Welcome to Græntfjall and Krytenia!
Please mind the ice and the political fallout respectively.
A "Warm" Welcome
This is the thread for Rosters and RPs relating to the eightieth Cup of Harmony competition, being held in Græntfjall and Krytenia. Participation is by invite only; if you have received an invite, please confirm your participation by posting your roster in this thread. Please also pack both summer and winter clothing, as whilst both countries will have temperatures in the twenties or thirties, that'll be Fahrenheit in Græntfjall and Celsius in Krytenia.
Competition Format
- Sixteen groups of four, leading to a 32 team single elimination (+3PPO) bracket.
- The bracket will be structured such that all teams stay in the same country for the play-in round through to the semi-finals. Second placed teams will move nations between the group stage and knockout stage, and obviously for the final (to be held in Krytenia) and 3PPO (to be held in Græntfjall).
- One MD every 48 hours.
- The tournament will run concurrent with the World Cup proper, with scorination staggered to off-days (e.g. if NSWC is on Monday, CoH is on Tuesday, NSWC on Wednesday, etc.).
- NSFS, additive mods ± 5.
- RP bonus available every cutoff, plus a roster bonus.
- Tiebreakers: points, GD, H2H results, H2H GD, IC coin-flip [OOC scorinated game]
- Co-hosts scorinate each other’s games (inc. puppets). Should host-controlled nations meet at any point in the knockout phase, a third party will scorinate that match.
Groups
Groups A-H are in Krytenia, I-P are in Græntfjall. Full details on host cities etc. are in the next two posts.
Calendar
Draw: June 6, 2230 UTC (immediately before World Cup draw)
Group phase, MD1: June 10 - 1v4, 2v3
Group phase, MD2: June 12 - 2v1, 4v3
Group phase, MD3: June 14 - 3v1, 2v4
Round of 32: June 16
Round of 16: June 18
Quarter-finals: June 20
Semi-finals: June 22
3PPO & Final: June 24
Link to Knockout Bracket Wallchart
Cutoff times:
Cutoff for both sides of the tournament will be in the window of 2100-2300 UTC (1700-1900 EDT, 2200-0000 BST/WEDT, 2300-0100 CEDT) on the dates stated above. Any deviations from this, should they occur, will be posted with as much notice as is practicable.
That Little Bit Extra
At the end of a long WC campaign, many people are tired and their RP ideas spent, so to provide additional inspiration a small optional prompt will be posted each day. On the Græntfjaller side, we have chosen to interpret the "Harmony" theme somewhat literally and the prompts will be of a musical nature e.g. "Blues: what is the lowest point in your NT history?". These are to stress optional and max RP bonus is still available for those who ignore them and RP their own stuff.
Finally, there will be a tournament-long Goal of the Tournament competition, ending before the semifinals (reaching the semifinals is reward enough!). Each user can submit one goal, however they interpret that: a snippet of radio commentary, a description from a match report, a fan's eye account, the scorer of said goal's emotions as it goes in. A shortlist will be selected and a voting element included to decide it. Again, those choosing to refrain from participating in this will not be penalized and full RP bonus is otherwise available.
Rostering - Don't Forget The Box!
Please post this with your roster and answer the questions. It helps nations playing against you understand what they're allowed and not allowed to do when roleplaying about their game against you.
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[u]RP Permissions[/u]
[b]Choose my scorers:[/b]
[b]Godmod scoring events:[/b]
[b]RP injuries to my players:[/b]
[b]Godmod Injuries to my players:[/b]
[b]Suspend my players:[/b]
[b]Godmod suspension events[/b]:
[b]Godmod other events:[/b]