CE 31 & EspoT20 II & Sporting Festival - Everything Thread

by **Natanians and Nosts** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 5:48 am

Coach:Márcus Ion Mutu

37 - Whitcliffe
2 - Ret
13 - Ionescu
15 - D'Orville
69 - Probus
6 - Tralto
20 - Munteanu
8 - Munteanu
10 - Silva
21 - Cravelha
23 - Espalheira

45 - Apilescu
27 - Constantinescu
14 - Domicianus
28 - Ionescu
16 - Carvalho
17 - Enderssen
18 - Lima Larssen
19 - Cramer
20 - Humboldt
25 - t'Brāhinni
90 - Soares
55 - da Silva

Formation:4-3-3 (4-1-2-3)

Style modifier:+3,3

Choose my scorers:Y
Yellow cards: Y (2 per match)
Red cards:N
Injuries:N
Others:N (you may interview someone post match though,be reasonable on what they say,try to remember what a citizen of Natanians and Nosts would say and/or act)

by **Tumbra** » Tue Nov 23, 2021 12:06 am

Straton
TBC Election 2025 coverage

Emma Chambers serves as Minister for Education in the Second Everett Government, John Murray is a former Cabinet Minister and served as the MP for Guillemard North from 1984 until his election defeat in 2021, and David Chandler led the Moderate Party from 2008 till 2017, serving for four years as Deputy Prime Minister in a coalition government. Under his watch, the Moderates grew to 37 seats, the highest number of seats they'd won since the 1928 election.

David Vance: Thank you, Dan. We'll start with Miss Chambers; a third election victory for Labour; surely this is a remarkable result for you, even if it is a reduced majority from last time?

Emma Chambers: Well, David, a majority's a majority, and we were always coming into this election with a view to getting the best result possible; and it seems that we've been given a third mandate by the people of Tumbra. We're very grateful for that, though it is early days.

David Vance: Not much to talk about in the drop in support for Labour, then?

Emma Chambers: Well, David, when a government's been in power for eight years now, surely there'll be some people who have reasons to vote for the other party. What matters, though, is that we've managed to convince people that a third Labour term would be better than a Liberal administration under Mr. Lindner, through simple economics, and pledging to spend more on Tumbran citizens; rather than a return to austerity, cuts and putting Tumbra into the hands of a private sector that will take a mile if you give them an inch.

David Vance: And another word from you on the results of the other left-leaning parties, the Greens, Progressives and Social Democrats. Many commentators said the party had swung left economically from 2021; was this to fend off the challenge from them?

Emma Chambers: Our-our policy stances are derived after months of research, and then tweaked to ensure that they continually fall in line with the Labour Party's values and then presented to the public. We, as a party of the centre-left, need to hold our own ground; reason before passion, and our policies are suitably pragmatic enough, we feel, to appeal to enough people.

David Vance: So Labour felt that there was a threat from the progressive left and the hard left, so much so that they needed to swing away from the relatively centrist policies the second Everett cabinet implemented?

Emma Chambers: I don't like putting political labels on policies, David.

David Vance: But clearly the Labour Party felt that their base was getting away from them? Was Labour scared, perhaps, of the rebels from the previous government and the Greens, perpetual boogeymen of the centre-left? You've succeeded in beating down the pink party, of course, they've lost eighteen seats according to our exit poll, and they're all going back into the Labour column. But the exit poll indicates you've won those seats at the expense of your Western seats — and this is something my colleague Will is going to get to in a moment — so was it worth it? Was Labour running scared of the Greens, the Progressives, the Social Democrats?

Emma Chambers: I think it's more of an indicator of the success of our message in those seats, more than targeting a specific party or party.

David Vance: So you were explicitly targeting these seats? Runs a bit contrary to that message of uniting the left that the Deputy Prime Minister was going on about in the last days of the campaign, doesn't it?

Emma Chambers: We will always be looking for opportunities to collaborate with other like-minded parties, be it with regards to policy, supply issues or otherwise.

David Vance: But with your foreign policy being what it is, will they look to collaborate with you? Most of them, and the Moderates, explicitly ruled out working with Labour so long as the Northlands policy remains as it is.

Emma Chambers: These are problems that every political party working together runs into; otherwise, we'd all be part of the same party. Our invitation stands, of course; I'm sure there's common ground outside our foreign policy where we can work together.

David Vance: But if push comes to shove, will Labour ever alter its Northlands policy? Even if it becomes unpopular with a vast majority of people?

Emma Chambers: That, I think, isn't a conversation to be held tonight.

David Vance: Then perhaps it can be held tomorrow.

Emma Chambers: Maybe, but not with me.

David Vance: Mmm. Thank you, Ms. Chambers; I'll just ask you to hold on if we can get the reaction from the opposite side of the room. Mr. Murray, your party looks set to spend ten or more so years in opposition, with this result; how bad can it get for the Liberals?

John Murray: I don't necessarily think this is a bad result for the Liberals; certainly we hit the nadir of our party's fortunes four years ago, when we were reduced to just 167. 209, from the looks of things, is a very promising recovery for us; and if the projections are right, as I'm seeing from my phone, we're going to pick up quite a few seats that we lost last time, and re-gain a few seats from the, ah, the New Democrats. So I wouldn't say it's a bad result; surely things could be better, but coming from 167 — 191 with our coalition partners — to 233 would be a fantastic recovery for us.

David Vance: But the exit poll says you've lost the election. Peter Lindner went about this election campaign with all the furore of someone trying to enact a change in government; so 233 must certainly be a disappointment, you must think, in the Liberal camp?

John Murray: Well, you've always got to approach things with the mindset of optics. It wouldn't do our chances any good if we conceded defeat in the first week of campaigning, would we? "Oh, we're not going to win government, vote for us so we can set up a victory goodness knows how many years down the line." I can't speak for Peter — I only met him about five times throughout the eight-week campaign, and each for less than thirty minutes — but I think he knows; we all know; that even if you don't have a chance in hell of winning the election, you've got to campaign like you want to win. Can't convince people you're ready to take on the mantle of Government if you're being flaky during an election campaign, and giving up during it. People would call you weak.

David Vance: Do you think Lindner should stay on as Liberal leader?

John Murray: I think he's helped the caucus become more united after four years of infighting, and managed to rally them around a common, Liberal philosophy that has helped the party, to, in a sense, return to basics.

David Vance: But is that reason to give him four more years? Many said during the debates that his performances were ineffectual, and few really paid attention whenever he spoke during Prime Minister's Questions. It seems that he's an inoffensive leader, but he's not that good a campaigner; and is that enough to win an election these days?

John Murray: Recovery from 2021 will always be slow, as I said.

David Vance: But the ultimate goal of elections is to win, surely. You can't go plodding on and on about "recovering" while neglecting winning. Can't expect the government to drop free points for you — and everybody knows that the image of this Labour — Kenneth Everett's Labour — is about as polished as it will ever get. Miss Chambers here may not like it, but the government's been on point with their media handling, and the Prime Minister's gained a reputation for being made of Teflon — not a single scandal has stuck to him.

John Murray: Soon, one day, I think, we'll see the carefully constructed image of the Labour government fall apart; and I think they'll come to realise for themselves that behind the curtain, behind that carefully constructed image, it's all fluff and no substance.

David Vance: Surely having governed for eight years — twelve, if this exit poll is correct — gives Labour some sense of substance?

John Murray: The desire for change, I think, will come with time.

David Vance: So is that right? You're going to wait for the apple of government to fall into your lap, with a leader who, for want of a better word, hasn't really imprinted himself on the populace? You've seen it yourself, more people would rather have neither of them be Prime Minister than the Leader of the Opposition.

John Murray: You're putting words into my mouth, I think. Yes, there are certainly areas that Peter can do better in. But at the same time, we have to acknowledge that this recovery is a good result for the Coalition; and I think with more progress we can reach government, with Peter at the helm.

David Vance: Thank you. Mr. Chandler, if the exit poll is right, the least number of Moderate MPs in the House since 1984, when you also had eighteen MPs. If I recall correctly, you were a candidate in that election trying to defend a seat where the incumbent MP was retiring, but got defeated by a Liberal.

David Chandler: That's right. Nantwich North East, the seat was; I was defeated on a 6% swing to the Liberals.

David Vance: Heady days, Mr. Murray.

John Murray: Certainly.

David Vance: But a disappointing result for you, eight years after you oversaw, if not led, the Moderates rising to 37 seats. Half that caucus now gone, the other half, our exit poll thinks, hanging on by their fingertips. What's gone wrong? How much blame does your successor have to shoulder for this, losing nineteen MPs in eight years?

David Chandler: Well, it's disappointing for sure, that's what it is, but I think there's a reduced appetite for the politics of the radical centre in Tumbran politics than previously. You know, when one man takes up all the airtime, others tend to suffer; we're a victim of more parties trying to fight for airtime in the political sphere, and quite simply we haven't made an impression.

David Vance: So is it time for the Moderates to re-brand?

David Chandler: Well, we've already got a brand that's served us well for a long while, and I don't see any reason to deviate from it. We are, and will continually be, the party of the radical, reasonable, rational centre; the party in support of more regional links; the party in support, always, of expanding our civil rights and personal freedoms; the party of calling for ever more government transparency and accountability, and a party in opposition of imperialism and wanton aggression.

David Vance: Surely you see that, but does the public? If there's a reduced appetite for your brand of politics it's surely time to shake things up a little.

David Chandler: David, there's always a need for morals, principles, standards in politics. I'd say we need a party that continually sticks to those principles, and that's what we'll be.

David Vance: But if this is where that's brought you, and it's a terrible result, all things considered...

David Chandler: My answer remains the same.

David Vance: So you don't think there's anything wrong with the party, or this result, or its leader —

David Chandler: Naturally, Mr. Vance, I'm disappointed, but I don't think this is any major cause for concern. It is an exit poll, after all, and exit polls are known to have wildly underestimated support for the Moderates in the past. I think any conversation about the state of the party, and on Ms. Slater's leadership, has to wait until the votes are counted and we actually know what's going on. To speculate on results that have been extrapolated from data, I think, isn't wise; to make striking conclusions about people's jobs, in the case of Hannah, isn't wise either.

David Vance: Any last words, Ms. Chambers?

Emma Chambers: I think that it'll be a very interesting election night, David, and I'll certainly be hoping Labour outdoes the exit poll, but I think I speak for the party when I say we'll be happy with this result.

David Vance: Thank you. Back to you, Dan.

by **Nova Anglican Admin Zone of Esportiva** » Tue Nov 23, 2021 7:58 am

Esportivan Union treaty to be brought before Parliament

Marian Bailey, Rutupiae Free Beacon

Two things have been on everyone's mind lately: whether or not the men's national team can make it three consecutive championships in the Campionato Esportiva, and the Treaty of Montfort, which will be introduced in Parliament at the beginning of the fall session. With regards to both, it's not a sure thing. The two-time defending champion Lions have been drawn into a group that includes Tumbra, the Fhulghamous Peninsula, the Hinodejin Empire and East Murbley. The Black Eagles have struggled in the CE, but qualified for the most recent World Cup, while the FP have been a bit of a bogey team for the Lions before their recent run of success. Of course, one cannot underestimate the pedigree of the Hinodejin and East Murbley are no pushover either. And that's all before the playoffs, which will bring their own challenges. In Parliament, Prime Minister Josephine Clark controls the House of Deputies, but the Senate is deadlocked. There are no assurances for either goal.

Considering the situation in Parliament, the Clark government holds a 56-44 advantage in the House of Deputies, which looks like it bodes well. But even this isn't a complete guarantee, as the Liberal Secularists have an agreement that does not bind them to vote with the government on an international treaty. That leaves the Clark government three votes short even without any internal dissent. Of course, they could convince a few opposition deputies to flip; there are pro-Esportivans in the People's Party, and notwithstanding a few truly crankish elements in the Progressive Justice Party, the overwhelming majority of the government is in favor of the Treaty. However, the Stewardship Party might want additional environmental safeguards or the Liberal Secularists might demand additional social or cultural liberal policies be enacted, which could jeopardise passage in the Senate.

All in all, Clark's got a pretty impressive whip operation, and the entire government should vote for this bill, with potentially a couple of defections. After all, none of the parties have any particular objections to co-operating more with Esportiva; it's more a question of leverage. Not to mention that while Michael Ramsey might appear like he has a death grip on the party, some PP deputies are looking at the polls. Esportivan co-operation polls above 50% and the Treaty of Montfort has a +13 favorability rating, even if the share of "Don't know/no opinion" responses is substantial. This means he will be hard pressed to keep some deputies from voting for a popular measure, even if majority sentiment in the party is against Esportivan co-operation. Ramsey's best bet is to try to drive up the Treaty's negatives by pointing to specific points of integration that may be unpopular.

In the Senate, it's a different story. The conviction of King Voss on terrorism charges and the election of former football star Emmanuel Moga to replace him deadlocks the Senate at 15-15, making approval at least theoretically possible. Had Voss stayed on, the Treaty would have been blocked even with one additional vote to approve it. Now, the PJP and allies need only to flip one opposition senator in order to pass the Treaty. One has a sneaking suspicion that they'd like to get more than one vote; 60% approval in both houses would send a strong message that the people and government of Nova Anglicana are united around more co-operation with Esportiva. Coincidentally, the so-called "Gang of Three" that approved both the Clark budget and taxation plan could provide that 60% margin in the Senate. James Bradley, seen as perhaps the most likely vote, is keeping his cards close to the vest, saying only, "We've obviously done much more business with Esportiva in recent years; the question is, should we pursue this further?" Cheryl Adams, another senator sometimes seen to be on the moderate wing of the PP, responded to virtually every question about the Treaty with the same answer: "The Senate is going to do its due diligence on this treaty. I will be examining every line carefully before deciding how to vote." Finally, Colby Blackburn, a conservative regular with investments in Esportiva, has said, "Of course I'd like to see more trade with Esportiva. Opening up markets for our goods is a key component for economic growth. But I'll need to look at the treaty to really see what we're getting ourselves into."

This tentative support obviously gives the Clark government and fans of the Treaty hope, but it could easily be dashed. The PP lost the most recent election after only a year in power, which happened to be their first year in power of the two-decade long Nova Anglican experiment. Is co-operation with the Clark government really the best way to win back power? Senators don't have to worry about re-election for at least five years, but surely they'd rather be passing legislation more in line with their own ideas than that of their opponents. Blocking the Treaty and any or all other business might create the impression that the Clark government cannot lead or is being unreasonable in its legislative priorities. The question is, does the Senate want to get things done, or play politics?

by **Copper Cuprum** » Wed Nov 24, 2021 12:37 am

THE CHIEFDOM OF COPPER CUPRUM
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL TEAM

This is the nth time that Copper Cuprum will be participating in the Campionato Esportiva. Copper Cuprum had been long isolated from the international community since it is a small island archipelago located deep in the middle of the Lazarus Ocean, far from any regular shipping lanes since man first sailed ships. The nation was only discovered by the Fleftic Navy in 1914, when they were searching for the daughter of President Rufus Wole Mensah, whose ship was wrecked in the general vicinity of the islands. Arriving in the capital of the islands, they discovered that Chief Zed had made the President's daughter his queen, generating a sudden alliance between the two countries. And Copper Cuprum was also rich in copper, so that was a good thing for Abanhfleft too...

