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Who Should Host The 2nd World Cup?
Britain 1 (9.1%)
Draxis 1 (9.1%)
Venice 4 (36.4%)
Porcu 1 (9.1%)
Switzerland 3 (27.3%)
Chirondom 1 (9.1%)
Total Votes: 11
Football: 2nd World Cup (OOC Only)
Topic Started: Jul 4 2010, 02:03 PM (1,140 Views)
Porcu
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"Work is the curse of the drinking classes."

Ok...So who'd like to host the World Cup? I'll be throwing Porcu into the mix, but I'd like to get a good list of potential hosts. Once that's done I'll amend a poll with all the nominations and we'll vote to see who'll host our forum's first World Cup. In the meantime, I'll be going through the second Confederation's Cup and the qualifiers for the World Cup. I'll have fun setting all this up and going through the tournament, and I hope it's entertaining for you all as well. :)

Comments? Questions? Nominations?
Edited by Porcu, Jul 4 2010, 04:48 PM.
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I nominate Switzerland.
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Aelius
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This is going to be a while out, right?

I'd like to nominate somewhere in the future Viking Empire. The exact areas have yet to be determined, though. :P
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Porcu
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"Work is the curse of the drinking classes."

It will be a little while out and the host country gets an automatic berth in the World Cup.

I made a small mistake and edited my first post, but countries are to be nominated not specific cities. Once a host country is chosen, I'll get a list of cities where games will be played.
Edited by Porcu, Jul 4 2010, 02:37 PM.
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Telosan
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How about having the honor of being the host country as one of the rewards for winning one of the other tournaments? I don't know how all the different competitions relate, but competing over the honor of hosting the world cup seems interesting.

Oh, and I, of course, nominate Venice.
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Porcu
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"Work is the curse of the drinking classes."

We could create another tournament, but how would a team qualify for this tournament? Are all active nations really potential hosts? If so, that's essentially another World Cup.

As for the different tournaments relating to one another...The winners of each Continental Championship participate in the Confederations Cup along with the host nation (whom I haven't drawn yet). The winner of the Confederations Cup and the host nation of the World Cup are given automatic bids to the World Cup tournament, while every other team must qualify through a qualification process. The British Isles Cup is something completely separate, though I'm not sure how it's going to work now with the Welsh and the Scots off the European map.
Edited by Porcu, Jul 4 2010, 04:32 PM.
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Telosan
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So Porcu won the last tournament, the Continental Championship. Will there be a Confederations Cup before the World Cup? If yes, then we can just take the winner of the Confederations Cup for now to host the World Cup. Everytime after this the previous World Cup winner can host the next one.

If there's no Confederation's Cup, just pick one of the Continental winners.
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Porcu
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"Work is the curse of the drinking classes."

Yeah, I'm working to organize the upcoming Confederations Cup (which will be hosted by Paradise, by number draw). You're idea to have the winner of the World Cup host the next one is nice and simple.

Is there anyone else to wants to see Telo's idea enacted?
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Quaon
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This isn't the 1st World Cup; we had one in 2006, hosted in Dusseldorf, the Amish Children. I forget who won (possibly the Amish Children) but Chirondom came in second.

Edit: Also, I'd like to offer Shanghai.
Edited by Quaon, Jul 4 2010, 04:46 PM.
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Porcu
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"Work is the curse of the drinking classes."

Quaon
Jul 4 2010, 04:45 PM
This isn't the 1st World Cup; we had one in 2006, hosted in Dusseldorf, the Amish Children. I forget who won (possibly the Amish Children) but Chirondom came in second.

Edit: Also, I'd like to offer Shanghai.
Ah, I didn't know. Thanks for that Q.
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New Harumf
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I do not believe it was the Amish Children. It was actually held during the last world cup, and we were assigned teams in the real world cup to be our teams!
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Draxis
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Obviously I'll throw Draxis in as in it for nomination.
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Toussaint
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Gogo Britain.
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Porcu
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"Work is the curse of the drinking classes."

Appended a poll with the six nominations given (Sorry, Lans...The Viking Empire is too far out in the future. Maybe next time). In the future, should we continue to nominate and vote for the World Cup host or should we adopt Telo's idea? Should the host be the winner of the Confederations Cup?
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Telosan
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The host should be the winner of the Confederation's Cup. That's my vote for the future tournaments. For now, Venice has a nice field out in the Po Valley for everyone to play on! :D
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Union
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The winner and host should be independent of one another.
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Aelius
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Wouldn't you need one nominee per confederation, at least?
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Porcu
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"Work is the curse of the drinking classes."

Not really. In preparing for the World Cup, I've added an entire host of teams (many which are not RPed) and the Confederations are now equivalent to each Continent. In RL, the European Confederation is known as UEFA (Union of European Football Associations), the African Confederation as CAF (Confédération Africaine de Football), the North, Central, and Caribbean Americas Confederation as CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football), etc.

The big FIFA tournaments we have now are the Continental Championships (we could call them the Confederation Championships), the Confederations Cup (played between the five winners of each Continental/Confederation Championship and the host country), and the World Cup (qualification rounds and then the final tournament).

I'd like to have the host nation be an actual RPer (or someone who can make occasional posts), but I'm more than open to suggestions. Were you thinking about having it be mandatory to include a nomination from each of our continents?
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Aelius
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It wouldn't be a bad idea, but I agree that it should be an active nation. to ultimately host it.
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Telosan
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I intend to be at least a bit active if I host it. This would give me an opportunity to show off the Veneto countryside rather than just the city of Venice.
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Sorry, Telo. Voted Switzerland. Want to see ebveryone play at altitude! :)
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Porcu
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"Work is the curse of the drinking classes."

I'm going to close the poll tomorrow night, so if you haven't voted yet and would like to please do so before tomorrow night (10:00PM EST).
Edited by Porcu, Jul 7 2010, 08:55 PM.
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Porcu
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"Work is the curse of the drinking classes."

Alright...Venice has received the most votes and will therefore be the Host for the 2nd World Cup. I'll be creating a World Cup Qualification thread that will have the results and standings of the qualification matches and when those are completed, with create the actual World Cup Finals thread which Telo will host.
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Porcu
Jul 8 2010, 10:43 PM
Alright...Venice has received the most votes and will therefore be the Host for the 2nd World Cup. I'll be creating a World Cup Qualification thread that will have the results and standings of the qualification matches and when those are completed, with create the actual World Cup Finals thread which Telo will host.
Switzerland demands a recount.
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Jul 9 2010, 12:28 AM
Porcu
Jul 8 2010, 10:43 PM
Alright...Venice has received the most votes and will therefore be the Host for the 2nd World Cup. I'll be creating a World Cup Qualification thread that will have the results and standings of the qualification matches and when those are completed, with create the actual World Cup Finals thread which Telo will host.
Switzerland demands a recount.
Or else what? You attack us with the corkscrews on your pocket knives??
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