These come from Mehrun, and they are kind of rambling, which makes them similar to my posts :) . Some of the details may change slightly, but at least this give you a better idea. For the weird tiebreaker he mentions, they are thinking of a champagne Kola drink- off. And the date is still May 1st. So far, four non-brandeis teams have expressed interest. I don't believe there will be any fees, but I am not sure, it may be one of those, donate what you are comfortable sort of events. So here's Meh, oh and if you have any suggested rule changes, e-mail me or Meh. "As we envision it, each packet (of which each team should write one) will consist of 21 tossups (20 are read, with there being one extra question in case of repeats that need to be thrown out): 10 academic, 10 trash/pop-culture, and 1 physical challenge (which should be included somewhere in the first 20 questions to ensure that it's read). Ties will be settled with some wacky rule that we'll come up with. Also, a special rule for this tourney is that bonuses will correspond to tossups. For example, if you write tossup number 15 on college basketball, write bonus 15 on college basketball too. Teams answering a tossup correctly will get the corresponding bonus (so there will be no lame bonuses). Besides that, there is no required distribution -- however, just remember that we're planning some sort of penalty for teams that write bad packets (any packet in which less than 60% of the tossups are answered overall will qualify). So that's a quick overview that should help you -- I look forward to hearing from you. Times: Probably the usual start time of around 9, but we will do everything humanly possible to make sure it ends no later than 4. Let me know when you finalize the teams -- and you can just bring the packet to the tournament. Thanks,
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