2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern University (11/16/2024)

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2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern University (11/16/2024)

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I am pleased to announce that the Midwest site of 2024 ACF Winter will be held at Northwestern University on Saturday, November 16, 2024.

The tournament will take place 1880 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL, 60208. The opening meeting will begin at 9:00 am and gameplay will begin at 9:30 am. Franke Gordon will be the tournament director. Please direct any questions about this site to Franke Gordon at [email protected].

Eligibility
In general, teams where players are all attending the same school and all taking at least one class for credit during the 2023–2024 school year are eligible to play 2024 ACF Winter. ACF’s full eligibility rules are available here. Questions about eligibility should be directed to [email protected].

Rules
This tournament will follow ACF’s official gameplay rules. Rules specifically pertaining to online tournaments have been rendered in blue.

Registration
Fill out the central 2024 ACF Winter registration form with all relevant information. The form is here. The field for each site can be found here.

If possible, teams should register for the site that is geographically closest to them and/or is in the region they would normally attend. The field cap is 24 teams, after which teams will be placed on a waitlist or potentially assigned to another site. Please register by November 5, 2024.
Fees
  • Base fee: $150
  • New to quizbowl discount: −$100
  • Shorthanded discount (1–2 players): −$75
  • Travel discount: −$10 per 200 miles traveled one-way {in-person only}
  • Buzzers: −$10 per functional buzzer system {in-person only}
  • Staffers: −$25 per staffer with a functional laptop. Staffers must register with ACF in advance by filling out this form.
The new to quizbowl discount is intended for schools that have not sent a team to any mainstream collegiate academic tournament (not counting exclusively novice tournaments) since September 2021, and which have no players who competed in non-novice collegiate tournaments during that same period.

Packet Submission


Note: Please read this section carefully as packet submission guidelines have changed for 2024 ACF Winter.

Any team with at least two people on it who played a regular, collegiate, academic quizbowl tournament* (either as a college student or high school student) prior to September 1, 2023, is required to either (a) submit a half-packet, or (b) pay an opt-out fee. ACF is introducing an opt-out fee this year to reduce the number of late submissions received. High school teams attending a high school-only mirror are exempt from this requirement.

Please email [email protected] if you are unsure whether your team is required to submit a half-packet. A team that is not required to submit a packet may submit an optional half-packet by September 29, 2024 for a $50 discount.

*For these purposes, all ACF tournaments, NAQT SCT (Division I or Division II), NAQT ICT, and typical college-level academic invitationals count as regular collegiate academic tournaments. Pop culture or “hybrid” tournaments, HCASC, and tournaments played on NAQT’s Collegiate Novice series sets do not.

Here is the submission schedule:
August 25, 2024: -$50
September 1, 2024: -$40
September 8, 2024: -$30
September 15, 2024: -$20
September 22, 2024: -$10
September 29, 2024: -$0
October 7, 2024: +$10
October 14, 2024: +$20
October 21, 2024: +$30

The opt-out fee is $50. If a team does not submit a half-packet by October 21, 2024 and is required to submit per the criteria above, they must instead pay the opt-out fee; submissions will not be accepted following this date.

Packet Distribution And Authorship:

If your team is planning on submitting a half-packet, email [email protected] to request a distribution. All finished packets must be sent to that email before 11:59 PT on the day listed to meet the deadline. Please format the half-packet in .doc or .docx before sending it. The email subject line should list the name of the school, the team number (if applicable), and the words “half-packet.”

Your assigned half-packet may request questions from more specific categories within the distribution. For instance, instead of being assigned an “American Literature” tossup, you might be asked to write a question on 20th-century American poetry, or an Economics bonus instead of “Social Science/Philosophy.”

If a team wishes to outsource part of its packet to a player not expected to play on that team (e.g., a student who has graduated), it must first receive approval from the head editors. Non-playing students are welcome and encouraged to help their newer club members write, but it's useful to know the contributors for both credit and logistical reasons.

If multiple teams from one school are submitting packets, they should NOT be aware of each others’ questions. Any roster changes that entail an author for one packet playing for another (e.g., if a player on Team B moves to Team A) should be flagged to the TD and to [email protected].
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Re: 2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern University (11/16/2024)

Post by liamstarnes27 »

How likely is it that the field cap for this tournament will expand past 20 teams? We already have three teams registered and are looking to add a fourth.

Thanks!
Liam Starnes
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UChicago '25

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Re: 2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern University (11/16/2024)

Post by FrankeGordon »

Hello thank you for your patience and I apologize for the wait! I'm afraid due to the logistics and availability of the space provided and the staffers on hand we will not be able to increase the field cap past 20 teams.

Edit: I'd like to retract my previous statement, while the field cap will stay at 20 SIUE will be combining their A and B team which means that you will in fact be able to enter a fourth team. Thank you again for your patience and we at Northwestern Quizbowl look forward to hosting you soon
Franke Gordon
Northwestern
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