FST Discord Open Mirror - 06/15/19

Old college threads.
Locked
User avatar
TaylorH
Wakka
Posts: 197
Joined: Wed Jun 18, 2014 7:31 pm

FST Discord Open Mirror - 06/15/19

Post by TaylorH »

A Discord open mirror of the 2019 Florida Spring Torunament (FST) is being held on June 15th 2019. The fee will be $15 per player. The tournament is completely open to all of those who have not heard the set, and teams or free agents may sign up here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... sp=sharing

The field will be initially capped at 8 teams, though if there is interest we can expand the size.
Taylor Harvey (he/him)
ACF
University of Florida B.S. Nuclear Engineering '17
University of Florida Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering '21
2021 ACF Nationals Champion
User avatar
TaylorH
Wakka
Posts: 197
Joined: Wed Jun 18, 2014 7:31 pm

Re: FST Discord Open Mirror - 06/15/19

Post by TaylorH »

This is a week out and there does not look to be a ton of interest as of right now. We have one full team of four and seven free agents signed up for a total of eleven interested players. I think we two options here:

1) One room shootout of all the toss ups with all eleven players. This will run faster as I don't think I will read the bonuses in this case.

2) A six team tournament of two-player teams if we get one more free agent interested, or five two player teams plus one solo-er. This way we could play bonuses and do a nice double round robin for 10 rounds, plus finals if people feel like it. This assumes the team of four is okay getting split in half.

I've set up a poll below with these option, so I encourage those who want to play to vote on what they'd prefer. Also, if there is a third sensible option for this number of interested people, let me know!

vote here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/P5BQDDV
Taylor Harvey (he/him)
ACF
University of Florida B.S. Nuclear Engineering '17
University of Florida Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering '21
2021 ACF Nationals Champion
User avatar
TaylorH
Wakka
Posts: 197
Joined: Wed Jun 18, 2014 7:31 pm

Re: FST Discord Open Mirror - 06/15/19

Post by TaylorH »

It looks like the overwhelming preference is for a six team tournament, so we will go with that. We've gotten several more sign ups, so it looks like most teams will have more than two people. Free agents can arrange themselves onto teams on the above sheet as they see fit. If free agents are not listed on a team by Friday evening I will put them on one. Also, if everyone who hasn't already could comment their emails on the sheet that would be good, I need them to send out the link to the server.

We will start the tournament at 9 AM EST on Saturday
Last edited by TaylorH on Thu Jun 13, 2019 10:58 am, edited 1 time in total.
Taylor Harvey (he/him)
ACF
University of Florida B.S. Nuclear Engineering '17
University of Florida Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering '21
2021 ACF Nationals Champion
User avatar
orgoman
Lulu
Posts: 18
Joined: Wed Nov 19, 2014 12:55 pm
Location: Hanover, NH

Re: FST Discord Open Mirror - 06/15/19

Post by orgoman »

While I am happy to start at 9am EST, there are people on the west coast who are planning on playing this tournament. Starting at 6am might be a tough ask for them. Any chance of starting a little later?
Ronald "Chip" Horton
Peripatetic Reader and Quizbowl Enthusiast
User avatar
Mike Bentley
Sin
Posts: 6461
Joined: Fri Mar 31, 2006 11:03 pm
Location: Bellevue, WA
Contact:

Re: FST Discord Open Mirror - 06/15/19

Post by Mike Bentley »

orgoman wrote: Wed Jun 12, 2019 4:45 pm While I am happy to start at 9am EST, there are people on the west coast who are planning on playing this tournament. Starting at 6am might be a tough ask for them. Any chance of starting a little later?
I'm personally fine with an early start.
Mike Bentley
Treasurer, Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence
Adviser, Quizbowl Team at University of Washington
University of Maryland, Class of 2008
User avatar
Durkheimdall
Lulu
Posts: 19
Joined: Sat Jun 13, 2009 7:20 am

Re: FST Discord Open Mirror - 06/15/19

Post by Durkheimdall »

I also live on the west coast and I'm totally fine with a 6 am start.

EDIT: due to unexpected stuff, can't make it this time unfortunately.
Last edited by Durkheimdall on Fri Jun 14, 2019 4:10 am, edited 1 time in total.
Max Wallace
Centennial HS (MD) '09, Indiana, Maryland '14
User avatar
orgoman
Lulu
Posts: 18
Joined: Wed Nov 19, 2014 12:55 pm
Location: Hanover, NH

Re: FST Discord Open Mirror - 06/15/19

Post by orgoman »

I retract my suggestion.
Ronald "Chip" Horton
Peripatetic Reader and Quizbowl Enthusiast
User avatar
Mike Bentley
Sin
Posts: 6461
Joined: Fri Mar 31, 2006 11:03 pm
Location: Bellevue, WA
Contact:

Re: FST Discord Open Mirror - 06/15/19

Post by Mike Bentley »

Is there a logistics mail going out?

If the organizers haven't run a Discord tournament before, I recommend checking out my guide on running these tournaments: viewtopic.php?f=9&t=21446&p=348155&hili ... et#p348155

You might also want to contact Alejandro Lopez-Lago who may have a script to automate some of the channel creation tasks.
Mike Bentley
Treasurer, Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence
Adviser, Quizbowl Team at University of Washington
University of Maryland, Class of 2008
User avatar
TaylorH
Wakka
Posts: 197
Joined: Wed Jun 18, 2014 7:31 pm

Re: FST Discord Open Mirror - 06/15/19

Post by TaylorH »

The logistics email was just sent out to everyone whose email I have. Some others have received Facebook DMs with the server link. If you still need the server link please contact me.
Taylor Harvey (he/him)
ACF
University of Florida B.S. Nuclear Engineering '17
University of Florida Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering '21
2021 ACF Nationals Champion
User avatar
TaylorH
Wakka
Posts: 197
Joined: Wed Jun 18, 2014 7:31 pm

Re: FST Discord Open Mirror - 06/15/19

Post by TaylorH »

I want to thank everyone for playing today, I think we all had a good time. The team of Mike Bentley, Daniel Hothem, Chip Horton, and Victor Pavao won the tournament by going 7-3, so big congrats to them.

I'd also like to thank Jonathen Settle and Tracy Mirkin for moderating all day and keeping things running smoothly.

Stats can be found here: http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/58 ... ble_rr%29/
Taylor Harvey (he/him)
ACF
University of Florida B.S. Nuclear Engineering '17
University of Florida Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering '21
2021 ACF Nationals Champion
User avatar
VSCOelasticity
Rikku
Posts: 256
Joined: Sun Nov 20, 2016 7:05 pm

Re: FST Discord Open Mirror - 06/15/19

Post by VSCOelasticity »

Hi everyone! Thanks again for tuning into the Discord mirror of FST.

If you wanna give some feedback, you can request access to our private discussion forum by clicking User Control Panel (under your username in the top right corner) => Usergroups => 2019 Florida Spring discussion.
Eleanor
they/she
Locked