The SCOP Novice 13 set will be available for mirroring from 1 November 2023 through April 2024. Full details of the set’s mirror dates are posted in its HSQB set announcement here.
The set includes ten rounds of 20/20 (tossups/bonuses) and a half-packet of 10/10 replacement questions. Tossups are powermarked. Bonuses have three parts, which are designed to be read one part at a time. If you are planning to use this set in a non-standard format (e.g. if you’re planning to run your tournament in timed format or with more than two teams per room, or if you want to use a local match format that only uses bonuses in the second half, etc.), you must confirm this with me prior to receiving the set or incur financial penalties.
Distribution
SCOP Novice’s distribution per round is:
5/5 Science (including 1/1 non-computational math)
4/4 Literature
4/4 History
2/2 Religion and Mythology
2/2 Fine Arts
1/1 Geography
1/1 Current Events, Philosophy, and Social Science
1/1 Pop Culture
Fees
The fee to use SCOP Novice is $12/team (including house teams). There is a $1/team discount for complete statistics. Complete statistics include full stats for each individual player on each team for every round, and are recorded either in YellowFruit or in SQBS with round report enabled. Because Neg5 does not validate game data effectively, Neg5 statistics will not be accepted for the stat discount beginning this year. There is an additional $1/team discount if you choose to email or snail mail your raw scoresheets to me for the calculation of conversion statistics by topic. If your tournament is in need of further discounts, especially if you’re in a developing circuit, feel free to inquire about lowering your mirror fee.
Illinois
SCOP Novice is not available to be mirrored in Illinois, where the set is used exclusively for the IHSSBCA Novice tournament series. I’m also the Novice manager for the IHSSBCA, so if you are interested in hosting an IHSSBCA Novice site, please let me know.
Prospective mirror hosts, or anyone with questions, may contact me at strey.k.a@gmail.com.