Difference between revisions of "MACF"
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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]]. | + | '''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== | ||
| − | 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 | + | 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. |
| − | ==See | + | 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. |
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| + | ==See also== | ||
* [[ACF]] | * [[ACF]] | ||
[[Category: Formats]] | [[Category: Formats]] | ||
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]] | [[Category:Original QBWiki Page]] | ||
Revision as of 18:47, 2 December 2020
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
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 subject distribution (including PACE NSC and most housewrites) 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.