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- Mon Jul 12, 2021 3:42 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Why Professionalism in Quizbowl Matters
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7129
Re: Why Professionalism in Quizbowl Matters
Respond to mistakes with humility. If you legitimately mess up while running an event, you should take responsibility for it and not yell at teams who call you out on it. If you forgot to tell teams a new schedule or accidentally messed up rebracketing, you should take responsibility, apologize, an...
- Wed Mar 04, 2020 11:05 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Texas Invitational XI [CANCELLED]
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2367
Re: Texas Invitational XI (3/28/2020 & 3/29/2020)
Since the field has not been updated in the initial post in some time, here's where we are as of early March: Field (Saturday Teams / Sunday Teams) Northmont (OH) (1 / 1) Greenhill (TX) (1 / 0) Plano West (TX) (1 / 2) St. Mark’s (TX) (1 / 0) Strake Jesuit (TX) (1 / 1) TAG Magnet (TX) (1 / 1) Saturda...
- Wed May 29, 2019 5:29 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: My school finished 31st at HSNCT and I don't know how to feel
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6841
Re: My school finished 31st at HSNCT and I don't know how to feel
Nobody has heard of Eden Prairie because the Minnesota circuit is, and will probably continue to be, dominated by Wayzata. That's definitely not true. I think anyone with a reasonable interest in high school quizbowl has heard of your school. Not that that should even matter though. To add on: As s...
- Sat May 04, 2019 7:44 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2019 IQBT NASAT - 6/22 and 6/23, Lexington, KY
- Replies: 72
- Views: 47661
2019 IQBT NASAT - 6/22 and 6/23, Lexington, KY
Texas will send a single team to Lexington.
William Golden (Katy Taylor)
Raúl Passement (San Antonio Reagan)
Sean Doyle (Houston Strake Jesuit)
Evan Hochstein (LASA)
William Golden (Katy Taylor)
Raúl Passement (San Antonio Reagan)
Sean Doyle (Houston Strake Jesuit)
Evan Hochstein (LASA)
- Fri Jun 22, 2018 11:27 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: FIFAS Annoucement
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8713
Re: FIFAS Annoucement
Someday, I may be disciplined enough to produce a soccer history set. But that day is not today.
- Tue May 08, 2018 9:39 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACRONYM 11 @ HSNCT - Friday Night
- Replies: 35
- Views: 21510
Re: ACRONYM 11 @ HSNCT - Friday Night
Hi, all Advertising myself (everything but sports), previous teams and standings: https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/team.jsp?team_id=93764 https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/team.jsp?team_id=119423 Available together or split, and overall a delight to all who have ever met us PM'd / Emailed
- Mon Apr 23, 2018 11:11 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Texas Invitational IX, April 14-15, 2018 (ICTD2 / Stevenson)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6273
- Sun Apr 15, 2018 6:40 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Texas Invitational IX, April 14-15, 2018 (ICTD2 / Stevenson)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6273
Re: Texas Invitational IX, April 14-15, 2018 (ICTD2 / Steven
Congratulations to Katy Taylor, winners of the ICT-D2 portion of Texas Invitational IX on Sunday. Taylor won the first game of an advantaged final over Plano West, going 10-1 on the day, winning 10 straight after a first-prelim loss. Runner-up Plano West went 9-3, while third-place DCC and fourth-pl...
- Sat Apr 14, 2018 9:07 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Texas Invitational IX, April 14-15, 2018 (ICTD2 / Stevenson)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6273
Re: Texas Invitational IX, April 14-15, 2018 (ICTD2 / Steven
Congratulations to Chattahoochee A, winners of Saturday's Stevenson portion of Texas Invitational. Hooch won a one-game final over Detroit Catholic Central, 300-265. Both teams went 12-1 in prelims, with DCC winning their first matchup, 330-290, and DCC losing late in the day to Plano West, 320-315....
