Mr. Steinheice wrote:
"ACF is our preferred
style, when the level of difficulty is accessible to
newer players, as with last year's ACF Regionals and
this past fall's ACF Fall set. But ACF Nationals, at
least in the past, has frankly been over the heads of
most smaller schools -- a lot of it, especially the
bonus material, has been hardcore stuff that senior
honors students never heard of, even when it was in
their own major field. I for one have been encouraged
by the trend in ACF toward questions that are still
challenging but not too obscure for 90% of the people who
take the time to play this game."
Charlie makes
a solid observation here, and I would just like to
state that this year's ACF Nationals tournament will
continue the trend of accessibility while maintaining its
traditionally challenging atmosphere.
Some of you may be
asking, "How can this be? How can a tournament be both
accessible and challenging?"
It's magic.
R.
Bhan
Editor
ACF Nationals 2002