Western Invitational Tournament (March 2013)

[Blackboard Monitor Vimes]

Hello, everyone. This spring, Berkeley will be teaming up with Auroni Gupta, Jarret Greene, and Jasper Lee to edit the Western Invitational Tournament. This regular-difficulty tournament will be available for mirrors beginning March 2, 2013.

Eligibility: This will be left to the discretion of the TD. Open teams will be allowed at some sites (Berkeley, for sure) in order to allow them to have reasonable field sizes. The UVA site of this tournament will be restricted to players attending the same institution.

Our packet requirements are the same as that of ACF. Any team with at least one person on it who played a regular, collegiate, academic quizbowl tournament prior to September 1, 2011 must submit a packet for this event.

Packet Deadlines (Base fee $120)
(-50) January 1
(-25) January 6
(0) January 20
(+25) February 3
(+50) February 17
After February 17: large fee TBA

Distribution:
5/5 Literature (1/1 American, 1/1 British, 1/1 European, 2/2 World/Your Choice)
5/5 History (1/1 American, 2/2 European (at least 1 British), 1/1 World, 1/1 Your Choice
5/5 Science (1/1 biology, 1/1 physics, and 1 question each on chemistry, earth science, astronomy, math, computer science, and science history)
3/3 Religion, Mythology, and Philosophy
3/3 Fine Arts
1/1 Social Science
1/1 Trash
1/1 Current Events, Geography, or Your Choice

Packets should be emailed to Tanay Kothari (tanay.kothari at gmail dot com) with subject line “WIT Packet: [Team Name]”.

Hosting
New England:
Mid-Atlantic: University of Virginia, March 2
South: Western Kentucky University, March 2 or 3
Texas-Area: Rice, March 16
Great Lakes: Ohio State?
Canada:
North:
Midwest: Truman State, April 6
California: Berkeley, March 9 or 10

If you’re interested in hosting a mirror this tournament, please email Tanay at tanaykothari at gmail dot com. This tournament will be available for mirrors on or after March 2, 2013.

[Blackboard Monitor Vimes]

This post reserved for received packets.

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[Blackboard Monitor Vimes]

I've so far only heard from interested parties about mirrors in the Midwest. There's some solid editing talent working on this set, so if you're interested in hosting a mirror, please let me know!

[Blackboard Monitor Vimes]

Western Kentucky University will be hosting this tournament the weekend of March 2.

Truman State will be hosting a mirror on a date TBD.

[Mike Bentley]

Any word on when the Berkeley tournament will be?

[Tanay]

UVA pulled out of this project a few days ago. Unless another team is willing to co-edit, it will be cancelled.

[Rococo A Go Go]

UVA pulled out of this project a few days ago. Unless another team is willing to co-edit, it will be cancelled.

For obvious reasons I'd like to see this event happen. I don't think WKU has enough experienced writers to fully collaborate on something like this, I think could help edit some subjects if absolutely necessary, although I'm sure you'd like to find more qualified people if this event were to happen.

[Adventure Temple Trail]

Has Berkeley considered helping with/combining this project with Terrapin?

[Tanay]

Has Berkeley considered helping with/combining this project with Terrapin?

Yes--we got in touch with the Maryland club. They have decided to pursue Terrapin independently.

[gyre and gimble]

Has Berkeley considered helping with/combining this project with Terrapin?

I still think this is a good idea, considering Chris isn't editing TIT this year (i.e. It's Terrapin I'm worried about, not WIT).

[Mike Bentley]

So when is the Berkeley mirror going to take place?

Edit: Looks like the first post contains the info I need.