> > That Wingfield toss-up began, "They live across the street from the > > Paradise Dance Hall," I think the pronoun 'they' disqualifies any > > confusion that could have been made for the title 'The Glass > > Menagerie' > > This is a somewhat trivial point, but technically, the Glass > Menagerie themselves also live across the street from the Paradise Exactly. This was my argument, which I recall making at the time, but forgot when I began my diatribe. As for the Danzig Trilogy, Chris is right that the "Book three, written in astoundingly flat prose, follows the Grinder Walter Matem and his scarecrow-making buddy Eduard Amsel" is pretty clear. But an answer of Dog Years at that point is justified. > > quality should take a moment to consider whether or not they have > > attempted to do it before, and hence have any idea of the magnitude > > of the job they are criticizing. > > Simple use of the "search text" function would have eliminated most > repeat answers and hence the majority of the problems that people While I've not done something the size of Penn Bowl, this year's technophobia had 18 teams and fifteen packets. I used a simply Python utility and the ever handy grep to find repeat answers. It works pretty well. And playtesting questions can reveal when things are too easy or too hard. Perhaps we on the WC have been spoiled, but up until this year, every tournament has had breakfast. I think it's more of an obligation than a nice plus if you're paying more than $70 for a tournament. Because college students don't like waking up early and there is often a substantial amount of waiting around, it's better to have fed people waiting. And Caltech has food at every tournament we host that charges money. :) My critique was comparing this year's "Cardinal Classic," which happened to be a mirror of Penn Bowl, with past incarnations. I felt that it was below what was below (perhaps an unfairly high) my past expectations. Jordan jbg -at- caltech.edu
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