Chris Romero writes:
> I believe that anyone who is tempted to bitch about the question
> quality should take a moment to consider whether or not they have
> attempted to do it before, and hence have any idea of the
magnitude
> of the job they are criticizing. I don't recall Dan Passner or
Jordan-
> Boyd Graber editting anything for the college level let alone 19
> packets for a event with >45 teams.
The fact that someone has never edited a mega tournament like Penn
Bowl (or any tournament at all) should not preclude that someone
from making reasonable criticisms about a tournament's question
quality. While I didn't attend Penn Bowl or have the time or
inclination to actually read the criticisms of Penn Bowl questions,
if those criticisms are valid, the posters have every right to raise
them regardless of their tournament editing experience. Teams spend
plenty of money to play in tournaments and as paying customers they
deserve what they pay for, which is presumably a well edited
tournament. Of course, if their arguments aren't valid, this is just
another example of the customers sucking.
Eric Douglass
University of South Carolina School of Law