BASIC INFORMATION
Name of nation: The Chiefdom of Copper Cuprum
Demonym: Copperite
Kits: Initially, the Copperite national football team was not supposed to wear any kits as ordinary people know them. Instead they would have played wearing only white loincloths and nothing else. However, in the interests of modesty and compliance with the international standard, the Copperite team has elected to wear a new uniform with alternating black and white hoops and white shorts.
Team colors: Black and white
Style modifier: +1.00 (A balanced team with a slight focus on offense)
Formation: 4-5-1
Head coach: Dan Balangue (54 y/o, Oontaz)
Notes: It is Copperite tradition to slit the throat of a live chicken before a game and then spread the spilled blood on the field. However, after the Valladar authorities advised the Copperite Football Federation against performing this tradition after local audiences were shocked by this tradition, it has been decided that in place of this tradition, Copperite players will now cut off the head of a rubber chicken before a game and then toss the head around like a hot potato. This is the version that will be used in international tournaments. However, Copperite players will still perform the chicken sacrificing ritual when playing in the Chiefdom whether or not the other team (or the event organizers for that matter) likes it. The Copperites hope to turn this tradition into their version of the haka.

STARTERS
GK: Nikoba LOBATO 36 y/o, Athletic Wa Deg

, captain

RB: Kuboto TUMOBA 33 y/o, Sub Deg Raiders A.F.C.

RCB: Kudati SIROZA 25 y/o, South Ons Deg Rabbitohs A.F.C.

LCB: Lazar DENISOV 36 y/o, Rotor Dnistrosh

(Pridnestrovia)

LB: Lakeyo TUNOKA 32 y/o, Mah Deg Diamonds

RM: Udidi KUFOTU 24 y/o, Nou Philippopolis

(Fhulghamous Peninsula)

RCM: Idote JUKOTA 26 y/o, Vay Deg Eels A.F.C.

LCM: Hamora ADUPU 31 y/o, Gryphons Nubalochi

(Sultanate of Oontaz), captain

LM: Martino BRUNNERBURG 29 y/o, Kesselburger Kickers

(Pridnestrovia)

RS: Benjamin PAPANICOLAOU 33 y/o, Nuevo Guadix CF

(Fhulghamous Peninsula)

LS: Napono ZUREBE 29 y/o, Athletic Wa Deg

SUBSTITUTES
GK: Tasuyu BANUTO 34 y/o, South Ons Deg Rabbitohs A.F.C.

GK: Itupi ITIPO 21 y/o, Vay Deg Eels A.F.C.

DEF: Tekono HAGUYU 25 y/o, Masyafspor

(Pridnestrovia)

DEF: Basino OKILA 24 y/o, South Ons Deg Rabbitohs A.F.C.

DEF: Damon SALAZAR 30 y/o, Kimmirut Panhandle

(Abanhfleft)

MID: Rezuvu RICARDO 34 y/o, General Santos F.C.

(Sultanate of Oontaz)

MID: Pomula YETERE 23 y/o, Mah Deg Diamonds

MID: Betole FECHUVU 21 y/o, Athletic Wa Deg

MID: Yannick GRANBY 21 y/o, Vay Deg Eels A.F.C.

FW: Douglas JAMESON 36 y/o, Athletic Dorfdifving

(Abanhfleft)

FW: Yatupi KRISEYE 23 y/o, Ken Deg United

FW: Kifarin WETEQA 19 y/o, Athletic Club Ixmurattin

(Fhulghamous Peninsula)

FORMATION (Outdated)

HOME STADIUM: PRINCESS HAWANA STADIUM

Princess Hawana Stadium (capacity 57,104) is the new Copperite national football team's home stadium. Located in Bed Gon, the second largest city of Copper Cuprum, it is also the home ground of Atletico Bed Gon of the Copperite National League.

RP PERMISSIONS (Applicable to the other sports as needed)
Anything except killing is fair game.
Use DH at home: If I can use a DH at your home then you can use a DH at mine. If not then nobody gets to use a DH.

by **Montego-** » Wed Nov 24, 2021 3:31 am

THE MONTEGAN NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM
The Royals

A small mountain duchy of a million and a half, ruled by a Duke, and home to the exiled Tumbran royal family. That's just a few of the mysteries that surround the small Duchy of Montego, surrounded by mountains and with pictures to die for. Welcome to Montego, who've decided to venture beyond their borders and into the wide world of football.

The manager for this tournament is Charles Le Goff, aa 47 year old football coach.

Style Mod: -5

Goalkeepers
No  Pos  Player			Age  	Caps	Goals	Club
1   GK	 Maurice Girard		27	3	0	Royal Mosjoen 
12  GK	 Francis Moreau		34	0	0	Castlereigh Blackhawks
23  GK	 Thomas Lefevre		24	0	0	Portlethen Goshawks

Defenders
No  Pos  Player			Age  	Caps	Goals	Club
2   LB	 Jean Brunet		27	3	0	Duke's Park Rangers
18  LB	 Michael Dumont		31	0	0	Royal Mosjoen
4   CB	 Rene Guillaume		26	3	0	Royal Mosjoen
5   CB	 Jean-Claude Fernandes	34	3	0	Castlereigh Blackhawks	
13  CB	 Robert Chevalier	24	2	0	Portlethen Goshawks
20  CB	 Herve Renard		36	1	0	Royal Mosjoen
3   RB	 Nicolas Le Roux	29	0	0	Castlereigh Blackhawks
19  RB	 Andre Marchal		23	0	0	Portlethen Goshawks

Midfielders
No  Pos  Player			Age  	Caps	Goals	Club
6   CM	 Yves Millet		27	3	0	Duke's Park Rangers	
8   CM	 Henri Grondin [c]	33	3	0	Bryankeld United
10  CM	 Charles Le Goff	29	1	0	Portlethen Goshawks
15  CM	 Ludovic Girard		30	1	0	Royal Mosjoen
16  CM	 Benjamin Berger	23	1	0	Castlereigh Blackhawks
17  CM	 Emmanuel Hamon		26	0	0	Castlereigh Blackhawks

Wingers
No  Pos  Player			Age  	Caps	Goals	Club
7   LM	 Ivan Boiteux [vc]	32	3	0	Royal Mosjoen
14  LM	 Adam Rolland		23	1	0	Castlereigh Blackhawks
9   RM	 Jacques Lacroix	28	3	0	Duke's Park Rangers
21  RM	 Olivier Carpentier	22	0	0	Royal Mosjoen

Attackers
No  Pos  Player			Age  	Caps	Goals	Club
11  ST	 Claude Lacroix		26	3	1	Royal Mosjoen
12  ST	 Nicolas Petit		33	0	0	Bryankeld United

The name of the game is defence, with a tight 4-4-2 focused on fighting through the centre and counterattacking football. Girard is good with his hands in goal, though he does tend to parry and punch rather than catch the ball; fingertip saves are his favourite.

On the wings, both Brunet and Le Roux are defensive fullbacks, while in the middle Guillaume is everywhere. J-C Fernandes is older, and tends not to run as much as Guillaume, but has excellent positioning and has a menacing tackle.

In the midfield, Millet is the main creative force on the team, while Grondin tends to stay back and shield the defence; he's not afraid of committing fouls, and has a knack for escaping being booked. On the wings, both Boiteux and Lacroix are competent; but the wings are by far the weakest part of the team by far.

Up top, Lacroix is the more advanced striker, eager to finish and good at it too; while Petit plays off Lacroix, in the "hole" between the midfield and the strike force.

Tactical Set-Up

4-4-2

Left Corner Taker				Henri Grondin
Right Corner Taker				Henri Grondin
Penalties					Claude Lacroix
Direct FK Taker					Jean-Claude Fernandes
Indirect FK Taker				Nicolas Le Roux
Most likely to foul/be booked			Henri Grondin
Most likely to shoot				Claude Lacroix
Most likely to score from close-range		Nicolas Petit
Most likely to score from long-range		Nicolas Le Roux
Most likely to be fouled			Jacques Lacroix
Most likely to attempt the spectacular		Charles Le Goff

Style Mod: -5

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my goalscorers: Yes
Godmod scoring events: Yes*
RP injuries to my players: Yes. Maximum of 2 per match. I will decide length.
Godmod injuries to my players: Yes*
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Yes. Maximum of 3. Any more must be matched.
Hand out red cards to my players: Yes*. Maximum of 1. Any more must be matched.
Godmod other events: Yes*

COVID-19 does not exist in Montego

*As a general rule, just let me know before doing something egregious. Don't know what egregious means, or unsure that what you want to do breaks 
this line? Telegram me or message me on Discord. I'm on the NSS server.

by **Kaldtfjell** » Wed Nov 24, 2021 10:17 am

Dear diary,

I’ve not been writing for a long while now, because I honestly don’t know what to write. Things in the World Cup weren’t exactly fantastic, put it that way. We struggled all the way through and we didn’t qualify.

Coming home to Hornungsvagr was not fun. We had been promised a parade if we performed well. Instead, we were shuffled off a plane and into a quiet corner of the training centre, where the atmosphere was incredibly tense. No one said a word, because we all knew what was coming. The Hovding was going to come in, tell us that we’d disappointed him and the nation, and we’d all be sent off to some training camp in the mountains that half of us wouldn’t come back from.

As it turned out, we didn’t know what was going to happen. We sat in that room for hours, waiting, dreading the moment at which he walked in. It remained quiet the entire time. He never came. Eventually, we were dismissed to our dorms for the evening, if you could call them that. They were, to put it mildly, shit. Disgusting bedding on mattresses as thin as paper, in bunk beds that creaked so no one got a wink of sleep. Instead, we got up the next morning and were directed straight back to that room.

This time, something did happen. After we waited for perhaps an hour, someone in a dark suit brought in an old beaten-up projector. It shone on the wall, and showed us an video of the Hovding screaming at Sverre, our coach, for fifteen minutes. We’d all seen the stress develop within him as the campaign had gone on. It was the worst position in the world that he could have been in. The expectations were too high, and he could never meet them. Instead, he simply had to wait for this moment, knowing it was coming and there was nothing he could do.

After the projector was wheeled out, Sverre came into the room, looking distraught. He had bags under his eyes, and he walked with a limp that wasn’t present before. He stood at the front of the room, and recited what the Hovding had told him.

He told us that, as a squad, we would be given one more opportunity to prove that we were worth something. The Campionato, this time occurring in the nation of South Newlandia. We would be sent there and expected to perform much better than we had previously. Sverre spoke the next words with his eyes closed: if we didn’t improve, it would be him who would be punished.

That was simply cruel. Especially for those of us who play for SFK, we know and love Sverre. He’s coached me since I was a boy. To put so much pressure on our shoulders, and for what? Some sort of weird national pride? The Hovding’s own desire for “his” nation to succeed? It wasn’t right.

I’ve long been considering what I will do to get out of this situation. We’re not allowed to leave the nation except to play, so in one way, the Hovding was right. This would be my opportunity, but not for what he wants me to do.

I want out.

A. F.

by **South Newlandia** » Wed Nov 24, 2021 11:38 am

Permissions: Yes
Style Mods: Football -1.093, Cricket +0.5, Ice Hockey 0, Gridiron -2

by **Har Yarok** » Wed Nov 24, 2021 1:14 pm

Nation name: Ha’Yarok
Trigram: HYK
Demonym/adjective: Ha’Yaroki

Permissions:
Y…

Except for:
No RL photographs, no violence

Teams
Football
Baseball
Basketball

Football

Nickname: Green & Blues

All players play for domestic teams unless otherwise stated, and are available for transfer as free agents.

Staff

Coach: Yehudi Ganani (56)
Assistant coach: Ioan Yoffey (41)

Goalkeepers

1. Jaden Lehmann (31) Hapoel She’ed Afeba
19. Adley Aronsfeld (31) Bialer
22. Azaria Brann (24) Maccabi Bnei Lodibe

Defenders

2. Dominik Dusl (21) 1914 Hardbrunn [SWR]
3. Akiva Spiro (28) Maccabi Bnei Lodibe
4. Tomek Reinharz (22) Paschvík [GRÆ]
5. Nehemiah Ong’ina (28) Kayogana SC [MLK]
13. Samson Rabinowicz (25) Maccabi Yamera
14. Barrak Schlesinger (26) Sabit Netuel
23. Jannes Dukes (25) Shemiha LeZion

Midfielders

6. Jud Deronda (31) Hapoel Tibeth – CAPTAIN
7. Gabrian Spiro (27) Maccabi Kassi
8. Naaman Abramson (22) Union Purrlin [FET]
10. Arlen Rosenstein (26) Neftchar [KKA]
11. Jenda Hershon (29) Shemiha LeZion
12. Yagil Mandebaum (25) Shemiha LeZion
16. Herschel Ehrenburg (28) Sabit Netuel
18. Noah Duchen (24) Maccabi Yamera
20. Elam Sarasohn (23) Maccabi Yamera
21. Jeb Breuer (21) Shemha LeZion

Forwards

9. Smuel Kahn (25) Shkotan FC [BRO]
15. Harmon Levinstein (27) Bialer
17. Illias Cohen (22) Maccabi Yamera

Style modifier: 0

Baseball

Nickname: Silver Stars
Colours: Blue uniforms, green caps

You can RP my rotation, lineup, and player stats as you like. If you want more specific details send me a message and I'll get back to you ASAP.

Pitchers

Arie Stiebel
Efron Merton
Henry Green
Matai Fiedler
Avner Sylvester
Zachely Ascher
Jael Ballin
Malachi Breuer
Efron Grois
Zebulun Lehrer
Sinai Blum
Jordi Frankfurter

Catchers

Danel Sandler
Ely Gottesdiener

Infielders

Pesach Datz
Arlin Einhorn
Tzefanyah Herzl
Yeruchum Hirst
Omri Ganani

Outfielders

Ashton Herring
Benzion Lahrheim
Ori Kupner
Noah Ganani
Isaac Harrison

Basketball

Nickname: Raptors
Colours: Green and blue

PG Rafael Lipman
PG Shem Kostiner
PG/SG Asher Goff
SG Sinon Shameel
SG Amram Ascher
SG/SF Alonso Little
SF Zalman Margolin
SF/PF Jukka Abrams
PF Noe Epstein
PF Melchior Mankowitz
C/PF Dalit Danielovitch
C Jedd Lawson

by **The Sherpa Empire** » Wed Nov 24, 2021 1:32 pm

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my scorers: Yes
Godmod scoring events: Yes
RP injuries to my players: Minor injuries only
Godmod injuries to my players: No
Hand out penalties to my players: Yes if you hand out a similar or greater number to your own players
Eject my players: Yes if you eject a similar number of your own
Godmod other events: No
Other: We do not use DH for baseball

Baseball Roster:

Postion Players:
C: Yuhua Gong
C: Archana Al-Abadi
1B: Yongmi Aryal
2B: Uti Singh
3B: Pasang Nima Li
SS: Fei Hu
IF: Tseyang Wu
IF: Xian Liu
RF: Sumchog Thapa
CF: Laxmi Reddy
LF: Padma Adhikari
OF: Yankila Patel
OF: Lhemi Chao

Pitching Rotation:

Chonzom Rai
Pemba Lhamu Sherpa
Phuti Dong
Jamila Devi
Aicha Misra

Bullpen:

Qiusong Jiang
Saron Azmi
Tsering Haider
Doma Fang
Zangmu Verma

(OOC: I need to leave for work. Rosters for other sports will be posted later. You can choose my lineup.)

EDIT:

Sherpa National Cricket Team

Starting 11:

Temba Dilu
Jamyang Tsang
Khenrab Parihar
Jitender Singh
Karma Al-Marayati
Gyunmin Chemburkar
Gombu Sulaymanhil
Champa Rao
Santosh Bhattacharyya
Mingmar Ramanujan
Geli Chandrasekhar

Reserves:

Sukhbinder Murthy
Zhao Tan
Nuru Thapa
Tsering Rita Vijayan
Pemba Patel

Sherpa National Hockey Team
Goalies:
Nawang Gongsun
Ang Lhakpa Sherpa

Defense:
Sunny Zhou
Tandi Azad
Nasser Al Kheir
Methok Norbu Gurung
Pasang Newari
Jamling Zhang
Xuanhong Ma

RW:
Phinjok Tsai
Siyar Kunduzi
Chunling Wang
Liangsheng Teng

C:
Kamada Manandhar
Yashwant Amarasingam
Hao Yang
Thundu Sherchen

LW:
Amir Talukder
Gombu Nima Monpa
Yinglin Bao
Rong Shan

by **Hannasea** » Wed Nov 24, 2021 1:56 pm

Nation name: The Hannasean Federation
Trigram: HAN
Adjective/demonym: Hannasean

Permissions

No photos, no violence, go nuts.

