Subject: ACF Newsletter IV.2 (finally) Date: Tue, 2 Dec 1997 04:28:18 -0800 (PST) From: Gaius Stern To: acf-newsletter@uclink2.berkeley.edu ACF Newsletter IV.2 Dec. 1997 Gaius Stern & Rachel Marshak editors Sorry this issue is so late. Next issue will have a buzzer update and the results missing from this issue. This issue contains: Fast results from Midwest Request for ACF Regionals bids UCLA A calendar for 1998 Berkeley WIT5 Stanford (Fall) ------------------------- "SPRINGFIELD HEIGHTS" WINS ILLINOIS ON BEYOND ZEBRA Details should be obtained from Andy Wang or Scott Coon (coon@math.uiuc.edu) for the Illinois tournament. In brief, ten teams played a round-robin, after which the top four were 1. Iowa (8-1) which had lost to Kentucky 2. NKVD (7-2) which had lost to Springfield Heights and Iowa 3. ILL (6-3) which had lost to Kentucky, Iowa, and NKVD 4. Springfield Heights (6-3) which had lost to Kentucky, ILL, and Iowa. A second R-R within the top 4 was played, after which the finalists were determined by overall record. Because Springfield Heights went 3-0 in the final round and had beaten runner-up NKVD in two matches, a play-off was avoided. Now for the punch: Springfield Heights was R. Hentzel who flew in from CA to play at Illinois. NKVD was a team of mostly former Illinois players, James Anderson, Vishnu Jejjala, Alex "Art" Corlett, Martin Stroup, and Maribeth Swiatek ($9,000 richer from Jeopardy!). The ILL team was also a crew of Ill-alums, led by Chris Goheen. Full results from other Midwest events are not available right now but will be put in future newsletters. In brief: Case West. Res. Celebrity Shootout winner: Michigan State, BGSU 2nd Minnesota Deep Bench winner: Chicago, Michigan HYBRID BERKELEY/STANFORD TEAM WINS UCLA BRUIN CUB CUP UCLA hosted a new type of tournament this month, a tourney for new players. Teams from UCLA, Caltech, ASU, Stanford, UC Irvine, and some brave high school players from Los Alamitos HS and Huntington Beach HS. A final team consisting of two Berkeley players and 2 STanford players won the event. TD Peter Freeman did an excellent job of running the tournament. Each game was 22 TU. Questions were provided by NAQT. UCLA club president Oz Pathare adds: In the last round of the mini-round robin, the Stanford/Berkeley amalgamation/abomination had to beat Cal Tech Dale in order to avoid a one-game playoff for the championship; they did so by a comfortable 150 points and were declared the Champion "Cubs", or, to mix my animal metaphors, the "Pride of the Litter." A special hats off to Willie from UC Irvine in his first circuit event where he was the 2nd MVP. The top 6 MVPs: PLAYER TEAM PPG ------------------------------ Tanim CT Bobby 61.5 Willie UCI(/Los Al) 44.5 Sanjoy CT Dale 42.7 Brandon CT Bobby 40.4 Mike Berk(/Stan) 40.0 Jay UCLA 38.6 STANFORD SWEEPS BOTH TITLES AT BERKELEY WIT5 In an exciting championship match of 40 TUs and bonuses, Stanford A beat runner-up BYU A (who won last year) 435-410. This was an extremely close match and a credit to both Stanford-SVA (Adam, Sherman, Jesse, and Rachel) and BYU-SV (Nephi,Ken, Erik, and Dave). Going into TU 40, Stanford was up 420-410, so it was vital to them that BYU not get TU 40. Both teams emerged from the double round-robin with records of 12-4 (hey - it was a tough field) against other teams from Caltech, ASU, Berkeley, and UCSF. In addition R. Hentzel entered as a one-man team "The Lyceum" and came in 3rd place! Teams at WIT5 self-divided into either the veterans bracket or the JV bracket. This year several new teams appeared to join in the competition: