ACF Regionals Midwest at OSU: Columbus (2/20/10)

[jdd2007]

The Ohio State University Academic Team is excited to to host the Midwest mirror of ACF Regionals 2010. The tournament will be held on Saturday February 20, 2010. To register, please send an email to osu.academic.team at our gmail account. Let us know the number of teams and buzzers you will bring. Please also provide contact information for a member of your program that we can use to reach you the morning of the tournament.

Fees:
Base fee - $120 per team.
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

This is a packet submission tournament. According to the ACF guidelines, any team with at least one person on it who played a regular, collegiate, academic quiz bowl tournament prior to September 1, 2008 is required to submit a packet.

Packet deadlines--over

edit:
The tournament will be run entirely in University Hall.

We talked to the Trashtwostrophe team and we WILL host a $10/person doubles or singles mirror after the conclusion of ACF Regionals.

I look forward to seeing you this Saturday!

[grapesmoker]

Jacob, can we get a field update?

[jdd2007]

Edit: out of date

[grapesmoker]

Registered
-Chicago 3 teams
-Owens CC 1
-Illinois 2
-House 1

Murmurs:
Michigan, Carnegie Mellon, Miami

Several people have told me in person that their school will be at Regionals. That is awesome, but I need an email or a post here with the number of teams and buzzers you plan on bringing.

Miami must be coming because they submitted like 3 packets. Unlike Chicago, for example.

[Quantum Mushroom Billiard Hat]

Michigan will be coming, probably with 2-3 teams and a hat.

[Pilgrim]

CMU will be there with 1-2 teams assuming I can find time to write a packet.

[Papa's in the House]

Has this field changed at all?

[sds]

Michigan will be coming, probably with 2-3 teams and a hat.

To confirm, it'll be 2 teams. We'll bring 3 sets of buzzers.
Also, rumor has it that Trashtwostrophe is happening afterwards?

[Geringer]

Also, rumor has it that Trashtwostrophe is happening afterwards?

Say what?

[jdd2007]

ACF Regionals Columbus will take place entirely inside University Hall, directions here: http://www.osu.edu/map/building.php?building=339

FIELD OF REGISTERED TEAMS

-Chicago 2 teams
-Owens CC 1
-Illinois 2
-Miami 3
-Michigan 2
-House 1

Total: 11 teams.

[sds]

To confirm, it'll be 2 teams. We'll bring 3 sets of buzzers.

And one staffer!

[dxdtdemon]

Is Trashtwostrophe going to be doubles? Regardless of whether it is or not, I would like to play. If it is doubles, I think I might coerce someone else into being my teammate.
EDIT: It looks like I have a teammate.

[jdd2007]

Trashtwostrophe will happen and depending on the turnout could be singles or doubles.

[Captain Sinico]

We'll have a couple buzzer systems. We won't be staying for trash (most of us have seen or written at least parts of the set and we've got to get back to Illinois to run high school stuff anyway.)

MaS

[Captain Sinico]

Hey,
I never got a notification of the start time or meeting room for this. If someone could post those, I'd be much obliged.

MaS

[jdd2007]

Sorry about that. The opening meeting will be in room 0014, a big lecture hall in the basement. As per custom, we plan to start matches at 9am, so please show up by 8:30 to register.

[jdd2007]

Congratulations to Illinois A, who went undefeated and won a one-game advantaged final over Michigan A to win ACF Regionals Midwest.

Top scorers were Mike from Illinois A, Kurtis from Michigan A and Michael from Chicago A.

full stats, including finals are up: http://results.scobo.net/SQBS.aspx?org= ... =standings

[Red-necked Phalarope]

The Trashtwostrophe mirror also happened, and after some minor chaos figuring out how to run an 11-team tournament on seven packets*, a great time was had by all. I'm almost certain that Marnold and Seal went undefeated to win, while the other top bracket teams were Brian Saxton/Doug, Matt Luby/Jonathan Graham, and Jacob Durst/Andy Sekarak.

(*We ended up splitting a team to make 12, then running prelims of 4-4-4, rebracketing, and finals. The wildcard spot in the top bracket had to be decided by total powers as three teams were tied at 2-1, and two of those teams had the exact same PPG.)

Stats were recorded and may be put up sometime, though I don't myself know who has them now.

[Unicolored Jay]

How does Mike from Miami B have 3 powers? That makes no sense.

[Ringil]

Also, I'm pretty sure Michigan A didn't have 9.33 ppb against Miami when in all other games we broke 15 ppb.

[grapesmoker]

How does Mike from Miami B have 3 powers? That makes no sense.

He's just that good.

[Papa's in the House]

At least they don't have a "Mike" and "Sorice" on Illinois A anymore. That was somewhat amusing to see in the preliminary stats.

[Captain Sinico]

Minor stats foibles aside, thanks to Ohio State for a well-run tournament and to Jerry, the other editors, and the writers for an excellent set.

MaS

PS:

Also, I'm pretty sure Michigan A didn't have 9.33 ppb against Miami when in all other games we broke 15 ppb.

Your other gross stats look sensible for that round (15 TU, 3 Neg, 20 TUH, 275 pts.) If your PPB is wrong, one or more of those must be. Maybe you got 375 or something?

[sds]

PS:

Also, I'm pretty sure Michigan A didn't have 9.33 ppb against Miami when in all other games we broke 15 ppb.

Your other gross stats look sensible for that round (15 TU, 3 Neg, 20 TUH, 275 pts.) If your PPB is wrong, one or more of those must be. Maybe you got 375 or something?

I'm pretty sure we did have 375 for that round; I can confirm this Tuesday, when I am in the same state as my notebook.

Beyond that, thanks for a well run tournament!

[Quantum Mushroom Billiard Hat]

Yeah, we had 375, not that it really matters.
Thanks for hosting!

[Gautam]

not that it really matters.

Just wait until you have the fantasy quizbowl people clamoring for the right numbers.

[itsthatoneguy]

Good jobs all around on the tournament running / editing. The trash was fun too.

[jdd2007]

Stats for trash2strophe are up: http://results.scobo.net/SQBS.aspx?org= ... =standings

According to the statkeeper, "the missing games are Finsters v. Devilles (round 6), BJ v. Devilles (round 3), and Finsters v. Sam and BJ v. Avery (both round 2)."