[CANCELLED] 1st Interdimensional Cycling Tournament

by **Kharao** » Mon Jan 24, 2022 8:40 am

Unfortunately, due to a lack of entrants this tournament has been CANCELLED.

Welcome cyclists of the multiverse!
Competition Cycling International is proud to announce that Kharao has been selected as the host nation for the first Interdimensional Cycling Tournament for that nation's contributions to the sport. Cyclists of all nations and of most humanoid species are welcome to participate in this first edition of the tournament.

Registration • Happenings [Coming Soon] • Future Tournaments [Coming Soon]

How to Register
To sign up, simply create a reply to this thread containing the following information:

The name of each cyclist being entered
The primary sponsor of each cyclist
At least one secondary sponsor of each cyclist
Each cyclist's three-digit race number

Additional information to know:

The use of puppet nations to enter additional cyclists, while technically permitted, is discouraged.
You may enter as many cyclists as you like, but make sure to enter all the needed information for each one.
Race numbers must be unique. If a cyclist is submitted with a number that has already been submitted, that number will be adjusted by up to five digits to become unique. See the race number list below to determine if a number has been used yet.

For your convenience, a form containing all the necessary fields for registration has been provided below. Please use this form for each cyclist you wish to enter.

Code: Select all: [b]CYCLIST REGISTRATION[/b] [i]Cyclist Name:[/i] [i]Race Number:[/i] [i]Primary Sponsor:[/i] [i]Other Sponsor(s):[/i]

Race Numbers
The following race numbers have been claimed by cyclists or reserved for another purpose:

Kharao

Next Steps
Once you've replied to this message to register, you may wish to visit the Happenings thread for this tournament. There you will find the full tournament schedule and may roleplay for the cyclists registered to your nation. When the tournament has begun, the Happenings thread is where results for each round will be posted.

Additionally, if your nation is interested in hosting a subsequent edition of the tournament, you can visit the Future Tournaments thread to learn how to apply to be a host nation.

If you have any questions about the process or suggestions for improvement, they may be posted here and will be responded to within 48 hours.

by **Kharao** » Mon Jan 24, 2022 8:43 am

CANCELLED

Monday, 24 January 2022 • First Day to Register
Tuesday, 25 January 2022 • Future Tournaments Thread Created
Wednesday, 9 February 2022 • Last Day to Register
Friday, 11 February 2022 • Results of First Round Posted
Friday, 18 February 2022 • Results of Second Round Posted
Friday, 25 February 2022 • Results of Third Round Posted
Friday, 4 March 2022 • Results of Fourth Round Posted
Friday, 11 March 2022 • Results of Fifth Round Posted
Wednesday,16 March 2022 • Winner Announced
Friday, 18 March 2022 • Next Host and Tournament Dates Announced
Autumn 2022 • Second Interdimensional Cycling Tournament

by **Azhaar** » Mon Jan 24, 2022 8:53 am

While I believe that cycling is indeed an undervalued sport here and offer you my sincerest compliments, I must ask:

1. What is your general experience with Cycling and with sports on NationStates? Have you simulated other events?

2. What's the deal with this strange format? Only two cyclists per country? Wouldn't it be more attractive if you emulated the UCI World Tour,for example? Where each team can send a varied number of athletes, depending on the level of the event? Why three numbers?

3. How do you plan to simulate this? How will you ensure you are not rigging the results? Will you guarantee bonuses for those who work best with roleplay? Or are you planning the absurdity of throwing us into a mindless writing spiral without even giving us a way to positively influence the athletes?

by **Kharao** » Mon Jan 24, 2022 9:09 am

Azhaar wrote:While I believe that cycling is indeed an undervalued sport here and offer you my sincerest compliments, I must ask:

1. What is your general experience with Cycling and with sports on NationStates? Have you simulated other events?

2. What's the deal with this strange format? Only two cyclists per country? Wouldn't it be more attractive if you emulated the UCI World Tour, for example? Where each team can send a varied number of athletes, depending on the level of the event? Why three numbers?

3. How do you plan to simulate this? How will you ensure you are not rigging the results? Will you guarantee bonuses for those who work best with roleplay? Or are you planning the absurdity of throwing us into a mindless writing spiral without even giving us a way to positively influence the athletes?

Thank you for your comments.

To your first point, I'm an amateur cyclist myself and have kept up with UCI for five years now, so I'm quite familiar with its workings. Under prior nations I've participated in about a dozen sports events here, and I've practiced scorinating imaginary entrants with xkoranate for practice at this.

To your second point, I thought it would be simpler for everyone if I didn't mimic UCI and went Olympic-style with national teams only. I'm totally fine with dropping the 2-cyclist limit though, that was rather arbitrary (edit: I've now removed the limit). The race numbers are meant to be a unique identifier for each cyclist that can carry over to future tournaments.

To your third point, I'll be using xkoranate's road cycling setting to scorinate. For every hundred words (this number can easily change) of RP I figured I'd add an extra point to or subtract a second from scorinated results, to incentivize roleplay. Once I get the Happenings (i.e. RP) thread up, much of this information will go there.

by **Kharao** » Mon Jan 24, 2022 9:23 am

CYCLIST REGISTRATION

Cyclist Name: Surmayi Beten
Race Number: 808
Primary Sponsor: SOLbral
Other Sponsor(s): Ipenguine, Varn

Cyclist Name: Quarsh Rodriguez
Race Number: 100
Primary Sponsor: Worc Financial
Other Sponsor(s): SOLbral, KNE

[CANCELLED] 1st Interdimensional Cycling Tournament

[CANCELLED] 1st Interdimensional Cycling Tournament

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