Teams
Football
Baseball
Ice hockey

Hateball

Nickname: Black Butterflies

Soccer (known as hateball in Hannasea because of how much we hate it) is an all-female sport. It is not played at a high level and players are a step below full international level; the national team has the rare distinction of never having won a full international game. Several members of this squad competed at the last Olympics and CE30, which in Hannasean time were 2 years ago. The team is not very physically strong but have been working to improve fitness and reduce sloppy errors.

Coach: Keira Gibson
Keira oversaw the first ever goal scored and first ever points for a Hannasean team, and so of course has been retained as a virtual national hero.

Squad

GK Kalysta Judd

Deldover Park
Not very tall (Hannasean women are notoriously fairly short) but Judd will dive about with gusto and isn't afraid to charge down onrushing attackers. Reserves: Hannah Read, Natasha Green.

LB Rachel Barrett

East Railway
Taking over from Lexi Holmes is Rachel Barrett. She’s a wing-back who has good vision but can’t always make the pass she’s picked out. She’s an aggressive tackler who will be the first to stick up for teammates. Reserve: Daisy Byrne.

CB Karina Wilkinson

Star of Confederation
The tough tackling Karina has a high work rate and will give everything for the team at both ends. She’s not especially big for a center back and makes up for it with a bit of tactical roughness. Reserve: Poppy Stone.

CB Katherine Watts

Pearl City United
Kitty is quite fast and is comfortable in possession; she can play as a full-back but for the Black Butteflies will be asked to do a centre-half role for which she is not quite physically cut out.

RB Brittany Horton

AFC Swanbridge
The first Hannasean player to ever sign overseas, Brittany plays in the Brenecian C-League. She is a pacy wing-back who can provide some good attacking moves but needs to improve on tracking back. Reserve: Meaghan Earls.

LDM Jaida Bissette

Gunzlach
Not a consistent starter for top GPL side Gunzlach but that still makes her one of Hannasea's more illustrious signings. Capable of covering central and wide positions, without excelling at either. Reserve: Hannah Houghton.

CDM Amanda Kemp

Victoriaville City
One of the team's best players, Amanda is a deep-lying playmaker with nice vision. Should have a lot of possession. Set-piece specialist who can score from free-kicks and will take corners as she's not very tall. She plays in Cassadaigua. Reserve: Erin Richardson.

RDM Rebecca Thomas

Pearlham SC
Rebecca is the only one of the defensive midfield line who’s a traditional holding midfielder. She lacks a bit of size but is comfortable on the ball and is very tactically organized. She’s respected by her peers and a leader on and off the field. Reserve: Chelsea Crawford.

CAM Maya Davidson free agent
The team's main creative threat. Fast but not physically strong, poor aerial skills, not a strong shooter. Good at passing off both feet with excellent vision. Reserve: Annabella Rose.

ST Rebecca Morgan

North Granby
Captain. A traditional center forward, albeit not a very barrel chested one. All time leading NT goal scorer. Signed to play in Cassadaigua. Reserve: Brooke Read.

ST Natalia Ward

Francisca Orient
Composed striker. Quick, not that good in the air. Reserve: Maia Green.

Style modifier: 0

Baseball

Nickname: Choughs

This is a near-copy paste of my last WBC roster. I request zero RP bonus for it, and my opponents may deviate from it as they wish.

Coaching staff

Manager: John Davidson
Assistant Manager: Harvey Johnson
Deputy Manager: David Harvey
Assistant Deputy Manager: David John Harvey
Assistant Deputy Assistant Manager: John Harvey Davidson
Deputy Assistant Deputy Assistant Manager: John Samuel Harvey-Davidson
Deputy Assistant Deputy Assistant Deputy Manager: David Harvey Samuel Johnson-Williams
Assistant Deputy Assistant Deputy Assistant Deputy Manager: William Peter David Harvey-Johnson-Samuels
Deputy Assistant Deputy Assistant Deputy Assistant Deputy Manager: John Samuel William Harvey David Peter Brontosaurus Ezekiel Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Ulanbatur air horn noise Hugh Chestnut Orion Gladiator slaps knee Walnut Horatio Pythagoras Alabaster Not-Samantha armpit farting noise Unclefucker Quasimodo Pomegranate Nylon Suspenders oh I do like to be beside the seaside, I do like to be beside the sea Neil Gormenghast Sygyzy Truffles doorbell sound Pusilanimous Hector Egburt Hardrada that don't impress-a-me much BOW BOW BOW BOW BOW BOW BOW Hillary Telegraphpole Subway Collection Spanner creak of coffin door opening Johnson-Williamson-Johnson, Jr.
Assistant to the Manager: John

Starting rotation
1. Will Matthews (S/R)
Four-seam fastball (96-98 mph), slider, two-seam fastball, changeup. Pure power pitcher.
2. Zac Parker (R/R)
Sinking fastball (94-96mph), two-seam fastball, curveball, changeup, forkball. Groundball pitcher with good control and a decent hitter.
3. Jimmy Morris (L/L)
Four-seam fastball (97-99mph, curveball, changeup. Pure power pitcher.
4. Jay Gould (L/L)
Four-seam fastball (96-98 mph), changeup, forkball, knuckle curve. Savage power pitcher, radar all over the place.
5. Noah Harris (R/R)
Four-seam fastball (95-97mph), curveball, two-seam fastball, knuckle curve. Groundball pitcher with good stuff and control.

Arm barn

Listed in ascending order of leverage. Right handed unless otherwise stated.

Scott Ross (long relief/spot starter)
Jack Gibson (L)
Justin Nevin
William Whitworth
Kody Terrell (L)
Zander Skinner
Chase Allen (L)
Benjamin Palmer
Tom DiVicenzo

Lineup

RF Ethan Harman
LF Jason Mathis
C Zach Walker
3B Aaron Green
DH Sam Pearce
1B Jesse Lowe
SS Joe Mills
2B Jay Wagner
CF Jake Walsh

Reserves

C Dominik Fox
IF Bryan Taylor
IF Chase Lee
OF Chris Johnson
OF Connor Baker

Ice Hockey

Kai Lawson (GK)
Louis Kane
Eli Ellis
Alex Irwin
Bruno Morini
Jonathan Sachs
Lewis Stevens
Jay Griffin
Cooper King
Jack Williams
Dom Gill
Jin-Yang Yu
Bobby Wilson
Noah Gordon
Tyler West
Luke Reynolds
Daniel Cooke
Edwin Porter (GK)
Eli Baker (GK)
Corey Roy
Danielo Armani
Ryan Briggs

by **South Newlandia** » Wed Nov 24, 2021 1:59 pm

Cutoff for MD1 of the Campionato Esportiva 31, Espo T20 II and Esportivan Baseball, Basketball, Ice Hockey, and Gridiron Trophies!
Teams with a MD1 bye will be listed in the tables starting on MD2.
If you notice any mistakes, please alert me ASAP!
*edit: fixed mistake in the cricket tables

Campionato Esportiva 31

Group A
Ethane 3–1 Bongo Johnson
Cheetahs and reptiles Coalison 0–0 Robostania

P Group A                        Pld   W  D  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts 
1 Ethane                           1   1  0  0    3   1  +2    3
2 Cheetahs and reptiles Coalison   1   0  1  0    0   0   0    1
  Robostania                       1   0  1  0    0   0   0    1
4 Bongo Johnson                    1   0  0  1    1   3  −2    0

Group B
Kaldtfjell 1–1 Castlelobruxo
Oduduwa Repulblic 1–3 Racing

P Group B                        Pld   W  D  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts 
1 Racing                           1   1  0  0    3   1  +2    3
2 Castlelobruxo                    1   0  1  0    1   1   0    1
  Kaldtfjell                       1   0  1  0    1   1   0    1
4 Oduduwa Repulblic                1   0  0  1    1   3  −2    0

Group C
Copper Cuprum 1–0 Damukuni
Le Choix 0–0 Zeta Reka and Hugeltaldom

P Group C                        Pld   W  D  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts 
1 Copper Cuprum                    1   1  0  0    1   0  +1    3
2 Le Choix                         1   0  1  0    0   0   0    1
  Zeta Reka and Hugeltaldom        1   0  1  0    0   0   0    1
4 Damukuni                         1   0  0  1    0   1  −1    0

Group D
A Random Place 1–6 Brenecia
Natanians and Nosts 2–0 Montego

P Group D                        Pld   W  D  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts 
1 Brenecia                         1   1  0  0    6   1  +5    3
2 Natanians and Nosts              1   1  0  0    2   0  +2    3
3 Montego                          1   0  0  1    0   2  −2    0
4 A Random Place                   1   0  0  1    1   6  −5    0

Group E
Polkopia 1–1 Sangti
Xanneria 1–0 Ha'Yarok

P Group E                        Pld   W  D  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts 
1 Xanneria                         1   1  0  0    1   0  +1    3
2 Polkopia                         1   0  1  0    1   1   0    1
  Sangti                           1   0  1  0    1   1   0    1
4 Ha'Yarok                         1   0  0  1    0   1  −1    0

Group F
Tumbra 1–0 East Murbley
Fhulghamous Peninsula 4–1 The Hinodejin Empire

P Group F                        Pld   W  D  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts 
1 Fhulghamous Peninsula            1   1  0  0    4   1  +3    3
2 Tumbra                           1   1  0  0    1   0  +1    3
3 East Murbley                     1   0  0  1    0   1  −1    0
4 The Hinodejin Empire             1   0  0  1    1   4  −3    0

Group G
Esportivan Darmen 2–0 Drehda
Gouvanarch 1–1 Ancherion

P Group G                        Pld   W  D  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts 
1 Esportivan Darmen                1   1  0  0    2   0  +2    3
2 Ancherion                        1   0  1  0    1   1   0    1
  Gouvanarch                       1   0  1  0    1   1   0    1
4 Drehda                           1   0  0  1    0   2  −2    0

Espo T20 II

Group A
Castlelobruxo 179/5 (20 overs)
Ethane 155/2 (20 overs)
Castlelobruxo wins by 24 runs

Gouvanarch 129/5 (20 overs)
The Grearish Union 205/7 (20 overs)
The Grearish Union wins by 76 runs

P Group A              Pld   W  D  L   NRR   Pts 
1 The Grearish Union     1   1  0  0  +3.800   2
2 Castlelobruxo          1   1  0  0  +1.200   2
3 Ethane                 1   0  0  1  -1.200   0
4 Gouvanarch             1   0  0  1  -3.800   0

Group B
Natanians and Nosts 149/3 (20 overs)
Sylestone 152/4 (15.4 overs)
Sylestone wins by six wickets

Tumbra 162/4 (20 overs)
A Random Place 180/5 (20 overs)
A Random Place wins by 18 runs

P Group B              Pld   W  D  L   NRR   Pts 
1 Sylestone              1   1  0  0  +2.252   2
2 A Random Place         1   1  0  0  +0.900   2
3 Tumbra                 1   0  0  1  -0.900   0
4 Natanians and Nosts    1   0  0  1  -2.252   0

Copper Cuprum 158/7 (20 overs)
Damukuni 166/4 (20 overs)
Damukuni wins by eight runs

Esportivan Darmen 236/5 (20 overs)
Ingla Terra 144/5 (20 overs)
Esportivan Darmen wins by 92 runs

P Group C              Pld   W  D  L   NRR   Pts 
1 Esportivan Darmen      1   1  0  0  +4.600   2
2 Damukuni               1   1  0  0  +0.400   2
3 Copper Cuprum          1   0  0  1  -0.400   0
4 Ingla Terra            1   0  0  1  -4.600   0

Esportivan Baseball Trophy

Group A
Ethane                        0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0  5
Gouvanarch                    0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0  4

Natanians and Nosts           3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  3
Super-Llamaland               0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 X  4

South Newlandia               2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2  7
Ha'Yarok                      0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0  1

P Group A                     Pld   W  L   RF  RA  RD    Win % 
1 South Newlandia               1   1  0    7   1  +6    1.000
2 Ethane                        1   1  0    5   4  +1    1.000
  Super-Llamaland               1   1  0    4   3  +1    1.000
4 Gouvanarch                    1   0  1    4   5  −1    0.000
  Natanians and Nosts           1   0  1    3   4  −1    0.000
6 Ha'Yarok                      1   0  1    1   7  −6    0.000

Group B
Copper Cuprum                 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1  1
The Hannasean Federation      0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 X  4

A Random Place                0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0  1
The Sherpa Empire             0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 X  4

Nova Anglicana (AZE)          5 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 11
Sangti                        0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0  1

P Group B                     Pld   W  L   RF  RA  RD    Win % 
1 Nova Anglicana (AZE)          1   1  0   11   1 +10    1.000
2 The Hannasean Federation      1   1  0    4   1  +3    1.000
  The Sherpa Empire             1   1  0    4   1  +3    1.000
4 A Random Place                1   0  1    1   4  −3    0.000
  Copper Cuprum                 1   0  1    1   4  −3    0.000
6 Sangti                        1   0  1    1  11 −10    0.000

Esportivan Basketball Trophy

Group
Natanians and Nosts 74–92 United
Fhulghamous Peninsula 67–72 Zeta Reka and Hugeltaldom
Nova Anglicana (AZE) 91–59 South Newlandia
Ha'Yarok 70–69 Sangti

P Group                        Pld   W  L   PF  PA  PD  Pts 
1 Nova Anglicana (AZE)           1   1  0   91  59 +32    1
2 United                         1   1  0   92  74 +18    1
3 Zeta Reka and Hugeltaldom      1   1  0   72  67  +5    1
4 Ha'Yarok                       1   1  0   70  69  +1    1
5 Sangti                         1   0  1   69  70  −1    0
6 Fhulghamous Peninsula          1   0  1   67  72  −5    0
7 Natanians and Nosts            1   0  1   74  92 −18    0
8 South Newlandia                1   0  1   59  91 −32    0

Esportivan Ice Hockey Trophy

Group A
Polkopia 5–2 United
Ethane 0–2 South Newlandia

P Group A                      Pld   W OW OL  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts 
1 Polkopia                       1   1  0  0  0    5   2  +3    3
2 South Newlandia                1   1  0  0  0    2   0  +2    3
3 Ethane                         1   0  0  0  1    0   2  −2    0
4 United                         1   0  0  0  1    2   5  −3    0

Group B
Gergary 3–0 Fhulghamous Peninsula
The Hannasean Federation 1–4 Kaldtfjell

P Group B                      Pld   W OW OL  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts
1 Gergary                        1   1  0  0  0    3   0  +3    3
  Kaldtfjell                     1   1  0  0  0    4   1  +3    3
3 Fhulghamous Peninsula          1   0  0  0  1    0   3  −3    0
  The Hannasean Federation       1   0  0  0  1    1   4  −3    0

Group C
Nova Anglicana (AZE) 5–0 Tumbra
Esportivan Darmen 8–3 Zeta Reka and Hugeltaldom

P Group C                      Pld   W OW OL  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts
1 Esportivan Darmen              1   1  0  0  0    8   3  +5    3
  Nova Anglicana (AZE)           1   1  0  0  0    5   0  +5    3
3 Tumbra                         1   0  0  0  1    0   5  −5    0
  Zeta Reka and Hugeltaldom      1   0  0  0  1    3   8  −5    0

Esportivan Gridiron Trophy

Group
The Hannasean Federation 13–30 A Random Place
South Newlandia 9–31 Nova Anglicana (AZE)
Fhulghamous Peninsula 29–10 United

P Group                       Pld   W  L   PF  PA  PD    Win % 
1 Nova Anglicana (AZE)          1   1  0   31   9 +22    1.000
2 Fhulghamous Peninsula         1   1  0   29  10 +19    1.000
3 A Random Place                1   1  0   30  13 +17    1.000
4 The Hannasean Federation      1   0  1   13  30 −17    0.000
5 United                        1   0  1   10  29 −19    0.000
6 South Newlandia               1   0  1    9  31 −22    0.000

by **Zeta Reka and Hugeltaldom** » Thu Nov 25, 2021 2:07 am

National Football Team of Zeta Reka and Hügeltaldom
Fudbalska reprezentacija Zeta Reka i Hugeltaldom, Rekadom-hügeltaldom Fussballnationalmannschaft
Campionato Esportiva 31
Team Information

Roster, Tactics & More

Starter Bios

Dejan Wasić (Goalkeeper – #01 – FK-PRD Ofau – Played for two Montreal clubs)
The number one man for a few tournaments, Wasić is well liked by coach Lu Jialan for his skills and temperament. Wasić has he ability to play up, and distribute accurately. When on the retreat, the former Montreal Koreana goalkeeper can stick into the mud, keeping the opposition at bay. “I’m confident in my ability to play the team’s beat” Wasić told reporters after he helped unveil the national team’s new uniforms.

