Illinois Open: Urbana Renewal, November 9th 2002

• From: jp_lien <no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com>
• Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 04:13:18 -0000
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The University of Illinois Academic Buzzer Team wishes to announce
that it will host Illinois Open 2002: Urbana Renewal, a
packet-submission, modified-ACF style tournament on Saturday,
November 9th, in conjunction with TRASH regionals to be hosted the
following day.  This tournament is being mirrored on the west coast
by the fine folks at Berkeley.  Tournament details and question
distribution are described below. Please contact me (johnlien _at_
uiuc.edu) with any questions, to register your team, or to submit a
packet. 

When / Where:

Saturday, November 9th, 2002. In Lincoln Hall, on the University of
Illinois campus in "scenic" Urbana-Champaign.

Eligibility:

This tournament is open to all who wish to enter, organized into
teams as they see fit, with the caveat that individuals may only play
for one team during the course of the tournament.  I will be happy to
put free agents in contact with potential teams.  There will be a
title awarded to the top collegiate team, should that team not also
be the overall winner.

Format:

Packets will consist of 20 tossups with accompanying bonuses, read in
two untimed halves.  The tournament will be a full round-robin, with
playoffs if necessary.  If a ton of teams sign up, we'll do
brackets.

Questions:

All teams who wish to attend must submit a packet, or have permission
from me beforehand.  Packets are due no later than midnight, October
20th.  Your packet should conform to the following distribution, and
be formatted according to the ACF formatting guidelines, found here:
http://www.inform.umd.edu/StudentOrg/maqt/acf/formatting.html.

5/5 Literature
5/5 Science
	at least 1/1 each from: Physics, Chemistry, Biology
5/5 History
3/3 Religion, Myth, Philosophy
2/2 Fine Arts
2/2 Geography, Social Science (1/1 of each)
2/2 Trash
1/1 General Knowledge

Total 25/25

- No spelling or calculation questions.
- No FAQTP tossups.
- No ordering or multiple choice boni.
- No 6-part boni unless the parts are very short
- No more than 5 30-20-10 boni

All tossups are worth 10 pts and should be no longer than 6 lines; all
boni should be worth a total of 30 pts.

Registration and fees:

To register, e-mail (johnlien _at_ uiuc.edu)

Base Fee:	 	$100
Early Bonus: 		-$20 (By October 6th)
Late Fee:		+$20 (after October 20th)
No-Packet Fee:	+$30 (With permission)
Buzzer Discount	-$10 (if they work)
Moderator Discount:	-$20 (for experienced game officials)
Multiple Teams:	-$10 (for each team from the same school after the
first)

Minimum Fee: $55

There will be a $30 fee for any registered team that does not attend
the tournament and fails to give notice at least 48 hours in advance,
or a very good excuse.

We look forward to seeing you this fall.

J.p. Lien
Tournament Director, UIUC ABT President
(johnlien _at_ uiuc.edu)