REMINDER: Maryland Masters and Hobnonus Singles

oilbaronsball <*no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com*> · Fri, 27 Jun 2003 18:17:45 -0000

The Maryland Academic Quiz Team is pleased to remind you about a duo 
of summer tournaments that will take place Saturday, July 26th in 
College Park. This is (presumably) 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 singles tournament Subash is writing (with science 
assistance from Seth Teitler) 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.

<THUS FAR>I have one team and 7 free agents for Maryland Masters.  
Please register ASAP so you have more time to find people to play 
with.  I intend to send out a free agent email next Wednesday.

I have between 9 and 11 players for Hobnobus Singles.

No buzzers have been volunteered.</THUS FAR>

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.

<THUS FAR>No one has volunteered to moderate.</THUS FAR>

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.

<THUS FAR>Books have been the favorite choice of prize so far.  If 
you want trophies, start stuffing the ballot box.</THUS FAR>

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