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'''ACF Regionals''' is a [[regular difficulty]] college quizbowl tournament produced every year by [[ACF]] and held concurrently at multiple locations throughout North America and the United Kingdom. It is similar to [[ACF Fall]] in terms of format, and packet writing requirements. Regionals typically takes place in late January or February. | '''ACF Regionals''' is a [[regular difficulty]] college quizbowl tournament produced every year by [[ACF]] and held concurrently at multiple locations throughout North America and the United Kingdom. It is similar to [[ACF Fall]] in terms of format, and packet writing requirements. Regionals typically takes place in late January or February. | ||
| − | Since 2015, Regionals has served as a qualifier for [[ACF Nationals]]. Teams can qualify for Nationals by hosting a Regionals site, providing an editor for the question set, winning the overall or undergraduate title at their Regionals site, or obtaining a sufficiently high [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=16016&p=295106#p295106 A-value]. | + | Since 2015, Regionals has served as a qualifier for [[ACF Nationals]]. Teams can qualify for Nationals by hosting a Regionals site, providing an editor for the question set, winning the overall or undergraduate title at their Regionals site, or obtaining a sufficiently high [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=16016&p=295106#p295106 A-value]. |
==History== | ==History== | ||
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===Difficulty=== | ===Difficulty=== | ||
| − | As of 2018, ACF Regionals is typically considered to lie towards the upper end of "regular difficulty," though this identity has changed over time. It was once the case that "Regionals difficulty" had its own definition above regular, though in the late 2000s Regionals came to be seen as the benchmark for measuring regular difficulty tournaments [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=8272&p=144364&hilit=regular#p144364]. ACF Regionals questions got more difficult for several years, but [[2008 ACF Regionals]] was noticeably easier than the [[2007 ACF Regionals|2007]] incarnation, and was in fact statistically easier than NAQT Sectionals of the same year. The [[2018 ACF Regionals|2018]] iteration was generally [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=20889 considered] to be quite difficult, and prompted some to [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=21177 suggest] a bifurcation into "standard" and "qualifier" tournaments, with Regionals being the benchmark for the latter category. | + | As of 2018, ACF Regionals is typically considered to lie towards the upper end of "regular difficulty," though this identity has changed over time. It was once the case that "Regionals difficulty" had its own definition above regular, though in the late 2000s Regionals came to be seen as the benchmark for measuring regular difficulty tournaments [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=8272&p=144364&hilit=regular#p144364]. ACF Regionals questions got more difficult for several years, but [[2008 ACF Regionals]] was noticeably easier than the [[2007 ACF Regionals|2007]] incarnation, and was in fact statistically easier than NAQT Sectionals of the same year. The [[2018 ACF Regionals|2018]] iteration was generally [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=20889 considered] to be quite difficult, and prompted some to [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=21177 suggest] a bifurcation into "standard" and "qualifier" tournaments, with Regionals being the benchmark for the latter category. |
==List of ACF Regionals tournaments== | ==List of ACF Regionals tournaments== | ||
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| [[2011 ACF Regionals|2011]] | | [[2011 ACF Regionals|2011]] | ||
| − | | [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=10480 link] | + | | [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=10480 link] |
| [[Rob Carson]], with [[Ted Gioia]], [[Matt Weiner]], [[Jeremy Eaton]], and [[Dwight Wynne]], assisted by [[Andy Watkins]] and [[Jerry Vinokurov]] | | [[Rob Carson]], with [[Ted Gioia]], [[Matt Weiner]], [[Jeremy Eaton]], and [[Dwight Wynne]], assisted by [[Andy Watkins]] and [[Jerry Vinokurov]] | ||
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/256/ Packets] | | [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/256/ Packets] | ||
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| [[2013 ACF Regionals|2013]] | | [[2013 ACF Regionals|2013]] | ||
| − | | [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=13766 link] | + | | [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=13766 link] |
| [[Chris Ray]], with [[Cody Voight]], [[Rob Carson]], and [[John Lawrence]] | | [[Chris Ray]], with [[Cody Voight]], [[Rob Carson]], and [[John Lawrence]] | ||
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/587/ Packets] | | [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/587/ Packets] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[2014 ACF Regionals|2014]] | | [[2014 ACF Regionals|2014]] | ||
