City-Off: Organisational Thread

[Platypus]

City-Off Works a little differently to a typical Survivor. There will be an initial qualifying round of 27 cities, in which you can vote 5 cities IN and 2 cities OUT from the list displayed for each region (Africa and the Middle East; The Americas; Asia and Oceania; Europe). In the 'season', each city will play one opponent in 15 individual competitions, before the winners from each region enter the finals, which will run in the basic survivor format of 60 cities with one eliminated per round.

THE AMERICAS

1. Vancouver, Canada
2. Toronto, Canada
3. Montreal, Canada
4. Los Angeles, USA
5. Chicago, USA
6. Houston, USA
7. New York City, USA
8. Miami, USA
9. Guatemala City, Guatemala
10. Mexico City, Mexico
11. Monterrey, Mexico
12. Guadalajara, Mexico
13. San Jose, Costa Rica
14. Havana, Cuba
15. Kingston, Jamaica
16. Bogotá, Colombia
17. Medellin, Colombia
18. Santiago, Chile
19. Lima, Peru
20. Cordoba, Argentina
21. Rosario, Argentina
22. Buenos Aires, Argentina
23. Caracas, Venezuela
24. Brasilia, Brazil
25. Sao Paulo, Brazil
26. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
27. La Paz, Bolivia

ASIA AND OCEANIA

1. Suva, Fiji
2. Auckland, New Zealand
3. Sydney, Australia
4. Melbourne, Australia
5. Singapore, Singapore
6. Jakarta, Indonesia
7. Beijing, China
8. Hong Kong, China
9. Shanghai, China
10. Almaty, Kazakhstan
11. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
12. Bangkok, Thailand
13. Hanoi, Vietnam
14. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
15. Manila, Philippines
16. Taipei, Taiwan
17. Seoul, South Korea
18. Tokyo, Japan
19. Osaka, Japan
20. Fukuoka, Japan
21. Rangoon, (Burma) Myanmar
22. Dhaka, Bangladesh
23. New Delhi, India
24. Mumbai, India
25. Kolkata, India
26. Karachi, Pakistan
27. Lahore, Pakistan

AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST

1. Kabul, Afghanistan
2. Tehran, Iran
3. Baghdad, Iraq
4. Damascus, Syria
5. Tel Aviv, Israel
6. Amman, Jordan
7. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
8. Doha, Qatar
9. Dubai, UAE
10. Cairo, Egypt
11. Algiers, Algeria
12. Tripoli, Libya
13. Marrakech, Morocco
14. Dakar, Senegal
15. Accra, Ghana
16. Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
17. Lagos, Nigeria
18. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
19. Nairobi, Kenya
20. Kampala, Uganda
21. Kinshasa, DR Congo
22. Harare, Zimbabwe
23. Antananarivo, Madagascar
24. Maputo, Mozambique
25. Johannesburg, South Africa
26. Cape Town, South Africa
27. Durban, South Africa

EUROPE

1. Lisbon, Portugal
2. Madrid, Spain
3. Barcelona, Spain
4. Geneva, Switzerland
5. Lyon, France
6. Paris, France
7. Brussels, Belgium
8. Amsterdam, Netherlands
9. London, UK
10. Glasgow, UK
11. Cologne, Germany
12. Munich, Germany
13. Berlin, Germany
14. Copenhagen, Denmark
15. Stockholm, Sweden
16. St. Petersburg, Russia
17. Moscow, Russia
18. Kiev, Ukraine
19. Prague, Czech Republic
20. Istanbul, Turkey
21. Athens, Greece
22. Warsaw, Poland
23. Vienna, Austria
24. Belgrade, Serbia
25. Zagreb, Croatia
26. Milan, Italy
27. Rome, Italy

Some lists were harder to write than others.

Anyway, comments in here please

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I won't be voting in the qualifying rounds, except in the event of a tie; I will vote in the 'season', where my vote will be discounted in a tie, and in the 'finals', where ties will be broken by previous votes.

