Greetings All. While I have now joined as a running mate to Valentine Z - It is no longer possible to directly cast votes for this nation. As such, I wanted to bring a little Forum 7 and NS Sports flair to the Election Headquarters. For the preliminary round, the Focus here is their FLAG! Like some of the fun and games in Forum 7, there will be three Rounds of Voting and 30 nations using the Forum poll function in head to head matchups based solely on who has the better looking flag until we are down to 16 nations. Those 16 nations will compete in a traditional NS Sports style Playoff Bracket to determine a final champion! While real NS Sports events are done using "Scorination" systems that use input of Ranking, Random + RP Bonus to determine an individual nations scoreline, for this we'll modify the input and speed up the results generation a bit just to enjoy the fun of doing it during the April Fools event.
And with that, we have our final 16 competitors in the WA General Secretary Election Competition. The preliminary round action took a page straight out of Forum 7. Rate the above nations flag / Vote on the best flag. The 16 Nations selected from the preliminary round will advance to the "NS Sports" themed round of the competition.
The 16 Nations will be randomly drawn into a 16 team bracket with 8 matches. The winners of the Round of 16 will advance to the Quarter-Finals, then the Semi-Finals until the Final match to crown a champion. For a general understanding of how NS Sports works, take a look here:
Thats it in a nutshell! Over the past 16 years, dedicated NS Sporters have created, refined and attempt to perfect the art of generating sports results based off a series of inputs, general the Rank of a nation and a bonus based on the quality of the RP contributions of that nation to the thread. For this competition, we will assume that the rank of a nation is its finishing order in the 2nd Round of the WA Elections and its RP Bonus will begin with the number of posts in the candidates thread plus any contributions they make in this thread to the competition. Of course, this is going to give some advantage to the nations at the top of the pylon - but thats where the final factor comes in. Random!. There is just enough random involved to ensure that results are not always predictable, and in a single elimination knockout competition, anyone can emerge victorious!
Lets meet the Final 16!
WILD CARD WINNER! (Most votes of a losing nation):
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If you are interested in helping your teams cause in NS Sports, the best way to do it is to provide some RP backstory about your team. Based on the results of This Poll we will be running this as a football/soccer competition! At the beginning of a tournament, the best way to do that is by posting a roster! Tell us who is on your team and what their uniforms will look like. These can range from the super detailed with player statistical histories and personal biographies to a simple graphic showing the starting 11 players and the team kit.
Team Rosters: To keep things easy, you can quickly create a lineup for your team using the tool at http://lineupbuilder.com/new.php
Team Uniforms: There are also many kitmakers who will put your nations colors on a uniform in NS Sports. One of those is the Audioslavia based Kirola and they keep a storefront of kits you can choose from if they fit your nation: https://imgur.com/a/GOLg3
So your roster post might look something like this:
Thats it! In the next post you will find the Random draw of matchups for the first round. A few hours after that, the first match results will be posted and so on until the final near the conclusion of the event. While a typical NS Sports event only posts new scores on a daily or even weekly basis, this competition as a demonstration within the April Fools event will progress a little faster!
Good Luck to All! Feel free to post Rosters or other information about your WA Cup 2020 Teams!
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For a little bit of background on Nationstates Sports, Checkout 'the actual' Forum f=7 here on Nationstates or check out the blurb below. Thanks for participating!