Announcement: WIT IX

huskersugar · Sun, 26 Aug 2001 14:38:55 -0700

TOURNAMENT ANNOUNCEMENT
Western Invitational
Tournament IX: A Fistful of
Buzzers
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What:
A Fistful of Buzzers: The Ninth Annual Western
Invitational Tournament (WIT IX)

The tournament will
consist of untimed rounds of 20 questions each. Due to
the demise of the NAQT IFT and Berkeley Quizbowl's
demand, the tossups will have power marks. We request
that each participating team submit one packet of 25
tossups and 25 bonuses, complete with power marks. This
request is backed up with cost incentives.

Following WIT IX, we intend to run a trash tournament,
Unabuzzer 11 (a mirror of University of Missouri-Rolla's
FOGHAT), along with the second edition of BARS (the
Berkeley Audio Recall Shindig), both of which will be
formally announced at a later date.

When:
Friday
October 19, 2001
Rules meeting: 6:30 p.m.; play starts
at 7:00 sharp!
Saturday October 20,
2001
Bagels 9:00 a.m.; play starts at 9:30
sharp!

Forfeit matches may be made up at winning team's
discretion during lunch

Where:
University of
California at Berkeley, Dwinelle Hall

Tournament
Directors:
Matt Levine
<arwmatt_at_...>
Eok Ngo
<_Hawkeye81_at_...>

Admittance:
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While the tournament is indeed called the Western
Invitational Tournament, it is an open tournament in spirit.
We just like the witty acronym (pun not
intended).

Eligibility - Any team consisting of anyone who wants to
register. This
means that you can make alumni teams,
corporate teams, college teams,
cross-college teams
etc.

If enough teams show up, perhaps we will split the
tournament into JV and Varsity divisions. Otherwise, there
will be one division for all skill
levels.

Prices:
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First Team $120
Second Team $100
Third Team
$80
Fourth Team $60

Packet Discounts for Open teams
(only one applies)
Acceptable Packet by Sept 7
-$60
Acceptable Packet by Sept 14 -$40
Acceptable Packet by
Sept 21 -$25
Acceptable Packet by Sept 28
-$10
Acceptable Packet by Oct 5 -$0
Acceptable Packet by Oct
12 +$15 penalty
No packet submitted +$25
penalty

Buzzer System Discount
Provide working buzzer system
-$ 10/per

Reader/Staff Discount
Provide an
experienced full time reader -$ 20/per
Provide an
experienced full time statkeeper -$ 10/per

Crossing
the Mississippi Discount: -$75
Not competing in
WIT VIII Discount: -$30

In no case shall
admission fees be less than $25.

For further packet
submission guidelines and more information, please visit
<a href=http://guir.berkeley.edu/quiz-bowl/events/wit/wit9announce.html target=new>http://guir.berkeley.edu/quiz-bowl/events/wit/wit9announce.html</a>

Please send e-mail with any questions or interest to me,
Matt Levine
<arwmatt_at_...>,
or Eok Ngo <_Hawkeye81_at_...>