Early Fall Tournament: October 14th, 2006

• From: james_g_blaine_4prez <no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com>
• Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 04:53:26 -0000
• Message-ID: <e6aus6+ah0h_at_...>

This is the official announcement for the Early Fall Tournament (EFT),
to be held on October 7th, 2006.  The tournament set will be written
by Jerry Vinokurov, Ryan Westbrook, myself, and possibly some other
people.  The questions will be similar in length, difficulty and
distribution to ACF Fall (i.e., somewhat shorter and easier than the
typical invitational).

We have hosts lined up on the west coast, northeast, midwest and
Texas.  We'd love to have more hosts, particularly in the mid-Atlantic
and the south.  If you're interested in hosting a mirror site, please
let us know (setht_at_uchicago.edu, jerry_v_at_...,
CryoBristow_at_...).  The base fee per team will be $80.  Hosts can
set buzzer, travel and moderator discounts at their own discretion. 
Hosts send us $40 per team and keep the rest.  If your costs of
hosting amount to more than you take in, let us know and we'll work
something out.

This tournament is open to anyone who wants to play.  We're hoping
that having some easy, non-packet-submission tournaments early in the
year will provide a boost to retention rates for new players, and that
this tournament will delight players at all levels, much like its
amphibious namesake.

Please let us know if you have any questions about the tournament, or
if you want to host.  Host sites will be announced soon, along with
contacts in case you have questions about your local mirror site.

-Seth