The Fire Emblem World Cup - L'Arachel is the champion!

[Shrimpica]

8 Groups

32 Characters

1 Title

Welcome Serenesians, to the 1st Serenes Fire Emblem World Cup ™️

A popularity contest in the same style as the world cup, we got 32 characters, 4 per 'continent'/Saga, aiming to win it all, starting with a group phase, from which the first and second of each group advance to a knock out phase.

Rules:

• A win gives 3 points, a draw 1 point, a loss 0 point
• If Characters are tied by points at the end of the group phase, these are used as tie breakers: Vote Difference, if tied, most Votes gotten, if tied, head to head, if still tied, we use FE's most iconic system...the random number generator. In Knock out phase we just use RNG.
• Each round lasts a day

Group A

Caeda, Seliph, L'Arachel, Edelgard

Group B

Sigurd, Elincia, Tiki, Corrin

Group C

Marth, Roy, Tibarn, Lucina

Group D

Celica, Eliwood, Ryoma, Dimitri

Group E

Hector, Ike, Robin, Claude

Group F

Innes, Chrom, Xander, Byleth

Group G

Alm, Leif, Eirika, Micaiah

Group H

Julia, Lyn, Ephraim, Azura

 

Since editing OPs is a pain, i will post more information in the post below, where we will also start the Tourney!

Edited December 13, 2022 by Imperator Squilla

[Shrimpica]

Group Standings:

Group A             W      L      D      VD      VF      VA      P

Caeda                 3       0      0      17       27        10       9

L'Arachel             2       1      0        2        20       18       6

Edelgard             1       2      0       -4       18       22       3

Seliph                 0       3      0     -15        11        26      0

Group B             W      L      D      VD      VF      VA      P

Sigurd                 3       0      0        7       20      13       9

Elincia                 2       1      0        4       19      15       6

Tiki                      1       2      0        6        20      14       3

Corrin                  0       3      0     -17        9        26       0

Group C             W      L      D      VD      VF      VA      P

Tibarn                 2       0      1        4      19        15      7

Marth                  2       1      0       5       21      16       6

Lucina                 1       2      0       -3       17       20      3

Roy                      0       2      1       -6      15        21      1

Group D             W      L      D      VD      VF      VA      P

Celica                 3       0      0       13        25      12      9

Dimitri                 2       1      0      5        21       15       6

Eliwood              1       2      0        1        19      18       3

Ryoma                0       3      0     -20        9       29       0

Group E             W      L      D      VD      VF      VA      P

Claude                2       0      1       5         17      12       7

Hector                1       1      1        -2       14      16      4

Ike                       1       2      0      -2        13      15       3

Robin                  0       1      2       -1         15     16       2

Group F             W      L      D      VD      VF      VA      P

Xander               2       0      1        5         17      12       7

Chrom                2       1      0        0         15     15       6

Innes                  1       2      0        0         15      15       3

Byleth                 0       2      1       -5         12      17       1

Group G             W      L      D      VD      VF      VA      P

Leif                      2       0      1        9       18         9       7

Micaiah               2       1      0        -1       13     14       6

Eirika                   1       1      1        1       14       13       4

Alm                     0       3      0       -9         9        18       0

Group H             W      L      D      VD      VF      VA      P

Julia                    2       1      0        6        17      11       6

Ephraim              2       1      0        5        17     12        6

Lyn                       1       2      0       -2        13      15       3

Azura                  1       2      0       -19       10     19       3

 

Match plan:

Matchday 1

Caeda vs. Seliph, L'Arachel vs. Edelgard, Sigurd vs. Elincia, Tiki vs. Corrin, Marth vs. Roy, Tibarn vs. Lucina, Celica vs. Eliwood, Ryoma vs. Dimitri, Hector vs. Ike, Robin vs. Claude, Innes vs. Chrom, Xander vs. Byleth, Alm vs. Leif, Eirika vs. Micaiah, Julia vs. Lyn, Ephraim vs. Azura

