Michigan Winter Tournament @ Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI - 18 January 2020)

[CPiGuy]

The University of Michigan quizbowl team is pleased to announce that we will be hosting the Michigan Winter Tournament on Saturday, January 18, 2020. As is usual for Michigan tournaments, it will take place in Mason Hall and begin at 9:00 AM, with registration beginning at 8:15 AM. The tournament will be directed by club tournament director David Geering.

Question Set and Eligibility

The tournament will use the Michigan Winter Tournament set. It will use ACF's official eligibility rules. Closed high school teams are allowed to play. High school chimera teams are not. If you have any requests for special exemptions from the eligibility rules, please email me.

Format and Rules

The tournament will use ACF's official gameplay rules. It will use a round-robin format with multiple preliminary and playoff pools if necessary.

Fees and Payment

+120: each team
-5: per buzzer system.
-10: per staffer. If you are planning on bringing staffers, please email me with the staffers' contact information so I can include them on staffing emails.
-10: per 200 miles traveled one-way to the tournament, per Google Maps.

Registration

Register by filling out this Google form. No other form of registration will be accepted!

You can pay by cash or by check made out to "Michigan Academic Competitions". If you require an invoice in order to pay on the day of the tournament, let us know as soon as possible and we will do our best to facilitate it. We expect payment the day of the tournament; if that is not possible please let us know as soon as possible.

Contact

Anyone with questions about the tournament can contact me by email at [email protected].

Current Field (teams/buzzers)

Carnegie Mellon (1/3)
Chicago (3/2)
Detroit Catholic Central HS (2/1)
Illinois (1/1)
Lewis (1/0)
Michigan State (2/4)
Ohio State (1/0)
UC Davis (1/0)
Wayne State (1/0)
Wright State (1/0)
WUSTL (2/3)

Total confirmed: 16 teams, 14 buzzers

[CPiGuy]

Just a reminder that this tournament is happening!

I know it's early in the semester, but if you could get in your registration by the end of the week, that would be great, as it would help us reserve enough rooms.

[CPiGuy]

The field has closed at 16 teams.

I'll be sending out a logistics email as soon as I generate the invoices.

[CPiGuy]

This tournament happened. Congrats to OSU for winning in a final against Illinois, and a sincere thanks to all the teams who came for braving the weather and putting up with the accompanying delays in getting the tournament started. I appreciate your commitment and desire to play quizbowl, and I hope you enjoyed the set.

Speaking of the set, there's a private discussion forum for its discussion should anyone want to give feedback; it'd be greatly appreciated.

There are also staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaats.