MACF - Revision history

June Yin: /* Usefulness of term */

2020-12-18T18:58:39Z

Usefulness of term

Alex Damisch: powers

2020-12-18T17:21:02Z

powers

Alex Damisch: /* See also */

2020-12-18T17:14:40Z

Alex Damisch at 17:06, 18 December 2020

2020-12-18T17:06:46Z

June Yin at 23:48, 2 December 2020

2020-12-02T23:48:18Z

June Yin at 23:47, 2 December 2020

2020-12-02T23:47:55Z

June Yin at 23:47, 2 December 2020

2020-12-02T23:47:20Z

Alex Liu: Honestly no point in having these sections. If someone wants to revive them as "Early adopters of mACF", then sure, go right ahead.

2013-11-11T02:19:56Z

Honestly no point in having these sections. If someone wants to revive them as "Early adopters of mACF", then sure, go right ahead.

Matt Jackson: removing dated terms from the Quizbowl Basics category

2013-07-11T10:01:53Z

removing dated terms from the Quizbowl Basics category

David Reinstein at 02:40, 9 April 2011

2011-04-09T02:40:09Z

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 ==Usefulness of term==
-The term was used more often in the early and mid-2000s, when college and high school tournaments were more likely to imitate [[CBI]] or bad local formats. Since every full-length tournament in collegiate quizbowl besides [[NAQT]] [[ICT]] uses an untimed tossup/bonus format, and most use questions that are closer to ACF style than NAQT's, it is unclear what helpful information is communicated by dubbing a collegiate tournament mACF as opposed to not doing so. It is generally more effective to give a more detailed description of the intended length and difficulty standards of one's tournament (e.g. "7-line tossups, difficulty akin to [[ACF Regionals]] 2010"), and more tournament announcements have done so since the early 2010s, leaving the term "mACF" behind.
+The term was used more often in the early and mid-2000s, when college and high-school tournaments were more likely to imitate [[CBI]] or bad local formats. Since every full-length tournament in collegiate quizbowl besides [[NAQT]] [[ICT]] uses an untimed tossup/bonus format, and most use questions that are closer to ACF style than NAQT's, it is unclear what helpful information is communicated by dubbing a collegiate tournament mACF as opposed to not doing so. It is generally more effective to give a more detailed description of the intended length and difficulty standards of one's tournament (e.g. "7-line tossups, difficulty akin to [[ACF Regionals]] 2010"), and more tournament announcements have done so since the early 2010s, leaving the term "mACF" behind.
-More recently, the term has seen a resurgence of usage among the high-school community, to distinguish sets with an ACF-like [[distribution|subject distribution]] (including [[PACE NSC]] and most [[housewrite]]s) from NAQT sets. Since 2018–19, [[GrogerRanks]] has released a set of "mACF-only" rankings (along with a set of "NAQT-only" rankings) before each year's midseason and pre-nationals polls, and after each year's nationals.
+More recently, the term has seen a resurgence of usage among the high-school quizbowl community, to distinguish sets with an ACF-like [[distribution|subject distribution]] (including [[PACE NSC]] and most [[housewrite]]s) from NAQT sets. Since 2018–19, [[GrogerRanks]] has released a set of "mACF-only" rankings (along with a set of "NAQT-only" rankings) before each year's midseason and pre-nationals polls, and after each year's nationals.
 ==See also==

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-'''mACF''' (short for "mock-ACF" or "modified-ACF") is a term applied to academic tournaments that follow the [[ACF format]] without being official ACF events. They may occasionally deviate from ACF Rules, such as by having [[powers]].
+'''mACF''' (short for "mock-ACF" or "modified-ACF") is a term applied to academic tournaments that follow the [[ACF format]] without being official ACF events.
 ==Usefulness of term==
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 * [[ACF]]
 * [[ACF format]]
 [[Category: Formats]]
 [[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]

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 ==See also==
 * [[ACF]]
 [[Category: Formats]]
 [[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]

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−	'''mACF''' (short for "mock-ACF" or "modified-ACF") is a term applied to academic tournaments that follow the [[ACF]] ~~format~~ without being official ACF events. They may occasionally deviate from ACF Rules, such as by having [[powers]].	+	'''mACF''' (short for "mock-ACF" or "modified-ACF") is a term applied to academic tournaments that follow the [[ACF format]] without being official ACF events. They may occasionally deviate from ACF Rules, such as by having [[powers]].

