Power Markings

• From: Matt979
• Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2000 18:50:27 -0700
• Message-ID: <000SLT7V3.001H15IKU.12170551-quizbowl_at_...>

In response to Jason Keller's request that
someone "please post something else," this was the first
quiz discussion topic that came to mind.

I
notice that this year's Montgomery Burns trash
tournament (see Mike Burger's posts and web site) will use
power-marked tossups but will also use guerrilla editing. That
is, it appears that people will edit their own packs
and bring hard copies to the tournament.

With
that form of editing, I expect noticeable differences
in how -- and how effectively -- writers place their
power marks.

Rather than express an opinion on
the correct way to power-mark a tossup (if anyone
from NAQT were to make a public pronouncement on that,
it would come most logically from Eric Hillemann),
I'll just ask how people feel about the packs and
tournaments that have done it.

(I suppose that would
apply to both NAQT, which originated the power mark,
and the independent circuit. Criticisms of particular
mark placements seem to have been more common in
critiques of earlier NAQT events than they were in
critiques of this past year's events.)

Just speaking
for myself, throwing out food for thought, and
reminding people not to feed the trolls, =)
Matt