This is the signup thread for World Baseball Classic 63. If you have done this before, or have done other major competitions on NS Sports before but not the World Baseball Classic before, you know what you need to do for now. If this is your first time, then let me first welcome you to the competition. Right now, all you need to do is declare that your nation signs up, and then keep an eye on this thread as the sign up process progresses. The process will eventually lead to a host vote, and once we have a host, that nation will put out a schedule and lead us through the competition.
Users that have previously participated in a WBC are allowed to sign up a secondary nation (puppet). This puppet has to be declared by both the puppet and primary nation of the user (master). Whether puppets will be included or not will be decided by the host.
In order to be considered for hosting privileges, you must submit a bid. On NS Sports, the host is responsible for the day to day running of the tournament, which includes being able to reliably scorinate the competition. The World Baseball Classic is typically the second most roleplayed competition on the entire forum, behind the World Cup. Therefore, it is typically a competition that requires an experienced host. There are great competitions out there for first time hosts to get their feet wet, but the World Baseball Classic is not really one of them, unless jointly bidding with an experienced partner. Having said that, there are no restrictions on a first time host submitting a bid.
Recent winning bids:
Winning WBC 62 bid (Chromatika)
Winning WBC 61 bid (The Kytler Peninsulae)
Winning WBC 60 bid (Banija)
Winning WBC 59 bid (Zwangzug)
A valid WBC bid must include, at the absolute minimum, how you plan on structuring the tournament and the method of scorination. If it does not, at minimum, include that, it will not be considered for voting.
Voting on WBC host bids is done by members of the World Baseball Classic Council. The members of the council can be found here. You can find the current rankings here.
HOST BID DEADLINE:
If you’ve been around for a while, you might know that the World Baseball Classic Presidential duties have been administered through the World Baseball Classic nation in the past. However, due to the current development of Accounts and the long-standing discouragement of shared accounts by NSS staff, I believe it is best to move away from this practise, and will be asking the mods to transfer the WBC Discussion Thread OP over to me soon unless I get yelled at a significant amount.
This post also is considered the signup for South Newlandia. If you want to play too, whether it's your first time or you have done this many times, sign up now!
Signups (39):
1. South Newlandia
2. The Batavia
3. TJUN-ia
4. Zenic
5. Ko-oren
6. Drawkland
7. Haltoria
8. Natkr
9. Andso Mangis
10. Eshialand
11. Milchama
12. The Martian Independent Republic
13. Liventia
14. Kamijiro
15. Serdtgyu
16. Archalit
17. Vaishnavaria
18. Banija
19. Jaliserra
20. New Montreal States
21. Crpostran
22. The Crusader Order of Prussia
23. Brusselstein
24. Austroguinea
25. Chromatika
26. HimDyr
27. Montesina
28. Nortallius
29. Montesoro
30. Zwangzug
31. Serkovy
32. Cardenao
33. Quebec and Shingoryeo
34. Scootalove City [The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp]
35. Sword Island
36. Garifunya
37. Paradystopia
38. Loyo
39. The Kytler Peninsulae
Host bids: 1
Liventia
