ACF NATIONALS 2002 ANNOUNCEMENT

• From: RSBhan
• Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 23:08:30 -0800
• Message-ID: <000U1GKVE.000Q65O4U.12170551-quizbowl_at_...>

Hi, all.

This is the official announcement
for ACF Nationals to be held on Saturday, April 21,
2002 at the George Washington University in
Washington, D.C. ACF Nationals is open to all teams comprised
of students from the same college/university. While
masters/bastard teams may be allowed to play depending on the
size of the field, they will be ineligible for any
titles. Please contact Chief Editor Roger Bhan with any
specific questions regarding eligibility.

ACF
Nationals will feature trophies for the championship team,
the runner-up team, and the top division II team
(i.e. comprised of first- and second-year players
only). In addition, the top eight individual scorers
will be recognized along with the top two division II
scorers.

The fee structure is as follows:

Base fee:
$120

-$30 if packet received by February 16, 2002
-$20
if packet received by March 9, 2002
-$10 if
packet received by March 22, 2002
No penalty if
packet received by April 2, 2002
+$20 if packet
received by April 9, 2002
+$40 if packet received by
April 16, 2002
-$20 for teams from west of the
Mississippi River
-$40 for West Coast teams (not
cumulative with above discount)
-$5 per working buzzer
system
-$10 per competent game official (determined by
me)

Minimum fee: $60

Register teams with tournament
host Edmund Schluessel at trivia_at_... . Please send
all packets to Roger Bhan at rsbhan_at_... .
Every A and B team in attendance is required to submit
a packet. If you do not submit a packet you will be
assessed a $50 penalty. Do not bother submitting after
April 16, 2002 unless you have made prior arrangements
with the editor.

Packet writing guidelines can
be found on the ACF web site at
<a href=http://www.inform.umd.edu/Student/Campus_Activities/StudentOrg/maqt/acf/acfguide.html target=new>http://www.inform.umd.edu/Student/Campus_Activities/StudentOrg/maqt/acf/acfguide
.html</a> and
<a href=http://www.inform.umd.edu/Student/Campus_Activities/StudentOrg/maqt/acf/writers.html. target=new>http://www.inform.umd.edu/Student/Campus_Activities/StudentOrg/maqt/acf/writers.
html.</a> Please adhere to these guidelines strictly. And
please do not randomize your questions; keep them sorted
by category.

--A Note from the
Editor--
Id like to take this opportunity to comment on the
level of difficulty. ACF Nationals should be a
challenging tournament just like any national event. However,
I am of the opinion that challenging questions are
made mostly by clues, not by answers. If German
literature is your bag, it is preferable to write a
challenging question on tried and true topics like the works
of Thomas Mann instead of the works of Klopstock.
Please use your sublime and awe-inspiring knowledge to
write quality questions that are accessible and reward
depth. No one but you will be able to answer your
obscurata and, sadly, you wont get to play on your own
questions.

In any case, the difficulty of ACF Nationals 2002
depends largely upon you, the question writer. If youve
found ACF Nationals to be too inaccessible in the past,
this is your chance to rectify things (actually, every
ACF tournament is your chance to rectify things) by
writing questions you think are answerable. Lets all do
our best to make this the best ACF Nationals
ever.

Roger Bhan
Editor
ACF Nationals 2002