I am pleased to announce the NorCal site of ACF Fall 2014, to be held at UC Berkeley on Saturday, 8 November 2014. ACF Fall is the year's premier introductory-level collegiate quizbowl tournament, and we do hope that you join us at this event. We will have registration at 9AM at 134 Dwinelle Hall and we plan to being promptly at 9:30AM. We will have a field cap of 24.
Registration
Registration for this event has one step:
Fill out the central ACF Fall registration form at this site with all relevant information.
Fees
Base fee: $120 for one team from a school, $240 for two teams from a school, etc.
Buzzer systems*: -$5 each
Staffers: -$10 each No maximum.
Laptop: -$5 each Maximum 1 per team.
Travel: -$10 per 200 miles traveled one way
International**: -$20
New to ACF teams***: -$25
New quizbowl teams****: -$75
* No discount for broken buzzers; no maximum.
** For teams representing schools located in a different country than the tournament host.
*** For schools which haven't played an ACF tournament between September 2012 and August 2014, and have no one on the team(s) claiming this discount who played those tournaments for another school.
**** For schools which did not send a team to any regular collegiate academic tournament since September 2012, and have no one on the team(s) claiming this discount who played those tournaments for another school. May be combined with new ACF team discount for a total new-team discount of $100.
Packet Discounts/Penalties
Any team with at least one person on it who played a regular, collegiate, academic quizbowl tournament prior to September 1, 2013 is required to submit a packet. High school players are included in this definition and are subject to the same discounts and penalties as college teams.
Please reference this flowchart for the packet-submission guidelines. The links in the diagram are clickable. If you have questions on the submission guidelines, email them to [email protected] and they'll clarify.
Please submit packets to [email protected] and use “ACF Fall 2014: [Team Name]” in the subject line.
Submission schedule
Please refer to the below submission schedule:
Payment
Payment for ACF Fall will be processed through the ACF treasurer, Jerry Vinokurov. He will get in touch with you about how much your team owes, how to pay for the tournament, etc. Please contact Jerry with any questions regarding payment.
Note Regarding Highschool Teams
High school teams are welcome to play this tournament, though they should keep in mind that while this may be a lower difficulty tournament, it is nevertheless a collegiate event and significantly more difficult than many high school tournaments. There will be no further discounts for things like playing short-handed or being new to ACF or quizbowl, which applies only to new college teams. Furthermore, high school teams must abide by the packet requirements if any of its members played a college tournament prior to the 2013-2014 competition season.
For more information, refer to the Global Announcement of ACF Fall 2014 or email the editors at [email protected].
Field (14):
Bellarmine (1)
Cal Poly SLO (1)
Davis (1)
Guilder (1)
UC Berkeley (9)
Victorious Secret (1)
Last Updated: Saturday, November 8
The UC Berkeley Quiz Bowl Club is a student group acting independently of the University of California. The student organization is the host of ACF Fall and takes full responsibility for the guests.
