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I second the recommendation for a wider acceptance of answers for "revocation of the Edict of Nantes." That one threw me off, and I think it was reasonably acceptable that not the actual legislative act but rather the actual policy be an acceptable answer.

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Piggybacking off of the general "don't drown newcomers in QB community nonsense," I also propose don't submerge newcomers in with your club's injokes off the bat. I was the newcomer in that position when I came to William & Mary, and part of me wanted to quit in part because of it. The other part wa...

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So it's taken me far longer than I should have to do this, but Alex Wallace's Titanic Trash Packet, my third, and the one that was read at the 2017 Festivus, is finally ready for general reading. I'd be happy to read it on discord should somebody like to hear it.

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Travel plans changed so I might not be at this, but the packet is ready 20/20. My understanding is that bonuses are frowned upon; I will consult whoever is listening as to whether I read them or not should I be there.

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I will try to actually finish my third trash packet for this.

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This is happening at the Canada ACF Fall Site (info here: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=20411). Make sure to write your 10 or 20 tossups before the New World Order does it for you! Hate to say this but this slipped my mind; this semester has been brutal on me academically. I ...

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For the record I can also be contacted regarding this tournament as I am on the William & Mary team. I can be PMed here or emailed at arwallace@email.wm.edu

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Well, I don't know what advice I could give that hasn't already been said, but I can give my own story as a cautionary tale. I was subject to over a decade of psychological and emotional abuse. One of my few ways of coping was reading large amounts of history and geography, and later Sporcle in thos...

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Got a tossup on the Zoot Suit Riots on a Chicago Open being used for practice because of this song.

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Sokratis Papastathopoulos wrote:Well, the first day of classes at UMD is August 28th. So there's still a week and a half until classes begin.

Mainly why I was asking - I wasn't sure when Maryland's classes begin. They start earlier than my school, I can tell now.

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DuPhos wrote:
SpanishSpy wrote:Will there be a practice tomorrow?
We will not be holding practice tonight.

Thank you very much for your response.

Will there be any more?

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Will there be a practice tomorrow?

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What a tragedy.

May she rest in peace.

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Will this be happening this week?

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sarangyeola wrote:Since we had a good turnout at yesterday, we will continue to host practice's weekly. These will be Wednesdays starting next week on July 26. Hope to see many of you there!

I won't be able to make this week due to other plans but I intend to in subsequent weeks.

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jonah wrote:
Scipio wrote:
SpanishSpy wrote:Would applying for a writer position prevent me from playing NAQT events with my team?
No. Writer accounts are set up so that they cannot see packet sets for events they plan to play.

Thanks. I will apply within the next few days.

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Just want to confirm my presence at this.

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Would applying for a writer position prevent me from playing NAQT events with my team?

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Depending on my schedule I'll see if I can make it. I'll probably be late; I get out of my job at Union Station at 5 and would metro in.

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What is your specialty? You can become a STEM specialist if that's what interests you, or a literature specialist if so. Becoming a generalist at the college level when one is not before, at least my opinion, is lunacy. You do not have the time in your life to learn the ENTIRE canon and still have a...

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I've gotten more than one Swedish history tossup by listening to Sabaton's album Carolus Rex

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Cheynem wrote:Not sure why he picked those two things, but he was referencing bonuses that went like "Is the primary language of these countries English, Spanish, both, or neither?"

I see. Thank you for the explanation

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The other thing I might suggest is for more experienced writers to post "guides" on general principles of question-writing/potential pitfalls/useful sources. Every tournament I work on I go back to the notes on question-writing that Seth and Auroni sent out to PADAWAN writers. Similarly, Austin's p...

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ErikC wrote:
SpanishSpy wrote:At this rate I can't get one to you this weekend. If you are taking submissions afterwards I might make that depending on when.
This isn't being played for months so there is no rush.

Thanks, then - I will try to get it to you within the month.

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I am currently in the planning stages for my third trash packet, tentatively titled Alex Wallace's Titanic Trash Packet.

