ICT Warm-Up Saturday, April 5th, 2008 University of Maryland ANNOUNCEMENT: The Maryland Academic Quiz Team is pleased to announce that it will be hosting the ICT Warm-Up on Saturday, April 5th, 2008 at our College Park campus. This is a tournament being written by Matt Weiner with help from Jerry Vinokurov that will be played using NAQT style rules and questions. This means that packets will be timed and that the distribution will be roughly similar to what you can expect for Division I at the ICT. Also, there is no packet submission required or expected for this tournament. PRICING: +$100 – Base Fee per team. -$10 – Discount for 2nd team. -$20 – Discount for 3rd and additional teams. -$5 – Buzzer discount per school. -$20 – Staff discount (either moderating or scorekeeping) per school. -$10 – Clock discount per school (i.e. a clock you would see at a time NAQT match). -$15 – Travel discount per team for traveling over 200 miles one way to the tournament. Minimum Fee per Team: $50 ELIGIBILITY: This is an open event. Anyone is welcome to play in this tournament, regardless of collegiate affiliation. This means that the tournament is open to college players, high school players, coaches and players not affiliated with any institution of learning. I do ask that if you are forming teams from people at different schools, please contact me first before you do so. While the questions will certainly be harder than the HSNCT, this tournament is probably also a good warm up for competitive high school teams who will get a chance to practice for that tournament by playing tough competition on question sets more difficult than the typical IS set. It is possible that we might run a separate Division II field if there are enough teams interested, but the questions will not be different like at the ICT. Regardless of whether we run a Division II field or not, we will award prizes the Division II winner. REGISTRATION: To register for this tournament, please contact tournament director Mike Bentley at mike000_at_.... Please indicate how many teams you are bringing and any discounts you think you qualify for. If you are interested in helping staff this tournament, please let me know. Since this is a timed tournament, we would like to have scorekeepers in each room. There is a slight possibility that registration will be limited by how many staff we have, so it's in your best interest to register early. The actual registration details for the day of the tournament will be posted as the tournament draws closer. Hope to see everyone in April, Mike Bentley Tournament Director
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