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Hello one and all to the 82nd edition of the Baptism Of Fire! This would serve as the introductory tournament for 24 teams new/returning to the World Cup cycle, looking to compete to be the best of the newer teams. This would be the Everything thread for the IC information only. Any OOC posts should be made on the discussion thread.
Format
4 groups of 6. Top 4 of each group, will qualify for a Round of Sixteen. Thereafter, it will be a single-elimination bracket.
Groups
Held in and Scored by Poafmersia
Group A
Newlandiq
Frontiere
Vilwandia
Salish Republic
West Kharakia
Vielfaltig
Group B
Maraonia
Corrupt Petrostate
Myrtle Beach
The Dictatorship of Vanilla
Aquatian
Filonian State
Held in and Scored by Juvencus
Group C
Rea San Vegas
Basel-Triesen
Why are you in here
Shieldstan
Sea Dome
Brannfjord
Group D
Bigpipipstan
Vdara
Corporate City 1
Beefsteak City
Niolo
Senterus
Group Stage Tiebreakers
1. Points (3 for a win, 1 for a draw)
2. Head-to-head points among tied teams
3. Head-to-head goal difference among tied teams
4. Goal Difference
5. Wins
6. Coin Flip (Match scored using only RP bonus)
Schedule/Cutoffs
(How to read the below: If you are the 1st listed team in your group, then you are team 1 as listed below; 2nd listed = team 2; 3rd listed = team 3; etc.)
MD1: 21st Oct (Sat) - 1 v 6; 2 v 5; 3 v 4
MD2: 23rd Oct (Mon) - 6 v 4; 5 v 3; 1 v 2
MD3: 25th Oct (Wed) - 2 v 6; 3 v 1; 4 v 5
MD4: 27th Oct (Fri) - 6 v 5; 1 v 4; 2 v 3
MD5: 29th Oct (Sun) - 3 v 6; 4 v 2; 5 v 1
Round of 16: 31st Oct (Tue) - A1 vs B4/B2 vs A3; B1 vs A4/A2 vs B3; C1 vs D4/D2 vs C3; D1 vs C4/C2 vs D3
Quarterfinals: 2nd Nov (Thur)
Semifinals: 4th Nov (Sat)
Finals/3PPO: 6th Nov (Mon) at Juvencus' cutoff timing
Poafmersia (Group A-B) cut-off timing: 10 p.m. Singapore Time (3 p.m. British Summer Time/10 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time)
Juvencus (Group C-D) cut-off timing: 9 p.m. - 11 p.m. British Time
(MD1-4: 4 - 6 a.m. Singapore Time next day/4 - 6 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time).
(MD5 onwards: 5 - 7 a.m. Singapore Time next day/5 - 7 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time).
Scorination will be done using xkoronate 0.3.3, with the NSFS formula, and additive modifiers between -5 and +5. Please indicate your style modifier as a number in a clear and obvious manner in your roster post.
RP, Roster Information
Rosters will be entitled up to 1x Matchday RP Bonus.Quality and effort of the RPs will be taken into account. Users who are interested in their current RP progress may give us a TG for a rough estimate of their RP bonuses anytime during/after the tournament.
You may start posting rosters/RPs in this thread now! Please do not reserve any posts/rosters, thank you.
For the newcomers to NS Sports, participating in a tournament in this forums for the first time, do have a read at the Guide to Sports Roleplaying, linked above! For more info on how to start a roster, I have linked some information in the spoiler below, explaining about RP permisions, style mods and all.