well, perhaps I am one of the few, but I did
enjoy the lies for the most part. The ones that
provided substantial clues were an interesting and fun
addition (The jazz fusion question which began with
"Scientists hope this branch of music will someday provide
the type of safe nuclear power that our sun does..."
is one that comes to mind as an example of a nice
helpful lie.) A question that provided no clues in its
lie, obviously was simply a distraction. But it is
important to differentiate between the format and the
manifestations. Its a change true, and while I wouldn't want
every tournament from here to eternity to adopt the
format, its nice to experiment with changes every now and
again.
alright, that's it. Just wanted to make
sure that opposition to the lies didn't seem
universal. :)
Rob
Wisconsin Quiz Bowl