QOTC X announcement

goiobre · Sat, 03 Feb 2001 16:56:47 -0800

It occurs to me that I ought to post the QOTC
announcement here as well. Yes, I know there was significant
delay, but I've only recently started looking at this
club. Anyway . . . 

Swarthmore College Bowl is
pleased to formally announce Questions on the Crum (QOTC)
X, our annual untimed mACF tournament. We will hold
this
year's QOTC on March 3, 2001.

Rounds will consist
of 20 tossups and boni. We will require that every
team submit a packet. Guidelines for packets are
listed below and will be available on our web
site.

We expect to limit the field to 22 teams, so,
beginning immediately, we will reserve slots for teams who
plan to compete. After 22 teams reserve
slots, we
will place additional teams on a waiting list. To
reserve slots for QOTC X, contact Peter Austin at
<paustin_at_...>

FEES:
The base fee for QOTC X is $100/team. This fee
includes a donut breakfast and a pizza lunch. The minimum
fee is $50. Specific penalties and
discounts are

-$30 for packets submitted by February 1
-$10 for
packets submitted by February 18
+$20 for packets
submitted after February 25
+$35 if you don't submit a
packet (and we decide to let you play anyway)
-$10
for every game official you bring
-$5 for every
working buzzer you bring 
+$8 for every additional
pizza you want (remember the base fee includes on free
one per team)

Please note: We will have a $40
fee for any team that signs up, but does not show,
and has not written me _at least_ 24 hours beforehand
to
cancel. Yes, we can't enforce this, but we will trust you
to pay us this fee if need be. Exceptions will be
granted only in case of car accidents or similar
disasters. 

Pay by cash or make all checks out to
Rebecca Paul. Unless your team cannot write checks to
individuals and you tell us this _in advance_, we
will not
accept checks made out to any other party.

We may
offer a long-distance discount. If you want to come but
live far away and don't think you can afford the
tournament costs, contact us, and we'll try to work
something out . . .

PACKET GUIDELINES:
History: 4
(Tossups and boni)
Literature: 4
Science: 4
The
Arts: 3
Religion/Mythology/Philosophy:
3
Geography: 2
Current Events: 2
Pop
Culture/Sports/General Knowledge: 2
Social Science: 2
Total: 26
Tossups and boni

Organize your questions by
category and remember to _underscore_ essential
information in your answers.

Some big no-no's:
1)
FAQTP tossups
2) Spelling tossups or boni
3) One
part all-or-nothing boni
4) Boni worth more or less
than 30 points
5) Multiple choice or ordering or
binary boni
6) Boni that require more than four team
consultations

Finally, we reserve the right to reject packets
that:
1) Ignore our guidelines
2) Have been read or
written by members of more than one team
3) Are of
extraordinarily low quality

Please send all packets to
Benjamin Schak
at
<benjamin_at_...>

That's it for now. If you have any questions, please
contact me.

Thanks for your time, and we look
forward to hearing from you.

Peter Austin