>> A quick note about the field: two "masters" teams were in >> attendance, keeping the young whippersnappers in shape. > I thought this was the exact reason why NAQT did > not permit "masters" teams in its official > intercollegiate events. When did this rule > change? I don't know how you usually do things that side of the pond, but over here you would be lucky to get anything approaching a decent field without masters teams. They were not eligible to qualify for the final or to hold the title, and did not displace any other teams from the field. I don't believe that is a ruling change, but a NAQTer might like to comment further. > Also, did the IFT GB use the same questions as > the North American IFTs, or were they > britannicized? The questions used were edited again by me. Around 70-80% of the original questions were used, but those relating to baseball, American politics and other topics about which no-one over here cares were cut. The remaining questions were rebalanced with a handful of question written by myself, with the intention that the final result should be roughly "mid-Atlantic" in its subject matter. As an aside, and speaking purely personally, I was disturbed by the way in which 95%+ of the sports questions were baseball, American football or ice hockey. Don't you have any other sports that are question-worthy over there? I was also disturbed by the sheer level of anal retention that some people must have in order to answer those questions, as I know that, were I to set comparable questions on football, excuse me, "soccer", cricket, rugby and the like, I would be taken away and shot. This is more an advance moan on behalf of UK teams at the next ICT - can we have sport made a little more international, please, instead of just the large volume on these three (imagine how you'd do in answering on cricket!)? Finally, returning to the original question, I'll just add that, while we essentially play the same game over here, the two sides have had seperate evolutions for over 30 years, and aren't going to be reunited that easily. We're rather fond of our more laid-back approach to the whole thing, and I'm yet to find anyone who has played in both styles who disagrees. We also, as one player noted to me a while back, make a cavalier attempt to have fun while playing the game, something that, judging largely by some of the traffic on this group, a few people over your side of the water could well do to try. Just my 0.02 (which I believe is worth more than anyone else's two cents ;-) ) Rob.
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