iCM Forum World Cup - season 3 - manager sign-up thread

[Mario Gaborović]

How did the seeding/draw work last time?

It worked easier because there were 16 groups - Pot 1 were big-hitters, and the rest were seeded geographically by continents (crampled up together in a way that they fit the number of 16).

Now it's a problem because there's 12 groups, and to Europe objectively belong 8 slots in the Pot 1. But then there's roughly 16 countries left, and they have to be allocated to 12x12x12. How to do that?
That's why I suggested splitting it in four pieces, this time stronger batch of Europe / stronger batch of RoW / weaker of the Europe / weaker of the RoW.

[PeacefulAnarchy]

Well, two countries pass the first round, so what it's not so important that each pot be perfect. What are your 8 objective Pot 1 Euro countries?
From a quick look at the countries these seem like reasonable Top 2 pots:

China (hurluberlu)
England (funkybusiness)
France (klaus78)
Germany (Lilarcor)
India (tommy_leazaq)
Italy (toro913)
Iran (zhangalan)
Japan (monty)
Poland (sebby)
Spain (beavis)
Russia (blocho)
USA (filmbantha)


Argentina (RBG)
Brazil (Gorro)
Canada (Armoreska)
Czechia (Carmel98)
Hong Kong (Smoover)
Mexico (Daviddoes)
Serbia (Mario Gaborović)
South Korea (mjf314)
Sweden (PeacefulAnarchy)
Turkey (XxXApathy420XxX)

Thailand (Lonewolf2003)?
Hungary?
Denmark?

You don't need 12 Euro in pot 1, if there are 12 European countries in Pot1+Pot2 you can assign each euro country to a group, and then the remaining pot1 countries get drawn to the groups with pot 2 euro countries and vice versa, so you get the geographic split without France vs Japan being possible.

[Mario Gaborović]

For a start, Romania belongs to Pot 2 rather than Thailand, and I'd rather have Czechia instead of China in the Pot 1.
I could split all four pots by subjective thoughts on quality by each nation, but I try to avoid that 'cause it incites the avalanche of discussions like "naaaah, the country X is stronger than Y", you know.

[Fergenaprido]

I agree with Mario in the way the pots should be distributed. That way, we can make it so that no group has more than 2 European countries in it.
The real World Cup does something similar: "teams from the same confederation will not be drawn against each other for the group stage, except for UEFA where each group can contain up to two teams."

[Mario Gaborović]

I agree with Mario in the way the pots should be distributed. That way, we can make it so that no group has more than 2 European countries in it.
The real World Cup does something similar: "teams from the same confederation will not be drawn against each other for the group stage, except for UEFA where each group can contain up to two teams."

In a different situation, suggested by PA, more than two European countries wouldn't be put together either... but that system requires some heavy conducting by the draw-maker. He'd be forced to move countries back and forth until he manages to 1) not put countries from the same continent into same group, and 2) not put two countries managed by the same person into same group.

[joachimt]

These 23 people have voted so far. Let me know if I missed your ballot:

72allinncallme
Armoreska
beavis
blocho
clemmetarey
Cynical Cinephile
Fergenaprido
funkybusiness
hurluberlu
jvv
Lilarcor
Mario Gaborović
mjf314
Mochard
Nathan Treadway
Nopros
PeacefulAnarchy
RBG
sacmersault
sortile9io
tarr
tommy_leazaq
zhangalan

[weirdboy]

I am following the thread but don't have an opinion about picking any country over any other. To me picking any country seems counter-productive, as I would not mind random country seedings.

[Mario Gaborović]

I am following the thread but don't have an opinion about picking any country over any other. To me picking any country seems counter-productive, as I would not mind random country seedings.

It's all about what you prefer: new countries that haven't competed yet, or usual suspects again. Or maybe finding some balance between the two.

[Armoreska]

So do we have 9 clear leaders yet? Or is it really close?

[joachimt]

So do we have 9 clear leaders yet? Or is it really close?

At the moment there's a tie for #7 to #9 with an average of 3.384615385. #10 has an average of 3.307692308.

