NationStates

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Brevity Challenge Cup 1
Brevity Challenge Cup 2
Brevity Challenge Cup 3
Brevity Challenge Cup 4

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 exactly 50 words. 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

We will not necessarily limit ourselves to 32 nations this time around. That'll be the goal, but if signups support more nations, then we'll have more nations. Furthermore, standard puppet policy applies- you are allowed to enter a puppet and a main, but if signup numbers are unwieldly, I, as the host, will reserve the right to remove your puppet nation.

Last time around, we had a scaling amount of points depending on how close you were to hitting 50 words- but then every single RP throughout the entire tournament was exactly 50 words. So we're showed we're too good for an elaborate scaling bonus scheme. So this time around, no scale- a RP, to receive RP bonus, must be exactly 50 words- not 49 or less, not 51 or more.

In interest of getting this tourney up and running... I might speed along the process of signups.

We'll either end once we get to 32 nations, RO on Sunday, April 2nd, at Noon Eastern - whichever is sooner. 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 CoH, 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, I'll check your RP history, so if you're a main signing up a puppet instead of using your main, best to reach me via the TGs or Discord DMs and let me know. I'll also be hosting this one, but assuming this goes well, next cycle I'll open up a host bidding process.

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. Fodhla
3. Poafmersia [PotatoFarmers]
4. Khantari
5. Tinhampton
6. Delte
7. Eshialand
8. Huayramarca
9. Saterun
10. United Dispian Quarters
11. Cardenao
12. Oberour Ar Moro
13. Brookstation
14. Cassadaigua
15. Zwangzug
16. HUElavia
17. Klakahollin
18. Obrela
19. Safiloa
20. Recuecn
21. Indusse
22. Ceni
23. Schutzenphalia and West Ruhntuhnkuhnland
24. Gunnison and Telluride
25. The Spartan Dominion
26. Abanhfleft
27. Archalit
28. United Hawkland
29. Dod Rova
30. Britland [Galimencia]
31. Drawkland
32. Busoga Islands

Withdrawals
Xanneria

We’re in!

(Puppet of Mytanija, new variation of Nua Fodhla as the nation name became available)

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in

Yo

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

Something I made the knockout stages of last time. More of the same, please!

At Tunn's Farm, headquarters of the All-Week Ultra Premier Super Football Association - the Deltic FA - the Big Chief of Football Issenda Tenning opened a fat brown envelope expecting it to be the payout from the NSWC, but no, it was an invitation to the Brevity. "Shall we?"

Yes. Yes we -

Why not, this should be fun.

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Yes.

Let's go!

Y.

Please.

Sounds good

After much consideration, the Cassadagan Association for Soccer Excellence has determined that it would be most beneficial for the nation to signup here. The players that take to the field will probably not be the regular ones that you know, but one can never be so sure. Let's go Fillies!

Yes please. Probably another university or other non-senior team again.

We wish to contend for the title

in

Safiloa would like to participate

Hello hello. Obrela is in!

Signups updated- note change that we'll end signups at 32 teams if we reach it before Sunday.

In!

In, yeah!

Yes.

I'm withdrawing Xanneria from this tournament.