Super ACRONYM 4 Premiere @ Minnesota [August 20th 2023]

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BenWeiner27
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Super ACRONYM 4 Premiere @ Minnesota [August 20th 2023]

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The University of Minnesota Quizbowl and Play Quiz Bowl are excited to announce the premiere of Super ACRONYM 4 on Sunday August 20th, 2023, as part of our 2023 UMN Open Weekend. The tournament will be held in Blegen Hall on the West Bank of the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities campus.

Question Set
This tournament will be played on the Super ACRONYM 4 set, a hard open popular culture set similar to previous iterations of the tournament.

Payment
This tournament has a fee of $25/player. Payment details for this tournament will made available at a later date once finalized.

Team Formation
A team formation and free agent sign-up sheet can be found here. This tournament will have a tentative field cap of 12 teams. There is a separate tab in the same document for COOT.

Other Events
As part of the open weekend, we are hosting an open mirror of COOT on Saturday August 19th in addition to other pop culture adjacent side events tentatively including: Mike Cheyne's baseball set, Kenji Shimizu's Pokémon set KYOGRE, and a special Play Quiz Bowl set that "is going to have something for everyone but it's also going to be very weird, and players won't know exactly what it is until it starts". Full details about the weekend can be found here.

Minor Chaperone Policy
Beginning in Fall of 2020, the University of Minnesota is requiring that all minors be accompanied by a chaperone to all on-campus events. As a result, each minor attending this tournament is required to have a chaperone of some capacity at this tournament. Players who are both under 18 years of age and do not have an adult chaperone with them will not be allowed to play this tournament.

Code of Conduct
All players, staffers, and spectators attending the Super ACRONYM 4 premiere, the COOT mirror, or any other event part of the open weekend will be required to abide by the UMN Quizbowl code of conduct. Participants who feel that a fellow competitor, staffer, or spectator is not following the code of conduct should fill out the UMN Quizbowl misconduct reporting form.

Feel free to contact suacb AT umn DOT edu for any concerns that you may have. We hope to see you on August 20th!
Ben Weiner
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Re: Super ACRONYM 4 Premiere @ Minnesota [August 20th 2023]

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Naveed, Evan Brown, and I are still looking for a last teammate. If you know something about modern music or modern TV or Pokemon, that would be great.
Mike Cheyne
Formerly U of Minnesota

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