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The University of Maryland will be mirroring Sun 'n Fun X, to be written by Ahmad Ragab and co., on July 11, 2009. Currently, I believe there will be a literature side event written by Tommy Casalaspi run in the evening following the conclusion of the tournament proper.

EDIT:

We will be running Sun 'n Fun on Saturday, July 11. We will run both Tommy's lit tournamnet (likely singles) and Matt Weiner's Darger tournament on Sunday, July 12. Saturday evening will likely feature some kind of shenanigans/legitimate playing (VETO doubles, Africa Challenge, high school speedcheck bonanza, gladiatorial matches with furniture fragments from the basement of Jimenez, etc).

Fees and stuff:

Base Fee: $120
Buzzer Discount: -$5
Staffer Discount: -$10

For more details, see Ahmad's original post at viewtopic.php?f=8&t=7585. Notably, the stated difficulty target for this event is "Nationals," and as of yet there have been no promises made regarding French postmodernist feminist philosophy.

Field (based off of posts in this/other threads):

Teams:
Brown (Jerry, Eric, Aaron, Ian)
Kyabatkins (Yetman, Guy, Andy, Hannah)
Shantanu, Chris, Ike, David Seal
Evan Adams/Tommy Casalaspi/Cameron Orth/Matt Weiner
Smoothie King Thugz (Doug Graebner, Daniel Brezina, Max Wallace, other Whitman person?)
Silver Screen All-Stars
TJ B: Beyond Sollosi
Chris White, Jon Pinyin, Jonathan Magin, ?
Evan Silberman, Harry White, Sarah Angelo, Will Butler


Unclaimed souls:

Ted Gioia?

DumbJaques wrote: Tabatkins (Guy, Andy, ?,?)

Yetman's joining the party.

I'll add myself as a free agent.

Daniel Brazina will be playing with me, and he is going to ask Shantanu Jha to join us.

Hey, if some team has room for me (and has already submitted a packet), email me at jsmagin at yahoo dot com, as I'd like to play this surely exciting tournament.

The annoucement says nothing about this being a packet-sub tournament.

I'm going to put myself down as a free agent for this, though if you expect me to get a lot of points, you'll be sorely disappointed.

DumbJaques wrote:
Unclaimed souls:
George Berry

Oh, I guess I can throw my hat into the ring, not that I'll be of any use at all.

Put me down as a free agent.

Bruce Arthur has been playing it coy and probably will play at the main site, rather than with Guy/me/Yetman, so:

swm iso history player, CUBS fan preferred

^ yeah see what happens when you betray me Bruce Arthur

everyday847 wrote: CUBS fan preferred

how could you?

fleurdelivre wrote:

everyday847 wrote: CUBS fan preferred

how could you?

What? Cubs are great.

CUBS WIN! CUBS WIN! CUBS WIN!

fleurdelivre wrote:

everyday847 wrote: CUBS fan preferred

how could you?

can't love anything bruce does now that he's betrayed me

There is now an official Boston/New York caravan coming via the Chinatown bus - email me (kathryn dot e dot peters at gmail) if you'd like to coordinate travel plans with us.

Chris, I trust there's still a spot for a freelance moderator?

I will probably be staffing this.

I can go to this as long as I can catch a ride from someone in Richmond (which seems likely), so you can put me down as a free agent, and I'm willing to staff if necessary.

TJ B (Diana Gerr, Stephen Eltinge, Olivia Murton, and myself) may be interested in coming to this. Worst case scenario, I'll go as a free agent (I know music, opera, some myth, but not much else) I'll let you know more as soon as possible.

Chris, I trust there's still a spot for a freelance moderator?

Such spots cannot be destroyed.

Daniel and myself are offiically seeking one or more teamates. Myth and/or science knowledge is preferred.

Hey, so given that we're now looking at running Matt Weiner's Darger tournament and Tommy's lit event, it makes sense to split this event over two days. I think we'll run the two side events Sunday and finish up early, and run the main tournament Saturday (perhaps followed by some satirical games on the funniest materials we can find). If this seems trip-ruining to anyone, let me know.

DumbJaques wrote:Hey, so given that we're now looking at running Matt Weiner's Darger tournament and Tommy's lit event, it makes sense to split this event over two days. I think we'll run the two side events Sunday and finish up early, and run the main tournament Saturday (perhaps followed by some satirical games on the funniest materials we can find). If this seems trip-ruining to anyone, let me know.

I doubt I'm the only one who expected this to be the plan anyway, but I am disappointed (read: surprised at the possibility) that a tournament at UMD will end early enough that we don't have to eat at Plato's Diner. I therefore support the satirical games option. Or, if I feel like killing myself with writing obligations, I might suggest a guerrilla/Emergency-esque tossup-only event that would be short enough to make Saturday a full-length day.

