>I can't
> tell you how frustrating it is as someone who has run a club to see
> people walk away from these tournaments completely discouraged and
> turned off with quizbowl, since they had only heard of a handful of
> answers the whole day--something I don't see after tournaments that
> aren't either ACF or ACF-style
There you go again. It has been shown, with objective numbers, that this
happens in all formats. In fact, 33 teams scored under 100 ppg in NAQT
Sectionals last year. The only word for what you are doing here is lying.
You can hem and haw all day about how nobody cares about this board, which
is likely true, but the fact is that you are telling lies about a format,
for no apparent reason other than spite towards the people who enjoy it.