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Welcome to the Le Rejistance Part Two bid thread for WC26 (Part One was WC19).

Le Rejistance will be using KPB linear ranks, and not KPB points, and will be scorinating through Leagion.

RP bonus: Not telling, although I guarantee it will be quite a lot higher than the one for WC22.

No. of teams: 102, but we can work with almost any number.

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Grover's Park, Orean (115k all-seater)

Orean's first major sports stadium. Many like it have started springing up. It has been revamped recently after WC22, and the capacity has increased to 115k. Built: Circa World Cup 14

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Memorial Stadium, City Centre (114000 all-seater expandable to 116000 (2000 standing))
Built to remember the bloody civil war of 1200 in Liverpool England. Originally used as a National Stadium, but that has since changed. Built: Circa World Cup 8

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Kilamantari Stadium, Folenisa (95000 (2410 standing))
This is the first stadium ever built in the desert areas; after the stadium proved successful the F1 track in Orean popped up. Built: Circa World Cup 10

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Colonial Stadium, City Centre (85000 all-seater)
Built: Circa World Cup 10

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National Stadium, City Centre (146000 all-seater, expandable to 180000 (4100 standing))
Terraced, Dome stadium, retractable roof. Built: Circa World Cup 15

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Estadije Najajara Ynu
Location: Najajara kali, Rejistania
Capacity: 90,000
The town Najajara kali is a beautiful port town known for its relaxed atmosphere and the fact that it changes as soon as the Blacks (Ynu) play an important match. The Najajara Ynu Stadium is the only stadium on this list, which is not just used for soccer, but also for a southern Rejistanian sport called Mjinen, a strange sport, which rules are not comprehensible for anyone, who did not grew up with it. In that respect is it similar to baseball and tennis.

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Estadije Vaje~n Sekhika
Location: Vaje~n kali, Rejistania
Capacity: 84,200
Vaje~n kali (pronounciation help: it rhymes with the french word "matin") is a rather small city in southern Rejistania, but it always was a perfect place for high class soccer. Vaje~n Sekhika was the first professional soccer team in southern Rejistania, and the stadium is not the newest, but after renovations it is a worthy venue for international matches. The only problem is the really hot and humid climate, which maybe a reason why teams from the south overperform on their home ground against northern teams.

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Estajie Sijitalatirikimidateme Xkora
Location: Sijitalatirikimidateme kali, Rejistania
Capacity: 56,000
"The team from the city with the long name" is a typical name for Sijitalatirikimidateme Xkora, while everyone knows that the city is called "Sijitala...uluhet" by Rejistanis from other cities and "Sa~etahti~lki~ndae" by seleke. There are plans to rename this stadium to "World Cup Stadium Northwest" during the time of the finals. Seleke consider this a sacrilege and can not understand or see the reason for it, but most foreigners and non seleke welcome this idea.

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Estadije Ines Karela Lines
Location: Kalimnintan kalesa, KaMaRi kali
Capacity: 149,700
Karela Lines never was able to afford increasing the Estadije Karela Lines themselves, but after the revolution, a prestigous venue was built for the team by the temple. EIKL was planned by Progressan architects, who fled from the ceasing of their nation. To ensure there is not too much capitalism in this new stadium the advertising boards behind one goal have been replaced by a fence, which has been called the 'D-Fence'. Nobody will ever score into this goal, or indeed the other goal, unless this stadium hosts international matches or other matches not involving Karela Lines.

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Estadije Hetlasane Hetkali
Location: Hetkali, Rejistania
Capacity: 105,000
"Theteam from thecity" (which is the translation of the majuvedian name Hetlasane Hetkali) is one of the most successfull rejistanian teams ever. Even though their rival Hetaki is more solvent after 'crazy billionaire' Alan Belmore bought it, Hetlasasne is the team his more prestige. The stadium is the third largest in Rejistania. The nickname of this stadium can be translated as 'hellhole' because hell breaks lose (in a positive sense) when Hetlasane, or a team which qualified for the XVSR plays there.

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Estadije Hanin Sekhika
Location: Maiju kalesa, KaMaRi kali
Capacity: 99,000
The Estadije Hanin Sekhika is another stadium in the fascinating city KaMaRi kali. The biggest city of Rejistania is located in the central north on the border between the territory of two ethnic groups: the Minokaje and the Majuveda. For foreigners these differences are not really obvious, but the Rejistanis distinguish between the 'Maiju kalesa' (minokajeti speaking) and 'Kalimnintan kalesa' (majuvedi speaking). Hanin Sekhika are a successfull team but on the decline. They have a proud tradition for losing out on penalty kicks in the XVSR.