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Lyon was a close one. It came down to Lisbon, Lyon, Marseilles, Naples, Birmingham, Oslo, Frankfurt, Budapest, Ankara, Bucharest and Helsinki for the last couple of spots, but I figured France deserved a 2nd.

The three from Argentina was a tough choice, but I couldn't justify picking Cordoba over Rosario or vice versa. I really, really wanted to put Montevideo in but it would have been at the expense of Guatemala City, and I figured I needed a second central American city.

Suva is included because I figured there needed to be at least one Pacific city, and Tashkent didn't because I forgot Central Asia (I edited out Chengdu in favour of Almaty at the last minute).

I always mix up Kigali and Kampala, which is meant to be there instead. Oops, will fix now.

Remember that the lists can be modified in the individual threads

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For EUROPE:

It is better to take Hamburg for Cologne, because it is the second biggest city of Germany and the most important city in North Germany.

Zurich is the most important city in Switzerland. It can replace Geneva.

For AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST:

Casablanca should be on the list for Marrakesh.

Vote in the threads

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Qualifying round now over. I'll get the list for the second stage ready shortly.

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Here are the match-ups (in running order) for Part 2.

THE AMERICAS:

Bogota, Colombia: 7
Kingston, Jamaica: 1

Cuzco, Peru: 6
Vancouver, Canada: 2

Chicago, USA: 8
Guadalajara, Mexico: 1

Santiago, Chile: 8
Monterrey, Mexico: 1

Buenos Aires, Argentina: 9
Port-au-Prince, Haiti: 1

San Jose, Costa Rica: 2
Washington, USA: 10

Toronto, Canada: 1
New York City, USA: 10

Medellin, Colombia: 1
Lima, Peru: 7

Mexico City, Mexico: 7
Porto Alegre, Brazil: 4

Guatemala City, Guatemala: 6
Los Angeles, USA: 4

Havana, Cuba: 6
Cordoba, Argentina: 4

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 7
Montreal, Canada: 2

Caracas, Venezuela: 8
Houston, USA: 2

La Paz, Bolivia: 6 (-1 due to tie)
Sao Paulo, Brazil: 6

Boston, USA: 3
Brasilia, Brazil:1

The match-ups are random, btw. Running order slightly tweaked.

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EUROPE:

Geneva, Switzerland: 3
Paris, France: 5

Prague, Czech Republic: 6
Athens, Greece: 2

Milan, Italy: 1
St. Petersburg, Russia: 7

London, UK: 8
Warsaw, Poland: 2

Copenhagen, Denmark: 9
Brussels, Belgium: 1

Lisbon, Portugal: 5
Berlin, Germany: 8

Madrid, Spain: 11
Belgrade, Serbia: 0

Moscow, Russia: 7
Amsterdam, Netherlands: 1

Rome, Italy: 9
Helsinki, Finland: 3

Barcelona, Spain: 1
Vienna, Austria: 11

Oslo, Norway: 5
Budapest, Hungary: 6

Munich, Germany: 4
Istanbul, Turkey: 5

Glasgow, UK: 2
Dublin, Ireland: 9

Frankfurt, Germany: 9
Zagreb, Croatia: 5

Stockholm, Sweden: 3
Kiev, Ukraine: 1

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AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST:


Antananarivo, Madagascar: 3
Baghdad, Iraq: 5

Kampala, Uganda: 2
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: 5

Alexandria, Egypt:7
Kabul, Afghanistan: 2

Durban, South Africa: 4
Lagos, Nigeria: 4.5

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: 4
Amman, Jordan: 6

Nairobi, Kenya: 9
Harare, Zimbabwe: 0

Cairo, Egypt: 2
Beirut, Lebanon: 9

Tehran, Iran: 2
Damascus, Syria: 6

Maputo, Mozambique: 4
Jerusalem, Israel: 7

Cape Town, South Africa: 9
Algiers, Algeria: 0

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire: 2
Dakar, Senegal: 7

Mecca, Saudi Arabia: 5
Dubai, UAE: 5 (-1)

Kinshasa, DR Congo: 0
Casablanca, Morocco: 10

Accra, Ghana:0
Johannesburg, South Africa: 12

Tel Aviv, Israel: 3
Tripoli, Libya: 1

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ASIA AND OCEANIA:

