NationStates Jolt Archive

It's been a rock-em, sock-em derby on ice at the first Don Cherry Cup.

Enough to know we need a second. Sign up here. And if you're interested in being the next host, say so here too.

The Sherbrooke Annihilators, the pride of Quebec Nouveau's two hockey teams, would like to announce their registration for le second Don Cherry Cup

Count the Progressans in again.

I geuss that I can send a team...

The Cassowaries will return. Can we bring anything? A nice bottle of wine, maybe, or dessert?

The Moose will return, hoping to improve on their lackluster performance in the first cup.

(OOC: Dice hate me. Anything I do involving dice always ends up as a loss. You should see me play Risk. I'm lucky if I win 5 battles all game)

Quinntonian SAINTS all the way!!!!! YES! WHOO!!! *coughs* yeah! whoo1
*looks around uncomfortably* GO SAINTS!!!

Does this mean that the first cup is over? I thought we were still going strong.
WWJD
Amen.

Polkaton would like to enter their team, the Polkaton Posse, into the competition.
Polka McPolka.

Still largely ignorant of even the basic elements of the sport, Norbray locals have been discouraged, by the government, from showing-up the nation by taking part in international competition.

Winston Gumble of Norbray replied, however; "Ice, stick, thing, you ponces!" confidently indicating with a low wave of his hand that was meant to somehow represent the rock pelted about a frozen lake every weekend.

Formerly the Walmington Red Bears, the renamed Norbray Red Bears would like to submit a team for humiliation next time around!

"Maybe we'll score against the Cassowaries, or that other looser team, you know the one." Offered a bruised Gumble.

(ooc:The players may be clueless fools likely to bring the game into disrepute, but the fans at least ought to be civilised)

The Ianapalis Gulls would, of course, love to participate again.

"I can smell that Cup this year," nodded Martin St. Amour, brimming with confidence, in an interview with IanCorp wire services.

Quinntonian SAINTS all the way!!!!! YES! WHOO!!! *coughs* yeah! whoo1
*looks around uncomfortably* GO SAINTS!!!

Does this mean that the first cup is over? I thought we were still going strong.
WWJD
Amen.

No. People kept trying to sign up in the first thread, so I started another for sign-ups for the second Cup.

i will send a team for the Don Cherry cup 2

our team is the Uniginian Rockets

The RNoSI Hippos are definitely in!

BTW, format suggestion for next time. I saw that the first is based on points in Group A. This time, the top 2 teams in Group A (or however we determine it) should play for the title so that there's actually a championship game.

SI

i want in

We'll be back for #2.

The Caer Pugetia Corsairs would vie for the Cherry Cup

BUMP!
WWJD
Amen.

Any ideas when this will be held?

i'll be in for it

Any ideas when this will be held?

Soon. We're still playing Cherry Cup 1, two games away from finishing it. I sent out a telegram to everyone who signed up for #1 the first day it started.

Is there anyone who would like to take over hosting for Cherry Cup #2?

Let's get this party started!!! GO SAINTS!!
WWJD
Amen.

Quebec Nouveau
Kaze Progressa
Athel Nora
Tanah Burung
Tranquillitis
Quinntonia
Polkaton
Walmington on Sea
Iansisle
Uniginia
Kalaallit Nunaat
SterlingIce
Zinkoland
Soviet Haaregrad
Caer Pugetia
Sysepho
The Gulf States

16 teams entered so far. Still looking for a host.

We could keep using dice, or change toa system that takes rank from previous Cup into account, like they do in the NS soccer World Cup. Anyone have a preference?

I think I'm sort of in favour of taking previous results into account, but since WoS wasn't involved in the first cup I'd expect someone else's opinion to be of more significance on that matter..

..WoS would volunteer to be host, but we haven't any proper statiums, heh. All matches would be played outdoors on a frozen lake in northern Norbray, next to the military testing fields ;)

I'd love to see a formula taking rank into account. Maybe something based on the football/soccer World Cup but allowing for higher scores.

What about what the NHL does? 2 points for a win, 1 for a tie, and 0 for a loss? Have the teams put into Divisions, and the top teams from each division pair off in the finals? Maybe this is how it was done, I just thought I'd input here.

The scores-by-ranking situation sounds like the best idea, to me at least. Also, I'd love to host, but I OOCly don't have as much time to devote to NS as I'd like right now. Sorry.

I have the funds and the facilities and would love to host the Cup. After our dissapointment in the last cup, we are eager to have home ice advantage. Not that anything we tried to do was very successful last time. The Capitol of Quinntonia is The City of Peace. It is huge about 30 million people and is designed to look much like a church. It gives tourists a sense of peace and contemplation withits huge cathedrals, parks, statues, Christian based sculptures and hockey rinks evry couple of blocks. Will this affect my stats?
WWJD
Amen.

We're gonna give it another whirl - after the disappointing A Pool last time.

Greenland, nice name.

...NS soccer World Cup...

*declares war*

...NS soccer World Cup...

*declares war*
*joins in on war*

LOL, TnUI.

Count me in, please.

Greetings. We would like to apply for a place in the Cherry Cup, if there are any spots remaining. Uruk'Hai Ice Dancing is becoming increasingly popular in our nation. And when it comes down it, it's very much like hockey. (This is not meant as a swipe at ice hockey. If you had seen the Uruk'Hai icedancing troupe in action, you'd know where I'm coming from.)If our application is approved, we will be sending a national team managed by our national football ("soccer" in North America) manager, Ufwurz the Furious. Sincerely,

Ufhur the Hated
Minister of Sport
Empire of Warnocks Wizards

...NS soccer World Cup...

*declares war*
*joins in on war*

LOL, TnUI.

Count me in, please.
What is the war about exacly? Not that we have any love for them, they outlawed Christianity for us beating them in the last cup! LOL!
WWJD
Amen.

...NS soccer World Cup...

*declares war*
What is the war about exacly? Not that we have any love for them, they outlawed Christianity for us beating them in the last cup! LOL!
WWJD
Amen.

(he called ... er ... ootballfay occersay...*hides*)

...NS soccer World Cup...

*declares war*
What is the war about exacly? Not that we have any love for them, they outlawed Christianity for us beating them in the last cup! LOL!
WWJD
Amen.

(he called ... er ... ootballfay occersay...*hides*)
What! There is a difference? Says the ignorent North American? Now did he call it American Football or Canadian Football? :lol:
WWJD
Amen.

OOC1: You're building up a quote-pyramid. that's banned.
OOC2: He means that TnUI is from the UK, where your "soccer" is known as "football", altho you already probably knew that.

Yeah, that's why I identified myself as the ignorent North American.
WWJD
Amen.

Participants:

Quebec Nouveau
Kaze Progressa (rank 8 )
Athel Nora
Tanah Burung (rank 11)
Tranquillitis (rank 10)
Quinntonia (rank 6)
Polkaton
Walmington on Sea
Iansisle (rank 7)
Uniginia
Kalaallit Nunaat (rank 3)
SterlingIce (rank 1)
Zinkoland
Soviet Haaregrad (rank 2)
Caer Pugetia
Sysepho
Warnocks Wizards
The Gulf States (rank )
(spaces still open)

Potential hosts:
Walmington on Sea
Quinntonia
(Please express any preference)

Proposed scoring system:
Random number generation using rank modifiers, based on the football (soccer) World Cup.
- Each team gets 12 chances to score, each attack generating a random number between 1 and 100.
- The attack number is compared with the defence number of the other team. If the attack number is higher than the defence number, a goal is scored. If not, no goal.
- The defence number is determined by rank (teams are ranked 1-12 depending on their finish in the last Cherry Cup, and new teams are also ranked 12). To calculate defence number, subtract rank from 90. That means the highest-ranked team, SterlingIce, has a defensive number of 89, and new teams ranked 12 have a defensive number of 78.

Generating ten random results for SterlingIce v (new team) gives these results:
SterlingIce 4 new team 0
SterlingIce 0 new team 0
SterlingIce 2 new team 5
SterlingIce 5 new team 4
SterlingIce 4 new team 2
SterlingIce 3 new team 0
SterlingIce 3 new team 0
SterlingIce 2 new team 2
SterlingIce 4 new team 1
SterlingIce 1 new team 3

So the best team gets a record of 6 wins, 2 ties and 2 losses against new entries. This (and the scores) sounds about right to me, but comments are welcome.

General Aglukark also promises to never refer to the "soccer World Cup" again. Please don't invade us! We had enough trouble when Ziotah invaded. (Ziotah? Boo, hiss!)

