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[Seprix]

Hi. This is an announcement I suppose. Amoffett and I (and maybe Breppert) are going to organize a World Cup sometime in early 2018. The date isn't set in stone yet. For now, I am trying to generate interest/come up with ways to potentially improve the WC. For now the rules will be the same as last time around, but that could change. For example, How would teams be grouped? Should there be a second US team/Japan team? Should it be mandatory for each player to own all expansions? Should there be a refugee team for countries that cannot fill a roster? How are team captains decided? There are all sorts of avenues to explore and I think it's worthwhile to generate some civil discussion about it all.

[dedicateddan]

Awesome! A lot of players in the US - so two teams would be nice

[Awaclus]

I think that by default, each country should have one team. Having more than one team per country or more than one country per team should only be done on a case-by-case basis if we need more teams after each country with 4 players has gotten one. Which is probably going to be the case, but it shouldn't be the default thing to do.

Just picking the highest ranked player as the captain should be fine. The only other way is basically to let the teams elect a captain on their own, which is almost certainly always just going to be the highest ranked player anyway, and either way it just makes things less convenient.

I don't think owning expansions should be mandatory. It hasn't been mandatory in the past and it has never caused any problems, and now we have second edition Base for the non-subscribers which is way better than first edition.

[Lekkit]

Already interested.

[McGarnacle]

Man, I thought this was about the actual 2018 World Cup.

[drsteelhammer]

Man, I thought this was about the actual 2018 World Cup.

Don't be so socceronormative!

[Seprix]

Man, I thought this was about the actual 2018 World Cup.

It is! 

[Seprix]

Something I am leaning towards is more general secondary teams. Instead of having two USA teams, there could be a USA team and an Americas (North & South America) team. Instead of two Japanese teams, there could be a Japanese and an Asian team. Then conceivably there could be Russia, Netherlands, Germany, and Europe as teams to make 8. This is a silly hypothetical, and it all depends on eventual turn out.

[gloures]

I have recently discovered that there is a semi-active brazilian Dominion community (it seems mostly focused on IRL play, but there are some people who seem to play online), so it might be possible to form a brazilian team (albeit not a very competitive one...), if it's ok with organizers, and there is interest from other people, other cool ideas might be a Latin America team (I believe Canada can make it's own team, right?), or even a Southern Hemisphere team (best players from half the globe!...) Still have no idea if either of those would actually  have enough players...     

[Qvist]

I might be interested to play as this would mean I won't lose 0-6 against drsteelhammer again.

[Seprix]

I have recently discovered that there is a semi-active brazilian Dominion community (it seems mostly focused on IRL play, but there are some people who seem to play online), so it might be possible to form a brazilian team (albeit not a very competitive one...), if it's ok with organizers, and there is interest from other people, other cool ideas might be a Latin America team (I believe Canada can make it's own team, right?), or even a Southern Hemisphere team (best players from half the globe!...) Still have no idea if either of those would actually  have enough players...   

I mean it all depends on the turnout. I'm just talking theory right now, I have no idea how it will go. It could be nobody in the US wants to play, or that suddenly France can field 2 really good teams. I have no idea until the actual turnout happens.

Balancing good teams with countries playing is the main trick.

[diedre91]

I am also interested. I would be part of the "not very competitive" Brazilian team (alongside gloures ).
How many players are required to make a team?

[Seprix]

I am also interested. I would be part of the "not very competitive" Brazilian team (alongside gloures ).
How many players are required to make a team?

That is actually not set in stone. Last time around it was 4 players a team with reserves, but it could just as easily be 5.

[ashersky]

How will you confirm nationalities?  If a player competed for one country in the past, can they play for another if they naturalize?  Any restrictions on amateur vs. pro?

[Seprix]

How will you confirm nationalities?  If a player competed for one country in the past, can they play for another if they naturalize?  Any restrictions on amateur vs. pro?

Good questions.

1. I think it will be up to the person playing where they want to play, assuming they have citizenships for both places. If not, then they're stuck with wherever they are. Of course, I would imagine there would be exceptions for people newly migrating to other countries, and they can pick which team they're on. It'll all be in signups whenever that gets going.

2. I would want a standard of quality with all of the teams. How I would enforce that, I don't know. But if a team is say, 4 people from a given country and maybe one of them are above rating 50, I don't know if that should be a legitimate team, given the past entrees. It depends on how many countries we're getting. It could be for the sake of balance that we group nations into a single team for a more competitive experience.

All of this is speculative, and I'm glad these questions are being asked. I want the best situation for anyone, so feel free to leave suggestions!

[bouchon]

If there is enough french dominion players, i'll be glad to be part of the team France.

[markusin]

I have recently discovered that there is a semi-active brazilian Dominion community (it seems mostly focused on IRL play, but there are some people who seem to play online), so it might be possible to form a brazilian team (albeit not a very competitive one...), if it's ok with organizers, and there is interest from other people, other cool ideas might be a Latin America team (I believe Canada can make it's own team, right?), or even a Southern Hemisphere team (best players from half the globe!...) Still have no idea if either of those would actually  have enough players...   

For the last (Dominion) World Cup, Canada failed to form a team. Only two players (including me) signed up. The World Cup before that Canada did have five or six players in the team.

Some sort of "Rest of Americas" team can help Canada as well.

[Joseph2302]

Can I sign up for a country I'm not related to?

[LaLight]

Can I sign up for a country I'm not related to?

We'll be glad to see you in our Russia team.

[jsh357]

You will be required to send pictures of your nation's driver's license or equivalent to my PM folder. Please also include scans of your credit card in advance in case I need to pay for copies of your identification.

[gamesou]

If there is enough french dominion players, i'll be glad to be part of the team France.

I'd happily join you!

[bouchon]

If there is enough french dominion players, i'll be glad to be part of the team France.

I'd happily join you!

Aaah I always wondered if there is a french Dominion community. Glad to know we are at least two ^^

[Joseph2302]

Can I sign up for a country I'm not related to?

We'll be glad to see you in our Russia team.

Sure, why not?
I'm English not British anyway, so playing for the Russian team would be just as foreign as playing for the British team.

[Seprix]

Can I sign up for a country I'm not related to?

Um the entire point is you're playing for your country. If that's thrown out the window, what point is there in a World Cup?

[Awaclus]

If you can play for any country's team, then I suspect Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic might do pretty well in the tournament.