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WORLD CUP XV RP THREAD

The official Thread is here: http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=150735&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=

Ahhhhhhhhh! It's not True, a Hardline Commie is hostin the WC!!! No000ooZ0000rrr!

Links:

World Cup XV Scores (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3239671)
World Cup XV Rosters (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3239679)
World Cup XV Signups (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=141059&highlight=)
Big Book of World Cup Rules (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=138502&highlight=)
World Cup Reference Book (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=140812&highlight=)
The NSCW (footie) Link Page (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=137884&highlight=)

Eauz Stadiums:
http://www.angelfire.com/co4/eauz/std-eauz.html

The Eagles Nest Stadiums:
http://www.angelfire.com/co4/eauz/std-ten.html

Le LIBRE

World Cup XV Information

The world has seen a spectre in Eauz take victory in the 13th world cup, and this victory brought about a stronger well known team in Eauz. Eauz along side The Eagles Nest will be hosting the 15th World Cup.

At this moment, The Eagles Nest and Eauz will be accepting requests from companies, groups nations willing to sponsor the 15th world cup.

The Following are requirments to sponsor for both sides:

For The Eagles Nest:
slogan, jingle, 2 commericals.

For Eauz:
Slogan, 2 commercials and propaganda added to it

*Note: Because Eauz is a socialist country, they wish to have only national companies and social groups supporting their part of the world cup. The Eagles Nest is open to most everything.

Hosts
Eauz + The Eagles Nest

Signed up
Liverpool England
Oddslavo
Iansisle
Larkinia
Rejistania
Nikea
Krytenia
Tadjikistan
The Lowland Clans
Jeruselem
Melmond
Dennisov
The Evil Umpire
Creedence Clearwater
Brazillico
Vilita
Foggymushmush
Lovisa
Coruna
The Weegies
Audioslavia
Lovebug
Crabec
Kaufmanstad
Magnus Valerius
NASTIC 2
NEWI Cefn Druids
Snub Nose 38
Sprotbot [Puppet of TBF]
Crystilakere
The Belmore Family
Halfassedstates
Oceaice
Resistencia
Kaze Progressa
Bedistan
Europa Brittania
Wella
Kingsford
The Gulf States
Squornshelous
Aquilla
Ineptia
Lykaia
Dance 2 Revolution
Balti Pie
Raptor Claw
Grand master Mark
Giant Zucchini
Lemmitania
Tanah Burung
Grays Harbor
Mattigool
Cockbill Street
Rukbat al Rami
Commerce Heights
EL CID THE HERO
The Republican Army
Slaikau
Intelligent Madness
Spaam
Boscioto
The Home Islands
Sportonia
One Red Dot
Avenging Altos
TripB
Oglethorpia
Shang-ti
Turnia
Haperd
Lallania
The Redavic Union
Artoonia
Oaker
Daekerius
Kodia
Jaodom
Rot-Gelb-Grun
KT MPLG
The East Asian Empire
Gesamtkuntswerk
Kipto-Mare
Qia
Starblaydia
Baureus
Ascensia
Tasty Toast
Tim jenkins Europro
Morriganavia
Ktony
Isles of Wohlstand
Calientia
Rampagonia
Bakinhale
Total_n_Utter_Insanity
Svecia - Added, so you better be happy and RP in this Cup!
Everybody Dies [Puppet of Dance2Revolution]
Progressive Beans [Puppet of NEWI]
Turori [Puppet of Vilita]

It seems as if my post to join world cup 15 never got on the thread seeing as Svecia is not on the list, which was most definitely a mistake. Is it too late to sign up???! The lack of participation on our part was not a signal that we are giving up but only a lack of time to write (and yet we did quite well by finishing as one of the top ten qualifiers and just missing a second round bid by a goal).

It seems as if my post to join world cup 15 never got on the thread seeing as Svecia is not on the list, which was most definitely a mistake. Is it too late to sign up???! The lack of participation on our part was not a signal that we are giving up but only a lack of time to write (and yet we did quite well by finishing as one of the top ten qualifiers and just missing a second round bid by a goal).

Svecia - a search of your posts confirm you DID NOT sign up. It is too late. Sorry.

It is too late. Sorry.
As far as I can tell, according to SN38's slani puppet rule, the signups aren't over until there are either no puppets left or the Cup starts.

Then again, I never said it was a good rule. :roll:

It is too late. Sorry.
As far as I can tell, according to SN38's slani puppet rule, the signups aren't over until there are either no puppets left or the Cup starts.

Then again, I never said it was a good rule. :roll:

Technically, with this thread, Eauz closed the signups. It IS too late.

This Rp thread is ruined. I say we start a new one!

The Forth day of the Eighty First Month of the Glorious Reign of King Jacob XVI

I, by the surname Gulliver, given to me by my father, and to him by his father, have logged my recent accounts. I have taken the burden upon myself to further my education in the cultures and diversity of the world, and thus, I have signed up upon a ship, the HRS Allinoir, to help extend my reaches to many of the various ports of call and nations unknown to many Kingsforders, myself included.
Therefore, because of this ignorance of the reaches of the known world, I will log my accounts in this very journal, which at the end of my voyages will be published. I cannot make any promises as to the interest of my logs or not, because to be honest, I do not know what I will encounter. Even the whim of my wildest imagination could not predict the follies and spectacles that will stumble across my path, or rather, I will stumble across theirs.
So thus, I end this soliloquy with the hope that you will find the utmost interest in my loggings, and hopefully I will become reknown throughout this Holy Republic as a brilliant scholar of global cultures.