Andrej Jehu (Center Back; Wide – #24 – Southern Hampton City – Ignored by NT scouts before the Jialan era)
A greenhorn in the National Team, Jehu was picked up thanks to analytical findings that favored the Southern Hampton City center back’s abilities. Jehu will be used to occupy wider spaces and play the ball as the team moves up. Jehu will also need to cover the wing backs and track back into a defensive shape. Jehu had experience with this kind of play for the national team at the U-21 level, where Jehu was a starter, and in his youth domestically as part the strong youth development program of FKP Ottowić Okrug.

Wlad Wlad (Center Back; Stopper – #03 – Lohr – Beat up Tequilo, moved to Tequilo, fled from Tequilo)
Former captain of the national team, and an experience players who’s played in Zeta Reka, Tequilo and Chromatika. Wlad Wlad’s experience can’t be found growing from the ground. With his age climbing, this cycle may be the last realistic shot for Wlad Wlad to start in a major match up, such as a Wold Cup game, or a regional final. Wlad Wlad was a part of the Baptism of Fire silver medal side, supporting his nation through thick and thin in a variety of roles. Wlad Wlad is able to pass long, causing some good assists. “Wlad^2” is an astute offense breaker, with strong physical gifts. He can mark well with his level of skill, but it might not work all the time.

Marka Krušlin (Center Back; Wide – #04 – Brookford Otters – Girl power)
Slowly working up through the ranks of domestic football, Krušlin moved from the Rekan Women’s League to the Nepharan First Division. Her talents as an olympian are still alive, as Krušlin looks for her big break against a Rekan glass ceiling which for much of her life was daunting. In the past few years, life seems to have become more chipper for the aggressive defender. Recently, the Brookford Otter has had a falling out with her agent and publicist, who Krušlin clams was exploding Krušlin’s gender for a quick buck. On the pitch, Coach Jialan has put Marka to work on the back right flank, and closer to the middle. To assist Krušlin, and perhaps Jehu, a center backs coach was added to the staff

Nikola Djordjewić (Left Back; Wingback – #05 – DD Porto Nowi – still DDPN’s great hope)
A player with no small amount of potential. With a few appearances for the National Team, this former youth International will look to clog up the opposition wings, and contribute to the scoring sheet with slick crosses and corners. Djordjewić is also recovering from a small muscle injury in the Rekan Leagues, but will start regardless. Should Djordjewić face any more issues, the smaller Marko Radojewić offers a similar strategic flare.

Zaur Luka Igorić (Right Back; Wingback – #06 – Parrhesia United – Brags about being first place in arrogance)
The ever arrogant, flashy, and athletic Zaur-Luka Igorić hasn’t endeared himself to the new management since the World Cup. However, Igorić has moved from an inconsistent big city side in Zeta Reka to the fruitful fields of Nepharan Football. “Like me or not, I’m a thoroughbred,” Igorić told fans and critics on social media, “I play against the best, and I’m one of them.” Tactically, the Ogroven born wingback is the tactical wild card of the side, capable of every offensive need a team has, and with bravery to go against the grain, and his coach.

Stani Gröss (Defensive Midfielder; Deep Lying Playmaker – #07 – 1830 Cathair – Captain of the team)
One of the most tenured players in national team, Gröss is a high end player with one of the strongest pedigrees in Rekan football history. With this tournament, Gröss has entered a proud lineage of Rekan captains. “It is an honor to go from the small towns to leading on Esportiva’s biggest stage,” Gröss said on social media in response to congratulations from fans. While Gröss isn’t the only deep lying player for his club, the legendary 1830 Cathair, Gröss is one of the most recognized and respected athletes in Zeta Reka. On the pitch, Gröss will take use of his mature and intelligent marking abilities to make deep passes while also holding the opposition down. A now aging Gröss has begun to incorporate more tactics and less speed into his game, at least at the International level.

Stanimir Rekawić (Central Midfielder; Box-to-box – #10 – The highest ranked Rekan in The Zenith)
A strong season in the Rekan League followed before Nephara’s Corret Hawks bought Rekawić’s services and another chance at stardom. The son a famous female poet, Rekawić plays with beauty. Solid pass and runs, accurate long balls for runners, and a never say die attitude define Stanimir and his way of playing for the National Team. “This is a player the team is built around,” Rekan sports commentator Luka Lukić told a TV audience, “and with good reason. Stanimir is one of the top talents, and I feel he could play in any locker room.” Not everything Lukić said was positive “What I am concerned with is that the team plays down the flanks, not the center, so don’t expect play after play from this Rekawić kid.”

Marko Zup (Central Midfielder; Attacking Midfielder – #11 – Needs a bib when he sees a ball)
Zup has been directed to play into odd spaces, with runs into the box. Zup on the pitch is quiet, almost animalistic on the attack, with aggression, durability and agility wrapped up in of the better Rekan finishing touches. Zup will be the most attacking midfielder, and on the counter Zup could be one of the most dangerous players in the entire competition.

Fenstermacher “Fen” Scwrazhammer (Forward; Striker – #08 – The heaviest player on the team)
The top player at Aleiusia Capital, Scwrazhammer is a self described “gym rat” with physical gifts among some of the biggest hosses in football. He’ll play near the front, pushing around defenders and staying a constant threat on the left side.

Bogdan Rawić (Forward; Deep-lying – #09 – Vrooooooooooooooom-vrrrrrooooooooom-vrrrrrrrr...)
Bogdan Rawić, longtime scoring king for the nation team, has been given an unexpected and experimental role in this tournament by Jialan. Rawić’s place on the team is to lie deep, acting as a link to both the wings and center of the pitch. The diminutive striker has had experience as the sole striker for the National Team, and is thus used to the feeling of fluidly marauding around the pitch. Despite showing some age in the last tournaments, Rawić maintains speed and agility in his back pocket. When he’s not playing football, Rawić is giving back to the small communities of Zeta Reka via his Rawić Foundation’s “Rebuild The Villages” social campaign.

Full Roster

Players
Num/Name                     Pos     Age[1] Cap     Gls    Ast    Ht.       Club[2]
01 Dejan Wasić               GK      31     52      0      0      1.93m     FK-PRD Ofau
12 Zlatko Wukowić            GK      28     75      0      0      1.86m     Lonngeylin City (VIL)
34 Djuro Sanja               GK      26     0       0      0      2.02m     Hüelhunde FK[3]
24 Andrej Jehu               WCB     22     0       0      0      1.78m     Southern Hampton City (ETN)
03 Wlad Wlad                 CB      28     90      4      3      1.93m     Lhor (CMT)
04 Marka Krušlin             WCB     28     21      0      0      1.77m     Brookford Otters (NPH)
35 Wladmir Krammnik          WCB     27     0       0      0      1.88m     FK Vselitamak (PYA)
13 Karlo Gabrielstein        CB      25     2       0      1      1.79m     Slaterport Bulls (VLD)
15 Luka Djordić              WCB     20     0       0      0      1.82m     Ogroven Vanguardi FK
05 Nikola Djordjewić         LWB     23     6       0      1      1.80m     DD Porto Nowi
06 Zaur-Luka Igorić          RWB     24     71      7      18     1.77m     Parrhesia United (NPH)
07 Stani Gröss (c)           DM      29     104     0      19     1.74m     1830 Cathair (AUD)
10 Stanimir Rekawić          MF      25     70      11     16     1.74m     Corert Hawks (NPH)
11 Marko Zup                 MF      21     26      11     6      1.74m     Myana (CMT)
27 Marko Radojewić           LWB     24     0       0      0      1.63m     Ogroven Vanguardi FK
17 Yuri Kewić                RWB     28     57      1      12     1.73m     DD Porto Nowi
28 Marko Danojlić            L/RWB   25     0       0      0      1.67m     VZRH Matov-Uri
18 Marko Desimirić           DM      19     0       0      0      1.77m     Aleiusia Capital
21 Wladoslaw Dorboslawić     MF      23     1       0      0      1.73m     Tor (CMT)
22 Tim Ulrich                MF      19     0       0      0      1.79m     Aleiusia Capital
08 “Fen” Scwartzhammer       ST      24     21      10     0      1.82m     Aleiusia Capital
09 Bogdan Rawić              FW      26     111     71     6      1.66m     Lokomotive Jarnstad (SVJ)
19 Arnald Gal                ST      25     71      24     5      1.76m     CSKA Quebec (QUE)
20 Dino Näher                FW      22     0       0      0      1.80m     Umnama'kik-Inverness 1877 (QUE)
[1]As of transfer window 33
[2]Abbreviations of nationsAUD: Audioslavia
CMT: Chromatika
ETN: Ethane
PYA: Pyazhnaya
QUE: Quebec
SVJ: Savojarna
VIL: Vilita
VLD: Valladares

[3]loaned from Aleiusia Capital
[4]Formaion: 3-5-2 (3-3-2-2)

Staff
Head Coach: Lu Jialan (age 62) (Yuezhou)
Assistant: Iwano Popowić (age 53)
Assistant/Analyst: Mitar Rajačić (age 31)
GK Coach: Wiktor Slobodanowić (age 60)
Center Backs Coach: Wladmir Bogdanić (age 33)
Trainer: Andrijana Protić (age 52)

Formation

Tactics

On Ball
Pass short
Limit time wasting
Avoid dribbles
Play from defense
Play wide
Focus on the flanks
Distribute to wide center backs
Off Ball
Stay solid
Defend the center
Get stuck in
Counter directly
Set piece depth chart
Free Kicks: Rekawić, Zup, Igorić, Jehu
Corners: Djordjewić (L), Igorić (R), Zup (L), Rawić (R)
Penalties: Rawić, Gröss, Rekawić, Zup, Igorić, Djordjewić, Scwartzhammer, Wlad Wlad, Krušlin, Jehu, Wasić

A sharp counter attacking system has been devised by Lu Jialan that mixes his own defensive “counter attacking” virtues with speedy, dangerous and trendy Rekan tactics. Jialan has made when accused of defensiveness showed through. The team is solid on defense, and will look to hoof the ball wide, or run at a brisk pace along the wings to prepare for overlaps and crosses. When getting chases to score, the team should take them, making a lot more shots than you’d expect from an allegedly dour and defensive team. Even if the scoring percentage is low, the talent of the squad should help.

Uniforms

Despite uniform maker Početak being investigated for money laundering, and Football Federation figureheads Ludewig Deppe and Jurgen Caffier being tied to the company, the uniforms are unchanged from the Cup of Harmony. After the raiding of the manufacture offices by federal tax officials, future contracts with Početak and the Football Federation will not be signed.

OOC:
Style Mod: -2
Nations who RP first may...
Choose my goalscorers: Y
Godmod scoring events: Y
RP injuries to my players: Y (I'll handle severity)
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Y
Hand out red cards to my players: Y
Godmod other events: Y

by **Sylestone** » Thu Nov 25, 2021 1:32 pm

SECOND-STRING SYLESTONE THUMP T20 NEWCOMERS

Round One:
Sylestone vs Natanians and Nosts @ Black Dolphin Arena, New Colk, South Newlandia

NEW COLK, SOUTH NEWLANDIA - Well, what a way to kick off the start of the second EspoT20. After Sylestone’s first side emerged victorious from the first edition, held on the nation’s very own pitches, the current test tour of Bollonich has ensured that only a few players from that victory would be playing in this one, allowing for the likes of Tumbra, The Grearish Union, The Licentian Isles and more to capitalise. However, with the latter two also having scheduled tests as part of the ongoing test season and appear to have many of their best T20 players away due to that, perhaps the Hawthorns may not be as gone as we originally thought they were.

Especially since almost every one of the players selected in this squad are in superb touch at the moment. Thanks to the completion of the Crash n’ Smash a few months back, national selectors have a good idea about which players are finding good rhythm with their respective arts. Even 16-year-old Kate Sonnel, who performed brilliantly for the Cleorough Devils with her wily leg-spinners, was selected despite her tender age and like everyone else, will be looking to carry across her good form into the tournament. But with many having never played together before, it will be interesting to see how they all gel on and off the pitch as a cohort.

And from the looks of the result of Sylestone’s opening match, it seemed as though they had gelled with optimal efficiency. On an even deck at the Black Dolphin Arena in New Colk, Liam Afosha won the toss and did not hesitate to send his opposition, Natanians and Nosts, into bat to try and pressurise the debuting nation right from the outset. A big call from the captain of a side who had announced six debutants to play, and one Afosha dearly hoped would not backfire during the run chase.

Natanians and Nosts began well, though, countering the early swing produced by Nathan Norwell and the pace from Leo Codrington, scoring 28 runs in the first four overs and forcing Afosha to make a bowling change, throwing the ball to Georgia Haines, going for the risky option of leg-spin in just the fifth over of the match, with the fielding restrictions still in place.

But it paid dividends. After the batters could only scramble a single run off her first four balls, she got one to sky her fifth into the safe hands of Brianna Eastwood at cover. Sylestone had their first, and the score was 1-29 after 4.5 overs, the run-rate only six. Although only one wicket had been ascertained, Sylestone were well and truly in the driver's seat. It was now up to them to capitalise on this advantage.

But they couldn’t. Despite tight bowling from the Sylestonean side, Natanians and Nosts recovered and recovered well, with the score at the ten-over mark 1-73, including a 13-run over from the bowling of Georgia Haines in the seventh over. Kate Sonnel and Liam Afosha bowled well throughout the middle overs, but the runs continued to flow rather well, with Georgia Haines’ third over also being taken to the cleaners. But just as the debutant side seemed poised to go real big with their opener having made a stylish, 42-ball fifty, Kate Sonnel slipped a wrong’un passed the advancing batter, with Stealom’s lightning gloves sealing the job to dismiss the Natanians and Nosts opener for a 47-ball 54. With the score now 2-110 with only 33 balls remaining, the defending champions had a much-needed wicket.

Two overs later, Sonnel had her second, picking up the opposition captain going for a wild hoick across the line, and only getting it as far as Samuel Cross at long-on, the score now 3-120 with 21 balls still remaining. Another 40-odd would probably be about par on this wicket, but with the quality death bowling of Samuel Cross and Leo Codrington standing in their way, Natanians and Nosts would be lucky to reach that target.

