with less if necessary. There are three nations that are going to enter the tournament by invitation- myself, the previous host (Delte via Wight), and Recuecn. As a note, rosters and my own IC info will not be subject to the word count, just because those are tools for others to RP with.

I will also, of course, take points away for going over the word count.

I will grade the RP straight up. And then...

Less than 50 words- 100% of grade
50 words exactly- 120% of grade
51-70 words- 90% of grade
71-90 words- 2/3s of grade
91-100 words- 50% of grade
101 words or more- 0% of grade

Wednesday 10 November - Cut-off for sign-ups, group draw & Roster/RP/Results thread up; first creative challenges issued.

To give some weight - but not too much - to the established order of things, teams will receive a ranking based on the most up-to-date KPB available (depending on timing, either post WC Finals, or the rankings in use Right now) - simplified by dividing up the KPB into brackets of ten and giving a rank dependent on which bracket a team currently resides in. However, anyone who takes part using, say, a bunch of fans who won a pie-eating competition on TV, or bus drivers on holiday, or veterans over the age of fifty, can self-elect to rank themselves in the lowest bracket. Because it's not about the winning, it's about the taking part, right???!

Questions, suggestions and sign-ups below, Sign-ups are probable, but due to checking NSS RP history, are technically not guaranteed. If you've not been invited, and you sign-up, and I don't know you, I will probably make a little check on your RP history. I will try to get the sign-ups confirmed as quickly as possible so that no-one is left waiting too long. Puppets are allowed, but must be declared, and standard puppet policy applies

Of my hosting experience: I've hosted a lot of things, including a pair of AOCAFs and a pair of World Cups.

Eligibility

Must be willing to RP - otherwise, what's the point?
Must have some RP history

I think that is all, but feel free to query below.

Entrants

1. Banija (Host)
2. Recuecn
3. Chartistan
4. Keitou
5. Mertagne
6. Gnejs
7. Poafmersia [PotatoFarmers]
8. The Sarian
9. StrayaRoos
10. Oberour Ar Moro
11. Huayramarca
12. Chromatika
13. Schutzenphalia and West Ruhntuhnkuhnland
14. Drawkland
15. Ceni
16. Tikariot
17. Bostopia
18. Cardenao
19. Delaclava
20. Adab
21. Tinhampton
22. Dod Rava
23. Zeta Reka and Hugeltaldom
24. Zwangzug
25. The Cordian Isles
26. New Gesem
27. Lozho
28. Loyo
29. Koronavia
30. Cassadaigua
31. Qasden
32. Saterun

Declined Invitations
Delte

[Chartistan]

Is it right that I sign up with 50 words? It would naturally be the only thing that would be stopping me. The team’s gonna be tired from their Cup of Harmony campaign so why not go and take a break from it all and still play football? Chartistan in

[Ketiou]

Oui.

[Mertagne]

Brevity Cup is the Bowl of Wit. This is a sign up.

[Gnejs]

Yes, please.

[PotatoFarmers]

They say, it is impossible to generate fifty meaningful words for an RP. But we are here to say that it is very possible. Fifty words is a lot. Typing it out on mobile makes it even more difficult. But Poafmersia is here to prove that we can do it.

[The Sarian]

I fear that attempting to craft a sign-up of exactly fifty words may lead to me being placed thirty third, and thus unable to sign up. I suppose the fun and whimsy of doing so is worth the risk, but I'll save ultimate judgement until I see the final result.

[StrayaRoos]

we aren't expected to write a novel to get a decent bonus?!!!
IN

[Cap Nord]

A chance for the under twenty-three for street cred galore
even if it would make more sense to have their age be times two plus four
The logic behind this concept is truly remarkable and nifty,
one can wonder whether it is limitation or true freedom to stick to fifty?

[Oberour Ar Moro]

Since Oberour Ar Moro was not invited to participate in the Cup of Harmony, taking part in the Brevity Cup seems like a fine substitute. Does the fact that Oberour Ar Moro is three words give the Dragoons an advantage, or is it going to make their life more difficult?

[Recuecn]

Every decision can be deconstructed into binaries: yes or no? Shakespeare said it most famously: to be or not to be. Of course, that Sartrean dilemma demands more careful consideration than does the simple choice to sign up or not. So after all this, our final decision is, in fact

[Huayramarca]

In.

[Chromatika]

Can we write an entire tournament with fifty words? Why not, really? They say quality over quantity and this is the best way to show that. We shall participate and endeavor to be someone who can be both curt and poignant, a balance that can be very difficult to reach.

[Schutzenphalia and West Ruhntuhnkuhnland]

We sign up.

[Drawkland]

Alright, I guess I'm in. Don't expect me to draw this signup out and make it EXACTLY fifty words. Let's be honest, it was funny the first one or two times, but like half the signups are doing it now? Instantly loses its luster in my eyes.

Also, seven.

[Ceni]

In.

[Tikariot]

In we are.

[Bostopia]

Honestly it's been a bit of a while since this nation signed up for anything so finding the correct words has been a right old struggle. However, I'm fairly sure that this constitutes a written application to be included and also meets the fifty word requirement the tournament rightly requires.

[Banija]

Glad everyone's excited to bring this back!

18 signups so far in the first few hours- up to 14 slots left! Delte has TG'd me that he's declining his invitation to the Brevity Cup, due to RL commitments, which keeps an extra slot open.

[Cardenao]

Hello esteemed Brevity Cup committee, presumably located in Banija though perhaps elsewhere. It is with great pleasure I can confirm the Federated Republic of the Kingdom of Cardenao has received the invitation from your committee and that the glorious Federated Republic of the Kingdom of Cardenao will be in attendance.

[Delaclava]

This sounds fun! We look forward to demonstrating that size and length don't matter, that it's the size of the fight in the dog that counts, that all that matters is how you use it, that it's totally normal that it looks like that... Anyway, can't wait to get started.

[Adab]

In

[Tinhampton]

The CoH73 champions return. Yes, all of them. Even that one. Don't ask how; time can be fucky like that.

[Dod Rava]

Helllo!

[Zeta Reka and Hugeltaldom]

I have an RP history, but I've never RP'd history, is that okay dude?

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