IBC Discussion Thread (OOC, V2)

[Abanhfleft]

Quickly jumping onto here to announce that I will be rejecting any nominations to renew my term as IBO president.

[Equestrian States]

For anyone here who is currently active in the IUBC or would like to get involved in the IUBC: would you have a preference for when the next IUBC takes place? Right now, we're leaning towards having it take place right before or right after the upcoming IBC. A pre-IBC cutoff would likely be in mid-July around the same time as the IBC host vote, while a post-IBC cutoff would likely be sometime in August.

[Valanora]

Normally, right before the IBC would make the most sense, give some RP material and such, but for this upcoming edition it might be best to be after with the IBC imminent.

[Quebec and Shingoryeo]

Agreed with what Elf said. Gives at least plenty of time for a lot of us to post, without worrying about IFCF or other tournaments popping up.

[Sarzonia]

Any idea about voting timelines?

[International Basketball Organization]

You now have approximately 46 hours since the time this was posted to vote for both your IBC 32 host and next IBO president.

Check the time here.

[International Basketball Organization]

And now time for the presidential vote. It was another close vote and turnout was low, but here are results anyway.

Banija - 1 vote
Græntfjall - 2 votes

With these results, Græntfjall has become the new President of the IBO! I'll be messaging them shortly with the account information so they can take over from here. Græntfjall will need to appoint a Vice President at some point soon. The term should last 3 cycles, so Graint will have to open voting for the next presidential term with IBC 35 signups.

[International Basketball Organization]

Thank you for the sweeping electoral mandate.

After consulting with him, TJUN-ia has agreed to serve as Vice-President.

[TJUN-ia]

Thank you for the sweeping electoral mandate.

After consulting with him, TJUN-ia has agreed to serve as Vice-President.

Thank you very much for the opportunity. I won't let y'all down!

[Sarzonia]

What about host vote results?

[Chromatika]

What about host vote results?

The results of the vote are in, delayed once again because of unexpected complications with tallying the votes. (OOC: I am currently suffering some problems with my laptop so I am currently using mobile to post this.)

Accept the Chromatika bid - 4 votes
Re-open host bidding - 1 vote

With a clear majority in their favor, Chromatika has been elected as your IBC 32 host.

[Sarzonia]

Well that's... unfortunate.

I intended to withdraw from the tournament based on the host vote, but now that the group draw has taken place, I can't very well do that and not throw a monkey wrench in things.

[Chromatika]

Well that's... unfortunate.

I intended to withdraw from the tournament based on the host vote, but now that the group draw has taken place, I can't very well do that and not throw a monkey wrench in things.

I am sorry to hear that, but as the OP has been posted and the group draw conducted, I'm afraid it's too late to withdraw.

[Sarzonia]

Chromatika,

Any reason why you've chosen to stretch out the Round of 16 over a four-day period rather than have the eight matches played on one RL day?

[TJUN-ia]

Chromatika,

Any reason why you've chosen to stretch out the Round of 16 over a four-day period rather than have the eight matches played on one RL day?

I'm sorry mate, but I believe you are mistaken.

I think they meant two weeks IC, as the first post still says all matches will be scored on Tuesday.

I may be wrong, but that is the situation as I understand it to be

[Valentine Z]

That was a pleasant surprise, and what a way to go out.

In all seriousness, as I might have said a few too many times in NSS Discord, I have just recovered from some IRL stuff that happened in the past 2 weeks, but I am better now. So yeah, thanks for being patient with me, and for sticking with me. ♥

This was certainly fun, even though I only got in a total of 1 post (excluding the roster). I'm sorry to those who wanted to RP a match against my team, but I just couldn't.

[IUBC]

The deadline for entries to the next edition of the IUBC is Friday, August 27.

[IUBC]

A quick heads up for everyone that we've decided to push back the deadline for IUBC entries by 48 hours to Sunday evening Eastern US time.

[Srednjaci]

I wanted to check what my ranking is after IBC32 but I see that it is not updated.
Do we know when the rankings will be updated?

[Drawkland]

I wanted to check what my ranking is after IBC32 but I see that it is not updated.
Do we know when the rankings will be updated?

I will update the rankings in due time. Hopefully soon, but they'll be ready before IBC 33 begins at the very latest.

[Srednjaci]

I wanted to check what my ranking is after IBC32 but I see that it is not updated.
Do we know when the rankings will be updated?

I will update the rankings in due time. Hopefully soon, but they'll be ready before IBC 33 begins at the very latest.

Thank U for answer.

[International Basketball Organization]

IBO membership updates. Eligibility reminder:

Section 1: To be a member of the IBO, a nation must have posted a roster and at least 1 RP in each of the previous 2 IBCs.

Section 2: Nations which do not post a roster for 2 consecutive IBCs will lose their membership.

Section 3: Any previous hosts of the IBC are automatically members of the IBO, so long as they successfully hosted the tournament to its conclusion and posted a roster in the most recently completed edition of the IBC.

Abanhfleft
Banija
Cassadaigua†
Chromatika
Delaclava
Drawkland†
Equestria
Graintfjall
Hebitaka
Hispinas
Indusse
Juvencus†
Kohnhead
Kriegiersien†
Lisander
Mytanija*
Newmanistan†
Northwest Kalactin†
Nova Anglicana
Qasden†
Royal Kingdom of Quebec
Rwekazaland†
Sarzonia
Squidroidia†
Srednjaci*
TJUN-ia
Valanora

* New additions
† Must post a roster in IBC 33 to retain membership.

The following nations will earn membership if they post a roster and an RP during IBC33:

Bollonich
Felinetopia
Ko-oren
Magnecia
Ranoria
Trolleborg
Valentine Z
Venmere
Zeta Reka and Hugeltaldom

Please notify us directly of any errors.

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Having spoken with the rankings keeper, rankings updates should be available soon. It is my intention to open signups within the next 48 hours (so if you have a strong reason for this not to happen, speak up now!).

-IBC Pres

[Drawkland]

Having spoken with the rankings keeper, rankings updates should be available soon. It is my intention to open signups within the next 48 hours (so if you have a strong reason for this not to happen, speak up now!).

-IBC Pres

Correct!

Ranks have been updated. I decided to have some fun and make this, since I think the ranks are always on the same Google Sheet link right now: http://tinyurl.com/IBOranks.

As always, shoot me a message if you spot any mistakes.

[Equestrian States]

Hi everyone,

I'm planning to run another short edition of the AOBC as a warm-up for the IBC. As before, if you're interested and a resident of Atlantian Oceania, shoot me a TG/ping/PM me on discord. I'd also like to guage interest in a regional domestic basketball competition a la the AOCL, so feel free to weigh in on that too.

-EQS

[IUBC]

INTERNATIONAL UNION OF BASKETBALL CLUBS
presented by Data West

Cutoff for entries for the twenty-third edition of the IUBC is confirmed to be on Sunday, October 24 at 11:59 PM EDT (UTC-4).

If you are a member of the NS Sports Discord community, you can subscribe to the IUBC Subscriber role to get an alert for the latest IUBC updates:

Announcement - Seeing as the IFCF Subscriber role has been working out so well, I added an IUBC Subscriber role so that users can get updates on NSS' major basketball tournament. Like with the other two Subscriber roles, type +getrole IUBC Subscriber and send it on #botcity and your message will be reacted with a checkmark if it works.