dashing - 2025 ACF Fall

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In TowerFall, using this mechanic with good timing (10[1])allows players to catch incoming (10[1])arrows. (10[5]-5[1])In Hollow Knight, (-5[1])a charm (-5[2])outside (-5[1])where Bretta is trapped (-5[1])buffs (-5[1])this mechanic (10[1]-5[2])that is buffed (10[4]-5[1])by (-5[1])Sharp (10[1])Shadow. (10[7]-5[1])This (10[1])mechanic (10[3])is (10[1])the last (10[4])word (10[3])in the title (10[1])of a game (10[1])with a (10[1])competitive (10[1])scene (10[1])based around (-5[1])the (-5[1])Demonlist. (10[4])In (10[1])Celeste, (10[3]-5[1])winged (10[2])strawberries (10[3])disappear after (10[1])using (10[1])this (10[2]-5[1])mechanic, (10[6]-5[6])whose use (10[1])can be refreshed (10[1]-5[1])by (10[1])green (10[1])diamonds. (10[6]-5[2])This is the last (-5[1])word (-5[1])in the title (-5[1])of a game featuring a cube (10[1])jumping (10[2])over (10[1])triangular (10[2])spikes (10[4])to the (10[1])beat (10[2])of (10[1])music. (10[13])For 10 points, (10[1])what video game mechanic (10[1])appears in the (10[1])title of (10[1])a side-scrolling platformer (10[2])after “Geometry?” ■END■ (10[10]0[1])

ANSWER: dashing [accept Geometry Dash; accept Dashmaster; accept dodge or dodging; prompt on Mothwing Cloak or Shade Cloak by asking “what general mechanic does that allow the Knight to do?;” reject answers describing “walking” or “running” or “sprinting”]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Mata Cooper	Southampton	Birmingham	7	10
Will Huang	Wisconsin A	St. Thomas	12	10
Anthony Gagliano	McGill A	McGill B	13	10
Kyle Chua	CWRU B	Louisville A	13	10
Abigail Lee	Virginia Tech C	UNC C	13	-5
Britton Webster	Alabama A	Chipola College	13	10
Madeline Painter	Georgia Tech D	Montevallo	13	10
Sammy Carstens	Rochester	Binghamton B	13	10
Peter Kushnir	British Columbia B	Washington Atlantic	16	-5
John Rootham	Ottawa D	Ottawa A	18	-5
Lucas Hall	Waterloo C	Waterloo B	18	-5
Arjun Saulnier	CWRU C	Ohio State C	19	-5
Henry L'Heureux	Minnesota	Wisconsin C	23	-5
Benjamin Silversten	William & Mary C	William & Mary B	24	-5
Peter Zeng	Ohio State A	Michigan State B	26	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	William Woods University A	26	-5
Vishnu Sharma	Texas	British Columbia A	26	-5
Andrew Nucci	UCLA B	UCLA D	29	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	USC B	29	-5
Thomas Vukovic	Toronto H	Brock A	29	10
Taran Knutson	Michigan A	CWRU A	29	10
Surya Dinesh	MIT A	Boston College A	29	10
Tyler Dang	UCLA A	USC A	30	-5
Matthew Westley	Purdue A	Purdue C	31	10
James Xiao	Toronto A	Toronto C	32	10
Matthew Andersen	Florida B	Florida A	32	10
Owen Ashbrook	Iowa A	Chicago A	32	10
Camden Walker	WashU Grolars	Purdue D	32	-5
Reid Eichberg	Tufts B	UConn A	32	10
Doug Frederick	Auburn A	Auburn B	32	10
David Latimer	Imperial A	Warwick	32	10
Gabriel Nell	Cornell B	Binghamton C	32	10
Aiden Hart	Kentucky	Louisville D	33	10
Ethan Ririe	UCSD B	UCLA C	34	10
Oliver Thompson	CWRU D	Ohio State B	34	10
Jonathan Schnipper	Brandeis Mozart	Williams B	34	10
Aaron Henry	Maryland C	Rutgers A	35	10
Advai Srinivasan	UC Irvine	UCLA F	37	10
Tishe Sonuga	Chicago B	Illinois Urbana	37	10
Charlie Castleton	Sheffield A	Durham B	37	10
Sam Barrekette	RIT A	Cornell C	37	10
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	Washington Coho	38	10
Alex Hestermann	Washington Sockeye	Washington Pink	38	10
Scott Hyde	Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech F	38	10
Jack Yesner	Brandeis Beethoven	MIT B	41	10
Annika Larson	Claremont A	Claremont B	44	10
Hayden Willett	Purdue B	Iowa B	46	10
Yechan Park	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Berkeley Mighty Miner	47	10
Jack Disbury	Durham D	Edinburgh B	48	10
Thaddeus Holmes	Durham C	Edinburgh C	50	-5
James Meek	George Mason A	Maryland A	51	-5
Aaryan Sumesh	Berkeley Archer Queen	Stanford B	52	10
Joseph Cole	UNC A	NCSU A	52	10
Leonel Rodriquez	Virginia Tech B	Virginia Tech A	52	10
Owen Feng	Vanderbilt A	South Carolina A	52	10
Cole Hennessy	UCF A	Florida Tech A	53	10
Harry Barsan	Louisville C	Ohio State D	54	10
Benjamin Turner	York	Edinburgh D	54	10
Atom Lucenet	Imperial D	Cambridge E	54	-5
Jake Scoville	RIT B	Cornell D	54	10
Aidan Hoffner	McMaster B	Toronto E	55	10
