2017 NATIONAL JA Titan® Virtual Competition
FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT TEAMS FROM THE UNITED STATES
Wednesday May 10, 2017 12:00 PM EST to 2:30 PM EST
The 2017 competition is hosted by Junior Achievement of East Central Ohio
Registration Opens February 1, 2017. Registration Closes Thursday, May 4, 2017
$1,500 1st Place Award
$1,000 2nd Place Award
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Competition Overview
Join us online for the 2017 National JA Titan® Virtual Competition. Through simulated business quarters, high school students from
The United States will take on the role of corporate business leaders to make decisions that affect the profitability and sustainability
of their virtual company. They will attempt to outperform competitors in profit, sales, and market share. In the pursuit of excellence,
students will set prices, determine production levels, invest in capital, develop budgets, plan marketing and research, and determine
community giving goals to strategically secure the highest market share and become the National JA Titan winner.
2017 National JA Titan Virtual Competition Schedule
Tournament Play – One Day Virtual Competition - Using JA Titan 3.0
Practice Round (Time provided for teams to log-in/test computers): May 10, 2017 12:00 - 12:20 pm EST
Qualifying Round: May 10, 2017 - 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm EST
 Eight (8) Games
 Teams will have four (4) minutes per quarter to enter decisions
 The Top Team from 8 Qualifying Games will advance to the Championship Round
 Top Team Determined by highest PI
Championship Round: May 10, 2017 1:45 pm – 2:30 pm EST
 One (1) Game
 Teams will have four (4) minutes per quarter to enter decisions
 Winners Determined by highest PI
 Number 1 Team – Awarded $1,500
 Number 2 Team – Awarded $1,000
Prize awards will be paid directly to the JA Area Office of the winning teams for local distribution.
Checks will be mailed approximately 10 days after the competition.
Proudly Hosted by Junior Achievement of East Central Ohio
Dawn L. Campanelli, President
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Who Is Eligible To Participate?
Eligibility is limited to high school student teams from The United States that have completed the JA Titan® program during the
2016-2017 academic year, or participated in a JA sponsored local JA Titan®, or JA Business Challenge/Titan competition from
August 2016 – May 4, 2017.
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A minimum of twenty-five (25) registered teams is required to hold the tournament.
The 2017 tournament will host a maximum of sixty-four (64) teams.
Local JA Offices can register up to five (5) teams.
Local JA Offices can determine the size of each participating team.
Local area teams will not compete against each other in a qualifying round.
Registration
Only JA Area Staff within The United States are eligible to register teams for the 2017 National JA Titan® Virtual Competition.
Registration is to be completed by JA Areas only (not schools). Information is online on Junior Achievement of East Central Ohio’s
website www.jaonline.org/nationaljatitan
Registration will open Wednesday, February 1, 2017 and will remain open until Thursday, May 4, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. (EST), or at the
time 64 teams are registered. Late registrations cannot be accepted.
Local JA Offices can register and reserve spots for teams to be named later. All team information must be emailed to
[email protected] no later than 5:00 pm on Thursday, May 4, 2017 to compete.
Advance payment of the $110 registration fee per team is required to participate in the tournament. Teams not paid by May 5,
2017 WILL NOT be included in the tournament (no exceptions).
Payment
A $110 entrance fee per team is due upon completion of the online registration.
Preferred Method of Payment:
Checks made out to Junior Achievement of East Central Ohio.
Mailing Address:
JAECO
Attn: JA Titan National Tournament Registration
4353 Executive Circle NW, Canton, Ohio 44718
Credit cards are also accepted through www.firstgiving.com Note a Processing Fee of $4.95 per team is accessed for teams using
this option.
If using a credit card, JA Area Office must
select YES to pay the processing fee for
tournament entry fee. Thank you.
Proudly Hosted by Junior Achievement of East Central Ohio
Dawn L. Campanelli, President
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2017 National JA Titan Virtual Competition Logistics
Key points to keep in mind for the competition:
1.
A $12 minimum price is required during the competition. Prices below this level are unwise and unprofitable because of
production costs, and often are used only to sabotage fellow competitors. Teams that use this strategy will not be eligible
for prize awards regardless of PI finish.
2.
Credit limit will not be announced in advance. Know where to find this information when the game begins. Teams can
only submit decisions from one IP address per decision.
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Teams can only submit decisions from one IP address. Judges can determine if decisions are coming from multiple
computers. This lack of integrity will cause automatic elimination from the tournament.
4.
Teams should use the username and password provided and confirmed by the Competition Administrator. A confirmation
email will be sent prior to the start of the competition to the information provided on the registration form.
5.
The game will begin (Qualifying Round) when the countdown timer reaches zero at 12:30 p.m. EST Wednesday May 10,
2017.
6.
Winners will be determined by highest PI. In the case of a tie, the value of Retained Earnings in the final quarter will be
used to determine the winner for each of the Qualifying Rounds and the Champion Round.
7.
Quarters will be reverted ONLY if it is determined by the game administrator there was a technical error that caused a
quarter to skip. Quarters will not be reverted due to user error. User error is when a mistake is made by the team
members. Examples of these type of errors that have occurred and are, but not limited to: users close out of the game
before they receive confirmation that their plan was processed, users forget to press submit, different users on the same
team enter different plans from different URL addresses. Students may participate from any location with a high-speed
Internet connection. It is strongly recommended to use a facility where JA Titan has been used previously to ensure
connectivity and to address firewall issues. A firewall issue is NOT an acceptable reason to extend time for a decision.
8.
Bankrupt teams will not be considered for cash awards despite their placing in the tournament.
If you experience any technical problems during the competition, please take the following corrective steps:
 Close and re-open your browser window.
 Log back into the competition.
 Double-check that your Internet connection is working by visiting another website.
 A practice round is established to help identify computer connectivity errors prior to the Qualifying Round.
JAECO Tournament Official
Maureen Pittman, JA Program & Career Connections Manager
Junior Achievement of East Central Ohio
[email protected]
330-933-1278
Proudly Hosted by Junior Achievement of East Central Ohio
Dawn L. Campanelli, President
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