To signup, simply post your nation name and a nickname, in the following format:
Nova Anglicana Lions
If you wish to enter a domestic club team, your signup should look like this:
Domestic club team name + nickname (nation name)
Example: Vinovium Gunners (Nova Anglicana)
Host bids are welcome, and this is a good chance for nations to host their first event, though it is not recommended you bid unless you have at least some experience RPing in this subforum. Hosting previous events is by no means a prerequisite, but at least participating and actively RPing so you get a feel for how things work probably is. Your bid won't be rejected as long as it includes all required information, but bids by brand new users are unlikely to win.
The host bid deadline is set for Sunday, June 21st at 12:00 AM (midnight) EST (UTC-4). Host voting may begin early if we have only one host bid, no other likely bidders, and significant interest. After that, we will vote on hosts and then the tournament will be turned over to the host(s). Signups will remain open through the end of the host voting, but any nations who sign up after host voting starts are ineligible to vote, as will the bidder(s).
Here is the winning bid from IBS IX, by Nova Anglicana.
Here is the winning bid from IBS X, by Schiltzberg and Frenline Delpha.
The bids should resemble those two bids in format, somewhat, and include similar information. Please note that previous editions of the IBS have used both the series format and the single-game format. Both are acceptable in host bids.
There were previously IBS ranks. However, since a significant amount of time has elapsed between edition of the IBS, no ranks will be used for this edition. ICly, and I hope going forward, the explanation for this is that no senior national teams of nations that are ranked in the WBC will be competing. Instead, established nations should feel free to send backup national team squads, college all-stars, domestic minor leaguers, U18/U21 squads, a domestic club team, or some other collection of players. Have fun with it and use this tournament to flesh out your baseball worldbuilding! Nations not ranked in the WBC or competing in a baseball event for the first time should feel free to enter a senior national team if they so choose.
Puppets are allowed at a maximum of one per nation and must be confirmed by the master nation, but in the end, it is up to the host whether to include them or not. This post also acts as a signup for Nova Anglicana.
Signups
- Nova Anglicana Lions
- Cassadaigua U18s
- Kalactin U21s
- Kohnhead Pandas
- Super-Llamaland Tigers
- South Newlandia U22s
- Pripet Socialist Republic U21s (puppet of Northwest Kalactin)
- Jeckland Spuds
- Tikariot Thunderforge
- The Jovannic Emperors
- Terre Septentrionale Nordiques
- Newmanistan U16s
- Abanhfleft Revolution All-Stars
- Maniladrid Mariners
- Sarzonia Junior Stars
- Northern Moravica University Cougars (Banija)
- Falisiand U22s
- United Civil Republic Bears
- Mathuvan Union Moose
- Ethane Red Kites
- Starcom Starboys
- Mitarian Pelicans
- Royal Kingdom of Quebec Grim Reapers
- You?
Host Bids:
1. Super-Llamaland
2. You?