Ross with all due respect, exactly what WERE you expecting? These q's were not more difficult than say TrashMasters and they were far superior to any invitational or one-man written tournament I'd heard in awhile. There also was no significant jump in difficulty in the big four topics (sports, movies, tv, pop) from comparing last year's answers to this years. If anything the subdistributions in these categories finally became reasonable with people whose knowledge of things like non-80's music no longer being punished. Furthermore, if you're having this much of a problem with this year's TRASHionals, then fill out the survey with TRASH, I'm sure they'd love to hear from you, but if I were you I wouldn't use the argument of "it was more difficult than invitationals". It's supposed to be. It has 4 times teams of invitationals like FOGHAT or Depauw. How are you going to put 36 teams in some order if the q's are easy for all? FWIW, I don't think these were hard and I'm nowhere close to hardcore. I think the only difference is I didn't have teams like at invitationals where we could feast on. And that's what I expect from a national level tournament. Sean Phillips speaking for himself not WUAT, BHS, or people over 6 feet with webbed feet. --- In quizbowl_at_y..., sdrossboss <no_reply_at_y...> wrote: > I'm glad to see my post sparked a response. I am, to restate, making > the observation that TRASHionals, as I've realized after having > attended, was extremely difficult compared to other Trash tournaments > I've played in and have enjoyed. Difficult in that there was a level > of obscurity that was to my chagrin beyond me. The frustration does > not stem from, as in maybe 10% of cases, knowing the answer and being > beaten by players clearly better than me. It was lacking the > knowledge to be able to buzz even off the final clue. This was also > in large part, the first time I've had such an experience at a > tournament so it's not a feeling I'm used to. Sure I went to the big > bad national tournament but I went expecting to have fun regardless > of how things turned out. That just didn't happen unfortunately. > > Thanks again, > > Ross
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