RAFT Discord (online) Mirror (April 18)

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RAFT Discord (online) Mirror (April 18)

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I am pleased to announce an online mirror of RAFT, the Regular Academic Fall Tournament,. All matches will be run using Discord. This is a closed tournament, meaning teams may only have players from one school.

Eligibility:
Teams with nearby mirrors of RAFT scheduled for after April 18 will be asked to play at their local sites (at present, there are no mirrors scheduled for later than April 18).

Field cap:
I am setting a soft cap of 12 teams while I recruit staff. There will be a hard cap of 24 teams, regardless of staff availability. Interested staffers should contact me via any method; staffers (including RAFT writers/editors) will be given a stipend of $40.

Payment:
Will be done through Venmo (Paypal is fine but I would prefer Venmo). The entry fee is $60.

Registration:
Please email me at michael AT historybowl.com to register. A running tally of the field will be maintained below this post.

Schedule:
Round 1 will start promptly at 10 am EDT (you can do the math for your time zone) and we will aim to be done by 7 pm EDT. Giving a ~30 minute break for lunch leaves 8.5 hours of quiz bowl, which I hope is enough to offer everyone at least 9 rounds.

Open Mirror:
We also hope to offer an open mirror of RAFT (date tbd); I strongly encourage teams with only 1-2 players to consider this option, though we will prohibit superteams at such a tournament.

We look forward to seeing you on Discord!
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Michael Borecki
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Re: RAFT Discord (online) Mirror (April 18)

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Field (24/24):
Ladue
Mira Loma
"Church Santa Clara"
Detroit Country Day A
Thomas Jefferson C
Staples
TAG Magnet
St. Mark's (TX)
TJ Classical
"Water Gas High School"
Stanton College Prep B
Georgetown Day School
Detroit Country Day B
Hwa Chong (Singapore)
Ladue B
State College
College Heights Christian
"Yellow Jackets"
State College B
Middlesboro
Strake Jesuit
Ithaca
Satatoga
Georgetown Day B

Waitlist:
Lowell
Greenhill
Dutch Fork

Staff:
Michael Borecki
Dean Ah Now (unconfirmed)
Nick Pruitt
Shardul Rao
Jeff Xie
Colton Sanden
Ashish Kumbhardare?
Ben Weiner?
Doug Simons
Brian Lu (tentative)
Maxwell Ye (stats?)
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Michael Borecki
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Darien (co-captain) '17,
Bowdoin College (club president) '21
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Re: RAFT Discord (online) Mirror (April 18)

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Editing the main post to note the entry fee is $60.
Michael Borecki
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Bowdoin College (club president) '21
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Re: RAFT Discord (online) Mirror (April 18)

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The field has filled; all further registrations will be put on a waitlist. We hope to expand the field, and I encourage interested staffers to reach out to me!
Michael Borecki
Middlesex Middle '13,
Darien (co-captain) '17,
Bowdoin College (club president) '21
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Re: RAFT Discord (online) Mirror (April 18)

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High Dependency Unit wrote: Tue Mar 17, 2020 2:14 pm The field has filled; all further registrations will be put on a waitlist. We hope to expand the field, and I encourage interested staffers to reach out to me!
The field has been expanded to 16 (EDIT: 20) teams.
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Middlesex Middle '13,
Darien (co-captain) '17,
Bowdoin College (club president) '21
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Re: RAFT Discord (online) Mirror (April 18)

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High Dependency Unit wrote: Thu Mar 19, 2020 8:50 pm
High Dependency Unit wrote: Tue Mar 17, 2020 2:14 pm The field has filled; all further registrations will be put on a waitlist. We hope to expand the field, and I encourage interested staffers to reach out to me!
The field has been expanded to 16 (EDIT: 20) teams.
I'm expanding to a final field cap of 24 teams.

EDIT: The field is now full and we have started a waitlist.
Michael Borecki
Middlesex Middle '13,
Darien (co-captain) '17,
Bowdoin College (club president) '21
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Re: RAFT Discord (online) Mirror (April 18)

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TJ S&T "C" beat Strake Jesuit in a single-game final to win the tournament. Thank you to everyone who played and everyone who staffed!
Michael Borecki
Middlesex Middle '13,
Darien (co-captain) '17,
Bowdoin College (club president) '21
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