Terrapin Announcement (3)

twoclubs · Wed, 13 Sep 2000 09:42:13 -0700

This is a reposting of the initial announcement
for the Terrapin Invitational Tournament, which will
be held the weekend of the 28th of October, 2000.
This is an open tournament to all undergrad and
graduate school programs. With tournaments taking place in
St. Louis, MIT, and
Berkeley the same weekend,
there is some competition, but I encourage all teams
(including fresh/sophs) to come to College Park. In the
past, we have had teams from all over the country,
including the midwest powers of
Michigan, Illinois, and
Chicago, southern teams such as Georgia Tech and
Tennessee, and northeastern schools like the ivies. With
such a varied list of possible attendees, I hope to
entice each and every school to consider playing this
year.

NOTE: The next deadline for packet submission will be
this Friday, 9/15.

Details: The tournament will
be either one day or two (Fri/Sat), depending on
interest. Of course, the format will be mACF - however, I
am aiming for a level of difficulty slightly below
that of ACF regionals. There will still be quality ACF
clues and subject matter that should be
answered by
most of the teams attending by the end of each
question, but part of the benefit of ACF is the ability for
you to write about what you
think is important in
qb.

Fees: Base entry $100
 Butt-early question deadline
Sept. 1 (-$40) - ya missed it
 Kinda-early question
deadline Sept. 15 (-$30)
 Better get workin' on yo
packet, sucka deadline Oct. 1 (-$10)
 Absolute last
deadline and you STILL want to submit a packet Oct. 15
(-$5)

NOTE: if you do not want to submit a packet, we will
still let you play - please, however, notify me of your
intentions by 10/15.

 Buzzer discount: $10 each

Moderator discount: $5 each
 Over 500 miles to come and
play: $50 or best offer
 Absolute minimum:
$50

Distribution: 25/25
 5/5 lit
 5/5 hist
 5/5 sci

3/3 fine arts
 2/2 religion/myth
 3/3 social
science
 1/1 trash/sports
 1/1
geography

Another NOTE: this is a _recommended_ distribution. (ie.
if you want to send me 2/2 social science and 2/2
trash, I'm not going to send the packet back.) However,
please try to cover all the categories listed, and
allow
me some flexibility in choosing which questions to
use based on the nasty but inevitable occurence of
repeats across packets.

Further information will
come at a later date, including building, time of
start, directions, and whether it will be full
round-robin or
divisional/playoff oriented. Playoffs will
NOT be single elimination.

As a final thought,
if you have any apprehensions whatsoever about the
Terrapin, the potential difficulty of questions for
fresh/sophs, the
Maryland teams of the past, traveling a
long distance, the drinking customs of late 20th
century british pubs...anything...please e-mail me - i
will be happy to answer whatever the inquiry might
be.

Cheers,
Shaun Hayeslip
Editor, 2000 Terrapin Invitational
Tournament