Shanghai, China: 3
Bangkok, Thailand: 5

Rangoon, (Burma) Myanmar: 3
Phnom Penh, Cambodia: 4

Hanoi, Vietnam: 1
Melbourne, Australia: 7

Almaty, Kazakhstan: 3
Mumbai, India: 4

Tokyo, Japan: 8
Manila, Philippines: 1

Kathmandu, Nepal: 5 (-1)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: 5

Seoul, South Korea: 6
Auckland, New Zealand: 7

Kolkata, India: 0
Hong Kong, China: 8

Tashkent, Uzbekistan: 3
Osaka, Japan: 7

Lahore, Pakistan: 1
Sydney, Australia: 9

Jakarta, Indonesia: 9
Lhasa, China: 0

Dhaka, Bangladesh: 1
Kyoto, Japan: 8

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: 4
New Delhi, India: 6

Taipei, Taiwan: 6
Singapore, Singapore: 6 -1 tie.

Karachi, Pakistan: 0
Beijing, China: 5

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Second pairings start now, after Bangkok, Baghdad, Paris and Bogota win their rounds and progress to the finals.

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Phnom Penh, Riyadh, Prague and Cuzco progress.

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I'll use them as tiebreak votes if needed


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Melbourne, St. Petersburg, Alexandria and Chicago progress.

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Copenhagen, Amman, Buenos Aires and Tokyo move on.

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Nairobi, Berlin, Washington and Kuala Lumpur advance. My vote was discounted in the KL vs. Kathmandu contest due to a 5-5 tie.

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Beirut, Madrid, NYC and Auckland move on.

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Lima, Moscow, Damascus and Hong Kong progress in a round with no close matchups.

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Osaka, Jerusalem, Mexico City, and Rome move through to the next stage.

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Havana, Budapest, Dakar and Jakarta progress.

Sorry about the irregularity of updates, I'm only updating from uni.

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Eventually....but I wouldn't be opposed to somebody else running it in the same way as I ran it.

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Sao Paulo, Frankfurt, Johannesburg, and Taipei win.

Sorry for the rather long gap, hopefully there will still be interest in this

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There will be a slight change to the format, by the way. The next round will be groups of four, with one from each grouping. Two will progress to the final round of 30 and two will be eliminated.

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Stockholm, Tel Aviv, Beijing, and Boston win.

Second stage to start shortly, I'm about to do the random draw

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SECOND STAGE GROUPS

1
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Frankfurt, Germany
Alexandria, Egypt
Melbourne, Australia

2
New York City, USA
Budapest, Hungary
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Mumbai, India

3
Washington, USA
Berlin, Germany
Casablanca, Morocco
Osaka, Japan

4
Lima, Peru
Rome, Italy
Nairobi, Kenya
Jakarta, Indonesia

5
Mexico City, Mexico
Moscow, Russia
Beirut, Lebanon
Phnom Penh, Cambodia

6
Bogota, Colombia
St. Petersburg, Russia
Amman, Jordan
New Delhi, India

7
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Vienna, Austria
Cape Town, South Africa
Auckland, New Zealand

8
Havana, Cuba
Prague, Czech Republic
Jerusalem, Israel
Taipei, Taiwan

9
Boston, USA
London, UK
Baghdad, Iraq
Hong Kong, China

10
Santiago, Chile
Stockholm, Sweden
Johannesburg, South Africa
Kyoto, Japan

11
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dublin, Ireland
Lagos, Nigeria
Beijing, China

12
Chicago, USA
Madrid, Spain
Dakar, Senegal
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

13
Caracas, Venezuela
Copenhagen, Denmark
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Bangkok, Thailand

14
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Istanbul, Turkey
Tel Aviv, Israel
Tokyo, Japan

15
Cusco, Peru
Paris, France
Damascus, Syria
Sydney, Australia

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Alexandria and Guatemala City are moving in to the top 30.

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New York City and Budapest are moving on to the top 30, both on 8 points against 0 for Riyadh and Mumbai.