I had a really great time this weekend, and I want to thank the
various people who helped
make it such a pleasant experience.
Subash, Jerry, and the folks from Texas: I thought all three question
sets were excellent. In
each case, I thought the difficulty level was pretty much right on
for the field.
Speaking of the field, the tournaments would not have been nearly as
much fun, even with
such high-quality questions, without excellent competition. Chicago
Open had the
strongest field I've ever seen, and the science and literature events
were similarly full of
strong teams and players.
I also want to thank the people who organized and staffed the
tournaments. I thought
everything ran smoothly, and the readers were outstanding.
Finally, I want to thank my teammates for Chicago Open and Science
Monstrosity. It was a
lot of fun writing questions and playing with you guys.
-Seth