GSAC XXIII mirror request thread
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2015 4:06 pm
I am pleased to announce that the twenty-third incarnation of Maggie Walker Governor's School's GSAC is now seeking mirrors across the country. The mirror fee will be $12 per team attending, and the set will be available from December 12, 2015 onward until the end of the season (this date may be flexible if you feel that you can only mirror it sometime before that). Please contact me at will AT willoverman DOT com if you are interested in hosting a mirror, or if you have any additional questions.
The set will be head-edited and mostly written by myself (Will Overman) with significant contributions from other members of the Maggie Walker team. I am making a number of significant changes to the set itself compared to previous incarnations. First and foremost, the set will now have POWERS for the first time ever. This is in accordance to the general trend of HS sets, and is one of the most important factors in distinguishing teams in my opinion. I am also tweaking the distribution to allow for more creativity in the set. I feel that sets at the high school regular difficulty level have become rather stagnant lately, so fresh answers and clues are one of my main goals for GSAC XXIII.
The distribution is as follows:
4/4 Literature
1/1 American, ~.8/.8 British, ~.8/.8 European, ~.7/.7 World, ~.7/.7 Other (e.g. common links and ancient).
4/4 Science
1/1 Physics, 1/1 Biology, ~.8/.8 chem, ~.6/.6 math, ~.6/.6 other science.
4/4 History
1/1 American, 1/1 European, 1/1 World, 1/1 Ancient/Modern (post-1945)
3/3 Fine Arts
1/1 Visual Art, 1/1 Music, 1/1 Other
2/2 Religion, Mythology
1/1 Philosophy and Social Science
1/1 Geography, Current Events, and Other Cultural
1/1 Pop culture and other fun stuff
The difficulty of the set will be near what it has been for the past two years, which have had +.2 and -.14 stat adjustments compared to IS-sets, i.e. very close to what is considered regular difficulty at the high school level.
CURRENT MIRRORS:
Richmond, Virginia: GSAC Main Site on December 12, 2015
Kansas City, Missouri: Fort Osage HS February 27, 2016
Powell, Ohio: Olentangy Liberty HS on January 9, 2016
Athens, Georgia : Cedar Shoals HS on April 2, 2016
St. Louis, Missouri: Oakville HS on February 27, 2016
New Jersey: St. Joe's on December 19, 2015
New England: Acton-Boxborough High School on April 30, 2016
Alabama: Good Hope High School on March 12, 2016
Georgia again Bainbridge HS on July 16
Texas: sometime in the spring
The set will be head-edited and mostly written by myself (Will Overman) with significant contributions from other members of the Maggie Walker team. I am making a number of significant changes to the set itself compared to previous incarnations. First and foremost, the set will now have POWERS for the first time ever. This is in accordance to the general trend of HS sets, and is one of the most important factors in distinguishing teams in my opinion. I am also tweaking the distribution to allow for more creativity in the set. I feel that sets at the high school regular difficulty level have become rather stagnant lately, so fresh answers and clues are one of my main goals for GSAC XXIII.
The distribution is as follows:
4/4 Literature
1/1 American, ~.8/.8 British, ~.8/.8 European, ~.7/.7 World, ~.7/.7 Other (e.g. common links and ancient).
4/4 Science
1/1 Physics, 1/1 Biology, ~.8/.8 chem, ~.6/.6 math, ~.6/.6 other science.
4/4 History
1/1 American, 1/1 European, 1/1 World, 1/1 Ancient/Modern (post-1945)
3/3 Fine Arts
1/1 Visual Art, 1/1 Music, 1/1 Other
2/2 Religion, Mythology
1/1 Philosophy and Social Science
1/1 Geography, Current Events, and Other Cultural
1/1 Pop culture and other fun stuff
The difficulty of the set will be near what it has been for the past two years, which have had +.2 and -.14 stat adjustments compared to IS-sets, i.e. very close to what is considered regular difficulty at the high school level.
CURRENT MIRRORS:
Richmond, Virginia: GSAC Main Site on December 12, 2015
Kansas City, Missouri: Fort Osage HS February 27, 2016
Powell, Ohio: Olentangy Liberty HS on January 9, 2016
Athens, Georgia : Cedar Shoals HS on April 2, 2016
St. Louis, Missouri: Oakville HS on February 27, 2016
New Jersey: St. Joe's on December 19, 2015
New England: Acton-Boxborough High School on April 30, 2016
Alabama: Good Hope High School on March 12, 2016
Georgia again Bainbridge HS on July 16
Texas: sometime in the spring