ACF Fall

ACF Fall is an annual ACF tournament held concurrently at multiple locations throughout North America. It traditionally takes place on the first weekend of November, though this may not be true at every site. Its most recent iteration in 2009 was edited by Gautam Kandlikar.

History

ACF Fall has been held annually since 2001. It was edited by Kelly McKenzie in 2001, 2002, and 2003; by Subash Maddipoti and Matt Cvjianovich in 2004; by Eric Kwartler, Matt Weiner, Andrew Yaphe, Jerry Vinokurov, and others in 2005; by Kwartler, Weiner, Matt Keller, and Billy Beyer in 2006; and by Kwartler, Mike Sorice, Andrew Hart, Jonathan Magin, Jay Sridhar, Dennis Jang, and others in 2007.

Kelly McKenzie suggested the creation of ACF Fall as part of a general initiative in 2001 to make ACF less difficult and more appealing to new players, which had begun with Subash Maddipoti's successful editing of a less-difficult ACF Regionals in January 2001. The inaugural tournaments was well-received by most members of the quizbowl community, though some individuals (such as Craig Barker) maintained that it was still too difficult. In the years since the reputation of ACF Fall has continued to grow, and many teams which were formerly wary of ACF have attended and enjoyed ACF Fall.