The
.Chromatik Football Federation.
and
Tumbran Football Federation
are proud to present a joint bid for the hosting rights of World Cup 93.
Introduction
What & Where (or: Background)
The nation of Chromatika, located in northern Anaia, is a burgeoning nation of about 20 million people. Coming out of a brutal dictatorship led by the Chromatik Party, the still newly-free country is steadily growing and adapting to democracy, with a first peaceful transition of power from one party to another having happened less than a decade ago. In terms of hosting experience, the user behind Chromatika has hosted the 88th edition of the World Cup with Cassadaigua. They have also hosted a bevy of other competitions in football, including the 46th edition of the Baptism of Fire as Yesopalitha, while also successfully hosting the 73rd edition of said tournament as Chromatika, the 52nd Cup of Harmony, and the 12th Under-18 World Cup, to name but a few highlights. Outside of football, the user has also hosted six major tournaments from other sports, including baseball, gridiron/American football, basketball and ice hockey, giving them a wealth of experience on the forums.
The nation of Tumbra, located in central Esportiva, is one of the biggest powers in that region. Long-held traditions of democracy, justice and liberty guide the Republic, though the nation’s actions in land north to it have generated a fair bit of controversy as the country attempts to stave off accusations of colonialism. The user behind Tumbra has hosted the 77th Baptism of Fire with Graentfjall and the 83rd Cup of Harmony with Mertagne, while also having hosted an Under-18 World Cup. Outside of football, the user is also known for being a readily-available third-party scorinator for multiple tournaments.
The two of us have worked together and collaborated on multiple events in NSS before, be it third-party scorinations or RP lines.
Format
Who (or: Numbers)
Similarly to the previous edition of the World Cup, our preference will be for fifteen groups of nations. The fifteen group winners will proceed directly to the World Cup, while the second and third-placed nations will go up against each other in playoffs, with second-placed nations being seeded and teams flipped as necessary to prevent group stage rematches. In these playoffs, the away goals rule will not apply. We would ideally like to limit signups to 150 + 2, in order to prevent byes, but we recognise that this might not be possible, seeing as we already have about 140 signups by this time already. To the best of our ability, we will attempt to keep to fifteen groups, unless this situation becomes unworkable. [EDITED IN RESPONSE TO QUESTION FROM POAFMERSIA] We will, however, be hosting two-legged playoffs no matter what happens.
Neither of Tumbra nor Chromatika’s users will be entering puppets.
When (or: Schedule)
We aim to begin scorination by the end of January. As has become established in previous World Cup cycles, we will stick to a 2 match scorination every forty-eight hours. Should we be able to, we will look into scorinating the first and final matchdays separately. Should we win hosting rights, Tumbra will take the front half of qualifiers, while Chromatika will host the back half.
For playoffs, Tumbra will similarly host the first leg of playoffs, while Chromatika will scorinate the second leg,
How (or: Formula and RP bonus)
We believe that the recent somewhat-compromise that has been brought up when it comes to scorinating formulae, in which SQIS is used for qualifiers (due to its working home-advantage system), while NSFS is used for the finals (due to its ability to better handle differences between highly-ranked teams, and the lack of need for home advantage), is a good one. We will be adopting this.
RP bonus carryover will consist of up to two days’ RP bonus — the single highest RP bonus attained during qualifying added to the average of RP bonus attained across the span of qualifying. Should your best RP score 1.7, and your average across the entirety of qualifying be 1.2, your carryover bonus would be 2.5 out of a maximum of 4. This in no way means that the final tournament will be using an RP bonus scale of 2 per cutoff, however.
Style modifiers from +5 to -5 will be allowed, with no restriction on style modifiers apart from that. We will entertain one change of style modifier per team throughout the duration of the World Cup, so long as the hosts are duly notified beforehand in a manner that is not RP (ie. through telegram or Discord message)
There has been, over the past twenty years or so, a conversation that comes up on the level of RP bonus. Players can rest assured that RP bonus will be generous, and cumulative, enough so that low-ranked nations should be able to compete with a nation in the upper echelons of the ranks by the end of qualifiers through consistent, good-quality writing, Margaret willing. It is also important to note that quality is not equivalent to quantity, et cetera, and that a good, short RP is more likely to score higher than a yawningly long and boring RP. In general, the principles outlined by Graentfjall in their team’s World Cup bid should be looked towards.
There will indeed be a roster bonus — up to two matchdays’ worth — should we be elected as hosts. On the other hand, there will also be a penalty for not rostering — 50% of the offending nation’s rank for the first cutoff, increasing by 10%, down to a minimum of zero, until they post a roster.
Please note — and we will be strictly enforcing this — that we will be coming down extremely hard on plagiarism and RPs that are suspected to have been written by an AI, without proper credit attribution. Penalties for the above two will be met with a possible reduction in, or reset of, RP bonus.
When it comes to tiebreakers, we will use the following, in decreasing order:
- Points
- Goal difference
- Head-to-head points
- Head-to-head goal difference
- IC coinflip — an additional match is scorinated, in a neutral venue, utilising only RP bonus, with ties turned off.
Why… (or: Questions)
Questions on any part of the bid are welcomed.
TL;DR
What and Where? Chromatika and Tumbra are bidding for the hosting rights of World Cup 93.
Who? By and large, fifteen groups, and two-legged playoffs. No away goals rule. Second and third-placed participants will partake in playoffs. Fifteen group winners + Fifteen playoff winners + Two hosts = Thirty-two finalists.
When? By the end of January. Cutoffs will take place every 48 hours, for two matches. We will look towards scorinating the first and last match days separately from each other. Tumbra will scorinate the first half; Chromatika will scorinate the latter. This also applies for play-offs.
How? SQIS in qualifiers, NSFS in finals. Style mods from +5 to -5. RP bonus will be generous and cumulative. Quality over quantity. Roster bonus of 2 matchdays’ worth. Non-rostering penalty goes from 50% of rank from first cutoff, increasing by 10% for each subsequent cutoff. RP bonus carryover will be applied, with up to two matchdays’ worth being carried over. Plagiarism and AI-writing without proper credit will be heavily punished. Tiebreakers go Points > GD > H2H Pts > H2H GD > IC coinflip > OOC coinflip.