	==Usefulness of term==		==Usefulness of term==

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 The term was used more often in the early and mid-2000s, when college and high school tournaments were more likely to imitate [[CBI]] or bad local formats. Since every full-length tournament in collegiate quizbowl besides [[NAQT]] [[ICT]] uses an untimed tossup/bonus format, and most use questions that are closer to ACF style than NAQT's, it is unclear what helpful information is communicated by dubbing a collegiate tournament mACF as opposed to not doing so. It is generally more effective to give a more detailed description of the intended length and difficulty standards of one's tournament (e.g. "7-line tossups, difficulty akin to [[ACF Regionals]] 2010"), and more tournament announcements have done so since the early 2010s, leaving the term "mACF" behind.
-More recently, the term has seen a resurgence of usage among the high-school community, to distinguish sets with an ACF-like [[distribution|subject distribution]] (including [[PACE NSC]] and most [[housewrite]]s) from NAQT sets. Since 2018–19, [[GrogerRanks]] has released a set of "mACF-only" rankings (along with a set of "NAQT-only" rankings) before each year's midseason and pre-nationals poll, and after each year's nationals.
+More recently, the term has seen a resurgence of usage among the high-school community, to distinguish sets with an ACF-like [[distribution|subject distribution]] (including [[PACE NSC]] and most [[housewrite]]s) from NAQT sets. Since 2018–19, [[GrogerRanks]] has released a set of "mACF-only" rankings (along with a set of "NAQT-only" rankings) before each year's midseason and pre-nationals polls, and after each year's nationals.
 ==See also==

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	The term was used more often in the early and mid-2000s, when college and high school tournaments were more likely to imitate [[CBI]] or bad local formats. Since every full-length tournament in collegiate quizbowl besides actual [[NAQT]] events uses untimed tossup/bonus format, and most use questions that are closer to ACF style than NAQT's, it is unclear what helpful information is communicated by dubbing a collegiate tournament mACF as opposed to not doing so. It is generally more effective to give a more detailed description of the intended length and difficulty standards of one's tournament (e.g. "7-line tossups, difficulty akin to [[ACF Regionals]] 2010"), and more tournament announcements have done so since the early 2010s, leaving the term "mACF" behind.		The term was used more often in the early and mid-2000s, when college and high school tournaments were more likely to imitate [[CBI]] or bad local formats. Since every full-length tournament in collegiate quizbowl besides actual [[NAQT]] events uses untimed tossup/bonus format, and most use questions that are closer to ACF style than NAQT's, it is unclear what helpful information is communicated by dubbing a collegiate tournament mACF as opposed to not doing so. It is generally more effective to give a more detailed description of the intended length and difficulty standards of one's tournament (e.g. "7-line tossups, difficulty akin to [[ACF Regionals]] 2010"), and more tournament announcements have done so since the early 2010s, leaving the term "mACF" behind.
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−	~~==Notable mACF Tournaments==~~
−	* [[Michigan MLK]] (from 2006 to 2008)
−	* [[Terrapin Invitational Tournament]]
−	* [[Western Invitational Tournament]]
−	* [[Penn Bowl]]
−	* [[Chicago Open]]
−	* [[Illinois Open]]
−	* [[Bulldogs Over Broadway]]
−	* [[Cardinal Classic]]
−	* [[PARFAIT]]
−	* [[Deep Bench]]
−	* [[Early Fall Tournament]]
−	* actually, pretty much every tournament
−
−	~~==Tournaments with Doubtful mACF Status==~~
−
−	Tournaments run by [[Charlie Steinhice]] usually advertise themselves as "mACF" despite not using the ACF format, distribution, or question style. This tenuous semantic connection may be why Charlie Steinhice, who has previously accused ACF of being poison and repeatedly told his teams that ACF is impossible, continues to claim that he is a "supporter of ACF."

