Three years after my initial description of what I called "Solitary Quizbowl" (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/quizbowl/message/11698), I think I've finally come across a decent opportunity to give it a whirl and see how it turns out. So here's what I'm proposing... If there are a handful of teams at this weekend's TRASHionals that would like to participate in the SQE, please write to me at zundevil (at) Y! to secure a spot. Ideally I'm looking for about a half dozen teams. All that is required of these teams is for them to play (with no opponent in the room) on a trash packet after this Saturday's round-robin is completed. This would take place during the usual theme rounds, although it isn't a theme round per se, and would hence yield to those prepared rounds. These needn't be TRASHionals teams either -- just 3-4 folks looking to hear a mildly longwinded but nonetheless well-written round. I will be using the questions I submitted to last weekend's 2006 RC Cola event, and so I suppose those who played at (or edited) that tournament are ineligible. Of course, any parties who find themselves all trashed-out (if that's even possible) by Saturday evening are welcome to moderate in one of the rooms. There would be a brief protocol review before the round is read to the willing teams, but I think that's about all that's different from regular moderating. I can't say for certain how quickly or easily the "simulated matches" can be "run", but after some non-trivial period of time and spreadsheeting, I will report back to the teams (or the board, even) with the results. And then we'll all smile and laugh. So I guess that's about it. Please write back to my personal address with questions, comments, or wishes to secure a spot. ZD
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