ANNOUNCEMENT: ST. LOUIS OPEN III

• From: RSBhan
• Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 20:02:58 -0700
• Message-ID: <000TJNRV2.0016591BH.12170551-quizbowl_at_...>

Hi, all. This is the official announcement for
the ST. LOUIS OPEN III, an ACF-style event, to be
held on Saturday, October 27, 2001 at Washington
University in St. Louis.

The tournament, as usual,
will be open to all teams: masters, bastard,
collegiate, high school, whatever. Trophies will go to the
top two overall teams and a third trophy will go to
the best division II team (1st- and 2nd-year
players). In addition, there will be eight all-star medals
and two division II all-star medals.

Please
drop me an e-mail at rsbhan_at_... if you would
like to mirror this event or if you would like to set
up a packet trade.

This year's ST. LOUIS OPEN
will be an optional packet submission event. Teams
that choose to submit packets in a timely fashion will
receive significant discounts. You must notify me by
September 14, 2001 if you wish to play but do not intend to
write a packet.


Fee Structure:

Base
fee w/o submitting packet: $120
Base fee w/
submitting packet: $80

Discounts:
-$5 per working
buzzer system
-$10 per competent game official
(determined by us, of course)
-$20 for distance (over 300
miles one way)
-$10 per division II team
-$20 if
packet in by Sept. 14
-$10 if packet in by Sept.
27
No penalty if packet in by Oct. 4
+$10 if packet
in by Oct. 14
Don't bother submitting after Oct.
14 unless prior arrangements have been
made.

Minimum fee: $50 for packet submission, $90 for no
packet


Packet Guidelines:

We'll be aiming for a
difficulty level approximating ACF Regionals, which should
be a good deal easier than previous ST. LOUIS OPENS.
Questions should challenge experienced players and not
frighten new ones.

Total Questions - 25 toss-ups/25
bonuses

Literature - 5/5
Science - 5/5
History - 5/5
RMP -
3/3
Fine Arts - 3/3
Social Science - 3/3
Trash -
1/1

I'm not going to be too strict or specific with the
distribution. Please don't deviate too much from the
distribution listed, and please be as diverse as possible
within each major category. Freelance packets are more
than welcome and one will receive a complete set of
questions from the tournament for writing one.

I
can't think of anything else I need to say, so I'll
bring this to a close. If you would like to register
for this event, or if you have any questions or
comments, or if you miss me you can send me an e-mail at
rsbhan_at_.... Good luck at all the summer
tournaments.

Roger Bhan