This Tournament Goes to Eleven VIII - Official Announcement

dr_pookman <*dr_pookman_at_dr_pookman.yahoo.invalid*> · Thu, 03 Aug 2006 16:56:42 -0000

Announcing:

This Tournament Goes to Eleven VIII: Spinal Tap Takes Manhattan

Place: Iowa City, Iowa
Dates: October 21-22, 2006
Building: PH or PBB (TBA)
Times: TBA
TD: Andrew Juhl (dr_pookman_at_...)

MIRROR: UC-Irvine (Post to follow)

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Tournament Description & Format:

1. This is a non-packet submission tournament, however...

   a. Submissions are accepted.
   b. Submissions are greatly encouraged.
   c. Submissions will be compensated.

2. TTGT11 is, and has always been, a hybrid tournament. The projected 
distribution this year is 65% academic/35% trash.

   a. I *promise* at least a 60% academic tournament this year.

3. Teams may consist of as few as two (2) and as many as eight (8) 
players.

   a. Each round pits one team against one other team.
   b. Each round consists of two different packets being read 
simultaneously in two different rooms.
   c. Teams must "divide and conquer" in order to win the round. In 
other words, a team chooses amongst itself how best to divide its 
players between the two packets-with a max of four players from any 
one team per packet.

4. All packets will be either a 'theme' or a 'subject' packets.

   a. The theme(s) and/or subject(s) of the two packets will be known 
to teams before the round begins.

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Packets:

1. Each round consists of twenty 10-point toss-ups.

   a. A correct answer by a player earns that player's team a shot at 
a 30-point bonus.
   b. Powers and Lames have been used in the past, but a decision on 
this has not been made this year.

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Eligibility:

1. We welcome all players regardless of age, sex, or (lack of) 
university affiliation.

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Registration:

1. Base Fee: $200/team

2. Discounts:

   a. One Packet: -$20 by Oct. 15, -$10 by Oct. 1
   b. Two Packets: -$50 by Oct. 15, -$25 by Oct. 1
   c. Working Buzzer: -$10/buzzer (no max)
   d. Two Teams: -$20/team
   e. Three Teams: -$40/team
   f. Travel Discount: $0.10/mile (for every mile over 100)

As always, if money is a problem, then please e-mail me at
dr_pookman_at_....  I will do whatever I can to accommodate a team 
that cannot afford the full registration fee.

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Packet Submission:

1. Anyone/team who would like to write a freelance packet for TTGT11 
is more than welcome; we would appreciate it greatly.

2. Anyone/team who writes one (1) freelance packet will be supplied 
with the whole of this year's tournament (roughly 30 packets!)

3. Anyone/team who writes two (2) freelance packets will be supplied 
with the whole of last year's tournament (that's 30 packets!)

4. We would prefer packets of an academic nature, or at least packets 
that are 50/50 academic/TRASH, but we will gladly take given to us, 
just the same.

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Theme Packets:

1. A theme packet is any packet with a distribution of questions from 
various fields of interest whose questions/answers all have something
in common.

2. Any team/freelance that would like to submit a theme packet for 
TTGT11, please follow the following loose distribution of 21TU/22B:

   History 4-5/4-5
   Lit 4-5/4-5
   Science 4-5/4-5
   Misc. Academic 4-5/4-5
   Trash/Current Events 2-3/2-3

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Subject Packets:

1. A subject packet is any packet containing all questions on a 
single subject. For example, any packet focusing only on art would be 
a subject packet. A subject packet is not nearly as limiting as some 
might think, however, for even a packet on 'art' can contain art 
history, famous artists, works, museums, and even TRASH references 
(e.g. 'Whistler's Mother' in the movie Bean).