Stan J. wrote: "Thus, I think we need to consider
NAQT, ACF, CBI and TRASH as all equally viable. After
all, the "number one" player should be able to be
dominant to some level no matter how the questions are
phrased, right? "
Say what you will about how much
each format should be considered in a discussion of
quizbowl skill, but to describe the differences of the
academic formats and TRASH as a matter of phrasing is like
saying the differences in the plots of "Moby Dick" and
"Roadhouse" is a matter of phrasing.
Kelly, who,
despite what I said above, does blame phrasing for
recently negging with Chandrasekhara Raman on a Frank
Stallone tossup.