Some lusty blows from the Natanians and Nosts number five saw them get close, but Cross’s death bowling was tight as always, going for only 17 runs from his three overs, despite all three coming from the final five overs of the innings. In the end, Natanians and Nosts finished with an underwhelming score of 3-149 from their 20 overs, failing to make use of their 10 wickets while making a below-par total, putting Sylestone on top for the run chase. Individually, their opener top-scored with 54, while their number three made 45 not out from 39 balls and their number five hit two late sixes to score a quickfire, unbeaten 14-ball 20 to regain some momentum. For Sylestone, Kate Sonnel was easily the pick of the bowlers, bamboozling batters left, right and centre with 2-25 from her four overs, while Georgia Haines picked up 1-26 from three to round out a successful day for leg-spin. With Sylestone needing 150 runs at 7.5 runs an over on an even track, an enthralling run chase awaited the spectators at the stadium. Will the defending champions flex their muscles with an opening victory, despite playing with a second-string side, or will Natanians and Nosts upset the favourites?

Yash Ubuni certainly thought it would be former, signalling his intent right from ball one with a straight drive straight back over the bowlers head for four - a brilliant start from the experienced opener. He ploughed into the opening bowlers, while Brianna Eastwood played second fiddle, ticking the runs over at one end while Ubuni hit big shot after big shot, the score racing along at roughly ten an over. But with the 35-year-old also missing his fair share of balls, the end was always going to come, with Ubuni finally skying one directly into the hands of the Natanians and Nosts captain on the first ball of the sixth over, the score 1-47.

Two balls later, it was nearly 2-47, with the wicketkeeper missing an outside edge from Lachlan Cocrine’s bat, a big miss considering the form he’d been in ever since Sylestone’s T20I debut in Gruenberg three years ago. And Cocrine seeked to make them pay, scoring at an even quicker tempo than Ubuni, whacking the next two balls for a four and a six respectively to get his innings going. By the ten-over mark, the score was already 1-101, with Eastwood chugging along casually at one end on 36 from 28, while Cocrine was already on 28 from just 14 balls with four fours and a six.

But after hitting a six off the second ball of the eleventh over, Cocrine finally holed out, becoming the fourth player in the game thus far to sky a ball, this one going literally nowhere and being caught by the bowler, ending a 17-ball innings of 34 from the right-hander to essentially bring Sylestone home, needing only 42 runs from 56 balls and Eastwood looking well at home at the crease. Natanians and Nosts needed to get her, and soon, if they wanted to even have a slim hope of coming away with a respectable result.

So despite the loss of Samuel Cross in the following over, there was no real tension in the Sylestone camp, knowing that barring a miracle, they would be home with overs to spare. Brock Westleford came and went, too, going for the net-run-rate boost now that victory was all but assured and being dismissed for a 7-ball ten, before Liam Afosha helped Eastwood past a deserved fifty and hitting the winning runs on the fourth ball of the sixteenth over with a glorious cover drive, sealing a convincing six-wicket win with 26 balls remaining over a debutant side. Imagine what they could have done if it was the first side playing.

Now, with that win under their belt, the Hawthorns will be heading to Southground, Elephant Valley, for their second match against Tumbra. Despite finishing in fourth place last edition, the Tumbrans were surprisingly defeated by A random Place by 18 runs and will be out for a win, knowing that a loss to this second-string Sylestone side may all but send them home, especially in a group involving of the likes of The Sherpa Empire, too. The Tumbran side has experience, too, with four of their players also participating in the Crash n’ Smash, so they certainly have the ability. Will it be enough to hand one of the tournament favourites their first loss?

Only time will tell.

Natanians and Nosts 1st Innings
Batter                                         R   B  4s  6s   SR
Player 1         st Stealom b Sonnel          54  47   4   1  114.89
Player 2         c Eastwood b Haines          15  12   2   0  125
Player 3         not out                      45  39   4   1  115.38
Player 4 (c)     c Cross b Sonnel              6   8   0   0   75
Player 5         not out                      20  14   0   2  142.86
      EXTRAS     (1 b, 1 lb, 7 wd)             9
      TOTAL      for 3 wickets               149   (20 ov; 7.45 RPO)
Did not bat:   Player 6, Player 7 (+), Player 8, Player 9, Player 10, Player 11

FOW: 1-28 (Player 2, 4.5 overs); 2-110 (Player 1, 14.3 overs); 3-120 (Player 4 (c), 16.3 overs)

Sylestone Bowling
Bowler              Ov   M   R  W   Econ  Ext
N Norwell            2   0  17  0    8.5  (2 wd)
L Codrington         4   0  33  0   8.25  
G Haines             3   0  26  1   8.67  (1 wd)
L Afosha (c)         4   0  29  0   7.25  
K Sonnel             4   0  25  2   6.25  (2 wd)
S Cross              3   0  17  0   5.67  (2 wd)

Sylestone 1st Innings
Batter                                         R   B  4s  6s   SR
Y Ubuni          c Player 4 b Player 10       32  18   1   3  177.78
B Eastwood       not out                      55  42   8   1  130.95
L Cocrine        c&b Player 9                 34  17   4   2  200
S Cross          c Player 7 b Player 9         3   3   0   0  100
B Westleford     lbw b Player 8               10   7   2   0  142.86
L Afosha (c)     not out                      10   8   1   0  125
      EXTRAS     (2 lb, 5 wd, 1 nb)            8
      TOTAL      for 4 wickets               152   (15.4 ov; 9.7 RPO)
Did not bat:   A Stealom (+), N Norwell, L Codrington, K Sonnel, G Haines

FOW: 1-47 (Y Ubuni, 5.1 overs); 2-108 (L Cocrine, 10.4 overs); 3-118 (S Cross, 11.4 overs); 4-133 (B Westleford, 13.1 overs)

Natanians and Nosts Bowling
Bowler              Ov   M   R  W   Econ  Ext
Player 11            3   0  26  0   8.67  (1 wd)
Player 8             3   0  35  1  11.67  (1 nb, 4 wd)
Player 5             2   0  23  0   11.5  
Player 10            4   0  35  1   8.75  
Player 9             3   0  24  2      8  
Player 3           0.4   0   7  0   17.5  

Venue: Black Dolphin Arena, New Colk, South Newlandia
Toss: Sylestone won the toss and elected to bowl
Season/Tournament: EspoT20 II
Matchdays: Matchday One
Player of the Match: Kate Sonnel (SYL)
Debut: L Codrington (SYL), S Cross (SYL), B Eastwood (SYL), N Norwell (SYL), K Sonnel (SYL), A Stealom (SYL), B Westleford (SYL), Literally Every Player In The NTN Squad (NTN)
Umpires: Unknown
TV Umpire: Unknown
Reserve Umpire: Unknown
Match Referee: Unknown
Match Result: Sylestone win by six wickets with 26 balls remaining

Playing XI vs Tumbra @ Southground, Elephant Valley, South Newlandia

1. Yash Ubuni
2. Brianna Eastwood
3. Lachlan Cocrine
4. Samuel Cross
5. Brock Westleford
6. Liam Afosha (c)
7. Ashton Stealom (+)
8. Ross Amitt
9. Leo Codrington
10. Kate Sonnel
11. Georgia Haines

by **Tumbra** » Fri Nov 26, 2021 2:05 am

Tumbra 1-0 East Murbley

TMB (4-2-3-1): 1 - John Lennon; 18 - Josh Hindley, 4 - Ian Ashburn, 14 - Stephen Kerr, 19 - Nigel Harris; 6 - Vincent Hicks (15 - Craig McGrath, 74'), 8 - Trudy Harrison, 10 - Phil Cole (23 - David Burnet, 81'); 7 - George Hilton (17 - Valerie Wells, 62'), 9 - Robin Vaughn; 11 - Nick Riordan

TMB scorers: Phil Cole (31')

Player of the Match: Phil Cole (TMB)

Straton
TBC Election 2025 Coverage

Dan Jacobs: Thank you, David. Now, I think we really should have done this earlier, because Will Byrne looks like he's about to chew my head off if I didn't let him talk about the exit poll soon enough. And that's exactly what we'll do. Will, take us through the details of the exit poll, will you?

Will Byrne: Thank you, Dan; now below me, what I'm standing on right now, is a map of Tumbra coloured in with who each constituency voted for in the 2021 election. Three hundred and ninety-one seats voted for Labour, just one hundred and ninety-one for the Coalition, twenty-eight for the Moderates, twenty for the Greens, seventeen for the Conservatives and three for the Social Democrats. Lots of red, red not seen since Malcolm Haywood's third election victory in 1969.

But if we look at what Parliament became at the end of its term, then we've got something different altogether. Twenty-four pink seats, seven purple seats; those are the Progressives and New Democrats that split off from our two big parties over the issue of the Northlands and Peter Lindner's leadership of the Liberal Party, respectively. Labour were reduced to three hundred and sixty-eight; while the Coalition dipped to just a hundred and eighty-four seats.

But that's gone now; the 47th Parliament of Tumbra is gone, dissolved at the start of this election campaign.

The map goes grey.

Will Byrne: What we're going to do now is fill in this map with the results of our exit poll, the one you're seeing at the bottom of your screen. And here it is; colours filling up the map, as to how we think your seat will have voted according to this exit poll.

The map fills up.

Will Byrne: Still a lot of red, particularly in the north east, where a lot of the heavy hitters are; but as we move out west, the map becomes slowly bluer; there's a few more green spots, much, much less yellow and pink; but it's still, we think, going to be a Labour majority of 56.

Where this election will be won or lost, however, will be in the swing seats; and we've identified a hundred and thirty-nine of those seats that Peter Lindner has to win in order to secure an overall majority of just 2 in the House of Representatives and become Prime Minister. Here they are; ordered from most vulnerable to least vulnerable.

Will Byrne: Lots of red, we see, because they have to get seats back from Labour; but also a healthy sprinkling of yellow for the Moderates, dark blue for the Conservatives, green for, well, the Greens; as you can see up there, Springmont, the seat they lost in 2021 by just two hundred and fifty-seven votes after preferences; and purple for the New Democrats.

This is Peter Lindner's battleground; how far he makes it to the Prime Minister's office depends on how many of these seats he can flip from all these colours to Liberal blue. If he wants to become Prime Minister he's got to flip every seat, from Springmont and Guillemard North, which our guest John Murray lost in 2021, to Canberra, all the way down here, in Straton, which hasn't elected a Liberal MP since 2013. Let's see how far he makes it, now, on our exit poll.

Will Byrne: Makes it all the way down the first row, lots of blue there, that one orange spot — Shepperton East in Pesvern — look out for that, we think it's where the Christian Union is going to pick up their first seat in Parliament, lots of progress down the second row too, but then there's much less blue; much more red, the colours remaining red much down the third, fourth, fifth, sixth row, although there are spots of blue there, too; but the seventh row is entirely red. And that gives us our result; a Labour majority of 56, and a third term for Kenneth Everett. Dan.

Dan Jacobs: Interestingly enough, we've got predictions for every seat on the TBC.com website, if your seat wasn't featured on the wall of Lindner's battlefield; just put your postcode into the website and we'll be able to tell you where your seat. I think it's also worth noting, that elections to the Esportivan Parliament are going on tonight. Fifty seats, elected through proportional representation; and those votes are being counted alongside the constituency seats, though we won't have full results for that until the morning. Jessica, Professor Brown, any comments on that. Would the vote for the Esportivan Parliament possibly impact where and who the average voter puts down their "1" next to?

Prof. Stephen Brown: I think not; most people who can be bothered to vote for both the federal election and the Esportivan Parliament will be quite satisfied to put down their "1" for the same party. Certainly I think with some of the events that happened during the last days of the election campaign — the South Newlandian decision to enact a Ministry specifically opposing the Tumbran expansion, of course — might have swung some voters over to, say, the Conservatives. But I think by and large foreign policy was a rather muted topic; Esportiva, too, was a rather muted one outside of the western reaches of the country, and not many people will be looking to put their "1" for two different parties.

Jessica Pryce: It's also worth noting that turnout will be higher for this election than in future Esportivan Parliament elections, because they don't sync; Esportivan Parliament elections are held every five years, while federal elections are held every four years. It's worth noting, though, that the act to establish elections for the Esportivan Parliament didn't make voting mandatory; and we'll only see, I think, the true appetite for the Esportivan project in five or so years time, when we get the first non-mandatory elections for it.

Prof. Stephen Brown: It'll be in the news for a while yet, though, as alternative arrangements for the Esportivan Parliament are being thought of; I think with the election of the Christian Union in Pesvern the chances of the Parliament building being built in Shepperton are close to nil. The last I heard was that the Everett government was intending to build it in either Southport or Bencoolen, with Kingsbury being a third alternative; Kingsbury looks to be where the temporary headquarters of the Parliament are going to be set up as the federal government looks for places to set it up after, well the negative response from Pesvern.

Jessica Pryce: It was very nice symbolically, the Parliament in Tumbra opposite the executive in Damukuni, since Shepperton and East Town there are border towns there; but I think the Prime Minister, surprisingly, made a mis-step when it came to the location of it. Pesvern has long been the least friendly state to Esportiva, and every poll conducted there on whether joining the Esportivan Union was a good thing has come out stridently negative. To slap the biggest sign of Esportiva in the least Esportiva friendly state, I think, reeked of arrogance; and was what gave the Christian Union the impetus to win.

Dan Jacobs: Perhaps that's something David up there can ask his next unfortunate Labour guest up in the little parlour he's got —

David Vance: Oh, believe me, I'm looking forward to it, Dan.

Dan Jacobs: I'm sure of that, David; you always manage to be a tough interviewer. Let's go now, however, throughout the country; we've got reporters up and down Tumbra, ready to report from various counting halls throughout it. School auditoriums, community centres, all of these have been re-purposed throughout the night. But that's not all; we've also got reporters in various metropolitan areas, ready to find out what the common man on the street thinks. We're going to take you to Nantwich, the site of a close battle — two close battles, really! — between the Progressives and Labour; and our reporter Gilian Butler.

The scene cuts to Gilian Butler, standing in a Nantwich pub.

Gilian Butler: Yes, I'm in Nantwich right now, where we're shacked up in a pub, full of voters watching our election coverage.

The crowd cheers.

Gilian Butler: So we're here to place our pulse on the mood of this city; which has two seats, and voted Labour by 11.8% and 12.7% in these two seats. But their MPs have crossed over to the Progressives, and it's expected to be quite close. We've managed to find someone who's willing to tell us about how they voted; Sir, how did you vote for your constituency?

The voter, a man in his mid-50s and evidently a member of the working class, speaks into the microphone.

Voter 1: I live in Nantwich North - 'ere, she's the one closer to the coast, that is - and 'ave done so me 'ole life. And I voted Labour.

The crowd cheers in approval.

Gilian Butler: Any reasoning as to why you voted Labour?

Voter 2: Well, I've voted fer Labour since I was allowed to; and I see no reason why I should vote for anyone else. The PM's made life be'er for people like me, and I think it's right he gets my vote.

Gilian Butler: Did you ever consider voting for the Progressive Party?

Voter 1: They're a big buncha softies who don't care about Tumbra, and want our country to be weak; that's why they left Labour, and showed their true colours. I'll tell ya, they want to make Tumbra look weak by pulling out of the Northlands; well I want to tell those fanne—

The crowd cheers in approval, again.

Gilian Butler: Thank you. Next up we've got another voter; mind telling us how you voted?

This time, the voter is a man in his mid-20. He's at a table with several of his friends, all dressed like they've come back from work (which is strange, considering Election Day is a federally mandated public holiday) and looking rather uncomfortable at the open pro-Labour bias this pub shows. They look rather darkly at the exit poll, too. His accent is more clipped, more refined, and more in line with what you'd call standard Tumbran.

Voter 2: I live in Nantwich South, and I put the Progressives ahead of Labour.

The crowd jeers in disapproval.

Gilian Butler: Not a very popular choice, it seems.

Voter 2: No, doesn't seem so.

He conjures up a dry chuckle that doesn't really convince.

Voter 2: But I put the Progressives ahead because I believe my local MP, Quentin Addams, has done a good job; and I want to continue sending him back to Parliament. I feel like elections should be a local matter, and well, Mr. Addams has done an excellent job as my local MP, which is why I voted for him.

