WesWorld

Snip asked me to take over the 1942 World Cup for him, as he's apparently rather busy at the moment.

I'm not going to write it up all that much until we get to the later stages of the tourney, so first time round will just be scores.

Here's the starting brackets:

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Group A
Romania
United States
Scotland
Iberia

Group B
Australia
Thailand
Colombia
Atlantis

Group C
Japan
Peru
China
Argentina

Group D
Denmark
South Africa
Netherlands
Yugoslavia

Group E
Nordmark
Italy
Ireland
Hungary

Group F
The Philippines
Germany
Chosen
Wales

Group G
Chile
France
England
Mexico

Group H
Bulgaria
Turkey
Brazil
Indochina

I've started with 32 teams, arranged in eight four-team groups, randomly assigned (I used a random number generator to randomize them). Each team plays three games against the other three teams in their assigned group. The two teams with the most wins advance to the next round.

The wins are determined by a dicebot on IRC - essentially, ten coin-flips, with one face representing victory for one team, the other face representing victory for the other. If, out of ten iterations, one team has a clear majority, then they win the game. If the two teams both get five coin-flips out of ten iterations, then the game is a tie.

Scores in the game are similarly rolled with dice: the victorious team gets a score of 1d3. If the dice returns a 3, I roll 1d3-1 for the opposing team's score. If the dice returns a 2, then I roll a 1d2-1 for the opposing team's score. If the dice returns a 1, then the other team just didn't score anything. If a team won all ten of their coin-flips, then I roll a 1d4 instead of a 1d3 for the score. If the teams tied, then I just roll a 1d3.

Comments welcome [SIZE=1]complaints not welcome.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=3]Group A[/SIZE]
Romania versus US: US wins 2-1
Scotland versus Iberia: Scotland wins 1-0
Romania versus Scotland: Romania wins 3-1
US versus Iberia: US wins 3-1
Romania versus Iberia: Romania wins, 3-0
US versus Scotland: tie, 2-2

Results:
US advances (2-0-1)
Romania advances (2-1-0)
Scotland does not advance (1-1-1)
Iberia does not advance (0-0-3)

[SIZE=3]Group B[/SIZE]
Australia versus Thailand: Australia wins 2-1
Colombia versus Atlantis: Atlantis wins 2-1
Australia versus Colombia: Tie 3-3
Thailand versus Atlantis: Atlantis wins 3-1
Australia versus Atlantis: Australia wins 2-1
Colombia versus Thailand: Tie 3-3

Results:
Atlantis advances (2-1-0)
Australia advances (2-0-1)
Thailand does not advance (0-2-1)
Colombia does not advance (0-1-2)

[SIZE=3]Group C[/SIZE]
Japan versus Peru: Japan wins 2-0
China versus Argentina: Argentina wins 3-0
Japan versus China: Japan wins 3-0
Peru versus Argentina: Peru wins 2-0
Japan versus Argentina: Argentina wins 2-1
Peru versus China: Tie 1-1

Results:
Japan advances (2-1-0)
Argentina advances (2-1-0)
Peru does not advance (1-1-1)
China does not advance (0-2-1)

[SIZE=3]Group D[/SIZE]
Denmark versus South Africa: South Africa wins 3-1
Netherlands versus Yugoslavia: Tie 3-3
Denmark versus Netherlands: Dutch win 3-1
South Africa versus Yugoslavia: South Africa wins 3-2
Denmark versus Yugoslavia: Tie 2-2
South Africa versus Netherlands: Tie 3-3

Results:
South Africa advances (2-0-1)
Netherlands advances (1-0-2)
Yugoslavia does not advance (0-1-2)
Denmark does not advance (0-2-1)

[SIZE=3]Group E[/SIZE]
Nordmark versus Italy: Tie 1-1
Ireland versus Hungary: Hungary wins 3-0
Nordmark versus Ireland: Tie 2-2
Italy versus Hungary: Tie 3-3
Nordmark versus Hungary: Nordmark wins 3-1
Ireland versus Italy: Ireland wins 3-1

Results:
Nordmark advances (1-0-2)
Hungary advances (1-1-1) (7 goals up)
Ireland does not advance (1-1-1) (5 goals up)
Italy does not advance (0-1-2)

[SIZE=3]Group F[/SIZE]
The Philippines versus Germany: Germany wins 1-0
Chosen versus Wales: Chosen wins 4-0
The Philippines versus Chosen: Chosen wins 2-0
Germany versus Wales: Germany wins 3-0
The Philippines versus Wales: The Philippines win 1-0
Germany versus Chosen: Germany wins 2-0

Results:
Germany advances (3-0-0)
Chosen advances (2-1-0)
The Philippines does not advance (1-2-0)
Wales does not advance (0-3-0)

Crushing... that's unexpected.

