(Seriously, Krytenia is not bidding to host...but will step in if no-one else does. Please, someone step in...anyone...)
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| AO Forum :: > Sporting Events > AOCAF Cup XXVI Signups |
| Posted by: Krytenia Mar 11 2009, 04:46 PM |
| AOCAF Cup XXVI. You know, football/soccer and all that. NATIONS SIGNED UP (20/20) Krytenia Starblaydia Lamoni Edward City Nojika Pacitalia Kosovoe Hypocria Allemenschen Koseli Cumhuriyetler Demot Sorthern Northland Bazalonia Sarzonia West Pocono Cafundéu 95X Norwellia Septentrionia The Bear Islands HOST Starblaydia |
| Posted by: Starblaydia Mar 11 2009, 04:47 PM |
| Ooh Starblaydia in. Centenary edition and all that. |
| Posted by: Lamoni Mar 12 2009, 01:12 AM |
| You can count Lamoni in on this. |
| Posted by: Edward City Mar 12 2009, 11:48 AM |
| Edward City is in too! |
| Posted by: Nojika Mar 13 2009, 06:08 AM |
| Nojika. |
| Posted by: Pacitalia Mar 13 2009, 04:09 PM |
| I'm in but it's only been like... a month since the last one and if you guys don't mind I'd like to hold the AOCC tournament before we start AOCAF26. I'm also interested in hosting. |
| Posted by: Kosovoe Mar 13 2009, 10:33 PM |
| Be dere |
| Posted by: Hypocria Mar 14 2009, 08:52 AM |
| We're in. |
| Posted by: Allemenschen Mar 14 2009, 09:13 PM |
| Allemenschen will try again |
| Posted by: K&Turks Mar 15 2009, 01:10 PM |
| Turks in |
| Posted by: Demot Mar 15 2009, 01:43 PM |
| Sure enough the druids will sign up for more disappointment. |
| Posted by: Krytenia Mar 15 2009, 04:37 PM |
| Looking good so far. Now, are there any host bids, or do I have to do everything myself? (Seriously, Krytenia is not bidding to host...but will step in if no-one else does. Please, someone step in...anyone...) |
| Posted by: Sorthern Northland Mar 15 2009, 05:50 PM |
| In. |
| Posted by: Bazalonia Mar 15 2009, 06:10 PM |
| we sign up. |
| Posted by: Allemenschen Mar 15 2009, 08:11 PM | ||||
Problem solved I think... |
| Posted by: Starblaydia Mar 17 2009, 03:22 AM |
| The AOCAF Cup has been good to me over the years and it's something I haven't hosted since AOCAF Cup 4. So for the centenary edition (going by the Starblaydi timeline, of course, as opposed to a Pacitalian one for instance) and - assuming someone useful in my timezone like the Kryster will scorinate my matches for me - Starblaydia will officially put forward a bid to host the 26th AOCAF Cup. Now, everyone back to the Stadii Di Bradini for the after-bid-announcement party! |
| Posted by: Sarzonia Mar 17 2009, 09:25 PM |
| /me signs up |
| Posted by: West Pocono Mar 18 2009, 01:08 AM |
| West Pocono signs up! |
| Posted by: Cafundéu Mar 18 2009, 02:50 PM |
| well, I think Cafundéu will sign-up in it. |
| Posted by: Allemenschen Mar 19 2009, 04:24 PM | ||
*crashes into the party HQ* WOOHOO!!! *looks around at empty tables* Either this is the wrong building, or I'm a little late... |
| Posted by: Krytenia Mar 19 2009, 05:13 PM |
| Krytenia redundantly withdraws offer to host. Yippee! |
| Posted by: 95X-Scottfire Mar 20 2009, 10:37 PM |
| Count 95X in! (I'm actually surprised I did so well in 25, considering I didn't have the time/energy to RP or even post a roster). |
| Posted by: Krytenia Mar 21 2009, 06:47 AM |
| NATIONS SIGNED UP (17/??) Krytenia Starblaydia Lamoni Edward City Nojika Pacitalia Kosovoe Hypocria Allemenschen Koseli Cumhuriyetler Demot Sorthern Northland Bazalonia Sarzonia West Pocono Cafundéu 95X HOSTING BIDS Pacitalia Starblaydia |
| Posted by: Norwellia Mar 21 2009, 03:05 PM |
| Norwellia is in for its first AOCAF ever! |
| Posted by: Septentrionia Mar 21 2009, 04:57 PM |
| We is in. |
| Posted by: Starblaydia Mar 23 2009, 07:30 AM |
| Okey Dokey, With the AOCC up to MD6 (give or take), the Starblaydi AOCAF Cup centenary bid is as follows: Ideally with 20 teams, though we can stretch groups around for any number, we'll go through to a Second Round (of 16) before QFs, SFs and Final/3PPO. Scorinated with NSFS 2.0.7 with a nice, large, RP bonus to better... encourage exciting RPs, rather than a series of one-paragraph match reports. All we need now is some updated ranks from CH and ideally, one more sign-up. I can wax lyrical about the 100 years (by the Starblaydi calendar) since the first AOCAF Cup, but that's best saved for the RP thread. Starblaydia have the history, the stadia, the organisation and, above all, the world's premier regional football tournament hasn't been held in Starblaydia for the last 22 editions, and it's about time it should be. OOCly, of course, I should put my hand in to host once more - it's about time. I'll wait for the AOCC to finish, then get everything together. |
| Posted by: Norwellia Mar 23 2009, 08:36 AM |
