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Qualifying Format:

16 Teams will make the Final Knockout Stage of the Competition. The top 8 Teams

Teams will be ranked based on their performance in Cherry Cup's 7 & 8 and the top 4 teams will automatically Qualify for the Knockout Stage.

Group Stage:: There will be 4 groups of teams beyond this in which the 5-8 ranked teams will be placed each in one of the four groups. The Top 3 teams from each group will advance to the knockout stage.

In the Opening Round, teams will play each other just once. All teams will be given points as follows:

Win: 2 Pts
Draw: 1 Pts
OTL : 1 Pts
Loss: 0 Points


Games that end level after (3) 20-Minute periods of play will advance to a 5 minute overtime period. At this time, each team is awarded one point. Should either team score in the extra period, they will earn an additional point, and play will cease.

Ties in the final standings will be broken, as per hockey standards, first by Games Won, then by Goals Scored, Then Goal Differential.

Knockout Round:: In the Knockout Round, no matches will end level, and no matches will use a penalty shootout format. Should scores be level after (3) 20-Minute Periods, additional 20-Minute periods will be played until the deadlock is broken.

The tournament finale will definately be a one-off to be held in the Squirrel House, Yeaddin, Vilita.


Scores Generation:

The Scores will be generating using the newest Hockey Score Generator, the VSS-H Generator tweaked and tuned using Excel and built from the ground up for Hockey, using Statistics from the NHL Scores department to compare accuracy.


RP Bonus:

As always, there will be an RP Bonus to reward those who participate in the competition by giving them a slightly improved overall chance of winning. However, unlike any previous event, you will no longer be guaranteed short-term improvement with your RP's. The RP Bonus will be regulated from match to match, making it so that on any given matchday, any team will be able to have an RP Bonus greater than or equal to that of their opponents. There is no longer a guarantee that your calculated RP Bonus in a single match will be greater than your opponents simply because you have RP Credit.* Please take this into consideration when planning your RP's for this tournament, and do not get stuck in the mindset that you will be at a disadvantage if your opponent posts more RP than you. Again, RPing will still improve your overall chance of winning, but RP Credit can no longer be associated with your actual calculated RP Bonus for a match-by-match comparison between two teams.

*RP Credit = The Traditional 'RP Bonus', It is a number that rates the quality of your RP Contibution to the cup
*RP Bonus = The Fraction of your RP Credit that is inserted into the formula to improve your chance of winning. This number can be any number between 0, and the number of your RP Credit

Past Hosting Experience:


NSWC - Cup of Harmony 14
NSWC - Baptism of Fire Cup P16
AOCAF II
NSWC - Baptism of Fire Cup P17
Colony Cup 1.1
NSWC - World Cup 17
NSWC - Baptism of Fire Cup P18
The Slani Cup
NSWC - Baptism of Fire Cup P19
NSWC - World Cup 19
NSWC - Baptism of Fire Cup P20
AO Hockey Championships I
NSWC - Baptism of Fire Cup P21
VSS Testing Simulations

We publicly support this bid, purely because we do well under Vilita hosted things.

Sure sounds good to me, only I'm not sure about performance from 7 & 8 can affect newcomers such as robot.

Sure sounds good to me, only I'm not sure about performance from 7 & 8 can affect newcomers such as robot.

That just means they will not be one of the teams that automatically makes it, not a big deal.

Sure sounds good to me, only I'm not sure about performance from 7 & 8 can affect newcomers such as robot.

I assume that newcomers will either be unranked or have a common low rank, which will be used.

I'm a little confused by the workings of the RP bonus. The judgement of a roleplay can surely not be objective.

I assume that newcomers will either be unranked or have a common low rank, which will be used.

I'm a little confused by the workings of the RP bonus. The judgement of a roleplay can surely not be objective.

Here's the general point of it:

"Don't worry about how many points you are going to get for your RP, just RP because you want to have fun, and don't worry about how it affects your performance"

hope that clears it up.

Here's the general point of it:

"Don't worry about how many points you are going to get for your RP, just RP because you want to have fun, and don't worry about how it affects your performance"

hope that clears it up.

Yeah. I get that. I would RP even without the bonus, as in CCVIII, but I was just wondering how it worked.

Yeah. I get that. I would RP even without the bonus, as in CCVIII, but I was just wondering how it worked.


Do you have AOL or MSN or any messenger? if so TG me your info

Do you have AOL or MSN or any messenger? if so TG me your info

Ok.

Crystilakere will support this bid

Sarzonia supports this bid.

Liverpool England acknowledges the bid, and would like to wish Vilita luck in winning hosting rights. While I'm leaning towards Oliverry's bid due to certain comments made, I won't rule out voting for your bid, as it looks good. You're trying to revitalise the cup, which you certainly did with the BoF. Good luck.

Format Update::

If there are less than 40 signups, Qualifying for Cherry Cup 9 will last One Week (IRL terms). Then, there will be a short break in competition where the remaining 16 teams will be invited to choose a format for the knockout round, whether they wish it to be single elimination, or a Best of 3,5 or 7 Series. This will ensure that the cherry cup is completed to the best pleasures of all competitiors, maybe even Iansisle :)