CHERRY CUP 7: sign up for ice hockey's supreme crown
Kalaallit Nunaat
27-10-2004, 02:18
Old time hockey, now in its seventh incarnation. and much more active than the real NHL, damn their eyes.
You know the drill- sign up to play. If you want to host, say the word.
The Gulf States
27-10-2004, 02:23
TGS will be involved again.
Usual stance: We'll host if nobody else wants to.
Castillanos
27-10-2004, 02:23
Castillanos would love to join again, and I promise to RP this time! Anyways, I would also like to place a hosting bid for Cherry Cup 7. The official bid will be posted soon...
Iansisle
27-10-2004, 02:38
Iansisle will, against its better judgement, sign up again*.
*assume regal bearing*
After all, we cannot rest until the Greenlarders have been even MORE thoroughly crushed beneath our iron heel.
* - some sources, including the Star-Tribune, report that this decision may acutually be WITH Iansisle's better judgment. Further reports as developments warrent.
Liverpool England
27-10-2004, 06:57
Liverpool England signs up, again. Hosting bid is a distant possibility, but for now, no.
The Lowland Clans
27-10-2004, 08:13
The Allied States will send their national team, the newly renamed Navies, to the Cherry Cup for another try at it.
Kaze Progressa
27-10-2004, 10:34
The Progressans will be in there again.
Starblaydia
27-10-2004, 15:29
Starblaydia will once more send their Rayzors, now that we know an improbable title-defence is now out of the realms of wonder and into the frosty pits of elimination and impossibility from the 6th Cherry Cup.
Tanah Burung
28-10-2004, 00:21
The Cassowaries will be there with bells on.
Iansisle
28-10-2004, 02:02
The Cassowaries will be there with bells on.
Won't that hurt their aerodynamics?
Yeah, I know. Everyone hates a literalist. :P
Tanah Burung
28-10-2004, 02:51
http://www.blackbrookzoologicalpark.co.uk/images/factsheet/cassowary.jpg
Does the cassowary look aerodynamic? ;)
Iansisle
28-10-2004, 03:19
Put anything on ice - a cassowary, emu, dodo bird, or rhinoceros - and bang! It's aerodynamic!
Unless you put bells on it.
The nation of Hisam would like a go at this strange sport called "ice hockey"
Expect the Hisam Penguins to put up meek resistance :P
Sarzonia
30-10-2004, 15:40
The Sarzonia Blizzards will make their Cherry Cup debut this time around.
Esth will send once again the military squad who played the last Cherry Cup.
7JM Sign-up and will send the Basketball squad :p :gundge:
Kalaallit Nunaat
31-10-2004, 05:00
Signed up:
The Gulf States
Castillanos*
Iansisle
Liverpool England
The Lowland Clans
Kaze Progressa
Starblaydia
Tanah Burung
Hisam
Sarzonia
Esth
7JM
Kalaallit Nunaat
* potential hosts
Squornshelous
31-10-2004, 05:52
Squornshelous signs up.
Liverpool England
31-10-2004, 06:35
We'll officially submit a hosting bid.
Iansisle
04-11-2004, 07:42
I'm already going through severe Cherry Cup withdrawls. So YOU - that's right, you reading this! - need to sign up NOW!
Would you really want my death on your hands? I didn't think so.
EDIT: Unless you're one of the ones who has already signed up. In that case, may the blessings of Don Cherry be with you, my son.
Soviet Haaregrad
04-11-2004, 15:40
We'll give it a go. Count the CISR National Team for sure.
Cockbill Street
04-11-2004, 16:42
Heck, why not. Couple of trolls should bash the opposition. (if only I can be bothered to invent a roster with four rows of mineral names...)
Cockbill Street signs up.
Starblaydia
04-11-2004, 18:26
My influx of Dwarves will bite their kneecaps off! Rayzors all the way, baby!
Schismstan
04-11-2004, 19:50
Schismstan will send its first ever national team in a sport of any kind.
(yes...we are a half-puppet of Melmond of Nation States World Cup fame..I am sharing this nation with a Canadian..so this is the hockey nation)
Kalaallit Nunaat
06-11-2004, 04:14
Signed up:
The Gulf States
Castillanos*
Iansisle
Liverpool England*
The Lowland Clans
Kaze Progressa
Starblaydia
Tanah Burung
Hisam
Sarzonia
Esth
7JM
Kalaallit Nunaat
Squornshellous
Lovisa
Soviet Haaregrad
Cockbill Street
Schismstan
* potential hosts
18 signed up
Antixilian Fatwah
06-11-2004, 04:24
The Krytenia Aces sign up again.
We forget why, after the spankings of CC6.
Krytenia
06-11-2004, 04:27
As above, correct nation this time!
:headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:
Kalaallit Nunaat
06-11-2004, 04:41
Current Cup seeding (based on cumulative performance over all Cups, points awarded for top-four finishes. if someone wants to do a more sophisticated system, then go for it. the former world number one team, soviet haaregrad, is now back but has been overtaken by three sides that did well last time out. i have the top rank, but dont worry, i always finish second.)
