Terrapin Invitational Mirror (11/14/09) @ UC Berkeley

[unnecessarily hot]

Hi all,

I'm pleased to say that UC Berkeley is hosting its annual WIT tournament, this time a mirror of the Terrapin Invitational Tournament (viewtopic.php?f=8&t=8414). The tournament will be mirrored on Saturday, 11/14/09. TRASH Regionals will be the next day, Sunday 11/15/09.

This tournament is open to anyone. Feel free to contact me at: scpham AT berkeley DOT edu should you have any questions.

EVENTS
Saturday 11/14/09: TIT
Sunday 11/15/09: TRASH Regionals (viewtopic.php?f=19&t=8726)

TIME
Meeting at 9:00 AM on both days, play will hopefully begin ASAP (probably 9:30.)

LOCATION UC Berkeley, 221 Wheeler Hall (http://berkeley.edu/map/)

FEES
$100/team
-$10/buzzer

CURRENT FIELD
* Brittany - Mike - Sean
* Mik - Perhaps other UCLA players
* Dwight - Other UCI players
* Berkeley (1-2 teams, depending on how the field turns out)
* Stanford (maybe)

FREE AGENTS

[Mike Bentley]

I'll be there for TIT (but not TRASH Regionals). I'm probably looking for teammates.

[rylltraka]

It's possible that I'll attend this with or without UCLA brethren; if so, I'd do the whole weekend, want someone's house to crash in, and will let you know sometime after the 2nd of Nov.

[sc_from_or]

Question, is the RMP fest going to be mirrored as well as the regular tourney?

For now list me as a possible free agent for TIT (TRASH is out), but it depends on my work....

[cvdwightw]

Some form of UCI students and alumni is interested in doing the IO/TRASH double that weekend. If I'm in the group that's going, I'd be certainly interested in some sort of side event Saturday night.

[DumbJaques]

The Walden III set is also slated to be run this weekend at Maryland/Illinois/Harvard(?) sites, if there's interest.

[Mike Bentley]

Brittany and I are now playing together. We'd still be interested in any teammates and people who want to share a hotel.

[unnecessarily hot]

If we can drum up enough interest in the RMPFest or WALDEN, I certainly would not be opposed to mirroring it.

I'd imagine it might have to be a truncated form of the side event. Officially, we have to be out of the rooms by 10PM, but I sometimes the school can be pretty lax about it on Saturdays so it might not be an issue.

Also, for anyone making the drive over to Berkeley: there is a Cal football game that day (11/14), so parking may or may not be trickier than usual.

I've edited the registration meeting to be 9:00AM; 8:30AM is probably a little early. Also, provided a link to our TRASH Regionals announcement in the OP.

[rylltraka]

Also: Dwight, if your teammates/you are taking the plunge and going up via car that weekend, is there a possibility I could hitch a ride with you fellows? I will provide marshmallow squares.

[cvdwightw]

There is a good chance that we will be taking two cars for ~5 people. Should this occur we should have plenty of space for you and maybe some other UCLA folks. I'll hopefully have an answer by Wednesday.

[Mike Bentley]

Brittany and I are now playing together. We'd still be interested in any teammates and people who want to share a hotel.

We're now probably playing with Sean Cole, so we have one spot left on the team. It would be especially great if someone who knew science wanted to join us.

[recfreq]

I'd like to come; also need a ride (from UCI hopefully). Thanks.

[Mike Bentley]

So with 3-4ish teams signed up right now, what are the possibilities that Berkeley can get some house teams for variety's sake?

Also, is Stanford not coming to this tournament?

[unnecessarily hot]

The original post has been updated with the:

- Current field: Berkeley can field 1-2 house teams, depending on how many teams come on Saturday (we'd like to avoid byes.) Stanford hasn't said anything to me yet, but I'll shoot an e-mail their way seeing if they can send anyone over.

- Meeting place: Our meeting room is 221 Wheeler. Note that this isn't where we usually hold tournaments in Barrows, but it is quite close to it. We will meet at 9AM on Saturday.

[cardinal]

Stanford's probably bringing one team.

[Mike Bentley]

What's the buzzer situation? Do I need to bring mine?

[cvdwightw]

Irvine is bringing one buzzer to both this and TRASH.

[unnecessarily hot]

What's the buzzer situation? Do I need to bring mine?

If Irvine brings their buzzer, we should be ok. We expect to have no more than 6 teams for TIT, and Berkeley already has two buzzers. The more the merrier, but don't feel the need to lug it onto a plane.

[Mike Bentley]

In the event that we have byes, can the schedule be worked out so that our last round is a bye? Brittany and I have to catch a flight at 7:30, so we'll need to leave around 5:30 or so, which will probably be pushing the end time of the tournament.

[unnecessarily hot]

If it comes to that, we can schedule a bye for your last round. Though I do imagine that we will have enough house players that we will be able to adjust the field to avoid byes.

[Mike Bentley]

Brittany and I had to leave after round 8, but through the first Round Robin UCLA was 5-0, Irvine was 3-2, we were 2-3 and I think Berkeley A was 3-2.

[Mike Bentley]

Oh hey I also realized I didn't end up paying for this tournament. Let me know what the final entry fee for us was with the travel and packet discounts factored in, as well as who I should make the check out to and where to send it and I'll get it to you promptly. You can e-mail me the details at [email protected].

[cvdwightw]

Brittany and I had to leave after round 8, but through the first Round Robin UCLA was 5-0, Irvine was 3-2, we were 2-3 and I think Berkeley A was 3-2.

UCLA won at 9-1; we finished second at 8-2, everyone else was somewhere around or below .500. The story behind our second-RR victory over UCLA will be told when packet discussion is clear, as it involves a bad neg that is actually neither stupid nor unfunny and I'd like to quote the tossup to the point at which Ray Luo buzzed.

[unnecessarily hot]

Full stats have been posted: http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~quizbowl/t ... dings.html

UCLA came in first with a 9-1 record, with UCI coming in second at 8-2, and the team of Mike/Brittany/Sean/Peter at third with a record of 5-5.

Dwight led individual scoring at 124.5 PPG, while Jeff of Berkeley came in second with 81 PPG (though he moderated half of the tournament), and third was Strike! (Ray) of UCLA at 70PPG.

A big thanks to everyone that came out, and those who helped, including: Brian, Jeff, Kevin, and Jennifer.

[unnecessarily hot]

Oh hey I also realized I didn't end up paying for this tournament. Let me know what the final entry fee for us was with the travel and packet discounts factored in, as well as who I should make the check out to and where to send it and I'll get it to you promptly. You can e-mail me the details at [email protected].

I e-mailed Chris Ray about a packet discount, but have yet to hear back yet. As soon as I hear about that, I will let you know. Thanks for coming out to our mirror!

[cvdwightw]

Thanks for hosting the tournament. A brief and ultimately inconsequential correction - we picked up 19 out of 20 in our second game against Stanford; Kevin picked up the other tossup.

[cvdwightw]

Thanks for updating the stats.

A slightly funnier stats mix-up, which I didn't catch until looking at the Fantasy Quizbowl stats: our Round 9 game against Sean/Peter shows 21 tossups as having been answered in a game that was never in danger of going into overtime. I'm not sure who ended up with the extra tossup.