Michigan Fall Tournament at WUSTL (10/5/13)

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Michigan Fall Tournament at WUSTL (10/5/13)

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The Washington University Academic Team will be hosting a mirror of the Michigan Fall Tournament (MFT) on October 5th, 2013.

I, Charles Hang, will be serving as the Tournament Director. To register for the tournament, or if you have any questions, please email me at [email protected] and CC our team account at [email protected].

Time

Tournament check-in will begin at 8:30 AM, morning announcements will be at 9:00, and play will begin by 9:15. The entire tournament (including awards and playoffs) should be over by 6:00 PM. Each team will be guaranteed ten or eleven games, depending on the final schedule, and there will be finals as necessary to determine the champion.

Location

The tournament will be taking place in Eads Hall (Building 33 on the map here). Any of the major parking lots on the map should be fine.

Registration

To register, please e-mail me at [email protected] and CC our team account at [email protected] with the following information:

1/ The Number of teams you will be bringing
2/ The Number of buzzers you will be bringing
3/ The number of players you will have, as well as their names.
4/ The number of staff (moderators and scorekeepers) you will be bringing

Please feel free to share this announcement with any schools that you think would be interested in attending.

Fee Structure

Base fee: $100
$10 off the base fee for schools per working buzzer system provided
$10 off the base fee for schools per competent staffer*
$10 off the base fee for schools for each 200 miles traveled, as determined by Google Maps.
Packet by Sunday, August 4th: -$50
Packet by Sunday, September 1st: -$25
(More information about packet submission below)

*To be defined as an individual capable of either reading a 20 tossup, 20 bonus match in under 30 minutes or capable of scorekeeping such a match.

Please make payment by check to "Washington University Academic Team." We can also take cash payments, but greatly prefer payment by check.

We are willing to make accommodations if a team has trouble paying and wishes to arrange a payment plan, etc. Please contact our team account to do so.

Similarly, If you have any further questions about payment, please contact our team account.

Eligibility
From the MFT Announcement wrote: In terms of eligibility, we will allow any teams comprised of players playing for a single school / college to compete. This includes graduate students and high schoolers.
Questions
From the MFT Announcement wrote: The set is intended to be "regular minus" or "fall plus" difficulty, akin to the EFT or IFT tournaments of the past. The final distribution of each packet will be:

4/4 Literature (1/1 American, 1/1 British, 1/1 Euro, 1/1 World/Mixed)
4/4 History (1/1 American, 2/2 Euro including British Commonwealth and Ancient, 1/1 World)
4/4 Science (1/1 Biology, 1/1 Chemistry, 1/1 Physics, 1/1 Other Science)
3/3 RMP (1/1 Religion, 1/1 Mythology, 1/1 Philosophy)
3/3 FA (1/1 Painting, 1/1 Music, 1/1 Other FA with a roughly equal split of auditory and visual)
1/1 Social Science
1/1 Geo/CE/Miscellaneous

Which is basically the ACF distribution. Tossups will be powermarked during editing.
More information about MFT, including information about optional packet submission, can be found here.

Field (To be updated as registrations and expressions of interest appear)

Attending (14)

Harding (2)
Mizzou (2)
WUSTL (3)
Tamil Tiger Mothers
Truman (2)
WKU
Drake (2)
Missouri Valley College

Expressed Interest

I look forward to seeing you at Washington University on October 5th!
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Re: Michigan Fall Tournament at WUSTL (10/5/13)

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WKU is interested in coming to this. I'll know more in the next few weeks.
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Re: Michigan Fall Tournament at WUSTL (10/5/13)

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Since we're at about 12 teams now, the field is tentatively closed. If you still want to attend and can bring additional staff, let us know soon.
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Re: Michigan Fall Tournament at WUSTL (10/5/13)

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(I'm asking this because we already have enough people going for 2 teams, and might get enough for 3 teams) So the next team that registers would need to bring a staffer along, correct?

EDIT: We're sticking with 2 teams, so no moderator. Never mind, we are bringing a third team.
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Re: Michigan Fall Tournament at WUSTL (10/5/13)

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The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi wrote:(I'm asking this because we already have enough people going for 2 teams, and might get enough for 3 teams) So the next team that registers would need to bring a staffer along, correct?
That is indeed correct.
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Re: Michigan Fall Tournament at WUSTL (10/5/13)

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We got an extra staffer, so we've expanded the field to 14 teams.
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Re: Michigan Fall Tournament at WUSTL (10/5/13)

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WUSTL A (Richard Yu) took first; Tamil Tiger Mothers (Ben Zhang, Kisan Thakkar, Jialin Ding) took second after having to leave without playing a final. Richard was the top scorer, Ben was second. Stats will be forthcoming.
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Re: Michigan Fall Tournament at WUSTL (10/5/13)

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Just in case people were curious, incorrect stats can be found here. If WUSTL wants some help reconstructing data in a more accurate way, don't hesitate to let me know since I kept detailed stats for our team.
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Re: Michigan Fall Tournament at WUSTL (10/5/13)

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Nick, please send the details to me at th.richard.yu at gmail. Thanks for your help. Sorry to all those who are waiting on stats.
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Re: Michigan Fall Tournament at WUSTL (10/5/13)

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Stats: Preliminaries - Playoffs- Combined

Because we did not carry over preliminary games into the final standings, the playoff stats reflect the final standings (minus the final).
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