2020 ACF Fall at Ridgewood High School (HS only) (10/17/2020)

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2020 ACF Fall at Ridgewood High School (HS only) (10/17/2020)

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I am pleased to announce that the Northeast/Mid Atlantic High School site of 2020 ACF Fall will be held at Ridgewood High School (online) on Saturday, October 17, 2020.

The tournament will take place virtually on Discord. The opening meeting will begin at 9:45 AM EDT and gameplay will begin at 10 AM EDT. Myself, Nick Pruitt will be the main tournament director. Please direct any questions about this site to myself and the Ridgewood High School club at [email protected].

Eligibility
In general, teams where players are all attending the same school and all taking at least one high school or middle school class at that school are eligible to play 2020 ACF Fall. ACF’s full eligibility rules are available here. Questions about eligibility should be directed to [email protected].

Rules
This tournament will follow ACF’s official gameplay rules. There will be some modifications to the standard ruleset to account for the differences between online and in-person gameplay which will be published at a later date.

Registration
Fill out the central 2020 ACF Fall registration form with all relevant information. The form is here. The field for each site can be found here.

If possible, teams should register for the site that is geographically closest to them and/or is in the region they would normally attend. The field cap for all sites is 18, after which teams will be placed on a waitlist or potentially assigned to another site. Please register by October 12, 2020.
Fees
  • Base fee: $120
  • New to quizbowl discount: –$80
  • Shorthanded discount (1–2 players): –$60
  • Staffers: –$25 per staffer with a functional laptop. Staffers must register with ACF in advance by filling out this form.
The new to quizbowl discount is intended for schools that did not send a team to any regular high school academic tournament (exclusively Novice tournaments do not count) since September 2019, and have no one on the team(s) claiming this discount who played those tournaments for another school.

Packet Submission
Unlike past iterations of the set, no teams are required to submit questions in order to play the tournament. However, ACF still needs high-quality, half-packet submissions from teams to complete the set.

Below is the submission schedule for ACF Fall. All deadlines are at 11:59 p.m. PDT. The maximum packet discounts have increased since last year; furthermore, all submitting teams are eligible for an additional −$20 quality discount if their questions are particularly polished and usable, up to a maximum discount of −$60. Teams may submit a maximum of one half-packet.
  • August 23, 2020: –$50
  • August 30, 2020: –$40
  • September 6, 2020: –$30
  • September 13, 2020: -$20
  • September 20, 2020: -$10
If you would like to submit a half-packet, fill out this form. ACF will respond with a half-packet template specifying which categories you are assigned to write.

Each submission consists of 12 tossups and 12 bonuses. Before writing, please review ACF's packet submission guidelines and stick to the format provided. Answers should generally emphasize playability over creativity – aim for creative and interesting clues with straightforward answerlines. These 5 model tossups reflect the difficulty and style to aim for. When finished, submit your half-packet by emailing it to [email protected].

In another change from last year, your assigned half-packet will ask for questions from more specific categories within the distribution. For instance, instead of being assigned an “American Literature” tossup, you might be asked to write a question on a 20th-century American poem, or an Economics bonus instead of “Social Science/Philosophy.” This should reduce redundancy in submissions and maximize the number of submitted questions we can use, without being too constraining. The submission form offers space to indicate your writing interests in each category, which we will do our best to accommodate.
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Nic Pruitt (they/them)

Founder of the Maine Quiz Bowl Alliance (MEQBA)
Bates College '25
Kings College London, Winter '24 Semester
Ridgewood '21
Director of Outreach, American Quizbowl League, Prometheus Science Bowl, and Long Island Quiz Bowl Alliance
Outreach and Technology, Florida Quiz Bowl Association
nicole.
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Re: 2020 ACF Fall at Ridgewood High School (HS only) (10/17/2020)

Post by nicole. »

Since the Field Link isn't working, here is the field:

Belmont (1)
Phillips Andover (1)
Roeper (1)
East Brunswick (2)
Miami Valley (1)
Ray-Pec (1)
Westview (1)
DCDS (2)
DCC (2)

Total (12)
Nic Pruitt (they/them)

Founder of the Maine Quiz Bowl Alliance (MEQBA)
Bates College '25
Kings College London, Winter '24 Semester
Ridgewood '21
Director of Outreach, American Quizbowl League, Prometheus Science Bowl, and Long Island Quiz Bowl Alliance
Outreach and Technology, Florida Quiz Bowl Association
nicole.
Rikku
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Re: 2020 ACF Fall at Ridgewood High School (HS only) (10/17/2020)

Post by nicole. »

ACF Fall @ Ridgewood has been designated a platinum qualifier for PACE NSC, meaning that the top 25% of our field (rounded up to the nearest integer) will qualify for PACE NSC. This does mean there will be a webcam requirement for players to keep with PACE Standards.
Nic Pruitt (they/them)

Founder of the Maine Quiz Bowl Alliance (MEQBA)
Bates College '25
Kings College London, Winter '24 Semester
Ridgewood '21
Director of Outreach, American Quizbowl League, Prometheus Science Bowl, and Long Island Quiz Bowl Alliance
Outreach and Technology, Florida Quiz Bowl Association
liamstarnes27
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Re: 2020 ACF Fall at Ridgewood High School (HS only) (10/17/2020)

Post by liamstarnes27 »

Has the Discord server for this tournament been created yet?

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Liam Starnes
Barrington HS '21
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