| − | | [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=14993 link] | + | | [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=14993 link] |
| [[Evan Adams]], with [[Carsten Gehring]], [[Matt Jackson]], [[Ashvin Srivatsa]], [[Adam Silverman]], and [[Will Nediger]] | | [[Evan Adams]], with [[Carsten Gehring]], [[Matt Jackson]], [[Ashvin Srivatsa]], [[Adam Silverman]], and [[Will Nediger]] | ||
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/593/ Packets] | | [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/593/ Packets] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[2015 ACF Regionals|2015]] | | [[2015 ACF Regionals|2015]] | ||
| − | | [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=16437 link] | + | | [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=16437 link] |
| [[Matt Jackson]], with [[Sarah Angelo]], [[Tommy Casalaspi]], [[Trevor Davis]], [[Stephen Liu]], and [[Sriram Pendyala]] | | [[Matt Jackson]], with [[Sarah Angelo]], [[Tommy Casalaspi]], [[Trevor Davis]], [[Stephen Liu]], and [[Sriram Pendyala]] | ||
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/755/ Packets] | | [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/755/ Packets] | ||
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| [[2017 ACF Regionals|2017]] | | [[2017 ACF Regionals|2017]] | ||
| − | | [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=19259 link] | + | | [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=19259 link] |
| [[Andrew Hart]], with [[Stephen Liu]], [[Nathan Weiser]], [[Benji Nguyen]], [[Cody Voight]], and [[Adam Silverman]] | | [[Andrew Hart]], with [[Stephen Liu]], [[Nathan Weiser]], [[Benji Nguyen]], [[Cody Voight]], and [[Adam Silverman]] | ||
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/1897/ Packets] | | [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/1897/ Packets] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[2018 ACF Regionals|2018]] | | [[2018 ACF Regionals|2018]] | ||
| − | | [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=20005 link] | + | | [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=20005 link] |
| [[Auroni Gupta]], with [[Will Alston]], [[Kenji Shimizu]], [[Will Holub-Moorman]], and [[Stephen Eltinge]] | | [[Auroni Gupta]], with [[Will Alston]], [[Kenji Shimizu]], [[Will Holub-Moorman]], and [[Stephen Eltinge]] | ||
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/2108/ Packets] | | [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/2108/ Packets] | ||
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| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=21588 link] | | [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=21588 link] | ||
| [[Will Nediger]], with [[Matt Bollinger]], [[Rob Carson]], [[Will Holub-Moorman]], [[Bruce Lou]], [[Graham Reid]], [[Jennie Yang]], and [[Ben Zhang]] | | [[Will Nediger]], with [[Matt Bollinger]], [[Rob Carson]], [[Will Holub-Moorman]], [[Bruce Lou]], [[Graham Reid]], [[Jennie Yang]], and [[Ben Zhang]] | ||
| + | | [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/2186/ Packets] | ||
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Revision as of 13:44, 27 April 2019
ACF Regionals is a regular difficulty college quizbowl tournament produced every year by ACF and held concurrently at multiple locations throughout North America and the United Kingdom. It is similar to ACF Fall in terms of format, and packet writing requirements. Regionals typically takes place in late January or February.
Since 2015, Regionals has served as a qualifier for ACF Nationals. Teams can qualify for Nationals by hosting a Regionals site, providing an editor for the question set, winning the overall or undergraduate title at their Regionals site, or obtaining a sufficiently high A-value.
History
ACF Regionals was produced from 1991 to 1997 by the now-defunct Academic Competition Foundation. The Foundation was replaced in 1997 by the Academic Competition Federation, which has edited the tournament ever since.
Difficulty
As of 2018, ACF Regionals is typically considered to lie towards the upper end of "regular difficulty," though this identity has changed over time. It was once the case that "Regionals difficulty" had its own definition above regular, though in the late 2000s Regionals came to be seen as the benchmark for measuring regular difficulty tournaments [1]. ACF Regionals questions got more difficult for several years, but 2008 ACF Regionals was noticeably easier than the 2007 incarnation, and was in fact statistically easier than NAQT Sectionals of the same year. The 2018 iteration was generally considered to be quite difficult, and prompted some to suggest a bifurcation into "standard" and "qualifier" tournaments, with Regionals being the benchmark for the latter category.
List of ACF Regionals tournaments
| ACF tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ACF Fall | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||||||||||
| ACF Winter | 2009 | 2010 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ACF Regionals | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
| ACF Nationals | 1991 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |||