Comments on: VETO X in 2008! http://veto.caql.org/?p=18 a quiz bowl tournament in Vancouver with mirror in Hamilton, Ontario, on Saturday, July 17, 2010 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 20:07:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on VETO X in 2008! by: Peter http://veto.caql.org/?p=18#comment-151 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:02:50 +0000 http://veto.caql.org/?p=18#comment-151 Jordan, a TCCM packet would be great. Thanks for offering to edit, too, but presumably you wouldn't want to be doing it while you're in Australia. I was thinking, though, that instead of the major effort usually expected of a tournament editor, it would noticeably improve the VETO players' experience to have the packets edited in even a minimal way, meaning: - getting the questions into standard format (no "I" questions, for example); - eliminating repeats; - correcting any errors, hoses, and poor tossup clue ordering that the editor happens to notice on first reading. I'm not saying that I want to discourage a potential editor from doing more than this, just that if this is all an editor does, there will be an improvement and we'll appreciate it. Jordan, a TCCM packet would be great.

Thanks for offering to edit, too, but presumably you wouldn’t want to be doing it while you’re in Australia.
I was thinking, though, that instead of the major effort usually expected of a tournament editor, it would noticeably improve the VETO players’ experience to have the packets edited in even a minimal way, meaning:
- getting the questions into standard format (no “I” questions, for example);
- eliminating repeats;
- correcting any errors, hoses, and poor tossup clue ordering that the editor happens to notice on first reading.
I’m not saying that I want to discourage a potential editor from doing more than this, just that if this is all an editor does, there will be an improvement and we’ll appreciate it.

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Comment on VETO X in 2008! by: Jordan S. http://veto.caql.org/?p=18#comment-150 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:56:55 +0000 http://veto.caql.org/?p=18#comment-150 (Previous comment was from S., not P., for clarity's sake) (Previous comment was from S., not P., for clarity’s sake)

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Comment on VETO X in 2008! by: Jordan http://veto.caql.org/?p=18#comment-149 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:56:20 +0000 http://veto.caql.org/?p=18#comment-149 I'll be travelling to Australia from July 8 to 23, so that pretty much rules out July 19 and the weekend before for me. That having been said, please don't feel obligated to shift the tournament date on the basis of my schedule. I'd be more than happy to assist by either editing or writing the packet for the TCCM, though I acknowledge I'm not the best candidate for either for various reasons. I’ll be travelling to Australia from July 8 to 23, so that pretty much rules out July 19 and the weekend before for me.

That having been said, please don’t feel obligated to shift the tournament date on the basis of my schedule. I’d be more than happy to assist by either editing or writing the packet for the TCCM, though I acknowledge I’m not the best candidate for either for various reasons.

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