ANNOUNCEMENT: ST. LOUIS OPEN III

• From: RSBhan
• Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 19:21:21 -0700
• Message-ID: <000TO65P1.000E3O7MJ.12170551-quizbowl_at_...>

Hi, all. This is the official announcement for
the ST. LOUIS OPEN III: Somebody Set Us Up the Bhan,
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 400
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