A voice in the crowd shouts "He's a wanker!" It is, however, not clearly picked up by the TBC microphone, though Voter 2 hears it. He steels himself in response.

Voter 2: Well, contrary to that remark, I think Mr. Addams has done a fantastic job. I also think the Progressives have a better vision for Tumbra than any of the other parties, including Labour; and I think that if we keep going down the path we're going we're going to end up as international pariahs.

The crowd jeers in disapproval, again. Loud boos can be heard. Gilian Butler musters up a smile, while Voter 2 stares back into his glass of beer, looking rather sheepish.

Gilian Butler: Thank you.

Voter 2: Quite.

Gilian Butler: Well, the atmosphere in this bar is quite pro-Labour - it remains to be seen whether this is repeated throughout the two constituencies of Nantwich, We'll be bringing you more live coverage from Finnley; until then, this has been Gilian Butler. And now back to Dan in the studio.

Dan Jacobs: Thank you, Gilian. A rather hostile atmosphere, that; and I suspect Will's got a graphic for that, too.

Will Byrne: Indeed, Dan; behind me are the twenty-four Progressive seats that the caucus went into the election with. Now our exit poll says they're going to leave this election with only six seats; this is what we think is going to happen.

Will Byrne: A sea of red; MPs escaping mostly by the skin of their teeth. Both Nantwich seats going red; and by a lot, too. Of the two co-leaders that led the Progressives into the election, you've got Mandy Ellis in Caldwell North surviving; but Marc Denney, MP for Tonbridge, being swept up in this wave of red. So will Joyce DeCerce, we think, down in Newark, the party's foreign affairs spokesperson and amongst the most vocal opponents of the Northlands affair; as well as Kim Paterson, MP for Killiney Ophirwood, the Progressive spokesperson on trade. A highly disappointing night for them if this is true. And back to you, Dan.

Nova Anglicanan Admin Zone in Esportiva vs Tumbra - Campionato Esportiva 31, Matchday 2

Starters: 1 - John Lennon; 2 - Ryan Hughes, 5 - Harry Henderson, 14 - Stephen Kerr, 19 - Nigel Harris; 6 - Vincent Hicks, 8 - Trudy Harrison, 10 - Phil Cole; 7 - George Hilton, 9 - Robin Vaughn; 11 - Nick Riordan

Bench: 12 - Frank Johnson, 13 - Victoria Jones; 18 - Josh Hindley, 4 - Ian Ashburn, 20 - Douglas Moore, 3 - Chris Carter; 15 - Craig McGrath, 16 - Alan Morgan, 23 - David Burnet; 17 - Valerie Wells, 21 - Lynne Crossley; 22 - Nigel Erskine

by **The Sherpa Empire** » Fri Nov 26, 2021 4:59 am

(OOC: I've edited my earlier post to add rosters for cricket and hockey and fix a careless error on the baseball roster)

The Sherpa Empire sometimes tried to be modern, democratic, egalitarian -- but it wasn't very good at it. Secularism had never gained much traction, and republicanism had recently suffered a major blow when Empress Yahia inherited the throne. She socialized with pop culture celebrities like athletes and singers; and she invited left-leaning politicians to the palace almost every week, which caused many people on the left to lose all sense of urgency about abolishing the monarchy.

Sexism, homophobia, and transphobia were still widespread and widely accepted. This meant women's sports didn't get the same attention as men's. Women's SIBA teams drew smaller crowds than the men's teams, they made less money, and the national baseball team that competed in the WBC was still almost all male.

But between the WBC and the SIBA season, the best male players already had a lot on their plates. They didn't have the time or the physical stamina to add the Esportivan Baseball Trophy to their already-busy schedules. Rather than sending second string players, various people had suggested sending a women's team, and the Sports Department had agreed.

Some of the players wore sporty clothes all the time, at the ballpark or not. Others arrived in South Newlandia in colorful silk dresses, traditional striped aprons, head wraps, and ornate jewelry. Sumchog Thapa and Chonzom Rai showed up looking like stereotypical yak herder's wives, and you would have never guessed just how much muscle they were hiding under their bright silky sleeves.

They knew exactly why they were there, though. Rai occasionally had to flip her long braided hair out of the way after throwing a pitch, but that didn't stop her from holding the team from A Random Place to just a single run.

by **Fhulghamous Peninsula** » Fri Nov 26, 2021 6:48 am

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The Football Fallacies
with The Man from Markovsky

FROM COUNTRY TO COLONY (WILL THINGS BE DIFFERENT THIS TIME?)

Never in my life will I ever make a bet such as that again. I knew I shouldn’t have said anything about eating soup made out of my own sweaty socks. I should have known that the disappointment was going to be inevitable no matter what. This bet is going to have dire consequences on my health for years to come!

Hello and welcome to The Football Fallacies. Right, our eyes are not deceiving you at all, lads. I’m back! I’m back after I almost killed myself eating a soup made out of my own sweaty socks because of a bet I made with you guys about the Jenna Raven Cup. Now if you’re not aware, I said in a previous post covering the Jenna Raven Cup that I was going to boil my own socks and eat the resulting soup if Abanhfleft didn’t manage to make it through to the playoffs of the Jenna Raven Cup. And guess what happened? We didn’t make it through! And since I am a man of my word, I had to go through with my own bet and make that bastard soup! But now I’m back, I’ve been cleared to return to duty, and once again I have been tasked with covering the Fhulghamous Peninsula in the Campionato Esportiva once again. So far, I’ve been able to see this team made up mostly of janitors and teachers and assistant bank managers claim bronze in one Campionato and then follow that up with a no-show in the playoffs in the next Campionato. Which probably explains why Antonis Papadimitriou has decided to call up some players who are actually, you know, players. Players such as Bruno Bravo, Spyros Mylonas, and Anselmo Iñiguez, players who actually play for teams that the viewer base of Gaelic Gamers knows about.

And then you look at the group where the Fhulghamous has been drawn and you begin to understand why Antonis had to call up actual professional players for this Campionato. I mean, when you’ve been put in the same group with the bloody two-time reigning champs Nova Anglicana, one-time champion Hinodejin Empire, and Tumbra, then you just know that you need both good players and a dose of luck to just get out of this place. And we have to play the bloody Hinodejins first! Like, can you even just imagine being some accountant from Port Thimpodopoulos or construction worker from Besanza and then being told that your first game in an international football competition being the bloody Hinodejin blooming Empire? I wouldn’t be surprised if any of these bastards fainted once they saw the draw! I know I would.

But despite all that, against all the odds, the Fhulghamous did it. They've only gone and bloody done it! This team that's mostly made up of part-time players with different full-time jobs most other days of the year have managed to beat the best players of the blooming Hinodejin Empire! I honestly don't know how they've done it. Maybe Antonis gave them a speech so inspiring that they just couldn't let him get disappointed. Maybe the pros told the semi-pros that there was nothing to lose by playing just like they always did. Or maybe the semi-pros weren't blinded at all by the glitz and glamour of the Hinodejin. I'll tell you what though; you never would have expected a result like this a decade ago! Remember that time? Remember when the Fhulghamous and Copper Cuprum co-hosted the Campionato where the Hinodejin won? Has it really been a decade since? Honestly, it feels like it's been much longer…

But your eyes aren't deceiving you. The Fhulghamous Peninsula did indeed beat the Hinodejin Empire by a score of 4-1. And you know what the scary thing was? All of the goalscorers in this game were from the Fhulghamous! Yes, even the singular goal for the Hinodejin was actually an own goal by Eric Alferez! I can't remember if he's ever scored a goal for the Peninsula before but he certainly wouldn't want to remember this one! But you know who’s going to remember this game for the rest of their life? Anselmo Iñiguez. Imagine almost not being able to represent the place you were born because of some idiotic strategy (well, I can say that now that it hasn’t paid off, right?) limiting the Fhulghamousian national team to those players who are only playing within the colony. That must have been hell for Anselmo, given how he’s become a fast-rising star within Copper Cuprum’s Atletico Bed Deg. But good thing Antonis decided to change his mind about that policy, and now Anselmo gets to remember that he scored a brace in his debut for the Peninsula! And against the bloody Hinodejin Empire as well! Never mind that both of his goals were what the youth of today call "sweaty goals"; a brace is a brace, and the only thing Anselmo will rue about today is the fact that he could have had a debut hat trick. Oh well. A debut brace for your national team is still a good thing no matter which way you look at it.

And Anselmo's not the only debutant to get in on the action. Eulalio Acosta also made his first ever appearance for the Colonists when he replaced young Anselmo Iñiguez in the 75th minute, and he immediately showed everyone that he still had the goods despite being a 32-year-old striker plying his trade in the Chiefdom with the South Ons Deg Rabbitohs. Eulalio may not be quick, and he may not be that good in the air, but he's definitely strong enough to hold his own against one or even two defenders. In fact, Eulalio would have been a perfect striker under Antonis's route one football system, but because he was stupid and decided to call up only local players, Eulalio didn't get his first cap until he was in the tail end of his prime years. And the Peninsula sure could have used someone like him in those previous Campionatos! At least they're still able to reap the rewards while Eulalio is still around to play for them, but given his age, he’s most probably got only one more Campionato left in the tank after this particular one.

Well, that’s all that there is for me now. If you’ve got any comments or thoughts of your own about the match against the Hinodejin Empire or predictions for our match against East Murbley then feel free to leave them down below. Until then, I’ve been the Man from Markovsky, hoping that I won’t be disappointed by my country’s colony once again.

FHULGHAMOUS PENINSULA 4 - 1 THE HINODEJIN EMPIRE
    IÑIGUEZ (8', 50')       ALFEREZ (43' o.g.)
          BIROS (20')
         ACOSTA (79')

by **Copper Cuprum** » Fri Nov 26, 2021 7:34 am

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The Football Fallacies
with The Man from Markovsky

NOW I HAVE TO COVER COPPER CUPRUM TOO!?

Hello and welcome to The Football Fallacies. Right, well, now this is a new low for me. I’ve gone from exclusively covering Abanhfleft football games to covering everything from the Democratic Republic to the Fhulghamous Peninsula, and now covering Copper Cuprum has been foisted upon me also. At least I was spared the sight of watching a bunch of grown men running around a pitch wearing only loincloths and shin pads. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, believe it or not, before this Campionato, that was how Copperite players played their football, at least internationally. No shirt, no shorts, no cleats; just a piece of white cloth wrapped around their naughty parts and only shin guards to protect their legs. At least their goalkeeper had gloves as well. Even they knew better than to attempt to catch a football traveling at at least ninety miles per hour with their bare hands. Or maybe they know from experience. Anyway, my point is that the Copperites now have their own kits, which unsurprisingly enough is very similar to the kits that they wear for when they’re playing rugby. Why it took them this long to decide that modesty is the way to go, when they’ve got kits for their own league’s teams, is still a mystery to me and will probably remain so to my deathbed.

Well, enough faffing about with kits. We’ve still got a game of football to talk about. Not that there’s much to talk about it except for the fact that it’s Copper Cuprum just beating Damukuni. Yes, the same Damukuni that seems like they’re favorites for the Campionato but end up bottling the whole thing. Well, maybe not all the time, but I can’t remember Damukuni ever making it as far as the Campionato final, so who knows? That being said, Copper Cuprum have never made it as far as the Campionato’s final as well, but the difference is that nobody really expects Copper Cuprum to make it to the Campionato final anytime soon. Sure, they qualify for the Campionato and are usually good enough to get out of the groups, but you don’t expect the Miners to make a deep playoff run every time they play, do you?

Look, truth be told, it looked to me like both teams were playing to not lose, and we all know what kind of football that creates. Chances were few and far between, and if you were an insomniac, the first 80 minutes of Copper Cuprum versus Damukuni in the 31st Campionato Esportiva would have been a good cure for those sleepless nights. In fact, watching that game lulled me into such a sleepy state that I actually almost didn’t register the fact that somebody had scored. And it wasn’t just anybody, it was 19-year-old substitute striker Kifarin Weteqa! What, haven’t heard of him? Yeah, me too. That tends to happen to anybody playing in the Fhulghamousian leagues who aren’t playing for Besanza Emeralds or Airbus Fhulghamous. I mean, have you even heard of Athletic Club Ixmurattin? Yeah, me neither. Which is exactly my point. How can I even judge a player’s performance against a team if I’ve literally never heard of him until the moment that he scored in a major regional competition? Looks like I’m due for a trip to the rabbit hole of Fhulghamousian football fan forums. Heh, alliteration. Do you like it?

Seriously, I’m almost out of things to talk about. How did Weteqa score his goal? Hamora Adupu simply lobbed the ball over the Damukunian defense, and a defender kept Weteqa onside at the most crucial moment for both teams. If it hadn’t been foi that defender, Weteqa’s goal would have been chalked off for offside, and this match would have most probably ended goalless. Oh well. At least Copper Cuprum got off to a winning start, just like the Fhulghamous against the Hinodejin Empire. Now that was a truly unexpected result. If you want to know more about that particular game then just follow this link.

Well, that’s all that there is for me now. If you’ve got any comments or thoughts of your own about the match against Damukuni or predictions for Copper Cuprum’s match against the Ceyne Isles then feel free to leave them down below. Until then, I’ve been the Man from Markovsky, hoping that I won’t be disappointed by three blooming national football teams all at the same time once again.

COPPER CUPRUM 1 - 0 DAMUKUNI
 WETEQA (83')

by **The Licentian Isles** » Fri Nov 26, 2021 10:10 am

The Montfort Times

The State of Play

With elections coming up in the Licentian Isles for the first time since this nation returned from its supernatural absence from Esportiva, it’s probably about time that the complex electoral system of these islands is explained to any outsiders who might have taken an interest in our politics. Designed to ensure equality between the four parishes, it’s a system of federalism taken to an extreme. It confuses Licentians just as much as it does outsiders. Let’s try and make things a little bit more clear.

Montfort Parish

Five years ago, the last time we had elections in the Isles, it was the strongest night in years for the Licentian Green Party, and nowhere was more of a sign of that than the capital. This most metropolitan of cities has long been a battleground between the Liberals and the Socialists, with Greens and Nationals largely picking up the scraps. Last time, with the two major Montfort parties fighting each other on their closest platform in years, the Greens were different enough that they snapped up thousands of votes that would normally go Liberal or Socialist, with big names in both parties falling to the Green wave. Most prominently, Socialist MA Fraser Laird lost his constituency seat, and subsequently the leadership of his party, at the hands of young upstart Cè MacMillan in Port Arran Central, while the Liberals’ national economy spokesperson Lewis Gibb lost his seat in Saltburn Sunnyside. That meant that the Greens, lead by MA Emma McCallum, took an unprecedented, but narrow, majority in the Parish Assembly, and have run Montfort since.

In a cutthroat world like politics though, nothing good (at least in the eyes of the Greens) truly lasts forever. McCallum’s group of Greens are widely expected to lose ground in this election, with many expecting that the Liberals, led in Montfort by Erin McArthur, will be the biggest beneficiaries. That’s because, in a city more international than any other in the Isles, the Esportivan question has very much been on the agenda, and those in favour of the Union are expected to do well. The Socialists, in order to play to their working class core that many believe they lost under Laird, have cast themselves in a mildly Esposceptic light, while the Liberals have been strongly in favour of greater integration. On the assumption that the Greens do lose some ground in Montfort, expect McArthur and the Liberals to be McCallum’s first call after election day in an attempt to form a coalition.

Abingdon Parish

Abingdon, of all the parishes in these Isles, is the one that could very much go either way after election day. The Socialists retained some of their influence here in a fallow year overall, and supported the Greens in sending Conor Hannah to the Federal Council, before struggling to decide where they stood on many of the issues that the Greens pushed forward. It’s only in the past few years, under new national leadership, that the Socialists have begun to establish a platform again, especially in Abingdon, where Juul Huisman’s message of supporting Licentian industry and fighting for the working class has played well in the East End of Abingdon, as well as in working class towns like Thornhill and Kirkton. It’s the Greens, meanwhile, who seem to be struggling to define their own identity. Some, like Stonehouse West MA Sionn Crerar, have argued that the Greens should fight the Socialists on that battleground, promoting their own local record, whereas others have been more in favour of promoting the national message of more Esportivan integration.

