Collegiate Novice 3 at Rice (09/29)

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Rice University will be hosting a mirror of Collegiate Novice 3 on Saturday, September 29. I (Bryce Durgin) will be the tournament organizer/director for this site.

This tournament is intended as an early introduction for collegiate novices to college quizbowl. It aims to be extremely accessible while remaining within a normal academic distribution. The target audience is college players who are very new to quizbowl. Every year, many of these new players come to first practices all around the country, but few stick with the game. This tournament is an early-season introduction to competitive quizbowl in which novices can play against teams of their own strength on questions that reward the level of knowledge that they have. Our hope is that this will be the immediate positive competitive experience that new players need to get hooked on the game.

The questions will be strictly length-limited to five lines of ten point Times New Roman (ten-line max for bonuses). The packets will probably be distributed in 12-point TNR for reading ease, so they may appear to be longer, but rest assured that all will be held to the five/ten line ten-point standards. Packets will follow the ACF distribution and will resemble normal quizbowl.

Fee structure:

We will charge $15 per player playing this event, which will include the cost of lunch. There are no discounts available for moderators or buzzers.

Eligibility:

1. All ACF eligibility rules apply, except when they contradict the rules below.

2. This is a tournament for introducing collegiate novices to quizbowl. Consequently, no high school teams or players are eligible.

3. Anyone (who does not break Rules 1 or 2) who has never played quizbowl before is automatically eligible. Other academic competition does not count as quizbowl for this rule.

4. Players meeting one or more of the following criteria must apply to the head editor for special permission to play:

i. If you have already completed your second year of college (calculated from time in college, not credits). Time in a post-secondary high school program does not count.

ii. If you were ever on a playoff or top-bracket team at NAQT HSNCT or PACE NSC.

iii. If you have ever scored at least 30 points per game at any college tournament.

iv. If you have ever won any college tournament.

5. Anyone who does not fall into any of the four categories listed in Rule 4 is automatically eligible to play.

For anyone having any questions about the eligibility rules, you can contact Andrew Hart at [email protected]. In your email, state which of the Rule 4 points would render you otherwise ineligible; list when and how you came to achieve any of the accomplishments that lead to your being otherwise ineligible; state succinctly why you want to play.

Registration:

If you wish to compete in this tournament, please email me at bdurgin at tamu dot edu.

Where will this tournament take place?

This tournament will be held on the campus of Rice University. We will post more specific building/parking information when we get that information.

We intend to begin the tournament at 10:00, and finish at 2:30pm.

Field:
Texas A&M: 2-4
Rice: 2-3
Texas: 1
Lamar-Orange: 1