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The Advanced Math and Science Academy (AMSA) is pleased to announce the first annual Massachusetts Invitational Spring Tournament (MIST), to be held on Saturday, March 12th, 2016. We will be mirroring the Maryland Fall Housewrite (regular difficulty). MIST has been awarded Platinum certification by PACE.

If you are interested in registering, please comment in this forum thread or email me at [email protected]. Please also include a contact name, email, and phone number that can be reached the day of the tournament.

The pricing of the tournament is as follows:
- First team: $75
- Additional team: $70

The following discounts are available:
- Working buzzer system (max 2): - $5
- Reader - $10
- New team - $15
- Out of State Discount - $10
- Out of New England Discount - $15

On the day of the tournament, registration will take place from 8:15 to 8:45 AM, with an aim to begin round 1 at 9:00. Payment on day of registration preferred. Make checks payable to AMSA Charter School with Quiz Bowl in the memo section if possible. We will also sell Pizza at the tournament. All teams are guaranteed 10 rounds.


Current Field (Teams/Buzzers/Staffers):

Lexington: (2/1/0)
Bishop Guertin: (1/0/0)
AB: (1/1/0)
Needham: (1/1/0)
BLS: (1/0/0)
Norwich FA: (1/0/0)
Burlington: (1/0/0)
Mansfield: (2/0/0)
Shrewsbury: (1/1/0)
Newton South: (1/0/1)
"Two Idiots": (1/0/0)
Middlesex: (1/0/0)

Totals: 14/5/1

If this is, in fact, a CALI mirror, Lexington will have three teams and a buzzer set with no staffers.

What constitutes New England for that discount? Also, are the Out of State and Out of New England discounts cumulative or exclusive? That is, will a school from out of New England, which necessitates being outside of Massachusetts, receive both for a total of $25 off, or just the latter for $15 off?

15 Dollars off for out of New England teams. (So only 15 not 25). (NY is not New England).

If this is not a mirror of Columbia as I have heard then A-B will bring two teams and a buzzer

Hey Abhinav, just a reminder that we're playing as "Four Idiots" and not for Phillips Andover. Thanks!

Hey Everyone,

MIST is less than a month away. Let us know if your planning to show up!

Just hit 16 teams! Our field cap is 28 teams (size of CMFT III) so let us know if you would like to sign up. Registration is closing mid next week.

Is there an idea what the format is going to look like and what time you expect this tournament to be done yet?

Also, do we need to preorder pizza for lunch? If so, what is the cost?