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LIST III (Ladue Invitational Spring Tournament) -- 3/30/2013

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LIST III (Ladue Invitational Spring Tournament) -- 3/30/2013

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The Ladue Academic Team is pleased to announced that we will be holding the third incarnation of the Ladue Invitational Spring Tournament (LIST) on Saturday, March 30th, 2013. We hope to attract many teams from across the state and perhaps some out-of-state teams as well. The top teams will qualify for a bid to the 2013 PACE National Scholastics Championship, which will be held on June 8th and 9th at a yet-to-be-decided location.

As the MSHSAA state series begins two weeks afterwards, this is a perfect opportunity to tune-up ahead of time, and is also one of the last contests before the conclusion of the regular quizbowl season. So, if you want to get in one more fantastic tournament, go ahead and sign up!


For questions, we will be writing our own high-quality set, the exact details of which can be found below.

Entry Fees:
First team from a school: $70
Second team from the same school: $65
Any additional teams from the same school: $60
Buzzer discount*: $5 per system
Staff discount*: $5 per staff member.

*Buzzers and staff are on an as-needed, first-come, first-serve basis. When registering, please detail how many staff and/or buzzers you may be able to bring. As the tournament approaches, we will let you know whether they are needed or not.

Any payment mailed in advance should be addressed to Mike Hill, 1201 S. Warson, St. Louis, MO 63124, though it is also fine to pay on the day of the tournament.

We are setting a tentative field cap of 24 teams. There is no maximum to the number of teams each school may bring. We will likely be able to expand if there is enough interest, but until that point, we will accept teams on a first-come, first-serve basis. If our field fills, we will be able to guarantee every team in attendance at least 10 games, if not more. Fields can fill fast, so sign up soon to reserve your slot! To register, please send a reply email to laduequizbowl@gmail.com

SET DETAILS:

A copy of last year's set can be found at http://www.quizbowlpackets.com/58/ and the 2011 set at http://www.quizbowlpackets.com/171/ -- this year's set will be similar in nature to these.

We will be shooting for a very high tossup conversion throughout this tournament, so the answer lines to tossups will be relatively easy. The questions will be pyramidal in nature, so they will be excellent for play between any level of team attending this tournament. Each round will consist of 20 tossups and 20 non-rebounding thirty-point bonuses. There will be powers, so any correct buzz before a pre-specified point in the question will earn 15 points (contrasted with the usual 10), and there will be negs, so any early incorrect buzz will cost your team 5 points. The distribution of the tossups and bonuses will be as follows (each number is how many tossups and how many bonuses, so 4 History means 4 history tossups and 4 history bonuses per packet):


4 History
4 Literature
4 Science
2 Religion & Mythology
1 Math (Non-computational)
0.5 Philosophy (1 tossup or 1 bonus per round)
0.5 Social Science (1 tossup or 1 bonus per round)
1 Art
1 Music
1 Geography
1 Current Events
1 Trash (Pop Culture and Sports)
1 extra question

As you may have noticed, the total is 22 tossups and bonuses per match. The extra tossups and bonuses will be used as replacements or tiebreakers if necessary. If further tiebreakers are needed, we will have extras on hand. Upon completion of the tournament, we will distribute copies of the set to all teams in attendance. Specific questions about the set can be emailed to me at laduequizbowl@gmail.com


We hope to see you here at Ladue on March 30th! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask!

Max Schindler, LIST Tournament Director

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Field (as of 3/25): 30/30 slots taken

Brookfield (2)
Centralia (1)
Clayton (1)
Eureka (1)
Hallsville (2)
Hancock (1)
Hickman (3)
Jeff City (1)
Jefferson (1)
Mehlville (1)
Mexico (1)
Orchard Farm (1)
Parkway North (2)
Parkway South (2)
Parkway West (2)
Rock Bridge (3)
Schuyler (1)
Tuscumbia (1)
Webster Groves (3)


Waitlist:

None
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We're already half full!

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Re: LIST III (Ladue Invitational Spring Tournament) -- 3/30/2013

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Unless we end up hosting a college tournament, I should be able to help staff this, Max. I'll let you know if that changes.

EDIT: I'm basically for sure coming to staff this now.

Edited on January 14: I can't come now, Illinois is hosting MUT on the same day.
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Mickey0R0urke wrote:Unless we end up hosting a college tournament, I should be able to help staff this, Max. I'll let you know if that changes.
Fantastic, thanks! If anyone else is interested in staffing, it'd be great if they could let me know as well. You'll get free pizza and eternal gratitude! :D

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Field full; look for an expansion if there's interest and when I confirm I've got enough staff.

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The field is being expanded to 30 -- this is still full, but teams can get on the waitlist; I'd love to expand to 36 if there's interest!

EDIT: And a team dropped, so we're still looking for one more!

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LIST will have Platinum affiliation for NSC! Teams should come to it!

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Field full again.

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We've had a few drops, interested teams should jump on this opportunity!

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Re: LIST III (Ladue Invitational Spring Tournament) -- 3/30/2013

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If there are still openings, please put down Marquette High School for one team. Otherwise, please place us on your waiting list.

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Prtkahn wrote:If there are still openings, please put down Marquette High School for one team. Otherwise, please place us on your waiting list.
Waitlisted -- can you please shoot me an email at laduequizbowl@gmail.com as well, so I have your email address? Thanks!

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Re: LIST III (Ladue Invitational Spring Tournament) -- 3/30/2013

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I think I told you this at Mort Walker, but I'm coming to staff this.

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We have expanded the field to 32, so Parkway South A and Eureka are in. There are still a bunch of teams on the waiting list, so if you have to drop a team, letting me know sooner rather than later is very preferable!

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All stats


This tournament happened; Hickman A beat Hallsville B in the first game of an advantaged final to win, Clayton came in third and Hallsville A fourth (after winning a play-in game over Rock Bridge A after Parkway West left early). I believe with the top 25% = 8 qualifying to NSC, that would be everyone who finished top four in their playoff bracket (the aforementioned 4 teams plus tied for 5th Rock Bridge A and Hickman B and tied for 7th Hickman C and Parkway West A). Our top individual scorer was Itamar from Hickman A.


Thanks a ton to everyone who came and helped staff; we really appreciated it and the tournament could not have run without you.

As a reminder, the set won't be clear for at least another month -- if you have any commentary/specific feedback, please email me at igoroogenflagenstein@gmail.com. Thanks everyone who came!

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