Fall Novice mirror @ Northwestern (10/1/2011)
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 6:14 pm
Northwestern University will be hosting our second high school novice tournament, Wake-Up Call II, on October 1, 2011. We'll be mirroring the 2011 Fall Novice Tournament. I, Dan Donohue, will be serving as Tournament Director. This tournament will be an excellent opportunity for new, inexperienced, and less-skilled players to get acclimated to pyramidal quizbowl and ACF format on a high-quality question set.
LOGISTICS
Check-in will occur from 8:00-8:30 am in the auditorium (Room 217) of Fisk Hall, which is located at 1845 Sheridan Rd. After check-in, we will walk to nearby Kresge Centennial Hall, which is located at 1880 Campus Drive, and begin gameplay at 9:00 am. Please park in the Lakeside Parking Structure, located at 1 Arts Circle Drive. An interactive campus map can be found here. There will be an hour-long lunchbreak, but lunch is not provided. (Teams will be provided with a map of local restaurants.)
REGISTRATION & FEE STRUCTURE
To register, fill out this this form.
The fee structure is as follows:
$60 per team
$50 for each additional team from the same school (B team, C team, etc.)
-$5 for for each fully functional buzzer system (the maximum discount for buzzers is -$10 per school, or two buzzer systems per school)
-$10 for each competent moderator (the maximum discount for moderators is -$10 per school, or one competent moderator per school)
So the minimum fee for a school would be $40. Other discounts, for example if you are traveling a great distance or you have limited funding, can be negotiated on a case-by-case basis by emailing me ([email protected]).
Please bring checks made out to Northwestern Quiz Bowl for the appropriate amount with you on the 1st.
QUESTION SET
The Fall Novice tournament is a high-quality, novice-difficulty set written and edited annually by several high school and collegiate quizbowl players overseen by collegiate quizbowl players. More information can be found here.
ELIGIBILITY
Because this is intended to be a novice-friendly event, we are required by the producers of the Fall Novice Tournament to enforce some kind of eligibility restriction. These are the eligibility rules we have set for this year's tournament. Please note they have changed from last year.
1. Any player who scored 20.00 or more points per 20 tossups heard in the 10 preliminary rounds at the 2011 NAQT High School National Championship Tournament while playing on a team that qualified for the playoffs is ineligible. If you need to doublecheck the results of the 2011 HSNCT, they can be found here.
2. Any player who scored 20.00 or more points per game in the 5 preliminary rounds at the 2011 PACE National Scholastics Championship while playing on a team that finished in positions 1-35 is ineligible. If you need to double check the results of the 2011 NSC, the preliminary results can be found here, and the final standings can be found here.
3. Any other players, including those who didn't play the 2011 HSNCT or 2011 NSC or those who have never played the HSNCT or NSC, are eligible.
If you have any players who are ineligible by these rules, but who you believe should be eligible to play this tournament, send me an email explaining the situation, and I may grant eligibility to that player.
TOURNAMENT RULES
The tournament will be following all collegiate ACF rules. Some points of emphasis:
1. No more than four players may be playing for a team at a given time. Team rosters may consist of 1-6 players. If you intend to bring 7-12 players, you must enter a B team. If you intend to bring 13-18 players, you must enter a C team, and so on. No exceptions.
2. All tossups are worth 10 points. The first team to interrupt the reading of a tossup with an incorrect answer with be assessed a penalty of negative 5 points (a "neg").
3. All bonuses will consist of 3 parts worth 10 points each. The parts will be read one-at-a-time. The parts will not rebound or bounceback.
4. Matches consist of 20 tossups and any bonuses earned by correctly answering those tossups. If tied after 20 tossups, tossups will be read one-at-a-time (without bonuses) until the score changes.
5. There are no timeouts, and substitutions may only occur at halftime or before the reading of a tiebreaker tossup.
TOURNAMENT FORMAT
We are hoping to guarantee everyone 10 matches. Currently, we are trying to attract 18 teams, which will play 5 preliminary matches in 3 pools of 6 teams and then be rebracketed into 3 playoff pools of 6 teams. A standard ACF final will occur between the top two teams if necessary. Ties in prelim standings will be broken by PPG, and ties for advancement into the final will be played off. By registering, you are agreeing to stay and play all 10 matches. If you do not plan to play all 10 matches, then do not register for this tournament.
MIDDLE SCHOOL DIVISION
There will be a small, separate middle school division. Details can be found here.
REGISTERED FIELD (FULL)
Barrington A, B
Belvidere North A
Carmel A, B, C
DCC A, B
Fenton A
IMSA A, B
Latin A, B
New Trier A
Loyola A, B, C
St. Ignatius A, B
St. Viator A, B
Stevenson A, B
Wauconda A
WAIT LIST (IN ORDER)
St. Ignatius C
If you have any questions, please post here or email me ([email protected]). Do the same if you would like to staff. (Staffers will get a free lunch.)
