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DNE at Del Norte High School - San Diego, CA (12/16/17)

Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2017 3:04 pm
by goldskies7120
This year, Del Norte Quizbowl will proudly be hosting the Del Norte Edgehog (DNE) Winter Tournament on December 16, 2017. It is a varsity tournament, and will use the IS-172 set.

Timings: Check-in will be at 8:15, and rounds will start at 9:00. The tournament should end around 5:00.

Location: This tournament will take place in L building at Del Norte High School (16601 Nighthawk Ln, San Diego, CA 92127). Check-in will be in Room L116.

Eligibility: San Diego City Academic League and Sweetwater Academic League schools are ineligible for this tournament, due to an overlap in questions.

Registration: Please fill out the following form to sign up: Google Form. An email will be sent shortly after, confirming your registration. Registration will end on 12/9, a week before the tournament date. All other teams will be waitlisted.

Pricing: For returning schools:
$80 for the first team
$70 for each team thereafter

Teams of more than 6 players will not be accepted for both new and returning teams

Discounts:
- $5 per working buzzer system (for at least eight players)
- $10 per moderator that provides their own laptop or tablet
- $5 per 50 miles traveled one-way per team, calculated using Google Maps from your school to Del Norte.
-$40 for any school composed entirely of students that have not competed at a quizbowl tournament before the 2017–18 school year

Minimum Fees:
$40 for each regular team
$30 for each new school team

Food: There are a couple plazas nearby (including the 4S Commons), with restaurants such as Wendy’s, Flippin’ Pizza, Jamba Juice, Starbucks, and Chipotle. Light breakfast will be provided.

Prizes: Prizes will be awarded to both top teams and top individual scorers.

Gold certified NSC qualifier: The top 20% of teams (rounded up to the nearest integer) will qualify for the national high school quizbowl championship, the PACE NSC on the weekend of June 2nd and 3rd, 2018.

Format: A round-robin preliminary in the morning will be followed by a round-robin playoff in the afternoon. Seedings in the individual sub-brackets will be determined by the overall win-loss record. Ties across brackets will be broken by average points per bonus and ties within brackets will be broken by average points per game. There will be an 18 team field cap for the tournament.

If you have any questions, feel free to email [email protected].

Re: DNE at Del Norte High School - San Diego, CA (12/16/17)

Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 11:28 pm
by goldskies7120
There is a mistake in the above announcement. For the eligibility, it is only the San Diego City Academic League schools that cannot play in this tournament; Sweetwater is very much eligible. Sorry for the confusion!

Re: DNE at Del Norte High School - San Diego, CA (12/16/17)

Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 6:27 pm
by goldskies7120
Good news! The field cap has been extended to 24 teams, and there won't be a one-team limitation anymore. Here is the current field, as of 11/27/17. Please let me know if there are any errors.

School (teams/buzzers/mods)
RB (2/2/1)
CCA (3/1/0)
Olympian (3/2/1)
NoHo (3/2/1)
Irvine (1/2/0)
WV (3/3/0)

Re: DNE at Del Norte High School - San Diego, CA (12/16/17)

Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2017 3:25 am
by dnlwng
can u update the field

Re: DNE at Del Norte High School - San Diego, CA (12/16/17)

Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 2:19 am
by goldskies7120
Final Field:
School (teams/buzzers/mods)

RB (3/0/2)
CCA (4/1/0)
Olympian (3/2/1)
NoHo (1/2/1)
Irvine (1/2/0)
WV (3/3/0)
SDA (1/0/0)
TP (2/2/0)
Del Norte (1/2/a lot)
Arcadia (3/2/1)

Thank you all for signing up. Hope to see you at DNE this weekend!