> Would anyone be bothered if a team imposed a financial penalty --
not
> anything major, but not insubstantial either, say $20 or so -- on
> teams which say they'll bring buzzer systems but do not do so? Of
> course, this would have to be announced ahead of time; I think it
> would indubitably be unfair to spring fees on people ex post facto.
Back at Quincy, we tried this for QUACK V, I think it was. The
result was no one promised to bring anything, resulting in a great
deal of stress, though they brought buzzers anyway.
Brian