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'''CaTO/TaCO''' (Cameron and Tommy Open/Tommy and Cameron Open) was a tournament held on August 9, 2009 as a side event to the 2009 [[VCU Open]]. It was written primarily by [[Tommy Casalaspi]] and [[Cameron Orth]], though other freelance submissions were sought from such writers as [[Jeff Hoppes]], [[Shantanu Jha]], and [[Brendan Byrne]]. It was fairly well-received, for a tournament produced by two high schoolers early in their careers, but it is perhaps best remembered for its failure to follow through on the promises made in its [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=7349 announcement], most notably the claims of providing "15 packets" in "ACF format with a similar distribution". It actually offered only seven packets, plus one taken from the previous day's VCU Open, and despite attempts by [[Jonathan Magin]] and others to downplay the tournament's distributional irregularities, an [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=158143#p158143 exhaustive analysis] by [[Rob Carson]], posted upon the much-delayed release of the packets, confirmed attendees' impressions of excessive literature and little mythology.

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[[Category: Open Tournaments]]

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Rob Carson: Created page with "'''CaTO/TaCO''' (Cameron and Tommy Open/Tommy and Cameron Open) was a tournament held on August 9, 2009 as a side event to the 2009 VCU Open. It was written primarily by [..."