--- In qb-canada_at_yahoogroups.com, Ben Smith <uotrivia_at_y...> wrote: > 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_i... ) for > details on the mirror. I don't have much information on the Vancouver mirror as of yet. What I do know will be outlined in this post. > 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 In Vancouver, the base fee will be $15 per team. I, the tournament director, may lower this either through discounts as outlined below or as I see fit under various circumstances. The discounts outlined below are not fixed and are subject to change. > --mixing universities or various degree levels is > allowed In Vancouver, anybody either of the age of majority or a student at a post-secondary institution may play. People not satisfying either requirement must ask me for permission to play due to possible concerns about sexual content (this is also the policy of TRASH). If you played this tournament in Ottawa, you may not play it in Vancouver. > --if there are multiple teams of players attending one > school: $60 for the first team, $50 for each > additional team There will be no reduction in fees for multiple teams from one institution in Vancouver. > Discounts: > -$35 for an acceptable full packet (-$20 for half) > submitted by Saturday, Feb 19, 11:59 PM I will offer $5 off for a team that submits a pack to Ben by this deadline, whether half or full. I'd offer more, but it's already a cheap tournament. > -$25 for an acceptable full packet (-$15 for half) > submitted by Saturday, Feb 26, 11:59 PM A pack sent to Ben by this deadline will earn its team $3 off. > -$15 for an acceptable full packet (-$5 for half) > submitted by Saturday, March 5, 11:59 PM A pack sent to Ben by this deadline is worth $2 off. > (no packet = no penalty, just no discounts) > -$10 for a working buzzer system This will be worth $5 off, and is most likely to persuade me to lower your fees further because we do not have many buzzer systems. However, if you don't bring a buzzer system, I may not give you as much in discounts in other places. Note that this discount will only apply to buzzer systems that get used; I will, however, spread around this discount between the participating teams so that one team or institution with multiple systems does not lower their fees solely through use of this discount. > -$10 for a full-time moderator This will earn a team $5 off. > -$5 for a team agreeing to do rotating moderating > (usually 5 or more players) This discount will be applied in conjunction with pack discounts to a maximum of $5 off between the two. > -$10 if all players on a team travelled from outside > the radius on this map: > http://ca.geocities.com/uotrivia/pics/discountmap.jpg I have not decided if I will give a travel discount; the tournament is already inexpensive. > Minimum fee: $5 per team (pretty cheap, no?) The minimum fee in Vancouver is $0. > Prices are in either US or Canadian funds, whichever > you have available. There will be no currency > exchange at the tournament. The same policy will likely apply in Vancouver, so change your money at the border. Gameplay rules as outlined on Ottawa's page for this tournament will apply in Vancouver. If a game is tied after 3 overtime tossups are read, play will become "sudden death" -- the next team to correctly answer a tossup wins, or, the next team to interrupt incorrectly will lose. Depending on attendance, we may run a single, double or triple round-robin, with playoffs afterward (likely Page playoffs with 1- game advantages to higher-ranked teams if we have enough packs). > 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_y... ). The OHT website is found at: > http://ca.geocities.com/uotrivia/OHT05.html > A tentative team list for the Vancouver site: Simon Fraser University (2) University of British Columbia (2) The date for this tournament is, as above, March 26th. This is one week before ACF nationals, after which comes the ICT, TRASHionals and College Bowl Nationals. So if you want to warm up for the big tournaments, come to Vancouver on the 26th! Daniel Pareja (dpareja -at- interchange -dot- ubc -dot- ca) University of British Columbia Quiz Bowl
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