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Matt Weiner: /* Comparison of common rule sets */

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Comparison of common rule sets

2025-02-24T16:51:22Z

NAQT rules update

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2018-07-08T01:08:36Z

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Comparison of common rule sets

2018-07-08T01:05:03Z

Comparison of common rule sets

2018-07-08T00:12:48Z

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 | No
 | No
-| Yes
+| No (Formerly used in current format from 2010-2019 and in 2022)
 |-
 ! <span title="Unless otherwise specified by the individual bonus">Time per bonus part</span>
 | 5 seconds; ask for an answer after 4
 | 5 seconds; ask for an answer after 4
-| Controlling team: 5 seconds; ask for an answer after 4<br />Non-controlling team: 3 seconds; no ask
+| (Controlling team: 5 seconds; ask for an answer after 4<br />(Formerly) Non-controlling team: 3 seconds; no ask
 |-
 ! [[Timeouts]]

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 |-
 ! Regulation match length
-| [[timed play|timed]] with two halves of 9 minutes (middle school, high school) or 10 minutes (college) each; maximum 24 [[tossup-bonus cycles]]
+| [[timed play|timed]] with two halves of 10 minutes (middle school: 9 minutes, college: 11 minutes); usually maximum 24 [[tossup-bonus cycles]]; SCT games are two 11-cycle halves
 | 20 [[tossup-bonus cycles]]
 | 20 [[tossup-bonus cycles]]
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 |-
 ! Time after recognition to answer a tossup
-| 2 seconds
+| 3 seconds
 | 5 seconds
 | 5 seconds
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 |-
 ! <span title="Unless otherwise specified by the individual bonus">Time per bonus part</span>
-| 5 seconds; prompt after 4
+| 5 seconds; ask for an answer after 4
-| 5 seconds; prompt after 4
+| 5 seconds; ask for an answer after 4
-| Controlling team: 5 seconds; prompt after 4<br />Non-controlling team: 3 seconds; no prompt
+| Controlling team: 5 seconds; ask for an answer after 4<br />Non-controlling team: 3 seconds; no ask
 |-
 ! [[Timeouts]]

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 {{Rule disclaimer}}
 :''For the QBWiki rules, see [[QBWiki:Rules]].''
 '''Rules''' refers to the policies and procedures governing gameplay at [[tournaments]]. (Sets of rules are sometimes called "formats", a usage that can create confusion with the different concept of [[tournament format]].)

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 {{Rule disclaimer}}
 {{Rules of the game}}
 '''Rules''' refers to the policies and procedures governing gameplay at [[tournaments]]. (Sets of rules are sometimes called "formats", a usage that can create confusion with the different concept of [[tournament format]].)

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	'''Rules''' refers to the policies and procedures governing gameplay at [[tournaments]]. (Sets of rules are sometimes called "formats", a usage that can create confusion with the different concept of [[tournament format]].)		'''Rules''' refers to the policies and procedures governing gameplay at [[tournaments]]. (Sets of rules are sometimes called "formats", a usage that can create confusion with the different concept of [[tournament format]].)

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 | 2 seconds
 | 5 seconds
+| 5 seconds
 |-
 ! <span title="That is, how long after a tossup is completed before it goes dead">Tossup [[going dead|"time to live"]]</span>
 | 3 seconds
 | 5 seconds
+| 5 seconds
 |-
 ! Bonuses
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 | 5 seconds; prompt after 4
 | 5 seconds; prompt after 4
+| Controlling team: 5 seconds; prompt after 4. Non-controlling team: 3 seconds, no prompt
 |-
 ! [[Timeouts]]
 | one (30 seconds) per team
 | one (30 seconds) per team
+| one (30 seconds) per team
 |-
 ! Substitutions
 | At timeouts, at halftime, or before overtime
 | At halftime or before overtime
+| At halftime or before overtime
 |-
 ! [[Overtime]]
 | Three tossups without bonuses, then [[sudden death]] if necessary
 | [[Sudden death]]
+| [[Sudden death]]
 |}
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