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A '''side event''' is a small tournament ran in conjunction with a quiz bowl tournament, usually after that "main" tournament is completed. Typically, a "side event" is partnered with an academic tournament so that it can draw in more players. | A '''side event''' is a small tournament ran in conjunction with a quiz bowl tournament, usually after that "main" tournament is completed. Typically, a "side event" is partnered with an academic tournament so that it can draw in more players. | ||
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The phenomenon of side events being announced without any real plan to actually write or hold them was satirized by the holding of [[Tricontakaipentagon]] in 2013. | The phenomenon of side events being announced without any real plan to actually write or hold them was satirized by the holding of [[Tricontakaipentagon]] in 2013. | ||
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| + | A '''side event''' is a tournament held on the same weekend as a larger, more popular tournament. Side tournaments are frequently less broadly appealing than their host tournaments, and they use the greater appeal of the host event to attract a sufficiently large field. Side events are frequently, but not always, [[novelty tournaments]], to the point that the term side event has become a byword for novelty tournament. | ||
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| + | Events notable for having side events include: | ||
| + | * [[Chicago Open]] | ||
| + | * [[Illinois Open]] | ||
| + | * [[Minnesota Open]] | ||
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==List of side events== | ==List of side events== | ||
Revision as of 13:15, 11 November 2019
- See also: List of side events
A side event is a small tournament ran in conjunction with a quiz bowl tournament, usually after that "main" tournament is completed. Typically, a "side event" is partnered with an academic tournament so that it can draw in more players.
Subject tournaments are an example of a side event.
Trash tournaments sometimes have certain attributes of side events (running in the evening or on Sunday after a larger academic tournament, providing 10 or fewer rounds, being unabashedly reflective of the authors' vanity interests) but are rarely categorized as "side events" unless they are further specialized to some subdistribution of trash. Similarly, official History Bowl events are not considered "side events."
The phenomenon of side events being announced without any real plan to actually write or hold them was satirized by the holding of Tricontakaipentagon in 2013.
A side event is a tournament held on the same weekend as a larger, more popular tournament. Side tournaments are frequently less broadly appealing than their host tournaments, and they use the greater appeal of the host event to attract a sufficiently large field. Side events are frequently, but not always, novelty tournaments, to the point that the term side event has become a byword for novelty tournament.
Events notable for having side events include:
List of side events
Excluding regular trash tournaments.
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