Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT, Fall 2020)
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2019 2:34 pm
I'm excited to announce the 2020 iteration of Longhorn Invitational Tournament (LIT), a medium-difficulty set that was originally written for mirrors beginning in March 2020! This tournament is written by the current members of UT Austin’s Quizbowl team, with some assistance from outside subject editors.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this set only had its playtesting mirror in Spring 2020 and will be played in a series of online mirrors in Fall of 2020. This set (with minor edits as needed) will be the same as read at that mirror, so any participants in our March 2020 Discord mirror will be ineligible for any Fall mirrors of LIT 2020.
Eligibility:
All players who are eligible under current ACF rules can play at collegiate mirrors of LIT. Closed high school teams are eligible to play collegiate LIT mirrors in their given region. This set will also be available for use in high school-only mirrors, which will not have regional restrictions. Chimera teams will not be allowed, without any exception, for any physical mirrors of LIT, collegiate or high school-only. This tournament will have an open, playtest discord mirror the week before any physical mirrors of the set take place, and LIT will also be available for additional online open mirrors after all physical sites have finished (similar to ILLIAC in spring 2019), if demand exists for them.
Difficulty:
This tournament is intended to be similar in difficulty to Terrapin 2019, which is to say LIT is a medium-difficulty tournament that will be more difficult than EFT but also noticeably below the difficulty of ACF Regionals. As with Terrapin 2019, this tournament is being written with a majority of college teams as the target audience, but we will also strive to create a set that allows even the most experienced teams to meaningfully play and enjoy the tournament. Questions for this set will also be held to a strict limit of no longer than 7 full lines of text in size 10 TNR font.
Editing and Writing Team:
I, Ryan Humphrey, will serving as the head editor for this tournament. Jaskaran Singh will be the primary editor for history and current events/OtherAcademic. William Golden will be editing literature and pop-culture. Brad McLain will be editing religion, mythology, philosophy, and social science. I will be the primary science, painting, and other arts (visual) editor. Bryan Lu from Illinois will be guest-writing classical music. Kai Smith is providing guest editing for Classical Music and Other Academic (auditory). As stated above, the writing team for this set will consist of members of the UT Austin quizbowl club.
Distribution:
4/4 Literature:
-1/1 American
-1/1 British
-1/1 European
-1/1 World/Classical
4/4 History:
-1/1 American
-1/1 Continental European
-1/1 Commonwealth, Classical, Other, Historiography
-1/1 World
4/4 Science:
-1/1 Biology
-1/1 Chemistry
-1/1 Physics
-1/1 Other Science (.5/.5 Math and CS, .5/.5 Earth Sci, Astronomy, History of Science, Other)
3/3 Fine Arts:
-1/1 Painting
-1/1 Classical Music
-1/1 Other Arts
2/2 Thought:
-1/1 Social Science
-1/1 Philosophy
1.5/1.5 Beliefs:
-1/1 Religion
-.5/.5 “Myths and Legends” (with some text-based mythology content covered in literature)
1.5/1.5 Geo/CE/Other Academic/Pop Culture
-.75/.75 Geography and Current Events
-.75/.75 Pop Culture and Other Academic
There will be 15 packets in total for this tournament, 13 main packets with two packets set aside for the two finals rounds. The two finals packets may be marginally more difficult, but will still be noticeably easier than ACF Regionals in difficulty.
Mirror fees: The mirror fee for this set will be 40$ per team (house teams included).
List of Mirrors by region:
Discord (open): Sunday, March 8th.
College Closed mirrors:
Mid-Atlantic (NJ, PA, MD, DE, WV, VA, NC, DC): Hosted by Duke, September 5th.
Southeast (KY, TN, SC, GA, AL, MS, FL): Hosted by Florida, October 3rd.
Upper Midwest (MN, WI, IL, IN, MI, OH): University of Illinois (November 14th)
West Coast (WA, OR, CA, AZ, NV, ID): Stanford, October 24th.
Lower Midwest, Texas, and Rockies(TX, LA, OK, NM, MO, KS, AR, CO, UT, WY, NE, ND, SD, MT): Hosted by Texas, September 26th.
Northeast (NY, CT, RI, MA, ME, NH, VT): Hosted by Stony Brook University, September 26th.
Canada (including BC): Alumni hosted, September 19th.
