If you want to save time writing up your comments on this weekend's ICT, the following form is provided for your use. 1. City 2. Adjective 3. Noun 4. Noun 5. Noun 6. Famous NHL Player 7. Adjective 8. Music Group 9. Video Game 10. Movie 11. Battle 12. Dead King 13. Writer 14. Adjective 15. Integer 16. Celebrity 17. Integer 18. Sports League 19. Second Sports League 20. Division I team at ICT 21. Division II team at ICT 22. City 23. Movie With the exception of getting lost while driving back and ending up at (1), I thought that this was a really (2) tournament. I still have a few comments... 1. Why were there so many questions on (3) and so few on (4)? On the bright side, I heard my first question on (5), and I was really happy - I think that NAQT needs to have more of them. At least one hockey answer was (6), whom I've actually HEARD of. On a whole, however, I thought the questions were a little too (7) - I mean, this is a national tournament, and you'd think that NAQT would have seen this when they were playtesting packets. NAQT also needs to address the fact that it has too much trash - the first three questions I got right were on (8), (9), and (10). Since I'm a history major, I was particularly disappointed that there were no questions on (11) or (12). And just having one question on (13) was wrong. 2. I thought that this year's crop of moderators was (14) overall. Particularly notable was Dwight Kidder - I never knew that someone could read (15) questions in a timed tournament. Also impressive was Dr. Chuck's impression of (16), which I thought was particularly realistic. 3. I thought NAQT chose a strange format - teams played (17) games, which I thought was a lot - and yet we still played way too much against our local rival. NAQT really needs to work on this. Even worse were the playoffs - the best way to describe it is a combination of (18)'s format and (19)'s. Suffice it to say, it was strange enough that (20) and (21) won it all. Well, that's about it. I look forward to next year's ICT, which will supposedly be at (22) - and should be a lot of fun. I'm now off to a trash tournament, where the Gerbils' name will be an interesting take on (23).
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