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 === Hotel Registration ===
-The official event hotel is the Silver Legacy Resort at 407 N. Virginia Street, Reno, NV 89501 (phone: 800-687-8733).  An online registration link will be made available on this page soon.  Tournament entrants are eligible for our special rate of $99/night on Friday-Saturday, and $69/night Sunday-Thursday (single or double occupancy; plus tax and $12/night in resort and facility fees) at the event hotel - use booking code NASPA15;
+The official event hotel is the Silver Legacy Resort at 407 N. Virginia Street, Reno, NV 89501.  [https://reservations.silverlegacy.com/cgi-bin/lansaweb?procfun+rn+resnet+res+funcparms+UP(A2560):;NASPA15;;?/ Online registration is available at this link] or you may call the hotel at 800-687-8733 and use the group code NASPA15 to receive our group rate.  Tournament entrants are eligible for our special rate of $99/night on Friday-Saturday, and $69/night Sunday-Thursday (single or double occupancy; plus tax and $12/night in resort and facility fees) at the event hotel - use booking code NASPA15;
 those who live outside of the Reno area and do not either book a room at the host hotel or book a room within our group block at one of the other hotels listed below, will pay a $100 facility fee to contribute the cost of the venue space.  The midweek rate will be available before the event from July 27-30, 2015.  Late departures will also be accommodated at the group rate subject to availability, but the group rate is not available for the weekend following the event.

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 ==== Minor Release ====
-A [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/images/a/a3/2015_NSC_Minor_Release_and_Consent_Form.pdf Minor Release and Consent Form] will be required for all players under age 18 as of August 1, 2015, and may be downloaded and submitted in advance, or executed by a parent or guardian at registration.
+A [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/images/2/2f/2015_NSC_Minor_Release_and_Consent_Form.pdf Minor Release and Consent Form] will be required for all players under age 18 as of August 1, 2015, and may be downloaded and submitted in advance, or executed by a parent or guardian at registration.
 ==== Player Bulletin ====

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 === Hotel Registration ===
-The official event hotel is the Silver Legacy Resort at 407 N. Virginia Street, Reno, NV  89501 (phone: 800-687-8733).  An online registration link will be made available on this page soon.  Tournament entrants are eligible for our special rate of $99/night on Friday-Saturday, and $69/night Sunday-Thursday (single or double occupancy; plus tax and $12/night in resort and facility fees) at the event hotel - use booking code NASPA15;
+The official event hotel is the Silver Legacy Resort at 407 N. Virginia Street, Reno, NV 89501 (phone: 800-687-8733).  An online registration link will be made available on this page soon.  Tournament entrants are eligible for our special rate of $99/night on Friday-Saturday, and $69/night Sunday-Thursday (single or double occupancy; plus tax and $12/night in resort and facility fees) at the event hotel - use booking code NASPA15;
 those who live outside of the Reno area and do not either book a room at the host hotel or book a room within our group block at one of the other hotels listed below, will pay a $100 facility fee to contribute the cost of the venue space.  The midweek rate will be available before the event from July 27-30, 2015.  Late departures will also be accommodated at the group rate subject to availability, but the group rate is not available for the weekend following the event.
 Hotel bookings at our group rate are subject to availability within our group rate block of rooms, and must be booked before July 1, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time.
-The Silver Legacy is located down the block from the Reno Ballroom, where tournament play will be conducted.  Many after-hours activities will be held in the Silver Legacy meeting rooms.
+The Silver Legacy is located down the block from the Reno Ballroom, 401 N. Center St. Reno, NV 89501, where tournament play will be conducted.  Many after-hours activities will be held in the Silver Legacy meeting rooms.
 === Hotel and Event Parking ===