-Gulliver-
Seaman of the HRS Allinoir

The Bedistan Sports Digest

Whitehurst Named Lions Manager
BFA hopes for much better performance in TEN Commies

AMISSVILLE -- The Bedistan Football Association has finally named Jeff Whitehurst as the new manager of the Bedistan Lions. Previous manager Johnny Lewis was fired after Bedistan's embarrassing first-round exit from World Cup XIV. "We barely did better than we did our very first time!" complained an angry BFA president Javier McGuire. "We need another Jim Parker, and maybe Whitehurst will be the one."

In other football news, it has been reported that the citizens' interest in the sport has been flagging somewhat over the last couple years, and the BFA is worried it may have to reduce funding sometime in the next few years, possibly leading to slightly less support for the national team, among other things. "We hope it won't get bad," says McGuire, "but we'll have to wait and see."

[OOC: I'll be leaving here on Sunday, June 13 for about six weeks. I hope to have fairly regular computer access while I'm away, but I can't promise anything. I plan to be back on July 24. So if my RPing and other activity severely drops off about midway through qualifying, you'll know why.]

The 17th day of the 81st Month of the Glorious Reign of Jacob XVI

We have reached our first port of call, named Gallahasi. This strange island came under the legislature of the grand Holy Republic 216 moons and 13 days prior, under the reign of King Michael I. It is situated 453 Akrids1 (to use a measurement of the Gallahasians2) South Southeast of Sheffingham, Oglethorpia.
A proud and astute island, the Gallahasians haved lived on that wretched island for thousands of years, yet no one knows their origin. Some suggest that they are Polynesian sailors who went adrift and arrived on the forsaken island. This is the most probable theory, since in a tongue of one of the more prodigious exploring islands of Polynesia, Galla is translated directly to “Lost” and the obvious “asi” is from the root Asia, hence the cultural name Gallah-asians.
In Gallahasi, there is a large fence made of wood and stone that divides the island in two, right down the middle. The fence is moreso a wall than a fence, but the Gallahasians are militant for it being called a fence. This fence is 20 Akrisids3 wide and 40 Akrisids tall, and has arches extending nearly to the top of the wall for commerce to pass through. These two sides of the island are intermingling and are no way in segregation, however those who live on the west side are very different from those who live on the east side. Some Gallahasians have their houses on top of the fence, because they feel like they would not be in good company living among those who are on the west side, nor the east side.
These “Lost-Asians” (as many a citizen of the Holy Republic have come to call them) have a strange system of government. Though they are under the ultimate jurisdiction of the King, and will be for quite some time, the current King has allowed them to form their own laws and be governed by them lest they interfere with the laws put down by their governing state. Using this system, they have come up with an oligarchical paradox, having two kings.
The dual majestic government struck me as awkward at first, however I soon came to realize its purpose. The first king, Marco Carlos, is a very energetic young king. He is very liberal and excited about being king, but one might doubt his integrity and wisdom because of his youth. Nevertheless, he is respected by all, though when provoked for an intellectual discussion, it is clear that he has not seen as many years as his instigators, and easily is confused. His political stance is very open and accepting, and very, very liberal. One of his comrades, and very much his similar, a young man by the name of Trumkpta Donadis, enjoys the company of Marco Carlos, except despises his liberal ideals.
The second king, Chalmars Aguill, is very old and wise. His house is on the east side of the island, however it is very close to the fence, unlike the hose of Trumpkta Donadis, whose house is on the shoreline of the east side. Chalmars Aguill doesn’t leave his house much. In fact, he is very inactive. Rare is the day in recent times that he addresses the people, Marco Carlos makes his speeches in his lieu. Nevertheless, one who calls Marco Carlos the only king is often put to his end, and Chalmars Aguill, though feeble and lethargic, still will not relinquish his royalty completely to Marco Carlos.
Though his steadfast hold on the kingship seems selfish, it also might be a positive account for the Gallahasians. Recently, King Marco Carlos (whose house is about as far west as Trumkpta Donadis’s is east) was reviewing the list of the congressional committee. There were to be 100 members, however 100 separate individuals did not sign up, and persons like Donadis entered a subject, wise in the ways of politics. Marco Carlos saw this, and asked around for others to join. He found more individuals, and allegedly removed “at random” the subjects of two people, included was Trumkpta Donadis. Bear in mind that around 15 individuals had entered subjects, and most of them stayed, but upon interrogation, Carlos claimed that there were laws saying which subjects to remove, yet, upon checking the records myself, such laws do not exist. Then, his advisor, Mecthild Czapp, had suggested another set of laws ultimately ending in the same two subjects being dispersed with. However, when these laws went undiscovered, a second advisor (who is still very young, and lives on the top of the fence) names Poro Sinog suggested yet a third set of laws that caused the two subjects to be removed. When these laws were not found, Marco Carlos, in a fit of rage and confusion, finalized the list of the congressional committee and barred any further discussion, the penalty of which resulted in death.
As intrigued with the Gallihasian culture and the small rugged island of Gallahasi as I was, I soon had lost track of time and realized that our time in this port was finished. Upon boarding the ship, however, I saw one of the members of the congressional committee, Atpook Billia, suggest that the committee was so corrupted and wrongly formed that it should be remade to Marco Carlos, and Carlos was so infuriated that he killed Atpook Billia on the spot.
So thus, I left the Principality of Gallhasi with these few pages in my log book and a few good I had purchased there: A watch (Gallahasians are the finest watchmakers in the Holy Republic), A small dagger, and a few Nbalai4.