UCSF, Whitworth College (Wash. St), the Lyceum, and UCSB. In the JV division, Stanford's JVA team of Rob, Jeremy, Jackie, and Adam swept the field undefeated (12-0) to take the title. BYU again took second place. WIT5 TD director, David Levinson reports "Both Stanford and BYU look especially strong at all levels this year. It should be noted that (in the upper division) The Lyceum had more total points than either playoff team (or any other), which is more remarkable because the The Lyceum was a one man team, R. Hentzel. He won first MVP (obviously)" As usual, the Berkeley club provided breakfast for the competitors Saturday morning. Most rounds were submitted by the participants, some were obtained in a question swap with U-MD. The WIT5 MVPs with TUs/inter. and total points: R. Lyceum 171 34 1540 Pat UCLA 88 11 825 Brian ASU 91 26 780 Lev UCSF 81 22 700 Jesse Stanford-SVA 69 18 600 Adam Stan-JVA 71 8 670 Noah Stan-JVB 55 8 510 Elliot Stan-JVC 49 13 425 Mike Berkeley 39 5 365 Ryan Berkeley 45 20 350 Full results are available at http://server.berkeley.edu/quiz-bowl/wit/buzzbee97.txt Congratulations again to both Stanford and BYU. Special note is due to the Caltech team whish showed up in costume (it was Halloween) as the Wizard of Oz ensemble. STANFORD MAKES BACK-TO-BACK WINS AT WESTERN QUIZ LEAGUE Nine teams played for the Western QL at Stanford. Teams were Berkeley (3), Stanford (2), BYU (2), ASU, and Caltech. After a double RR, the top two teams were to play a play-off. Those teams were Berkeley A and Stanford A. The play-off was regarded as a 2/3 with Stanford's two wins in the prelims giving them a victory in the first match. Berkeley needed to win twice, Stanford just once. The final score was Stanford 385 Berkeley 380 (Some grumbling took place over a question, but I was not there, so I do not know the dispute.) This victory gave the Stanford club its fourth back-to-back win, starting at the UCLA Bruin Cub, then on both tiers at the Berkeley WIT5, and finally the WQL championship. Team members were Jesse, Adam, Alan, and Rachel. The top ten players were: rounds PPG Brian ASU 16 61.56 Richard Caltech 16 57.19 Jon Berkeley B 16 51.88 Jesse Stanford A 15 51.67 Nick Berkeley A 16 49.38 Ken BYU A 14 48.21 Steve Berkeley A 16 46.88 Adam K. Stanford A 14 43.21 Jason Berkeley A 16 33.75 Alan Stanford A 14 33.21 ACF REGIONALS BIDS OPEN If your program would like to hold ACF Regionals this year, contact Andrew Yaphe , Matthew Colvin , John Sheahan and Gaius Stern This year ACF is willing to consider expanding Regionals if desire is present. We hope to run 7 Regionals in New England, Mid Atlantic, Southeast, Midwest/Ohio, Midwest/Plains, Southwest, and West Coast. If a Hawaii or Pacific NW site were available, ACF would be interested. In order to host ACF Regionals, your program should have a sufficient number of volunteers available to put one moderator and scorekeeper in each room (counting any BYE teams as scorekeepers). ACF provides all of the questions via e-mail. Hosts should agree in advance to give up the chance to play if they can not fully staff each room. CALENDAR FOR 1998 (this list may not be complete) write us if you want your event added next issue! Wisconsin 30-31 Jan contact: watchorn@wisp5.physics.edu BYU 30-31 Jan contact: jng5@email.byu.edu Stanford 6-7 Feb. contact: kline@leland.stanford.edu Wichita St. 28 Feb. contact: etowens@wsuhub.uc.twsu.edu ACF Regs. (SITES TBA) contact: ady5f@faraday.clas.virginia.edu West Coast ? 5 March contact: gaius@uclink2.berkeley.edu UCLA April ? contact: avp@mvacs.ess.ucla.edu ----------