About the Tournament

The Davidson Academy Scibowl Online National Invitational (DASONI) is a online, buzzer-based tournament organized by members of the Davidson Academy Science Bowl club. There will be two divisions: Standard and Competitive
The Standard division will be run on Sunday January 15th and will have questions approximately the same difficulty as High School Regionals. This division is intended for newer high school teams, high school teams who generally do not win their region, and most B and C teams
The Competitive division, run on Saturday April 8th, will have questions approximately at High School Nationals difficulty. This division is geared towards teams who regularly win their regional competition, as well as teams who regularly place in the top three in their region but do not necessarily advance to the National tournament.
We the organizers reserve the right to move teams up a division or recommend teams move down a division. Registration is $30 for A teams, $20 for B and C teams, and $15 for any team from Nevada or Utah. Please note that these costs are for the flagship tournament—Phoenix costs may vary by location.

Updates

Nevada and Maine Phoenix events have been cancelled due to lack of interest. The Connecticut Phoenix event will now be held on 2/19.

Important Dates

• Sunday January 15th: Standard Competition
• Sunday Februray 19th: Phoenix - Connecticut
• Saturday April 8th: Competitive Competition

Rules

The DASONI Tournament will be following the 2023 NSB rules for in-person competition with the following exceptions:

• The website buzzin.live will be used
• There will be NO half timer or game clock; teams will be read all 23 pairs of questions per round
• Nonverbal communication on tossup questions will NOT be allowed
• Teams may designate an official captain, but bonus answers will be accepted from ANY TEAM MEMBER as long as they preface or finish their answer with “Final answer” or “Final”
• In case of a tie for win-loss record in Round Robin, the following tiebreak procedure will be used:
  • If two teams are tied, whichever team won their match against the other team in round robin will advance
  • If more than two teams tied OR the above tiebreak procedure still results in a tie, whichever team(s) scored more cumulative points across all round robin matches will advance
  • If the above tiebreak procedure still results in a tie, whichever team(s) scored more cumulative points across all round robin matches dropping the highest and lowest scores will advance
  • If the above tiebreak procedure still results in a tie, whichever team(s) scored the highest single round score in round robin advance; if this doesn’t break the tie, scores will be compared in descending order.
  • In the event of two or more teams receiving identical scores in every round robin match, a d20 roll will be used to break the tie.
• Only a maximum of SIXTEEN teams will advance to Double Elimination per division