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ACF Fall 2017 @ Georgia Tech (11/5/17)

Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2017 4:28 pm
by JKHtay
The Georgia Institute of Technology will host a collegiate quizbowl tournament on Sunday, November 5th, 2017. This tournament will use this year's ACF Fall question set. More information on the question set and eligibility to play it can be found here.

Registration
To register, please fill out the central registration form and email me at [email protected] with your school, number of teams, and number of staffers/buzzers.

Location and Time:
Games will take place in the Instructional Center building on the Georgia Tech campus. The opening meeting will start promptly at 9:00; rounds will start immediately thereafter.

Fees and Payment:
Base fee: $135
Buzzer: -$5/functional system
Staffers: -$10/staffer
Shorthanded fee (teams of 1 or 2 players): $60
"New to Quizbowl" discount: $100

Payment will be handled through ACF. Treasurer Gautam Kandlikar will get in touch with you about fees; if you have any questions about payment, you may contact him at [email protected].

Packet submission:

Any team with at least two people on it who played a regular, collegiate, academic quizbowl tournament prior to September 1, 2016 is required to submit a half-packet, unless it is a high school team attending a high school-only mirror. If you have any questions about your team's submission status, please email the ACF Fall editors at [email protected].

The submission schedule is:
September 9: -$30
September 23: -$15 (-$30 if optional)
October 7: no penalty (-$15 if optional)
October 14: +$25
October 21: +$50

Further penalty for packets later than October 21.

If you have any questions about this mirror, please email me at [email protected]

Field (teams/buzzers/staffers):
Georgia Tech (1/1/?)
Auburn (2/0/0)
Clemson (1/2/0)
College of Charleston (2/1/0)
Georgia (5/2/0)
Alabama (1/1/0)
Wofford (1/8/2)

Re: ACF Fall 2017 @ Georgia Tech (11/5/17)

Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2017 1:45 pm
by JKHtay
Field update. We'll cap the field at 12 teams for now until we can get a clear picture of the staffing situation.

Re: ACF Fall 2017 @ Georgia Tech (11/5/17)

Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 4:14 pm
by JKHtay
We're looking good on staff, so we will expand up to 16 teams.

Re: ACF Fall 2017 @ Georgia Tech (11/5/17)

Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2017 8:48 pm
by JKHtay
Hello all,

Here is the logistics email for Georgia Tech's ACF Fall Mirror, to be held on 11/5.

Field (teams/buzzers/staffers):
Alabama (2/1/0)
Auburn (2/0/0)
Clemson (1/2/0)
Charleston (2/1/0)
Georgia (5/2/0)
South Carolina (1/2/2)
Wofford (1/8/2)

With 14 teams, we will play two prelim groups of 7. The top four in each group will play the top four from the other group, and the bottom three will also cross over, for 11/10 games. Finals will be held for UG and DII if necessary.

Please arrive at the Instructional Center, located at 759 Ferst Dr NW, Atlanta, GA 30318, by 8:15 AMon 10/14. We will aim to start the tournament at 8:30. Visitor parking is available in Visitor Parking Area 3, which is accessible by going around the Student Center Parking Deck also on Ferst Drive. The tournament will be held somewhere on the first floor.

Lunch will be after round 5: the closest food places are either at Tech Square, roughly a 15 minute walk away, or across Tech Parkway.

You should have been contacted about payment by ACF. If this is not the case, please let me know.

If you have questions, please free to email me.

Thanks,
Justin Htay

Re: ACF Fall 2017 @ Georgia Tech (11/5/17)

Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2017 9:20 pm
by JKHtay
UGA A cleared the field to win the tournament. Auburn defeated Alabama A in the first game of an advantaged final to win the UG title. Stats forthcoming.

Re: ACF Fall 2017 @ Georgia Tech (11/5/17)

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2017 4:35 pm
by t-bar
Thanks for posting results, Justin. If you get a chance, can you post a combined stats file? Thanks!

Re: ACF Fall 2017 @ Georgia Tech (11/5/17)

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2017 9:47 pm
by JKHtay
Sorry for the delay. A combined stats file has been uploaded.

Re: ACF Fall 2017 @ Georgia Tech (11/5/17)

Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 7:01 pm
by Zealots of Stockholm
JKHtay wrote:Sorry for the delay. A combined stats file has been uploaded.
Will stats from the final be posted? Thanks for hosting!