-Gulliver-
Seaman of the HRS Allinoir
Visitor to the Principality of Gallhasi

1 One Akrid = 2.34113 Kilometers
2 The Same Gallihasians who lead the Balkanaks in the Second Kingsforder Civil War
3 One Akrisid = 1.1182 Meters
4 The Gallihasian Currency, 1 Nbalai = .092 Pounds

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I decided to change the title to "PRE" because so many people were grumping about the fact that I started these threads too early. Personally I didn't think so, because We are already at the semi-finals with 4 teams left. Anyways... this one goes out to all you grumpy people who cry and complain too much. :lol:

Vilita would like to submit it's 3wide Designs company for sponsorship, more to follow!

Opis Earl Foods & Drug Company
“We keep our foods and laxatives separate. Honest!”
Salmonella, Kingsford

We at the Opis Earl Foods & Drug Company would like to submit a bid to sponsor World Cup 15. We take great pride in our WC15 products, such as Soccerball Cereal, Henry Tuck Burger Buns, Audioslavia Sugar-Coated Riddilin, and Alan Belmore Flavored Laxatives. But we’ve always wanted that extra edge that would boost us over all of the other Food and Drug Companies. Upon seeing the requests for a WC15 sponsor, I knew that was the answer.

With the Opis Earl Foods & Drug Company as a sponsor, the following products would be officially WCC Sanctioned:

Food:
Soccerball Cereal
Henry Tuck Burger Buns
Alan Belmore Moonshine
Eauz PopSickle & Hammer
Melmond Dice (Fried and Steamed)
Rejistanian Alphabet Soup (Now with ~, ‘, `, and -!)
Alan Belmore Twizzler Shoe Laces
Oglethorpian Last Name-Colored Tortilla Chips

Pharmaceuticals:
Audioslavia Sugar-Coated Riddilin
Alan Belmore Flavored Laxatives
Lanky Dude Diet Pills
Cannon Family Daily Vitamins
Snub Nose 38 Pills for Memory Lapse
Eauz Steroids
Belmorian LSD
Holy 1ndia Premium Placebos
Snub Nose 38 Pills for Memory Lapse
Aquillan Energy Pills

Jingle:
Opis Earl makes the world go round
Opis Earl turns frowns upside down
Opis Earl’s not a conglomerate.
Opis Earl keeps his foods and laxatives separate.
Honest!

Commercial 1:
MAN: Mushi Mushi. I would like 1 bowl of fried rice
OPIS EARL: Are you sure about that?
MAN: What the—
OPIS EARL: You might be yelling yes, or HIYAH! Now, but wait until you see what I have!
MAN: 911! Help! Police!
OPIS EARL: You no longer have to drive 10 miles under the speed limit with your blinkers on, my pointy eyed friend! With the new Opis Earl Product, Melmond Fried Dice, you’ll get that extra Kung Pao you need to move your foot down on that pedal.
MAN: Who are you?
OPIS EARL: Yes, it’s true! And here’s the secret! We use pure 100% Melmondian Dice in our Rice, instead of Rice!
MAN: How does that work?
OPIS EARL: MAGIC! Here, try a bite!
MAN: Mmmm, tastes random.
OPIS EARL: Almost too random! So get your Melmond Fried Dice today, and new, Melmond Steamed Dice!

VOICES: Opis Earl Makes the World go round/
Opis Earl turns frowns upside down/
Opis Earl’s not a conglomerate/
Opis Ear keeps his foods and laxatives separate!/
OPIS EARL: Honest!

Commercial 2:
WOMAN: Oh, I want to pay homage to St. Alan Belmore, but I’m too constipated.
OPIS EARL: Guess what!
WOMAN: What the pope?!
OPIS EARL: You can do both at the same time, with Alan Belmore Flavored Laxatives.
WOMAN: Well how does that work?
OPIS EARL: I’m glad you asked. We’ve taken spinal fluid of Alan Belmore—
WOMAN: Spinal fluid? Doesn’t he need that?
OPIS EARL: DON’T INTERRUPT ME! *smack* He doesn’t use his brain anyways. Right, as I was saying, we took his spinal fluid and mixed it with our premium “Exit Only Laxatives” to provide you with that premium Canonized flavor.
WOMAN: Mmm, it’s so good, it’s holy!
OPIS EARL: That’s right! And if you buy in bulk, you get a bathroom wall portable shrine, so you can poop n praise wherever you go!
WOMAN: It’s too good to be true! Thanks Opis Earl!

VOICES: Opis Earl Makes the World go round/
Opis Earl turns frowns upside down/
Opis Earl’s not a conglomerate/
Opis Ear keeps his foods and laxatives separate!/
OPIS EARL: Honest!