Matchday 2

Caeda vs. Edelgard, Seliph vs. L'Arachel, Sigurd vs. Corrin, Elincia vs. Tiki, Marth vs. Lucina, Roy vs. Tibarn, Celica vs. Dimitri, Eliwood vs. Ryoma, Hector vs. Claude, Ike vs. Robin, Innes vs. Byleth, Chrom vs. Xander, Alm vs. Micaiah, Leif vs. Eirika, Julia vs. Azura, Lyn vs. Ephraim

Matchday 3

Caeda vs. L'Arachel, Seliph vs. Edelgard, Sigurd vs. Tiki, Elincia vs. Corrin, Marth vs. Tibarn, Roy vs. Lucina, Celica vs. Ryoma, Eliwood vs. Dimitri, Hector vs. Robin, Ike vs. Claude, Innes  vs. Chrome, Byleth vs. Xander, Alm vs. Eirika, Leif vs. Micaiah, Julia vs. Ephraim, Lyn vs. Azura

Knock out Phase

Edited December 8, 2022 by Imperator Squilla

[Saint Rubenio]

You forgot the most key part of this.

Garon as the referee.

[Sooks]

Every Anna selling popcorn/snacks at five times the regular price

[AnonymousSpeed]

This competition reminds me of being Belgian and the world cup is about to happen but Belgium isn't allowed to play. Neither is the Netherlands, Germany, or South Korea.

[Punished Dayni]

When you say round, for the group stages will that be all 16 matches in a round?

5 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said:

You forgot the most key part of this.

Garon as the referee.

I'll go one better.

Garon is head of FIFA, Federation Interdimenstional Fire Aemblemers

[Saint Rubenio]

1 minute ago, Punished Dayni said:

I'll go one better.

Garon is head of FIFA, Federation Interdimenstional Fire Aemblemers

That means Garon has gone on record saying "I feel gay."

Garon x Iago fics where?

[Shrimpica]

13 minutes ago, AnonymousSpeed said:

This competition reminds me of being Belgian and the world cup is about to happen but Belgium isn't allowed to play. Neither is the Netherlands, Germany, or South Korea.

Us discussing the world cup upsets over at Teehee is what lead to this xD

10 minutes ago, Punished Dayni said:

Garon is head of FIFA, Federation Interdimenstional Fire Aemblemers

Someone needs to photoshop/gimp that XD

11 minutes ago, Punished Dayni said:

When you say round, for the group stages will that be all 16 matches in a round?

Nah, that would be too much tbh. I mean as in each vote will be 24 hours.

I think for the group phase i will start with 8 Matches a day.

[Shrimpica]

Matchday 1 Part 1

Caeda vs. Seliph

L'Arachel vs. Edelgard

Sigurd vs. Elincia

Tiki vs. Corrin

Marth vs. Roy

Tibarn vs. Lucina

Celica vs. Eliwood

Ryoma vs. Dimitri

 

Let the games begin!

Btw: Anyone can start the matches of the next part/round if i am unavailable/busy aslong as they follow the rules

[ping]

20 minutes ago, Punished Dayni said:

I'll go one better.

Garon is head of FIFA, Federation Interdimenstional Fire Aemblemers

"Today I feel Nohrian. Today I feel Hoshidan. Today I feel Izumoan. Today I feel gay. Today I feel disabled. Today I feel an adopted child. I know what it feels like to be discriminated against. I was bullied because I didn't have blue hair."

[Sooks]

16 minutes ago, Imperator Squilla said:

Caeda vs. Seliph

Bruh wdym no one else voted for Seliph—

16 minutes ago, Imperator Squilla said:

L'Arachel vs. Edelgard

Oh well, at least the correct opinion is majority here. What Edelgard picture? I don’t see one.

16 minutes ago, Imperator Squilla said:

Tiki vs. Corrin

Lmao clean Tiki sweep.

16 minutes ago, Imperator Squilla said:

Celica vs. Eliwood

Not surprised I’m the only one who voted for Eliwood.

[Saint Rubenio]

Caeda wins because wingspear. She'll cripple Seliph, get a yellow card and then gently push the ball into the goal a few times while Seliph watches from the ground.

L'Arachel wins, because if she wasn't a holy woman, she'd beat Edelgard senseless. And on the stadium, she's no longer a holy woman. She's a woman on a mission.

