Re: Moc Masters

sdwebb91984 <*sdwebb91984_at_sdwebb91984.yahoo.invalid*> · Tue, 06 Aug 2002 01:15:17 -0000

Indeed, at the tournament i was decked out with Tech stuff. And yes,
it is my intention to help get the team back on top, as arrogant as
that sounds. That's the principle that guided my packet writing, but
then i was seeing the other rounds and the scores, at least in the
room I was in, were rather high in comparison. Oh well, too late for that.
--- In quizbowl_at_y..., mikemusgrove96 <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> 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