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| − | '''ACF Regionals''' is a | + | '''ACF Regionals''' is a difficult college quizbowl tournament produced every year by [[ACF]] and held concurrently at multiple locations throughout North America and the United Kingdom. It is similar to [[ACF Fall]] in terms of format and packet writing requirements. ACF Regionals typically takes place in late January or February. |
| − | Since 2015, Regionals has served as a qualifier for [[ACF Nationals]]. Teams can qualify for Nationals by hosting a Regionals site, providing an editor for the question set, winning the overall or undergraduate title at their Regionals site, or obtaining a sufficiently high [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=16016&p=295106#p295106 A-value]. | + | Since 2015 (except 2021), ACF Regionals has served as a qualifier for [[ACF Nationals]]. Teams can qualify for Nationals by hosting a Regionals site, providing an editor for the question set, winning the overall or undergraduate title at their Regionals site, or obtaining a sufficiently high [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=16016&p=295106#p295106 A-value]. |
==History== | ==History== | ||
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===Difficulty=== | ===Difficulty=== | ||
| − | + | Before the late 2000s, the difficulty of ACF Regionals tended to be above the usual range of difficulty of most tournaments (later called [[regular difficulty]]). | |
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| + | In the late 2000s, ACF Regionals came to be seen as the benchmark for regular difficulty [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=8272&p=144364&hilit=regular#p144364]. ACF Regionals became more difficult for several years, although [[2008 ACF Regionals]] was noticeably easier than [[2007 ACF Regionals]] (and was in fact statistically easier than [[SCT|NAQT Sectionals]] of the same year). | ||
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| + | After the difficult [[2018 ACF Regionals]] [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=20889], the usual difficulty range of collegiate tournaments shifted to become somewhat easier, and the concept of [[regular difficulty]] began to be redefined [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=21177]: it bifurcated into easier "standard" and harder "qualifier" tournaments, with ACF Regionals being the benchmark for the latter category. | ||
==List of ACF Regionals tournaments== | ==List of ACF Regionals tournaments== | ||
Revision as of 17:10, 21 January 2021
ACF Regionals is a difficult college quizbowl tournament produced every year by ACF and held concurrently at multiple locations throughout North America and the United Kingdom. It is similar to ACF Fall in terms of format and packet writing requirements. ACF Regionals typically takes place in late January or February.
Since 2015 (except 2021), ACF Regionals has served as a qualifier for ACF Nationals. Teams can qualify for Nationals by hosting a Regionals site, providing an editor for the question set, winning the overall or undergraduate title at their Regionals site, or obtaining a sufficiently high A-value.
History
ACF Regionals was produced from 1991 to 1997 by the now-defunct Academic Competition Foundation. The Foundation was replaced in 1997 by the Academic Competition Federation, which has edited the tournament ever since.
Difficulty
Before the late 2000s, the difficulty of ACF Regionals tended to be above the usual range of difficulty of most tournaments (later called regular difficulty).
In the late 2000s, ACF Regionals came to be seen as the benchmark for regular difficulty [1]. ACF Regionals became more difficult for several years, although 2008 ACF Regionals was noticeably easier than 2007 ACF Regionals (and was in fact statistically easier than NAQT Sectionals of the same year).
After the difficult 2018 ACF Regionals [2], the usual difficulty range of collegiate tournaments shifted to become somewhat easier, and the concept of regular difficulty began to be redefined [3]: it bifurcated into easier "standard" and harder "qualifier" tournaments, with ACF Regionals being the benchmark for the latter category.
List of ACF Regionals tournaments
| ACF tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACF Fall | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | ||||||||||||
| ACF Winter | 2009 | 2010 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ACF Regionals | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
| ACF Nationals | 1991 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |||