The Tournament
for the year 2008
Rules or comments that have changed or been added since last year are
highlighted like this.
Really important things are highlighted like this.
- The tournament will be conducted as a set of single
elimination matches.
- Trebuchets destroyed in preceding matches are considered
repaired for subsequent competitions.
- Trebuchets may not be re-used from a previous
year.
- Byes may be used to facilitate the tournament. When granted,
priority will be given to teams with the fewest trebuchets, teams
who register earliest, schools with the fewest students (entered),
and finally by arbitrary decision by the judge. A team will not
receive more than one bye per tournament. If in a given round two
remaining teams have previously received byes, they will be forced
into match.
- Priority for scheduling matches: Teams from the same school
will be pitted against one another early in the process. Nearby
schools will then be pitted against one another. Remaining teams
with fewer wins will always be pitted against each other.
- Expect to be ready to compete as soon as your team
arrives. There is no guaranteed practice time or
place.
- In the case of a final match between teams with an unequal
number of wins: The team with more wins will win the tournament
with one victory. The team with fewer wins will have to win two
matches in a row to win the tournament.
- The final match will be allotted extra time. Other
matches will be allotted 20 minutes or less, at the discretion of
the director.
- The schedule for the tournament may be altered up to the day of
the tournament. If you or your team/s have special needs (like a
late start time, please contact the director directly by email.
- All judge decisions are final. Under no circumstances shall a
video replay of an event be used to reverse a decision.
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