The U of O Trivia Club once again announces its Ottawa Hybrid Tournament (OHT). This will be held Saturday, March 19 at the University of Ottawa. The tournament will be organized, edited, and written (in part) by Ben Smith, Tamara Vardomskaya, Shauna McNally, & Jeff Gordon. A mirror of this tournament will be held at the University of British Columbia on March 26. Contact Daniel Pareja ( dpareja_at_... ) for details on the mirror. The OHT will feature a half-academic, half-trash distribution within each packet. Similar events were held at Brandeis and Georgia last summer, but this will be the first hybrid tournament in Canada (and thus will include a little CanCon). Packet submission is optional, but strongly encouraged with significant discounts. Our current fee list: Base fee: $60 per team --mixing universities or various degree levels is allowed --if there are multiple teams of players attending one school: $60 for the first team, $50 for each additional team Discounts: -$35 for an acceptable full packet (-$20 for half) submitted by Saturday, Feb 19, 11:59 PM -$25 for an acceptable full packet (-$15 for half) submitted by Saturday, Feb 26, 11:59 PM -$15 for an acceptable full packet (-$5 for half) submitted by Saturday, March 5, 11:59 PM (no packet = no penalty, just no discounts) -$10 for a working buzzer system -$10 for a full-time moderator -$5 for a team agreeing to do rotating moderating (usually 5 or more players) -$10 if all players on a team travelled from outside the radius on this map: http://ca.geocities.com/uotrivia/pics/discountmap.jpg Minimum fee: $5 per team (pretty cheap, no?) Prices are in either US or Canadian funds, whichever you have available. There will be no currency exchange at the tournament. Packet Distribution: Academic (10/10) 2/2 Literature. Spread out the geography, timeframes, genres, and forms 2/2 Science. 1 each of biology, chemistry, physics, and other 2/2 History. Spread out the geography and timeframes. No more than 1/1 on war. 2/2 to 3/3 Arts and Humanities. Use U of O's Faculty of Arts [link on website] as a guide. Includes: -fine arts, R/M/P, linguistics, geography, etc. -not more Literature or History, and math goes with Science 1/1 to 2/2 Social Sciences and Law. Use U of O's Faculty of Social Sciences [link on website] as a guide. Includes: -political science, economics, psychology, sociology, law, etc. Pop Culture (10/10) 2/2 Television. Spread out the timeframes, networks, and genres 2/2 Film/Musicals. After WWI, please. Spread out the timeframes, cast/crew, and genres 2/2 Music. After WWII, please. Spread out timeframes, artists, and genres 2/2 Sports. At least 3 sports represented 2/2 Other pop culture. Literature, games, Internet, shopping, products, etc. Go easy on the sex, drugs, and booze. Other/Your Choice (4/4) Useful for general knowledge, "ambiguous" categories, or academic/trash hybrids. Examples: -business, current events, high culture You may repeat academic or pop culture categories, but be balanced. Half-Packet Options (12/12) 1/1 of each academic and pop culture topic, 2/2 of your choice -The full academic distribution, and 2/2 your choice -The full pop culture distribution, and 2/2 your choice Contact for the tournament (as well as packet submission) is done through the club's e-mail ( uotrivia_at_... ). The OHT website is found at: http://ca.geocities.com/uotrivia/OHT05.html An early team list for the Ottawa site: -Ottawa/Carleton (2) -Ottawa-area enthusiasts -Rochester Thank you, and hope to see you in March! Ben Smith, U of O Trivia. ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
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