As such, what happens in this election might well be considered a referendum on the Esportivan Union in Abingdon. Very few would suggest that it won’t be either the Greens or the Socialists leading what is traditionally the most left wing parish in the Isles come the day after the election, it’s just who has the most seats in the Assembly, and what they choose to do with them. If the Greens take the most seats, as they did five years ago, expect either another coalition with the Socialists, or a move to work with the Liberals, who are hoping to grow in Abingdon this time around. If the Socialists gain power, then things are much more open. It seems most likely that they would simply reverse the arrangement with the Greens from the last five years, sending their own choice to the Federal Council. What is perhaps much more intriguing is the idea that, should the seat totals line up, the Socialist leader in Abingdon Ben Reilly might build an Esposceptic grand coalition of sorts, working with the Nationals and the small group of localists from the Pàrtaidh Gàidhlig. It might not fly well with some of his own MAs, but it would certainly send a message.

St Bart’s Parish

St Bart’s is the other parish, alongside Montfort, where the Greens gaining control five years ago was somewhat surprising. While it wasn’t as grand as the majority they gained in Montfort, they had enough power to take control of the Assembly in St Bart’s with the support of the Liberal Party. That’s meant five years where, since the return of the Isles to Esportiva, the outer islands have become a real gateway to the wider region for Licentians, like the geographic shield that they form around the mainland. Despite that, things haven’t been hunky dory for the Green-Liberal coalition. With growing representation in the assembly, the Partij voor de Dutch–Licentiërs has often acted as the kingmaker, but they were shut out of government by the Green-Liberal coalition. That has given perfect ammunition to the party and their leader, Noëlle van der Meer, who has spent this election cycle arguing that, with over 40% of the parish’s population being Dutch, they deserve strong representation in the parish’s politics. It’s an argument that the Greens have struggled to shout down, despite selecting Dutch-speaking Annelise Boskamp as their choice for Federal Councillor after the last election.

As such, whether the Greens will return to any power in the outer islands is up in the air. Despite Boskamp engaging with voters on the campaign trail in a way not often seen from an outgoing Councillor, polling suggests that her party are likely to pay the price for not including the PDL in their coalition after the last election. The Liberals, as junior partners, seem to have been less affected by this backlash: that’s been helped by the fact that their leader in the parish, Pim Peeters, has made very clear that the Liberals have before, and will in the future, include PDL representatives in their governments of the parish should they have the most votes. That means that we are perhaps more likely to see a Liberal-PDL government in St Bart’s after this election, though they may need support from another party to get their pledges through the Assembly.

Colesham Parish

Colesham is the parish that has perhaps become the most well-known for its politics outside these shores. In a nation that largely tends to the centre-left, the western parish has largely bucked that trend, regularly giving large swathes of their seats to the National Party, especially outside of the city of Colesham. With the strong stance taken by the Nationals under leader Alyssa Lamont against the Esportivan Union, one might wonder whether they will lose votes from moderates. The polling suggests otherwise: they’re riding higher in the polls than ever in Colesham, and that’s part of what has made this parish the most likely to see a majority government in this election, according to University of Montfort psephologist Professor Myrthe van den Bosch. Their coalition partners, the Liberals, have suffered as the junior partner. They’ve had to straddle the line of whether they act with the Nationals and support Esposceptic policies, going against the national party and losing some of their core votes, or whether they act against them and hurt their own polling in the parish. That dithering has perhaps hurt them more than if they had come down on one side or the other.

The other big question mark in this election in Colesham lies with the Conservative People’s Party and how much of an impact they will have in the next Assembly. Their leader, William Blair, has pioneered a strategy where he intends to focus the party’s constituency efforts on high-ranking Liberals and Nationals who he, and his party, believe haven’t been strong enough on the Esportivan Union. Despite her perception outside these shores as an anti-EU firebrand, that includes the seat of National leader Alyssa Lamont in Kirkross: Blair’s deputy, Mollie Currie, is aiming to unseat her. Some whispers coming out of LNP headquarters have suggested that, should they fall short of the numbers required to rule alone in Colesham, they would look to Blair and the CPP to form a coalition. That would be the first time that the populist right wing party had reached government in any parish, and would signal more strongly than anything else that not all Licentians are happy with further integration with our Esportivan neighbours.

by **Har Yarok** » Fri Nov 26, 2021 11:17 am

Selection of articles from Ha’Yaroki news media.

FOOTBALL: Green & Blues fall to added time heartbreaker

BASEBALL: Hosts breeze past Silver Stars

BASKETBALL: Raptors roar! Basketball team claims shock win on debut

FUNERALBALL: “Giant” of Labor Zionism honored

CRYPTOBALL: Security services struggling to deal with “industrial” levels of crime

by **Kaldtfjell** » Fri Nov 26, 2021 11:50 am

Dear diary,

I’ve not written my plans down here. That seems silly: I suspect that if I forget this, the first thing anyone looking for me will do is seek this out. There are already plenty of opportunities for me to get caught, I’m not giving them another.

The other reason I’m not writing my plans down is because I just don’t know yet. I don’t know where I could go that wouldn’t immediately send me back to Kaldtfjell. We’ve been taught so fucking little about the world around us that I have no way of knowing. If I stay here in South Newlandia, will I be forced back home? What about the Licentian Isles, or Brenecia, or Tumbra? I just don’t know.

The other thing is being able to play football again. I am already going to be giving up so much when I leave. My family. They aren’t with me, they weren’t allowed to leave. My mum, my dad, my sister Aasveig: all of them are back at home in Hornungsvagr. There’s every chance that if I follow through with this, I’m never going to see them again. All the friends I’ve ever known are at home. I don’t think I’ll be able to spend time with them any time soon either.

Well, not all of them. Viggo G and Asbjorn may well be coming with me. They are slightly easier to read than some of the others in camp, along with being younger. I think it’s only the young ones amongst us who are willing to consider the idea of never seeing anyone we love ever again. There’s less tying us down I suppose.

Viggo was the first person I asked. He plays for Treborg, so I’ve seen him in Hornungsvagr more than most of the others. He said that he’d been feeling pretty similar to me: it had taken a lot of willpower not to punch the wall when he got back to the dorms after what Sverre said. He’s angrier than me. I internalise a lot of it, I take it on myself and I bury it. He’s a firebrand, the kind of person who, if it wasn’t for the country we live in, would be speaking his mind about anything and everything.

Asbjorn is more like me. Calm, collected, and just quietly frustrated at everything that’s been going on. The other thing is that he is a clever guy. He knows all the things that we’ll need to think about before we go. Packing a go bag, talking to the right people, finding our way to an embassy. I thought for a little while that he’d planned this before by the amount of detail he went into. He says he hasn’t, but I’m still not sure if I believed him.

He’s the one that’s come up with the idea. I’m going to try and talk to a referee at one of our remaining matches. It depends on where they’re from: obviously, it’ll have to be somewhere upstanding and democratic. Asbjorn has that bit covered, he’ll tell me who to talk to and what to say. The only reason I’m doing the talking is I’m the one that’s most likely to be on the pitch. I’m going to be practising what to say like it’s a damn script.

It’s terrifying. Not just the thought of leaving it all behind, but of being caught. The fact is though, I just don’t know what else to do at this point. We have to leave. If we don’t, we’re fucked.

A. F.

by **Castlelobruxo** » Fri Nov 26, 2021 12:08 pm

Bruxoans kick off Espo in style
Castlelobruxo’s cricket players were among some of the happiest heading into the second Espo T20. They had had time to rest and had also played multiple domestic league games along with receiving contracts from Sylestone setting us up for a terrific Espo. The overall morale of the team was at an all new high and travelling to a new country in South Newlandia this would be an interesting prospect and it was. The players were visibly excited to get going and they would first face Ethane who were in fact ranked 11th in the world. This was going to be a difficult match but we would have fun regardless.
Playing in the Southgroud, Elephant Valley the toss could be crucial with the ground slightly in the favour of the bowling side. Ethane having won the toss chose to bowl putting is in a relatively difficult situation now as we would need to put up a competitive total while they could take a controlled approach to their batting which is a major advantage in this format of the game. Openers Spidergut and Flamescream looked to be getting into a rhythm however just as that was happening Flamescream threw away his wicket as the team was now down a wicket for just 23 runs. This hadn’t been the start we would’ve wanted, the runs were rolling in however losing a wicket so early wasn’t a good sign. To make matters worse we lost another wicket just 3 overs later as it was Spidergut this time, and with both of our openers back in the Pavillon and 47 runs on the board with 3 balls of the powerplay to go this had been an average start to the. Innings at best. We needed to conserve some wickets to accelerate towards the end of the innings. Fearsqwack being a solid batter held the other end as Stewsneer did most of the run scoring with Fearsqwack also making contributions. This had been a crucial partnership for us as we had negotiated a majority of the middle overs with acceleration in the remaining ones being our major goal. Fearsqwack’s dismissal was a big blow as this hampered the plans of immediate acceleration however not completely negating them. Demoncast coming to bat on fifth played a short cameo lasting only 15 deliveries before getting dismissed helping the team bring the score to a respectable total. Stewsneer managed to hold onto his end throughout this chaos and commotion on the other end scoring crucial runs that were required from him. Wormgut was the final wicket to fall with one ball to go which Stewsneer finished in style with a fabulous boundary. We had reached a commendable total of 179 which would definitely be defendable given how this pitch was known to favour bowlers.
Having a required run rate of 9 would be a difficult task for the Ethanian team, whose openers got off to a slow but steady start not losing any until after the powerplay. This wicket upsetted their scoring rate and became a difficulty for them to capitalise on the steady powerplay they had put up. Their batters struggled to get a good scoring rate as runs started to stagnate. The required run rate continued to grow with it reaching a breaking point with the fall of the second batter with 109 runs on the board with 4 and a half overs to go. This was now a required run rate of 15.8 for Ethane which rightfully seemed impossible to chase down and despite some very late accelerated scoring it was in vain as they fell short by 24 runs with the Castlelobruxo team recording their first win of the second Espo T20 putting us in a good position heading into the rest of the group stage of this Espo.

Castlelobruxo Batting
Batter                                           R   B  4s  6s   SR
B Spidergut       b Player 10                   26  18   3   1  144.44
B Flamescream     c Player 2 b Player 11        13   6   1   1  216.67
D Stewsneer       not out                       79  52   9   3  151.92
N Fearsqwack      lbw Player 7                  22  21   2   0  104.76
C Demoncast       c Player 5 b Player 9         17  15   0   1  113.33
F Wormgut         c Player 3 b Player 10        12   9   1   0  133.33
H Stewhiss        not out                        0   0   0   0        
      EXTRAS      (2 b, 4 lb, 3 wd, 1 nb)       10
       TOTAL      for 5 wickets                179   (20 ov; 8.95 RPO)
Did not bat:    H Bristlecharm, C Darkcape, D Swampbone, S Stewsneer

FOW: 1-23 (B Flamescream, 2.2 overs); 2-47 (B Spidergut, 5.3 overs); 3-104 (N Fearsqwack, 13.1 overs); 
     4-145 (C Demoncast, 17.3 overs); 5-175 (F Wormgut, 19.5 overs)

Ethane Bowling
Bowler               Ov   M   R  W   Econ  Ext
Player 11             4   0  37  1   9.25  (1 nb, 1 wd)
Player 10             4   0  25  2   6.25  
Player 9              4   0  41  1  10.25  (1 wd)
Player 8              4   0  33  0   8.25  
Player 7              4   0  43  1  10.75  (1 wd)

Ethane Batting   (Target: 180)
Batter                                           R   B  4s  6s   SR
Player 1          c Flamescream b Swampbone     57  53   2   1  107.55
Player 2          lbw Stewsneer                 21  20   1   0  105
Player 3          not out                       45  34   1   1  132.35
Player 4          not out                       24  13   0   1  184.62
      EXTRAS      (2 b, 1 lb, 5 wd)              8
       TOTAL      for 2 wickets                155   (20 ov; 7.75 RPO)
Did not bat:    Player 5, Player 6, Player 7, Player 8, Player 9, Player 10, Player 11

FOW: 1-46 (Player 2, 7.1 overs); 2-109 (Player 1, 15.3 overs)

Castlelobruxo Bowling
Bowler               Ov   M   R  W   Econ  Ext
S Stewsneer           4   0  32  1      8  (1 wd)
C Darkcape            4   0  23      5.75  
F Wormgut             2   0  19       9.5  (1 wd)
H Stewhiss            2   0  14         7  
D Swampbone           4   0  37  1   9.25  (3 wd)
H Bristlecharm        4   0  30       7.5  

Venue: Southground, Elephant Valley, South Newlandia
Toss: Ethane won the toss and decided to bowl first
Season: Espo T20 II
Matchdays: Matchday 1
Player of the Match: Dreadblink Stewsneer
Umpires: Nessa Allen, Griffin Danniell
TV Umpire: Hollie Bas
Reserve Umpire: Geneva Bishop
Match Referee: Lyda Martell
Match Result: Castlelobruxo win by 24 runs

by **Hannasea** » Fri Nov 26, 2021 1:38 pm

Selection of articles from Hannasean news media.

HATEBALL: Devastating MD1 for Black Butterflies

BASEBALL: Choughs make light work of Copper Cuprum

BASKETBALL: Davidson defends decision to skip EBT

HOCKEY~~BALL~~PUCK: Hannasea wins 4–1

~~FOOT~~HAND ~~BALL~~EGG: Amateurs crushed by even-more-amateurs

* Hannasea operates on even more fluid time than usual.
** Rather than half-assing a roster I will whole-ass a proper one in due course.

by **South Newlandia** » Fri Nov 26, 2021 2:26 pm

Cutoff for MD2 of the Campionato Esportiva 31, Espo T20 II and Esportivan Baseball, Basketball, Ice Hockey, and Gridiron Trophies!
If you notice any mistakes, please alert me ASAP!
*edit: fixed evil BBCode blunder (twice) (and the wording on this edit)

Campionato Esportiva 31

Group A
Bongo Johnson 3–3 Cheetahs and reptiles Coalison
The Licentian Isles 0–0 Ethane

P Group A                        Pld   W  D  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts 
1 Ethane                           2   1  1  0    3   1  +2    4
2 Cheetahs and reptiles Coalison   2   0  2  0    3   3   0    2
3 Robostania                       1   0  1  0    0   0   0    1
  The Licentian Isles              1   0  1  0    0   0   0    1
5 Bongo Johnson                    2   0  1  1    4   6  −2    1

Group B
Castlelobruxo 2–0 Oduduwa Repulblic
Gergary 4–1 Kaldtfjell

P Group B                        Pld   W  D  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts 
1 Castlelobruxo                    2   1  1  0    3   1  +2    4
2 Gergary                          1   1  0  0    4   1  +3    3
3 Racing                           1   1  0  0    3   1  +2    3
4 Kaldtfjell                       2   0  1  1    2   5  −3    1
5 Oduduwa Repulblic                2   0  0  2    1   5  −4    0

Group C
Damukuni 1–1 Le Choix
Ceyne Isles 4–3 Copper Cuprum

P Group C                        Pld   W  D  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts 
1 Ceyne Isles                      1   1  0  0    4   3  +1    3
2 Copper Cuprum                    2   1  0  1    4   4   0    3
3 Le Choix                         2   0  2  0    1   1   0    2
4 Zeta Reka and Hugeltaldom        1   0  1  0    0   0   0    1
5 Damukuni                         2   0  1  1    1   2  −1    1