[SIZE=3]Group G[/SIZE]
Chile versus France: Chile wins 2-1
England versus Mexico: England wins 3-1
Chile versus England: England wins 2-0
France versus Mexico: France wins 2-0
Chile versus Mexico: Mexico wins 3-1
France versus England: Tie 2-2

Results:
England advances (2-0-1)
France advances (1-1-1)
Mexico does not advance (1-2-0)
Chile does not advance (1-2-0)

[SIZE=3]Group H[/SIZE]
Bulgaria versus Turkey: Bulgaria wins 2-1
Brazil versus Indochina: Indochina wins 2-0
Bulgaria versus Brazil: Brazil wins 2-0
Turkey versus Indochina: Indochina wins 1-0
Bulgaria versus Indochina: Tie 2-2
Brazil versus Turkey: Brazil wins 2-1

Results:
Indochina advances (2-0-1)
Brazil advances (2-1-0)
Bulgaria does not advance (1-1-1)
Turkey does not advance (0-3-0)

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Originally posted by BruceDuncan
Crushing... that's unexpected.

I presume you're referring to the Chosen-Wales game? Yeah, that was a smashing victory. And Germany definitely went and cleaned the clock of all their immediate rivals - will be interesting to see how they fare in the rest.

I've not run the numbers for the rest of the Cup just yet.

Gahhh, Mexico got stuck in the group of death, but at least beat Chile! *thumbs nose at Brock* I see Iberia and Italy also failed to make it out. Group E was weird.

The Australians are frankly quite shocked that they made it out.

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Originally posted by Desertfox
Gahhh, Mexico got stuck in the group of death, but at least beat Chile! *thumbs nose at Brock* I see Iberia and Italy also failed to make it out. Group E was weird.

Yeah, Group E *was* rather weird. Nobody really dominated, and even the victors showed some weakness with all the ties.

[SIZE=3]Second Round[/SIZE]

Group A
South Africa
Brazil
England
Germany

Group B
United States
Japan
Netherlands
Atlantis

Group C
Australia
Argentina
Romania
Nordmark

Group D
Indochina
Hungary
France
Chosen

[SIZE=3]Group A[/SIZE]
South Africa versus Brazil: Brazil wins 3-1
England versus Germany: Germany wins 1-0
South Africa versus England: Tie 2-2
Germany versus Brazil: Brazil wins 1-0
South Africa versus Germany: Germany wins 2-1
England versus Brazil: Tie 3-3

Results:
Germany advances (2-1-0)
Brazil advances (2-0-1)
England does not advance (0-1-2)
South Africa does not advance (0-2-1)

[SIZE=3]Group B[/SIZE]
US versus Japan: US wins 2-1
Netherlands versus Atlantis: Netherlands wins 1-0
US versus Netherlands: Netherlands wins 3-1
Atlantis versus Japan: Atlantis wins 1-0
US versus Atlantis: Tie 1-1
Netherlands versus Japan: Japan wins 2-0

Results:
Dutch advance (2-1-0)
US advances (1-1-1) (4 goals up)
Atlantis does not advance (1-1-1) (2 goals up)
Japan does not advance (1-2-0)

Hmm. Germany did not dominate as it did in the first round, but we are still in the game.

Looking forward to the next round!

[SIZE=3]Group C[/SIZE]
Australia versus Argentina: Tie 1-1
Romania versus Nordmark: Tie 3-3
Australia versus Romania: Romania wins 3-0
Argentina versus Nordmark: Argentina wins 3-2
Australia versus Nordmark: Australia wins 3-1
Argentina versus Romania: Argentina wins 3-2

Results:
Australia advances (2-0-1)
Argentina advances (2-0-1)
Romania does not advance (1-1-1)
Nordmark does not advance (0-2-1)

[SIZE=3]Group D[/SIZE]
Indochina versus Hungary: Hungary wins 3-1
France versus Chosen: Chosen wins 3-1
Indochina versus France: Indochina wins 2-0
Hungary versus Chosen: Chosen wins 1-0
Indochina versus Chosen: Indochina wins 1-0
France versus Hungary: France wins 1-0

Results:
Indochina advances (2-1-0)
Chosen advances (2-1-0)
France (1-2-0)
Hungary (1-2-0)

Hmm. That makes an interesting set to play the next round - Germany, Brazil, the Netherlands, the United States, Australia, Argentina, Indochina and Chosen.

The performance of the Chosen team is perhaps the most surprising, next to the Indochinese victory over France...

Good stuff!