A Ton of Football

It's fitting that the World Cup Hall of Fame is one of the biggest Wonders of the World. Name a feature of NationStates: the NS football World Cup pre-dates it. It was already in the middle of its 75th edition when national and regional banners became a thing. The very first Z-day happened during World Cup 68. Factbooks became a thing during World Cup 59. Commendations and Condemnations came in during World Cup 46, World Cup 40 began alongside the announcement that the UN would become the WA. The switch from the inaugural forums to the ill-fated Jolt forums briefly interrupted World Cup 15. The site got its first moderator towards the end of the qualifying phase of World Cup 4. World Cup 1 coincides more or less with the oldest entry of this very News tab.
Twenty two years on, the NS World Cup holds its 100th edition.
No one can be told exactly what the World Cup is. You have to see it for yourself. I can tell you that it's made of voodoo dice and Margaret's rubber chickens, it's held together by Karela and the Cabañas effect, and it's powered by KPB+, SQIS, 1093, EBWK, NSFS and LISA, and that only one of those acronyms is out of place.
You are invited to add to the beautiful chaotic history, present, and future of the NS World Cup. The sign-ups for World Cup 100 are open. Check out the Guide to NS Sports and be sure to read the sign-up instructions.