ANNOUNCEMENT: ACF Winter @ UMN-Twin Cities (1/16/2010)

[Gautam]

Greetings,

The University of Minnesota will be hosting a mirror of the 2010 ACF Winter Tournament at the Twin Cities Campus. The tournament will be held on January 16, 2010, which is the Saturday of MLK weekend.

To registers teams, please send an email to [email protected] with the number of teams your program expects to bring along, as well as the number of staffers and/or buzzers you will be bringing. I would also like to have some kind of a contact information for one representative from your team so that we could get in touch with you in case there is any emergency the day of the tournament

Packet submission: According to the ACF guidelines, any team with at least one person on it who played a regular, collegiate, academic quizbowl tournament prior to September 1, 2008 is required to submit a packet in order to participate in an ACF tournament in 2009-2010. Please refer to viewtopic.php?f=8&t=8778 for specifics on the packet submission.

Fee Schedule: We will be using the standard ACF Fee schedule.

Base fee - $120 per team.

Packet submission discounts/penalties:

Packet submitted prior to or on:
November 22, 2009: -$50
December 6, 2009: -$25 (-$50 for teams not required to submit packets)
December 20, 2009: No penalty (-$25 for teams not required to submit packets; optional packets will not be accepted after this deadline)
December 27, 2009: +$25
January 3, 2010: +$50
After January 3, 2010: The editors may grant one or more 24-hour extensions at an additional penalty of $10 per day.

Other discounts/penalties:

Fully functional buzzer systems: -$5 per buzzer (No maximum)
Staffers: -$10 each (No maximum)
Laptop: -$5 each (Maximum 1 per team.)
Travel: -$10 per 200 miles (one way, as determined by Google Maps)
International: -$20 (For teams representing schools located in a different country than the tournament host.)
Schools new to ACF: -$25
Teams new to quizbowl: -$75
High school teams: -$50

Minimum fee: $0

For further information regarding these discounts, please consult: http://acf-quizbowl.com/documents/packetsub.php#fees

Check-in/Registration/Location:

This tournament will be held at Blegen Hall. This announcement will be updated with further information as appropriate. Registration/Checkin will run from 8:30-9:15, with games starting as soon after 9:15 AM as possible.

Payment and stuff:

Teams are expected to pay on Saturday morning or before. Only cash and cheques (ones made out by your school or by a person on your team) will be accepted. All cheques should be made out to "University of Minnesota". Please let me know if you need an invoice ahead of time.

Many Thanks,
Gautam Kandlikar

[Jeremy Gibbs-Marangoni Effect]

*announcement moved to correct place* - edit

[Maxwell Sniffingwell]

One team, one buzzer.

[Gautam]

Field update:

Lawrence: 1 team, 1 buzzer
Iowa: 1 team, 1 buzzer
Eden Prairie HS: 1 team, 0 buzzers
House: 2 teams, 2+ buzzers
Carleton: 1 + (?) team, ? buzzers
Morris: 1 team

[Gautam]

Hello,

I have updated the above post. We have 6 teams for sure as of now. The status of a 3rd house team will likely depend on the status of the UM Morris team and B/C teams from Carleton. All in all, we will likely not have more than 8-9.

I will post information regarding schedules and stuff a few days prior to the event.

Thank you,
Gautam

[Coelacanth]

I am impressed by Gautam's ability to post updates on a precise 31-day cycle.

[Gautam]

I am impressed by Gautam's ability to post updates on a precise 31-day cycle.

Stats coming to this thread on Feb 06, 2010.

Just kidding!

[Gautam]

This is the email I sent out yesterday:

Hello all,

This is what I have for a final field update:

Lawrence: 1 team, 1 buzzer
Iowa: 1 team, 1 buzzer
Eden Prairie HS: 1 team, 0 buzzers
House: 2-3 teams, 2+ buzzers
Carleton: Likely 2 teams, 0 buzzers
Morris: 1 team

If you have any buzzers that haven't been accounted for over here, I request that you bring them to the tournament and avail the discounts. You can simultaneously ensure that we don't run critically low on buzzer supplies.

Start Time:
Checkin will begin at 8:30 AM in Room 105 of Blegen Hall. This is a classroom located on the first floor of Blegen Hall. At around 8:55, we will go over the format of the tournament. Games will begin as soon after 9 AM as possible.

Format:
We are currently planning on a 9-team round robin format that will allow us to have 8 prelim games per team. After that, we will likely collapse one of the house teams and divide the field into a Top bracket and a bottom bracket. Lunch will occur after round 6 or 1 PM, whichever comes earlier. Even if it takes 40 minutes per round, we should all be out by 6 PM.

Parking:
You are advised to park at the following locations: 19th Avenue Ramp <http://www1.umn.edu/twincities/maps/19Ramp/> , and 21st Avenue Ramp <http://www1.umn.edu/twincities/maps/21Ramp/>. On weekends, the rate is usually $5.25 per day.

Finances:
I will send out electronic copies of invoices to you based on the information you have provided me so far. A physical copy will also be provided at the tournament so that all formalities can be cleared. As a reminder, cheques should be made out to "University of Minnesota."

Please email me back if you would like me to clarify anything.

[Gautam]

Sadly, University of Iowa will not be able to attend this mirror.

--Gautam

[Mechanical Beasts]

For Chris Carter:
Stats

[Frater Taciturnus]

For Chris Carter:
Stats

Heh somebody checked the british style reports box

[Gautam]

Minnesota Candy-licker (Brendan) won the tournament by clearing the field. Carleton A came in second.

http://bit.ly/6mw5z7 <--- Stats

Thanks to all for coming!

[Gautam]

All,

To recap, the UMN incarnation of ACF Winter 2010 occurred, with 9 teams in attendance. There were round-robin prelims; Minnesota Candy-licker (Brendan) went 8-0; Carleton A and Minnesota Candle-car (Gautam, Matty, Scott) went 6-2; and EPHS went 5-3 (narrowly edging out Lawrence in the tiebreaker) to make it to the top bracket. Brendan cleared the field in the upper bracket as well, and won this mirror of ACF Winter. Overall stats can be found here: http://bit.ly/6mw5z7

I thank all teams for coming and making this event successful. I apologize for the half-hour delay in starting the playoffs; had we known that the doors were going to automatically lock, we would have been more vigilant about ensuring that someone stayed within rooms at all times to avert delays. I hope that didn't hinder anybody from enjoying the playoff rounds.

I also thank Andrew, Rob, Bernadette, Lauren, and Joe for reading at this event, and for the editors for producing a quality set. Of course, I would be remiss if I forgot to thank the gracious Chris Carter for helping us out with stats and for walking across the river to bring our emergency buzzer set, and Scott Miller, for bringing a much needed printer.

Gautam Kandlikar