- Sat Apr 14, 2018 9:51 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Texas Invitational IX, April 14-15, 2018 (ICTD2 / Stevenson)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6273
Texas Invitational IX, 4/14-15 (ICTD2 / Stevenson) live trac
Follow results from this weekend's Texas Invitational via this link.
- Thu Apr 12, 2018 4:49 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: College QB In the News
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6233
Re: College QB In the News
UT Dallas: https://www.utdallas.edu/news/2018/4/9-32914_Not-a-Trivial-Pursuit-Comet-Quiz-Bowl-Team-Preps-f_story-sidebar.html Don't know about the rest of them, but one of them didn't involve NAQT -- it exists because I have some latitude to occasionally cover stories outside of behavioral and brai...
- Mon Apr 09, 2018 11:17 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 1995 ACF Nationals program
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6632
Re: 1995 ACF Nationals program
Sidenote: The Michael McStravick on the A&M team at this event is the father of Tyler McStravick, the #2 scorer at the 2015 MSNCT behind William Golden and current junior at St. Thomas.
- Mon Apr 02, 2018 2:14 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: HSQBRank 2017-18: Now with a Patreon page!
- Replies: 122
- Views: 90520
Re: HSQBRank 2017-18: Now with a Patreon page!
Where you have Plano East, you mean Plano West.
- Mon Feb 26, 2018 2:52 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Texas Invitational IX, April 14-15, 2018 (ICTD2 / Stevenson)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6273
Texas Invitational IX, April 14-15, 2018 (ICTD2 / Stevenson)
Registered Teams (SMT 14/NAQT 18): (Updated 4/11) Carnegie Vanguard (0/1) Chattahoochee (GA) (2/2) Colleyville Heritage (1/1) Crystal Springs Uplands (CA) (1/0) DeBakey (1/1) Detroit Catholic Central (MI) (1/1) Hoover (AL) (1/1) LASA (0/2) Louisiana Pelicans (1/1) North Gwinnett (GA) (1/1) Plano Wes...
- Tue Feb 06, 2018 2:26 pm
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: IAC announces Middle School all-subject team rankings
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5901
Re: IAC announces Middle School all-subject team rankings
Thanks for putting this together. It will be interesting to observe.
Quick nitpick: the 50th team has an extra N in it. It's just Beckendorff.
Quick nitpick: the 50th team has an extra N in it. It's just Beckendorff.
- Tue Jan 16, 2018 6:26 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Texas Invitational IX, April 14-15, 2018 (ICTD2 / Stevenson)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6273
Texas Invitational IX, April 14-15, 2018 (ICTD2 / Stevenson)
Texas Quiz Bowl Alliance will host its ninth annual Texas Invitational Weekend of Quiz Bowl on April 14-15, 2018. The weekend will include a mirror of the NAQT ICT Division II set and the Stevenson Memorial Tournament . Location: Strake Jesuit College Preparatory in Houston. Registration will close ...
- Mon Jan 08, 2018 6:20 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Alternatives to the phrase "good quizbowl"
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5193
Re: Alternatives to the phrase "good quizbowl"
I have had some success with saying "modern quizbowl" to suggest the game has evolved. People may be less offput by hearing a suggestion that "this format you've been using for decades is out of date" rather than "what you're doing is in and of itself bad." I imagine it...
- Fri Aug 11, 2017 1:10 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: FIFAS Annoucement
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8713
FIFAS Annoucement
If you're looking for another writer, let me know via PM.
- Wed Aug 02, 2017 4:18 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Obituary: Candace Benefiel (Texas A&M)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3689
Obituary: Candace Benefiel (Texas A&M)
It is with great sadness that Texas Quiz Bowl Alliance announces the passing of Candace Benefiel at age 60 following a fight with cancer. Candace worked with TQBA as a mentor and advisor since its founding and served as faculty sponsor of the Texas A&M Quiz Bowl program. From 2003 to 2007, Texas...
