Re: Round Robin, please...

• From: james_g_blaine_4prez <no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com>
• Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2004 07:16:44 -0000
• Message-ID: <bvsqks+jk2b_at_...>

I don't think Cardinal Classic had 15 blind packets--a bunch of 
Penn Bowl packets came out of the West Coast, and I think CC 
didn't use any of the West Coast packets.

I second the call for more 15+ round tournaments.

-Seth

--- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, "Willie Chen" 
<williechen7_at_h...> wrote:
> Off the QB hiatus...
> 
> Neither of the last two tournaments I attended (Cardinal 
Classic and 
> Technophobia) used a full round robin; instead, they both used 
the following 
> format:
> 
> 1) Random brackets
> 2) Round robin within each bracket
> 3) Re-seeding teams based on prelim's record
> 4) Round robin within each re-seeded bracket
> 
> With the logistic problems (packets, rooms, number of teams) 
Technophobia 
> did its best to figure out a system that more-or-less worked.  
But I didn't 
> understand why CC stayed away from a full round robin.  There 
were 16 teams 
> and 8 rooms, which is perfect for a 15-game round robin.  If we 
started earlier 
> (and on time...) we could squeeze in 6 rounds before lunch 
and 9 rounds 
> afterwards.
> 
> The main problem I had with the disuse of round-robin format 
is that I didn't get 
> a chance to play against certain teams and, instead, played a 
bunch of games 
> against repeat opponents.
> 
> I hope that future TD's can try to use the round robin as much 
as possible.
> 
> Otherwise, I thought that this year's CC was pretty nice--the 
facilities are MUCH 
> better than before.
> 
> Willie Chen
> The dinosaur down at UCI