INDEPENDENT ASSOCIATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP 13
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Hello one and all to the 13th edition of the Independent Associations Championship! A grand total of forty-four teams, not belonging to one of the big 4 sporting regions, will gather here in Poafmersia to fight to be the "Champion of the Rest".
The unique 3-stage tournament will see 44 teams play 4 games against one another for a stage in the 32-team group stage. The fixture release will be ICly held in FIskadaha City, Poafmersia, in a relatively closed-door event, where only invited representatives will be here to witness the team placement contest. Teams will be split into 4 pots, and each team will be given a "placement number". A computer algorithm has previously confirmed the fixtures based on these "placement numbers", these will be released prior to the fixture release ceremony.
Stage 1 Pots
Pot 1
Poafmersia (2)
Squidroidia (2)
New Lusitania (4)
HUElavia (5)
TJUN-ia (6)
Omerica (7)
Drawkland (8)
Squornshelan Remnant States (10)
Space (11)
Trolleborg (14)
Reçueçn (16)
Pot 2
Sannyamathland (17)
Kohnhead (18)
Almuzahara (19)
Abanhfleft (22)
Juvencus (26)
Sajnur (28)
Indusse (36)
Garbelia (37)
Kriegiersien (39)
Eshialand (42)
Srednjaci (43)
Pot 3
Adab (46)
Quintessence of Dust (52)
Montaña Verde (56)
Galimencia (61)
The H Corporation (76)
Kencana (81)
Malandrin (85)
Federative Republic of Brasilia (UR)
Franco-Canadian Michigan (UR)
Saterun (UR)
Volinovia (UR)
Pot 4
A Mushroom Kingdom (UR)
Dari Sultanate (UR)
Felinetopia (UR)
Lewhoten (UR)
Miena San Hosana (UR)
Minardinia (UR)
Raspotochje (UR)
Republic of Indian States (UR)
Roless (UR)
Sixty-ninE X (UR)
Tandeg Suci (UR)
Stage 1 Fixture List
Note: Times for the matches are purely for IC purposes. It does not affect match results/scorination dates in anyway. Stadium Information will be published separately, in the IC post below.
Alternate link for viewing fixtures, tables: https://bit.ly/NSSIAC13
Stage 2 Pots
(please refer to Stage 1 for links to rosters)
Pot 1
Poafmersia (2)
New Lusitania (4)
HUElavia (5)
Drawkland (8)
Trolleborg (14)
Reçueçn (16)
Kohnhead (18)
Srednjaci (43)
Pot 2
Squidroidia (2)
Sannyamathland (17)
Almuzahara (19)
Garbelia (37)
Kriegiersien (39)
Montaña Verde (56)
Felinetopia (UR)
Tandeg Suci (UR)
Pot 3
TJUN-ia (6)
Omerica (7)
Abanhfleft (22)
Juvencus (26)
Indusse (36)
Adab (46)
Kencana (81)
Volinovia (UR)
Pot 4
Squornshelan Remnant States (10)
Space (11)
Sajnur (28)
Quintessence of Dust (52)
The H Corporation (76)
Dari Sultanate (UR)
Republic of Indian States (UR)
Saterun (UR)
Stage 2 Groups
Group A
Tandeg Suci
Omerica
Quintessence of Dust
Reçueçn
Group B
Poafmersia
Squornshelan Remnant States
Volinovia
Kriegiersien
Group C
Sannyamathland
Saterun
Srednjaci
Juvencus
Group D
Republic of Indian States
Drawkland
Kencana
Montaña Verde
Group E
HUElavia
Indusse
Sajnur
Garbelia
Group F
Adab
Kohnhead
Squidroidia
Space
Group G
Almuzahara
The H Corporation
Abanhfleft
Trolleborg
Group H
Dari Sultanate
Felinetopia
New Lusitania
TJUN-ia
The expected timeline is as follows (all dates in UTC):
14th July (Wed): Posting of everything thread
16th July (Fri) 1pm UTC: Release of Stage 1 fixtures21st July (Wed): Stage 1 Matchday 1 (1 v 4, 2 v 3)
23rd July (Fri): Stage 1 Matchday 2 (4 v 3, 1 v 2)
25th July (Sun): Stage 1 Matchday 3 (2 v 4, 3 v 1)
27th July (Tue): Stage 1 Matchday 4 (1 v 1, 2 v 2, 3 v 3, 4 v 4)*
3 day break
30th July (Fri): Stage 2 Matchday 1 (1 v 4, 2 v 3)
1st Aug (Sun): Stage 2 Matchday 2 (4 v 3. 1 v 2)
3rd Aug (Tue): Stage 2 Matchday 3 (2 v 4, 3 v 1)
5th Aug (Thurs): Round of 16 (A1 vs H2, B1 vs G2, C1 vs F2, D1 vs E2, E1 vs D2, F1 vs C2, G1 vs B2, H1 vs A2)
7th Aug (Sat): Quarterfinals (R1 vs R2, R3 vs R4, R5 vs R6, R7 vs R8)
9th Aug (Tues): Semifinals (Q1 vs Q2, Q3 vs Q4)
11th Aug (Thurs): Finals & Bronze Medal Match
*Should there be 44 teams, One of the Pot 1 teams will play against a Pot 2 team; one of the Pot 3 teams will play against a Pot 4 team.
Cutoffs will be between 8-9pm AWST (12 noon - 1pm UTC). Scorination will be done using xkoronate 0.3.3, with the SQIS formula, and additive modifiers between -5 and +5. Please indicate your modifier in a clear and obvious manner in your roster post.
RP, Roster Information
As per the bid, rosters posted before 1st cutoff will be entitled up to 1.5x Matchday RP bonus. Anything after will continue to be entitled up to 1x Matchday RP Bonus. Teams without roster before 5th cutoff (30th July) will get a roster penalty of 1.5x Matchday RP Bonus.
Quality and effort of the RPs will be taken into account. Although this was not listed in the bid, the host will be posting a cumulative RP report at certain intervals, detailing the range of RPs bonuses given, as well as some additional statistical information. Users who are interested in their current RP progress may give me a TG for a rough estimate of their RP bonuses anytime during/after the tournament.
To assist in RPing, there will be additional prompts given in cutoff posts. These are prompts relating to worldbuilding and the football team, though there is no penalty/bonus for following such prompts.
You may start posting rosters/RPs in this thread now! Apart from my IC info post, please do not reserve any posts/rosters, thank you.
For the newcomers to NS Sports, participating in a tournament in this forums for the first time, do have a read at the Guide to Sports Roleplaying, linked above! For more info on how to start a roster, I have linked some information in the spoiler below, explaining about RP permisions, style mods and all.
Changelog:
140721, 1507 UTC: Added last confirmed entry to name list, emphasized that reservation of rosters is not permitted.
150721, 0107 UTC: Added fixture order to Stage 1 & Stage 2 matches
150721, 1430 UTC: Added basic guidance to a roster for newcomers.
160721, 1400 UTC: Updated with Stage 1 pots, fixture list, link to IAC spreadsheet.
200721, 1324 UTC: Fixed a minor error with Stage 1 MD1 fixture (Garbelia vs Volinovia), the fixture was relocated to the other stadium in Holhot. Added links to rosters too.
230721, 1400 UTC: Added more links to rosters, also MD1 and MD2 cutoff posts.
270721, 1300 UTC: Add more links to rosters, MD3 cutoff posts, prep for Stage 2 table.
270721, 1525 UTC: Updated Stage 2 Pots and Team Order. MD4 cutoff post link added.