- Thu Jun 22, 2017 11:31 am
- Forum: New High School Teams
- Topic: State tournaments
- Replies: 8
- Views: 25917
Re: State tournaments
So, mostly, I'm wondering how other state organizations handle their state championship tournaments. Do teams have to qualify for it? Is it open invitation? In Texas, Middle School state remains open invitation due to statewide circuit size. We run Championship, Open and Elementary divisions there;...
- Mon Jun 12, 2017 1:39 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NAC going pyramidal?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 19328
Re: NAC going pyramidal?
How can we (as a group of nice intellectuals) be including of teams who have no idea what good quiz bowl is without destroying them at the same time? Every time a chip team comes to a pyramidal tournament in IN, they get obliterated, and go back to bad quiz bowl. Try to funnel any interested conver...
- Sat Jun 10, 2017 10:15 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2017 PACE NSC: June 10-11, Chicago
- Replies: 50
- Views: 46627
Re: 2017 PACE NSC: June 10-11, Chicago
Can someone confirm for me which teams are carrying losses into tomorrow's final eight?
- Wed May 31, 2017 12:30 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: HSQBRank 2016-2017
- Replies: 101
- Views: 60303
Re: HSQBRank 2016-2017
Just to give Jakob's achievement at HSNCT some context, I dug through the stats of all Top 4-finishing HSNCT teams since 2006 (when playoff individual stats became available). In terms of percentage of points scored by one player for a team finishing that high, there's only one comparable performanc...
- Mon May 29, 2017 5:43 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACRONYM X at the 2017 HSNCT
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9766
Re: ACRONYM X at the 2017 HSNCT
Thanks to Erik Nelson and his Play Quiz Bowl writing team for a really great set, and all the readers who stuck around. Good times were had.
- Fri May 26, 2017 12:18 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: "YO, Pass the AUX Cord, You'd Better Not Read" TRASH Set
- Replies: 80
- Views: 39371
Re: "YO, Pass the AUX Cord, You'd Better Not Read" TRASH Set
Dr. Ugolini and I intend to play this directly after scrimmages. Do we need to do anything more formal than this to register?
Edit: Added us to the spreadsheet if that is helpful at all.
Edit: Added us to the spreadsheet if that is helpful at all.
- Wed May 24, 2017 1:11 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: "YO, Pass the AUX Cord, You'd Better Not Read" TRASH Set
- Replies: 80
- Views: 39371
Re: "YO, Pass the AUX Cord, You'd Better Not Read" TRASH Set
Also eager to see where this ends up on the schedule.
- Tue Apr 11, 2017 9:50 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Travel to HSNCT
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3410
Re: Travel to HSNCT
Seconded -- the Airport is at one end of MARTA, and your straight shot to downtown is 15-20 minutes. Reaching MARTA from the terminal is straightforward. Reaching your hotel from your exit station should only require a sense of direction.
- Mon Apr 10, 2017 11:03 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Texas Invitational VIII (April 8-9, 2017)(ICTD2/Eisenhower)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9587
Re: Texas Invitational VIII (April 8-9, 2017)(ICTD2/Eisenhow
Full statistics from the weekend in Houston can be found at our website.
- Sun Apr 09, 2017 9:17 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Texas Invitational VIII (April 8-9, 2017)(ICTD2/Eisenhower)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9587
Re: Texas Invitational VIII (April 8-9, 2017)(ICTD2/Eisenhow
Congratulations to Detroit Catholic Central, the overall champions of Texas Invitational VIII, and to Katy Taylor, winners of Sunday's NAQT ICT D-II mirror. Texasquizbowl.org will have Sunday stats online soon.
- Fri Apr 07, 2017 1:29 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Texas Invitational VIII (April 8-9, 2017)(ICTD2/Eisenhower)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9587
Texas Invitational VIII (April 8-9, 2017)(ICTD2/Eisenhower)
Those interested in following Texas Invitational VIII from afar, or keeping tabs on your opponents between rounds, can view our Live Tracker spreadsheet this weekend.
