David Levinson said: <3) Satiation - I have always been of the view that the principle of non-satiation holds in quizbowl, the more the better. We'll take 16 singles rounds to be the limit in the future. Four hours in a row does not seem too long to me, but okay.> Four hours may not be too bad in some situations. However, in this case, in which the players in the singles rounds jumped straight from one round to the next without changing rooms, it got to be mighty monotonous. <7. Linked tossups/bonuses. I think this is such an obvious improvement, I will impose it whenever I have the opportunity. It greatly improves the aesthetics of the game, and others should experiment with it. Clearly how close the TU and Bonus should be linked is an area for debate, but the concept of linking is the way G-d intended it.> Please explain. It would seem that you like the idea of linking TU and bonii, but apart from the "aesthetics" (?), you don't really explain why. I would also prefer that you did not dismiss objections with references to divine revelations, but I guess that's just me. All in all, Deep Bench wasn't bad. I thought that the question writing guidelines were somewhat micromanaged. But frankly, I wish that the innovations displayed this year had been placed in a different tournament. Deep Bench wasn't broke, and I don't think it needed fixing. (dons asbestos suit) Witry
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