2013 NAQT SCT: February 9

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2013 NAQT SCT: February 9

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NAQT is pleased to announce the hosts of its 2013 Sectional Championship Tournaments.

The Region 1 (MIT) and Region 2 (Buffalo) SCTs have been postponed to February 16th due to inclement weather.

Region 1: MIT (February 16th)
Region 2: Buffalo (February 16th)
Region 2 (Canada): McMaster
Region 3: Delaware
Region 5: Tennessee-Knoxville
Region 6: Central Florida
Region 7: Ohio State
Region 8: University of Illinois at Chicago
Region 10: Minnesota
Region 11: Truman State
Region 12: Texas A&M
Region 14: Washington
Region 15: Berkeley

Contact information for each site is available on naqt.com.

Field updates are available here.

Last updated 2/7 --JTH
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The travel policy for the 2013 SCT is the same policy used in previous years, specifically:

1. Teams may always attend the SCT site nearest to their home campus.

2. Teams may always attend the SCT site in their own ACUI region (details)

3. A school may send teams to only one SCT site.

Exceptions to the above rules will be considered by NAQT and ACUI on a case-by-case basis; if your team faces an unusual travel situation not covered above, please email us (sct [at] naqt.com) with details.
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NAQT Region 15 SCT (Berkeley) - 2/9/2013

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Tanay wrote: You can e-mail me at tanay[dot]kothari[at]gmail[dot]com.
Does NAQT not expect teams to register online for SCT anymore? If they do, when will the links be up for online registration?
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Re: NAQT Region 15 SCT (Berkeley) - 2/9/2013

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Yes, SCT registration will take place online this year. Expect registration to be activated as soon as the last two sites are announced.
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Registration for the 2013 SCT is now open. (Please note that the list of SCT sites is still not final; we expect to announce New England and Upper Midwest sites in the near future.)
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Re: 2013 NAQT SCT: registration is now open

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I'm not sure if this is reflected in the actual registration process, but for sites which offer a travel discount, the cost appears to be +$10 for every 200 miles, rather than -$10.
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Fixed; thanks for the correction.
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As a side note, it appears registration for the Washington site has already been closed.
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Frater Taciturnus wrote:As a side note, it appears registration for the Washington site has already been closed.
This was obviously unintentional; I have fixed it.
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bt_green_warbler wrote:Yes, SCT registration will take place online this year. Expect registration to be activated as soon as the last two sites are announced.
According to the NAQT website, the sites are not announced.
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bt_green_warbler wrote:Registration for the 2013 SCT is now open. (Please note that the list of SCT sites is still not final; we expect to announce New England and Upper Midwest sites in the near future.)
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We are in the process of finalizing a Region 1 (New England) site.
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Any news on a Region 10 site?
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Can I ask what the sticking point is regarding Region 10? Have any schools bid?
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R. is making arrangements for the Region 10 site; we hope to have an announcement in the very near future.
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Any update on the Region 1 site?
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Not at this time.
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Ondes Martenot wrote:Any update on the Region 1 site?
MIT will host the Region 1 (New England) SCT.
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I am pleased to report that the University of Minnesota will host the Region 10 SCT.
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This is a reminder that tomorrow (Monday, February 4th) is the last day of open registration for the 2013 SCT. Registration will close at midnight Monday (central time). Any registrations after that time will require the approval of the tournament director.
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Re: 2013 NAQT SCT: February 9

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2013 SCT protest committee: R. Robert Hentzel, Andrew Hart, Jeff Hoppes, Seth Teitler, and Andy Watkins.
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Re: 2013 NAQT SCT: February 9

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The SCT set has been completed and shipped to the hosts this morning. I believe R. has been in touch with everyone via email, but if you're hosting SCT tomorrow and are having any trouble with your pdfs, please contact us immediately (sct [at] naqt.com).

I would like to thank my co-editors, Andy Watkins, Andrew Hart, and Seth Teitler, for all of the time and effort they put into this year's SCT. Special thanks to all of the writers who contributed to completing the set over the last week.
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For support tomorrow (on protests or about anything else related to SCT play), hosts can contact us by phone or by email (1-888-411-6278; sct (at) naqt.com). I will also be around in #quizbowl if anyone would like to contact me there (eg, if the phone line is busy with a protest at another site).
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Please do not publicly discuss specific questions from the 2013 SCT; there are a number of delayed sites (snowstorms, NAQT's Community College Championship, various high school events).

A private forum has been set up for discussion of this set. Please select "SCT 2013" from your user control panel to join.
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