Re: Moc Masters

mikemusgrove96 <*no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com*> · Tue, 06 Aug 2002 00:42:06 -0000

Stephen,

Do not apologize for your round at Moc Masters.  I thought it was one 
of the best in the tournament.  

There is no such thing as a round that is 'too easy'.  An ideal round 
is one in which even the weakest team can answer about 15 of the 
tossups and get 10-20 pts on the bonii if unopposed.  The best teams 
should be able to answer 19-20 of the tossups and get 20-30 pts on 
the bonii if unopposed.  I figure that an average combined score of 
500-600 pts is about right.

I tell the kids on my high school team that the trick is to structure 
the questions in such a way that the best teams answer on early clues 
but that by the end of the question even your little sister can 
answer them.  If we write such that only the best teams can answer, 
we will drive off folks who are new to the game.

Just my opinion.  By the way ... I think I heard you are going to 
Tech.  Hope you can help pull us out of the slump we have been in 
since our glory days in the mid-nineties.

Mike Musgrove
GT Alums

--- In quizbowl_at_y..., "sdwebb91984" <sdwebb91984_at_y...> wrote:
> I expected a post to be up by now about this, but I guess I'm gonna
> kick it off. First of all, I'd like to congratulate Kelly McKenzie
> (pardon the spelling) for winning the Moc Masters solo, quite
> impressive. I would also like to congratulate everybody who made
> tournament all-star, and everybody else who placed, competed, and 
ran
> the tournament. It was very smoothly run and everything was on 
schedule.
> 
> Now for some general reflections. Being my first trip to any non-
high
> school tournament it was definitely an experience. The questions 
were
> hard, yet accessible, everybody was pretty friendly, and the overall
> environment was a good one. I look forward to playing this format 
for
> years to come.
> 
> I must apologize, as I am the one who wrote the packet for the last
> prelim round. Having no frame of reference on what level to write 
on,
> the packet was by far the easiest of the entire day, which I guess 
was
> a good contrast to the round before, which Kelly wrote, and was
> probably the hardest. I'll keep in mind the proper level next time I
> go to this.
> 
> Finally, I'd like to thank the tournament staff and TD for making 
the
> whole tournament run smoothly and efficiently. While all the rooms
> were hot as balls, everything else with the facilities, equipment 
and
> questions was perfect.
> 
> Stephen