(Apologies in advance for the inevitable cross-posting.) As previously announced, UTC will host the fourteenth annual TrashMasters trash tournament on Sat., Dec. 2, 2006, in scenic Chattanooga, Tennessee. This is the nation's first and longest- running trash tournament. By popular demand, this year we are making TrashMasters a one-day trash tournament. TIME & PLACE: Tournament HQ will be 129 Grote Hall on the UTC campus. We'll open registration at 9:00 AM EST on Sat. 12/2/06. At 10 AM we will begin the day with the preliminary round of K-Tel Hell (see below) and start play as soon thereafter as possible, certainly by 10:30. I can't really say how long the tournament will last till I know the size of the field, but I wouldn't expect to finish early. With that in mind, we intend to take our lunch break later in the day than usual, somewhere around 2:00. To make that more palatable, we will have milk, juice, and doughnuts on hand in the AM (while supplies last.) For those accustomed to a full weekend's merriment, we will have some sort of event Sunday AM 12/3, most likely an all-audio competition. This is still under development, but so you can set your travel plans, we will be sure it ends by 12:30 PM Sun. 12/3. For TrashMasters participants, at least, this event will be free of charge. 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 11/30/06 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. K-TEL HELL: As usual, we will have a musical interlude for your competitive pleasure. We will begin the day with a preliminary round where all can compete, filling in an answer sheet. Top scorers from the prelims will then face off via buzzer in the finals. FEES: Fees assume packet submission and offer generous discounts for services rendered. I recognize that packet specs are going out later than usual, mainly because I've been trying to move while editing two tournaments a mere three weeks apart. With that in mind: Base fee: $100, and that assumes 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., Nov. 19. Minimum fee after discounts: $50 Discounts: -$10 if you provide an experienced full-time official - $5 if you provide a buzzer - $25 if you submit your packet by 5 PM Fri., Nov. 10 - $5 if you make the packet 30/30 (to help fight the dreaded duplication disease) Penalties: + $20 for packet received after Nov. 19, but before midnight Sun., Nov. 26 + $40 for no packet at all (please arrange with me in advance!) Less experienced teams may request a partial packet option (13 tossups, 13 boni.) This must be requested in advance, with some indication of the experience level of the players in question. If approved, you would pay no penalty if a partial packet is received by Fri. 11/10, or pay a $10 penalty if the partial packet is received by the Nov. 19 deadline. 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; note the discount for 30/30 listed above. 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 (+1 more for 30/30 rounds) 3 - 4 TV (+1 more for 30/30 rounds) 3 - 4 Sports (+1 more for 30/30 rounds) 3 - 4 Music (+1 more for 30/30 rounds) [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.] 1-3 each: Consumerama, including food/beverages Trashy "literature" 0-2 each: Videogames & computer games Other games Trashy current events Other computer stuff Comics Gadgets Theatre / radio / other media Road trip effluvium Anything else you think of is fine as long as there are no more than two questions per as-yet-unnamed category. Please, folks mix it up. Don't make all your sports questions about the NFL, all your TV questions about reality shows, etc. 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 Grote Hall 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: Who else? Charlie Steinhice (SteinhiceC at comcast dot net.)
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