calibanman writes:
"I would propose that we
scrap selling invitational packets
and release them
to archives as soon as the tournament(s)
has
been completed. Would anyone go broke if we did this?
"
The real value of unreleased invitational packets is
that they can be used later in tournaments in
underserved areas. People who have had little or no
experience with the quizbowl format should not be expected
to write questions for it -- or at least not entire
packets. Running a tournament with questions off the Web
archive is obviously a bad idea, and NAQT charges
hectobucks for its tournament sets.