Clarifications for NHBB This Weekend

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USGO
I have revised the exact rules regarding ties and tiebreaks this week for clarity's sake. See http://www.geographyolympiad.com/nationals/

Rounds are 35 questions and will follow the Nationals Bee scoring procedures under Bowl.

Bowl
Teams will be ranked within their group on the following criteria, in order:
1) Wins
2) Total points scored
3) Head-to-head record
4) Head-to-head points scored
In the unlikely event that 3+ teams remain equal on all criteria, they will be ranked by a 60-second tiebreaker round.

Teams will be seeded into the knockout bracket on the following criteria, in order:
1) Rank in afternoon groups
2) W-L record in afternoon groups
3) Points scored in afternoon groups
4) If teams are still tied on criteria (1)-(3) and all would advance to the playoff bracket, they will be seeded on their results from the morning rounds: (a) rank, (b) W-L record, (c) points scored, (d) random selection
5) If teams are still tied on criteria (1)-(3) and some but not all would make the playoff bracket, they will compete for their seeds:
* If there are two teams, they will play a mini-game, consisting solely of 10 tossups in the fourth-quarter style, plus an overtime tossup if necessary.
* If there are 3+ teams, they will play a 60-second tiebreaker round.

Note that Rounds 1-10 this year are all 10 tossups in the first quarter, and 8 in the 2nd and 4th quarters (exact same as regionals).
Knockout rounds are 10 tossups in the 1st, 2nd, and 4th quarters. Bonuses and powers where expected, of course, at all times during the tournament.

Bee
Rounds have 35 questions, except for the 1st and 2nd stages of the finals which have 30 (the remaining questions need to be held in reserve as tiebreaks).

In the prelim rounds, the bonus procedure is as follows
Exit on... Get # bonus points For a total of
8 7 15
9-10 6 14
11-12 5 13
13-15 4 12
16-20 3 11
21-25 2 10
26-30 1 9
31-35 0 8

If anyone gets a 15, they'll get a free T-shirt (limit 1 per student throughout the day).

In the first round of playoffs, if a student gets 8, they are done and automatically into the next stage in the Varsity (with 3 students breaking out of each room of 8, if someone gets to 8, they are mathematically assured to qualify). In the JV (with 2 students breaking out of each room), a student who reaches 11 will break automatically and is then thus done for the round (we are assuming such students aren't going to -1 their way out of advancing after reaching the break thresholds...).
In the second round of playoffs, again with a round of 30 and 2 students advancing out of both Varsity and the JV room, the advancement threshold is once again 11 in all rooms.
In the championship Varsity round, 4 players play, first to 12 wins it and ends it. The official ranks for the other students remain where they are for prize purposes - ties are not broken. In the championship JV round, 2 players play, first to 12 wins.

At this point, email [email protected] if anything else is unclear with the rules (we'll be sending out information on the draws and where you need to go and when you need to be there by tomorrow evening).