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This is a preliminary announcement for a mirror of RULFO at the 2019 PACE NSC. As stated in that thread, this set is difficult, but we believe most experienced players will enjoy playing it and maybe discover underrepresented content! Tentatively, the side event will be held on Friday, June 7th. We hope to begin the tournament by 6 p.m. However, if this time doesn’t work for a lot of people, it is subject to change. More definite logistics will be available as we get closer to the event. We plan to run the event with teams of 4, with a field cap of 8. The cost to play will be $10 per person, regardless of team size (so a three person team would pay $30, etc.).

You can express interest on this matchmaking spreadsheet, but teams have not officially registered until they fill out this form. I hope to see you there!

ansonberns wrote: ↑Tue Feb 19, 2019 2:06 pm Tentatively, the side event will be held on Friday, June 7th. We hope to begin the tournament by 6 p.m. However, if this time doesn’t work for a lot of people, it is subject to change.

I'd like to suggest a later start time. Locals, especially those with jobs or internships, may have trouble getting to the hotel by 6pm in rush hour traffic.

Smuttynose Island wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2019 12:21 pm

ansonberns wrote: ↑Tue Feb 19, 2019 2:06 pm Tentatively, the side event will be held on Friday, June 7th. We hope to begin the tournament by 6 p.m. However, if this time doesn’t work for a lot of people, it is subject to change.

I'd like to suggest a later start time. Locals, especially those with jobs or internships, may have trouble getting to the hotel by 6pm in rush hour traffic.

Non-locals arriving to the hotel on Friday may also like more time to unpack / get situated before rushing off to the tournament (myself included).

Alright I'm willing to push it back to 7:00. Considering me and Michael are playing NSC in the morning I don't want to start too late.

Have you run this by anyone at PACE?

I sent an e-mail to Michael Li about a week ago reminding him of the PACE Side Event policy. Michael and Anson are obviously free to host this event as long as they comply!

We have confirmed rooms and buzzers for this tournament. With the set nearing completion and the NSC just over a month away people should start officially signing up!

Message me if you'd like to team up! Happy to play with anyone, ideally some new folks who I haven't played with before.

3 teams have filled out the form so far. Pretty soon we're going to start matching up free agents together, so if you don't want to be matched randomly you should start forming teams. We'd really like a full field, so tell your friends to play!

I have filled the field by creating new teams with free agents. I believe (hopefully) a few more people are going to sign up this week. That way we can make them full teams (particularly the team that currently only has two people.) Teams I just created don't need to fill out the form, but the Pavao/Tong/Borecki team still should (particularly if they care about their name or plan on adding a fourth.) There is still space, since we have a lot of non-full teams, so definitely still tell your friends to sign up! I am very excited for you all to play the set!

Do you need staff?

AGoodMan wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2019 9:24 am Do you need staff?

We're good on staffers, thanks!

Since it almost is, if the field ends up filling up, we'll allow five-people teams.

Has a meeting place been determined for the opening meeting?

1992 in spaceflight wrote: ↑Fri Jun 07, 2019 10:49 am Has a meeting place been determined for the opening meeting?

I'll determine a place once I get to the hotel at around 4; Anson will also send a logistics email to the teams.

As the field has filled up, we're expanding teams to have five people each.

We will be meeting in the lobby by the greyish chairs at 6:30. The tournament is beginning at 7.

Did the logistics email ever get sent?

UlyssesInvictus wrote: ↑Fri Jun 07, 2019 4:40 pm Did the logistics email ever get sent?

Anson will send it out in a bit.

Will have to drop. Didn’t realize this conflicted with PACE Conference.

Logistics email coming very soon. Please meet in the lobby at 6:30, we will pushing back 20 minutes for the Illinois team, so games will begin at 7:20.

Because of the delay, we'll have the opening meeting at 7:00 instead.

clarification: on the lower floor

The mirror has concluded! "Tell Them Not To Neg Me" beat "Pedro Para Mi" in the placement match to win the tournament. Thanks to all the moderators and players for staying through to listen to our questions. If you have not done so already, please Venmo @anson-berns with $10 per person for payment. Stats will be uploaded here:
http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5805/

Also, someone left a room key for 956 and a pc power cable in room 1460, so pm if that was you and I'll try to find you.

The following people still have not paid for RULFO@NSC:

Auroni Gupta
Michael Yue
Dylan Minarik
Julia Tong
Ryan Golant
Ryan Rosenberg
Alex Howe
Sharath Narayan
Ramapriya Rangaraju

Please venmo $10 to @Justin-French-7. If you believe that your name is here by mistake, message either me or Anson (and if possible provide proof of payment).

Thanks to everyone that just paid! If you still haven't paid, please pay! If you believe that you have already paid, send a message to me or Anson so that we can take you off the list.