Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 14:53:20 -0500
To: ACF-newsletter@uclink4.berkeley.edu
From: Eric Owens <etowens@feist.com
Subject: ACF West Coast Newsletter, v. 5

ACF West Coast Newsletter V.5
Feb 1999
editors Eric Owens and Gaius Stern

 This issue contains
     Results from Michigan MLK, UMKC
     Create an annual HS Certamen
     Spreading the word at Regionals
     Invitations to
                    Carleton, Quincy, and UC-Riverside
     Calendar for 1999
     Quiz-Bowl on the Web
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       RESULTS FROM MICHIGAN MLK

Crow Division Win Loss PTS Opp
Chicago A 8 1 2370 870
Minnesota A 8 1 2200 825
Illinois Greedy UNICEF Bastards 6 3 1515 1175
Northwestern Pit-Pat 6 3 1260 995
Missouri-Kansas City 6 3 1150 955
Chicago D 5 4 1390 1275
Northwestern Required Romp 3 6 865 1335
Western Michigan 2 7 625 1665
Waterloo 1 8 700 1545
Michigan State B 0 9 325 1760

Servo Division Win Loss PTS OPP
Chicago B 8 1 2210 1230
Illinois Needy NBA Players 8 1 1990 1090
Michigan 6 3 1850 1310
Wichita St. 6 3 1685 1350
Ohio State 6 3 1615 1305
Northwestern Time Machine 3 6 1310 1335
Michigan State A 3 6 880 1765
Chicago C 2 7 1045 1640
Minnesota B 2 7 895 1645
Syracuse 1 8 745 1555

Playoffs:
Qtr ChiB 400  NWP 105
Qtr ChiA 265  Wic    195
Qtr IllB 275     IllN     255
Qtr Mic 325     MinA  100

Semi ChiA 285 IllB 125
Semi ChiB 175 Mic 115

Final ChiA 290 ChiB 95

More detailed results are available online at
http://www.umich.edu/~uac/mac/Results_MLK.html

       RESULTS FROM UMKC SITOW

Here are the final results from the University of Missouri-Kansas City's
Shootout in the Old West
6: The Last Stand tourney held on January 23:


Haag Division

University of Missouri-Rolla   7-0
Carleton B                     5-2
Arkansas                       5-2
Missouri A                     5-2
Washington U C         3-4
Washington U B         2-5
Quincy B                       1-6
Carleton D                     0-7

Royall Division

Carleton A                     6-1
Iowa State                     6-1
Washington U A         4-3
Quincy A                       4-3
Carleton C                     4-3
Chris Mayfield                 3-4
UMKC                           1-6
Missouri B                     0-7

Quarters
Quincy A d. UM-Rolla
Wash. U A d. Carleton B
Carleton A d. Missouri A
Arkansas d. Iowa State

Semis
Carleton A 395  Wash. U. A 225  (Top Scorer: Cheryl, Carleton 60)
Arkansas   300  Quincy A   230  (Top Scorer: Mike, Arkansas 95)

Finals (best of three)
Game 1  Carleton 395    Arkansas 210
Game 2  Arkansas 420    Carleton 200
Game 3  Arkansas 305    Carleton 290

       ACF LOOKS FOR HIGH SCHOOL LATIN BOWL HOSTS

       Quizbowl clubs that would like to host a Latin bowl in their area to
attract new players and add an event to the local circuit should contact
<gaius@uclink4.berkeley.edu   The West Coast ACF will provide a set of
questions, rules and hints as to how to run the event.  Certamen is a
QB-like game of Latin grammar, mythology, and Ancient history.  Some
certamen players go on to become strong players, and in some parts of the
country certamen is better known and better organized than QB.

       The difference between Certamen and a regular Quizbowl event is that
each
team only plays three matches (all matches are simultaneous) and the top
three scoring teams (regardless of record) play in a finals. Play is
divided by level so that all first-year students play together with all
second years in a different division.  While you can not charge as much to
play, Latin Bowl (Certamen) is so popular in some areas that you may be
able to attract 35 or more teams.  High turnout can balance out the costs.
And it is easier to get media attention and sponsorship with Latin.

       In order to run this event, your club need not consist of Latin
students
(though the TD and perhaps 2 others should have taken two years or played
Certamen) because the moderating and judging is done by the high school
Latin teachers.  Your club does need to have enough members and volunteers
to provide a scorekeeper in every room.  A three team buzzer system is
needed for the finals, though in all the preliminary games it is possible
to play by raising hands.

