Hello and welcome back to another edition of the TSW World Cup, everyone's favourite (maybe) festive forum game! As the number of routes in TSW continues to grow, we have now exceeded the limit on poll entries (25) for Europe and the UK, so both have been split into two threads. For Britain, there isn't any pre-determined split, it's just that Groups A-C are in one thread and D-F are in another. Let's take a look at the groups. Group A Blackpool Branches - 2023: Champion - 2024: Finalist (lost to WCML Over Shap) Manchester Airport Commuter - Debutant Northern Transpennine - 2023: 2nd Round (lost to Southeastern Highspeed) - 2024: Group Stage (16 votes) Riviera Line - Debutant Brighton Mainline - 2023: Semi Final (lost to Southeastern Highspeed) - 2024: Quarter Final (lost to Blackpool Branches) Group B Cathcart Circle Line - 2023: Group Stage (15 votes) - 2024: Semi Final (lost to Southeastern Highspeed) Southeastern Highspeed Extended - 2023: Finalist (lost to Blackpool Branches) - 2024: Finalist (lost to WCML Over Shap) Spirit of Steam (Liverpool - Crewe) - 2023: Group Stage (8 votes) - 2024: Group Stage (6 votes) Midland Mainline - 2023: Semi Final (lost to Blackpool Branches) - 2024: 2nd Round (lost to WCML South) Suffragette Line (GOBLIN) - 2024: Quarter Final (lost to Cathcart Circle Line) Group C East Coast Mainline - 2023: 2nd Round (lost to Brighton Mainline) - 2024: 2nd Round (lost to WCML Over Shap) Great Western Express - 2023: Group Stage (9 votes) - 2024: 2nd Round (lost to Niddertalbahn (EU)) Mildmay Line - Debutant WCML South: London - Milton Keynes - 2024: Quarter Final (lost to Dresden-Riesa (EU)) WCML Birmingham - Crewe - Debutant Format Group winners (6) and runners-up (6) progress. A playoff between the third-place routes (excluding Group F) and three of the best 4th place routes (total of 8, again excluding Group F) will allow 4 extra routes to progress to the next round. That'll leave a total of 16, the format after that point is TBC. Rules You are allocated three (3) votes in this poll. You do not have to use them all but it is requested that you use one per group as half the fun of this tournament is the group structure. There are blank options, if you want to spoil your ballot then use them if you want. They are there solely for spacing out the poll to make it more obvious where each group starts. You cannot change your vote after you submit it so choose wisely. This poll will be open for 48 hours (until roughly 7pm UK time, Sunday 14th).
Keep track of results and future rounds in the TSWWC Master Thread: https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/the-tsw-world-cup-season-three.77086/page-6
