Bid

Esteemed members of the World Cup Committee,

The Fiefdom Soccer Federation (FSF) and Federation Royale Quebecoise du Football (퀘벡왕립축구협회) hereby submit the following bid to jointly host the 68th Cup of Harmony.

THE NATIONS

Situated in the north east of the region of Tyran, Schottia is a small diverse country of 6.6 million people. Throughout the region, Schottia is best known for its progressive social policies, and far left politics, and whisky distilleries. The nation is a group of five small islands, located in the middle of the Bara Sea, north of Cacerta and off the west coast of Acrea. The southern Schottic landscape is largely characterised by arable farmland, pine forests, and windswept pebble beaches. The North Island, by contrast, is almost entirely made up of rugged mountain ranges and bleak scree-slopes, where the towns and cities, for the most part, hug the narrow bands of flat land around the coast.

Located in Northern AO, Royal Kingdom of Québec is a nation known for its environment, rich cultural diversity and claims one of its region's most educated and cultured population. Led by His Imperial Majesty the Jacques IX, the country is a semi-constitutional monarchy, with both the royalty and the democracy playing a huge role in Quebecois politics. With a high HDI rating and affluent economy, Royal Kingdom of Québec is an advanced nation with long years of peace and stability within the nation, while still allowing for societal and economic progress over the course of its history. With a beautiful environment, advanced economy, state-of-art infrastructure and love of association football, Royal Kingdom of Québec is your place to go for your once-in-a-lifetime voyage that welcomes every traveler with smile and cheer.

FORMAT
Of course, it is impossible to determine a specific format at this time without knowing the exact number of nations.

Due to the fluid and open nature of the Cup of Harmony when it comes to hosting, on top of selection criteria, various options will be available depending on the availability of RPers not only meeting our selection criteria, but also being able to participate. As have been and will be the case on this bid as well, the preferred format will be the conventional 8-group, 32-team format. Both hosts, however, will also be open to either expand or contract the tournament size to 24, 36, 40 and 48 team format. The format will be decided based on the criteria - we'll be looking for people who have posted a roster and RPed at least twice, with (subjective) quality of RP used as a tiebrak to round the numbers down a bit if required.

Should two nations be tied on points at the end of the group stage, we will use the following tiebreakers:

1. Head-to-Head points
2. Head-to-Head Goal Difference
3. Goal Difference
4. Goals For
5. Drawing of lots (roster/RP bonus)


SCORINATION & RP BONUS
Games will be scored using xkoranate 0.3.3 (SQIS).

As the Baptism of Fire was founded as an introduction into the world of football roleplaying and there are no ranks, RP bonus will be very generous and cumulative throughout the tournament. We want to reward promising new players who show effort and/or creativity. As hosts, we will do our best to facilitate quality roleplay and make this BoF the springboard to future success for the next generation that it was for many of those prior. RP bonus will be graded by each host individually, though we prefer not to release our exact grading scale.


PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
The user behind Cosumar has been an active member of NS Sports since the summer of 2010 – almost six years. Over the years, particularly in the last three, he has proven himself as an active RPer and reliable contributor to the community who is ready to take on WCC hosting responsibility. His hosting portfolio to date includes World Bowl XXVII, World Lacrosse Championships XX, Beach Cup II and Beach Cup V as Sarrbia, and a solo tennis tournament. He also scorinated conferences in NSCAA 3 & 4, NSCF 4-5 and NSCF 10-13. He began serving as NSCF Commissioner prior to NSCF 13. All were successful events hosted to completion without any hiccups. He also maintains a domestic newswire for everything related to Cosumar sports, including an extensively detailed five-tier soccer pyramid entering its 18th season. ICly, Cosumar has also hosted the Finals of all three UICA tournaments and the AOCL.

The user behind Royal Kingdom of Québec has hosted or co-hosted the World Bowl XXIV and XXVIII, World Cup of Hockey XXV, XVI and XXIX, Baptism of Fire LVII, Cup of Harmony 64 and International Basketball Championships 17-18. The user behind the nation was most recently the inaugural and 6-cycle long President for the World Cup of Hockey Federation and a longtime member in many sporting committees, as well as formerly organizing the NSCAA Ice Hockey Competitions. He also has hosted many seasons of domestic hockey and football leagues, and has been working on to scorinate leagues in at least 6 pro sports.


THAT'S ALL, FOLKS
Both bidding hosts are extremely excited for this opportunity and would be honored to be a part of the 62nd edition of this amazing tournament. Please do not hesitate to reply with any questions or concerns - we will attempt to respond as quickly as possible. Many thanks to Red Blackiland for the above logo, and don't forget to sign up for World Cup 75!