Elincia wins because SPOILERS

Spoiler

She flies, and Sigurd doesn't, so naturally he can't reach her to take the ball from her. Expecting a death joke? You should be ashamed of yourself.

Tiki wins because Corrin's dad is the head of FIFA and rigged the results against them.

Marth wins because, c'mon, Roy is Roy.

Lucina wins because she went back in time and killed Tibarn when he was a baby, preventing him from participating.

Eliwood wins because he has superpowers. I mean, he HAS to, how else did he survive being a FE dad?

Ryoma wins because I like his game better than Dimitri's.

18 minutes ago, ping said:

"Today I feel Nohrian. Today I feel Hoshidan. Today I feel Izumoan. Today I feel gay. Today I feel disabled. Today I feel an adopted child. I know what it feels like to be discriminated against. I was bullied because I didn't have blue hair."

"Today I feel fatherly. You are all my children now."

Edited December 4, 2022 by Saint Rubenio

[Shrimpica]

6 minutes ago, Sooks said:

Lmao clean Tiki sweep.

Corrin the Qatar of FE?

[ping]

It has nothing to do with this event, but I feel compelled to bring up my championship caliber Football Emblem team up again:

On 5/27/2022 at 10:59 PM, ping said:

I have played a couple seasons of Football Manager a few years ago, so I am very qualified to this! Going for a milquetoast 4231...

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GK: Lethe
Cat laguz show great jumping abilities in their combat animations, so that should make them great at this position in general. Lethe specifically can bring the aggressiveness needed to intimidate the opposing team. ("War and Oliver Kahn" - Mehmet Scholz, Kahn's teammate, asked what he's afraid of)

Central Defenders: Gonzales & Dorcas
Big, strong, tough. Dorcas may be a tad slow, but he's also quite thoughtful and methodical, so he makes a good defensive bedrock.

Wing Backs: Janaff (L) & Ulki (R)
Seems appropriate for a position that requires a lot of movement back and forth on the court. Between the two, Janaff takes a more offensive stance, looking to get crosses into the box whenever he sees an opportunity.

Ball-Winning Midfielder: Jacob
No nonsense. Willing to be the water carrier to the more creative-minded teammates, even if he doesn't get as much attention that way.

Deep-Lying Playmaker: Robin
Was deliberating between them and Leo - those are the primary "strategist" characters that come to mind and I feel that a more defensive position, where they can oversee most of the court, would suit them better than an advanced playmaker.

Left Midfielder: Tanith
With Janaff being fairly offensive-minded, I'd rather put a more dependable player into this spot. Tanith is unlikely to forget about her defensive duties, but won't hesitate to cut inwards to take a shot (or open some space for Janaff) if the situation calls for it.

Right Attacking Midfielder: Shanna
Conversely, Ulki is better complemented by a creative, risk-taking player in front of him. Shanna is going to go into dribbling more often, or play risky passes, bringing some flair to the team.

Attacking Midfielder: Ike
Bit of a jack-of-all-trades. I feel that there might be a bit too much space between his position and the two defensive midfielders, even with Tanith cutting inside a bit more often, so I picked him over a more offensive-minded option such as Fir or Edward.

Striker: Charlotte
No "false nine" or anything of that sort in this team - Charlotte isn't the type for subtlety or intricate combining - she goes for the kill. She should do well as the first line of defence, too, running at whatever defender has the ball whenever given the chance.

Bench: Corrin
Doesn't really have a role in the team and hardly gets any playtime, but for some reason, they are incredibly important to everybody else.

Bench: Greil
Used to play Ike's position, but struggles to come back after a severe injury. For that reason, he's more focussed on passing on his skills to the younger players, especially Ike.

Bench: Felicia
Incredibly talented striker, but she insists that she'd much rather be fielded as a wing back. Regularly scores one or two goals subbing in, much to her frustration, but can't do a proper sliding tackle to save her life.

Bench: Leo
As I said, he was my second option for the DLP position.

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(Let's hope that quoting the spoiler works as intened...)

[Saint Rubenio]

On @Imperator Squilla's request

Pictured: InfanGaron, head of FIFA, feeling grey.

