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Hello everybody! Welcome to the 1st ever Grapes Cup! This tournement is a smaller one compared to the Infamous Cherry Cup, and is intended for nations who missed the signup for CC9. Signups will be open for 7 days before closing and tournement starts! Here is the format the tournement will be played in:

3 weeks

12-30 teams

12 teams- 2 conferences of 6, top 4 in each conference go through
14 teams- 2 conferences of 7, top 4 in each conference go through
16 teams- 4 divisions of 4, top 2 in each division go through
18 teams- 2 conferences of 9, top 4 in each conference go through

(all above will play a one game elimination in the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals to determine the winner)

20 teams- 4 divisions of 5, top 2 in each division go through
22 teams- 2 divisions of 5 and 2 divisions of 6, top 2 in each division go through
24 teams- 6 divisions of 4, top team in each division will go through and 2 wild cards with the most points will go through
26 teams- 4 divisions of 4 and 2 divisions of 5, top team in each division will advance and the 2nd place team in each division of 5 will go through
28 teams- 4 divisions of 7, top 2 in each division will go through
30 teams- 5 divisions of 6 top team in each division and 3 wild cards with the most points advance

(all above will play a one game elimination in the quarter-finals. In the semi-finals and finals, a 3-game series will be played to determine a winner)

Daily Posts

SportsVision Reports

Daily Scouting on different teams

"Bettman Report"

More to come...



Scoring will not be used by a scorinator because we are not affiliated with any associations or tournements that use the scorinator. We welcome all nations into this tournement. A few rules state that no one is to be treated unequally, no one is to be insulted or discriminated, and any arguing must be done OUTSIDE the thread and soon-to-be RP. Thank you all.

Hockey Canada

Quick question then, how do you get scores?

And I would ask for permission from KN first.

Other than that, good luck and go for it.

Arenas to be held in:

http://img.epinions.com/images/opti/ac/34/sprtVenuesAir_Canada_Centre-resized200.jpg
Air Hockey Canada Centre
Seats: 21,900
Condition: Excellent, opened spring 1999

http://nhlfr.free.fr/actualites/dossiers/patinoires/icepalace.jpg
Luzh Ice Palace
Seats: 19,400
Condition: Good, 30 years old, renovations done

http://www.fussballtempel.net/uefa/RUS/Luzhniki_A2.jpg
Treznibolsh Arena
Seats: 24,000
Condition: Brand New, opened Jan 4/2005

http://www.torontorentals.net/tourism/tourismPhotos/skydome.jpg
Grozhnycholov Dome
Seats: 54,250
Condition: 11 years old (outdoor rink)


These Arenas are all on Hockey Canadian soil. Times of these events will all differ, but wishing you all good luck.

Well LE, good question. Dice would be a nice and random way to determine scores. Also, it's a good way to test my bid for CCX. This tournement is meant to introduce Hockey RP to other nations who are only on their 1st time here or just missed the signup for CC. I think just because they were a few days late doesn't mean they have to miss all the hockey. But thanks for the luck LE. Good Luck in CC9! We're gonna need it! (i'm in a stacked division)

The trophy to be presented will look like this:
http://www.sbyc.org/Trophies/Potter%20Trophy.JPG
The winner of this trophy will get a 1st round bye in the 2nd Grapes Cup (if needed), and so will the finalist.

I've got one more question... How will you factor RPs into the scores, or are RPs inconsequential?

The RPs will be factored by how frequently between games the user RPs and how long each RP story is. An RP that has only 3 lines will not make as much impact as an RP tha has 14 lines. These RPs compared to the amounts other people have can affect the scores by either adding one goal scored to the already rolled dice (so if you roll a 6 + the RP your score is 7). But if a user does not RP at all, then a goal is to be taken away from their score (so if you roll a 3 - not RPing your score is 2). Pretty simple, more RP = better chance of winning.

Hey Vil, can I get a second opinion on this thread:
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=397253
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Hockey Canada

I won't be signing up, and as current you don't have a clue how to run a tournament or how to choose a name.

The Cherry Cup is named after someone who's name was Cherry. Not after the fruit.

If you want help, feel free to ask for it. I'm sure LE will help, I'm more than happy to help, but please. Delete your post in the World Cup 20 Thread, stop posting OOC in the cherry cup thread when theres a specific other thread to talk in, and, just calm down!

And you should probably delete your post in the world cup discussion thread as well.

Dude, i'm just testing my bid for CCX, and if you knew, Don Cherry's nickname is "Grapes'.

Got the nickname back when he was coaching the Boston Bruins, didn't he?

For future Cups: Cherry's wife was named Rose. His dog was named Blue. His suits are Plaid. His tailor is an Abomination.

Good luck with yer event, HC.

OOC: I concur with Vil. Remove yur posts about this in both Footie WC threads, or, however much I don't want to do so, I'll report you for unrelated spam.

OOC: I concur with Vil. Remove yur posts about this in both Footie WC threads, or, however much I don't want to do so, I'll report you for unrelated spam.

If you're going to do that, LE, please also report SO for giving a us running commentary on Arminia Bielefeld Vs Bayern Munich in the WC Discussion Thread. :rolleyes:

any arguing must be done OUTSIDE the thread and soon-to-be RP

Oops. Sorry, not signing up.