Well, you were lucky. Not every player has a positive experience their first time out at ACF. When I tried to start a team at Denison University, the first tournament we attended was ACF-format. I was a sophomore and didn't find the questions overly challenging -- challenging, sure, but not overly so; I was somehow an all-star -- but my three teammates combined for two tossups over the course of the tournament. They proceeded to drop QB and two of them never spoke to me again; those two told me that I was "bossy" and "bitchy" and "overly demanding" and "completely unrealistic" and "obsessive" when I explained that the way to get good at ACF was to practice a lot and write questions. Officially, I've only played CBI Regionals and ACF-format tournaments; I have never played ACF Regionals or NAQT Sectionals (I've now played at TRASHionals, but something tells me that's entirely different). That was due to lack of funding and transportation -- if you're carless and teammateless in Central Ohio, you're going to have a hard time putting something together. Hopefully I'll finish up undergrad in a year or two at a school which has a QB program already. My point, in all this rambling? I'm glad that you had a positive first exposure to ACF, Matt; I enjoy the ACF format as well. It's nice to learn interesting things and focus on knowledge rather than a clock. But there are those who get scared off. Kristin
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