STASH Open (4/17/21) [CANCELLED]

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STASH Open (4/17/21) [CANCELLED]

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The Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology is pleased to announce STASH Open, to be held on April 17th, 2021. This tournament will be run on mACF rules, including 15 point powers, -5 negs, and no bouncebacks. I, Joshua Lian, will be directing this tournament on behalf of the TJ Quizbowl team.

As its name suggests, this tournament will serve as the final, high-school open mirror of STASH, a house-written, HS Nats level difficulty set. Our college-open mirror will occur on a separate date - colleges will not be allowed to play, no exceptions. Please form teams and submit rosters using this spreadsheet, but official registration must be filled out using this form. School-specific (closed) teams may sign up for this mirror, but we strongly encourage that closed teams play at their respective regions’ closed mirrors, if they have not happened yet. STASH’s Great Lakes mirror hosted by Auburn HS is also occurring on April 17th - if you are a closed team from the Great Lakes region, please play their mirror.

LOGISTICS:
STASH Open's current field cap is 18, but this may be increased depending on room and staffer availability. Please sign up by April 10th. Teams will be limited to at most 6 people. During the rounds, up to 4 students are permitted to play at any given time, and up to 2 students can sub out at halftime. Teams may have fewer than 4 people. Teams dropping out after 11:59 PM EDT on April 13th will still be responsible for the entirety of the fee, though exceptions may be granted in extreme situations.
Due to the current health crisis, this tournament will be conducted entirely online through Discord, with a short opening meeting via a separate link. All players/coaches should join the Discord server at least a day before the tournament to familiarize themselves with the environment. The first round will start at 10 AM EDT, but participants should aim to be on the server by 9:45 AM. We plan for the tournament to end at 7PM EDT. More information will follow in a logistics email the week before the tournament.

CHEATING AND MISCONDUCT:
Rules against cheating and misconduct will be strictly enforced at this tournament. We reserve the right to remove players suspected of cheating or misconduct during the tournament, disqualify their team, and remove statistics of those involved. We will also notify coaches and relevant quizbowl organizations about any such acts. If you suspect anyone of cheating, please contact a TD immediately.

To monitor signs of cheating, we will be requiring a camera (laptop or webcam) to be on at all times during this tournament, directed in such a way that at least a player’s face and shoulders are visible. We will also require that at least one hand be in frame at all times, to be enforced by our moderators.

We will not tolerate nor condone any form of misconduct. If you feel threatened or in any way unsafe at this tournament, please reach out to a TD or staffer and fill out this quizbowl misconduct form.

FEES:
Registration fees per team:
$85 for all teams

Registration fees may be paid either by check or through online payments. Please send one payment per team. When making your payment, please note your team’s name and “STASH Open Registration Fee” in the memo line. More details on payments will also come via the logistics email. While we will not require fees to be paid before tournament day, rest assured we will be following up with stragglers.

FORM TEAMS HERE: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... sp=sharing

SIGN UP HERE: https://forms.gle/iQo7hb221ygPanbm7

Please direct any questions to the Thomas Jefferson Quizbowl officers at [email protected]. We hope to see you on the 17th!
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Re: STASH Open (4/17/20) [CANCELLED]

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Unfortunately, STASH Open will not be taking place next Saturday due to a lack of interest. We encourage any teams still looking to play STASH to sign up for Auburn's mirror, also on the 17th.
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Longfellow MS '17
TJHSST ‘21
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