This is an omnibus update on the Herbert Spencer singles tournament, to be held at GWU on Friday, July 27th, 2001, at 5:30 PM, in the basement of Monroe Hall, 21st and G streets NW. After lengthy discussions, I have decided to abandon the experimental format which was previously announced and use a modified version of the traditional Hillemann format. The integrated tournament schedule and format description follows, subject to logistic veto by Edmund. 4:45-5:15 Check in and payment 5:15 Round 1 room assignments announced 5:30 Seeding round 1 begins. Anyone who is not present may enter his game when he arrives, with missed tossups treated as questions not answered by that player. Anyone who is not present by round 2 loses his spot in the tournament. Seeding round 1 will consist of 80 tossups with players divided among 3 or 4 rooms (depending on final field size). Any player who gets 10 tossups will sit out and receive the highest available seed in his room. Each room will be ranked top to bottom based on order out, then number of tossups answered. 6:00 Seeding round 2: The top group of players will be assigned to one room, the next to another, etc, and the process repeated over another 80 tossups. 6:30 Seeding round 3: The number of rooms will double, the number of players per room will halve, and the ranking will be fine-tuned over 60 tossups. At this point, the top 16 players will enter a double elimination bracket for the championship. This will take eight or nine rounds depending on whether a second final is necessary. I hope to run the playoff bracket from 7:00 to about 9:00, with the tournament concluding at that time. Here is my list of who is currently playing and staffing. Please e-mail me if you are not on the list and should be, or are on it and should not be, or are on the wrong list (playing vs. staffing) ..continued..
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