NationStates Tennis Tour Outdoor hard court season 7 sign-ups
Introduction
In accordance with the schedule provided here, Season 7 of the NationStates Tennis Tour will start with the outdoor hard court season. This thread serves as the sign-up thread for three tournaments: Cenian Open (Grand Slam), Mendez Bay Open* (Tier 2), Steinigestrasse Open (Tier 1) and the Electrum Slam (Grand Slam).
Sign-ups will be initially be open for the Cenian Open and the Mendez Bay Open. Sign-ups for the last two tournaments will be open later in January with a view of holding them in February.
*The Mendez Bay Open is a Tier 2 tournament, which will have special rules for entry. Players above 500 points, and pairs with a combined total above 1,000 points can not enter this tournament -- this tournament is intended for newcomers and lower ranked athletes.
Sign-up procedure
To sign up, fill the sign-up sheet with your list of players - all nations, new and old are welcome. You will also need to nominate a three letter trigram to represent your nation (e.g. Electrum - ETM). You do not need to fill out the entire list.
Wild cards may be awarded to a quarter of your entrants, rounded up, should your nation not have any eligible players in the main draw, so ensure the person you want to see playing is listed in the top one or two slots of your sign-up (note: rankings points supersede sign-up listings). Wild card priority will be given to people who have roleplayed. Puppets must be declared - each person may control up to two nations in any tournament.
Sign-ups for each event will close in accordance with the schedule below. Feel free to edit your entries in a new post up to that deadline, making sure to clear out your old post.
Doubles sign-ups
Nations can submit pairs of players from their own nation, or submit pairs comprised of players from two different nations. There are no limits as to how many athletes from a particular nation is submitted into a tournament. It is up to nations to negotiate which players they will send, and under which nation's name. Any entries submitting mixed pairs without permission will be deleted from the draw. On the sign-up sheet, please indicate what nation the non-native player is from, e.g. Electrum would submit Sonya Gredello/Ricardo Toli (BRI).
In the tournament proper, the pair would be denoted as having a double trigram: Sonya Gredello/Ricardo Toli (ETM/BRI). Both nation's roleplay contribution will contribute to the skill level of the pair, however, if both nations roleplay, then the higher scored roleplay will be added onto the skill of the mixed pair. In all tournaments, nations sending at least one pair from two different nations will be able to submit one additional pair than the maximum provided in the entry list.
Sign-up sheet
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Links
Outdoor hard court season 7 RP/Results thread
NSTT Season 7 tournament timeline and rankings
NSTT Discussion/OOC thread
NSTT Discord server
Timeline (all times in UTC)
24 Dec - Sign-ups open
0200 3 Jan - Sign-ups close for Cenian Open
5 Jan - 14 Jan - Cenian Open (cutoffs 0200 - 0400 UTC)
0430 14 Jan - Sign-ups close for Mendez Bay Open
17 Jan - 23 Jan - Mendez Bay Open (cutoffs 0400 UTC)
Mid-season break
6 Feb - Sign-ups open for Steinigestrasse Open and Electrum Slam
1400 20 Feb - Sign-ups close for Steinigestrasse Open
22 Feb - 1 Mar - Steinigestrasse Open (cutoffs 1400 - 1600 UTC)
0800 3 Mar - SIgn-ups close for Electrum Slam
5 Mar - 15 Mar - Electrum Slam (cutoffs 0800 UTC)