Group D
Brenecia 1–1 Natanians and Nosts
The Hannasean Federation 3–4 A Random Place

P Group D                        Pld   W  D  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts 
1 Brenecia                         2   1  1  0    7   2  +5    4
2 Natanians and Nosts              2   1  1  0    3   1  +2    4
3 A Random Place                   2   1  0  1    5   9  −4    3
4 The Hannasean Federation         1   0  0  1    3   4  −1    0
5 Montego                          1   0  0  1    0   2  −2    0

Group E
Sangti 0–1 Xanneria
South Newlandia 1–0 Polkopia

P Group E                        Pld   W  D  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts 
1 Xanneria                         2   2  0  0    2   0  +2    6
2 South Newlandia                  1   1  0  0    1   0  +1    3
3 Polkopia                         2   0  1  1    1   2  −1    1
  Sangti                           2   0  1  1    1   2  −1    1
5 Ha'Yarok                         1   0  0  1    0   1  −1    0

Group F
East Murbley 0–0 Fhulghamous Peninsula
Nova Anglicana (AZE) 0–0 Tumbra

P Group F                        Pld   W  D  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts 
1 Fhulghamous Peninsula            2   1  1  0    4   1  +3    4
2 Tumbra                           2   1  1  0    1   0  +1    4
3 Nova Anglicana (AZE)             1   0  1  0    0   0   0    1
4 East Murbley                     2   0  1  1    0   1  −1    1
5 The Hinodejin Empire             1   0  0  1    1   4  −3    0

Group G
Drehda 0–2 Gouvanarch
Burgburgh 4–4 Esportivan Darmen

P Group G                        Pld   W  D  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts 
1 Esportivan Darmen                2   1  1  0    6   4  +2    4
  Gouvanarch                       2   1  1  0    3   1  +2    4
3 Ancherion                        1   0  1  0    1   1   0    1
  Burgburgh                        1   0  1  0    4   4   0    1
5 Drehda                           2   0  0  2    0   4  −4    0

Espo T20 II

Group A
Ethane 177/5 (15.5 overs)
Gouvanarch 175/5 (20 overs)
Ethane wins by 5 wickets

South Newlandia 193/8 (20 overs)
Castlelobruxo 161/2 (20 overs)
South Newlandia wins by 32 runs

P Group A              Pld   W  D  L   NRR   Pts 
1 South Newlandia        1   1  0  0  +1.600   2
2 Castlelobruxo          2   1  0  1  -0.200   2
3 The Grearish Union     1   1  0  0  +3.800   2
4 Ethane                 2   1  0  1  +0.415   2
5 Gouvanarch             2   0  0  2  -3.061   0

Group B
Sylestone 139/5 (13.3 overs)
Tumbra 135/9 (20 overs)
Sylestone wins by five wickets

The Sherpa Empire 165/4 (20 overs)
Natanians and Nosts 189/6 (20 overs)
Natanians and Nosts wins by 24 runs

P Group B              Pld   W  D  L   NRR   Pts 
1 Sylestone              2   2  0  0  +2.877   4
2 A Random Place         1   1  0  0  +0.900   2
3 Natanians and Nosts    2   1  0  1  -0.438   2
4 The Sherpa Empire      1   0  0  1  -1.200   0
5 Tumbra                 2   0  0  2  -2.097   0

Damukuni 178/9 (20 overs)
Esportivan Darmen 175/5 (20 overs)
Damukuni wins by either 3 runs or 1 wicket

The Licentian Isles 161/5 (18.3 overs)
Copper Cuprum 158/7 (20 overs)
The Licentian Isles wins by 3 wickets

1 Damukuni               2   2  0  0  +0.275   4
2 Esportivan Darmen      2   1  0  1  +2.225   2
3 The Licentian Isles    1   1  0  0  +0.803   2
4 Copper Cuprum          2   0  0  2  -0.594   0
5 Ingla Terra            1   0  0  1  -4.600   0

Esportivan Baseball Trophy

Group A
Gouvanarch                    0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0  2
Ha'Yarok                      3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X  3

Super-Llamaland               0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2  3
South Newlandia               1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 X  4

Ethane                        0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0  5
Natanians and Nosts           1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 X  6

P Group A                     Pld   W  L   RF  RA  RD    Win % 
1 South Newlandia               2   2  0   11   4  +7    1.000
2 Super-Llamaland               2   1  1    7   7   0    0.500
3 Natanians and Nosts           2   1  1    9   9   0    0.500
4 Ethane                        2   1  1   10  10   0    0.500
5 Ha'Yarok                      2   1  1    4   9  −5    0.500
6 Gouvanarch                    2   0  2    6   8  −2    0.000

Group B
The Hannasean Federation      1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4  5
Sangti                        0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0

The Sherpa Empire             0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0  5
Nova Anglicana (AZE)          0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0  1

Copper Cuprum                 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0  4
A Random Place                0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0  1

P Group B                     Pld   W  L   RF  RA  RD    Win % 
1 The Hannasean Federation      2   2  0    9   1  +8    1.000
2 The Sherpa Empire             2   2  0    9   2  +7    1.000
3 Nova Anglicana (AZE)          2   1  1   12   6  +6    0.500
4 Copper Cuprum                 2   1  1    5   5   0    0.500
5 A Random Place                2   0  2    2   8  −6    0.000
6 Sangti                        2   0  2    1  16 −15    0.000

Esportivan Basketball Trophy

Group
United 70–76 Sangti
South Newlandia 79–62 Ha'Yarok
Zeta Reka and Hugeltaldom 70–126 Nova Anglicana (AZE)
Natanians and Nosts 76–88 Fhulghamous Peninsula

P Group                        Pld   W  L   PF  PA  PD  Pts 
1 Nova Anglicana (AZE)           2   2  0  217 129 +88    2
2 South Newlandia                2   1  1  138 153 −15    1
3 Ha'Yarok                       2   1  1  132 148 −16    1
4 Sangti                         2   1  1  145 140  +5    1
5 Zeta Reka and Hugeltaldom      2   1  1  142 193 −51    1
6 United                         2   1  1  162 150 +12    1
7 Fhulghamous Peninsula          2   1  1  155 148  +7    1
8 Natanians and Nosts            2   0  2  150 180 −30    0

Esportivan Ice Hockey Trophy

Group A
United 8–4 Ethane
The Sherpa Empire 1–0 Polkopia

P Group A                      Pld   W OW OL  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts 
1 The Sherpa Empire              1   1  0  0  0    1   0  +1    3
2 Polkopia                       2   1  0  0  1    5   3  +2    3
3 South Newlandia                1   1  0  0  0    2   0  +2    3
4 United                         2   1  0  0  1   10   9  +1    3
5 Ethane                         2   0  0  0  2    4  10  −6    0

Group B
Fhulghamous Peninsula 1–0 The Hannasean Federation
Gouvanarch 0–3 Gergary

P Group B                      Pld   W OW OL  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts 
1 Gergary                        2   2  0  0  0    6   0  +6    6
2 Kaldtfjell                     1   1  0  0  0    4   1  +3    3
3 Fhulghamous Peninsula          2   1  0  0  1    1   3  −2    3
4 Gouvanarch                     1   0  0  0  1    0   3  −3    0
5 The Hannasean Federation       2   0  0  0  2    1   5  −4    0

Group C
Tumbra 1–1 Esportivan Darmen (1–2 OT)
Natanians and Nosts 2–3 Nova Anglicana (AZE)

P Group C                      Pld   W OW OL  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts 
1 Nova Anglicana (AZE)           2   2  0  0  0    8   2  +6    6
2 Esportivan Darmen              2   1  1  0  0   10   4  +6    5
3 Tumbra                         2   0  0  1  1    1   7  −6    1
4 Natanians and Nosts            1   0  0  0  1    2   3  −1    0
5 Zeta Reka and Hugeltaldom      1   0  0  0  1    3   8  −5    0

Esportivan Gridiron Trophy

Group
A Random Place 25–23 United
Nova Anglicana (AZE) 16–16 Fhulghamous Peninsula (22–19 OT)
The Hannasean Federation 7–6 South Newlandia

P Group                       Pld   W  L   PF  PA  PD    Win % 
1 Nova Anglicana (AZE)          2   2  0   53  28 +25    1.000
2 A Random Place                2   2  0   55  36 +19    1.000
3 Fhulghamous Peninsula         2   1  1   48  32 +16    0.500
4 The Hannasean Federation      2   1  1   20  36 −16    0.500
5 United                        2   0  2   33  54 −21    0.000
6 South Newlandia               2   0  2   15  38 −23    0.000

by **Natanians and Nosts** » Fri Nov 26, 2021 6:49 pm

by **Tumbra** » Sat Nov 27, 2021 7:46 am

Nova Anglicana (AZE) 0–0 Tumbra

TMB (4-2-3-1): 1 - John Lennon; 2 - Ryan Hughes, 5 - Harry Henderson, 14 - Stephen Kerr (20 - Douglas Moore, 64'), 19 - Nigel Harris; 6 - Vincent Hicks, 8 - Trudy Harrison, 10 - Phil Cole; 7 - George Hilton (17 - Valerie Wells, 64'), 9 - Robin Vaughn; 11 - Nick Riordan (22 - Nigel Erskine, 75')

TMB scorers: Nil

Player of the Match: Harry Henderson (TMB)

An hour has passed; the hosts have been explaining the ins and outs of Tumbran politics, and discussing how the night might go and what influenced it. A particularly rowdy discussion regarding whether voting should remain mandatory in Tumbra was the highlight of the hour; but apart from that most are waiting for either the first result or a representative from either the Progressives, New Democrats or Reform to discuss their absymal performance in the exit poll. With none forthcoming, the reporters are forced to entertain viewers with cutaways to the various leaders' counts; though with none of the leaders actually present at their count, it hasn't made for exactly riveting viewing.

Dan Jacobs: Hang on, hang on, I think we're close to a result in Wabash Central; the candidates, I think, are gathering on stage. We're going to go over now to Holly Mills, in Wabash; Holly, what are you seeing?

Holly Mills: Yes, Dan, I can confirm that the Returning Officer is on stage, now; the candidates are all on there with her, though I think we're about three minutes away from a declaration. Wabash Central is the fourth smallest electorate in the country, with a population of just over a hundred and twenty-one thousand registered voters; and they've made it a point to try and declare results as fast as possible. They declared first in 2017, and in 2021; both times the MP elected was Sarah Kozlowski, defending a two-party preferred majority of just over thirty thousand; last time her majority was thirty-two thousand over the Liberal candidate.

Dan Jacobs: Professor Brown, any comments on what we should be looking for here?

Prof. Stephen Brown: This should be a slam dunk for Labour, so what I think we're looking out for here is the margin, and the number of votes; if the Liberal candidate gets over thirty-three thousand first preference votes, then our exit poll, I think, is going to be quite off in favour of the Liberals; below thirty thousand and we're looking at a repeat of 2021. For Labour, it's the same story; anything above sixty-two thousand, I think, can be considered a good result for them; anything below fifty-eight thousand and we're looking at a smaller Labour majority.

Dan Jacobs: And the Progressives?

Prof. Stephen Brown: If they manage to save their deposit and add votes on that, then they'll have a good night tonight. If they scrape their deposit, they'll have about ten seats; if they lose the deposit, then they'll be on about par with what our exit poll says.

Dan Jacobs: So about five percent of the votes, which I think, on last time's turnout, would be about five thousand seven hundred. It's a high bar, for sure.

Prof. Stephen Brown: Definitely.

Holly Mills: The candidates are all gathered, I think they're ready to make a declaration.

The Acting Returning Officer, looking calm, steps up to the microphone; dressed in a black dress, she adjusts the microphone stand to her height. In contrast, quite a few candidates behind her look rather flustered; particularly the man in a suit wearing a pink rosette, in his late 40s. Quite a few seats are being declared in this counting hall tonight, all with different returning officers; she looks unperturbed, however, fiddling with the stand while holding the paper with the candidates' vote totals on it. Finally, she adjusts it to a comfortable height, and begins.

I, the undersigned, being the Acting Returning Officer for the Wabash Central constituency, do hereby give notice that the total number of first preference votes given to each candidate was as follows.

Brendan Davis, the Liberal Party candidate: thirty-one thousand, two hundred and twenty-four. 3-1-2-2-4.
Bruce Cowen, the Conservative Party candidate: two thousand, one hundred and one. 2-1-0-1.
Daniel Short, the Green Party candidate: nine thousand...(brief cheers) Excuse me. Can we get some quiet, please. Nine thousand, three hundred and thirty seven. 9-3-3-7.
John Davidson, the Social Democratic Party candidate: nine hundred and forty-seven. 9-4-7.
Martin Wright, the Movement for Reform candidate: four hundred and twenty-eight. 4-2-8. (laughs)
Paul Marshall, the Progressive Party candidate: one thousand, three hundred and twenty-nine. 1-3-2-9.
Samantha Hindley, the Moderate Party candidate: three thousand, four hundred and seventy-one. 3-4-7-1.
And Sarah Kozlowski, the Labour Party candidate: sixty-three thousand...(loud cheers)...sixty-three thousand, five hundred and twenty-six. 6-3-5-2-6.

And I do give notice that after counting preference votes, the total number of votes for the final two candidates was as follows:

Brendan Davis, the Liberal Party candidate: forty-one thousand, two hundred and five. 4-1-2-0-5.
Sarah Kozlowski, the Labour Party candidate: seventy-one thousand and one. 7-1-0-0-1.

And that Sarah Kozlowski is duly elected as the Member of Parliament for the Wabash Central constituency. The total number of votes cast was...

Dan Jacobs: And that's the first result of the night; Wabash Central goes to Labour. Sixty-three thousand votes for Ms. Kozlowski, Professor Brown; above your threshold for what you called a "very good result" for Labour, isn't it?

Prof. Stephen Brown: I think we're going to get an update to our forecast, which will be tweaked with these results; but yes. This is a very safe Labour seat, so it doesn't tell us much; it was always going Labour anyway. But what I think this does is essentially confirm that the exit poll is correct; you see a slight drop of two percent in the primary vote for Labour, a really small one; two percent, and about a one percent increase in the Liberal primary vote. When it comes to the two-party vote, the needle barely swings; it's about nought point eight percent, if my data is correct, a nought point eight percent swing in the Liberals' direction.

Dan Jacobs: The Greens launch themselves into third place, while the Progressives languish behind in sixth.

Prof. Stephen Brown: I think that essentially confirms the Greens as the main progressive opposition to the Labour party, what with the recent switch away from a progressive policy tack by the Social Democrats; people who want to vote for a left-leaning party but don't want to vote for Labour, either because they're too centrist or disagree with the Labour foreign policy have chosen the Greens. And that has left the Progressive Party in the lurch.

Jessica Pryce: It's also important to note the two point decrease in the Moderates' primary vote share; they've nearly lost their deposit, requiring three percent of the vote to go their way to retain it. This is bad news for the Moderates, but the big story here is that this essentially confirms our exit poll, even with the limited data at hand; and even if we're not getting the seat numbers entirely correct — we've not got enough data yet to forecast the rest of the election, the overall outcome is there.

Tumbra vs Fhulghamous Peninsula - CE31, MATCHDAY 3

Starters: 1 - John Lennon; 2 - Ryan Hughes, 20 - Douglas Moore, 5 - Harry Henderson, 19 - Nigel Harris; 6 - Vincent Hicks, 8 - Trudy Harrison, 10 - Phil Cole; 17 - Valerie Wells, 9 - Robin Vaughn; 22 - Nigel Erskine

Bench: 12 - Frank Johnson, 13 - Victoria Jones; 18 - Josh Hindley, 4 - Ian Ashburn, 14 - Stephen Kerr, 3 - Chris Carter; 15 - Craig McGrath, 16 - Alan Morgan, 23 - David Burnet; 7 - George Hilton, 21 - Lynne Crossley; 11 - Nick Riordan

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