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MOO Mirror at Minnesota (10/15)

Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 5:40 pm
by eliza.grames
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, will be hosting a mirror of Missiles of October (MOO) on Saturday, October 15, 2011.

Eligibility and Difficulty:
This is a "regular" difficulty tournament. It is also an open tournament, so grad students and non-university affiliated teams are allowed to compete (provided they are not "super teams").

Location and Time: This event will take place in Coffman Memorial Union on the East Bank of the U of M campus. The tournament will start at 9:00 am, with registration running from 8:15-8:45.

Costs and Discounts:
Base fee: $100/team
Buzzer: -$5
Moderator: -$10
Travel: -$10 if over 200 miles by Google maps

Registration: Either post here or me at [email protected] to register a team.

Field:
Minnesota (4)
Brendan Byrne
Rob + Bernadette
St. Thomas Academy
Carleton

Re: MOO Mirror at Minnesota (10/15)

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 5:16 pm
by Strongside
I am planning to play/signing up for this tournament.

I can play solo or with teammates. Whatever makes the tournament run better works for me.

Re: MOO Mirror at Minnesota (10/15)

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 5:21 pm
by Cheynem
I am TD'ing this tournament. You can register by e-mailing me in addition to the contact information in the announcement.

In regards to the open teams, I would encourage responsible team formation, but I would highly discourage (and not allow) anything close to resembling a superteam. That said, staff and team constraints may require some merging of teams within reason, so we'll see what develops. For the expected field, though, I would say there is no reason why Top 25 caliber players should be playing together (unless, of course, they are actually teammates).

NEW RUNNING FIELD
Allium, the Civil Liberties Onion (Rob Carson/Bernadette Spencer/possible others)
Respect What He's Done...Not That You've Got to Love Him (Brendan Byrne and friends)
Minnesota (4 teams)
Carleton (1 team)
St. Thomas Academy team

Re: MOO Mirror at Minnesota (10/15)

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 7:26 pm
by Auks Ran Ova
Since our transportation to Michigan fell through, Bernadette and I will be playing this tournament.

Re: MOO Mirror at Minnesota (10/15)

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 11:24 pm
by OctagonJoe
Carleton will be there with people and our cheery demeanors.

Re: MOO Mirror at Minnesota (10/15)

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 11:31 pm
by Cheynem
Also hopefully some money you owe me, you meddling kid!

How many teams?

Re: MOO Mirror at Minnesota (10/15)

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 11:52 pm
by Auks Ran Ova
OctagonJoe wrote:Carleton will be there with people and our cheery demeanors.
Arriving separately, I hope.

Re: MOO Mirror at Minnesota (10/15)

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 12:33 am
by Cheynem
If they take different cars and separate by gender, you could have a car of cheerful miss demeanors. Ha ha ha--enjoy the buffet!

Re: MOO Mirror at Minnesota (10/15)

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 11:52 am
by suchacardinal
Mike, I was bcc'd on an invite email you sent and just wanted to confirm whether or not this tournament is open to high school teams as well?

Re: MOO Mirror at Minnesota (10/15)

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 11:58 am
by Cheynem
Yes, it is. Please note the difficulty of the tournament, however.

Contact me with any further concerns (including discounts, etc.).

Re: MOO Mirror at Minnesota (10/15)

Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2011 2:00 pm
by suchacardinal
Saint Thomas will have a team there.

Re: MOO Mirror at Minnesota (10/15)

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 11:31 pm
by Cheynem
This field is capped. Please do not try to register any more teams.

Re: MOO Mirror at Minnesota (10/15)

Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 10:22 pm
by Cheynem
A Minnesota team led by Andrew Hart, Gaurav Kandlikar, Robin Heinonen, Lauren Johnson, and Eliza Grames won this tournament.

Staaats:

http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... all_games/