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Estadije Sen-La-Sa~o Relekhati
Location: Riandu kalesa, KaMaRi kali
Capacity: 149,000
The club Sen-La-Sa~o Relekhati (pronounced as: Zenlazou relegarti) was one of the most famous clubs and always on the verge to be in the final stage of the H1SR. Their stadium is an impressive building, and used to be the biggest stadium in Rejistania. In the qualifiers, most home games take place here due to the incredible atmosphere. Its architecture is remarkable due to the roof reminding of many arches.

I can maybe add some more information since certain people here did not feel informed:
The RP-bonus will have a static and a dynamic part and won't be layer-based like the ones in World Cup 13 and 16 but like in World Cup 23 a continuous function with a declining first derivation. This is in my point of view, how an RP-bonus should be. There will also be bonuses for the best RP in certain intervals.
We will not use GA as tiebreaker. Also, the number of va'karela'ny in the stadiums will be lower than in the 23rd installment of the World cup, ie: the formula will not produce as many scoreless draws as before. This will not be a karelan cup as much as you know me being karelan, there will be goals :)
We will not use styles since this frequently dissolves into finding the weaknesses of the scorination formula and by this choosing the ideal tactic. This is IMHO not what the World Cup is about!
We will RP the ceremonies. This might sound like a minor issue, but it is an annoyance for me that nicely RPed ceremonies ceased to exist after World Cup 13 (this is not quite true for the World cups, which I co-hosted). There will be RPs for group draws and the opening ceremony (and to make RPing easier, we will link to the team rosters in the first post of the roster thread and in the group draw-posting).
Of course, the groups can not be exactly balanced in skill, but using groupdraw.java and by this pots, is our approach to prevent really, really easy groups.

We will not use GA as tiebreaker.
And what will you use as a tiebreaker? RP bonus? ;)

nicely RPed ceremonies ceased to exist after World Cup 13
WTSH are you talking about? (http://www.nationstates.net/nicely_rped_ceremonies) :P

And what will you use as a tiebreaker? RP bonus? ;)

GD, GF, #wins, head to head, RP-bonus (ICly concealed as cointoss)

*lol* for making a nation with that name.... but still you are not able or willing to post with your main nation, ¢H! :P

If there are 102 teams in the cup, how many groups will there be, and how many teams will qualify from each group?

Will only the top 2/3 teams qualify, or will there be playoffs for the 3rd/4th-placed teams?

I realise that this is a slightly unfair question as the answer to a large extent depends on the number of teams entered, but some indication of the bid's general approach to this issue will help to decide how the Dreamed Realm (through Alasdair I Frosticus) casts its vote.

Thank you!

this is just for bidding right? oh, and does anyone know if the U21WC is still around?

If there are 102 teams in the cup, how many groups will there be, and how many teams will qualify from each group?

Will only the top 2/3 teams qualify, or will there be playoffs for the 3rd/4th-placed teams?
10 groups of 10 in which the first 3 qualify and 2 autoqualified hosts.

I realise that this is a slightly unfair question as the answer to a large extent depends on the number of teams entered, but some indication of the bid's general approach to this issue will help to decide how the Dreamed Realm (though Alasdair I Frosticus) casts its vote.

Thank you!

We both do not like playoffs so we try to avoid them in the group structuring.

this is just for bidding right? oh, and does anyone know if the U21WC is still around?

This is just for bidding and U21WC is still in signup state

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=446523

10 groups of 10 in which the first 3 qualify and 2 autoqualified hosts.



We both do not like playoffs so we try to avoid them in the group structuring.

You know, these are things that really need to be the first details of the bid, before stadiums and whatnot.

You know, these are things that really need to be the first details of the bid, before stadiums and whatnot.

Yes, because while I don't like the larger groups, I do like the higher number of qualification places in each group in this bid.

My personal preference is that there should either be at least 3 teams qualifying from each group (as in this bid), or there should be the excitement and uncertainty of playoffs - which we haven't seen now since WC24 - in order to get more teams involved. I personally might have been tempted to experiment with 20 groups of five, with the top team in each group qualifying, and the second-placed teams going in to playoffs, just to see how that format might work - but since I'm not entering a World Cup bid, it remains a moot point!

Anyway, sincere thanks to Rejistania for taking the time to answer my original question. I think I have enough information to make a decision now.

You know, these are things that really need to be the first details of the bid, before stadiums and whatnot.

Yes, it should. But if you look up, we mention no. of teams "102, but we can work with any number". Our final arrangement will be based on the no. of teams (102 stated above by Rejis).

Very true. But the way the groups are organized are what makes the decision, not just an arbitrary number of teams. In Cherry Cup Bids, which I know in no way is the World Cup and you don't have to remind me, bidders usually lay out how they will organize the cup based on the number of teams before the decisions are made. It's make-or-break in the decision.