Thank you for whoever decided to allow me to join back. Svecian are rejoicing at the news that their national team will be competing once again. The media has promised to overload their members with SVF facts, quotes, news, etc.... This World Cup marks the 14th World Cup Svecia has participated in. The national team has only failed to qualify for the finals in 2 of those 14 years, and has make it at least to the second round in half of those years and winning the third place match twice. In the past two years of WC action, Svecia has amassed an impressive overall record of 30-9-5. Svecia looks to improve that record by finishing in the top two in their qualifying group and hopefully moving past the quarterfinals >

>*ooc with better roleplaying than last world cup*

The 29th Day of the 81st Month of the Glorious Reign of King Jacob XVI

It has been two and ten days since our voyage from Gallihasi. The bearing was for the Formerly Jingoistic States of Brazillico, however a terrible wind has blown us off course. The HRS Allinoir has been drifting at sea for 7 days. Captain Black had recognized the formation of a reef. Captain Black used to be an Oglethorpian Commercial Diver, and recognized the bright yellow of the coral that could not be found anywhere else except off the north coast of the SLAGlands. By this conclusion, I felt that we must be Arids1 away from Brazillico. After judging our rations, Captain Black determined that we could not make it to Cordova. He thus set our bearings toward nearby Yeltifut Island.
Before leaving the reef, I took my Gallihasian dagger and cut off a sample of the bright yellow coral. Upon setting sail, I tucked it in one of my pockets for safe keeping. Reef preservation is a main issue in the Emerald Heights, and my ship would surely discharge me if I were to be found out. We thus sailed two fortnights before the worst storm these eyes have ever seen had hit. The HRS Allinoir, and for all I knew, my fellow seamen, were torn to part. I managed to salvage the hull of a lifeboat and drift for three days. Towards the end of the third day, I realized that the ocean floor was just a few feet below me. Looking up, I saw a vast and luscious island, that did not match at all the thorough description of Yeltifut Island, as described by Diego Castañeda, the explorer whose ship caught on fire at what is now Barcoenfuego. Castañeda took a detailed log of Yeltifut island, which to today has been preserved at Museo del Barcoenfuego, and though I have never set foot on the island, I have completely read this log, and the rocky Yeltifut was not abundantly comparable as this luscious paradise.
Upon reaching shore, I found the island to be uninhabited, however my searc was conducted in exhaustion and in pitch dark, so I chose a spot on the beach and made my tidings. I slept for what I thought to be a good 9 hours, however upon awakening, I realized that I was not at the place I had originally started my hibernation, afflicted on my by my sheer lack of rest. I soon realized that I was in some sort of hut, and the island was, in fact, inhabited. I also noticed the company of 15 of my shipmates from the Allinoir, who were tied, spread eagle, to four posts. Trying to move, I soon came to the assumption that I was tied this way as well, though my bonds were not visible.
The chieftain, or king (whatever he preferred to be called, I couldn’t say) arrived in full ploomage and leather bonds. He resembled the strange people the Spanish explorer Francisco Pizarro described as the Incas, though only having heard a third party description, I could not make a valid comparison, only through what I’ve heard. He soon spoke:
“Gtal Nudeg, Voro Voro.”
Many a “Voro Voro” was uttered from the crowd. Soon, the 16 of us were freed from our bonds and set in a line. Through three languages (one of the natives spoke Yeltifutan, and John Portus, a sailor, spoke the same) I learned that the chieftain was called Monnimel. He also planned to pit us in a tournament to the death for sport. His statisticians surveyed the lot of us and drew up a bracket. I was matched up first against Kelley Pontain, a Bedistani who had ventured to Kingsford for work. Before we had commenced, Monnimel took two round spheres with clusters of notches engraved in them. He threw them into the sand, surveyed the notches, and shouted something in his tongue.
After hearing these orders, the statisticians rushed to Kelley, held him submissive, and ordered me to stab him. I did not want to do this, and Kelley could easily dominate me in a match of physical ability, but before I could contest, I found a crude sword at my throat, and with digression, I reluctantly stabbed Pontain. I watched in horror as Monnimel cast the spheres into the sand, looked at the notches, and whittled our number down by half to eight, and then to four, and finally to two. The luck had been with me, though it was bittersweet, for I had to slay 3 of my comrades. I was up against John Portus (who happened to be my closest mate on the HRS Allinoir). Monnimel cast the spheres into the sand, and shouted for me to be held still. Portus looked at the sword in his hand, held it aloft, and motioned to plunge it into my midriff, but veered the blade astray and hit the two men holding me in one fell swoop. I grabbed a bloody sword lying in the sand in one hand and my Gallihasian dagger in the other and, with John, obliterated the gathering of these savages. When all the others were slaughtered, I saw Monnimel cowering alone in the corner. I grabbed the two spheres in my right hand (for I had dropped my sword). They were heavy in weight, just by their mass one would think that they were twenty times as large as they actually were. I cast them into the sand at his foot, spat upon them, and shouted “Odds don’t look good!” at the top of my lungs.
I was about to plunge my dagger into his jugular, when he surprised me and shouted words I understood. “Do not harm me.” He stuttered out.
“And why not?” I replied.
“I did not want to kill your friends. The men, they enjoy it, so I must do it, or they kill me. Now they are dead, and no more killing.”
I paused for a moment. “Do you have a boat?”
He knew the location of such an item would save his life, so he quickly lead us to the coast and around to an azure cove with ivory beaches, were two driftwood piers stood erect, jutting out into the pristine sea. Tied to them were two hollow canoes, burnt out of a tree at least 6 meters wide and large enough to carry 10 men in. “It is yours.” He said sheepishly.
“Alright. John, let’s go.”
“Gulliver, wait.”
“What?” I was perturbed by his inquiry.
“Is it safe leaving him here?”
“Why wouldn’t it be?”
“He could alert others, they could come and hunt us down in large numbers.”
“He wouldn’t go, look at him!” We both turned to see him darting into the thick jungle. Both John and I drew our pistols, but John fired his shot first, striking him square in the back of his head. My shot would’ve ripped through his upper torso, but he was already dead on the ground by the time my shot had reached his former position. The ball traveled further and shattered into a tree.
“Alright Gulliver, someone’s bound to have heard those. We must get going.” We boarded the large canoes and left the savage island, not knowing our position or direction of travel, with only two oars to guide us and a bundle of fruit salvaged from the hut before leaving to nourish us.

