Pick the team you wish to represent in this Summer's World Cup Finals and win games to score goals!
Check the third post down in the thread to see how the knockout phase is progressing - updating as necessary now we're in the latter stages.
[spoiler=Reserve List]]Reserve List
- [player]phillipm[/player]
[player]Aalmeida17[/player]
kkelly
ViperOverLord
Moonchild
stewywound
Otsu
Lolito
vragus
[spoiler=The Basics]The Basics
32 entrants needed (premium please) initially allocated into 8 groups of 4.
Games will be 1 v 1, standard, sequential, no fog, escalating cards, auto placement, adjacent on home and away maps according to the country represented by each player.
Each match will consist of 4 1v1 games, with each win resulting in a goal, so you can win a match 4-0 or 3-1, you can draw 2-2 or you can lose a match 1-3 or 0-4!
A win earns you 3 points, a draw 1 point and a loss 0 points.
Enter by simply telling me which team you’d like to represent. Group matches will start rolling out in early June 2010, a few days earlier than the real-world tourney.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=First Round Format]First Round
In the first round you will play 3 matches (one against each of the other 3 players in your group) of 4 games (2 games on your home map and 2 games on the opposition’s home map, representing the two halves of football).
So you will play 12 games in total in the 1st round.
The two players with the highest no of points in each group will progress. In the event of a tie, the deciding factor will be goal difference, followed by goals scored, followed by results between the tied teams. If there is still a tie, there will a ‘penalty shoot out’ between the tied players on the Doodle Earth map.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Knockout Stages Format]Round 2 – the last 16
Now we enter the knockout phase of the competition.
You will play 1 match of 4 games as per the first round. If there is a clear victor with a 4-0 or 3-1 win, that player progresses.
If the score is tied at 2-2, then extra time will be played, consisting of one further game on each player’s home map. If the score after extra time is 3-3, we go to penalties, which are decided by a single game on Doodle Earth.
Quarter Finals – the last 8
The rules are exactly as those for Round 2.
Semi Finals – the last 4
The rules are exactly as those for Round 2.
3rd place play-off
The rules are exactly as those for Round 2.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=The Final]The Final
The rules are largely the same, except that for this grand occasion it will be 4 matches each way, so an 8-0 drubbing is just possible. Extra time will be 1 game each way if the final score is 4-4 and penalties, if required, will again be a single match on Doodle Earth.[/spoiler]
Other info
Reserves will be accepted – games must be joined within 48 hours.
