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Bruce mentioned in some thread or another that, in high school, teams who were not properly dressed started off at -15 points. Perhaps an in-game penalty for not submitting a packet would be more effective than a financial one. To many, avoiding a loss is more of an incentive than costing their team...

You get the benefit (tournament play) without having to pay any of the costs (time spent researching and writing questions). Bruce: free riding on the backs of hard-working quizbowlers since 2004. Maybe it's time to prohibit entry to teams consisting of non-novice players who don't submit packets. ...

Maybe it's that "staring at lists" results in a better performance at NAQT than ACF?

Congratulations to Illinois A (Mike, Kelly, Micah, Tom) for winning the midwestern section of the ACF Fall tournament. Apparently, they came back from a one game deficit to beat Michigan A (Adam, Andy, Dave, Craig) in the finals. A big thank you to all the people who helped out in running this tourn...

I am personally very interested in an online tournament management system for statskeeping purposes. This is certainly a good idea. We'll have to start asking teams to bring laptops in addition to buzzers. If you want to put your software on sourceforge or some other source management system, I'd b...

This is something I would write although I might make use of software that is already out there. However, I think you're misunderstanding what I'm proposing. This software would allow people who are not in the same room/building/city/country/etc to play together. You could play while on your home co...

What do you guys think of the following potential piece of software? This software would allow any broadband internet user with a microphone and speakers to participate in a quizbowl match. Questions would be read by a moderator and broadcast to the players. A player buzzes by clicking a button. The...

According to the NAQT 2005 ICT FAQ distributed at the tournament: "1. What is the tournament format? ... At the conclusion of round 14, the top two teams will advance to the finals. This will be determined by overall record (i.e., teams' records from the first round-robin carry over). Ties for ...