ACF Fall 2008 Information

What is ACF Fall?

ACF Fall was developed in 2001 by Kelly McKenzie to make a tournament accessible to new players while maintaining the quality for which ACF questions were known. It has since become the premier novice tournament in collegiate quizbowl.

Essential Information for ACF Fall 2008

• Date: Saturday, November 8, 2008
• Time: Registration begins at 8:30 AM, and the tournament begins at 9:00 AM.
• Location: Physical Sciences Center (link to campus map)
• Questions: supplied by the Academic Competition Federation; packet submission is required by all players who meet the criteria listed in the Packet Submission section
• Fees: This tournament will use the standard fees and discounts for ACF events listed at ACF Packet and Fee Information.

Packet Submission Information and Schedule

According to ACF rules, any team with at least one person on it who played a regular, collegiate, academic quizbowl tournament prior to September 1, 2007, is required to submit a packet in order to participate in an ACF tournament in 2008-2009. All ACF tournaments, NAQT Division I or Division II SCT, NAQT ICT, and typical academic invitationals count as regular collegiate academic tournaments for this purpose, but trash or hybrid tournaments, College Bowl/HCASC, and tournaments played on NAQT Invitational Series questions do not. Teams that are not required to submit a packet to ACF Fall may still do so and will receive financial incentives.

For this tournament, send packets to Andrew Hart at limozeen@gmail.com. Consult the page on ACF Packet and Fee Information for a brief guide on the question distribution and the types of questions not to submit.

• Schedule for Teams Required to Submit Packets:
  • -$50 Deadline: Sunday, September 14, by 10:59 PM CDT
  • -$25 Deadline: Sunday, September 28, by 10:59 PM CDT
  • No-Penalty Deadline: Sunday, October 12, by 10:59 PM CDT
  • +$25 Deadline: Sunday, October 19, by 10:59 PM CDT
  • +$50 Deadline: Sunday, October 26, by 10:59 PM CDT
  • Submitting a packet after Sunday, October 26, will result in an additional $10 per day that the packet is late.
  • An experienced team will not be allowed to pay its way out of writing at any point during the 2008-2009 ACF schedule. Therefore, failure to adhere to this schedule will result in that team's ban from this tournament.
• Schedule for Teams Not Required to Submit Packets:
  • -$50 Deadline: Sunday, September 28, by 10:59 PM CDT
  • -$25 Deadline: Sunday, October 12, by 10:59 PM CDT
  • Packets submitted after Sunday, October 12, by such teams will be rejected. However, the team will not incur any penalties for not submitting a packet.

Registering for ACF Fall 2008

To register, please contact David Gagne at djgagne@ou.edu. When you register, please provide how many teams and buzzer systems that you will bring. Do not forget to mention the classification (Division I, Undergraduate, or Division II) of each team. The registration deadline is Wednesday, November 5, 2008.

Teams That Have Registered for ACF Fall 2008

Central Arkansas (1)
Langston (1)
Liberal Academy of Arts and Sciences (1)