       SPREADING THE WORD AT REGIONALS

       Every year in mid-February, a high number of players attend their
one and
only
tournament at the annual ACUI-sponsored CBI Regional competition.  Teams
who play at
invitationals would be doing the entire community a strong favor by
informing players from "once a year only" teams that there is a circuit out
there they have never heard of which means many events every year,
roadtrips, and excitement.  In addition, there is the (free) website where
they can access thousands of questions for practice play.

       The ACF newsletter asks players from experienced teams to
contemplate how
dreary
their QB lives would be if they could only attend a single event every
year.  Spreading the word helps everyone by bringing more teams to the
circuit, thus providing more healthy competition, and for those who are
more fiscally motivated, additional entry fees.  Introduce yourself to the
players of these teams, exchange e-mail addresses, and encourage them to
play more.  Write down the address of your club's website (or the
newsletter).  Remind them that there are companies which sell affordable
buzzer systems (sometime with discounts through the newsletter) and a
wealth of practice material.  Good luck to everyone in the February
competitions.  The best success would be if each team helped bring a new
club into existence for next year.

       CARLETON INVITATION

The Carleton College Academic Quiz Team announces that it will host CUT 1,
the Carleton
Undergraduate Tournament, on Saturday March 6.  This will be an
undergraduate-only
tournament with questions supplied by National Academic Quiz Tournaments
(NAQT).  These
are questions billed as being best suited for collegiate play by novice
teams, rather than by full-squads of experienced quiz circuit regulars.
But this tournament will welcome both novice teams and more experienced
undergraduate players--with a twist.  In order to try to match team
strength to the question level, eligibility for this tournament WILL BE as
follows:

Any school which did not earn an invitation to the NAQT ICT Division I
field in 1998 will be welcome to enter traditional four-person teams.

Any school which did earn an invitation to the NAQT ICT Division I field
in 1998 may enter teams as follows:

Teams of up to four players all meeting the NAQT "novice" definition.
(That is, undergrads whose first intercollegiate academic quiz competition
as part of a college team came during the current 1998/99 season.)

OR

Teams of up to two players who need not be novices, but who are
undergraduates who have
never themselves been credited with answering an average of 2.5 tossups
per game played or better in any past NAQT ICT (1997 or 1998) in Division I.

OR

Solo undergraduate players who have themselves answered an average of 2.5
tossups per game played or better in any past NAQT ICT in Division I.

FEES:
$50 per team.  (Yes, the same fee for teams of all sizes; each takes up a
spot in a capped field, just the same.  And it's pretty cheap for all, for
a tournament without packet submission!)
-$5 for supplying a working buzzer set (one discount per team; please let
us know when
registering)
-$10 for supplying a moderator through the pre-playoff rounds, if approved
in advance.  (A limited number are needed.)

To register teams or ask questions, contact Eric Hillemann,
ehillema@carleton.edu, (507)
646-4270.

       QUINCY HAWKFEST 99 INVITE

       Quincy College will be hosting the 1st Quincy Open: Hawkfest 99.
The URL
for
tournament info is http://www.quincy.edu/orgs/collegebowl/hawkfest.htm.
Remember, Andy
Wang rated Quincy as one of his top 3 tournament sites (due primarily to
the presence of a drive-thru liquor store a couple of blocks away from the
tourney site. Andy, the store has moved, but only two blocks away, and it's
bigger and better than ever).

       The QU Open will be a modified ACF tournament held on the weekend of
April  3rd. We
are as yet undecided on a Fri-Sat or just Saturday event. The tournament
is open to ALL
COMERS - Masters, Bastard teams, etc.

       As for the questions. All questions will be provided by the QU
Academic
Team, with 15 rounds provided by Subash Maddipoti, and 3-4 rounds provided
by the rest of the team. Rounds will be untimed and consist of 21 tossups
and 21 boni (the extra tossup and bonus have been set aside for one
trash/pop culture/sports question per round). Otherwise the questions will
follow exact ACF Nationals (John Sheahan's from last year) distribution
guidelines. If you would like the guidelines go to -
www.inform.umd/StudentOrg/maqt/acf/writers.html - or you can just e-mail
(maddisu@quincy.edu) and they will be sent to you.

       The question difficulty will approximate a median level packet, for
those
teams who attended, at Illinois' Salute to Mediocrity. If you have
questions/doubts or whatever, e-mail Subash and he'll send you a sample
packet.

