Cyan and Cyanea: KRY-DEL World Cup 86 Bid
It never ceases to amaze how long this little tournament has been going on. World Cup 85 was the most RPed tournament in history, and it's clear that enthusiasm for the World Cup is more than healthy. That being said, we think there's some room for experimentation.
Who are you guys?
Delaclava made their return in WC85 after a hiatus, and intend to carry on where they left off; their co-hosting of the most recent Baptism of Fire being a case in point. They've also co-hosted World Cup 55, two Cups of Harmony, an AOCAF Cup, the International Basketball Championships, and are currently finishing off hosting their third gridiron World Bowl.
Krytenia have a World Cup hosting history second only to Valanora. Five World Cups, four Cups of Harmony, three Baptisms of Fire, seven AOCAF Cups, and one of each flavour of the Olympics are all on their resumé.
I hear you have an opinion on signup length.
Indeed. Signups, ideally, would be closed three weeks after opening. Obviously this isn't completely in our hands, but we hope this part of the bid is taken into account.
What qualifying format will be used?
Groups will be between 6 and 10 teams. All nations signing up - with the exception of nations explicitly signed up as "making up the numbers" - to be included regardless of numbers, up to a maximum of 202. Uneven group sizes (either 7/8 or 9/10) to be utilised if numbers require it. Group winners will qualify regardless of format; depending on final numbers, second place will either qualify automatically or be placed in a playoff. If there are uneven groups, results against top 6 (if 7/8) or top 8 (if 9/10) will be used to seed teams for spare autoqual spots/playoffs if required. Tiebreakers for sides level on points will be goal difference followed by H2H results, H2H goal difference, and RP bonus accumulated. Lots will be drawn if still tied. Goals scored will not be used to prevent bias towards positive style mod teams.
How long will qualifying take?
Qualifying shall take no more than 21 days, including rest days and playoffs. If 9 or 10 team groups with two-legged playoffs are required, MD8-9 and 10-11 (either side of the mid-qualification break) will be double scorination matchdays.
Which scorinator will you be using?
Xkoranate with NSFS, additive style mods.
How will RP bonus be calculated?
Will be set with a "floor", a minimum RP bonus for posting something of substance (as opposed to a single sentence or just stats with no prose content). We've calculated RP points for qualifiers as 14.5KPB at 80% of max; this means that we expect high-RPing teams to collect this many KPB points in RP over the course of qualifiers. It also means a "ceiling" of 18KPB total. Points available per MD will be 18/total number of MDs. Roster bonus will have a max of 3 KPB separate from this calculation. Roster bonus will carry over to the finals; RP bonus will not, as we will be using the post-qualification KPB ranks.
Is that a penalty?
Yes it is. A penalty of 50% of rank will apply to teams that have not posted a roster during the cycle in either the WC Rosters or (if applicable) BoF thread, and will remain in place until such time as that team posts a roster. The penalty will apply to scorinations 10 days or more after the opening of the Roster thread or from Matchday 4 onwards, whichever is later.
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Changelog:
- 14 July, 0830 UTC: added full tiebreaker tree re Mriin's question.
- 14 July, 1605 UTC: added rosterless penalty.