Dylan Steptoe	Guelph A	Toronto G	55	10
Sebastien Freitag	UC Santa Barbara	UCSD A	56	10
James Windle	Purdue D	WashU Grolars	56	10
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	Alberta A	56	10
Brennan Davis	Louisville B	Michigan C	58	10
Juan Landaeta	Florida State A	South Florida A	59	10
David Yuan	Berkeley Little Prince	Stanford A	60	10
Cranmer McGinn	McMaster C	Toronto I	60	10
Abbie Isabel	Edinburgh A	Durham A	60	-5
Huy Lai	UCSC	Berkeley Skeleton King	61	-5
Samuel Zheng	Toronto F	Queen's A	61	10
Matthew Wozniak	Michigan B	Michigan State A	61	10
William Henley	Illinois Champaign	Illinois Blue	61	-5
Mica Oestreich	Illinois Canada	Indiana A	61	-5
Adam Chilbert	Macalester	Iowa State	61	-5
Thomas Newill	Tufts C	Amherst B	61	-5
Sri Lnu	Clemson B	Clemson C	61	10
Allen Xu	Georgia Tech A	Tennessee A	61	-5
Brayden Zhang	Vanderbilt B	Vanderbilt C	61	10
Ada Bendel	Bristol	Cambridge D	61	10
James Stadler	Imperial B	Cambridge C	61	10
Nghia Khau	VCU A	UNC B	63	10
Valerie Brown	Carleton B	Carleton A	66	-5
Sewanth Paudel	Ohio State C	CWRU C	66	10
Summer Solis	JMU B	Liberty B	67	10
Charles Xin	British Columbia A	Texas	68	10
Chris Chang	USC A	UCLA A	69	10
Sai Yarlagadda	Ottawa B	McGill C	69	10
Samuel Li	William & Mary A	Virginia A	69	-5
Hudson Kee	William & Mary B	William & Mary C	69	10
Nathaniel Martin	Brandeis Bach	Boston University A	69	10
Harrison Greenlee	Washington State	Arizona State A	69	10
Daniel Chen	Emory A	Georgia Tech E	69	-5
Abhinav Dinesh	LSE	Imperial C	69	10
Anthony Xu	Amherst A	Brown A	73	-5
Aiden Shields	Clemson A	Georgia Tech C	74	-5
Orin Overmiller	Florida Tech B	ERAU Daytona A	77	-5
Nathan Redford	Liberty A	Duke A	83	10
Jack Meyers	Brown B	Dartmouth B	84	10
Andrew Heller	Georgia Tech E	Emory A	84	10
Austin Embry	Auburn C	Mississippi State A	85	10
Helen Neves	Boise State	Washington Masu	86	10
Jonas Cross	Tennessee Tech	Georgia A	86	10
Charlie Rickards	Ottawa C	McGill E	87	10
Chris Wang	Toronto B	McMaster A	87	10
Alex McClanahan	WVU A	Michigan State C	87	10
Fahim Afzal	Cambridge A	Oxford	87	10
Gabriel Dodds	Liberty C	NCSU B	89	10
Elliott Gomes	Dartmouth A	Vermont B	90	10
Samuel Gao	British Columbia C	Washington Chum	90	10
Aeron Wheel	Cardiff	Cambridge B	91	10
Vivienne Ruemler	USC B	UCLA E	92	10
Adrian O'Leary	Waterloo A	Toronto D	92	10
Will Jones	Michigan State D	WVU B	92	10
Colette Giezentanner	WashU Grizzlers	Indiana B	92	10
Luke Sauer	Michigan Tech	Wisconsin B	92	10
Dashiell Helmer	Wisconsin C	Minnesota	92	10
Andrew Park	Harvard	Williams C	92	10
David Xilbille	Georgia Tech C	Clemson A	92	10
Alina Moore	Tennessee A	Georgia Tech A	92	10
Canaan Martin	Tennessee B	Sewanne	92	10
Musa Ahmed	Edinburgh C	Durham C	92	10
Rory Moloney	Cambridge E	Imperial D	92	10
Aaron Wang	Cornell A	ESF	92	10
Andreas Ktori	Durham A	Edinburgh A	95	10
Sonya Bates	Washington Atlantic	British Columbia B	99	10
Graydon Allard	Ottawa A	Ottawa D	102	10
Liam Rojas	Virginia A	William & Mary A	104	10
Aleksa Misic	Waterloo B	Waterloo C	107	10
Diego Almaraz	UNC C	Virginia Tech C	107	10
Hansen Jin	Berkeley Skeleton King	UCSC	110	10
Alden Thompson	Carleton A	Carleton B	110	10
Yishak Kelkay	ERAU Daytona A	Florida Tech B	110	10
Elise Economou	Pittsburgh	Michigan D	110	10
Xavier Bornhorst	Maryland A	George Mason A	110	10
Ethan Ma	Illinois Blue	Illinois Champaign	110	10
Anurag Shah	Indiana A	Illinois Canada	110	10
Alex Dzurick	William Woods University A	Rose-Hulman A	110	0
James Horsley	Iowa State	Macalester	110	10
Marin Katz	Amherst B	Tufts C	110	10
Eames Weeks	Brown A	Amherst A	110	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	40%	65.20
UK (South)	UK	8	100%	13%	62.50
Northern California	US	4	100%	25%	67.25
Southern California	US	7	100%	29%	51.57
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	100%	40%	76.20
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	11%	64.22
Florida	US	4	100%	25%	63.50
Great Lakes	US	12	100%	8%	55.25
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	33%	76.22
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	2	100%	50%	72.50
Midwest	US	9	89%	44%	64.25
North	US	4	100%	50%	76.50
Northeast	US	10	100%	20%	69.10
Pacific	US	8	100%	25%	68.00
Southeast	US	13	100%	23%	61.62
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	0%	45.60