-Gulliver-
Seaman of the HRS Allinoir
Visitor to the Principality of Gallhasi
Survivor of the Wreck of the Allinoir
Prisoner to the Chieftain Monnimel
Killer of many men

As was begun in the final hours of Gesamtkuntswerk's attempt for the fourteenth world cup, the Sturms have opened up a restaurant franchise by the same name, in an attempt to foster greater profit margins with which to bolster both the team and the nation. To this end, Sturms, a division of the Gesamtkuntswerk Football Conglomerate, would like to be a sponsor for the Fifteenth World Cup.

Slogan: Filling food for fanatic fans.

Jingle:
When you want great food
And your stomach is grumbling
Head on over to Sturms
Where good food keeps coming.
Sturms! (Sturms sung in C-major chord)

Commercials:
(Intended for televised broadcasting)
Mother driving children in a suburban environment, kids unrelated but ethnically diverse
Mom: Wasn't that football game great, kids?
Kids: (unison) Yeah!
Kid 1: Mom, I'm hungry. The food at the stadium didn't fill me up good.
Kid 2: Yeah, I'm hungry too.
Mom: Okay, well, where would you like to eat?
Kid 3: Sturms! Sturms!
K1: Yeah, Sturms! Can we mom, can we?
Mom: Well... (grins in a humouring, condescending way, but pauses to torture children with greater apprehension) Okay!
Kids cheer, shot of minivan pulling into Sturms restaurant
Cut to Gregory Schmucker.

Greg: Hi, I'm Greg Schmucker, former goalie for the Gesamtkuntswerk Sturms and three-time swimming contestant for the Heartland Olympics. If you're like me, an active go-getter with little time to spend on preparing food, or if you just like quality food at affordable prices, you'll want to stop by Sturms, where the food is great, the choices are many, and you're sure to leave with a smile on your face.
Cut to corporate logo, play jingle.

(Intended for audio-only broadcast)
Man 1: Ohh, boy, the Pentenmann files are taking forever to go through!
Man 2: Well, we have to push ourselves if we're to make our deadline.
M1: Yeah, but I need a quick lunch break.
M2: Good idea.
Sounds of unwrapping
M1: Ugh. Peanut butter and jelly... you'd be surprised how old a classic gets.
M2: I know what you mean. That's why I went ahead and picked up something new and great on the way to work.
M1: Hey, that looks good! What is that?
M2: It's a Blitzburger, from Sturms.
M1: Man, that looks good!
M2: You bet! It has two slabs of beef with cheese, tomatoes, lettuce, mayonnaise, honey mustard, and the extra-special Sturm Sauce.
M1: Man, I got to get some for myself!
M2: (chuckles) Not until we're done with work.
M1: Right. Next time, I'll be prepared.
Jingle plays with the two men laughing gaily in the background

Thank you for whoever decided to allow me to join back. Svecian are rejoicing at the news that their national team will be competing once again. The media has promised to overload their members with SVF facts, quotes, news, etc.... This World Cup marks the 14th World Cup Svecia has participated in. The national team has only failed to qualify for the finals in 2 of those 14 years, and has make it at least to the second round in half of those years and winning the third place match twice. In the past two years of WC action, Svecia has amassed an impressive overall record of 30-9-5. Svecia looks to improve that record by finishing in the top two in their qualifying group and hopefully moving past the quarterfinals >

>*ooc with better roleplaying than last world cup*

Did you sign up originally?:

Thank you for whoever decided to allow me to join back. Svecian are rejoicing at the news that their national team will be competing once again. The media has promised to overload their members with SVF facts, quotes, news, etc.... This World Cup marks the 14th World Cup Svecia has participated in. The national team has only failed to qualify for the finals in 2 of those 14 years, and has make it at least to the second round in half of those years and winning the third place match twice. In the past two years of WC action, Svecia has amassed an impressive overall record of 30-9-5. Svecia looks to improve that record by finishing in the top two in their qualifying group and hopefully moving past the quarterfinals >

>*ooc with better roleplaying than last world cup*

Did you sign up originally?:

As the person who maintained the signups, I can confirm Svecia did not sign up.

Krytenian fans are absolutely champing at the bit in anticipation for their WC debut. Not only that, but sportswear company JMC has applied to sponsor the TEN half of the competition.

Products:
JMC "Spira" Ball
JMC "Daemon" Boots
JMC "StaKool" Kits

Jingle:
Play to win,
Sets you free,
Play and win,
with JMC!

Slogans:
The Spira from JMC. Mesmerise Defences.
JMC's Daemon Boots. Faster. Closer. Ouchier.
The StaKool shirt from JMC. Sweat happens. Just Deal.

Ads:
Scene: Football Pitch

***Krytenian star Cecil Poldov kicks long ball.

VO: JMC's new Spira design ball is rounder, more water resistant, and with a little something extra...

***The ball flies over a number of players, spinning in the air. As it does so, each defender looks at the ball, and their eyes develop cartoon spirals, and they stand stock still, goofy expressions frozen on their faces. The ball is picked up by Krytenian star Ari Smith, who keepie uppies it into the net.

Cut to JMC screen and slogan.

VO: The Spira from JMC. Mesmerise defences.

Cut back to pitch. dark now, hypnotised players still there. Sound Effect: Owl hoots.

Ad2:
Another football pitch.

***Roger Celsen on ball, taking on defenders.

VO: The new Daemon Boots from JMC. With cushioned insole for extra control...