- Fri Mar 17, 2017 9:00 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2017 St. Mark's Results
- Replies: 17
- Views: 11191
Re: 2017 St. Mark's Results
TQBA does not allege a systemic issue.
- Wed Mar 15, 2017 3:24 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Texas Invitational VIII (April 8-9, 2017)(ICTD2/Eisenhower)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9587
Texas Invitational VIII (April 8-9, 2017)(ICTD2/Eisenhower)
Registration for Texas Invitational VIII will close at midnight CT at the end of March 31.
If you intend to participate, please register through this online form.
If you intend to participate, please register through this online form.
- Thu Mar 09, 2017 10:46 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2017 NAQT HSNCT: Congratulations Hunter!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11500
Re: 2017 NAQT HSNCT: May 27-28, Atlanta
With the waitlist for HSNCT at 18 as of this morning, are there any practical barriers to expansion to 288 teams, now that the conditions for expansion have been met?
- Tue Mar 07, 2017 4:58 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Texas Invitational VIII (April 8-9, 2017)(ICTD2/Eisenhower)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9587
Texas Invitational VIII (April 8-9, 2017)(ICTD2/Eisenhower)
The top six teams in the midseason poll (and the top four teams in the hsqbrank midseason rankings) will be at Texas Invitational VIII. If you'd like to join us for our weekend of quizbowl, please let us know as soon as possible. Initial registration can be done through our Google form.
- Wed Feb 08, 2017 12:14 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: SCT, autobids, and ICT size discussion
- Replies: 131
- Views: 57528
Re: SCT, autobids, and ICT size discussion
And I know for sure that UT-Dallas wouldn't have since I staffed at that site and they fielded a full a team in D2. There may be confusion on this, but my understanding is that UT Dallas did not receive an autobid for hosting because TQBA was the actual host and provided the staff. No autobid was g...
- Sat Feb 04, 2017 7:38 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NAQT South SCT at UT Dallas (2/4/17)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2860
Re: NAQT South SCT at UT Dallas (2/4/17)
Congratulations to Oklahoma A and Texas B, the Division I and Division II Champs of the South Sectional.
Stats can be found here.
Stats can be found here.
- Fri Feb 03, 2017 4:56 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NAQT South SCT at UT Dallas (2/4/17)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2860
Re: NAQT South SCT at UT Dallas (2/4/17)
This SCT goes forward tomorrow with the following field of 20 teams: Division I: Louisiana Tech A, Oklahoma A, Rice, Texas A, Texas A&M A Division II: Louisiana Tech B, LSU A, LSU B, North Texas, Oklahoma B, Oklahoma Baptist, Oklahoma State A, Oklahoma State B, Texas A&M B, Texas B, Texas C,...
- Fri Jan 27, 2017 10:39 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Texas Invitational VIII (April 8-9, 2017)(ICTD2/Eisenhower)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9587
Texas Invitational VIII (April 8-9, 2017)(ICTD2/Eisenhower)
We are switching our Saturday set from the previously chosen Delta Burke set to the recently announced Eisenhower Memorial Tournament.
- Sun Jan 22, 2017 2:53 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: TEXAS - LONE STAR REPUBLIC 2016-2017
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7573
Re: TEXAS - LONE STAR REPUBLIC 2016-2017
Hey person from out of state here, I was thinking about going to Texas Invitational and I noticed that one of the sets being played is Delta Burke. In past this tournament has been run on college regular difficulty sets, right? I have also read Delta Burke from past years and although I do think it...
- Sun Jan 15, 2017 10:21 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NAQT South SCT at UT Dallas (2/4/17)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2860
NAQT South SCT at UT Dallas (2/4/17)
Texas Quiz Bowl Alliance will conduct the South NAQT Sectional on February 4, 2017 at the University of Texas at Dallas. Fees and discounts as determined by NAQT: Base fee: $125 for the first team from a school; $100 for second or subsequent teams New school discount: $20 per team Experienced Staffe...
- Sun Dec 18, 2016 3:06 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Texas Invitational VIII (April 8-9, 2017)(ICTD2/Eisenhower)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9587
Texas Invitational VIII field update
Field as of 4/7/17: Barrington Carnegie Vanguard (Sunday only) Chattahoochee A (Sunday only) Chattahoochee B (Sunday only) Cinco Ranch DeBakey (Sunday only) Dorman Detroit Catholic Central Ed Clark Hunter LASA Louisiana Pelicans "Ohio Country" "Preston Hollow" (Sunday only) Seven...
- Sun Dec 18, 2016 3:05 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Texas Invitational VIII (April 8-9, 2017)(ICTD2/Eisenhower)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9587
Texas Invitational VIII (April 8-9, 2017)(ICTD2/Eisenhower)
Texas Quiz Bowl will host its eighth annual Texas Invitational Weekend of Quiz Bowl on April 8-9, 2017. The weekend will include a mirror of the 2017 NAQT ICT Div II and the Eisenhower Memorial Tournament. Location: Strake Jesuit College Preparatory in Houston. Registration will close at the end of ...
- Sun Sep 25, 2016 12:12 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Collegiate Novice at Louisiana Tech (9/24/16)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2940
Re: Collegiate Novice at Louisiana Tech (9/24/16)
Clock management has been a problem for LSU today.Mnemosyne wrote:Note that LSU A defeated LSU B in a coin flip after they were both pulled over on the way to the tournament and chose to coin flip their match against each other instead of delay the tournament significantly.
- Mon Sep 19, 2016 7:39 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Greatest Upsets in Quizbowl History
- Replies: 75
- Views: 79022
Re: Greatest Upsets in Quizbowl History
Token mention for the old folks of A&M winning 2006 ACF Nats over a Seth/Selene Chicago team, a Kemezis/Westbrook Michigan team, a Sorice-led Illinois team, and several other solid groups.
- Sat Jun 04, 2016 8:57 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2016 PACE NSC: June 4-5, Chicago
- Replies: 78
- Views: 67941
Re: 2016 PACE NSC: June 4-5, Chicago
Cool - all there now. Thanks!
- Sat Jun 04, 2016 8:25 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2016 PACE NSC: June 4-5, Chicago
- Replies: 78
- Views: 67941
Re: 2016 PACE NSC: June 4-5, Chicago
Will the final two rounds from Stables and Birds be posted? Only five games were updated there.
Also, what was the missing playoff result between TJ A and Westview?
Also, what was the missing playoff result between TJ A and Westview?
- Mon May 30, 2016 7:51 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACRONYM IX @ HSNCT - May 29, 2016
- Replies: 45
- Views: 26296
Re: ACRONYM IX @ HSNCT - May 29, 2016
Old People fun was had. Gracias.
- Tue May 24, 2016 5:05 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Help with HSQBRank! (incl. HS teams at college tourneys)
- Replies: 44
- Views: 31353
Re: Help with HSQBRank! (incl. HS teams at college tourneys)
You have everything you'd need from Texas there already. Thanks!
- Mon May 23, 2016 4:09 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: HSQBRank 2015-16
- Replies: 76
- Views: 78135
Re: HSQBRank 2015-16
Should we still hope to see these in the next few days?AKKOLADE wrote:Yes! I finished my finals last week, so I'm going to get back to collecting stats and working on this over the next couple of weeks.
- Sun May 08, 2016 10:02 pm
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: 2016 NAQT MSNCT: Congratulations Middlesex!
- Replies: 25
- Views: 20763
Re: 2016 NAQT MSNCT: Congratulations Middlesex!
Congrats to Longfellow A and Middlesex A on an intense final, and to the Middlesex program as a whole on a truly impressive weekend.