ESPN @ Columbia (Open)

[thedoge]

I am pleased to announce that Columbia Quiz Bowl will be hosting a mirror of ESPN on March 23rd, 2024. The tournament will be held at Columbia in Hamilton Hall and directed by William Groger. Gameplay will begin at 9:00 am following an opening meeting at 8:45 am.

Eligibility:
This is an open tournament.

Payment:
The fee structure for each team is the following:
- Base fee: $140 USD
- Buzzer discount: -$10 / working buzzer set
- Approved moderator discount: -$15 / staffer with laptop
- Travel discount: -$10 per 200 miles one way (according to Google Maps)
- Shorthanded discount (1-2 person team): -$40
- Minimum fee: $55 USD

More information about payment will be sent out in a later email.

Registration:
To officially register for the tournament, please fill out this Google form: https://forms.gle/aKvU9ozwKxL8Y82V7. An unofficial team formation spreadsheet can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... sp=sharing

The field will initially be capped at 20, which may be expanded depending on staffers and interest. Any teams above the cap will be placed on a waitlist. The registration deadline is March 20th, 2024 at 11:59 PM ET.

Field (buzzers/staffers) (14/20):
bruh (0/0)
NJ TRANSit (and bobby, i guess) (1/0)
Sandmännchen im Helikopter (0/0)
Parden the Interruption (0/0)
The Aum-Wein Drinchard, by Amogh Tutuola (1/0)
boy's jitches (ft. DMA) (4/0)
JJaryland (0/0)
JinAh and Jordan from Wikiquiz (0/0)
Naocissus and Geoldmond, by Hermandrew Hesse (1/0)
1. g4 test mixture (0/0)
uh tbd, the team with emmett, ophir, jerry, and nikhil (0/0)
chamPAIN and cornHELL in Columbia (0/0)
Let's Fighting Love (1/0)
protobowling for soup (0/0)

[Votre Kickstarter Est Nul]

Is there any interest in side events? I see TELEOLGY and Ani's film set are both available. I'm biased since I'll be in new york anyway, but I'd love to play something after the tournament saturday or sunday if people are around and it's no trouble to Columbia.

[etotheipi]

would also be very interested in TELEOLOGY on Saturday evening (or, if there is plenty of notice, Sunday morning), FWIW

[ryanrosenberg]

I'm also very interested in a Saturday night TELEOLOGY mirror.

edit: or ACRONYM

[rahulkeyal]

Will add another vote for TELEOLOGY!

[Votre Kickstarter Est Nul]

I'd be properly terrible at TELEOLOGY so I'd be happy to read if it's organized, since I'd like to experience the (likely very cool) questions. Hopefully that increases the chances it could be run. I could also do the organizing if that'd help, provided Columbia is able to provide rooms/buzzers.

EDIT: and if people wanted to parlay this into multiple side events, with something on Sunday, I'd also be down to play Acronym or Ani's film set (or really any other set out there, though I'm unsure any others are).

[naan/steak-holding toll]

Provided I don't end up having other plans, I'll happily play TELEOLOGY as well.

[Tejas]

To be clear I’d like to play TELEOLOGY 3, since 2 was already played online, though of course that’s up to Taylor.

[Votre Kickstarter Est Nul]

I don't want to hijack the sheet, so would someone from Columbia be able to add a second tab in the sheet so we could gauge interest in TELEOLOGY3? (unless Taylor minds I assume the wisest move is to pick the one no one has played, though it makes no difference to me, having played neither) Alternatively I can make this, I'd just want permission.

[The Story of a Head That Fell Off]

If we can play the film set as well, that would also be great

[halle]

Has there been any confirmation of which side events are happening, and, if so, anywhere to figure out team formation for them?

[rahulkeyal]

Has there been any confirmation of which side events are happening, and, if so, anywhere to figure out team formation for them?

I'd also appreciate info on this!

[Votre Kickstarter Est Nul]

Has there been any confirmation of which side events are happening, and, if so, anywhere to figure out team formation for them?

I'd also appreciate info on this!

Geoffrey just let me know Columbia is cool with an informal side event afterwards, so I'm setting the tab up right now. I gather the current plan is TELEOLOGY 3? If the field forms and includes no one who played 2, we can run that instead.

EDIT: Since I'm not sure how big the field will be, I've currently just included a "player" column, and I figure we can collectively decide if we want to run 4s, 2s, or a shootout style event based on the field size. I've also included a column where people can indicate if they played TELEOLOGY 2.

[thedoge]

Sorry for the late reply: yes, the current plan is to run TELEOLOGY after the main tournament has concluded, using the same game rooms. Columbia/the TD won't be organizing anything officially, but players are welcome to run it amongst themselves (and I think at least one Columbia person will be playing? in case that's an issue)

If anyone wants to run any other side events at the same time / after TELEOLOGY, you're welcome to do that too and make new tabs on the spreadsheet or figure it out the day of the tournament.

[Votre Kickstarter Est Nul]

Sorry this is late, but it seems like the best plan is to play TELEOLOGY as a shootout in 2 rooms, and after a few rounds doing an upper and lower room for the next few packets. Starting after a dinner break seems the wisest idea to me. If people have input or better ideas let me know. I'll post updates here tomorrow about specific times.

[halle]

Which TELEOLOGY are we playing tonight?

[Jem Casey]

Thank you to William, the rest of the staffers, and the ESPN editors/writers for a fun day of quizbowl! Thanks also due to Emmett for heroically dragging the TELEOLOGY mirror into existence, Michael for staffing it, and Taylor for another very entertaining set of questions.