VCU Open at Michigan - August 8
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 5:46 pm
The traditional Michigan mirror of VCU Open will take place on August 8 on the 4th floor of Lorch Hall, starting at 9 A.M.
As is also traditional, since we aren't able to book rooms in the summer, we will be squatting in the few rooms which aren't locked. As such, I'll be capping the field at 8 teams for now. We haven't had problems with getting kicked out of rooms in the last couple years, but be warned that we might need to get creative.
There will be room for side events afterwards (and also on Sunday, if people are interested in staying); there seem to be a lot of side events shaping up, so we'll have plenty of options.
To register a team officially, send me an email at [email protected], listing your probable roster and how many buzzers you'll be bringing.
This tournament will cost a mere $80 per team to play, with a $5 discount for a working buzzer set ($60 minimum).
Information about the set, copied from the original announcement (see the original announcement for a link to the unofficial team formation spreadsheet):
Set Details
VCUO ‘15 will be written and edited by Cody Voight, Will Nediger, Evan Adams, Kenji Golimlim, and Matt Bollinger. The difficulty is “Regionals+”, as defined by VCUO ‘11.
Writing breakdown:
Cody—Science (with contributions from Akhil Garg); Music; Film (Fine Arts and Trash); Geography
Will—British, European, and World Literature; Painting & Film; Trash Music; Philosophy and Social Science
Evan—American Literature; American History; Misc. Fine Arts; Religion; Trash TV
Kenji—European and World History; Current Events; some Trash
Matt—British and Classical History; Myth; some Trash
VCUO ‘15 will be implementing a Gaddis-style difficulty quota for answerlines, based on a 4-point scale:
1 – ACF Fall
2 – ACF Regionals
3 – ACF Nationals
4 – ++
Each packet will have approximately (4) 1’s, (8) 2’s, (6) 3’s, and (2) 4’s. This is a difficulty ceiling, not floor, so an answerline that might appear at ACF Fall can be categorized as a 1, 2, 3, or 4.
Tossups are hard-capped at 8 lines for 1’s and 7 lines for 2-4’s.
As the name implies, VCUO ‘15 is an open tournament and there are no eligibility restrictions.
Distribution
VCUO ‘15 will consist of 15 packets. The distribution is modeled on VCUO ‘11 and is as follows:
4/4 Literature (30% American, 30% British, 25% European, 15% World)
4/4 History (25% American, 25% European, 20% World, 15% British, 15% Classical)
4/4 Science (25% Biology, 16.67% Chemistry, 25% Physics, 11.67% Math, 11.67% Earth Science, 5% Astronomy, 5% Computer Science)
3/3 Fine Arts (split evenly between Painting, Music, and Miscellaneous Arts)
2/2 R/M (split evenly between Religion and Myth)
1/1 Trash
1/1 P/SS (split evenly between Philosophy and Social Science)
1/1 G/C/GK (40% Geography, 40% Current Events, 20% Geography, Current Events, or “General Knowledge”)
An additional 5/5 tiebreakers will be provided as a separate packet—1/1 each from Literature, History, Science, Fine Arts, and Religion/Myth.
Current field
Connor Teevens/Alston Boyd/Adam Fine/Mike Cheyne (2 buzzers)
Collin Parks/Sid Dogra/Dylan Minarik/Morgan Venkus
Rob Carson/Auroni Gupta/Gautam Kandlikar/Trevor Davis (0-2 buzzers)
Matt Lafer/Mike Bentley/Jerry Vinokurov/Andrew Hart
Carsten Gehring/Foster Hughes/Ryan Westbrook/Ashvin Srivatsa
Andrew Wang/Jason Asher/Ike Jose/Mike Sorice (1+ buzzers)
Nolan Esser/Kurtis Droge/Andrew Nadig/Bryan Berend
Seth Teitler/Selene Koo/Noah Prince/Casey Bindas
Tentative side event schedule
Saturday: Main event followed by SHEIKH
Sunday: VICO, We Have Never Been Modern, leftover CO packets (and Tricon, if there's time)
Side event team formation spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... edit#gid=0
As is also traditional, since we aren't able to book rooms in the summer, we will be squatting in the few rooms which aren't locked. As such, I'll be capping the field at 8 teams for now. We haven't had problems with getting kicked out of rooms in the last couple years, but be warned that we might need to get creative.
