>Oh, I see... in other words, the reservations >would be centered not around the assumption that >rap might be too "trashy" for academic >tournaments, but around the assumption that not >enough of the teams might know about it? Well, I wouldn't immediately say that either read is completely accurate, as there can be some concern that some questions are just too trashy for an academic bent and there can also be concerns that the question is not reachable for a majority of the teams. The lynchpin of this whole discussion goes back to expectations. When a team (or a player for that matter) goes into a tournament, they should have an expectation of what kind of questions will be asked, what kind of difficulty they will be faced with and what kind of knowledge will be required. In most cases, this stems mostly from experience, either playing in that tournament before, or by virtue of having been around the game enough. Also, in the case of packet submission tournaments, the writing of the packet, hopefully within the established parameters of the distribution, will forge expectations as well. That said, I don't think there is anything wrong with including a trash question on something you have an interest in, or think would make for an interesting question, so long as it is well-written and within the expectations that are set forth for the tournament. As for the whole concept of rap being denegrating, I simply prefer to look at it as canon expansion. It obviously appealed to the writers, writers for whom I respect as craftsmen of packets, and in as much as "Back That Ass Up" was one of the hundreds of choices they made, then I applaud them for trying to have a little fun with, what is in the end, just a game. CDB Who reminds himself that he is totally screwed should rap come up at the Burns this weekend.
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