***Celsen runs round defender increasingly fast, then zooms off. The deffender collapses in a dizzy heap.

VO: Aerodynamic studs for extra speed...

***A Celsen-shaped blur zips past a row of defenders, windsweeping hair and shirts. The last player is wearing a wig, which flies off.

VO: And springy rubber sweet spot for MAXIMUM POWER!

***Celsen launches a screamer at the goalkeeper. Switch to ball POV, it flies at the keeper. Switch to side view, keeper catches and is thrown backwards, through the net, ball still in hands, then crashes into stands.

Fade to JMC logo and slogan:

VO: JMC's Daemon Boots. Faster. Closer. Ouchier.

Back to stand. Fan and woozy looking keeper.

Fan: Dude, you OK?

Keeper: Uuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhh.

Promotional ad on Starblaydi Combined Broadcasting, advertising WCXV

Narrator: The Young Guns of Starblaydia proved themselves to be a force on the world stage...

Footage of the Starblaydi Under-21 team, with lots of stylish graphics filters and stirring music from the strings section of an orchestra. Fit young men in purple and white kits dance around their opposition with the ball at their feet.

Now, as World Cup Fifteen begins in The Eagles Nest and Eauz...

Unforgettable images of past World Cups are shown as the orchestra rises, Captains lift trophies, coaches and players with looks of jubilation and desperation, incredible goals, tackles and skills.

It's time for the big boys to come out and play...

The music seddenly changes to a bass-heavy rock number, Starblaydi players are all pace and all power, shown as aggresive, skillful, pumped up and ready to kick some foreign ass as the scenes continue, editied at a fast pace, designed to whip the viewer up into a footballing frenzy.

See Starblaydia take on the world. Only on SCB. Soon

Voicover: You know the one thing that makes a Blitzburger even better? Chickenize it!

Jingle
Chickenize... don't criticize!
Chickenize... don't criticize!

Voiceover: The Electric Lemming Chickenizer from Eclectic Lemming Corporation... it's not just for chicken anymore!

Small print voiceover: Electric Chickenizer is not to be used on humans or other living beings unless you want them to be dead. Electric Chickenizer is not to be used as a murder weapon. Do not allow children to play around or inside of chickenizer when it is in operation. Unless you want them chickenized.

Two things:

Firstly, Avenging Altos is my puppet.
Secondly, here's Progressair's bid for sponsorship in Eauz:

Progressair. Aerial progress, the cleaner way.
With 88% taxation, we've got to be good, and we are!

[This appears in a TV advert with football fans streaming out of a Progressair plane at an airport in Eauz and in radio form with the sound of a quieter-than-one-might-expect engine taking off]

St. Alicia Times Logo (http://images.fotopic.net/?id=4906015&outx=196&oq=0)

Triggs makes keeper change, reason unknown

As the rosters were announced for KT MPLG's national side in World Cup XV, football fans across the nation learned that veteran goalkeeper Marcus Wellenburg was removed from the starting lineup in favor of the less experienced Lucas Sawyer. Although it is true that neither one of them have yet played on the international level, Wellenburg has had great success with his hometown Conton Lions, whereas Sawyer has just recently made it into the KTFL, signing with the St. Julia Flash.
Jonathan Triggs, manager of the national team, had this to say:
"All of our football players are fine athletes. But there are just times when one has to sit a player down for a bit. Right now, it's Marcus' time to sit."
All further questions were given no comment.
Keiko Ishida is the second backup for the position.

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OOC: This is the first WC tourny that I sign up for and I guees it´s just because all of this is new to me but, THIS IS THE MOST RANDOM THREAD I HAVE EVER SEEN! Anyhow thanks for giving Coruna the chance to participate. :D

OOC: This is the first WC tourny that I sign up for and I guees it´s just because all of this is new to me but, THIS IS THE MOST RANDOM THREAD I HAVE EVER SEEN! Anyhow thanks for giving Coruna the chance to participate. :D

You can not sign up for WC15 as we have already 102 participants, however, you can still sign up for WC16. The thread is here: http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3252114

Dobel-posteh!

OOC: This is the first WC tourny that I sign up for and I guees it´s just because all of this is new to me but, THIS IS THE MOST RANDOM THREAD I HAVE EVER SEEN! Anyhow thanks for giving Coruna the chance to participate. :D

You can not sign up for WC15 as we have already 102 participants, however, you can still sign up for WC16. The thread is here: http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3252114

Rejis - Coruna DID sign up.

OOC: The Communications Committee seems to be doing a good job, eh? :P

OOC: The Communications Committee seems to be doing a good job, eh? :P

OOC: TWG.... I telegrammed Coruna. Rejis' list of nations to telegram did not include Coruna.

Tadjik team ready for WC15

Dushanbe - With Triandafillov as the new coach, the fans could now meet the new team that will represent Tadjikistan in the next World Cup. Triandafillov choose not to change to many names in the WC14 team, when asked why he did not select some new promising players he answerred: " We havent played any matches for the past months, so i need a team that is already experienced in the Interational scene. I did select several new players whom i think will fit perfectly into the team". Now we can only wait and see how they do in the first matches, but we expect them to do just fine with men like Cherniakhovskij and Luchinsky in the team. They've saved the Tadjik honor many times, and we trust them to do it again.
Offcourse the results will all depend on the team we will be playing against, so far the coach didnt dare to talk about the teams he prefered or wants to avoid.

