Location: We will be meeting in Eads Hall, Room 103, building number 33 on this map.
Registration: Please register using this form. You MUST fill out this form to play this tournament. An email to us is not necessary/sufficient.
Packet submission guidelines are as follows, copied from the global announcement.
Eligibility: Normal ACF eligibility. Please also refer to the new Division II rules for 2012-13.Packet Submission:
Every team with at least one person on it who played a regular, collegiate, academic quizbowl tournament prior to September 1, 2011 is required to submit a packet in order to play in Regionals. Please note that, like last year, this requirement also applies to eligible high school teams. Further information can be found at the ACF Packet Submission Guidelines.
The submission schedule for this tournament is:
December 30, 2012: -$50
January 13, 2013: -$25 (-$50 for optional packets)
January 27, 2013: no penalty (-$25 for optional packets)
February 3, 2013: +$25
February 10, 2013: +$50
After that: My unending wrath, +$100, and a guarantee you will be dropped from the field if you haven't negotiated an extension before then.
Payment Deadline (NEW): February 16, 2013 (your payment must be postmarked by this date).
Please submit your packet to [email protected]; the actual email with attached packet should include the phrase "[name of school + A/B/etc. if applicable) PACKET" in the subject line. In order to meet any particular deadline, your packet must be in our inbox by 11:59 pm PST on the stated day.
As alluded to above, extensions *may* be granted after the final February 10 deadline, but are at my discretion and will certainly not be granted if the request appears mysteriously at 11:58 pm the night of the deadline.
Packet Penalties: Be sure to fully read the information contained in the Packet Guidelines. Any cases of incorrect formatting, plagiarism, or prohibited question types will result in hefty fees. The editors also reserve the right to send back any egregious cases to be fixed by the team in question, so be sure to do it right the first time.
Please note that in cases of plagiarism in particular, I have now graded many a term paper and edited many a tournament, and I will catch you. This is doubtless because if you have decided to plagiarize from past questions/wikipedia/wherever, you are an idiot; I encourage you to cut your losses with that rather than compounding the situation with plagiarism.
Parking/lodging: A parking map of Wash U can be found here. Wash U generally has ample weekend parking in the lots on campus, although technically a parking pass is required.
If you are looking for lodging, here is a pretty comprehensive list of hotels in the area.
Also, if anyone in region would like to help staff, we would love to have you on board, as it would let us accommodate more teams.
If you have questions about anything, please contact me at washuqb AT gmail dot com.
Field: (capped at 16)
Total: 9 teams
Truman State 3
Harding 1
WKU 1
Tulsa 2
KSU 1
House 1