Groups A, C, and E will be in Licentiapacisterra. Groups B, D, and F will be in Aguazul (click for information about your specific stadia and host countries).
Group A:
North Posidia
The gypsies
Kintratar
Azox
Lewisland
Kalwomea
Group B:
Falcania
Super-Llamaland
Charruterra
Maklohi Vai
Cambirano
Gaveo
Group C:
High Heels
Baz Mat
Birolika
Fanchnopolis
Felix Terra
Thaulandi
Group D:
Yelvoldia
Allandium
Royal East America
The Holy Temple of Bacon Strips
East Shippensburg
Circle of Dark
Group E:
Ogedei
Svengarda
The Jahistic Unified Republic
Neuseeland
Pheppenasus
Estope
Group F:
The Javahe Islands
Kaldorium
Cuboneland
Swyftlandre
New York State
Austenersey
For instance, on matchday one, North Posidia plays Kalwomea, The gypsies plays Lewisland, and Kintratar plays Azox.
Scorination Schedule
Scores for groups in Licentiapacisterra will appear at 4 PM British Standard Time.
Scores for groups in Aguazul will appear around 10 PM CST (3AM UTC on the following day).
Schedule:
Matchday 1: October 2
Matchday 2: October 3
Matchday 3: October 4
Matchday 4: October 5
Matchday 5: October 6
Play-in games: October 8
Round of 16: October 9
Quarterfinals: October 10
Semifinals: October 11
Third-place playoff and final: October 12
Feel free to start posting rosters and to start roleplaying. Also, feel free to start collaborating with others - some of the most intriguing RP's come when you work with someone else. The Baptism of Fire emphasizes roleplaying--writing posts about individual matches or the tournament as a whole. Roleplays, or RPs, could be anything from news articles about a game your team just played to your manager's halftime talks. RPing does not guarantee success, but it will increase your chances of doing well.
With your roster, please include a style modifier, a number ranging from -5 to 5. This shows whether your team is more focused on attack or defense; teams with high (positive) modifiers will both score more and give up more goals, relatively speaking, while teams with very negative modifiers will tend to score and concede less. If you do not post a modifier or a roster, this will default to zero.
You should also give RP permissions to your opponents, letting them know whether, for instance, they can roleplay about injuries to your players, give your players yellow or red cards, or "godmod" (roleplay in a very unrealistic way).
For examples of information to include in rosters, you can look through the roster thread for the previous World Cup. One sample of a permissions box is:
My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my goalscorers Y/N
Godmod scoring events Y/N
Roleplay injuries to my players Y/N
Godmod injuries to my players Y/N
Hand out yellow cards to my players Y/N
Hand out red cards to my players Y/N
Godmod other events Y/N
Just choose which of these your opponents can or cannot do RPing against you. For more information about these specific labels, check out this link in the World Cup FAQs.
Welcome and good luck!