This thread is for in-character posts such as your rosters and RPs. The scores will also go here once the tournament is underway. If you have out-of-character questions, send a telegram to either of us, or post in the World Cup Discussion Thread. The General Sports Roleplaying Questions thread is not World Cup/soccer-specific, but it's also a good place to ask questions.
GROUP DRAW
Group A
Castanya
Greater Cebu
Five Cities
Mitra & Soma
Group B
Trolleborg, (permissions)
North Eastern Asia
Aimena
Casta Marina
Group C
Ziwana
Welzat
Volinovia
Fujai
Group D
Barfleur
Barsland
Poafmersia
ZSeparatists
Group E
Kwangtzu Guānnán
The Ross Isles
Galar
Magnaterrica
Group F
Dragons & Bronies
Pauh Janggi
Nomoterra
Nirvacana
Group G
Plane of Possibility
TJUN-ia
Appalachian Nation
Bloing
Group H
Aldaveria
Fetra
Aquitlia
Tara & Cambray
Schedule:
MATCHDAY 1
Team 1 vs Team 4
Team 2 vs Team 3
MATCHDAY 2
Team 4 vs Team 3
Team 1 vs Team 2
MATCHDAY 3
Team 2 vs Team 4
Team 3 vs Team 1
MATCHDAY 4
Team 4 vs Team 1
Team 3 vs Team 2
MATCHDAY 5
Team 3 vs Team 4
Team 2 vs Team 1
MATCHDAY 6
Team 4 vs Team 2
Team 3 vs Team 1
For instance, on Matchday 1 in Group A, Castanya plays Mitra & Soma, and Greater Cebu plays Five Cities. The team on the left is designated the "home team" for the match, but there is no home advantage since all of these games will be played on neutral ground.
Scorination schedule:
Timuria scores will appear around 6-8 pm GMT
Zwangzug scores will appear around 8 PM Eastern Standard Time
Matchday 1: November 22
Matchday 2: November 23
Matchday 3: November 24
Matchday 4: November 25
Matchday 5: November 26
Matchday 6: November 27
Bye: November 28 (US Thanksgiving)
Round of 16: November 29
Quarterfinals: November 30
Semifinals: December 1
Third-place playoff and final: December 2
Feel free to start posting rosters and roleplaying! This can include responding to others; some of the most intriguing RPs come when you work with someone else. The Baptism of Fire emphasizes roleplaying--writing posts about individual matches or the tournament as a whole. This could be anything from newspaper articles about a game your team just played to your manager's halftime talks. RPing does not guarantee success, but it will increase your chances of doing well.
Rosters include the names of your players (association football has eleven players for each team playing at a time; teams usually are allowed to have 23 players on their roster), as well as any other information you'd like to include about them. That can include their positions, ages, club teams they represent, or other facts about them as individuals or your country as a whole to help your opponents roleplay.
With your roster, please include a style modifier, a number ranging from -5 to 5. This shows whether your team is more focused on attack or defense; teams with high (positive) modifiers will both score more and give up more goals, relatively speaking, while teams with very negative modifiers will tend to score and concede less. If you do not post a modifier or a roster, this will default to zero.
You should also give RP permissions to your opponents, letting them know whether, for instance, they can roleplay about injuries to your players, give your players yellow or red cards, or "godmod" (roleplay in a very unrealistic way).
For examples of information to include in rosters, you can look through the roster thread for the previous World Cup. One sample of a permissions box is:
where you replace Y/N with "Yes" or "No," depending. It's fine to go into more detail, too, such as "you can give my players red cards, but at most one per game."
My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my goalscorers Y/N
Godmod scoring events Y/N
Roleplay injuries to my players Y/N
Godmod injuries to my players Y/N
Hand out yellow cards to my players Y/N
Hand out red cards to my players Y/N
Godmod other events Y/N
Welcome, and best of luck!