United Kingdom: Looking for Host
Open High School mirrors:
High School (Mirror 1): University of Illinois (October 24th)
All inquiries regarding mirrors should be sent via email to Ryan Humphrey at the following address: [email protected]. This set is already entirely written and is available for mirrors starting in August 2020 and will be provided throughout the fall semester.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this set only had its playtesting mirror in Spring 2020 and will be played in a series of online mirrors in Fall of 2020. This set (with minor edits as needed) will be the same as read at that mirror, so any participants in our March 2020 Discord mirror will be ineligible for any Fall mirrors of LIT 2020.
Eligibility:
All players who are eligible under current ACF rules can play at collegiate mirrors of LIT. Closed high school teams are eligible to play collegiate LIT mirrors in their given region. This set will also be available for use in high school-only mirrors, which will not have regional restrictions. Chimera teams will not be allowed, without any exception, for any physical mirrors of LIT, collegiate or high school-only. This tournament will have an open, playtest discord mirror the week before any physical mirrors of the set take place, and LIT will also be available for additional online open mirrors after all physical sites have finished (similar to ILLIAC in spring 2019), if demand exists for them.
Difficulty:
This tournament is intended to be similar in difficulty to Terrapin 2019, which is to say LIT is a medium-difficulty tournament that will be more difficult than EFT but also noticeably below the difficulty of ACF Regionals. As with Terrapin 2019, this tournament is being written with a majority of college teams as the target audience, but we will also strive to create a set that allows even the most experienced teams to meaningfully play and enjoy the tournament. Questions for this set will also be held to a strict limit of no longer than 7 full lines of text in size 10 TNR font.
Editing and Writing Team:
I, Ryan Humphrey, will serving as the head editor for this tournament. Jaskaran Singh will be the primary editor for history and current events/OtherAcademic. William Golden will be editing literature and pop-culture. Brad McLain will be editing religion, mythology, philosophy, and social science. I will be the primary science, painting, and other arts (visual) editor. Bryan Lu from Illinois will be guest-writing classical music. Kai Smith is providing guest editing for Classical Music and Other Academic (auditory). As stated above, the writing team for this set will consist of members of the UT Austin quizbowl club.
Distribution:
4/4 Literature:
-1/1 American
-1/1 British
-1/1 European
-1/1 World/Classical
4/4 History:
-1/1 American
-1/1 Continental European
-1/1 Commonwealth, Classical, Other, Historiography
-1/1 World
4/4 Science:
-1/1 Biology
-1/1 Chemistry
-1/1 Physics
-1/1 Other Science (.5/.5 Math and CS, .5/.5 Earth Sci, Astronomy, History of Science, Other)
3/3 Fine Arts:
-1/1 Painting
-1/1 Classical Music
-1/1 Other Arts
2/2 Thought:
-1/1 Social Science
-1/1 Philosophy
1.5/1.5 Beliefs:
-1/1 Religion
-.5/.5 “Myths and Legends” (with some text-based mythology content covered in literature)
1.5/1.5 Geo/CE/Other Academic/Pop Culture
-.75/.75 Geography and Current Events
-.75/.75 Pop Culture and Other Academic
There will be 15 packets in total for this tournament, 13 main packets with two packets set aside for the two finals rounds. The two finals packets may be marginally more difficult, but will still be noticeably easier than ACF Regionals in difficulty.
Mirror fees: The mirror fee for this set will be 40$ per team (house teams included).
List of Mirrors by region:
Discord (open): Sunday, March 8th.
College Closed mirrors:
Mid-Atlantic (NJ, PA, MD, DE, WV, VA, NC, DC): Hosted by Duke, September 5th.
Southeast (KY, TN, SC, GA, AL, MS, FL): Hosted by Florida, October 3rd.
Upper Midwest (MN, WI, IL, IN, MI, OH): University of Illinois (November 14th)
West Coast (WA, OR, CA, AZ, NV, ID): Stanford, October 24th.
Lower Midwest, Texas, and Rockies(TX, LA, OK, NM, MO, KS, AR, CO, UT, WY, NE, ND, SD, MT): Hosted by Texas, September 26th.
Northeast (NY, CT, RI, MA, ME, NH, VT): Hosted by Stony Brook University, September 26th.
Canada (including BC): Alumni hosted, September 19th.
United Kingdom: Looking for Host
Open High School mirrors:
High School (Mirror 1): University of Illinois (October 24th)
All inquiries regarding mirrors should be sent via email to Ryan Humphrey at the following address: [email protected]. This set is already entirely written and is available for mirrors starting in August 2020 and will be provided throughout the fall semester.