| Pacitalia, can we hear your thoughts on RP bonuses? I love the idea of AOCAF in Starblaydia from an IC/RP perspective, because a nation with as much footy history as all that should host the thing more than once in 88 years. But OOCly, I'm not huge on the idea of a big fat RP bonus, because I feel it encourages a lot of contrived writing. As a published short fiction writer, I think I could bang out some pretty good stuff if I really put my mind to it, but I'd rather write a short newspaper article with a little bit of humor than a contrived soap opera between players and managers and the FA president. Don't get me wrong, some people's big dramatic RP scenes are really enjoyable, but when I make the effort to read through most long RP posts, I'm left with the impression that the person just banged out as long of a story as s/he could come up with at the moment to get a big RP bonus. I've even seen people write a big long thing and then say "There! 1000 words! That should get me a nice big RP bonus!" To me, that's not quite the point of the thing. I'm well aware that I can RP however I want, but if I get to vote on hosting and thus, indirectly, on how RP bonuses are scored, I'd like to direct my one vote to the model which more closely matches my ideal. I'm not going to try to convince anyone that my way is right, so I don't want to start an argument in this thread. I just want to see if there's a way I can use my vote to bring about what I'm personally looking for in the tournament. |
| Posted by: The Bear Islands Mar 23 2009, 01:12 PM |
What would a soccer tournament be without Bears? So count this nation in, if there's still a room for it, although then I suppose we'll have to say that the 'contact' RP that I'll be starting this week would all have been completed (from an IC viewpoint) beforehand... |
| Posted by: Pacitalia Mar 23 2009, 03:34 PM |
| I have decided to withdraw my bid to host the tournament as I don't feel that I will be able to devote my full attention to the job during a stressful period. AOCAF26 will fall right in my final exams period, so obviously I need to make that a priority. Obviously I have full confidence in Star to host the tournament so I am endorsing him to do so for AOCAF26. And, yes, I'll be back to defend my title. |
| Posted by: Starblaydia Mar 23 2009, 03:59 PM |
| I'll have the Roster/RP threads up in the coming two or three days (evenings only, really, as I'm out working from 6am to 7pm on Tuesday/Wednesday) then we can get started properly once the AOCC has finished. Get your rosters ready! |
| Posted by: 95X-Scottfire Mar 23 2009, 09:17 PM |
| IC: 95X Endorses the Starblaydi AOCAF Cup host bid. OOC: I'm in total support of RP bonuses, for several reasons. First, it gives people who spend any length of time actually maintaining some sort of story line and/or conscious thought process half a chance over someone who's been in a long time, never and/or rarely posts RPs, and possibly has such a high rank/history that they'd otherwise lose every single time. One would think we'd want to encourage new nations, otherwise every single tournament would've died out completely by now. Second, none of us are being asked to put on shorts and cleats and hit the field. If there's no RPs, there's no difference between a football tournament and anything else. Third, if you're participating or not, it gives people something to follow, including other players, who might or might not use something you wrote about your team if they RP first. For more information, ask what having conjoined twins, armless players, cows, or gelatinous blobs on your team does for its publicity. (Hint: instant.  )Fourth (if this is anyone's situation, it's none of my business unless they want to share), I have some RL friends who are disabled, one of whom to the point they can't do much. When they communicate online with their friends, they feel like they're able to do *something*, and that sometimes includes video games, RPs, fantasies, etc. They'll sometimes even pretend they're able to participate. |
| Posted by: Norwellia Mar 24 2009, 03:54 AM | ||
| I've seen the light on RP bonuses. I used to think that you had to post big long dramatic stories to get anything out of them. But my team has fared way better than expected (0-1-2) in the Rugby League World Cup, and has a good chance to win its next two games and qualify for the knockout stage, all because of RP bonus. So my newspaper articles seem to work. Well, I'm OK with that. I like writing them, and I like maintaining a storyline and sharing it with the NS world.
That's really cool, man. Thanks for sharing that perspective. |
| Posted by: Hypocria Mar 24 2009, 06:57 AM | ||
Please don't ask about the conjoined twins! |
| Posted by: Lamoni Mar 24 2009, 10:11 PM |
Yes! Ask about the conjoined twins!!!!!  |
| Posted by: Norwellia Mar 27 2009, 04:18 PM |
| Am I being neurotic, or should we have a roster/RP thread at this point? Am I mising something? |
| Posted by: Starblaydia Mar 27 2009, 04:29 PM | ||
Yes. |
| Posted by: Norwellia Mar 27 2009, 06:56 PM |
| D'oh! Well, it's nothin' new anyway... |
| Posted by: Hypocria Mar 28 2009, 02:32 AM | ||
Two games to go I believe . . . |
| Posted by: Bazalonia Mar 28 2009, 05:40 AM |
| I bags post AOCAF for a sporting event. |
| Posted by: Norwellia Mar 28 2009, 05:52 PM | ||
I can't make heads or tails of this post. |
| Posted by: Bazalonia Mar 29 2009, 02:06 AM |
| Just smile and nod politely |