SCOP MS 6 (January-April 2016)
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 2:03 am
The first SCOP MS set is available for mirroring from 2 January 2016 through 9 April 2016. This set is based on the SCOP Novice 6 set; some of the questions will be replaced, but many of them will be edited versions of our Novice questions. SCOP is written by a conglomerate of writers (most from Illinois), and is head edited by myself. Previous years' questions are available on our website and posted in the archive.
The set includes ten rounds of 20/20 (tossups/bonuses) and a half packet (10/10) to be used as replacements and tiebreakers. Tossups are powermarked. Bonuses are worth thirty points each, have three parts, and are intended to be read one part at a time. These questions are written to the national format, with each round using 20 tossups, each read to two teams, and up to 20 bonuses, as earned by those teams; if your tournament will deviate from this format, you must confirm this with me prior to receiving the questions. The use of this set on significantly altered formats without my prior approval will result in financial penalties.
Distribution
SCOP MS will use the following distribution per round:
5/5 Science (including 1/1 Noncomputational Math)
4/4 Literature (including roughly 0.5/0.5 Young Adult Literature)
4/4 History and Government
2/2 Religion and Mythology
2/2 Fine Arts
1/1 Geography
1/1 Current Events/Social Science/Philosophy
1/1 /Trash
Fees
The mirror fee outside of Illinois is $8 per team (including house teams). We offer a $1/team discount for complete statistics (in SQBS format with full individual statistics and with round report enabled) posted promptly after your tournament. There is an additional discount of $2/team if you choose to scan and e-mail (or snail-mail) your raw scoresheets to me for the calculation of conversion statistics by topic. Hosts in developing circuits that have not used a SCOP set in the past may negotiate for further discounts, as well. This set is not available for mirroring to high school teams.
Illinois
Unlike our Novice-level set, the MS set is available to mirror in Illinois.
Prospective mirror hosts, or anyone with questions about the Novice or Middle School sets, may contact me at [email protected].
Scheduled Mirrors
12/12 Cedar Shoals HS, GA [pre-set version; modified format]
01/09 Olentangy, OH
01/16 Tuscumbia, MO
01/23 Calvary Lutheran, MO
02/27 Longfellow, VA
03/12 Barrington Station, IL
04/09 Litchfield, IL
The set includes ten rounds of 20/20 (tossups/bonuses) and a half packet (10/10) to be used as replacements and tiebreakers. Tossups are powermarked. Bonuses are worth thirty points each, have three parts, and are intended to be read one part at a time. These questions are written to the national format, with each round using 20 tossups, each read to two teams, and up to 20 bonuses, as earned by those teams; if your tournament will deviate from this format, you must confirm this with me prior to receiving the questions. The use of this set on significantly altered formats without my prior approval will result in financial penalties.
Distribution
SCOP MS will use the following distribution per round:
5/5 Science (including 1/1 Noncomputational Math)
4/4 Literature (including roughly 0.5/0.5 Young Adult Literature)
4/4 History and Government
2/2 Religion and Mythology
2/2 Fine Arts
1/1 Geography
1/1 Current Events/Social Science/Philosophy
1/1 /Trash
Fees
The mirror fee outside of Illinois is $8 per team (including house teams). We offer a $1/team discount for complete statistics (in SQBS format with full individual statistics and with round report enabled) posted promptly after your tournament. There is an additional discount of $2/team if you choose to scan and e-mail (or snail-mail) your raw scoresheets to me for the calculation of conversion statistics by topic. Hosts in developing circuits that have not used a SCOP set in the past may negotiate for further discounts, as well. This set is not available for mirroring to high school teams.
Illinois
Unlike our Novice-level set, the MS set is available to mirror in Illinois.
Prospective mirror hosts, or anyone with questions about the Novice or Middle School sets, may contact me at [email protected].
Scheduled Mirrors
12/12 Cedar Shoals HS, GA [pre-set version; modified format]
01/09 Olentangy, OH
01/16 Tuscumbia, MO
01/23 Calvary Lutheran, MO
02/27 Longfellow, VA
03/12 Barrington Station, IL
04/09 Litchfield, IL