FOIST final(!) schedule

• From: Durham_Devil
• Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 04:32:42 -0700
• Message-ID: <000TM58MQ.00029550S.12170551-quizbowl_at_...>

Okay, I'm serious this time. :)

Edmund has
written me to say that he likely won't have the energy
left at the end of the day to play. To be on the safe
side, I wrote our schedule with him out. If he's in, I
can literally whip up a new one on-site.

The
Pauls are not making the trip.

This reduces the
field to 25. Here's how it'll go.

ROUND 1: Five
groups of five, random draw. 60 questions, one
screw.

ROUND 2: Re-assignment based on results. First place
players stay still, second placers move one room, etc. 60
questions, one screw.

ROUND 3: All those with similar
results in the same room. 60 questions, one screw. Cutoff
is at 16th.

FUDGE ROUND: 4th-7th, 9th-12th,
15th-16th. Separate rooms. 20 questions, one oh-so-important
screw.

Now, the top 16 as seeded will play a
double-elimination with 20 questions each round. Meanwhile, the
remaining 9 will play a quasi round-robin. "Quasi" in that
they'll play everyone once, but they'll do it two at a
time. Here's the pattern:

Game 1: A-E-I; B-F-G;
C-D-H
Game 2: C-E-G; B-D-I; A-F-H
Game 3: A-D-G; B-E-H;
C-F-I
Game 4: A-B-C; D-E-F; G-H-I

2 standings points
for first, 1 for second. Most points gets the
consolation win.

I think that's everything. If it
isn't, you'll know where to find me today.

Andy
Goss
FOIST