SCOP Novice seeking mirrors (Fall 2012)

[TheDoctor]

The third iteration of the SCOP Novice tournament is seeking mirrors for Fall of 2012 (the beginning of October through the end of January).

SCOP is written by a conglomerate of writers, primarily in Illinois, for play by new and very inexperienced players. For a more objective assessment of the set's difficulty, previous years' questions are posted in the High School Quiz Bowl Packet Archive.

The set has eleven rounds of 20/20 and a half packet of replacement questions. The set follows the following distribution per round:

4/4 Literature
5/5 Science (including 1/1 Noncomputational Math)
5/5 History (including 1/1 Current Events or Geography)
2/2 Religion and Mythology
1/1 Philosophy and Social Science
2/2 Fine Arts
1/1 Trash

The mirror fee outside of Illinois is $10 per team (including house teams). We offer a $1/team discount for complete statistics (including individual statistics, and preferably in SQBS format) posted promptly after your tournament. There is an additional discount of $2/team if you choose to scan and e-mail or snail mail your raw scoresheets to the editors for the calculation of conversion statistics by topic.

In Illinois, this set will be used exclusively for the IHSSBCA Novice Tournaments, which will be held in late October. If you are in Illinois and are interested in hosting an IHSSBCA Novice site, please let me know.

Prospective mirror hosts, or anyone with questions about the set, may contact me at [email protected].

Edit: Reworded discounts for clarity and to benefit all involved.

[TheDoctor]

The set will be mirrored by:

Richard Montgomery High School (MD) on 6 October 2012. Contact: Jonathan Marx and Shelley Reback ([email protected])
Tuscumbia High School (MO) on 13 October 2012. Contact: Jason Loy ([email protected])
Oakville High School (MO) on 13 October 2012. Contact: Michael Menkhus ([email protected]) or Christina Whelehon ([email protected])
UC San Diego (CA) on 13 October 2012.
Hunter College High School (NY), 13 October 2012. Contact: [email protected]
Lisgar (Ottawa, ON, CA) on 13 October 2012. Contact: Charles Li ([email protected])
Hoover High School (AL) on 20 October 2012.
Western Kentucky University (KY) on 27 October 2012. Contact: Nick Conder ([email protected])
Alpharetta High School (GA) on 3 November 2012. Contact: [email protected]
Dorman High School (SC) on 10 November 2012. Contact: Geoffrey Thomas ([email protected])
Harding University (AR) on 10 November 2012. Contact: Joshua Duggins ([email protected])
Detroit Catholic Central High School (MI) on 8 December 2012. Contact: Christopher Gismondi ([email protected])
Bellarmine College Prep (CA) on 12 January 2013. Contact: Jeff Hoppes ([email protected])
Virginia Tech (VA) on 19 January 2013. Contact: Michael Hundley ([email protected])
Rio Americano High School (CA) on 27 January 2013. Contact: Jeff Hoppes ([email protected])

[Eddie]

Will this set be posted online at any point?

[TheDoctor]

It will. We'd been in communications with a possible late mirror, but that seems to have fallen through. The set should be posted soon.

[Eddie]

Alright, I'm looking forward to it.

[TheDoctor]

In case anyone missed it, the questions have been posted.