As if we didn't have enough to do, UTC will hold the 3rd annual RC Cola Classic, a one-day trash tournament, on Sun. 4/28/2002. TIME & PLACE: To help our long-distance friends, we'll begin registration at 8:30 AM EDT on Sun. 4/28/02, with play starting at 9 AM. Based on typical field sizes, we may finish as early as 5 PM and surely no later than 7:30. Tournament headquarters will be Holt 124, unless we get a bigger field and have to move to Grote 129 (we'll post signs telling you which.) Either way, it's adjoining the same parking lot on the UTC campus. ELIGIBILITY: This tournament is open to anyone; an opposable thumb is helpful but not required. Teams do not have to have any academic affiliation. If you want to play, and you tell me in time, and you submit a packet or make arrangements otherwise, you're in. If you want to make yourself available as a free agent to join a team -- or if you have a partial team in need of free agent help -- let me know and I'll hook you up. FORMAT: 20 questions per round, untimed. Packet submission strongly encouraged (see guidelines and timetables below.) Teams will be four players each, with alternates OK as long as there are no substitutions in mid-match. Depending on the number of teams, the format will be round robin or bracketed round robin. This of course means I need to know the number of teams in advance. FEES: Fees have been restructured to encourage timely packet submission and to offer generous discounts for services rendered: Base fee $90 per team Minimum fee after discounts: $50 per team [*except* that discounts for Haskins readers can drop the fee further, to a minimum of $30] Discounts: Newcomer discount: Teams composed of first-time trash players will receive a $20 discount and are exempt from packet submission requirements - $10 if most or all of the team also played in the Moon Pie Classic - $10 for an experienced reader (*or* said reader can join us for dinner at Provino's after the Moon Pie Sat. night 4/27 if they'd prefer, and who wouldn't?) - $20 for each team member who officiated at the Dennis Haskins Open HS tournament on April 13 [unless the Haskins discount was applied to Moon Pie fees] - $5 for a working buzzer (additional $5 for a second buzzer if it turns it's needed) - $20 for submitting full packet (25 and 25, see below) by midnight Mon. April 1 - $10 for submitting packet after April 1 but by midnight Sun., April 7 Packet submitted between April 7 and Sun., April 14 -- no discount or penalty + $10 for packet submitted after April 14 but before midnight Sun., April 21 + $20 for no packet at all (please arrange with me in advance!) PACKETS: To simplify editing of the inevitable numerous duplicates, each packet submitted needs to contain at least 25 tossup and 25 boni. Visual boni will be accepted if possible; physical challenges and audio questions won't. While we do not wish to constrain the creative bounds of a trash round, here are loose distribution guidelines based on TrashMasters: Number Category 2 - 4 Movies 2 - 4 TV 2 - 4 Sports 2 - 4 Music 1 - 3 Trashy "literature" 1 - 3 Trashy current events No more than 2 each: Computer games & other computer stuff Comics Food Beverages Games Gadgets Consumerama Anything else you think of is fine as long as there are no more than two questions per as-yet-unnamed category. ACCOMMODATIONS: The Clarion Hotel has a limited number of rooms available at a discount rate of $65/night for Friday night 4/26 and/or Sat. night 4/27. They're holding that rate through Sat. 4/13/02. The Clarion's number is (423) 756-5150; tell them you're with the academic quizbowl. WHO'S IN CHARGE HERE: Who would have guessed it? Tournament director will be Charlie Steinhice, with Dorothy Morisch as official stats goddess. Contact me at steinhic_at_... for further details.
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