Beer Bowl 4: deadlines and fees and such

gamaliel8 <*no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com*> · Thu, 08 Jan 2004 19:53:07 -0000

Beer Bowl 4: Witty Title to Be Announced Later, But We Promise It 
Won't Be Some Lame Acronym for Profanity or a Body Part.

Where and When: Sunday March 14, 2004, the day after the academic Sun 
and Fun Tournament, at the University of South Florida in Tampa.  
Sunny and very close to the Gulf of Mexico.  

Why is it called Beer Bowl?:  Because if you win, you get beer.  
Seriously.  No trophies, just beer.

Tournament director: Rob Fernandez (Gamaliel8_at_...)

Deadlines and fees:

First team: $75
Second team: $65
Third team: You get the idea
First time at a USF trash tournament (even if you've been to a USF 
academic tourney before): -$15
Buzzers: -$5 for each

Packet deadlines: 
January 23: -$25
January 30: -$15
February 7: -$10
February 15: -$5
February 29: 0
March 5: + $10 
March 11: + $15
(If I wake up on March 12 and your packet is not in my inbox, then I 
won't be taking it unless prior arrangements have been made.)
No packet: $25

Packet guidelines: 22 tossups and 23 bonuses

3-4 TV (no more than 2 from the same decade)
3-4 Film (no more than 2 from the same decade)
3-4 Music (no more than 2 from the same decade)
3-4 Sports (no more than 2 from the same sport or decade)
3-4 Trash Literature (including at least one tossup and one bonus on 
comic books or strips per packet)
3-4 Misc. (computer games, board or role playing games, food, drink, 
trash current events, etc., anything that doesn't fit the other 
categories)

Try to avoid dry questions which are primarily someone's résumé 
(i.e. "This person was born here, grew up here, went to school here, 
won this award no one's heard of...") unless those facts are 
distinctive or interesting.  Visual bonuses are strongly encouraged.  
If you have a question which requires something other than paper to 
pull off, run the idea by us, and if it's cool and remotely feasible, 
we'll probably do it. 

Freelance packets:  We want them.  We'll give you a free set of BB4 
questions.  Last year's tournament was 11 rounds, so you get plenty 
of trash.  We can also bribe you with academic packets from our other 
tournaments, beer or other potables, or some of our less useful 
players.

Money, money, money, money:  Last year we barely broke even, and most 
of the money ended up going to Kinko's.  So it's more expensive than 
last year, but still a bargain in our opinion.  Regardless, we are 
more interested in having fun, so if money is what's keeping you from 
attending, please contact me and we can work something out.