"I don't want to start another flame war, but exactly how much competence is required of an SCT host?" The tournament was very evenly matched, and I think we all had much fun. However, one must keep in mind that this was indeed an NAQT Sectional. Therefore, aside from nationals, it is THE most important tournament of the year, as one must perform well enough to qualify for the ICT (more important than ACF Regionals, as only attendance is necessary to go to Nationals; more important than CBI Regionals because they only care about a winner and no "S-values" are processed to determine wild-cards). Thus, this tournament must go to all lengths to be run smoothly and reported accurately. This includes at least team, if not individual, statistics updated regularly throughout the tournament. I think that a very high level of competence is required of the host of the most important non-national tournament of the season. Though I think it is a very noble concept to expand the quizbowl landscape, there are questions in granting a sectional to a school which had never run a college tournament before, not to mention one in which 21 teams would attend and very detailed stats would have to be reported. Noting that there were no updates on simple win-loss records through the tournament, it was technically hearsay at the end that we indeed won first outright and that the Div. II teams had to playoff, and that Ark. B and ISU B were indeed the only two teams tied. Truth be told, I was dismayed by the lack of updates and complete uncertainty in the tournament standings, and I definitely don't think it was worth $120 per team, but I think that Missouri did a very good job considering the amount of previous experience they had in running tournaments. The rounds progressed swiftly, and even though we started over thirty minutes late (due to no-shows, etc.), we still finished by the time pinpointed on the schedule. Some tournament has to be your first, and I am sure that Missouri will learn and improve from this experience. The last thing I would want to do is to establish a Catch-22 situation with running big-time tournaments because I would be hurting lots of programs, including my own. Joshua Hill Arkansas Quiz Bowl Panthera tigris altaica tastiest tossup: "cuckoo"
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