RIFT at Rice (LOGIC, 10/19/19)

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The Rice University Quiz Bowl Club is pleased to announce the Rice Invitational Fall Tournament (RIFT), which will be held on October 19, 2019. This tournament is open to all high school and middle school teams.

Logistics
-Check-in will begin at 8:00 A.M., and the opening meeting will start at 8:35, with matches beginning at 9:00.
-Upon your arrival, your team will need to submit any buzzers and lunch orders, and then we will collect money for entry fees and lunch.
-Lunch is $8 and includes a sandwich from Jimmy John's and a drink.
-An email containing all information regarding logistics (location on campus, parking, payment, etc.) will be sent to participating teams a few days prior to the tournament.

Format
-This tournament will be run using the Lots Of Good Interesting Content (LOGIC) set, a high school set; more details here:
https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewt ... 09&t=22817
-The day will begin with a round robin, followed by playoff rounds. We should be able to guarantee at least 8 games for each team. We will use NAQT rules, without a timer.
Entry Fees
$95 base fee for first team, $80 base fee for all additional teams. Minimum fee is $65 per team.
-$5 per functional buzzer system (applied to first team, must be functional buzzers)
-$10 per approved moderator (applied to first team)
-$40 for schools who have not played pyramidal quizbowl in the past three years (overrides minimum fee, applied to each team)

To register for this tournament, please email [email protected] with the number of teams you will be bringing as well as any moderators or buzzers you'll have. Please send all questions to [email protected] as well.

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Field update as of 10/15:
St. John's A
St. John's B
Kinkaid
Village
Carnegie
LASA

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Thanks for playing the LOGIC set, everybody! As the set is not clear, please join the "2019 LOGIC Discussion" private group if you want to discuss the set. (Go to your user control panel, click on usergroups, then find "2019 LOGIC Discussion" and join it)