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Did you know that if you add up all the numbers between 1 and 10 you get 55?
And 55 BCE (sometime in August), Julius Caesar commanded the first Roman invasion of Britain.
Most importantly however, is that it is the 55th incarnation of the Baptism of Fire which Paradystopia and the Northern Sunrise Islands wish to state their intentions to host.
The first thing you're probably asking yourself is ...
Oh ... ermm ... Pokémon number 55 is Golduck. Anything else?How many more trivial facts do you have regarding the number 55?
Good question. Allow us to explain.Who are you guys and what makes you think you're capable of running such a tournament?
Paradystopia has been around the NS sports forums for a while now usually managing to role-play sporting events whilst barely mentioning the sport in question and maintaining a healthy penchant for absurdity. As a scorinator, he runs the IRLCC tournament in rugby league (with The Licentian Isles), has hosted Campionato Esportiva VII (as The Glorious Commune), the athletics events in the Esportivan Festival, the World Badminton Championships III and has a wide collection of domestic leagues in a variety of different sports.
The Northern Sunrise Islands joined NS in mid 2011 and have been active ever since, even during hard times personally and "professionally", always maintaining the common Pokémon roots that came around at the start of the nation with lots of Shout Outs every now and then. As a scorinator, the Sunrise has been responsible for the World Cup of Hockey 22, the first Campionato Esportivano di Campeones and a U-15 World Cup, aside from dozens of leagues every cycle as part of the slightly-popular Heritage Cup.
Satisfied?
Well ...Ok, so you're capable of using a scorinator. Care to elaborate on how exactly you plan to scorinate the BoF?
Interrupt much? Sheesh ...... and how do you plan to structure the tournament?
Structure-wise is difficult to say until we have a full compliment of entries. It will be the tried-and-tested group stage and knockout format though. Groups of four or five, top two or so advance to a knockout (with a playoff, if necessary). Obviously, once we're closer to the end of sign-ups we'll announce a considerably less vague version of our proposed format.
Regarding tiebreakers in the group stage, these will be number of wins, goal difference and H2H result. Should the teams remain tied after all these, a tiebreaker match will occur. This will consist of a separately scorinated match in which the other host will individually grade the RPs of the teams in question and scorinate disallowing draws.
For scorination we'll be using the most up-to-date version of xkoranate with the SQIS formula.
Oh, and we'll be allowing style mods between -5 and +5.
Why would we do a thing like that?!What about the RP bonuses? You will be taking RP into consideration won't you?
Kidding, obviously.
RPs will be graded between 0 and 3 on a completely fluid scale, meaning 2, 1.649 and 0.739235845 are all feasible RP scores (except for 0.739235845, as beyond 3 or 4 decimal places is scarcely relevant but you get the idea). RP will be judged generously but to score a 3 will require something technically perfect; a truly engrossing tale of sheer epic beauty. We are looking for interesting perspectives, creative storylines or just good clean insightful journalism. If we find something enjoyable to read, it will score well. Length will not be taken into account when judging RPs, but be aware that a three sentence paragraph has extremely little chance of receiving a decent score.
I have other questions you haven't answered in your rambling semi-schizophrenic OP. What should I do?
Reply with your question and NSI or I will endeavor to answer it at our earliest convenience
We're glad you asked because yes. Yes, we do.Hang on, just one more thing. Do you have any plans for something extra? You know, a bit of an additional challenge?
For a bit of fun, there will be a Goal of the Tournament challenge. For between the final and the start of the World Cup, we'll look through the thread to find what we think to be the goals of the tournament, combine them into one neat post and then open it up as a vote for everyone.
Thanks for reading