LALLANIA HAS LOW HOPES

Team Lallania, the laughing stock of Group 10 in World Cup 14, has changed their tactics. This time around, they have decided to expect very little from themselves in order to avoid disappointment and humiliation. The team has recently replaced 7 of its 11 starters with rookies and high-schoolers, and Bertram Ellenwitz, former Lallanian sports hero, has recently been receiving death threats because of his poor netminding. Under these conditions, any wins will be treated as anomalies.

For discounted Lallania football merchandise, visit www.ebay.lna

The Opis Earl Food & Drug Co. has announced the addition of 1 new food and 1 new drug product:

FOOD: The Eagle's Nest Omlette
DRUG: Eagleprofin

Artoonian Football News:

Several players were traded between clubs in the off-season. Vambo was sent to Lumo. This turned out to be a good move for FK Lumo, gaining the man considered by many to be the strongest striker in the LAF (Ligo Artuana de Futbalo), possibly in the entire Satellite of Love. The move also benefits the national squad, as two of its strikers now come from the same club, and Vambro played for a season alongside Berto Jodelo of Ajmo, who makes his first Cup appearance this year. He was FK Ajmo's replacement for Gxosefo Sxalo, who retired last year and is now starring in "Striker's Finish", a sitcom about a retired footballer who goes to work in a factory and suddenly finds himself the head of a corrupt Steelworkers' Union. It is currently one of the top-rated programmes on Artoonian television. Sxalo was replaced by his Ajmo teammate Berto Jodelo, who was Team MVP this year.

In the midfield, Muzino traded Rikardo Davo to FK Ajmo. FK Lumo's Rogxero Grigxo has been replaced by Georgo Argxento of Gregxo.
FK Lumo's Teodoro Lumano (the cousin of Lord Mayor Abramo Lumano of Lumo) returns, along with reservists FK Ajmo's Ikabodo Karlo (snatched up from Ejomo), and Ronaldo Doduxo of Pracxijo.

At the back of the field, Eriko Gxono was sent to Kozinto from Pracxijo; he remains on the squad in the sweeper position, and he led the LAF in red cards last season, being sent off five times, including once in the quarterfinal cup match against Muzino. Petro Palo of FK Lumo also returns this year. Making the headlines throughout the province of Ejomo, and indeed in all of Artoonia, is 17-year old phenom Johano Zamenhofo, from Ejomo. Ljanjxo's Maksimiljo Flanagano makes his first appearance on the national squad, as a reserve defender.

Finally, Jariko Dudo remains between the posts.

Arono Tomo, FK Ajmo star defender, retired and purchased his old club. He quickly snatched up Ikobodo Karlo from Ejomo, and Rikardo Davo from Muzino, both of whom return for the national squad this year. His success as a manager in Ajmo, coupled with the fact that he already knows most of the other players, led LAF chairman Artu (the same Artu who is also Emperor of Artoonia, and a rabid football fan, owner of FK Lumo) to put him in charge of the squad.

The Bureaucratic Tribune
The Bureaucratic States' most readily available publication.

Oglethorpian squad to face first qualifying run
A revitalized Oglethorpian squad debuted in WC14 -- pre-qualified for the Cup. Will the side put forth a worthy qualifying effort?

By Bill Christmas

OGLETHORPIA (BT) -- Following the news that regional neighbors Kingsford and Oglethorpia would be hosting World Cup 14, Oglethorpia saw the foundation of the Wonderteam depart into retirement. Pre-qualified for World Cup 14, the mostly novice Oglethorpian squad would be forced to play their first real match under pressure in the first round of the World Cup. Luckily for Oglethorpian football fans back home, a strong squad led by goal scorer Ruben van Mistletoe would bring the Bureaucratic States national side all the way to the quarterfinals before being defeated by regional nemesis Eauz.

Critics shouted "mediocre" when Oglethorpia only managed a draw with Bedistan off of a van Mistletoe score in the second half. Manager Pancrazio Black was confident things were on the rise.

On the rise they were, when an Oglethorpian attacking team of Hjortur Green and van Mistletoe managed a 2-0 win over Dance2Revolution.

Oglethorpia was also on a way to a 2-0 defeat of Giant Zucchini -- in the waning minutes Zucchinian Urk beat Henry Louis-Charleston White in the box. Nevertheless Oglethorpia claimed victory and would face Iansisle -- a match which would be the final Oglethorpian victory in the nation's World Cup 14 run.

In a strange twist of fate, Oglethorpia would find themselves against regional neighbor and rival Eauz -- whom would ultimately claim victory in the fifth meeting between the two squads.

"Yes, it was the fifth time we had played Eauz," commented team captain van Mistletoe. "They're also a much stronger team now, and the rivalry between our two countries is more bitter and heated then ever. In that sense, they beat us and are better than us. A well deserved victory."

Even with a loss to Eauz ending the Oglethorpian run for the World Cup 14 championship, manager Pancrazio Albert-Albertson Black is confident Oglethorpia will bounce back in World Cup 15 qualifying.

"The team came into the first round under pressure -- the qualifying for World Cup 15 will be a different pace of play and the team should handle it well," commented Bureaucratic States FA President Mel Green.

"I'm sure the squad will represent Oglethorpia just fine after a 6th world ranking following World Cup 14 -- the best in history. They're definitely ready to put out the best preformance in Oglethorpian footballing history, no doubt," said manager Albertson-Black confidently.

