Words and Objects
Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 1:46 am
I'm excited to announce Words and Objects, a side event written by myself, James Malouf, and Bruce Lou with assistance from Will Nediger to be played at summer opens and possibly high school nationals, along with an eventual online mirror. The set will consist of 6 packets of 20 Regs+ difficulty (although this is fairly variable) tossups following the distribution as below, with a (hopefully) fun twist: all answerlines will be an object or group of objects. With such a format, we hope to strike a balance between a fun, semi-vanity experience that will both engage newer and more experienced players, while still emphasizing academic content, exploring new material, and delving deeper into core content.
7 Literature:
7 Fine Arts:
1 Thought
1 Other
The cost will be $10 per player. Hosts interested in running the event, which will be available for use by the first weekend of June (6/2), can PM or email me if they are interested in mirroring it at their event. Despite the difficulty, I think strong high school players (and hopefully really anyone) should enjoy playing this, so please feel free to contact me about mirroring regardless the size / skill of your field.
Sites:
7 Literature:
- 1 Long Fiction
- 1 Poetry
- 1 Drama
- 1 Short Fiction
- 3 Misc. / Other (criticism, history, non-fiction, more of the above including cross-genre common links)
7 Fine Arts:
- 1 Painting
- 1 Sculpture
- 1 Film
- 1 Performance (ballet, opera, etc.)
- 3 Misc. / Other (architecture, photography, more of the above including cross-genre common links)
- 1 U.S / Euro
- 1 World / Ancient
- 1 Other (historiography, archaeology, more of the above)
1 Thought
1 Other
The cost will be $10 per player. Hosts interested in running the event, which will be available for use by the first weekend of June (6/2), can PM or email me if they are interested in mirroring it at their event. Despite the difficulty, I think strong high school players (and hopefully really anyone) should enjoy playing this, so please feel free to contact me about mirroring regardless the size / skill of your field.
Sites:
- Stanford SMT, April 28th
- VCU Side Event Weekend, July 28th and 29th
- Words and Objects Online, July 29th
- Boston Summer Open, August 4th and 5th
- Illinois Side Event Open, August 11th
- Valencia NASAT, August 17th