ACF Winter @ The University of Waterloo 01/16/10 - CANCELLED

[adosreme]

EDIT: This event has officially been CANCELLED due to lack of interest.

The University of Waterloo Quiz Bowl Club is pleased to announced that we will be hosting the Eastern Canada site of ACF Winter on Saturday, January 16, 2010! It will be taking place in the Math and Computer Building (MC) with more specific locations and start times TBA. This will be a regular difficulty, "official" ACF tournament, which means that it will be run according to official ACF Rules.

Cost

The base cost for teams will be $120, with the following standard ACF discounts:

-$5 per working set of buzzers
-$10 for each staff member
-$5 if you provide us with the use of a laptop (1 per team)
-$10 per full 200 miles travelled one way by your team (as determined by Google maps)
-$20 for non-Canadian teams
-$25 for "new to ACF" teams
-$75 for "new to Quizbowl" teams
-$50 for high school teams

Minimum fee per school: $0

All fees are in Canadian dollars, with American dollars being accepted at par. Further explanation of these discounts can be found under the tournament fees section of the ACF Packet Guidelines.

Packet Submission

Teams containing at least one player who has played a regular, collegiate, quizbowl tournament before Sept. 1, 2008 are required to submit a packet in order to participate in ACF Winter. Please consult the ACF Packet Guidelines for more information about packet submission. Teams which submit acceptable packets early (including those who are not required to do so) are eligible for discounts as follows:

Nov. 22, 2009: -$50
Dec. 6, 2009: -$25 (-$50 for teams not required to submit packets)
Dec. 20, 2009: -$0 (-$25 for teams not required to submit packets)
Dec. 27, 2009: +$25
Jan. 3, 2010: +$50

Contact Information

The editors for ACF Winter can be contacted [email protected]. If you have any questions or require more information about this ACF Winter site in particular, do not hesitate to email me at [email protected]

[Camelopardalis]

The University of Guelph will likely be bringing our standard 1-3 teams. Thanks for hosting this, Waterloo!

[adosreme]

So far we have just Guelph expressing interest in this. Does anyone else know whether or not you will be attending as of yet?

[bmcke]

Ottawa participation will probably hinge on my driving skills. I will get my act together and find out who wants to play sometime in the next week. It will be one team if we are going.

[MicroEStudent]

RIT may be able to scrape up a team. I'll hopefully be able to provide a definitive answer before Christmas, and we don't need to write a packet, so that's one less thing to worry about.

[adosreme]

Field Update:

- Guelph (1-3)
- Ottawa (0-1)
- RIT (0-1)
- Possible House Team (1)

Thanks for the replies...and if any other schools are interested, then please post when you have more concrete info!

[MacSR]

Mac is probably interested... I can't speak for th eteam though.

[adosreme]

Mac is probably interested... I can't speak for th eteam though.

Do you guys have to write a packet? Or are you okay for that?

[adosreme]

At this time, the field is down to:

- Guelph (1-3)
- RIT (0-1)
- Possible House Team (0-1)

As you can see, the interest for this tournament has gone down significantly. If I could get final numbers from everybody this week, then I'll figure out whether or not this event is still going to happen or not.

[MicroEStudent]

At this time, the field is down to:

- Guelph (1-3)
- RIT (0-1)
- Possible House Team (0-1)

As you can see, the interest for this tournament has gone down significantly. If I could get final numbers from everybody this week, then I'll figure out whether or not this event is still going to happen or not.

Unfortunately, RIT won't be able to go. Conflicts leave me as the only person that could make it, and I don't think my car could make it there and back.