1. Kalaallit Nunaat
2. Tanah Burung
3. The Gulf States
4. Soviet Haaregrad
5. Kaze Progressa
6. The Belmore Family
7. Iansisle
8. Starblaydia
9. Liverpool England
10. all other returning teams
11. all rookie teams
Vilita Jungle Cats Returning!
Iansisle
06-11-2004, 08:40
7. Iansisle
8. Starblaydia
Things continue to be the way they should. *rubs hands together and cackles*
Soviet Haaregrad
06-11-2004, 12:24
OOC Note: For future reference we're now known as the Confederacy of Independent Socialist Republics, or the CISR, just a heads up. ;)
The Gulf States
06-11-2004, 23:33
Things continue to be the way they should. *rubs hands together and cackles*
Yes. I screwed up in CC5. God, shut the hell up about it. It's getting old.
Starblaydia
06-11-2004, 23:44
Yes. I screwed up in CC5. God, shut the hell up about it. It's getting old.
I don't know why, but I have a certain affinity for Cherry Cup 5.
*turns around and sees the 5th Cherry Cup in a trophy cabinet on a plinth made of glued-together dice*
Oh, right. :cool:
Iansisle
07-11-2004, 02:02
Yes. I screwed up in CC5. God, shut the hell up about it. It's getting old.
To be sure, you were the one who brought up Cherry Cup V. Iansisle has a rivalry with Starblaydia - ergo, I mentioned that "things are the way they should be" because Iansisle was higher ranked than their adversary.
So really. Stop harping on about Cherry Cup V or assuming that everything I say is a direct allusion to it. God, just shut the hell up. It's getting old.
The Gulf States
07-11-2004, 04:19
works for me
Slaytanicca
07-11-2004, 05:04
Slaytaniccans are generally too lazy for professional sports. However, a group of our finest ice hockey players, calling themselves the "Slaytanic Dodgems", wish to enter and we will endorse and recognise them as our national team, if you accept their entry.
Squornshelous
07-11-2004, 20:21
Current Cup seeding (based on cumulative performance over all Cups, points awarded for top-four finishes. if someone wants to do a more sophisticated system, then go for it. the former world number one team, soviet haaregrad, is now back but has been overtaken by three sides that did well last time out. i have the top rank, but dont worry, i always finish second.)
1. Kalaallit Nunaat
2. Tanah Burung
3. The Gulf States
4. Soviet Haaregrad
5. Kaze Progressa
6. The Belmore Family
7. Iansisle
8. Starblaydia
9. Liverpool England
10. all other returning teams
11. all rookie teams
Your system looks pretty good, however, I would like to make one suggestion.
Instead of ranking returning teams 10th and rookie teams 11th like this:
10. all other returning teams
11. all rookie teams
Rank returning teams 10th and give rookie teams a rank equal to the amount of signed up nations. For example, if 20 nations sign up:
10. all other returning teams
20. all rookie teams
That will help prevent freak upsets of top 10 teams by newcomers, and make the cup more realistic.
Squornshelous
21-11-2004, 05:05
Is this tourney going to happen or not?
William Shatner is, in fact, the Greatest Canadian. Don Cherry wishes he was William Shatner's toenail clipping.
The Gulf States
25-11-2004, 00:42
Is this tourney going to happen or not?
Pretty soon we'll be barely more active than the RL NHL.
Let's get r' done.
Korinthos
25-11-2004, 02:58
Korinthos also wishes to sign up for the Cherry Cup.
Sliponia
25-11-2004, 15:04
If this does happen, Sliponia will enter it's top club team, the Blue Springs Wildcats. They debuted internationally in Cherry Cup V, I believe. Either way, Sliponia will be making it's return to international hockey!
The Gulf States
27-11-2004, 22:50
If nothing happens pretty soon, I may just take the reigns. I'll actually get something going, whether it's CC7 or "CC7a". And I'll do it Cup format, not repeat the disaster of CC5.
Liverpool England
28-11-2004, 01:12
Y'know, I DID bid to host.
Oliverry
28-11-2004, 02:00
The Federation of Oliverry will send an all-star team from the OPHL into this tourney since hockey is THE sport in the nation
The Gulf States
28-11-2004, 03:22
Y'know, I DID bid to host.
OK, then you can do it.
I was just volunteering to do something if something doesn't happen soon.
Liverpool England
28-11-2004, 05:34
24 teams signed up.
4 groups of 6, 10 Matchdays
Top two from each group advances.
Signed up:
Kalaalit Nunaat
The Gulf States
Castillanos
Iansisle
Liverpool England
The Lowland Clans
Kaze Progressa
Starblaydia
Tanah Burung
Hisam
Sarzonia
Esth
7JM
Squornshelous
Lovisa
Soviet Haaregrad
Cockbill Street
Schismstan
Krytenia
Vilita
Slaytanicca
Korinthos
Sliponia
Oliverry
Tanah Burung
28-11-2004, 17:06
Best to at least telegram KN before starting something yourself. I'll go poke him and see if he has anything in mind for the next installment.