Highest average is 3.923076923 and lowest is 2.307692308.

26 voters so far.

[Mario Gaborović]

So do we have 9 clear leaders yet? Or is it really close?

At the moment there's a tie for #7 to #9 with an average of 3.384615385. #10 has an average of 3.307692308.

Highest average is 3.923076923 and lowest is 2.307692308.

26 voters so far.

So, basically there's four countries (7th-10th place) fighting over three slots, while the remaining seven have little chance to qualify?

[Armoreska]

Anyone voted 1 for all countries but one?

[joachimt]

So do we have 9 clear leaders yet? Or is it really close?

At the moment there's a tie for #7 to #9 with an average of 3.384615385. #10 has an average of 3.307692308.

Highest average is 3.923076923 and lowest is 2.307692308.

26 voters so far.

So, basically there's four countries (7th-10th place) fighting over three slots, while the remaining seven have little chance to qualify?

Why do you think that? I didn't say how close #6 and #11 are. Only the top 4 is quite safe at the moment, but the rest clearly hasn't been decided yet.

[Armoreska]

Only 3 and a half more days to reveal

[joachimt]

29 voters so far:

72allinncallme
Armoreska
beavis
blocho
clemmetarey
Cynical Cinephile
Daviddoes
Fergenaprido
funkybusiness
globetrotter
hurluberlu
jvv
Lilarcor
Lonewolf2003
Mario Gaborović
metaller
mjf314
Mochard
Nathan Treadway
Nopros
PeacefulAnarchy
RBG
sacmersault
sortile9io
tarr
tommy_leazaq
toro913
zhangalan
zuma

[Gershwin]

I've just sent my ballot.

By the way, my message with a second country proposal seems to be still unread. Is that a forum glitch? The country I chose is in the list, though. But it could be that someone else picked it as well.

[joachimt]

I've just sent my ballot.

By the way, my message with a second country proposal seems to be still unread. Is that a forum glitch? The country I chose is in the list, though. But it could be that someone else picked it as well.

Got your ballot. 30 voters now.

That seems to be a forum glitch. You are in my list of 2nd picks.

[Gershwin]

I've just sent my ballot.

By the way, my message with a second country proposal seems to be still unread. Is that a forum glitch? The country I chose is in the list, though. But it could be that someone else picked it as well.

Got your ballot. 30 voters now.

That seems to be a forum glitch. You are in my list of 2nd picks.

Awesome!

[Armoreska]

It must be shaping up by now. How's the 9 to 10 gap after 4+ more voters?

[joachimt]

It must be shaping up by now. How's the 9 to 10 gap after 4+ more voters?

Just got another vote.

1. 3.87 points
2. 3.71 points
3. 3.55 points
4. 3.45 points
5. 3.45 points
6. 3.42 points
7. 3.35 points
8. 3.32 points
9. 3.29 points
10. 3.23 points
11. 3.13 points
12. 3.1 points
13. 3.06 points
14. 2.97 points
15. 2.84 points
16. 2.77 points
17. 2.39 points

[Armoreska]

wow the bottom country got trashed. must be poor Puerto Rico

[Mario Gaborović]

wow the bottom country got trashed. must be poor Puerto Rico

Actually I'd manage Puerto Rico had someone translated Los peloteros or Dios los cria.... But at least there's a good documentary available, called La Operación.

[Nathan Treadway]

wow the bottom country got trashed. must be poor Puerto Rico

I voted it pretty high, just for laughs, mainly, but, it'd be interesting to see if it'd get though. In all seriousness, I'm not too worried about what goes through, or what doesn't, so, I didn't put too much thought into my votes. (Even if all the ones I gave low votes go through, I'm ok with it.)

[metaller]

I also didn't give Puerto Rico my lowest scores, quite the contrary. I'd really like to see the smaller, more obscure picks. Specifically because the world cup gives me an easy way to see stuff I wouldn't have put on my watchlist for ages otherwise. A softly forced way to expand my cinematic horizon.

