Planes, Trains, and Automobiles [Side Event]
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles [Side Event]
This is an announcement for Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, a transit-focused geography side event to be held hopefully at the 2020 string of NCTs.
There will be at least five packets (hopefully more, but five is the most I can guarantee 100%) of 24 tossups each, with a distribution of:
6 Rail
6 Road
6 Air
6 Other (including mixed, water, space, and fictional transportation)
I expect the difficulty of this tournament to be varied, high, and full of whimsy (as any good side event ought to be).
There will be at least five packets (hopefully more, but five is the most I can guarantee 100%) of 24 tossups each, with a distribution of:
6 Rail
6 Road
6 Air
6 Other (including mixed, water, space, and fictional transportation)
I expect the difficulty of this tournament to be varied, high, and full of whimsy (as any good side event ought to be).
Conor Thompson (he/it)
Bangor High School '16
University of Michigan '20
Iowa State University '25
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University of Michigan '20
Iowa State University '25
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Re: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles [Side Event]
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Re: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles [Side Event]
I'll play this.
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Re: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles [Side Event]
I would be more disappointed to miss this tournament than I was not to get to fly on Delta's inaugural A220 flight.
Joe Nutter
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Re: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles [Side Event]
I would very much like to play this.
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Re: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles [Side Event]
Looking forward to this. What are the chances that it falls on ICT weekend?
Is there going to be a set-in-stone geographical distribution or is that just gonna be intuitively more or less balanced?
Is there going to be a set-in-stone geographical distribution or is that just gonna be intuitively more or less balanced?
Joe Su, OCT
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Re: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles [Side Event]
Will there be any engineering-esque tossups?
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Re: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles [Side Event]
This sounds incredible!
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Re: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles [Side Event]
I will hopefully be able to indulge in the fun that will come from this event.
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Re: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles [Side Event]
What is the status of this?
Alex Sankaran
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Re: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles [Side Event]
This is being postponed to next spring; I very much want it to be played in person and think it will be a good nationals side event.
Conor Thompson (he/it)
Bangor High School '16
University of Michigan '20
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Re: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles [Side Event]
I agree. Looking forward to it!
Alex Sankaran
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