Re: NATSSO III Announcement

• From: Stephen Webb <sdwebb91984_at_sdwebb91984.yahoo.invalid>
• Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 22:52:41 -0000
• Message-ID: <d4rpfp+10o2b_at_...>

--- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, tak_seorangpun <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> 
> --- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, "Stephen Webb" <sdwebb91984_at_y...>
> wrote:
> 
> > Due to time constraints, the tournament will be guerilla editted. As
> > such, a CAREFULLY WRITTEN tournament packet following the text
> > formatting of the packets labeled "Round #" here http://
> > cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/quizbowl/ under the "archives" link from NATSSO
> > 2003. The emphasis is on carefully written; if you write a packet
> and
> > we end up having to swap it out for a house packet in the middle of
> > the tournament, you will incur a $20 penalty. Get it right the first
> > time so we do not have to fix it for you.
> 
> I'm just curious how a swap-out (if it must happen) would work.  I
> assume "guerrilla edited" means that nobody but the team that wrote
> the packet will have edited or even seen it before the tournament
> starts.  Do the NATSSO organizers plan to skim over the next packet
> right before each round begins, and then decide then and there whether
> the packet meets the appropriate standards?  Has this been done before
> at a guerrilla tournament, or did this idea arise because of some bad
> experiences with guerrilla editing?


Anybody who wants my opinion on their packet before they show up is
more than welcome to ask it. As for a packet swap, we obviously cannot
do it with more than a few house packets we would write.