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'''ACF Regionals''' is a [[regular difficulty]] 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. Regionals typically takes place in late January or February.
 
'''ACF Regionals''' is a [[regular difficulty]] 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. Regionals typically takes place in late January or February.
  
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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://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=16016&p=295106#p295106 A-value].
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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].
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
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===Difficulty===
 
===Difficulty===
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As of 2018, ACF Regionals is typically considered to lie towards the upper end of "regular difficulty," though this identity has changed over time. It was once the case that "Regionals difficulty" had its own definition above regular, though in the late 2000s Regionals came to be seen as the benchmark for measuring regular difficulty tournaments [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=8272&p=144364&hilit=regular#p144364]. ACF Regionals questions got more difficult for several years, but [[2008 ACF Regionals]] was noticeably easier than the [[2007 ACF Regionals|2007]] incarnation, and was in fact statistically easier than NAQT Sectionals of the same year. The [[2018 ACF Regionals|2018]] iteration was generally [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=20889 considered] to be quite difficult, and prompted some to [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=21177 suggest] a bifurcation into "standard" and "qualifier" tournaments, with Regionals being the benchmark for the latter category.
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As of 2018, ACF Regionals is typically considered to lie towards the upper end of "regular difficulty," though this identity has changed over time. It was once the case that "Regionals difficulty" had its own definition above regular, though in the late 2000s Regionals came to be seen as the benchmark for measuring regular difficulty tournaments [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=8272&p=144364&hilit=regular#p144364]. ACF Regionals questions got more difficult for several years, but [[2008 ACF Regionals]] was noticeably easier than the [[2007 ACF Regionals|2007]] incarnation, and was in fact statistically easier than NAQT Sectionals of the same year. The [[2018 ACF Regionals|2018]] iteration was generally [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=20889 considered] to be quite difficult, and prompted some to [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=21177 suggest] a bifurcation into "standard" and "qualifier" tournaments, with Regionals being the benchmark for the latter category.
  
 
==List of ACF Regionals tournaments==
 
==List of ACF Regionals tournaments==
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! Announcement
 
! Announcement
 
! Editors
 
! Editors
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! Packets
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[1998 ACF Regionals|1998]]
 
| [[1998 ACF Regionals|1998]]
 
|
 
|
 
| [[Matt Colvin]]
 
| [[Matt Colvin]]
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| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/300/ Packets]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[1999 ACF Regionals|1999]]
 
| [[1999 ACF Regionals|1999]]
 
|
 
|
 
| [[David Hamilton]]
 
| [[David Hamilton]]
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| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/301/ Packets]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[2000 ACF Regionals|2000]]
 
| [[2000 ACF Regionals|2000]]
 
|
 
|
 
| [[Andrew Yaphe]]
 
| [[Andrew Yaphe]]
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| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/302/ Packets]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[2001 ACF Regionals|2001]]
 
| [[2001 ACF Regionals|2001]]
 
|
 
|
 
| [[Subash Maddipotti]]
 
| [[Subash Maddipotti]]
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| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/303/ Packets]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[2002 ACF Regionals|2002]]
 
| [[2002 ACF Regionals|2002]]
 
|
 
|
 
| [[Ezequiel Berdichevsky]] and [[Dave Hamilton]]
 
| [[Ezequiel Berdichevsky]] and [[Dave Hamilton]]
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| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/304/ Packets]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[2003 ACF Regionals|2003]]
 
| [[2003 ACF Regionals|2003]]
 
|
 
|
 
| [[Subash Maddipoti]]
 
| [[Subash Maddipoti]]
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| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/305/ Packets]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[2004 ACF Regionals|2004]]
 
| [[2004 ACF Regionals|2004]]
 
|
 
|
 
| [[Raj Bhan]]
 
| [[Raj Bhan]]
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| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/306/ Packets]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[2005 ACF Regionals|2005]]
 
| [[2005 ACF Regionals|2005]]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1112 link]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1112 link]
 
| [[Andrew Yaphe]], [[Mike Sorice]], and [[Jeff Hoppes]]
 
| [[Andrew Yaphe]], [[Mike Sorice]], and [[Jeff Hoppes]]
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| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/307/ Packets]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[2006 ACF Regionals|2006]]
 
| [[2006 ACF Regionals|2006]]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1973 link]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1973 link]
 
| [[Matt Lafer]], [[Chris Romero]], and [[Mike Sorice]]
 
| [[Matt Lafer]], [[Chris Romero]], and [[Mike Sorice]]
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| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/308/ Packets]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[2007 ACF Regionals|2007]]
 
