OOC comments if you spot a mistake or have a question are welcome, but please direct them to the OOC thread.
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The first step to your participation is to post a roster. Even if you do not think you will have time to RP, please consider posting a roster as a basic courtesy to everyone else. The roster should contain at minimum:
- Your players. An ice hockey team has six players on the ice (one goalkeeper, two defensemen, three forwards – left wing, center, right wing) at any one time, but a squad for a tournament will typically have two or three reserves at each position; a squad size of 20 players and 3 goalkeepers is standard, though you may RP whatever numbers you like.
- A style modifier, from -4 to +4. This dictates how attacking your team is (-4 being most defensive, +4 most attacking). It will influence goals per game but not affect the overall outcome or margin of victory. You may change this modifier once during the group stage, and once again during the playoffs, by sending a TG to the host at least 1 hour prior to cutoff.
- RP permissions. See the guide to sports roleplaying if you’re new to sports roleplaying. You may customize your permissions as you wish, but a suggested version is included here which you can copy and paste into your roster.
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[b]My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:[/b]
Choose my Scorers: Yes/No
Choose Scoring Events: Yes/No
Godmod Scoring Events: Yes/No
RP Injuries to my Players: Yes/No
Godmod Injuries to my Players: Yes/No
Assign Penalties to my Players: Yes/No
Eject my Players: Yes/No
Godmod Other Events: Yes/No
[b]Style Modifier:[/b]
Please read and respect other users’ RP permissions, and contact them directly if you are not certain. In addition to individual users’ RP permissions, the following tournament-wide permissions apply to all participants:
- No pandemic, COVID or otherwise, may be introduced to the host nation or spread to any other teams.
- No destructive violence towards the host nation's people or infrastructure.
In addition to the above, you may include other relevant information in your roster such as details about your players or coaching staff, uniforms, team history, tactics guide, favorite ice cream, etc.
Once you have posted your roster, you may begin roleplaying. These roleplays may take any form, such as newspaper articles, narratives, or images. Audio/visual roleplays must provide a transcript. Please keep images to a reasonable size. For RP purposes, it will be assumed all games will be played under WCoHF [OOC: IIHF] rules; a summary of them, and comparison to RL NHL rules, can be found here.
The format of the tournament will involve all teams being drawn into 8 groups of 6 teams, and playing a single round robin (playing every other team in that group once) at arenas in Schutzenphalia and West Ruhntuhnkuhnland. The top two teams from each group will progress to the Round of 16 playoffs, which will be single elimination. All games will be played to a result, meaning ties will be decided by overtime, and tied overtime games by shootouts. The procedures for overtime and shootout will run according to the rules listed here.
Group Draw
Very conveniently, we had 32 ranked teams and 16 unranked teams, so the ranked teams were seeded into 4 pots of 8 teams, with the 16 unranked teams randomized across the last 2 pots. These pots were sorted into groups of 8, which were then further randomized.
Group 1
Le Choix
Snow and Ice Caps
Elejamie
Huayramarca
Sainterris
Tralfamdore
Group 2
Commonwealth of Baker Park
The Cordian Isles
Efnakia
-Anthor-
TJUN-ia
Ko-oren
Group 3
Kelssek
Gyatso-kai
Strayan Rus
Illdonya
Kriegiersien
Srednjaci
Group 4
Trolleborg
Delaclava
Macbon
Tjorl
Khacia
Valanora
Group 5
Græntfjall
Eshialand
Gatchingerrak Union
Bendicion
Ranoria
Huron League
Group 6
Minnkota
HUElavia
Greater Cebu
Banija
Quebec and Shingoryeo
Lisander
Group 7
Oateria
Savojarna
Mercedini
Schutzenphalia and West Ruhntuhnkuhnland
Sudilia
StrayaRoos
Group 8
Canadian Dominion
Nova Anglicana
Sarzonia
Caplostein
Vilita and Turori
Bollonich
Schedule
MD1 Jun 6: 1v6 2v5 3v4
MD2 Jun 8: 1v2 6v4 3v5
MD3 Jun 10: 4v5 3v1 2v6
MD4 Jun 12: 2v3 6v5 1v4
MD5 Jun 14: 3v6 4v2 5v1
Ro16 Jun 16:
QF Jun 18:
SF Jun 20:
3PPO Jun 21:
Final Jun 22: