The tournament will take place in-person on the James Madison campus in Harrisonburg, VA, with the specific building to be announced shortly. The opening meeting will begin at 8:30 and gameplay will begin as soon as possible afterwards. I, Matt Weiner, will be the tournament director. Please direct any questions about this site to me at [email protected]
Eligibility
In general, teams where players are all attending the same school and all taking at least one class for credit during the 2023–2024 school year are eligible to play 2024 ACF Regionals. ACF’s full eligibility rules are available here. Questions about eligibility should be directed to [email protected].
Rules
This tournament will follow ACF’s official gameplay rules.
Registration
Fill out the central 2024 ACF Regionals registration form with all relevant information. The form is here. The field for each site can be found here.
If possible, teams should register for the site that is geographically closest to them and/or is in the region they would normally attend. The field cap is 36, after which teams may be placed on a waitlist or potentially assigned to another site if further staff cannot be secured. Please register by January 22, 2023.
Fees
- Base fee: $150
- New to quizbowl discount: −$100
- Shorthanded discount (1–2 players): −$75
- Travel discount: −$10 per 200 miles traveled one-way
- Buzzers: −$10 per functional buzzer system
- Staffers: −$25 per staffer. Staffers providing their own functional laptops is preferred, but if the lack of such a device is the only thing preventing a competent reader from attending, we will work with you to provide access to a computer for the day. Staffers must register with ACF in advance by filling out this form.
Packet Submission
Any team with at least two people on it who played a regular, collegiate, academic quizbowl tournament* (either as a college student or high school student) prior to September 1, 2022, is required to submit a half-packet. Please email [email protected] if you are unsure whether your team is required to submit a half-packet. A team that is not required to submit a packet may submit an optional packet by the no-penalty deadline for a $50 discount.
* For these purposes, all ACF tournaments, NAQT SCT (Division I or Division II), NAQT ICT, and typical college-level academic invitationals count as regular collegiate academic tournaments. Pop culture or “hybrid” tournaments, HCASC, and tournaments played on NAQT’s Collegiate Novice series sets do not.
Here is the submission schedule:
- October 25, 2023: -$75
- November 10, 2022: −$50
- November 25, 2022: −$25
- December 13, 2022: no penalty
- December 27, 2023: +$25
- January 3, 2023: +$50
If your team is going to submit a half-packet, whether required or not, email [email protected] to request a distribution. All finished packets must be sent to that email before 11:59 Pacific time on the day listed to receive the discount or penalty. Please format the half-packet in .doc or .docx before sending it. The email subject line should list the name of the school, the team number (if applicable), and the words “half-packet.”