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| − | The '''East Coast Summer Open''', | + | The '''East Coast Summer Open: Crime on Goat Island''', or '''ECSO''', was an open [[packet sub]] tournament held on June 24, 2006 at [[Carnegie Mellon]]. It was organized by [[Jerry Vinokurov]], who edited half of the set and recruited [[Eric Kwartler]] to edit the other half. However, time management issues prevented Eric from editing his half of the set as he was in Italy, resulting in a half-edited set rife with repeats, incorrect clues, and [[speed-checks]]. |
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| + | ===Controversy=== | ||
| + | The [https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=36471#p36471 ensuing discussion] was marked by a number of posts by parody accounts, including one by "YourGenialQuizmasterProxy" (a "proxy" of [[Charlie Steinhice]]) which highlighted the supposed hypocrisy of the set's lack of editing given Jerry's recent diatribe against Steinhice's consistently poor editing of [[Sword Bowl]]. | ||
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| + | Nevertheless it was quickly established that, while the set was obviously bad, such comparisons were poorly founded: Jerry had demonstrated an ability to produce high quality sets like [[BUTT]] of the previous year, had clearly been put into a difficult situation by the total lack of editing by Eric, and made no excuses for the set's poor state. | ||
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| + | ===Aftermath=== | ||
| + | The set is largely remembered as being the singular bad tournament produced by Jerry. | ||
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| + | In 2010, [[Bruce Arthur]] and [[Doug Yetman]] ran '''ECSO 2''' at [[Hunter College]]; this time around, it was run on a previously-written set ([[ANGST]]) instead of being packet-sub. | ||
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Revision as of 17:36, 23 February 2021
The East Coast Summer Open: Crime on Goat Island, or ECSO, was an open packet sub tournament held on June 24, 2006 at Carnegie Mellon. It was organized by Jerry Vinokurov, who edited half of the set and recruited Eric Kwartler to edit the other half. However, time management issues prevented Eric from editing his half of the set as he was in Italy, resulting in a half-edited set rife with repeats, incorrect clues, and speed-checks.
Controversy
The ensuing discussion was marked by a number of posts by parody accounts, including one by "YourGenialQuizmasterProxy" (a "proxy" of Charlie Steinhice) which highlighted the supposed hypocrisy of the set's lack of editing given Jerry's recent diatribe against Steinhice's consistently poor editing of Sword Bowl.
Nevertheless it was quickly established that, while the set was obviously bad, such comparisons were poorly founded: Jerry had demonstrated an ability to produce high quality sets like BUTT of the previous year, had clearly been put into a difficult situation by the total lack of editing by Eric, and made no excuses for the set's poor state.
Aftermath
The set is largely remembered as being the singular bad tournament produced by Jerry.
In 2010, Bruce Arthur and Doug Yetman ran ECSO 2 at Hunter College; this time around, it was run on a previously-written set (ANGST) instead of being packet-sub.