Re: tournament dates...

kactigger <*no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com*> · Tue, 22 Apr 2003 21:14:53 -0000

There would have been, Nathan, had not ACF been held on Easter
weekend, which is the reason why I didn't go. (I try to be a good
Baptist, though I know you've stopped.) I know there is a lot of
emnity towards CBI on the message board, but I like CBI, partly
because it plays to my strengths far more than ACF does, partly
because it is always an enjoyable tournament. The questions are not
ACF nationals caliber, but that is hardly a bad thing, and comparing
NAQT Nationals questions and CBI Nationals questions the last couple
of years (I've been to six NAQT nationals and four CBI Nationals) I
would not hesitate to say that there are far more badly written
clunkers at NAQT than CBI.
To mention two categories, classical music and certain types of art,
CBI has both more and often better written questions.

If I had to choose between going to CBI and ACF, that would, for me,
entirely depend on where the tournament was being held, as I've
reached the point that I want to do other things when going to a
tournament than just play (which is why NAQT being in Los Angeles this
year was just awesome- Stanford next year!) I do want to point out to
Nathan, however, that it is possible to both be good at and enjoy both
CBI and ACF questions.

Kevin Comer, University of Florida

--- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, thefool75 <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> My understanding is that there is no overlap between Florida's ACF 
> Nats and CBI Nats teams....
> 
> --- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, voiceofreason_quizbowl 
> <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> > I can say this: my team has never qualified for the CBI National 
> > Tournament. And I don't anticipate that we will... but if there was 
> > a conflict with ACF Nationals and CBI Nationals, and we DID qualify 
> > by some miracle, then I would very much regret having endorsed this 
> > conflict.  
> > 
> > And for the record, there are a few teams in both: Michigan and 
> > Florida come to mind without even checking, and I imagine there are 
> > a few more...
> > 
> > All in all I think that a conflict here is a very bad idea.  I 
> > however, would not be opposed to ACF Nationals being held later... 
> > perhaps the first weekend of May?  Just a thougt...
> > 
> > 
> > --- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, thefool75 <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> > > how many people from this past weekend are also going to CBI 
> > Nats?  I 
> > > realize that Michigan has a small overlap...but 1 person's desire 
> > to 
> > > attend both surely is not sufficient to  make things difficult 
> for 
> > > everyone else...
> > > 
> > > --- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, barhubbard <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> > > > ACF (at least the tournament i want to edit) is not in direct 
> > > > competition with CBI, and while you may think only a few people 
> > > play 
> > > > the two formats, you'd be surprised. I think a lot of solid 
> > teams 
> > > > play both and asking them to choose between the two is not fair 
> > if 
> > > we 
> > > > can move the time to another date... as the date approaches and 
> > we 
> > > > see what CBI does, we can, hopefully, tinker accordingly.
> > > > 
> > > > thanks,
> > > > Ezequiel
> > > > 
> > > > sorry about all these posts