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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.
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:''See also: [[List of side events]]''
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A '''side event''' is a small tournament usually run in conjunction with a quizbowl tournament (the "main event"). 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.
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Side events usually cover a niche selection of subjects, while "main events" usually cover a standard distribution of all subjects (sometimes called "all-subject quizbowl"). [[Subject tournaments]] are common examples of side events. Colloquially, "side event" can also refer to a niche tournament or question set in itself (such as a [[vanity tournament]]), regardless of whether it is actually paired with a "main event."</onlyinclude>
  
[[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."
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[[:Category:Trash tournaments|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.
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The phenomenon of side events being announced without any real plan to actually write or hold them was satirized by [[Triacontakaipentagon]] in 2013.
  
==List of side events==
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==Side event weekends==
''Excluding regular trash tournaments.''
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The difficulty of attaching side events to any given tournament has spawned '''side event weekends''', in which primarily side events are played.
  
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Side event weekends are held routinely in the Midwest, and the NorCal Weekend of Quizbowl has been held since 2016.
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| Chicago Open Singles
 
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| [[The Experiment]] I
 
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| Bruce Arthur History Doubles
 
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| 2002 Spring
 
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| 2008 Summer
 
| Mike Bentley Gumpei Yokoi Memorial Tournament
 
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| 2008 Fall
 
| [[RMPFest]] I
 
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| 2008 Summer
 
| Chicago History Doubles
 
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| 2008 Summer
 
| Chicago Literature Doubles
 
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| 2008 Summer
 
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| Bruce Arthur Eurofest
 
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| [[RMPFest]] II
 
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| Cheyne-Berry Comics Tournament
 
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| Tommy Casalaspi Lit Tournament
 
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| 2009 Fall
 
| Mike Cheyne Fake Lit Tournament
 
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| 2009 Summer
 
| Chicago Literature Doubles
 
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| 2009 Spring
 
| Ike Jose Lit Singles
 
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| [[Gaddis]] II
 
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| Minnesota Guerilla Sports Tournament
 
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| "KLEE" Arts Tournament
 
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| 2009 Fall
 
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| Science Nonstrosity
 
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| 2010 Summer
 
| Bruce Arthur "Wild Kingdom" Animals Tournament
 
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| 2010 Spring
 
| "Spring Offensive" History Tournament
 
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| 2010 Summer
 
| "BELFAST" Arts Tournament
 
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| 2010
 
| Mike Bentley [[Eyes That Do Not See]] II
 
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| 2010
 
| Mike Bentley "VAIN" Video Games Tournament
 
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| 2010
 
| Mike Bentley [[Eyes That Do Not See]] I
 
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| 2010
 
| "Lully" Arts Tournament
 
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| 2010 Summer
 
| Ike Jose Lit Doubles
 
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| 2010 Spring
 
| Paul Kelson Lit Tournament
 
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| 2010 Spring
 
| Jeremy Eaton "TIDUS" Video Games Tournament
 
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| 2010 Summer
 
| [[Geography Monstrosity]] II
 
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| [[GUERILLA]] I
 
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| Saul Hankin Harry Potter Tournament
 
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| 2010
 
| Nathaniel Kane Game Show Tournament
 
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| Maryland "PERV" Visual Trash Tournament
 
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| 2010 Fall
 
| Minnesota RPG Tournament
 
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| 2010 Spring
 
| Will Nediger "MELD" Literature Doubles
 
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| 2010 Summer
 
| Dallas Simons Classics Tournament
 
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[[Category:Quizbowl lingo]]
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[[Category: Quizbowl lingo]]
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[[Category: side events]]

Latest revision as of 09:49, 27 October 2021

See also: List of side events

A side event is a small tournament usually run in conjunction with a quizbowl tournament (the "main event"). Typically, a "side event" is partnered with an academic tournament so that it can draw in more players.

Side events usually cover a niche selection of subjects, while "main events" usually cover a standard distribution of all subjects (sometimes called "all-subject quizbowl"). Subject tournaments are common examples of side events. Colloquially, "side event" can also refer to a niche tournament or question set in itself (such as a vanity tournament), regardless of whether it is actually paired with a "main 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 Triacontakaipentagon in 2013.

Side event weekends

The difficulty of attaching side events to any given tournament has spawned side event weekends, in which primarily side events are played.

Side event weekends are held routinely in the Midwest, and the NorCal Weekend of Quizbowl has been held since 2016.