I'm also bandying about the idea for a Washington DC metro area themed packet like the PNW packet discussed above.

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At this rate I can't get one to you this weekend. If you are taking submissions afterwards I might make that depending on when.

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I'll try to get some questions for you by the weekend but I can't promise it.

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Borel hierarchy wrote:This post is my formal announcement that's I do not intend on playing this packet

Don't particularly understand why you would need to announce that, but noted.

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I sent in my packet to Ms. Grames earlier today.

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Due to time constraints, Alex Wallace's Nifty Nostalgia Packet will only be ten tossups. It will be sent to Ms. Grames shortly.

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I'm currently working on what I have dubbed "Alex Wallace's Nifty Nostalgia Packet" with the intention of having twenty tossups done by this Friday.

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I have written a packet, which I will title [DATA EXPUNGED], consisting of a number of questions on the SCP Foundation. I'll read it this Wednesday on the IRC at 10pm EST. If that time doesn't work for you, then fill out this poll , and I'll try to read it again next week at some time. Oh this soun...

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gregweinstein wrote:Perfect! who is in? I would love next Monday or the Monday after, specifically

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As of now, it is only you, but I would prefer more - three people is often a good number, but I willd o more.

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Yeah that was my mistake. i completely forgot about it and I crashed hard after work. I would love to know about the next time there is a reading so I can participate (if there is a reading). Sorry again I'd be willing to do another reading in the period of Monday to Thursday during the evenings (d...

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The final score for the second reading

Brochin 415

Horton 135

Weinstein did not show up after repeated attempts at contacting him.

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gregweinstein wrote:I would also like to play in the trash mirror on Skype. i like tomorrow after 9

Very well. That will be the second reading.

If anyone else would like to be at the reading please comment and send me your Skype information.

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Nothing in particular needs to be done here and now, but in the future, please keep stuff like this in the random packet announcements thread to avoid board clutter. Thanks! I had announced there when the concept was made, and updated that thread as work progressed - this thread is for the actual c...

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sambrochin wrote:I'm pretty free whenever. What works for you?

Best would be Wednesday, either between 2 and 7 or after 9 (7-9 is Quizbowl practice).

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sambrochin wrote:Will you be doing another reading of this? I had a paper to write, so I unfortunately couldn't make it on Sunday.

I could do sometime this week before Thursday, heavily dependent on when precisely.

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Final scores for tonight's readings:

Rivera at 65

De Bock at 100

And winning, Thompson at 270

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As it currently stands we have three players lined up for the reading tonight at 7PM Eastern.

If anyone else would like to attend please comment fairly soon.

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Very well - so 7PM Sunday. Anyone else?

Also for those interested send me your Skype information if you haven't already.

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I have a meeting at 6 PM so 5 might be cutting it close - the meeting's usually over by 7 though. Also something may come up Saturday - I'm unknown on that front (coincidentally it's a chance at reading this packet in person to local high schoolers). I should be able to make it by 7 edt. If we star...

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Gimmicky in what sense? Topic? Structure?

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I have a meeting at 6 PM so 5 might be cutting it close - the meeting's usually over by 7 though.

Also something may come up Saturday - I'm unknown on that front (coincidentally it's a chance at reading this packet in person to local high schoolers).

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Very well - how about this Sunday between 1 and 6 PM Eastern?

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How about sometime Friday afternoon (eastern time)? For something like this I reckon it would be most fun in groups.

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Any preferred time in the coming week? I can do Wednesday night after 9PM eastern without a problem - Thursday I'm not really free til 10PM eastern, and Friday is completely free after 2PM eastern. Saturday I'm occupied after 7PM and on Sunday I'm busy 11AM-1PM and 6PM to 7PM (roughly).

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Tonight I just finished my second trash packet which I have dubbed Alex Wallace's Tremendous Trash Packet, the sequel to Alex Wallace's Terrific Trash Packet that was read at Festivus. It's 20/20 of random nonsense of no particular distribution, but I will say it tends towards the geekier side of th...

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This sounds like fun - by when would you want the packet?

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