Hello Everyone, As folks may have surmised from my earlier posts I will be in charge of editing Chicago Open this summer. Helping me out this year will be Chris Romero and hopefully some other folks that we are currently negotiating with. This will be an academic submission tournament and the target difficulty goal is to emulate past Chicago Opens; that is to say, somewhere between ACF Regionals and this year's Nationals [though I reserve the opportunity to up the ante a bit in the playoffs]. The tournament is open to all comers and it traditionally attracts between 12 and 16 of the most talented and competitive teams anywhere. If you like the quizbowl, then you will have fun and you should register ASAP. The tournament and the various coetaneous events accompanying it will occur on the weekend of July 28-30 on the campus of the University of Chicago [in a building yet to be determined]. I want to continue Subash's tradition of opening the tournament up to potential hosts for mirror events on the east and west coasts, so if any parties are interested in this, they should contact me at eberdich_at_gmail.com. Packet Specs: The format is pretty much ACF and since I assume most folks coming to this tournament know how to write questions in that style, I won't waste your time with any super specific instructions beyond those offered below. If you do need some additional guidance email me and we can discuss things in more detail. I would like to receive 24/24 with the following breakdown per subject area- 5/5 lit 5/5 history 5/5 science 3/3 religion, myth, philosophy [1/1 of each] 3/3 fine arts 1/1 social science 1/1 trash 1/1 geography [Of course it goes without saying that these fine questions you all submit should take into account regional and temporal overlap, blah, blah, blah (ie. don't write me a packet where every answer is British or Swahili or everything involves the 19th century—you know what I'm saying)] The questions should be sorted by category. So put all the history tossups and boni under a nice heading that says "History" and then follow that up with one for the "Science" and so forth. Write your questions in 10 point Times New Roman and remember that while I may look favorably upon your ten line epic about Aubrey Beardsley's Tannhauser, I'll probably just be annoyed and chop off the first two lines and curse your name. In other words, all questions should be 6-8 lines long. Tossups should look like this- A true follower of feng shui, his favorite food is a "good" ham steak. After a particularly harrowing encounter with a tramp who quoted Marlowe's Hero and Leander while polishing off a mini bottle of Southern Comfort, this man found himself wishing that he had never set foot in New Orleans. He was sent there to lead his companions, Leo Wolpert and Matt Lafer, to victory over Seth Teitler and his rag tag band of Chicago players. A lover of mead, he is usually depicted in painting with his trademark fedora. For ten points [or FTP] identify this quiz bowl deity who once played for the University of Michigan. Answer: Adam Cornelius Kemezis Bonuses like this- Answer the following about a book and its author for ten points each, A. One year after it was completed, its author decided that the protagonist's love interest, Sweet Sally McGinty, wasn't a strong enough character, so her scenes were drastically cut in the final version. Answer: I Love Crack B. I Love Crack might be this man's greatest work. He is also well known for his poetry collections Funereal and Why so pale and wan?. Answer: Remington Fluffer C. Fluffer had a sensational love affair with this other author of the poems "Because I could not stop for death" and "Damn it is cold up here in my attic, I would like someone to rub my feet." Answer: Emily Dickinson The base fee will be $110, but if you get me a full packet by June 17, I will knock off $25. If you get it to me after July 8, I will add $25 to the fee. If you don't write a packet and still want to play, email me and we will see what we can do. Also, if you want to play the tourney with less than a full four man squad I can probably be convinced to knock the price down somewhat; again email me. There will also be a $5 discount per buzzer (max 2 per team). I hope to have details of any and all accompanying tournaments worked out with their respective sponsors/writers in the next couple of weeks and they will probably be posting their own announcements fairly soon. If you have any questions or would like to officially register a team, please e-mail me at eberdich_at_.... I hope to see many of you in attendance, Ezequiel [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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