mr_basque wrote:Any thoughts on mirroring your tournament?
Thanks,
idrayer wrote:You won't be guaranteed a 5-0, 4-1, 3-2 etc. in each bracket. Instead, I would do 4 brackets of 6 (5 rounds), then 3 brackets of 8 (2-2-2 from each prelim) with the carryover game from the original RR (6 more rounds), followed by finals if necessary (13 rounds total).
You also don't want to eliminate a team from championship contention with only 1 loss.
styxman wrote:idrayer wrote:You won't be guaranteed a 5-0, 4-1, 3-2 etc. in each bracket. Instead, I would do 4 brackets of 6 (5 rounds), then 3 brackets of 8 (2-2-2 from each prelim) with the carryover game from the original RR (6 more rounds), followed by finals if necessary (13 rounds total).
You also don't want to eliminate a team from championship contention with only 1 loss.
Too many rounds for not enough packets. They've got 10, plus finals maybe.
Because of the finals issue, you may want to collaborate with another housewrite to lighten the writing load and get to packet #12. It's a huge help with tourney formatting.
idrayer wrote:The proposed bracket format that I had put last post has the benefit of not eliminating teams with 1 loss at any time, quickly grouping teams of similar skill, while it has the drawback of eliminating half the field from championship contention (potentially at 2-1 in prelims and losing a half-game) after 3 rounds. If you are confident in your bracketing, this format should work, but if not, then maybe something else will work better. It also has the drawback that it has 2 times for re-bracketing, but at a tournament this small, it shouldn't be terrible.
BlueDevil95 wrote:While this term may be tossed around these days, we will aim for easy to mid varsity the first 5 rounds and increase the difficulty the other five.
every time i refresh i have a new name wrote:Uh, the GSAC finals from last year were probably the most difficult good high school quizbowl packets ever written.
BlueDevil95 wrote:every time i refresh i have a new name wrote:Uh, the GSAC finals from last year were probably the most difficult good high school quizbowl packets ever written.
I never said quality (although I hope we have a high quality set). I just thought it was a good set to compare our desired jump to.
Crazy Andy Watkins wrote:BlueDevil95 wrote:every time i refresh i have a new name wrote:Uh, the GSAC finals from last year were probably the most difficult good high school quizbowl packets ever written.
I never said quality (although I hope we have a high quality set). I just thought it was a good set to compare our desired jump to.
And Auroni's saying that you should not jump so high at all.
Carangoides ciliarius wrote:I'm glad you took our advice to heart and reconsidered. It really will make your tournament better off in the long run.
I'm genuinely interested in seeing these questions sometime later next year. I'm sure they'll be great! Good luck with your tournament.
BlueDevil95 wrote:We've set up a mirror at PORTA High School in Illinois
BlueDevil95 wrote:with no negs.
Carangoides ciliarius wrote:BlueDevil95 wrote:with no negs.
What? Are you telling mirrors who host this that they can't use neg 5's?
A Barehanded Telethon Mirth Gun wrote:Carangoides ciliarius wrote:BlueDevil95 wrote:with no negs.
What? Are you telling mirrors who host this that they can't use neg 5's?
I think he's saying that there won't be negs at the main site.
BlueDevil95 wrote:I am pleased to announce that the BDAT will be mirrored at the University of Virginia on October 29th, 2011.
RountreeCHS wrote:BlueDevil95 wrote:I am pleased to announce that the BDAT will be mirrored at the University of Virginia on October 29th, 2011.
Mostafa,
Has UVA officially posted this on the boards somewhere, or am I just missing it? I would be curious to find some more info about the UVA event. Thanks!
The Laughing Cavalier wrote:RountreeCHS wrote:BlueDevil95 wrote:I am pleased to announce that the BDAT will be mirrored at the University of Virginia on October 29th, 2011.
Mostafa,
Has UVA officially posted this on the boards somewhere, or am I just missing it? I would be curious to find some more info about the UVA event. Thanks!
Hey, Mr. Rountree. For now I'm holding off on posting the announcement until I'm able to make the room reservations and confirm that it can actually happen (shouldn't be a problem, but just in case). This should go up in about two weeks.
wareagle wrote:Marist is interested in send a couple of teams to this. I guess put us under the interested column for now until I can lock down availability.
Thanks,
BlueDevil95 wrote:*= Chatt's number of teams will be cleared by Wednesday.
RountreeCHS wrote:BlueDevil95 wrote:*= Chatt's number of teams will be cleared by Wednesday.
We actually already know that we will have 1 (one) team on Saturday. And, just as a reminder, this is our "B" team since our A team already heard the set at UVA back in late October.
Hopefully, with 27 teams now, this will help you with creating a tournament format. Thanks, Mostafa!
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