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-The '''2015 [[National SCRABBLE Championship]]''' will take place on August 1-5, 2015 at the Silver Legacy Resort and Reno Ballroom, 407 N. Virginia Street, Reno, NV  89501. This webpage will be regularly as additional details became available.
+The '''2015 [[National SCRABBLE Championship]]''' will take place on August 1-5, 2015 at the Silver Legacy Resort, 407 N. Virginia Street, Reno, NV 89501, and Reno Ballroom, 401 N. Center St. Reno, NV 89501. This webpage will be updated regularly as additional details became available.
 ==  Live Event Coverage ==

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 == Format ==
-The NSC will be paired using [[tsh]] along the lines of past events, including Gibsonization on spread.  However, for the first time this year, each division will finish with play-offs among the top 8 players in the division after round 21.
+For the first time since 2006, the NSC will feature a finals match;
-After an initial phase of fixed pairings based on pre-event ratings,
+and for the first time ever, each division will end with elimination play-offs among the top 8 players.
-The maximum number of contenders is 12 in Rounds 1-21.  Non-leaders are paired Swiss.
+The first 21 rounds will be paired as before using [[tsh]], including Gibsonization on spread.
-On Tuesday morning, the top 8 players in the division will play a bracketed, best of 4 match.  On Tuesday afternoon, the top 4 will play a bracketed, best of 4 match, while the next 4 play a consolation bracket.  On Wednesday, the top 2 will play a best of 5 match, while the next 6 will play a consolation bracket.  These matches will determine the top 8 places in each division, with additional place prizes awarded based on placement.  All players not in the bracket matches will continue with the 31 game event, as with past tournaments.
+Players who finish in the top 8 in their division after 21 rounds will advance to elimination brackets.
-For further information about this pairing system, please refer to the section on ''Chew pairings'' in the
+On Tuesday morning, the top 8 players will play a best-of-4 quarterfinal match seeded 1-8, 2-7, 3-6, 4-5;
 [http://tsh.poslfit.com/doc/pairing.html#chew tsh documentation].

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 The '''2015 [[National SCRABBLE Championship]]''' will take place on August 1-5, 2015 at the Silver Legacy Resort and Reno Ballroom, 407 N. Virginia Street, Reno, NV  89501. This webpage will be regularly as additional details became available.

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	The '''2015 [[National SCRABBLE Championship]]''' will take place on August 1-5, 2015 at the Silver Legacy Resort and Reno Ballroom, 407 N. Virginia Street, Reno, NV 89501. This webpage will be regularly as additional details became available.		The '''2015 [[National SCRABBLE Championship]]''' will take place on August 1-5, 2015 at the Silver Legacy Resort and Reno Ballroom, 407 N. Virginia Street, Reno, NV 89501. This webpage will be regularly as additional details became available.

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 : After hours room open
 ; 12&#58;00 P.M.&ndash;4&#58;00 P.M.
-: [[2014 NSC Early Bird|Early bird tournament]], restricted to NSC Staff and other NASPA directors
+: [[2015 NSC Early Bird|Early bird tournament]], restricted to NSC Staff and other NASPA directors
 ; 4&#58;30 P.M.&ndash;5&#58;30 P.M.
 : Committee meeting for Division Leaders, Division Assistants, Auxiliary Staff
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 : After hours room open
 ; 8&#58;00 P.M.&ndash;11&#58;00 P.M.
-: [[2014 NSC Trivia Contest|Trivia Contest]]
+: [[2015 NSC Trivia Contest|Trivia Contest]]
 === Sunday, August 2, 2015 ===
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 : Town Hall meeting
-=== Tuesday, August 12, 2014 ===
+=== Tuesday, August 4, 2015 ===
 ; 8&#58;30 A.M.&ndash;8&#58;55 A.M.
 : Set up for play
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 : [[2015 NSC Director Meeting|Director meeting]]
-=== Wednesday, August 13, 2014 ===
+=== Wednesday, August 5, 2015 ===
 ; 8&#58;30 A.M.&ndash;8&#58;55 A.M.
 : Set up for play