Terrapin Update

twoclubs · Thu, 28 Sep 2000 14:35:38 -0700

This is a reposting of the initial announcement
for the Terrapin Invitational Tournament, which will
be held on Saturday, October 28, 2000. This is an
open tournament to all undergrad and graduate school
programs including masters teams (which are ineligible for
the title). 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. 
NOTE: YOU DO NOT
HAVE TO SUBMIT A PACKET, but you can if you so
choose.

NOTE: The next deadline for packet submission will be
this Sunday, 10/1. For those who have let me know they
are coming, it would be nice if I had some packets to
edit...:)

Details: The tournament will be all day Saturday, with
registration beginning at 8am. 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) - ya missed it
 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
location and directions. At this time it appears that the
tournament will be a fullround robin with some type of
playoff, but if there is enough interest in a second
division it is certainly a possibility. Please let me know
if
you are interested in such a Division II.

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