First, I would like to say thank you to all of you for your quick responses and participation. I am sure that we will doing a great World Cup together! J

To answer several questions that have been asked several times:

1) Are the individual leagues free to determine the format of their own qualifiers, or are we using an agreed format? We would prefer the former.

We will let every leagues use the format they think suit them the best. Some leagues have their “identity” linked to the format they currently use, they won’t to change it.

2) At what point will the total number of tickets available to our league be known? It will impact the format of our qualifications.

Given that, the number of ticket available for one league will depend on,

-the number of coaches in that league

-the total number of participants in the competition

-) we will be able to determine the number of ticket available for one league after knowing the total number of participants on the competition.

This means approximately at the end of April. If you think that a deadline by July the 31st is too short to run your competition, we can think about postponing this deadline.

3) Are we expecting leagues coaches to register interest somewhere centrally so a tally of interested coaches can be made and the percentage of qualification tickets derived?

As discussed on the committee forum, we will set up a special shape on the forum for the Blood Bowl World Cup. Once we know which leagues will be involved, we will open a dedicated forum for each of them to centralize registration of players.

This new format of the forum will go this way:

• WORLD CUP 2011

o Rules and Organization

o Inscriptions

-- League Approved #1

-- League Approved #2

-- League Approved #3

-- …

-- League Approved #20

-- Freebooters

4) Is there a prize we can incentivise players with?

We will put in place a prize cash of 5000$ for the winner.

5) When is the "launch"? (ie. when sign-ups can begin)

The enrolment will start next Thursday exclusively for the leagues. Just some words to explain you how we will proceed for the next coming weeks.

During one week, the access to the registration will be only reserved to you, as league admin (until the 12th of April). After this first stage, the players registrations will be taking place during two weeks.

The beginning of the competition will be approximately in one month, just the time to correctly record entries and to check organizational details.

As you have maybe noticed, the opening of the leagues registrations has been postponed to allow all of us to prepare for the competition. J

It was maybe a bit short for all of us to organize these registrations in this short period of time. All the next dates have been also postponed.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate.

Предлагаю следующий сезон сделать только нулевыми командами, победитель едет на World Cup. У нас 4 месяца доиграть этот и следующий.

Thank for your response. Do not hesitate to contact me at any time for World Cup enquiries. J

To answer your questions:

1. Yes, absolutely. As a league admin, you will have to register your league to the World Cup from the 5th. April.

2. In theory, the World Cup starts in one month with the Qualifications for the cup. J

3. The players within your league will have to register themselves for the qualifications. They can register directly in your league (by the 14th of April approximatively), that way they will have to play the special competition you will organize for the World Cup

By the way, would you be able to welcome some players that don’t belong to any leagues for the moment in your league, at least for the duration of the qualifications?

More info will arrive when we will post the announcement.

As I said, if you have any questions, feel free to ask.

Thank you for your participation.

Cheers,

Benjamin

Напишите, что вы думаете насчет людей со стороны. Надо ему ответить.

И вообще мы так рискуем что никто из наших не выйдет.

И где мы их будем искать, ждать, включать в соревнование?! Нафиг я думаю.
Со своими-то хрен договоришься

"играй бухой" © Madeda

Слыш, пацан, в Кровавый Кубок поиграть хош? А че сразу нет-то?! Че ты как не мужик-то, зассал что ль...

"играй бухой" © Madeda

But above all, my previous experiences with Focus leaves me with no confidence in your ability to arrange a fair competition, not even with the help of a dedicated online community.
I dont mean to come off as harsh, but I've been burnt one too many times by Focus who keep demonstrating that they are either utterly incompetent, or simply does not care about the community.

Вселяет уверенность

Лоин, ты нас-то зарегил на турнир?
А люди со стороны это кто? Их Цианиды нам подкинут, или нам нужны рекрутеры?

PS: устроим там дварф раш

Am I overlooking the sign up option on the boards/site?
Or are you guys yet again not able to stick to a mentioned schedule?
I'm truly disappointed that after having had a dedicated forum section where everything was discussed and addressed to run a smooth World Cup this year (instead of the joke of last year) things are yet again turning out to lead towards the 2010 WC scheduling fiasco...

Do you guys even read/take note of all the input all the league admins have given?
Or are you simply ignoring the time these people have put in there since December 2010?

Кстати, Крампус написал, что Sturm von Stahl не будет участвовать. Жаль, у них вроде хорошие игроки.