ANNOUNCEMENT: Maryland Masters and Hobnobus Singles

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• Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 22:30:12 -0000
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The Maryland Academic Quiz Team is pleased to announce a duo of 
summer tournaments that will take place Saturday, July 26th in 
College Park.  This is the same weekend as Capital Punishment 5, so 
you can spend a whole weekend in the D.C. metro area engorging on 
quiz bowl goodness.

Maryland Masters will be a mirror of the Chicago Open that will take 
place in the morning and afternoon.  It will be open to all humans 
who have showered within 12 hours of the start of the tournament.  No 
packet submission will be required.  The base fee is $100 per team, 
with a $10 discount for each buzzer system you bring.  If you are 
looking for some people to play with, let me know and I will hook you 
all up.  I am setting a cap of 14 teams and a lower limit of 6 teams.

The Gaius Cornelius Hobnobus Memorial Singles Tournament will be a 
mirror of the science-lite singles tournament Subash is writing that 
will take place in the evening following a dinner break.  The fee 
will be $10 per person.  If you bring a buzzer system, you play for 
free.  There will be a cap of 49 players and a lower limit of 24 
players.

I am looking for moderators for both events.  If you are not an MAQT 
member, I will pay you $20 to moderate Maryland Masters and $10 to 
moderate Hobnobus Singles.

Since this a summer tournament with mixed teams, I am open to ideas 
for prizes for individual players on the top teams at Maryland 
Masters and the top players at Hobnobus Singles.  I will be using the 
Borda method to compile votes.  Place the following in order of 
preference: individual trophies/medals/ribbons, books, other 
(posters, playing cards, trinkets, etc.; indicate on your
"ballot").  If there is a Voter's Paradox, I reserve the
right to 
choose the category of prizes.

To register for either tournament or if you want to moderate, email 
me (dgreens at wam.umd.edu) with the name of the tournament in the 
subject line.  Please let me know by Saturday, July 19th whether you 
are coming.

We look forward to seeing you July 26th!

Daniel Greenstein
Tournament Director, Maryland Masters and Hobnobus Singles
MAQT President

P.S.  Someone in the mid-Atlantic PLEASE mirror Illinois Open on 
November 15th.  Thank you.