Steampunk World Cup - Seedings
Great excitement ensued yesterday as the seedings for the inaugural Steampunk Metropolis World Cup were announced. The four top seeds will not face each other until the semi-final stage at the earliest. There has been huge speculation about which cities the Steampunk World Cup Federation would agree should be seeded, but in the end, the identity of the four seeds provided no great surprises:
- New York
- Beijing
- Tokyo
- London
More startling is the order of the seedings, with Beijing ranking higher than London and Tokyo, both of which have strong Steampunk heritages.
Wild scenes of jubilation occurred in New York yesterday. One excited citizen said. “The Extraordinary Gentlemen have confirmed what we already knew. With the Steampunk World Cup taking place in the United States of America’s Badlands, any American city has to be favourite, whether it’s Boston, Seattle or LA. The fact is, New York is the biggest city. With the home advantage as well, we’re bound to win.”
Joris Bhonson
With the various gangs of New York uniting to display a firm sense of resolve before the Steampunk Metropolis World begins, it’s hard to disagree. However, we did find one dissenting voice - that of London Extraordinary Gentleman Joris Bhonson.
“Bah -hurumph! The seedings are an overly-inflated haversack of twaddle!” Mayor Bhonson bombasted yesterday. “Do you really think Beijing should have ranked higher than London? Dark, deceitful forces are at work here - but I and my fellow Londoners intend to cast an illuminative light of such magnitude over the whole competition that all other cities will scuttle and scurry back to the dark, infested caverns they first crawled from. And I include New York in that prophecy.”
Only one mobilised city will survive the Steampunk Metropolis World Cup. All other, losing cities and their inhabitants will be destroyed and devoured, first by their victorious opponents, then by watching spectator cities hovering nearby, who are expected to pick off any remaining scraps of technology, fuel or food.
Tags: Steampunk, Steampunk Metropolis World Cup
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