There will be room for side events afterwards (and also on Sunday, if people are interested in staying); there seem to be a lot of side events shaping up, so we'll have plenty of options.
To register a team officially, send me an email at [email protected], listing your probable roster and how many buzzers you'll be bringing.
This tournament will cost a mere $80 per team to play, with a $5 discount for a working buzzer set ($60 minimum).
Information about the set, copied from the original announcement (see the original announcement for a link to the unofficial team formation spreadsheet):
Set Details
VCUO ‘15 will be written and edited by Cody Voight, Will Nediger, Evan Adams, Kenji Golimlim, and Matt Bollinger. The difficulty is “Regionals+”, as defined by VCUO ‘11.
Writing breakdown:
Cody—Science (with contributions from Akhil Garg); Music; Film (Fine Arts and Trash); Geography
Will—British, European, and World Literature; Painting & Film; Trash Music; Philosophy and Social Science
Evan—American Literature; American History; Misc. Fine Arts; Religion; Trash TV
Kenji—European and World History; Current Events; some Trash
Matt—British and Classical History; Myth; some Trash
VCUO ‘15 will be implementing a Gaddis-style difficulty quota for answerlines, based on a 4-point scale:
1 – ACF Fall
2 – ACF Regionals
3 – ACF Nationals
4 – ++
Each packet will have approximately (4) 1’s, (8) 2’s, (6) 3’s, and (2) 4’s. This is a difficulty ceiling, not floor, so an answerline that might appear at ACF Fall can be categorized as a 1, 2, 3, or 4.
Tossups are hard-capped at 8 lines for 1’s and 7 lines for 2-4’s.
As the name implies, VCUO ‘15 is an open tournament and there are no eligibility restrictions.
Distribution
VCUO ‘15 will consist of 15 packets. The distribution is modeled on VCUO ‘11 and is as follows:
4/4 Literature (30% American, 30% British, 25% European, 15% World)
4/4 History (25% American, 25% European, 20% World, 15% British, 15% Classical)
4/4 Science (25% Biology, 16.67% Chemistry, 25% Physics, 11.67% Math, 11.67% Earth Science, 5% Astronomy, 5% Computer Science)
3/3 Fine Arts (split evenly between Painting, Music, and Miscellaneous Arts)
2/2 R/M (split evenly between Religion and Myth)
1/1 Trash
1/1 P/SS (split evenly between Philosophy and Social Science)
1/1 G/C/GK (40% Geography, 40% Current Events, 20% Geography, Current Events, or “General Knowledge”)
An additional 5/5 tiebreakers will be provided as a separate packet—1/1 each from Literature, History, Science, Fine Arts, and Religion/Myth.
Current field
Connor Teevens/Alston Boyd/Adam Fine/Mike Cheyne (2 buzzers)
Collin Parks/Sid Dogra/Dylan Minarik/Morgan Venkus
Rob Carson/Auroni Gupta/Gautam Kandlikar/Trevor Davis (0-2 buzzers)
Matt Lafer/Mike Bentley/Jerry Vinokurov/Andrew Hart
Carsten Gehring/Foster Hughes/Ryan Westbrook/Ashvin Srivatsa
Andrew Wang/Jason Asher/Ike Jose/Mike Sorice (1+ buzzers)
Nolan Esser/Kurtis Droge/Andrew Nadig/Bryan Berend
Seth Teitler/Selene Koo/Noah Prince/Casey Bindas
Tentative side event schedule
Saturday: Main event followed by SHEIKH
Sunday: VICO, We Have Never Been Modern, leftover CO packets (and Tricon, if there's time)
Side event team formation spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... edit#gid=0