Independents Cup 10 Sign-Up Thread

[Omerica]

With the Heraion Juvencus, we have forty participants and thus the sign-ups are now closed.

Congrats to Omerica on the successful bid, I'm looking forward to this! A side note; I really do hope that after our special Xth anniversary edition we go back to Arabic numerals...

Don’t worry, Wightbonequilo. My intention was always for this to be a one-off, keeping with single-character numerals for all the previous IACs. If I’d been unsuccessful on this occasion and tried again next time, it would’ve been IA¹¹, but IA^X just seemed like too good an opportunity to pass up. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

A question at this point -> Since it was decided for the host to decide this, what would be the rankings we will be using for the tournament? Will it be a pure KPB rankings, or whichever formula that was proposed?

Since the principle behind my proposed system looks to have wide backing, I’m going to commit to it with one change to the KPB scaling: scaling KPBs down to 21 points max (the same as three straight perfect IACs would award) instead of dividing KPBs in half. Havynwilde, Kohnhead, Schottia, Sharktail, Sylestone and Tequilo—who have not appeared in any of the last three IACs—will be seeded according to their scaled KPBs.

I’ve made this change in response to ESF and VilTur’s valid criticism that the scaling I originally used created a glass ceiling for non-WCC teams and would make it incredibly difficult to virtually impossible for them to compete. The revised scaling tilts the balance firmly in favour of IAC results and—unlike any of the regionals’ rankings—eliminates any gap between the max rating WCC and non-WCC nations can achieve; in fact, when calculating what the rankings would hypothetically look like all the way back to IAC-4 (the first for which three cycles of IAC competition were available), only once would the top rank be held by virtue of KPB in the case of Schottia pre-IAC 5.

This was a difficult decision to make and I’d like to offer a sincere apology to the nations who were bumped down as a result. I want to emphasise that this new system is strictly provisional; its permanent adoption or the adoption of a different system entirely should and will be up to the Indies at-large.

I’ll edit the OP to reflect Juvencus’s entry and the seeding, with the group draw coming tomorrow.

[Hot Skitty on Wailord Action]

So with the group stages of the World Cup finals and Cup of Harmony about to conclude, I think it’s time to seriously come back to the question of IAC rankings. We never reached a formal conclusion last time and I think that (for clarity’s sake) we ought to have something agreed upon before we open signups for IAC 11 and start a new bidding process.

[Central Shaneville]

Central Shaneville would like to return to the Independents Cup if possible, sign us up if you can.

[Squidroidia]

Central Shaneville would like to return to the Independents Cup if possible, sign us up if you can.

Sorry, the IAC X tournament ended a long time ago. You can wait for IAC 11 signups, when they come out just hop in and enjoy the fun!

[Central Shaneville]

Just saw this thread's date, yeah missed it XD

[Starblaydia]

I've taken the liberty of editing the thread title to prevent the same mix-up from happening again - but hey, IAC 11 (IACXI, maybe) is around the corner, right?

[Tequilo]

I've taken the liberty of editing the thread title to prevent the same mix-up from happening again - but hey, IAC 11 (IACXI, maybe) is around the corner, right?

Strike emphasis mine... NO! Nonono! No. NO. In my humble opinion. No.

[Squornshelan Remnant States]

So with the group stages of the World Cup finals and Cup of Harmony about to conclude, I think it’s time to seriously come back to the question of IAC rankings. We never reached a formal conclusion last time and I think that (for clarity’s sake) we ought to have something agreed upon before we open signups for IAC 11 and start a new bidding process.

I'll go ahead and reiterate my support for adopting the system proposed by KitKat and used for IAC 10 on a permanent basis.

[Drawkland]

I've taken the liberty of editing the thread title to prevent the same mix-up from happening again - but hey, IAC 11 (IACXI, maybe) is around the corner, right?

Thanks Star, I'll probably get into the account and make a bona fide discussion thread for the IAC anyway. It's a bit overdue imo.

[IAC Organising Committee]

I've taken the liberty of editing the thread title to prevent the same mix-up from happening again - but hey, IAC 11 (IACXI, maybe) is around the corner, right?

Thanks Star, I'll probably get into the account and make a bona fide discussion thread for the IAC anyway. It's a bit overdue imo.

I decided to get this done quickly!

The New IAC Discussion Thread

[Yeet Nationss]

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[Megistos]

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The IAC10 is long done and signups have been closed for I think 2 months.