This Tournament Goes to Eleven VI

• From: dr_pookman <dr_pookman_at_dr_pookman.yahoo.invalid>
• Date: Mon, 03 May 2004 15:36:48 -0000
• Message-ID: <c75oug+c29m_at_...>

This is the initial announcement for the sixth(!) installment of 
This Tournament Goes to Eleven, to be held on the weekend of October 
8-10, 2004 at the University of Iowa.

TTGT11 is a unique tournament.  All packets are either theme packets 
or subject packets.  Teams composed of 2-8 people can participate.  
Two packets are read concurrently each round, with the 2-8 teammates 
able to split themselves up between the two rooms however they feel 
would be most efficacious.  This format has proven both interesting 
and challenging for both newcomers as well as qb vetrans in the past.

In addition, we traditionally have a head-to-head individual scoring 
competition.

This will probably be my last hurrah in quizbowl, and I'd like to go 
out in a blaze of glory.  I would like to run this tournament with a 
field of 13-20 teams, utilizing a full round robin on the low end 
and bracketed round robins followed by playoffs on the high end of 
that range.  So mark your calendars; this one's gonna rock.

If you are interested in attending this tournament, I would like 
your input as to whether your group would prefer a Fri night/long 
Saturday tournie OR a Sat/Sun tournie.  Dont' worry; input will not 
be taken as confirmation of attendance, but it will assist in 
shaping the tournament.

Further info and a webpage will follow in the coming weeks.

++Andrew Juhl
Pres., UIAQC