Hosting bid for World Cup 48
The 2nd try - the same bid
Once again Bazalonia and Cafundéu bid for the World Cup, to keep the will to host the competition once again! A first attempt was unsucessful due to the difference of two votes, but the intent to host this major event is stronger than ever, with both countries ready for it and confident that the bid, if chosen, will result in a sucessful World Cup. The bid is basically the same that was made for the previous cup, with the two nations already prepared for it due to all the investments made during the bid process for the last World Cup... after all, all the money spent in these new hotels, stadiums, parking lots, shopping malls, prisons... we need some return!
Cafundéu is part of the NSWC community since World Cup 32, when the country, after losing the Baptism of Fire final, qualified for the World Cup in its first attempt, since then just missing World Cup 35. And, during all this history, the country has hosted many WCC-associated events (list can be seen below), including two World Cups, once with Commerce Heights (Paripana) and the other with Septentrionia. Bazalonia's participation in the World Cup scene for much longer, with the user being even the WCC President for two consecutive terms, and also hosting the World Cup once (with The Lowland Clans), and several other WCC events. Both countries are located in Atlantian Oceania, and very close from each other, so transport from one country to another will be pretty easy: analyzing the map of the region, Bazalonia is located in an island just below of Cafundéu, which is extremely close to Landau Institute's Lowrni Island.
-----> Scorinator to be Used: World Cup 36 scorinator. Cafundéu used this scorinator in WC36, WC42, CoH31, CoH36 and BoF30, and this scorinator was also used in World Cup 39.
-----> Group Format (qualifiers): as the qualifying format depends on the number of sign-ups, there isn't a strict format to be pursued. 120 countries (with 122 sign-ups) is really an excellent number to work and it will be the primary objective, but the bid will try to accomodate the number og sign-ups whenever possible, although without the possibility of groups of 10 or more countries. Preferred ones involve 10, 12 or 15 groups, with 6 or 8 countries in each of them.
Tiebreaking criteria, in order: points; number of wins; goal difference; head-to-head results; goals scored; playoff game (with extra time and penalties if necessary), bocce game (unfortunately it's impossible to reach this one).
Style Modifiers: teams will be allowed to have style modifiers ranging from -3 to +3.
-----> RP Bonus: using the WC36 scorinator, the RP bonus will be determined by two factors: the frequency of the posts and their quality (four levels of RP quality). The RP bonus works increasing a team's KPB points. The bonus can give more chances to weaker teams against superpowers, and can be decisive in close games. The bonus will be the same of WC42.
-----> Scorination Time: the games will be scorinated in the time zone between 01:00 and 03:00 GMT (both hosts will scorinate at approximately the same time).
-----> Previous Experience: Bazalonia hosted World Cup 35; Baptisms of Fire 16, 18, 20, 25 (as The Mice of Miceland) and 29 (as Yafalonia and Bazor 2); and Cups of Harmony 24 and 29. Cafundéu hosted World Cups 36 and 42; Baptisms of Fire 21 and 30; and Cups of Harmony 31 and 36 (also, hosted the 8th Women's World Cup). So, both are very experienced nations in hosting.