The Lancre Cup
Matches drawn on the 1st of each month. The opening ceremony is on the 7th and the Heats begin on the 8th. There may be slight changes to cope with the difference in length of month. Be there or be an equilateral rectangle!
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History of The Cup
The Lancre Cup is a monthly football tournament competed in by nations in the region of Lancre. It was originally started by Sirocco in June 2003 to encourage nations to join Lancre and also as a pastime for the region. It proved to be amazingly popular and is probably one of the reasons the region was such a success. After the first eight Cups Sirocco stopped organising it due to Moderator duties eating up his spare time. The new organiser of the Cup was Emperor Besty, the ruler of Bestiville. Our current organiser is Dregruk.
Rules and Scoring
The Lancre Cup is easy enough to take part in since the amount of involvement you want is entirely up to you. Every nation in Lancre is entered into the Cup automatically but those not wishing to take part are free to quit if they wish. All nations are drawn against each other randomly into heats. The winners of these heats progress to the quarter finals, then the semi-finals and so on and so forth.
The way the scoring system (co-designed by Sirocco and Bellenia) works is complicated, as it was wanted for the scores to be as realistic as possible (though nations do frequently score upwards of four goals). An even more complicated system was devised so that nations that performed well in previous Cups would have an advantage in the next one (because, in Real Life, teams like the Faroe Islands do not alternatively get crushed in the qualifying sessions and win finals). This was devised by an ex-nation called Bellenia and it solved many problems - now not only would there be more consistency to results, it wouldn't be so strict that the best teams always won and the worst ones always lost - even the most abysmal of Lancre teams can make it through to the big time if they're lucky.
The details of this scoring is too boring to put here, but those interested are free to contact Sirocco or Dregruk for details.
The Roleplay Factor
The organiser of the Cup (Bestiville, at the time of writing) writes a small review of each match with a humorous slant along with the final results. You can read previous and current matches here: http://lancre.vinari.co.uk/forums/viewforum.php?f=10
Participants can feel free to write about their team, their strip, their stadia, etc. submit it to the main thread in the Lancre Cup forum (link above).
You may notice that not all matches have stories - this is because Sirocco was so busy he didn't have the time! But thankfully we now have someone with oodles more free time writing them.
The Results of Previous Cups
Lancre Cup I: Mufc Fans 2 (2nd place: Ths Nether Realms 3rd place: Rillean) and the host of the Cup was Sodarules.
Lancre Cup II: Lingfieldgamblers (2nd place: Stuland 3rd place: Laru-Tan) and the host of the Cup was Ths Nether Realms.
Lancre Cup III: Last Hope (2nd place: Extreme Dictators 3rd place: Roligivito) and the host of the Cup was Stuland.
Lancre Cup IV: Bettledom (2nd place: DTAS LAND 3rd place: Extreme Dictators) and the host of the Cup was Extreme Dictators
Lancre Cup V: DTAS LAND (2nd place: Shareda 3rd place: Extreme Dictators) and the host of the Cup was Bettledom
Lancre Cup VI: Englishman (2nd place: Shareda 3rd place: Bellenia) and the host of the Cup was DTAS LAND.
Lancre Cup VII: Englishman (2nd place: Extreme Dictators 3rd Place: Rob Anybody) and the host of the Cup was Englishman.
Lancre Cup VIII: Sliponia (2nd place: SAF 3rd place: Rob Anybody) and the host of the Cup was Englishman.
Lancre Cup IX: Sirocco (2nd place: DTAS LAND 3rd place: Bongostan) and the host of the Cup was Sliponia.
Lancre Cup X: Dregruk (2nd place: LostLotheria 3rd place: Sirocco) and the host of the Cup was Sirocco.
Links to nations have been made only where the nation is still in existence.
Lancre Cup XI
hosted by Dregruk
Heat 1:
SAF VS Rachel's Insanity
UCI VS Umgullia
Troon VS Hockey Canada
Sirocco VS Andrewmania
Rutisia VS Bestiville
Bongostan VS The Harlot of Babylon
Heat 2:
Tonca VS LostLotheria
Jothopolis VS Docere
Sliponia VS Extreme Dictators
Peng-Pau VS Yesono
Hoge VS Jamiezomania
Aamericaa VS DTAS Land
Heat 3:
Fatheaded Edward VS The Big Little People
Pazdom VS [disqualified]
Treynna VS Important Notice
GNY Embassy VS Vtorbetin
Blu-Tac VS -Arynth-
Ghandi Followers VS Zamboni Island