| [[2007 ACF Regionals|2007]]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2821 link]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2821 link]
 
| [[Seth Teitler]], [[Jerry Vinokurov]], and [[Ryan Westbrook]]
 
| [[Seth Teitler]], [[Jerry Vinokurov]], and [[Ryan Westbrook]]
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| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/309/ Packets]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[2008 ACF Regionals|2008]]
 
| [[2008 ACF Regionals|2008]]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4145 link]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4145 link]
 
| [[Matt Weiner]] and [[Matt Keller]]
 
| [[Matt Weiner]] and [[Matt Keller]]
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| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/310/ Packets]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[2009 ACF Regionals|2009]]
 
| [[2009 ACF Regionals|2009]]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=6874 link]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=6874 link]
 
| [[Jonathan Magin]], with [[Eric Mukherjee]]
 
| [[Jonathan Magin]], with [[Eric Mukherjee]]
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| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/370/ Packets]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[2010 ACF Regionals|2010]]
 
| [[2010 ACF Regionals|2010]]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=8792 link]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=8792 link]
 
| [[Jerry Vinokurov]], with [[Trygve Meade]], [[Chris Ray]], [[Dwight Wynne]], and [[Ted Gioia]]
 
| [[Jerry Vinokurov]], with [[Trygve Meade]], [[Chris Ray]], [[Dwight Wynne]], and [[Ted Gioia]]
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| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/248/ Packets]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[2011 ACF Regionals|2011]]
 
| [[2011 ACF Regionals|2011]]
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| [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=10480 link]
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| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=10480 link]
 
| [[Rob Carson]], with [[Ted Gioia]], [[Matt Weiner]], [[Jeremy Eaton]], and [[Dwight Wynne]], assisted by [[Andy Watkins]] and [[Jerry Vinokurov]]
 
| [[Rob Carson]], with [[Ted Gioia]], [[Matt Weiner]], [[Jeremy Eaton]], and [[Dwight Wynne]], assisted by [[Andy Watkins]] and [[Jerry Vinokurov]]
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| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/256/ Packets]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[2012 ACF Regionals|2012]]
 
| [[2012 ACF Regionals|2012]]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=12297 link]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=12297 link]
 
| [[Trevor Davis]], with [[John Lawrence]], [[Guy Tabachnick]], [[Will Butler]], and [[Auroni Gupta]]
 
| [[Trevor Davis]], with [[John Lawrence]], [[Guy Tabachnick]], [[Will Butler]], and [[Auroni Gupta]]
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| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/103/ Packets]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[2013 ACF Regionals|2013]]
 
| [[2013 ACF Regionals|2013]]
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| [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=13766 link]
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| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=13766 link]
 
| [[Chris Ray]], with [[Cody Voight]], [[Rob Carson]], and [[John Lawrence]]
 
| [[Chris Ray]], with [[Cody Voight]], [[Rob Carson]], and [[John Lawrence]]
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| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/587/ Packets]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[2014 ACF Regionals|2014]]
 
| [[2014 ACF Regionals|2014]]
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| [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=14993 link]
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| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=14993 link]
 
| [[Evan Adams]], with [[Carsten Gehring]], [[Matt Jackson]], [[Ashvin Srivatsa]], [[Adam Silverman]], and [[Will Nediger]]
 
| [[Evan Adams]], with [[Carsten Gehring]], [[Matt Jackson]], [[Ashvin Srivatsa]], [[Adam Silverman]], and [[Will Nediger]]
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| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/593/ Packets]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[2015 ACF Regionals|2015]]
 
| [[2015 ACF Regionals|2015]]
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| [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=16437 link]
+
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=16437 link]
 
| [[Matt Jackson]], with [[Sarah Angelo]], [[Tommy Casalaspi]], [[Trevor Davis]], [[Stephen Liu]], and [[Sriram Pendyala]]
 
| [[Matt Jackson]], with [[Sarah Angelo]], [[Tommy Casalaspi]], [[Trevor Davis]], [[Stephen Liu]], and [[Sriram Pendyala]]
 +
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/755/ Packets]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[2016 ACF Regionals|2016]]
 
| [[2016 ACF Regionals|2016]]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=17995 link]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=17995 link]
 
| [[John Lawrence]], with [[Itamar Naveh-Benjamin]], [[Chris Ray]], and [[Max Schindler]]
 
| [[John Lawrence]], with [[Itamar Naveh-Benjamin]], [[Chris Ray]], and [[Max Schindler]]
 +
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/1810/ Packets]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[2017 ACF Regionals|2017]]
 
| [[2017 ACF Regionals|2017]]
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| [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=19259 link]
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| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=19259 link]
 
| [[Andrew Hart]], with [[Stephen Liu]], [[Nathan Weiser]], [[Benji Nguyen]], [[Cody Voight]], and [[Adam Silverman]]
 
| [[Andrew Hart]], with [[Stephen Liu]], [[Nathan Weiser]], [[Benji Nguyen]], [[Cody Voight]], and [[Adam Silverman]]
 +
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/1897/ Packets]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[2018 ACF Regionals|2018]]
 
| [[2018 ACF Regionals|2018]]
−
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=20005 link]
+
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=20005 link]
 
| [[Auroni Gupta]], with [[Will Alston]], [[Kenji Shimizu]], [[Will Holub-Moorman]], and [[Stephen Eltinge]]
 
| [[Auroni Gupta]], with [[Will Alston]], [[Kenji Shimizu]], [[Will Holub-Moorman]], and [[Stephen Eltinge]]
 +
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/2108/ Packets]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[2019 ACF Regionals|2019]]
 
| [[2019 ACF Regionals|2019]]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=21588 link]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=21588 link]
 
| [[Will Nediger]], with [[Matt Bollinger]], [[Rob Carson]], [[Will Holub-Moorman]], [[Bruce Lou]], [[Graham Reid]], [[Jennie Yang]], and [[Ben Zhang]]
 
| [[Will Nediger]], with [[Matt Bollinger]], [[Rob Carson]], [[Will Holub-Moorman]], [[Bruce Lou]], [[Graham Reid]], [[Jennie Yang]], and [[Ben Zhang]]
 +
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/2186/ Packets]
 
|}
 
|}
  

Revision as of 14:44, 27 April 2019

ACF Regionals is a regular difficulty 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. 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 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

As of 2018, ACF Regionals is typically considered to lie towards the upper end of "regular difficulty," though this identity has changed over time. It was once the case that "Regionals difficulty" had its own definition above regular, though in the late 2000s Regionals came to be seen as the benchmark for measuring regular difficulty tournaments [1]. ACF Regionals questions got more difficult for several years, but 2008 ACF Regionals was noticeably easier than the 2007 incarnation, and was in fact statistically easier than NAQT Sectionals of the same year. The 2018 iteration was generally considered to be quite difficult, and prompted some to suggest a bifurcation into "standard" and "qualifier" tournaments, with Regionals being the benchmark for the latter category.

List of ACF Regionals tournaments

Year Announcement Editors Packets
1998 Matt Colvin Packets
1999 David Hamilton Packets
2000 Andrew Yaphe Packets
2001 Subash Maddipotti Packets
2002 Ezequiel Berdichevsky and Dave Hamilton Packets
2003 Subash Maddipoti Packets
2004 Raj Bhan Packets
2005 link Andrew Yaphe, Mike Sorice, and Jeff Hoppes Packets
2006 link Matt Lafer, Chris Romero, and Mike Sorice Packets
2007 link Seth Teitler, Jerry Vinokurov, and Ryan Westbrook Packets
2008 link Matt Weiner and Matt Keller Packets
2009 link Jonathan Magin, with Eric Mukherjee Packets
2010 link Jerry Vinokurov, with Trygve Meade, Chris Ray, Dwight Wynne, and Ted Gioia Packets
2011 link Rob Carson, with Ted Gioia, Matt Weiner, Jeremy Eaton, and Dwight Wynne, assisted by Andy Watkins and Jerry Vinokurov Packets
2012 link Trevor Davis, with John Lawrence, Guy Tabachnick, Will Butler, and Auroni Gupta Packets
2013 link Chris Ray, with Cody Voight, Rob Carson, and John Lawrence Packets
2014 link Evan Adams, with Carsten Gehring, Matt Jackson, Ashvin Srivatsa, Adam Silverman, and Will Nediger Packets
2015 link Matt Jackson, with Sarah Angelo, Tommy Casalaspi, Trevor Davis, Stephen Liu, and Sriram Pendyala Packets
2016 link John Lawrence, with Itamar Naveh-Benjamin, Chris Ray, and Max Schindler Packets
2017 link Andrew Hart, with Stephen Liu, Nathan Weiser, Benji Nguyen, Cody Voight, and Adam Silverman Packets
2018 link Auroni Gupta, with Will Alston, Kenji Shimizu, Will Holub-Moorman, and Stephen Eltinge Packets
2019 link Will Nediger, with Matt Bollinger, Rob Carson, Will Holub-Moorman, Bruce Lou, Graham Reid, Jennie Yang, and Ben Zhang Packets
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
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