UTC will host the fourth annual Summer Camp trash tournament on Sun., June 25, 2006, in scenic Chattanooga, Tennessee. This is a one- day trash tournament open to all players. Packet submission by each team is expected, but (as usual) there's a loophole. In a first-time experiment, we are separating the field into two disivions -- teams and solo players -- with separate fee structures for each (see below.) In the event that we don't have enough of either to justify a separate bracket, we reserve the right to condense the field to a single bracket or schedule cross-bracket matches. Because this is a summer tournament, we are also encouraging creativity in question formats -- visual boni, tactile boni, gustatory boni, physical challenges, etc., within reason. (For physical challenges, keep in mind the prospect of one-person teams, and if you concoct a bonus that''s incompatible with that, please provide an alternative method or replacement bonus.) TIME & PLACE: To help our long-distance friends, we'll begin registration at 8:30 AM EDT on Sun. 6/25/06, with play starting at 9 AM. Based on typical field sizes, we may finish as early as 5 PM, usually more like 7 or 7:30 PM. Tournament headquarters will be Holt 124 on the UTC campus (see below for directions.) ELIGIBILITY: This tournament is open to anyone regardless of current or former academic affiliation, or lack thereof. assuming they fulfill three basic tasks (let me know you're coming, pay fees, and arrange for a packet as described below.) If you want to make yourself available as a free agent to join a team -- or if you have a partial team in need of free agent help -- let me know and I'll figure something out. PRE-REGISTRATION: You don't have to pay or submit a roster till you get there, but you MUST let me know by Thursday night 6/22/06 if you're attending as a team. After that time I can't guarantee that I can accept additional teams. FORMAT: 20 questions per round, untimed. Packet submission is expected unless other arrangements are made in advance (see guidelines and timetables below.) Teams will be four players each, with alternates OK as long as there are no substitutions in mid- match. Depending on the number of teams, the format will be round robin or bracketed round robin. This of course means I need to know the number of teams in advance. So if you're coming, TELL ME!!! Again, getting me your clever team names in advance will also help. MUSIC ROUND: We know we will have a musical interlude for your competitive pleasure. Not sure who's running it at present, but there will be one. Hey, it's UTC. FEES: Fees assume packet submission and offer generous discounts for services rendered: Base fee: $80 per 3- or 4-person team; $55 per 2-person team; $30 per one-person team. All three rates assume a usable packet of 25 tossups and 25 boni, blind to all other teams and meeting the guidelines below, is submitted electronically (preferably in MS Word) by midnight Sun., June 4. Minimum fee after discounts: $40 per full team; $30 per 2- person team; $15 per one-person team Penalties: + $15 for packet received after June 4, but before midnight Sun., June 11 + $25 for packet received after June 11, but before midnight Sun., June 18 + $40 for no packet at all (please arrange with me in advance!) Discounts: For an experienced reader for Summer Camp itself, or for a full-time official at our NAQT HS Mirror at UTC 6/24/06, we will knock $5 off the fees and another $5 off any packet penalties. For each full round of original academic questions for use at our October high school tournament, submitted electronically by 6/25/06, we will knock $10 off the fees and another $5 off any packet penalties. [Note: we'll continue to give discounts for these questions even below the minimum fee. In other words, if you write a trash round for Summer Camp and a whole lot of high school questions, you could conceivably play for free.] PACKETS: First, some format preferences: If at all possible, please send me packets in MS Word or RTF. Please place the required parts of each answer in bold, please put answers on a separate line from the question, and please precede them with the word "Answer:". If you want to save me some more time, make the font 11 pt Times New Roman and the margins 1/2" all around. To allow for bonus laming and to simplify editing of the inevitable numerous duplicates, each packet submitted needs to contain at least 25 tossup and 25 boni. Visual, tactile, and even gustatory boni will be accepted if possible; due to equipment issues, audio questions won't. We will consider physical challenge questions, provided they do not conflict with giving every team a fair shot regardless of individual members' physical limitations. General distribution guidelines (in each case, we need that many tossups and that many boni): 3 - 4 Movies 3 - 4 TV 3 - 4 Sports 3 - 4 Music [Note: for the four categories listed above, please make sure you have at least one pre-1990 and at least one post-2000 of each.] At least 1 each, but no more than 2 each, of: Food & beverages Trashy "literature" No more than 2 each: Videogames & computer games Other games Trashy current events Other computer stuff Comics Gadgets Road trip effluvium Consumerama Anything else you think of is fine as long as there are no more than two questions per as-yet-unnamed category. LODGINGS: We don't have a block reserved, but the Clarion (423-765- 5150) lets you have discounted rooms at $66/night when available if you mention you're with the UTC quizbowl tournament. DIRECTIONS: From Atlanta and points south -- take I-75 to Chattanooga, then I-24 west towards downtown, then follow the freeway splitoff for U.S. 27 North, downtown Chattanooga. From 27 North take the 4th Street exit, within sight of the Tennessee Aquarium. Go right on 4th St. (you have no choice) and follow it for ca. 1 mile. Go past the UTC Arena, after which E. 4th St. becomes part of E. 3rd St. After that, take the second right onto Palmetto St. Go two blocks and turn right onto Vine St. (just past the EMCS Building.) Just before the place where Vine St. is blocked off, the parking lot for Holt is on the right. * From Knoxville and points north -- take I-75 to Chattanooga, then I- 24 West; directions from there same as above. * From Nashville and points west/north: Take I-24 east to Chattanooga. As you round Moccasin Bend (freeway goes alongside river) watch for two exit lanes on the right; take the less rightward of the two, which will have signs above it for U.S. 27 N. Rest of directions are the same as above. * From Birmingham and points southwest: Take I-59 to the outskirts of Chattanooga, where it dead-ends into I-24. Get on I-24 East and follow the Nashville directions from there. TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: It's my turn -- Charlie Steinhice (steinhic at bellsouth dot net.)
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