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A literature side-event written by the illustrious Max Schindler, "Schindler's Lit" will be run Saturday night at HSNCT and possibly elsewhere if demand exists.

It will consist of 7 packets of 20 power- and superpower-marked tossups, slightly easier than regular collegiate difficulty. The distribution:

4 American Lit
4 British Lit
4 Euro Lit
4 World Lit
4 Other (Can be more of the above, trash/fringe lit, or anything else)

Teams of four. Form teams here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc ... ramc#gid=0
Anyone can play, for $10/person.

I would like to play this and am looking for teammate(s) (depending on how it gets run). I'm good at books I've read and other random lit.

I'd be interested in playing.

EDIT: with Evan Pandya

Looking forward to playing this.

I'm down for this.

Two of us at St. Joe are in.

I'd like to play this.

IMSA will field a team for this.

I'd like to do this at PACE, if possible

I'll moderate.

I would like to play and I think Ian from Blair would want to as well.

Since I'm now staffing HSNCT and am a middling lit player, I'll play [and am on the look out for teammates-- do you know all that world lit I never bothered learning? I hope so!]

Matt Jackson and I may or may not have formed a shadowy alliance which plans to play this tournament.

Ukonvasara wrote:Matt Jackson and I may or may not have formed a shadowy alliance which plans to win this tournament.

Also, Jacob Reed and I have formed a team.

I'd be interested in playing.

I'll be playing this with Raynor Kuang.

Assuming I end up coming, I shall descend upon this tournament with the collective might of a thousand fluffy capybaras and one Sameer Rai.

MorganV wrote: "Schindler's Lit" will be run Saturday night at HSNCT and possibly elsewhere if demand exists.

I'll be at NSC but not HSNCT -- any chance this could be run at NSC as well? If not I will be inconsolable

Algeria wrote:

MorganV wrote: "Schindler's Lit" will be run Saturday night at HSNCT and possibly elsewhere if demand exists.

I'll be at NSC but not HSNCT -- any chance this could be run at NSC as well? If not I will be inconsolable

Alston and I from Bloomington would also like to state that we want to play this at NSC, as we will not attend HSNCT.

I'm interested in playing this and am looking for a partner, preferably someone good at world and euro.

EDIT: I'm playing this with Jacob O'Rourke.

I'd like to play, and if nothing else, will conscript one of the underclassmen from our B or C teams to play with me.

Golden-bellied Starfrontlet wrote:I'm interested in playing this and am looking for a partner, preferably someone good at world and euro.

I own a lot of European lit books and know some world lit. Want to team up?

I'd really like to play this, with anyone.

Seram Friarbird wrote:I'd really like to play this, with anyone.

Sid pick mee, pick me!

EDIT: Sid and I have teamed up now

If its okay, my teammate Shrayus Sortur and I would like to play this as well.

A LASA team would like to play this at HSNCT.

I would like to play this at HSNCT, and am interested in teaming up. Not a terrible lit player here, and I'm pretty good with plays and stuff.

Edit: Playing this with Tom Moore from Fisher Catholic and Thomas Gaddy and Ian Ozeroff from Blair.

I just confirmed that I'll be staffing HSNCT, so I'm looking for a teammate now. Email me if you want to team up.

Is this planning on being run anywhere else besides HSNCT? (I wouldn't mind having some local mirrors of "just play through all the side events written for national tournaments," actually).

Ukonvasara wrote:Matt Jackson and I may or may not have formed a shadowy alliance which plans to play this tournament.

Is this event really intended for seasoned veterans? I might play if the field is strong enough (and the questions are appropriate), but worry that this could easily devolve into grad students beating up on high school students on ACF Fall questions.

I will play this. I will team up with anyone if they really want to. I am hoping to go north of 0-7.

Magister Ludi wrote:

Ukonvasara wrote:Matt Jackson and I may or may not have formed a shadowy alliance which plans to play this tournament.

Is this event really intended for seasoned veterans? I might play if the field is strong enough (and the questions are appropriate), but worry that this could easily devolve into grad students beating up on high school students on ACF Fall questions.

I dunno, it was announced in the Collegiate Announcements forum. I certainly wouldn't mind doing separate divisions here though, if such a thing were feasible.

I'll be playing this with York Chen.

Sorry in advance for being ignorant (I've never played a nationals side-event before), but will there be some sort of "official" sign up sheet prior to HSNCT, or can we simply say what our teams will be that Saturday? Also, has a decision been made about whether this will be doubles/triples/quads?

Considering the demand seems likely to outstrip the number of staffers, we will probably not be able to do doubles, unless people would be interested in some sort of four-doubles-teams-per-room schedule. I'm going to tentatively say quads.

People can start forming teams here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc ... sp=sharing

This is by no means binding and people can certainly form teams at their leisure/last minute on HSNCT saturday.

Having separate divisions "standard" and "expert" would probably be a good idea if people like Rob/Ted/Matt want to play, with people free to select their own division. Re: question difficulty: Max has indicated it will probably skew harder than originally announced. Much harder than Fall, somewhere in "regular", though it will obviously be significantly easier than a CO Lit tournament since it's primarily targeted at high schoolers.

MorganV wrote:Considering the demand seems likely to outstrip the number of staffers, we will probably not be able to do doubles, unless people would be interested in some sort of four-doubles-teams-per-room schedule. I'm going to tentatively say quads.
People can start forming teams here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc ... sp=sharing

The doc is not currently editable.

My bad. Fixed now.

I will probably be able to play this. I don't know if I'd have to play in the "standard" or the "expert" division or what. I'm also cool with staffing, so whatever.

Do we choose or is it chosen for us, with regards to division?

Cheynem wrote:Is this planning on being run anywhere else besides HSNCT? (I wouldn't mind having some local mirrors of "just play through all the side events written for national tournaments," actually).

If this is desirable, if anyone wants to be in charge of running it they can email me. ([email protected]).

I'm interested in playing this and am looking for teammates.

So, with seven packets, my thoughts are: We get 8, 16, or 24 teams, break into 4 brackets of 4, play three rounds. The top two teams and the bottom two teams from each bracket are sorted into two sets of parallel brackets of four; three more rounds and then a crossover game to decide final placement. Thoughts?

This "Een Torrs" fellow sounds like a force to be reckoned with.
*starts whistling "Under Pressure"*

EDIT: Also looking to participate in this, along with some indeterminate number of my school mates. It's quite possible we'll need more though, so if any of you would like to play with us/me, that's cool.

I don't quite understand whether there are going to be divisions, so I'm not sure if or where to memorialize the following in the spreadsheet, but Jake Sundberg, Jacob O'Rourke, and I will be playing together and are looking for another teammate.

theMoMA wrote:I don't quite understand whether there are going to be divisions, so I'm not sure if or where to memorialize the following in the spreadsheet, but Jake Sundberg, Jacob O'Rourke, and I will be playing together and are looking for another teammate.

Yes, whatever is happening with the divisions, I imagine Matt Jackson and I are looking for additions to our shadowy alliance.

I would like to play this.

I'd like to play.

I'm going to be at the tournament with Hoover's teams, and would be willing to moderate/staff.

I would like to be a part of this, and I have a partner.

I'd be willing to be a moderator for this, if my services are desired. Shoot me a PM on here or an e-mail to [email protected] if they are.