2012 NAQT ICT: March 31, Chicago

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2012 NAQT ICT: March 31, Chicago

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naqt.com wrote:National Academic Quiz Tournaments, LLC, is pleased to provide additional logistical information about its 16th Intercollegiate Championship Tournament.

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March 30-31, 2012 (Friday/Saturday; the actual competition will take place entirely on Saturday)

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Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Rosemont, Illinois (a western suburb of Chicago near O'Hare International Airport). This is the same site as the 2011 ICT.
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Qualified teams may register here
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:roll: I was holding out hopes it would be somewhere else this year. Oh well.....
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Even though I won't be playing, I would like to add my name to the voices expressing disappointment that the tournament is being held at Hilton in Chicago for a third straight year. The ICT used to be a great opportunity to travel across the United States, and see a new city, and probably a new University. That system evened out regional privilege, and provided some great experiences. The current system of parking the tournament in Chicago (a city not devoid of Universities, but apparently devoid enough to require a University tournament to take place off campus in a city where the LRT from the airport is excellent) consistently keeps the tournament remote from the same universities, does not allow for new travel experiences (not to knock Chicago, there's plenty to see-but there's also a lot to see in say, New York and LA, both of which have airports and Hiltons), and does no favours to help hosts gain experience at National tournaments (a job which now presumably falls to ACF). NAQT is better than this, and in my opinion, the Quizbowl community deserves better than this.
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Just as a pre-emptive clarification: while I disagree with this decision, I in no way wish to impugn the motives of NAQT or its staff (who are competent, professional, and in my experience, extremely devoted to quality quizbowl). I enjoy NAQT's tournaments immensely, they were what got me into quizbowl, and this one decision, while disappointing, does not alter the way I feel about the organization or its awesome staff.
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minusfive wrote:there's also a lot to see in say, New York and LA, both of which have airports and Hiltons)
For the record, either New York or LA would have resulted in a substantial increase in ICT entry fees.

Campus hosts interested in bidding for the 2013 ICT should contact me; credible mass transit to and from the airport is a necessity.
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NAQT has recently been informed that an adult-themed entertainment convention will also be at the hotel the weekend of the ICT. The hotel has ensured that the other event will take place on a level of the hotel that no one associated with our tournament will be on, their events will have security to ensure that no one else can get on the level where the event is taking place, and the view of that level will be obstructed. Additionally, all attendees at this event will have to be appropriately dressed while they are in public areas of the hotel. We do not believe that this causes any problem with the ICT, but thought it was fair to inform all of our attendees that this will be going on so there are no surprises.
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bt_green_warbler wrote:NAQT has recently been informed that an adult-themed entertainment convention will also be at the hotel the weekend of the ICT. The hotel has ensured that the other event will take place on a level of the hotel that no one associated with our tournament will be on, their events will have security to ensure that no one else can get on the level where the event is taking place, and the view of that level will be obstructed. Additionally, all attendees at this event will have to be appropriately dressed while they are in public areas of the hotel. We do not believe that this causes any problem with the ICT, but thought it was fair to inform all of our attendees that this will be going on so there are no surprises.
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bt_green_warbler wrote:NAQT has recently been informed that an adult-themed entertainment convention will also be at the hotel the weekend of the ICT. The hotel has ensured that the other event will take place on a level of the hotel that no one associated with our tournament will be on, their events will have security to ensure that no one else can get on the level where the event is taking place, and the view of that level will be obstructed. Additionally, all attendees at this event will have to be appropriately dressed while they are in public areas of the hotel. We do not believe that this causes any problem with the ICT, but thought it was fair to inform all of our attendees that this will be going on so there are no surprises.
...would this happen to be the same one as HSNCT a few years ago?
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After searching, it looks like its a convention about e-cigs.
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After searching, it looks like its a convention about e-cigs.
bt_green_warbler wrote: Additionally, all attendees at this event will have to be appropriately dressed while they are in public areas of the hotel.
. . . Is this usually some kind of problem with e-cigarette enthusiasts?
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DumbJaques wrote:
After searching, it looks like its a convention about e-cigs.
bt_green_warbler wrote: Additionally, all attendees at this event will have to be appropriately dressed while they are in public areas of the hotel.
. . . Is this usually some kind of problem with e-cigarette enthusiasts?
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We'll have a female player at ICT who'd rather not room with men. Any other teams interested in going in on an all-female room, please let us know (ucsdqb at gmail).
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Invitations have been posted. Division I, Division II
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If anyone reading this is interested in staffing the ICT in Chicago (the usual comments about NAQT reimbursing airfare and hotel along with covering lunch on Saturday apply), please drop me an email at gluskin at naqt dot com . We are still looking for staff for the tournament. If anyone has any questions about staffing, please let me know as well.
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Is the bid acceptance page up-to-date? I've been told we sent in an acceptance already.
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Columbia has a confirmed spot in the field per the registration list here. I assume the next update to the invitation page will mark you as "accepted."
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Is there any sort of live stat feed for this?
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No livestats? :sad:
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Rumor mill:

Bracket A: Yale has cleared, Penn & Brown have two losses and are playing a tiebreaker after lunch.
Bracket B: Chicago and Maryland advance, MIT in 3rd.
Bracket C: Minnesota and Illinois advance, Michigan in 3rd.
Bracket D: Harvard, UVA and UCSD are all tied for first.
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Rumor has it in DII that the top bracket has MIT, Michigan State, Harvard, Delaware, NYU, Wisconsin, UCF, and the winner of a tiebreaker between Minnesota and Michigan.
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In DI, Harvard beat UVA in a tiebreaker to get the top seed in one bracket. UVA then beat UCSD to gain the second seed from that bracket.
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Uva against Illinois in advantaged di final.
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UVA won DI, Harvard DII.
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Congratulations to Virginia A, which defeated Illinois A 545-150 in the first game of an advantaged final to win the 2012 Division I ICT! Yale took third place. Illinois A was the Undergraduate Champion. In Division II, Harvard went undefeated to win the tournament. NYU was second and Michigan State third. Chipola was the Top Community College Team.

Complete stats are here.

Please note that there are several future tournaments using the Division II ICT set, so I have set up a private forum for question-specific discussion. Please select the "ICT 2012" group from your user control panel.
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