LOGISTICS
Check-in will occur from 8:00-8:30 am in the auditorium (Room 217) of Fisk Hall, which is located at 1845 Sheridan Rd. After check-in, we will walk to nearby Kresge Centennial Hall, which is located at 1880 Campus Drive, and begin gameplay at 9:00 am. Please park in the Lakeside Parking Structure, located at 1 Arts Circle Drive. An interactive campus map can be found here. There will be an hour-long lunchbreak, but lunch is not provided. (Teams will be provided with a map of local restaurants.)
REGISTRATION & FEE STRUCTURE
To register, fill out this this form.
The fee structure is as follows:
$60 per team
$50 for each additional team from the same school (B team, C team, etc.)
-$5 for for each fully functional buzzer system (the maximum discount for buzzers is -$10 per school, or two buzzer systems per school)
-$10 for each competent moderator (the maximum discount for moderators is -$10 per school, or one competent moderator per school)
So the minimum fee for a school would be $40. Other discounts, for example if you are traveling a great distance or you have limited funding, can be negotiated on a case-by-case basis by emailing me ([email protected]).
Please bring checks made out to Northwestern Quiz Bowl for the appropriate amount with you on the 1st.
QUESTION SET
The Fall Novice tournament is a high-quality, novice-difficulty set written and edited annually by several high school and collegiate quizbowl players overseen by collegiate quizbowl players. More information can be found here.
ELIGIBILITY
Because this is intended to be a novice-friendly event, we are required by the producers of the Fall Novice Tournament to enforce some kind of eligibility restriction. These are the eligibility rules we have set for this year's tournament. Please note they have changed from last year.
1. Any player who scored 20.00 or more points per 20 tossups heard in the 10 preliminary rounds at the 2011 NAQT High School National Championship Tournament while playing on a team that qualified for the playoffs is ineligible. If you need to doublecheck the results of the 2011 HSNCT, they can be found here.
2. Any player who scored 20.00 or more points per game in the 5 preliminary rounds at the 2011 PACE National Scholastics Championship while playing on a team that finished in positions 1-35 is ineligible. If you need to double check the results of the 2011 NSC, the preliminary results can be found here, and the final standings can be found here.
3. Any other players, including those who didn't play the 2011 HSNCT or 2011 NSC or those who have never played the HSNCT or NSC, are eligible.
If you have any players who are ineligible by these rules, but who you believe should be eligible to play this tournament, send me an email explaining the situation, and I may grant eligibility to that player.
TOURNAMENT RULES
The tournament will be following all collegiate ACF rules. Some points of emphasis:
1. No more than four players may be playing for a team at a given time. Team rosters may consist of 1-6 players. If you intend to bring 7-12 players, you must enter a B team. If you intend to bring 13-18 players, you must enter a C team, and so on. No exceptions.
2. All tossups are worth 10 points. The first team to interrupt the reading of a tossup with an incorrect answer with be assessed a penalty of negative 5 points (a "neg").
3. All bonuses will consist of 3 parts worth 10 points each. The parts will be read one-at-a-time. The parts will not rebound or bounceback.
4. Matches consist of 20 tossups and any bonuses earned by correctly answering those tossups. If tied after 20 tossups, tossups will be read one-at-a-time (without bonuses) until the score changes.
5. There are no timeouts, and substitutions may only occur at halftime or before the reading of a tiebreaker tossup.
TOURNAMENT FORMAT
We are hoping to guarantee everyone 10 matches. Currently, we are trying to attract 18 teams, which will play 5 preliminary matches in 3 pools of 6 teams and then be rebracketed into 3 playoff pools of 6 teams. A standard ACF final will occur between the top two teams if necessary. Ties in prelim standings will be broken by PPG, and ties for advancement into the final will be played off. By registering, you are agreeing to stay and play all 10 matches. If you do not plan to play all 10 matches, then do not register for this tournament.
MIDDLE SCHOOL DIVISION
There will be a small, separate middle school division. Details can be found here.
REGISTERED FIELD (FULL)
Barrington A, B
Belvidere North A
Carmel A, B, C
DCC A, B
Fenton A
IMSA A, B
Latin A, B
New Trier A
Loyola A, B, C
St. Ignatius A, B
St. Viator A, B
Stevenson A, B
Wauconda A
WAIT LIST (IN ORDER)
St. Ignatius C
If you have any questions, please post here or email me ([email protected]). Do the same if you would like to staff. (Staffers will get a free lunch.)