Unlike other World Cups, such as those in Football (Soccer) and Rugby, the Sliding World Cup is more of a World Tour, matching the RL Bobsled and Skeleton World Cup, and takes a similar format to the NS-based WGPC for motor racing.
What is Sliding?:
Sliding is the general name for any sport involving sliding down an icy tube at high speeds. The three sports comprising this area are Bobsled, Skeleton and Luge and take place in a number of wintery environments across the world. Competitors aim to make it down a track, normally consisting of between 10 and 15 corners, in the shortest possible time which normally lasts around a minute. Corners can be anything form a small kink to a full 360 degree curve. It's a fast, adrenaline-inducing sport that looks spectacular and has developed some great stories over the years.
How's This Going To Work?:
The tournament will consist of 6 events, with one event per week. The planned start date is Friday 12th January and the final event will end the day before the start of the Olympics on Saturday 17th February. The first 5 events will be ordinary World Cup races, with the top 20 competitors in each discipline qualifying for the 6th event, a World Championships.
Each nation will send athletes to compete in skeleton, 2-person bob, 4-person bob and luge. More information on signups can be found below.
Athletes will earn points based on their finishing position after each event with the top 20 athletes in each event scoring points. The top 20 athletes in the overall standings in each event will then go on to compete in the season-ending world championships. In addition to individual standings, there will also be a team competition where a nation’s points tally across all events are combined.
Scorination will be done by me (Mattijana) as the neutral World Sliding Association.
Signups:
In order to participate on the tour, please fill out the form below. Individual parts of the form are explained below and should be read before filling out and posting the form.
Nation Name:
Trigram:
Events: S/T
Skeleton (3):
2-person Bob (2):
4-person Bob (2):
Luge singles (3):
Luge doubles (2):
Luge Relay (1):
Nation Name is simply the name that your nation is called. Please note that if your IC name is different to your login name, only the IC name is required.
Trigram: This is a 3 letter code that is placed next to each athlete/team's name on the results screen to denote thier nationality. Mattijana's trigram is MTJ, whilst in RL, Australia's trigram is AUS and Great Britain's GBR.
For each event, the name of the competitors should be given as well as their S/T ratio. S=speed and those with a high value are good at letting the sled glide and pick up speed. T=technique and those with a high value are able to accurately steer their way around tight complexes of corners. S+T should be given and should equal no more than 10.
Numbers in brackets next to individual disciplines are the maximum number of competitors sent to each event. Submitting less than the maximum number is absolutely fine.
Please note for bobsled, 2 man teams should be given in the form pilot/brakeman, whilst 4 man teams can be given simply as Examplistan 1 and Examplistan 2. Those in the team can be given in the IC thread.
For Luge doubles, signups should be given in the form person 1/person 2. For the relay, signups should be in the form person 1/person 2/ doubles team.
1 puppet per main nation is allowed and these must be declared.
Venues:
The first 5 rounds of the tour are currently planned to take place in venues from around the multiverse. If you wish to submit a venue to be considered, please fill out the form below.
Track Name:
Town/City:
Track Record:
S/T rating:
Track info:
Track Name is the name of the venue where the events will take place. For the RL track in Inssbruck, Austria, this is the Olimpia Eiskanal.
Town/City is the name of the closest settlement to the track. For the Olimpia Eiskanal this is the town of Igls.
Track Record is the fastest anyone has ever been down the track. Times for skeleton, bobsled and luge are fairly similar and generally vary between 50 and 70 seconds. Times should be given in seconds.
S/T rating is the same as for competitiors and must add up to 10. Tracks with long straights and sweeping turns such as Whistler in Canada have a high speed rating. Those with shorter straights, sharper turns and corners in quick succession such as Altenberg have a higher technique rating.
The user behind this account is Mattijana. Happy sliding!
