>>I don't want to see UIUC and Chicago keep
winning all the time. This is the whole point -- we
already know those guys are good, let's design something
where they have to work, too -- a more even playing
field for everyone.<<
Isn't that just
another way of saying "let's go out of our way to create
a quizbowl format that doesn't reward skill at
quizbowl?" If you don't want to see Team X win, then improve
yourself using whatever methods Team X used and beat them.
Don't invent wacky formats that are half-trash, then
try to pass off the results of tournaments in those
formats as more legitimate than any of the various
formats at which Team X excels.
--M.W.