The Lemmington Times-Dispatch

All the news we print

The Sporting Section

World Cup Coach, players yet to be named; as-yet-unselected team mired in drug controversy

Lemmington-- Although the players, coaches, and manager for the fifteenth iteration of the World Cup of football have yet to be named, the Lemmitanian squad has already been accused of abusing illegal quantities of the drug Eagleprofin. Manufactured by the Opis Earl company of Kingsford, Eagleprofin is either a pain reliever or an anti-psychotic; no one is really sure which. Either way, if you take too many of the "little white tablets," as they are known in street lingo, you get all high and silly. And according to some, that's exactly what the Lemmings have been doing.

"I think it's a disgrace," United Lemmitanian Football League COO Mott Hoople told reporters yesterday. "Whatever this 'Iggleprofin' stuff is, it ain't right that all the young people are cooking it up and shooting it into their veins. And for our footballers to be doing it, just sets such a bad example for the little ones."

Hoagy Lemmichael, coach of the national side in the 13th and 14th World Cups, said that he finds Eagleprofin abuse "despicable" and asked if anyone knew where he could get some. Lemstein Blue, ex-star striker for the Lemago Lembeasts and veteran of the past two World Cup campaigns, could not be reached for comment. He was presumably too busy shooting up with Eagleprofin to bother returning calls.

Opis Earl Food & Drug Co. CEO Jurtis Kilpbiles made the following remark about the misuse of Eagleprofin:

"Read the instructions and warnings on the label, you morons."

A man who talks the least, and says the most. Truely, a verbal master.

The Lemmington Times-Standard

Opis Earl CEO's admonition falls on deaf ears

Lemmington-- In an odd turn of events, Opis Earl CEO Jurtis Kilpbiles has warned Eagleprofin abusers to read the product's warning label. Clearly, the kids who are cooking the Eagleprofin tablets and shooting them up must have missed the warning label which reads, "DO NOT cook tablets of Eagleprofin and shoot them directly into a vein!" Otherwise, they wouldn't be doing it. Or perhaps they just don't care.

THE DAILY KANGAROO World Cup 15 preview

With one dramatic Audioslavian goal, the Progressan dream faded once more in TriNational Stadium, Kingsford. For the fifth time in five finals (out of eight attempts), the Progressans had fallen in the group stage.

The pessimists now rule Progressan football once again, despite the dramatic improvements since the WC13 disaster - in fact, the Progressans are just 11-10 not to make the finals in Eauz and The Eagles Nest (they are 4-6 to qualify and 2-1 to make the knockout stages). But much of this pessimism is unfounded. They were the weakest team (by ranking) in the group, but defeated the second strongest, Kerla, to condemn them to elimination with a game to go; for the first time ever, they entered the last game of the group in a qualifying position and only needing a draw. But of course, these are of no consolation when they failed to get this draw.

The players for this attack on the finals are largely new, owing to the retirements from the international scene of key players Lubbarez, Maailain and Ritahau, who had already lost the first-choice goalkeeping role to Huqi Entolibo. He will maintain this role; Lubbarez has a tailor-made replacement in Batia Bolidae-Baek; Maailain could be replaced by Banat Pilnaj or Tubat Sharvin, finally at his best after an injury-ravaged career to date.

The final squad will be named later today.

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Please add this url to 1st post.

World Cup Reference Book (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=140812&highlight=)

Also - for both newbies (so they can figure out just what the heck we're doin' here) and vets who wanna check 'historical' stuff, please add a link to the "Links" thread in the 1st post.

The NSCW (footie) Link Page (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=137884&highlight=)

Thanks

Pre-Cup D2R Build Up

After a storming of WC14 and a gracious high-scoring affair against Tanah Burung to get knocked out. The Revolutionaries have been training non-stop to get back to fitness. After the collapsing of the D2R Leagues at the beginning of the previous cup, the whole of D2R's team barring a select few who have moved their skills abroad before the tradgedy of the leagues happened have been struggling to play regular football outside of the World Cups and so the first 11 are hoping that not being able to reach match fitness before the competition is a problem they will not have to face.

Team Selection

After Terry Freeze's good run in WC14 the D2FA have decided to extend Terry's contract for another cup. Terry, who is being payed Cr. 17,500 a week to be D2Rs Manager, has had a steady rise up the ladder for D2R as a team playing-wise and has gradually brought the team to a team well know around the world. Terry has also been able to intruduce good talent into the cups to compete with the very best of an Alan Belmore Army, bringing players with such calibre as Genom Maeda and Kenkai to the international stage. There is no doubt that there will be places in the team for Maeda and Kenkai this time round, but all other places are easily switched, though there is a feeling that the defence will stay the same as it always has been.

Expectations

Amazingly after a very good last cup, the expectations from the D2R supporters and FA are fairly low, and D2R are not expected to qualify for the next stage again, they are expected a top half finish and to do better than colony rivals Everybody Dies. D2R will be hoping that they are drawn into a group with experienced teams so that the players can learn playing against experienced players.

Extra Stage!!!

One More Extra Stage!!!!

Opis Earl Commercial, airing in Lemmitania:

OPIS EARL: Hey kids, Eagleprofin is great! But we at the Opis Earl Food & Drug Co. have something to remind you!

JURTIS KILPBILES: You f---ing morons! Don't cook Eagleprofin tablets and shoot them into your veins! That's not what the f---ing tablets are for! You stupid rodents!

OPIS EARL: Isn't he a fun, fun guy?

JURTIS KILPBILES: F--- off, stupid penguin.

Just in case you haven't noticed it on the opening post of this thread, the World Cup 15 RP thread (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=150735&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=) is now up and running. As part of the communications committee, the least we can do is tell everyone here as well, just in case teh opening post is not noticed.