Hm, looks good to me, at a glance.

Walmington (with the exception of the Norbray team itself) would strongly advise against backing the nation's bid to host the cup, hehe.

Hm... I need to come up with player names...

No, this isn't a shameless BUMP. Really.

SI

So, if Walmington doesn't want to host, I guess it's me?
WWJD
Amen.

Perhaps new teams should be assigned a rank of 13? I think play in one cup, even coming last, would give a team a slight advantage over a new team.

Doesn't look like number 12 Daistallia is back, though, so maybe it doesn't matter.

Guess not. Looks like me and you, TB, can celebrate being the worst teams of the first Cherry Cup :p

'Tis an honourable company. :wink:

Big Bobby Clobber skates up the ice. He sees Fedorov with the puck, near the boards. He skates over, shifts his weight for the body check, and BUMPS Fedorov into the wood, stealing the puck, beats Tretiak, and scores for Greenland!

With Hockey Season 2 (the Return of Hockey) Still a ways away, the Sherbrooke Annihilator Fans are whipping themselves into a frenzy. Throngs of zealous fans gathered outside of the Parliament Building, waving banners, jerseys, plastic sabres, shouting Aller Annihilators! We are Sherbrookers, the lads in red and black, Toujours Quebec Nouveau, "Allo, we are Annihilators Surrender or you die,
As we all follow the Arsenal!

There have been several suggestions for a format change to a more league-style play, and no one appears able to host right this minute. So, i'm going to suggest a change:

Results still generated witha rank modifier.

A Nationstates Hockey League (NHL) will be formed to play for the Cherry Cup. Teams will be divided into divisions that play each other a few times, and the top teams (say two each from four divisions) will qualify for the playoffs: elimination games leading to the Cherry Cup final.

K.N. can host the next time, and then hand off to someone else for Cherry Cup 3.

Any comments?

I still don't know if you got my nation's team back for season II.

Gulf States: sorry, added you.

KN, your system sounds very good to me. And Thanks for hosting!

Yes, thanks for hosting! I appreciate that we could come to an understanding as to how this was to go, I think it'll be great. Hopefully The Quinntonian Saints will be able to improve upon their performance in the last cup.
WWJD
Amen.

Bumping for anyone else who wants to sign up.

hey can i be an international entrant or am i too late. So prepare for the wrath of the Red Star City Revolutionaries (thats my capital if you were wondering)

BUMP!
WWJD
Amen.

Come on folks, BUMP if you like hockey!

I have to say that I/We (quebec nouveau) are very excited @@subliminal message "BUMP TOPIC"@@ about the upcoming Hockey Season! Here, hockey season is about 18 months long! Don't worry if the math doesn't add up, neither do the people, in a lot of ways. We like to say that our currency, the Loonie, goes a long way towards describing the people, but only in a good kind of way. We're just laid back, carefree, and ready for some spicy hot hockey action!

The country of Oilermania would like to send it's national all-star team, if that's allright.

Doesn't look like number 12 Daistallia is back, though, so maybe it doesn't matter.

:cry:

Haven*t seen this til now.....

Sign me up! :D

Let's see,

love hockey : yes
love nationstates : yes
love myself : yes

Right, all criteria met, We Shall Sign Up


*Signs up*
what do I do, with whom and how?

Let's see,

love hockey : yes
love nationstates : yes
love myself : yes

...hold on, I already typed this....
^$%^*#!!! double posts

Teams signed up:

Quebec Nouveau
Kaze Progressa (rank 8 )
Athel Nora
Tanah Burung (rank 11)
Tranquillitis (rank 10)
Quinntonia (rank 6)
Polkaton
Walmington on Sea
Iansisle (rank 7)
Uniginia
Kalaallit Nunaat (rank 3)
SterlingIce (rank 1)
Zinkoland
Soviet Haaregrad (rank 2)
Caer Pugetia
Sysepho
Warnocks Wizards
The Gulf States (rank 5)
Englesreich
Oilermania
Daistallia (rank 12)
Dennisov

22 teams. I'll start a league of four divisions with 5-6 teams each shortly.

