To signup, simply post your nation name and a nickname, in the following format:
Nova Anglicana Lions
If you wish to enter a domestic club team, your signup should look like this:
Domestic club team name + nickname (nation name)
Example: Vinovium Gunners (Nova Anglicana)
Please note that if you want to send a youth team, "U[age]s" is an acceptable nickname.
Host bids are welcome, and this is a good chance for nations to host their first event, though it is not recommended you bid unless you have at least some experience RPing in this subforum. Hosting previous events is by no means a prerequisite, but at least participating and actively RPing so you get a feel for how things work probably is. Your bid won't be rejected as long as it includes all required information, but bids by brand new users are unlikely to win.
The host bid deadline is set for Thursday, February 4 at 11:59 PM (midnight) EST (UTC-4). Host voting may begin early if we have only one host bid, no other likely bidders, and significant interest. After that, we will vote on hosts and then the tournament will be turned over to the host(s). Signups will remain open through the end of the host voting, but any nations who sign up after host voting starts are ineligible to vote, as will the bidder(s).
Here is the winning bid from IBS X, by Schiltzberg and Frenline Delpha.
Here is the winning bid from IBS XI, by Super-Llamaland.
Here is the winning bid from IBS XII, by Tikariot and South Newlandia.
The bids should resemble those three bids in format, somewhat, and include similar information. Please note that previous editions of the IBS have used both the series format and the single-game format. Both are acceptable in host bids.
There were previously IBS ranks. However, in the spirit of keeping up interest and allowing for more fleshed-out roleplaying, we will not be using ranks, instead saying that no senior national teams of nations that are ranked in the WBC will be competing. Instead, established nations should feel free to send backup national team squads, college all-stars, domestic minor leaguers, U18/U21 squads, a domestic club team, or some other collection of players. Have fun with it and use this tournament to flesh out your baseball worldbuilding! Nations not ranked in the WBC or competing in a baseball event for the first time should feel free to enter a senior national team if they so choose.
EDIT: It is possible for ranks to be used for this edition, but that should be informed by a community consensus, I feel. TG me or message me on Discord if you have a strong opinion about ranks. If you are bidding, please abide by the community consensus on ranks. If we decide to use them, then you must use them. If we decide not to, you may not.
Puppets are allowed at a maximum of one per nation and must be confirmed by the master nation, but in the end, it is up to the host whether to include them or not. This post also acts as a signup for Nova Anglicana.
Signups
- Nova Anglicana Lions
- Kohnhead U-21 Pandas
- Silvedania U-21 Sycamores
- Breton Valley Bangers (Delaclava)
- Sarzonia U-21 Junior Stars
- Hannasea Independent All-Stars (include only for numbers purposes)
- South Newlandia U22s
- Abanhfleft Revolution All-Stars
- Daskel U18 Junior Daskies
- Super-Llamaland U13s
- Newmanistan U16s
- Hebitaka U21 Heroes
- Isle of Lowe United (Ethane)
- Osci Talenti
- Neptun Taru U21 (DR Srednjaci)
- Alma-Ata Clerical Institute Holy Warriors (Luck of Jirachi)
- Xannerian Junior Maroons
- Cassadaigua U18s
- Banijan Joint Service Academy All-Stars
- Santo Domingo Toros (Saint-Domingue)
- Bohemia Buccaneers
- Northwest Ballina Redhawks (Northwest Kalactin)
- Sevendia Sevens (South Newlandia numbers puppet)
- Sainte-Maire - Les Espadons (Somiens-et-Haveras)
- Quebec U22s
- You?
Host Bids:
1. Banija
2. You?
