Velkommen, one and all to the third Arrosian Regional (football) Championship. Once more we gather to add to the pages of sporting history in this region, to see whether it will be the mighty international heavyweight or the plucky underdog who hoists the trophy and claims local bragging rights for the coming cycle.
This thread should be used for in character posts only. Any and all out of character questions or comments regarding this tournament may be placed in the Signup Thread instead. For your convenience, the details of the host bid are available here. Per said bid, the 20 participating teams have been separated into five pots of four according to the official ARC Rankings.
Group Draw
Group A
Myrtle Beach
Demot
Farfadillis
Busoga Islands
Sarzonia
Group B
Al-Tamazgha
Valanora
Qasden
Xuois
Gyatso-kai
Group C
Oontaz
Banija
Milchama
Siovanija and Teusland
Equestria
Group D
Independent Athletes from Quebec
Yakk
Squornshelan Remnant States
Baker Park
Carpathia and Ruthenia
Group Venues:
Each group will have a hub city (or region in one case) in which all their group stage matches will take place. Further in character information about these cities and venues will be added to the thread following the group draw.
Group A: Damogran
Bridger Lane (cap. 72,406)
Albrechtsson Park (cap. 65,400)
Group B: Yassaca
Pheldagrif Stadium (cap. 45,620)
Black Raven Field (cap. 35,400)
Group C: Brantisvogan
Radlov Arena (cap. 76,800)
Megabrantid Financial Field (cap. 69,245)
Group D: The Isle
Vogsphere Arena (cap. 90,000)
Admiral Cherenkov Stadium (cap. 71,200)
A reminder that Tiebreakers for the group stage are as follows
- Head to Head points
- Goal Difference
- Wins
- Coin Toss (OOC: a scorinated game using RP bonus only)
Schedule of Events:
Wed 23 Oct - Group DrawThe start date has been selected so that only one time change will occur during the tournament, rather than two. I will switch from summer time to winter the day of matchday 1, and the north american time change will thus take place on Nov 3, an off day. Hopefully this will minimize any confusion over cutoff times. The cutoff window will be between 2200 and 2300 CET (2100-2200 UTC). Schedule has been amended following MD4, altered dates are in bold.
Sun 27 Oct - Matchday 1 (2v5, 3v4, 1 bye)
Tue 29 Oct - Matchday 2 (5v3, 1v2, 4 bye)
Thu 31 Oct - Matchday 3 (3v1, 4v5, 2 bye)
Sat 2 Nov - Matchday 4 (1v4, 2v3, 5 bye)
Tue 5 Nov - Matchday 5 (4v2, 5v1, 3 bye)
Thu 7 Nov - Quarterfinals
Sat 9 Nov - Semifinals
Mon 11 Nov - Final/3PPO
Roster Considerations:
Listed participants may begin posting rosters and RPs following a reserved post for the host’s roster and IC info. Please do not reserve posts for rosters. All participants are strongly advised to post a roster, and reminded that failure to do so will result in a penalty of half of the rosterless nation's rank points.
In your roster, if desired please include a style modifier between -5 and +5. This will describe your team's style of play with +5 representing all-out attack and -5 representing all out defense. Also please make your style modifier easy to find. Any nation not posting a style mod will be treated as having posted a neutral modifier of 0. Also please include a section on RP permissions similar to the following template. Users answering no to any permissions are encouraged to provide relevant information on those topics in their rosters for their opponents’ use.
RP Permissions
Choose my scorers: Y/N
Choose my scoring events: Y/N
Godmod scoring events: Y/N
RP injuries to my players: Y/N
Godmod Injuries to my players: Y/N
Give Yellow Cards to my players: Y/N
Give Red Cards to my players: Y/N
Godmod other events: Y/N