[joachimt]

These 33 people voted so far. Please let me know if I missed yours:

72allinncallme
Armoreska
beavis
blocho
clemmetarey
connordenney
Cynical Cinephile
Daviddoes
Eve-Lang-El-Coup
Fergenaprido
funkybusiness
Gershwin
globetrotter
hurluberlu
jvv
Lilarcor
Lonewolf2003
Mario Gaborović
metaller
mjf314
Mochard
Nathan Treadway
Nopros
PeacefulAnarchy
RBG
sacmersault
sebby
sortile9io
tarr
tommy_leazaq
toro913
zhangalan
zuma

[joachimt]

Managers who haven't voted yet:
burneyfan
Gorro
Carmel98
Angel Glez
nimimerkillinen
klaus78
Smoover
monty
RogerTheMovieManiac88
Pgonzalez
Nathan_Treadway
XxXApathy420XxX
filmbantha

No, you're not supposed to, but you might want to. You've got little less than 27 hours left.

Voting still open for everyone, btw.

[joachimt]

These 33 people voted so far. Please let me know if I missed yours:

Nathan Treadway

Managers who haven't voted yet:
Nathan_Treadway

Something wrong here.

[Armoreska]

So you're saying Nathan can vote twice? Sheesh

[Mario Gaborović]

Managers who haven't voted yet:

Angel Glez

Come on Angel, pour some rum into this world cup trophy of ours, and get PR in the line-up.

[Angel Glez]

Managers who haven't voted yet:

Angel Glez

Come on Angel, pour some rum into this world cup trophy of ours, and get PR in the line-up.

I would need to know the films that managers have in mind, otherwise all countries are potentially attractive.

My own choice for Puerto Rico would be terrible (only one set, dialogue heavy, allegorical content...)

[Nathan Treadway]

These 33 people voted so far. Please let me know if I missed yours:

Nathan Treadway

Managers who haven't voted yet:
Nathan_Treadway

Something wrong here.

I changed my username, and dropped that corny underscore. I can submit a second ballot, if you so chose. (That's what happens when you copy and paste.)

[maxwelldeux]

I changed my username, and dropped that corny underscore. I can submit a second ballot, if you so chose. (That's what happens when you copy and paste.)

NOOOOOO!!!!

Just kidding. Mostly. It's just that spaces in usernames caused me Excel annoyance.

[joachimt]

These 33 people voted so far. Please let me know if I missed yours:

Nathan Treadway

Managers who haven't voted yet:
Nathan_Treadway

Something wrong here.

I changed my username, and dropped that corny underscore. I can submit a second ballot, if you so chose. (That's what happens when you copy and paste.)

I removed the underscore from the managerslist, so it's fine now.
And no, you don't get another vote.

[joachimt]

Added votes by musikurt and monty. 35 voters now. Less than 6 hours left.

[joachimt]

There's currently a tie at #8, 9 and 10, so I hope at least one other voter comes along.

1: 3.771 points
2: 3.714 points
3: 3.571 points
4: 3.457 points
5: 3.371 points
6: 3.343 points
7: 3.314 points
8: 3.286 points
9: 3.286 points
10: 3.286 points
11: 3.143 points
12: 3.088 points
13: 3.057 points
14: 3.057 points
15: 3 points
16: 2.943 points
17: 2.486 points

[Armoreska]

Actually, as it's this close, perhaps a short extra round over the weekend is in order where we only vote on these three.

The 10th-ranked country closed the about 0.1 points gap thanks to the final voterss, impressive.

Cant wait for the reveal!

[joachimt]

Smoover just broke the tie. The difference between #9 and #10 is now 0.028 !!!!

@Armo: I'll only do such a short poll, if there is a tie. If it's just a close difference, so be it.

[tommy_leazaq]

Smoover just broke the tie. The difference between #9 and #10 is now 0.028 !!!!

@Armo: I'll only do such a short poll, if there is a tie. If it's just a close difference, so be it.

Another poll? Just have a tie breaking criteria like most 5s or something and decide the winner. Getting tired of all these polls honestly

[Armoreska]

I think there should be more polls

[zhangalan]

I think there should be more polls

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