I would agree with whoever it was who said that a lot of repeats were between the round robin and the power matching (or in our case, consolation) rounds. A couple I can think of with definite repetition of info were "diffusion," which inluded the units for it in both questions, with more possible repeated stuff that I didn't hear with early buzzes. Also, Watteau was the answer to identical bonus parts from "Pilgrimage to Cythera" or whatever the alternate name is. "Symphonie Fantastique" came up as the answer twice in round robin boni, albeit with different clues, so may or may not be a repeat based on what some people have said. A guy on our team also negged with Glass Menagerie, which makes it seem like he's in the majority for doing so. The hour-late start was a bit much, but as someone who's directed high school tournaments with 80+ teams, I understand that stuff can go awry, and can particularly empathise with a moderator reading the wrong packet. That being said, we (Vanderbilt) had a good time, as it was the first Penn Bowl for all of us, and it was nice to not play the same teams from the southeast we always see. Without our clear-cut #1 and co-#2 players, the boni seemed to vary in difficulty quite a bit, but that could quite possibly be due to our lack of experience. Anyway, I guess it could have been better, but since we were relatively unaffected by some of the bigger problems, it was overall a good experience for us. -Matt
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