	==See Also==		==See Also==

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-'''mACF''' is a term applied to academic tournaments that follow the [[ACF]] format without being official ACF events. They may occasionally deviate from ACF Rules, such as by having powers or supers.
+'''mACF''' is a term applied to academic tournaments that follow the [[ACF]] format without being official ACF events. They may occasionally deviate from ACF Rules, such as by having [[powers]].
 ==Usefulness of term==
-Since every full-length tournament in collegiate quizbowl besides actual [[NAQT]] events involves untimed tossup/bonus format, it is unclear what helpful information is communicated by dubbing a collegiate tournament mACF as opposed to not doing so. (However, as recently as 2005 there was a major independent tournament in NAQT format -- Michigan MLK). It is, however, quite helpful to distinguish good housewritten high school tournaments from bad ones with consummate ease. Generally, high school sets that are good and used in multiple states are in mACF format, while high school sets that are bad and used in single states are not in mACF format. mACF is starting to be used by some middle school tournaments. Some middle school and high school (especially novice high school) tournaments are called mACF even though they do not have neg penalties.
+The term was used more often in the early and mid-2000s, when college and high school tournaments were more likely to imitate [[CBI]] or bad local formats. Since every full-length tournament in collegiate quizbowl besides actual [[NAQT]] events uses untimed tossup/bonus format, and most use questions that are closer to ACF style than NAQT's, it is unclear what helpful information is communicated by dubbing a collegiate tournament mACF as opposed to not doing so. It is generally more effective to give a more detailed description of the intended length and difficulty standards of one's tournament (e.g. "7-line tossups, difficulty akin to [[ACF Regionals]] 2010"), and more tournament announcements have done so since the early 2010s, leaving the term "mACF" behind.
 ==Notable mACF Tournaments==
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 [[Category: Formats]]
 [[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]

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-'''mACF''' is a term applied to academic collegiate tournaments that follow the [[ACF]] format without being official ACF events. They may occasionally deviate from ACF Rules, such as by having powers or supers.
+'''mACF''' is a term applied to academic tournaments that follow the [[ACF]] format without being official ACF events. They may occasionally deviate from ACF Rules, such as by having powers or supers.
-==Unclear utility of term==
+==Usefulness of term==
-Since every full-length tournament in collegiate quizbowl besides actual [[NAQT]] events involves untimed tossup/bonus format, it is unclear what helpful information is communicated by dubbing a tournament [[mACF]] as opposed to not doing so. (However, as recently as 2005 there was a major independent tournament in NAQT format -- Michigan MLK). It is, however, quite helpful to distinguish good housewritten high school tournaments from bad ones with consummate ease.
+Since every full-length tournament in collegiate quizbowl besides actual [[NAQT]] events involves untimed tossup/bonus format, it is unclear what helpful information is communicated by dubbing a collegiate tournament mACF as opposed to not doing so. (However, as recently as 2005 there was a major independent tournament in NAQT format -- Michigan MLK). It is, however, quite helpful to distinguish good housewritten high school tournaments from bad ones with consummate ease. Generally, high school sets that are good and used in multiple states are in mACF format, while high school sets that are bad and used in single states are not in mACF format. mACF is starting to be used by some middle school tournaments. Some middle school and high school (especially novice high school) tournaments are called mACF even though they do not have neg penalties.
 ==Notable mACF Tournaments==
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 * [[Deep Bench]]
 * [[Early Fall Tournament]]
 ==Tournaments with Doubtful mACF Status==