Trips to Plato's are not dependent on the time of day, but I guess you're welcome to try. I highly doubt we'd be able to get a meaningful guerrilla event together in the next few weeks - we'd probably get more out of some amusing games.We can find some old questions from the Maryland archives, run some Africa challenge, revived the Wichita State trash tournament, whatever. I've also heard there are other, more unique possibilities afoot, so we'll see what materializes.

I've got two A-set packets for satirical rounds, which can be played straight or with one of the formats suggested in the Mike Bently challenge thread.

I'm a free agent for this. I'll 30 all of the absurdly difficult car bonuses, for what it's worth.

ieppler wrote:I'm a free agent for this. I'll 30 all of the absurdly difficult car bonuses, for what it's worth.

Ahmad Ragab that sounds like a challenge.

At some point I must have neglected to clarify that Hannah will be playing with me and the Hunters, so we'll be Tabyetkirkins or something similarly awesome (OR PICK YOUR OWN BETTER NAME).

everyday847 wrote:At some point I must have neglected to clarify that Hannah will be playing with me and the Hunters, so we'll be Tabyetkirkins or something similarly awesome (OR PICK YOUR OWN BETTER NAME).

I thought she was playing with me and Passner. What treachery is this?

(In reality: whatever.)

BuzzerZen wrote:

everyday847 wrote:At some point I must have neglected to clarify that Hannah will be playing with me and the Hunters, so we'll be Tabyetkirkins or something similarly awesome (OR PICK YOUR OWN BETTER NAME).

I thought she was playing with me and Passner. What treachery is this?

(In reality: whatever.)

I was? goddammit

HKirsch wrote:

BuzzerZen wrote:

everyday847 wrote:At some point I must have neglected to clarify that Hannah will be playing with me and the Hunters, so we'll be Tabyetkirkins or something similarly awesome (OR PICK YOUR OWN BETTER NAME).

I thought she was playing with me and Passner. What treachery is this?

(In reality: whatever.)

I was? goddammit

It's OK as long as we can have the giraffe in your avatar as a replacement.

BuzzerZen wrote:

HKirsch wrote:

BuzzerZen wrote:

everyday847 wrote:At some point I must have neglected to clarify that Hannah will be playing with me and the Hunters, so we'll be Tabyetkirkins or something similarly awesome (OR PICK YOUR OWN BETTER NAME).

I thought she was playing with me and Passner. What treachery is this?

(In reality: whatever.)

I was? goddammit

It's OK as long as we can have the giraffe in your avatar as a replacement.

It's going to hurt me to give that up, but all yours.

Bentley Like Beckham wrote:

ieppler wrote:I'm a free agent for this. I'll 30 all of the absurdly difficult car bonuses, for what it's worth.

Ahmad Ragab that sounds like a challenge.

Word.

Will Butler, Harry White, George Berry, and I will be playing this together.

<-- still looking for a teammate

I'll play with Brown (I think; have I been replaced already?)

I, too, am playing with Brown.

The Gold Gringo wrote:I'll play with Brown (I think; have I been replaced already?)

You are irreplaceable (except with a life-size statue made of soap).

I am also looking for a team for this. I know some stuff.

Umm, did the thread for the side events just vaporize?

Coral Gardens and Their Magin wrote:I am also looking for a team for this. I know some stuff.

There's a decent chance I'd be coming to this now with Chris White if you're interested.

Lapego1 wrote:

Coral Gardens and Their Magin wrote:I am also looking for a team for this. I know some stuff.

There's a decent chance I'd be coming to this now with Chris White if you're interested.

Sounds good to me!

I'd like to play this, and I'll declare my soul unclaimed, though I'd be just as happy if I ended up staffing, seeing as I'm out of my depth here.

Magin, Mehdi and I are planning on playing this together. There's still one spot open, if anyone's interested.

Theory Of The Leisure Flask wrote:Magin, Mehdi and I are planning on playing this together. There's still one spot open, if anyone's interested.

Could I take that spot? I promise I won't have a negative score.

guarantee void in maryland and virginia

jonpin wrote:

Theory Of The Leisure Flask wrote:Magin, Mehdi and I are planning on playing this together. There's still one spot open, if anyone's interested.

Could I take that spot? I promise I won't have a negative score.

guarantee void in maryland and virginia

Sure, welcome aboard!

Hey, make sure to check the edited details of the initial announcement to note that this event is assuredly running as a two-day festival of literary criticism. Sun 'n Fun proper will still take place exclusively on Saturday.

Also, check the field to see if your info is correct - let me know if it's not up to date.

Also, TJ will be bringing two working buzzer sets.

Cool. Could the short-handed teams (Whitman, Dan and Evan, TJ maybe) let me know what your final roster is right now, and if you're likely to be pulling free agents? I'm trying to finalize the field - where we run this will depend on how many final teams we have.

The TJ team consists of Diana Gerr, Stephen Eltinge, Olivia Murton, and myself.

I ultimately won't be able to make this, does anyone have need for a hotel room fri and sat night? Just e-mail me, I got it at an extreme discount so I'm just trying to not lose my shirt while also hooking someone up.