NationStates Hockey League (NHL)

DON CHERRY CONFERENCE
GRETZKY DIVISION
Uniginia
Dennisov
Oilermania
Polkaton
Daistallia (rank 12)
The Gulf States (rank 5)

TRETIAK DIVISION
Soviet Haaregrad (rank 2)
Englesreich
Tranquillitis (rank 10)
Quinntonia (rank 6)
Warnocks Wizards
(space open)

-------------------------------

RON MCLEAN CONFERENCE
WICKENHEISER DIVISION
Athel Nora
Tanah Burung (rank 11)
Walmington on Sea
SterlingIce (rank 1)
Zinkoland
Kaze Progressa (rank 8 )

LEMIEUX DIVISION
Quebec Nouveau
Iansisle (rank 7)
Caer Pugetia
Kalaallit Nunaat (rank 3)
Sysepho
Trevorland

Two spots still open.

Each team plays every other team in its division. Top four teams in each conference (including division winners who are ranked 1-2) qualify for playoffs. Conference winners play off for the Cherry Cup.

Oh good heavens- WoS vs. Tanah Burung? That will be a fine display of ..what's this sport called? Hockey? A fine display of hockey..ing skill!

[looks forward to breaking some sort of record against SterlingIce]

We eagerly look forward to this clash of titans. If only we can find our skates....

http://home.earthlink.net/~fchiaramonte/images/photo/cassowaryface.JPG
GO CASSOWARIES!

The Hockey Moose eagerly await facing the new enigma, (space open). Nothing is known about this team or where they come from, but they must be large enough to send two teams, as (space open) appears twice.

If there's room, the Trevorland Porcupines would love to make their inagural appearance. We have this new wonderful stadium that we need to use for something, so we'll convert it into a hockey arena.

The Ianapalis Gulls look forward to (winning) the next cup, though they are a little disappointed (the reason for their disappointment remains nebulous) at not being in the same division as their Walmingtonish allies!

(In other words, just letting y'all know I'm still here ;))

Kaze Progressa's division, the Wickenheiser Division, appears to be of average difficulty; SterlingIce are the clear standouts within it, with the much-derided Tanah Burung Cassowaries and three newcomers completing the lineup.

Most analysts say that the Progressans and SterlingIce will dominate it, but anything is possible.

Kaze Progressa's division, the Wickenheiser Division, appears to be of average difficulty; SterlingIce are the clear standouts within it, with the much-derided Tanah Burung Cassowaries and three newcomers completing the lineup.

Most analysts say that the Progressans and SterlingIce will dominate it, but anything is possible.

Ooh! In the group with KP. This could be quite interesting.

SI

All of Daistallia await*s their teams opprotunity to wreak vengance for the last place lost in the last Don Cherry cup.

Trevorland has been assigned to the Lemieux Division. Welcome.

There is one spot remaining. I will start play tomorrow (Monday). Good luck to all!

Merci, and bonne chance!

What happens if that space isn't filled? Would that day just be a bye?

yay hockey i hope i find those plane tickets ooh i am worried if we cant trust the reichchancellor who can we trust? oh and spasiba (thats russian i had to spell it phoneticly because i cant type cyrillic on here) and bonne chance (i dont know what that is in russian) if any one does it would help

bonne chance is хорошее везение is Russoyke!

Phonetically, it is Khoroshee Vezenie (kor-Oh-she Vay-zay-ni-eh) Both mean, of course, "Good Luck!" Bonne chance being Francais, bien sur!

In a pub somewhere in southern Rejistania. A group a field hockey players get drunk because they aren't chosen for the Field hockey national team. Suddently, one of them, called Kene, has a stupid idea: "Ya know, we still have chance play for our country. Remeber Don Cherry-Cup?"
Ihis answered while ordering the next beer: "That is ice hockey, we never done that!"
Kene: "Who cares, we can all use rollerskates, won't make that diff'renceh!"
Raju: "Yeah, let's sign up!"
The later the evening progresses, the more popular the idea gets. One day later the newly founded RejistaniaIHA (Ice hockey association) signs up for the Cup.

Welcome Rejistania, and thanks for making up the numbers. You have been assigned to the Tretiak Division.

Please go to the new thread:
http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2134406#2134406

ooh quebec you are helpful how do you type russian on here (oh and i do know its french i do study that as well) Merci mon ami.

De Rien, mon ami, de rien! Many translator online services will let you type russin fonts or scripts, provided your computer can aceept them. www.worldlingo.com is a good one that I used to use. It has an online translator that supports something like 20 different languages. Try it out.