Fee structure:
Base Fee: $80

Discounts:
- WORKING buzzer: -$10 (limit to first 10 people/teams who are tell me they
are bringing one and do bring one).
- Game official: -$5 (has to work at least 10 rounds)
- COMPETENT moderator: -$20 (emphasis on "competent")
- Coming to QU for the first time in the last 2 years: - $10
- Register before midnight Jan. 30th: - $10
- Traveling 375+ miles one way (as determined by www.freetrip.com) - $10
(addition from earlier message)
- Every additional team from that school - $10 (addition from earlier
message)

Minimum Fee: $15 (down from $25)
Note - one person teams will automatically pay $15 (down from $25) with no
discounts;  two person teams automatically pay $45, with a possible buzzer
discount, travel and early
registration discount.

To register please e-mail maddisu@quincy.edu with the following things;
- How many teams you will be bringing, buzzers, game officials, etc.
- Whether you would prefer a Fri-Sat event or just Saturday. Fri-Sat.
would allow for more rounds, definitely an individual all-star competition,
and we would probably get done earlier on Saturday. Just Saturday would
mean an early start (~8:30) and a late finish (7:00-8:00).

       UC-RIVERSIDE TOURNAMENT INVITE

UC-Riverside is planning to host a tournament on April 9 and 10.  This
date is tentative, so an alternative date of April 23 to 24 is also being
proposed.  When confirming for the tournament, please indicate the day that
you prefer.  Currently, April 9-10 seems to suit more people.

UCR is shooting for 32 teams, with 7-10 guaranteed rounds for all
participating teams, maybe even more.  The number of teams playing will
determine whether round robins or eliminations will be used.

Regardless of the day of the tournament, the schedule is:  Friday:
Registration at 5 PM, Play begins by 6 PM till approximately 10:30 PM
Saturday: Registration at 8:30 AM, play begins at 9 AM and continues to
Noon, with a one hour break for lunch.  After lunch, the playoff rounds
will be held.  The tournament should be totally done by 4 PM.

The price for this tournament will by $80.  Ten dollar reductions will be
given for packets, buzzers, and for a second team.  Please contact us well
in advance if you would like to apply for the discounts.

Finally, many inquiries were sent regarding where UC Riverside was
located.  UCR is located in Southern California, right off of the 91/60/215
Interchange.  A convenient webpage at
http://www.ucr.edu/SubPages/1WelcUCRFold/3VisInfoMap.html provides more
information.  Directions to the competition rooms as well as parking
information will be available once the tournament date draws near.  The
nearest airport is Ontario International Airport (ONT).  Hotels are also
available nearby.  More information will be send out once teams start
confirming.

For more information contact Nirav Patel at niravpatel@hotmail.com

       WEST UPCOMING CALENDAR:  (courtesy of Mike Usher, consul UC-Berk,
Samer
Ismail's tournament web site, and various others)

2/13:  NAQT Sectionals
       Caltech
       Contact:  Maribeth Swiatek, maribeth@cco.caltech.edu
       Iowa
       Contact:  Nichol Vogeler, nichol-vogeler@uiowa.edu
       Wichita St.
       Contact:  Eric Owens, etowens@feist.com

2/27:  ACF Regionals
       Berkeley
       Contact:  Jason Hong, jasonh@cs.berkeley.edu
       Texas A&M
       Contact:  Chris Romero, cromero@cs.tamu.edu
       Chicago
       Contact:  Mike Zarren, mikez@tiac.net

3/6:   Carleton
       Contact:  Eric Hilleman, ehillema@carleton.edu
       BYU
       Contact:  Earl Cahill, cahille@math.byu.edu

3/27:  Wichita St.
       Contact:  Eric Owens, etowens@feist.com

4/3:   Quincy
       Contact:  Subash Maddipoti, maddisu@quincy.edu

4/9-10:        NAQT Nationals (Ann Arbor)
       Contact:  naqt@naqt.com
       UC-Riverside
       Contact:  Nirav Patel, niravpatel@hotmail.com

4/23-24: ACF Nationals (Chicago)
       Contact:  Mike Zarren, mikez@tiac.net

       QUIZ-BOWL ON THE WEB

(1) There is now a Quizbowl Webring.  To see the web sites on the webring
visit:

http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=quizbowl;id=2;list

To add your quizbowl site to the webring, see page:
http://www.angelfire.com/md/quizbowl/index.html

(2) A new Quizbowl "Club" has been founded, which has features reminiscent
of the old usenet newsgroup but additional features as well such as
calendars, chat, and a photo gallery.

To join - which is necessary to post, add links, add events to the
calendar etc, just go to the Web address below:
http://edit.clubs.yahoo.com/config/sjg?.i=quizbowl&.a=i&

You need to go to the address above to join the club, but you can take a
look at the club by going to: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/quizbowl

(3)  The address for the UIUC web page has changed it is now:
       http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~defreese/abt/main.html

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