An update on the standings

As the breakfast hour arrived, an official WWCF podcast hosted by Kisha Shinbun was broadcast.

"Welcome to the early morning half-time report from Budapest! I'm Kisha Shinbun, and today we've got a lot to talk about. First up, is the standings! Take a gander at your screen as the numbers come in!" Kisha declared as the standings for the women's section appeared.

To no one's surprise, Japan and Norway were leading the field, but America, Prussia, and others all had a perfect score of 12 points, but only Japan and Norway each had 6 perfect 4-0 victories. As for the exact standings, they were as follows...

1. Japan- 12 points 6W 0D 0L

2. Norway- 12 points 6W 0D 0L

3. United States of America- 12 points 6W 0D 0L

4. German Empire of Prussia- 12 points 6W 0D 0L

5. England- 12 points 6W 0D 0L

6. Belgium- 12 points 6W 0D 0L

7. Estonia- 12 points 6W 0D 0L

8. Vietnam- 12 points 6W 0D 0L

9. Kazakhstan- 12 points 6W 0D 0L

10. Russia- 12 points 6W 0D 0L

11. Armenia- 12 points 6W 0D 0L

12. Georgia- 12 points 6W 0D 0L

13. Argentina- 12 points 6W 0D 0L

14. Bulgaria- 12 points 6W 0D 0L

15. Denmark- 12 points 6W 0D 0L

16. Azerbaijan- 12 points 6W 0D 0L

17. Montenegro- 12 points 6W 0D 0L

18. Ukraine- 12 points 6W 0D 0L

19. The Netherlands- 12 points 6W 0D 0L

20. Uzbekistan- 12 points 6W 0D 0L

21. New Republic of Paeonia- 11 points 5W 1D 0L

22. Croatia- 11 points 5W 1D 0L

23. Peru- 11 points 5W 1D 0L

24. Hungary- 10 points 5W 0D 1L

25. France- 10 points 5W 0D 1L

26. India- 10 points 5W 0D 1L

27. Serbia- 10 points 5W 0D 1L

28. Brazil- 10 points 5W 0D 1L

29. China- 10 points 5W 0D 1L

30. Czechoslovakia- 10 points 5W 0D 1L

31. Ecuador- 9 points 4W 1D 0L

32. New Kingdom of Simien- 8 points 4W 0D 2L

33. Lithuania- 8 points 4W 0D 2L

34. Ireland- 7 points 3W 2D 1L

35. Antarctica- 7 points 3W 2D 1L

"As you can see, it's pretty close in the women's section with lots of teams tied at 12 points. But that's where good ole tiebreakers come in, allowing us to get this clearer picture. Hard to believe there's so many teams with perfect scores, but considering most of them are probably gonna get paired against each other, expect the perfect score club to reduce drastically. Now onto the men's standings!"

1. India- 12 points 6W 0D 0L

2. Uzbekistan- 12 points 6W 0D 0L

3. United States of America- 11 points 5W 1D 0L

4. Romania- 11 points 5W 1D 0L

5. Russia- 10 points 5W 0D 1L

6. France- 10 points 5W 0D 1L

7. Japan- 10 points 5W 0D 1L

8. Hungary- 10 points 5W 0D 1L

9. Norway- 10 points 4W 2D 0L

10. China- 10 points 4W 2D 0L

11. Spain- 10 points 4W 2D 0L

12. Estonia- 10 points 4W 2D 0L

13. Slovenia- 9 points 4W 1D 1L

14. New Kingdom of Simien- 9 points 4W 1D 1L

15. German Empire of Prussia- 8 points 4W 0D 2L

16. Bosnia and Herzegovina- 8 points 4W 0D 2L

17. Denmark- 8 points 4W 0D 2L

18. Serbia- 8 points 3W 2D 1L

19. Mongolia- 8 points 3W 2D 1L

20. Costa Rica- 7 points 3W 1D 2L

21. Switzerland- 7 points 3W 1D 2L

22. New Zealand- 6 points 3W 0D 3L

23. Canada- 6 points 3W 0D 3L

24. England- 6 points 2W 2D 2L

25. Italy- 6 points 2W 2D 2L

"Not as many perfect scores here, which is why we're only showing the top 25, but things are still close. And that's the standings update. We'll be taking a short break as we look set to get some players on set in order to interview them. Say tuned, cuz you won't wanna miss it."

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Okisato sighed as he made his way down to the room where Kisha was broadcasting her show from. She had requested an interview from him, and deeming it to be the best option, Okisato accepted it.

"Now the question is what she's going to ask. If I had to guess, it's most likely going to center on my mastery of multiple languages. If that is the case, then hopefully the countermeasures I have in place will be enough to keep her from seeing my entire hand," Okisato thought as he entered the room.