VCU tournament March 10

mattweiner_vcu <*mattweiner_vcu_at_mattweiner_vcu.yahoo.invalid*> · Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:03:29 -0000

This is the general announcement for VCU Open 2007: Official Jerk
Policy, a collegiate/open academic tournament to be held at Virginia
Commonwealth University in Richmond on Saturday, March 10. The
tournament will almost certainly start at 8:45 somewhere on our Monroe
Park campus and continue for 12 to 14 rounds. Specific details on the
building and such will be posted when I have them, and the format will
be determined once I find out how many total packets are available and
how many teams are registered.

(Note: I did my best to be sure that there are no collegiate
tournaments, or high school tournaments hosted by potential collegiate
attendees, in the area on that day, but if I missed something bring it
to my attention ASAP so we can work out a mutual accomodation.)

This tournament will be a mirror of/collaboration with the tournaments
taking place at Illinois and UCLA on the same day. The VCU site will
be a packet-submission-optional event and, since its source is
intended as a novice tournament, will be of a moderate to low
difficulty level. Thus, this is an ideal event for younger players,
though all are welcome.

All collegiate teams are eligible to participate and may write a
packet for a quite substantial discount, or may play without writing a
packet if they wish (see below). Open teams are also eligible to
participe, and the same fee structure will apply. Open teams may or
may not be eligible to win the tournament, depending on the tournament
format and the relative level of interest from collegiate vs. open teams.

The base fee for teams who choose not to write a packet is $120.
If you can write a GOOD packet by February 17, your base fee is $60.

There is also a $10 discount per fully functional buzzer system and a
$20 discount for a full-time competent moderator. The minimum fee per
team is $0--i.e. you write a good packet and bring a few buzzers and
staffers, you play for free.

Packets should adhere to the guidelines posted for the Illinois site
and should be submitted to Mike Sorice as mentioned in those
guidelines. All the packet information is at this link:
http://www.hsquizbowl.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3536 .

To register, post in the HSQB thread about the tournament at
http://www.hsquizbowl.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3573 or mail me at
weinerm _at_ vcu dot edu with the number of teams, buzzers, and staffers
you want to bring, an email address where you can be contacted with
details, and whether or not you intend to give Mike a good packet by
February 17. For obvious reasons, teams who plan to take advantage of
the packet-submission discount must register by February 17;
registrations from non-writing teams will be taken up to the week of
the tournament. For the moment, the field is capped at the first 13
teams to register, but it is possible that the field size could be
expanded if interest requires it.

Post at the HSQB thread or mail me if you have any further questions.
I'm hoping to have a pretty competitive event, drawing teams from
throughout the Mid-Atlantic, on March 10.

--Matt Weiner, Quizbowl at VCU