To share more of my thoughts, I think I tend to agree with most of what Brad's saying. For all of you who don't know(everyone)...Brad and I played high school quiz bowl on the same team, so we discuss a bunch of quiz bowl related things every so often as he starts a team at Grinnell. I don't think making the questions any easier is a good idea because it doesn't help players improve. And to me...in the long run, winning is not the goal, but instead to do the best you can and to improve over time. Thus, at some of these DII matches, the score may be 85-70 or something low...but that doesn't really matter. Also, there's enough ACF Questions that someone will probably get after listening to the whole clue that DII teams will probably answer maybe 60-80% of them, if allowed to listen to the whole question. Also, as Brad said...it probably would increase participation from new and younger teams at ACF tournaments and it wouldn't really be any harder on tournament directors to run. Thus, maybe at the ACF Fall Tournament next year, we should try something like this and see if it's a feasible idea for regionals and nationals. That said, we haven't discussed what DII should be. Should it be like NAQT? Should it be first and second year players only, maybe like a novice divison? Should it be undergrads? My inclination is for first and second year players only because anyone who wants to go to nationals or a tournament, can. There's no qualification. Also, if the goal to improve...by junior year of undergrad, you should want to challenge yourself against better players. That's the best way to learn. Joel Gluskin Washington University in St. Louis
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