IHOP II @ Irvine High (10/27/12) [IS-120]

[bchiang]

Irvine High Operation Pandemonium II

LOCATION: Irvine High School, 4321 Walnut Avenue, Irvine, CA 92604. The matches itself will be taking place in the Humanities Building.

DATE: The tournament will be held on Saturday, October 27th. Check-in begins at 8:00 am, and first round should begin around 9 am. Schedules and roster confirmation sheets will be announced after the check-in.

FORMAT: The tournament will be using the NAQT IS-120 The tournament will adhere to Official NAQT Rules- with the exception that each round will be run as two untimed, 10-question halves- with a preliminary round robin followed by reseeding based on results from the round robin phase. Seedings in the individual sub-brackets will be determined by the overall win-loss record. Ties for reseedings will be resolved based on points per game, followed by points per bonus. The top two teams in the championship brackets will enter a superplayoff format for final order of finish.

As stated in the NAQT HSNCT (High School National Championship Tournament) qualification rules, the top 15% of the field--5 teams--will qualify for the 2013 HSNCT held in Atlanta, Georgia.

ELIGIBILITY: All high school students are welcome to attend.

PRICING STRUCTURE:
Base fee = $80 for one team, $70 per team after the first

Discounts will be given as follows:
-$5 for each fully-functional buzzer system (must have at least four working buzzers on both sides)
-$5 for traveling distances over 50 miles, one-way, according to Google Maps
-$10 moderator discount (this is going to be tentative, depending on the field)
-$20 for each team that has not competed in a decent, mACF-style or NAQT tournament in the past 2 years.
Minimum fee = $60/team

Please make checks payable to: Irvine Quiz Bowl. Please do not make a check out to any other person or entity. Checks or cash will be due at the start of the tournament during registration.

Field Cap: 30 teams

Updates of the tournament will be made primarily through the Socal Quiz Bowl Facebook group as well as this forum.

LUNCH:
A light breakfast will be provided in HLG. The intersection between Walnut and Culver (about a 5-10 minute walk away) has many fast food restaurants such as Subway, Quiznos, Wendy's, and Sushi Boy.

Thank you!
Benjamin Chiang

[bchiang]

Thanks for attending IHOP II ! The statistics are now available:
http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... /combined/

Official Order of Finish (playoffs, overall)
1. Arcadia A (5-0, 2-0)
2. Irvine (4-1, 1-1)
3. Arcadia B (4-1, 1-1)
4. University A (4-1, 0-2)
5. North Hollywood A (3-2, 21.35 bconv)
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6. Canyon Crest A (3-2, 18.49 bconv)
7. San Dieguito (2-3, 20.00 bconv)
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The top 5 teams have qualified for the HSNCT while either the top 6 or top 7 will qualify for PACE National Championship depending on our tournament ranking.
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Semi-Final : University A loses to Irvine in a last tossup-bonus cycle 290-295.
Semi-Final : Arcadia A defeats its lesser team 670-105 in H3.
Third Place: Arcadia B, after losing to University earlier in an overtime match, defeats University 345-235.
Final : Arcadia A defeats Irvine in the final 370-260 to win IHOP II.
Last year's champions, Canyon Crest, finishes sixth.

[Eddie]

Westview High will be sending three (3) teams.

[siramesh23]

1-2 teams from RB. With the slimest possibility of three teams.
Probably 2-4 buzzers.

[Jason Cheng]

Arcadia will be sending 4-6 teams, plus two buzzer sets and possibly a mod or two (we'll figure that out the week before 10/27).

[orenji]

CCA will be sending at least 1 - 2 teams
We have, I think, 2 or 3 working buzzers.

[Eddie]

Actually, we would like to expand our team count to four (4). We are currently unsure of how many buzzers we are able to bring.

[mickeyy96]

University will send 1-2 teams, and maybe provide a buzzer.

[DoWon.Kim]

We will probably be sending at least 1-2 teams with some buzzers. Even if the school decides not to send teams, at least one team will be there.

[Eddie]

Would it be possible to add the moderator, new school, and long distance discounts to the Google doc?

[bchiang]

Yes - I will add the new school + distance discounts. However, I will not add moderators until I feel like we are absolutely sure that we need them.

[Eddie]

Err... the link to the Google doc in your original post leads to a tournament confirmation form for Irvine team members.

[orenji]

Err... the link to the Google doc in your original post leads to a tournament confirmation form for Irvine team members.

fixed now.

[bchiang]

Err... the link to the Google doc in your original post leads to a tournament confirmation form for Irvine team members.

fixed now.

Yes, sorry for the inconvenience. We are still accepting teams for this tournament!

[kcinvincibleman]

When will signups be open until?

[DoWon.Kim]

Have you guys considered expanding the field??

[orenji]

Have you guys considered expanding the field?

Please!

[bchiang]

Have you guys considered expanding the field?

We are, at the moment, trying to expand to a field that will accommodate 27-30 teams

[kcinvincibleman]

At what time will the tournament end?

[Eddie]

At what time will the tournament end?

I estimate it would end around 5:00 pm, as do most tournaments.

[Jason Cheng]

Thanks for hosting such a well-run tournament!

[Eddie]

I really enjoyed the set this time, and Ben was a great director that made everything run smoothly. The field was pretty competitive, and I enjoyed many close matches. Of course, the winner of the neg award was expected.

[paulk224]

It was nice seeing you at IHOP, Eddie.

[Jason Cheng]

Yeah, Eddie's presence yesterday made the tournament.

[Eddie]

I'm just glad that I had a chance to play good quizbowl after a month-long break.

[Important Bird Area]

Thanks for attending IHOP II ! The statistics are now available:
http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... /combined/

Official Order of Finish (playoffs, overall)
1. Arcadia A (5-0, 2-0)
2. Irvine (4-1, 1-1)
3. Arcadia B (4-1, 1-1)
4. University A (4-1, 0-2)
5. North Hollywood A (3-2, 21.35 bconv)
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6. Canyon Crest A (3-2, 18.49 bconv)
7. San Dieguito (2-3, 20.00 bconv)
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The top 5 teams have qualified for the HSNCT while either the top 6 or top 7 will qualify for PACE National Championship depending on our tournament ranking.

Note that NAQT does not normally use statistical tiebreakers to determine HSNCT qualification, so in fact the top 6 teams qualified here. (Although in this case both Canyon Crest and North Hollywood qualified at Arcadia last month.)