9 minutes ago, Sooks said:

Lmao clean Tiki sweep.

Corrin should win. They're a grown adult and Tiki is a child.

But InfanGaron wouldn't let it happen

[GuardianSing]

40 minutes ago, Imperator Squilla said:

L'Arachel vs. Edelgard

How dare you make me choose between Edelgard and L'Arachel

I don't care about Edelgard at all but I feel obligated to choose her because of this stupid meme I still haven't killed.

2 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said:

 

Pictured: InfanGaron, head of FIFA, feeling grey.

aaaaAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!

[Sooks]

7 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Corrin should win. They're a grown adult and Tiki is a child.

Looks like someone didn’t play Fates.

[Punished Dayni]

55 minutes ago, ping said:

It has nothing to do with this event, but I feel compelled to bring up my championship caliber Football Emblem team up again:

Screw it, I'll copy over the Manakicks too

Spoiler

GK: Gareth (This man absolutely looks like he could do it, those arms look like they could grab the ball from farther than half this team combined.)

CB:  Kurthnaga (With his having formshift and even a small Black Dragon being what it is, I don't think other teams would be keen to take him on. That being said, he's also not going to be all that powerful without it), Nagi (Divinestone, I'll be honest that the stones probably shouldn't matter, but Nagi and Tiki having them altering their focuses would allow them to play differently. In this case, solid defences make for a better back I'd argue.)

R/LWB: Myrrh (It's a matter of her having flight mobility to be honest, along with her being a powerhouse herself. I'm a bit stuck on arguing this one admittedly, but that's on me for trying to explain 11 players), Nah (The Awakening Dragonstones aren't exactly slow, so I can see Nah playing a position like this where she'd be moving more frequently. Also an aggressive person who I could see harassing her opponents to take possession.)

CM: Corrin (Corrin as a manakete may make sense, but I know people will be bothered by Corrin being here. But with Corrin generally being a good unit with a great deal of versatility, I can see that skillset transferring to the pitch), Ninian (Bit of n arguable pick, after all she doesn't transform as a player character and she's not exactly a physical character. But we're going with her as I suspect she's stronger wherever she came from and could have more capability in this context. And that's aside from the refresh options.)

R/LW: Nowi (Between herself and Nah I'm betting Nowi would be more of an offensive player who'd want to be on the attack, so that and her own personality would meld well enough together imo.), Tiki (Wyverstone, similar arguments to Nagi on the stone but Wyvern has tons of mobility in MotE and that would be an obvious positive for an attacking winger)

CF/ST: Nasir (Here I'm arguing Nasir as an offensive playmaker, one who would be taking the ball and either getting it to the striker or looking for opportunities to get the ball in the goal himself as needed), Fae (The chicken mightn't run far, but can be a devastating attacker. That's pretty much why she's playing in a deep position, aiming for scoring close or in the box. Admittedly normally she's not someone who'd be heading the ball, but her transformation does give her a good height boost.)

Bench: Bantu (Defensive wall, but age prevents him being on full time. Definite defender/goal option), Kana (Effectively a Corrin backup, it makes sense to have as a sub), Nils (Similar to Kana but as backup to Ninian. Could see using these two more offensively if needed.), Ena (Unlike Gareth, she is not someone for goals. Instead she'd probably play closer to Nasir's role looking at her), Idunn (Probably the character you're wondering as to why she's on the bench the most. Well, considering how she is likely still recovering from being the demon dragon, she probably wouldn't be ready for a full match but could have potential as an impact sub.)

Xane (A cheat? Yes. I probably should have something like Morgan who could have Manakete access, but nah. He can become anyone else stat wise. Yes I know he doesn't take on manakete forms, that could have been gameplay-story integration.)

38 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Pictured: InfanGaron, head of FIFA, feeling grey.

41 minutes ago, Edelguardiansing said:

How dare you make me choose between Edelgard and L'Arachel

Blame the groupings

Which were my fault

[Shrimpica]

49 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said:

10/10 xD

The official sponsor of the competition

Now use it as pfp

47 minutes ago, Edelguardiansing said:

don't care about Edelgard at all but I feel obligated to choose her because of this stupid meme I still haven't killed

kill it

1 hour ago, ping said:

Bench: Corrin
Doesn't really have a role in the team and hardly gets any playtime, but for some reason, they are incredibly important to everybody else.

I love this lmao

[Acacia Sgt]

1 hour ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Elincia wins because SPOILERS

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She flies, and Sigurd doesn't, so naturally he can't reach her to take the ball from her. Expecting a death joke? You should be ashamed of yourself.

 

Spoiler

I mean, can you really make one when Elincia's Mercy means she won't ever kill Sigurd?

 

46 minutes ago, Edelguardiansing said:

How dare you make me choose between Edelgard and L'Arachel

I don't care about Edelgard at all but I feel obligated to choose her because of this stupid meme I still haven't killed.

What meme?

41 minutes ago, Sooks said:

Looks like someone didn’t play Fates.

Don't you mean Awakening?

[Saint Rubenio]

1 hour ago, Edelguardiansing said:

aaaaAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!

You are his child now, Quetzal.

1 hour ago, Sooks said:

Looks like someone didn’t play Fates.

Gameplay-wise, Corrin is very strong except in like, a handful of odd set-ups. With the right configuration they can be the strongest character in the game. Tiki is a shitty unit in all of her appearances, pretty much. You can make an argument for FE3 book 2, I believe, but that's about it.

Story-wise, Tiki just... sort of exists and occasionally gets put to sleep by that runt Gotoh, while Corrin canonically possesses a variety of super powers, such as killing people non-lethally, seducing people and plot blades both by doing nothing very attractively and being Garon's child.

There's just no argument. Tiki loses.

...But InfanGaron thought it'd be funny to screw over Corncob, so Tiki wins. Too bad.

31 minutes ago, Punished Dayni said:

 

 

I take it you love it?

28 minutes ago, Imperator Squilla said:

10/10 xD

Thanks!

28 minutes ago, Imperator Squilla said:

The official sponsor of the competition

Whenever you feel there's foul play involved, referees aren't penalizing the players enough, scores are tampered with and rules are just generally being bent all over the place, never forget: It's intentional. InfanGaron likes it that way.

28 minutes ago, Imperator Squilla said:

Now use it as pfp

I don't like football enough for it.

You do it

28 minutes ago, Acacia Sgt said:

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I mean, can you really make one when Elincia's Mercy means she won't ever kill Sigurd?

 

Hah! A highly fair point.

Spoiler

But then, if he's dead to begin with, he cannot defend against her, can he?

 

[Acacia Sgt]

1 minute ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Hah! A highly fair point.

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But then, if he's dead to begin with, he cannot defend against her, can he?

 

Spoiler

Well, you can't be killed if you're already dead.

*taps forehead*

 

[Sooks]

52 minutes ago, Acacia Sgt said:

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I mean, can you really make one when Elincia's Mercy means she won't ever kill Sigurd?

 

Don't you mean Awakening?

21 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Gameplay-wise, Corrin is very strong except in like, a handful of odd set-ups. With the right configuration they can be the strongest character in the game. Tiki is a shitty unit in all of her appearances, pretty much. You can make an argument for FE3 book 2, I believe, but that's about it.

Story-wise, Tiki just... sort of exists and occasionally gets put to sleep by that runt Gotoh, while Corrin canonically possesses a variety of super powers, such as killing people non-lethally, seducing people and plot blades both by doing nothing very attractively and being Garon's child.

There's just no argument. Tiki loses.

No you see, this was supposed to be a joke because Ruben was assuming Tiki would lose for being physically a child, which isn’t logic that applies in Fates, and that’s Corrin’s game, but then it didn’t work.

[Saint Rubenio]

2 minutes ago, Sooks said:

No you see, this was supposed to be a joke because Ruben was assuming Tiki would lose for being physically a child, which isn’t logic that applies in Fates, and that’s Corrin’s game, but then it didn’t work.

No, but it does. Children lose in Fates just the same. Take Elise, for example. She dies in every route.

[Shrimpica]

4 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said:

No, but it does. Children lose in Fates just the same. Take Elise, for example. She dies in every route.

Her "Onii-chan" is so good it makes you think she's in heaven?