I know the bonus you're talking about. Those three sentences a piece could have been trimmed to three words total: Rhodes, Olympia, Babylon --- In quizbowl_at_y..., jakea2 <no_reply_at_y...> wrote: > > I also don't want to be overly critical. I know it was the first > tournament of the year. I know that it is absolutely impossible to > write a packet that is both fair and worthwhile for a field that has > entirely novice teams on one end and Raj and Kelly on the other. > That being said, however, there were several problems. The tossups > weren't too bad, but many of the boni were far too long or far too > easy, or both. There was one in the first playoff round that had > several sentences on the 7 wonders, and they weren't even the HARD > wonders. I don't want to criticize Charlie's editing too much, I > know he was also editing the high school tournament. But difficulty > was an issue, and as Stephen pointed out, packets were mostly written > one way or the other. Our packet was written for a Div I field. > Most of the others seemed to be aimed at Div II, with some questions > even feeling like HS. There isn't much that can be done about the > long boni except just learning how to write. However, for the > difficulty, I tend to think that if there are separate divisions, > there should be separate packets. I know it's extra work for all > involved, but it would solve the problem and make tournaments more > enjoyable. It would also handle some of the issues being discussed > over in the "Future of QB" thread. Anyway, just my thoughts. > > -Jake
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