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<h3>[[World Cup]]</h3>
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An insectoid species originally found on the [[S-14]] colony ship and now only found in the "[[S-14]]" nation, more accurately known as the Coordinated panNorm Hives. There are four main races of panNorm, mostly classified as to their carapace color:  Blue, Red, Green, and Mini.  While this would normally be considered [[Wikipedia:racism|racist]], these races are actually nearly distinct species, each particularly adapted to specific tasks.  The color of their carapaces are a secondary attribute, as they will be the first to admit, but it is also the most obvious.
  
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The '''NationStates World Cup''' is NationStates' longest-running recurring sporting event, dating back to the spring of 2003.  As of this writing, World Cup 20 qualifying has finished.
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<h3>Physical Attributes</h3>
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<h4>Universal panNorm Traits</h4>
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All panNorm are generally [[Wikipedia:ant|ant-like]] in appearance, insectoid, with hard chitinous outer shells that make up three major body segments (the head, thorax, and abdomen) and six appendages that extend from the thorax.  The most forward of these appendages have three major joints and are equivalent to arms and end in bony manipulator claws, four to a 'hand.'  The four appendages behind these have four major joints and act as legs and end in multi-clawed feet that can grip porous surfaces easily.
  
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Each World Cup since the third has begun with a qualifying stage including anywhere from approximately fifty to one hundred nations, with eighty being the customary number.  These nations are typically divided into eight to fifteen qualifying groups of six to ten nations, depending on the exact number entered.  Each nation in a qualifying group plays each other nation in that group once at home and once away (the exception to this rule was World Cup V, where nations in the qualifiers played each other only once).  After all matches have been played, thirty qualifiers are determined based on placement in their groups.  The first criterion for placement is the number of ''points'' earned (three for a win, one for a draw, and zero for a loss).  If this results in a tie, the first tiebreaker is ''goal difference'' (the number of goals conceded subtracted from the number of goals scored).  The next tiebreaker is the number of goals scored. In almost all situations, this is enough to resolve any tie. (If it is not, the results of matches between the tied teams would act as a tiebreaker, and a playoff match would occur if the teams are still tied. This has never been required in the qualifying, although it has been required haphazardly in the group phase, first occurring in World Cup 12 when Halfassedstates beat [[Liverpool England]] 2-1.)
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<h4>Culture due to Nature</h4>
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PanNorm culture is self-admittedly self-limiting.  The highest virtue in panNorm culture is efficiency, and all aspects of panNorm life reflect this.  The panNorm do not play, at least not in ways that do not contribute directly and efficiently into work.  The panNorm do not decorate, but everything they build has a geometric elegance and simplicity based directly on form following function.  The panNorm have no visual, performing, or musical arts beyond those immediately necessary to facilitate use of displays and communications.
  
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The thirty qualifiers in addition to the two host nations advance to play in the World Cup proper.  The first round (or the ''group stage'', as it is also known) is made up of eight groups of four nations.  Routinely, four of these groups play in one host nation, while the other four groups compete in the second.  Each nation in a group plays each other nation in that group once.  The top two nations in each group advance to the second round, using the same rules as with qualifying. Beginning with the second round (also known as the ''round of sixteen''), a single-elimination format is used.  The exception to this is in the semifinals, as the two losing nations in the semifinals still move on to face off in the third-place playoff.
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Results are determined by using a [[scorinate|scorinator]] of some sort.  Excel spreadsheets are the most common method, with the Java program [[Leagion]] increasingly used since World Cup 14. The early versions were created in the time of WC14 by World Cup 13 co-host Rejistania. However, World Cup 13 was not scorinated with leagion but by another Java-coded scorinator called wc13.java.  The primary influence on the results is the [[KPB ranking system|rank]] of each nation, though ''roleplay bonus'' can also have a moderate effect (the exact influence of each depends on the formula used and hence varies between World Cups).
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Revision as of 21:24, 11 March 2005

Species: panNorm

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An insectoid species originally found on the S-14 colony ship and now only found in the "S-14" nation, more accurately known as the Coordinated panNorm Hives. There are four main races of panNorm, mostly classified as to their carapace color: Blue, Red, Green, and Mini. While this would normally be considered racist, these races are actually nearly distinct species, each particularly adapted to specific tasks. The color of their carapaces are a secondary attribute, as they will be the first to admit, but it is also the most obvious.

Physical Attributes

Universal panNorm Traits

All panNorm are generally ant-like in appearance, insectoid, with hard chitinous outer shells that make up three major body segments (the head, thorax, and abdomen) and six appendages that extend from the thorax. The most forward of these appendages have three major joints and are equivalent to arms and end in bony manipulator claws, four to a 'hand.' The four appendages behind these have four major joints and act as legs and end in multi-clawed feet that can grip porous surfaces easily.

Culture due to Nature

PanNorm culture is self-admittedly self-limiting. The highest virtue in panNorm culture is efficiency, and all aspects of panNorm life reflect this. The panNorm do not play, at least not in ways that do not contribute directly and efficiently into work. The panNorm do not decorate, but everything they build has a geometric elegance and simplicity based directly on form following function. The panNorm have no visual, performing, or musical arts beyond those immediately necessary to facilitate use of displays and communications.

See the entire article at PanNorm
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