The tournament will take place at Folwell Hall. The opening meeting will begin at 8:40am and gameplay will begin at 9am. I, Shardul Rao will be the tournament director. Please direct any questions about this site to us 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 2024–2025 school year are eligible to play 2025 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. Rules specifically pertaining to online tournaments have been rendered in blue.
Registration
Fill out the central 2025 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 16, after which teams will be placed on a waitlist or potentially assigned to another site. Please register by January 26, 2025.
Fees
- Base fee: $150
- New to quizbowl discount: −$100
- Shorthanded discount (1–2 players): −$75
- Travel discount: −$10 per 200 miles traveled one-way {in-person only}
- Buzzers: −$10 per functional buzzer system {in-person only}
- Staffers: −$25 per staffer with a functional laptop. Staffers must register with ACF in advance by filling out this form.
Packet Submission
Note: please read this section carefully as packet submission guidelines have changed this year.
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 1st, 2023, is required to either (a) submit a half-packet, or (b) pay an opt-out fee. ACF is introducing an opt-out fee this year to reduce the number of late submissions received. High school teams attending a high school-only mirror are exempt from this requirement.
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 half-packet by December 8, 2024 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 27: -$75
November 10: -$50
November 24: -$25
December 8: +$0
December 22: +$25
January 5: +$50
No packet: +$75
If a team does not submit a half-packet by January 5, 2025 and is required to submit per the criteria above, they must instead pay the opt-out fee; submissions will not be accepted following this date.
If your team is planning on submitting a half-packet, email [email protected] to request a distribution. All finished packets must be sent to that email before 11:59 PT on the day listed to meet the deadline. Please format the half-packet as a .doc or .docx before sending it. The email subject line should list the name of the school, the team letter (if applicable), and the words “half-packet.”
Depending on when you request your assigned half-packet distribution, you may be asked to write questions from more specific categories within the distribution. For instance, instead of being assigned an “American Literature” tossup, you might be asked to write a question on 20th-century American poetry, or an Economics bonus instead of “Social Science/Philosophy.”
If a team wishes to outsource part of its packet to a player not expected to play on that team (e.g., a student who has graduated), it must first receive approval from the head editors at [email protected]. Non-playing students are welcome and encouraged to help newer club members write, but it’s useful to know the contributors for both credit and logistical reasons.
If multiple teams from one school are submitting packets, they should NOT be aware of each others’ questions. Any roster changes that entail an author for one packet playing for another (e.g., if a player on Team B moves to Team A) should be flagged to the TD, [email protected], and [email protected].