QB never took up too much of my time - I still did another activity that shall remain nameless as well as a few billion other little things. If you want it to, however, it can obviously suck time out of you like a hungry vampire. QB, like almost any activity, gives you more when you put more into it. I've found the effort involved in becoming an OK player in an active club to be no more than some involvement in any other activity. Both Georgetown and Delaware had people who just came to a few practices and read at our tournaments. That was fine. Both clubs also had people who spent a fair degree of time lugging around a buzzer system, printing out questions, and organizing tournaments. Also fine. Of course, the people in the second group probably felt more satisfaction and enjoyment when something went well. They also occasionally did not think of what they were doing as work (I simply enjoyed working on the GCB page, for example). In my own case, I did qb-related junk between five-ten hours a week (not including tournaments) as a member on the high end, between three-four hours of which was practice. I could have easily done less, but I enjoyed doing more. Unless you're at some strange, semi-fanatical school that runs its team through the boot camp similar to the 'quiz game' episode of Sliders, you can participate as much or as little as you want. While increased time commitments mean less time for other activities, it can also mean more fun with qb. Your call, obviously.
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