--- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, madelman1 <no_reply_at_y...> wrote: >Finally, I haven't said that people who don't put effort in should >win tournaments, nor have I said that they deserve to beat more >experienced players. All I have advocated is a system in which less- >experienced teams have a chance to compete against more experienced >teams. And the way that questions are set up now, they (not >surprisingly) favor the people who have heard them before, rather >than trying to find out who has the most knowledge. Basically what >I'm saying is that if the game is set up in such a way that teams >have absolutely no chance of winning going in, there won't be any >incentive to get better for all but a few. You do realize that you just said "the more obscure the better." Cause if we ask questions that have never come up before than that levels the playing field. Hey, I'm all for it -- right now, we'll play a set of Russian literature or U.S. history or whatever you want, the only criteria being that they've never come up before in qb. Dude, think about it. Ok, let's limit the game to only being on topics that come up in freshman and sophomore survey classes. Ok, we'll all be buzzing on the first clue....on second thoughts, CBI has a better chance of equalizing the playing field. Look, the average college student doesn't know very much (the average college student who is interested in checking out QB will know a bit more but still...) and will never have a chance against experienced players, no matter how obscure or not obscure the answers. The only way to actually give novices a chance to feel like they might win is to introduce a significant amount of randomness and completely remove pyramidality. Throw in single elimination playoffs, etc. Hmmm. I bet you could bid on the ACUI contract if set up such a QB circuit. Ok, Matt's comments can be rather intemperate and overstated. With that said, if anyone is turned off from all qb because they didn't like one ACFesque tournament, well, I assume they still run to momma when they stub a toe. my 3 cents, Nathan
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