<<Again you're speaking out of your ass, Andy.>> In your rush to excoriate Goss, you forgot that he mentioned "(for many of my teammates -- as said before, I'll play damn near anything)" ... in that the opinion he was stating was THAT OF HIS TEAMMATES. Andy said I'LL PLAY DAMN NEAR ANYTHING. I can speak for myself, my teammates at Randolph-Macon didn't care for ACF. They found every excuse in the book to avoid it after having played on the Stanford archive version of it. <<Other teams could only afford to go to one national tournament, and since there's usually a bigger NAQT contingent at most schools, they win.>> Dave, why do you think this is the case? <<What is your reasoning behind the statement that ACF is only interested in the best teams?>> Again, let's ask the 'bigger NAQT contingent' why they prefer NAQT over ACF. <<I made a concerted effort to recruit new teams for Nationals this year, and ACF has traditionally offered discounts and other incentives to inexperienced teams. In addition, the ACF question archive is available free for teams that want to get better; the other formats makes you pay a crapload for old questions.>> This is correct. ACF has made an effort to reach out over the past several years; sadly, the prejudices of past years have been laid down. Should quizbowl be an activity that calls for a high level of committment from all its players? Or are weekend warriors welcome? <<Also, why the hell are you babbling about CBI if you have so little experience with it?>> How much experience do YOU have with CBI, Dave? <<Every time someone dares to say something inflammatory on this list, you start flailing about like a decapitated chicken.>> Kenny was the first one to reply to Edmund's post. <<Maybe it would be more constructive to allocate the time you spend posting to studying for quizbowl.>> I know, the nerve of Andy to post on a public forum. Shawn Pickrell
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