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Logistically, how will teams know where to go in the afternoon? Will there be some official way of telling each team where they are playing, or will you just need to figure out where to go from the schedule?

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I'm in. I need something to prevent me from doing homework.

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1. Whitman
2. RM A

We (Whitman) cleared the field by two so there was no final. We left just as Blair-A, Gonazaga, and WJ were playing off a three way tie for 3rd. Thanks to the GDS team for running an efficient and fun tournament.

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Whitman can bring another team to round up the number.

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Whitman will probably swag over for this tournament.

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So we showed up to this with a B team of new players for their first tournament. We were expecting a tournament around the quality of last year around Keegan level of difficulty maybe a little more ( obviously not great but O.K. for people who have been playing Quizbowl for 3-4 weeks). After going t...

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Sweet Halldor I will miss thee.

Whitman is also interested.

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We (Walt Whitman ) can bring an additional team.(Varsity)

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whitesoxfan wrote:Morning and afternoon results seem to be flipped.

What is currently labeled "afternoon" is from the prelims in The Barker Center. The current "morning" stats are from the consolation rounds in the afternoon at the Barker Center.

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Can anyone from Harvard confirm they have gotten an email from Whitman? We need to book plane tickets very soon.

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In the Egypt TU, I don't think the "Gene Sharp" clue is uniquely identifying. I remember his work being cited by Iranian opposition groups and in the Velvet revolution. Don't get me wrong, it is a great clue, but I think it needs a few words to identify it with Egypt.

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I think Whitman left their buzzers at UMD. Can we arrange to pick them up tomorrow?

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jonathanmarx wrote:I don't know if you guys have considered this, but this tournament falls on Yom Kippur, meaning that most (even nonobservant) Jews (including 3 of our 6 top players) are not going to be able to attend.

Any chance this can get changed?

We have similar sentiments.

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Whitman will be there with one team. (for bracketing purposes, three members of our usual "A team" will be missing due to an It's ac taping).

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PYLONS ACQUIRED. POWER OVERWHELMING.

For those non star craft players, I have power back and can play!

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The only thing that annoys me about timed tournaments such as HSNCT is sometimes not hearing questions near the end of a packet. I feel that finishing 1 minute early is less annoying than possibly missing 2-3 questions and bonuses. Does NAQT have the average number of tossups heard per game at HSNCT...

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Depending on how many teams sign up, there will be either two or three levels of rebracketing in the afternoon (meaning either that teams ranked 1, 2, and 3 in their division in the morning will advance to the top bracket in the afternoon while teams ranked 4-6 would play in the lower bracket. Alte...

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What category do current even questions that have answer lines like "Nevada" or "Texas" fall into?

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Great list. Whitman does not lose anyone from their A or B team though.

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Another minor, but potentially problematic issue my team encountered was notification of making the playoffs. After round 8 my team had a 7-1 record. We asked our last mod if he thought we had made they playoffs and he said that we had a good chance so we should head to the Newsuem. We were pretty f...

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If it makes a difference, Whitman can bring another team.

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Whitman is probably coming. A registration will most likely be sent soon.

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Whitman is interested.

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I think any of those Friday dates would be better for the simple reason of no school the next day.

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3/25 sound better since it is a Friday.

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Whitman seconds RM's request.

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I think why they looked it up on Wikipedia is because the answer that was given before the prompt was the same type of person as the actual answer. I assume they looked it up because the team protesting claimed it was a person but they didn't know. Once they found it on Wikipedia they saw it was a d...

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Edit: point taken, info deleted.

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Is that better?

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Recently at a tournament( an awesome tournament which I have no complaints about) a situation arose around a question that my "B" team answered, was prompted, and got correct. The opposite team lodged a protest against the prompt saying it should have not been prompted. My "B" te...

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Play off stats are up:
http://results.scobo.net/SQBS.aspx?org= ... =standings
(Note: Asgard and Valhalla were the top brackets)
Some teams have 6 games and that is because they chose to stay and play an optional final placement game.

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That is true, but the files for the prelims were accidentally deleted and therefore we cannot change them. On another note we are having trouble posting stats for the playoffs so expect them on either Monday or Tuesday.

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Results:
Maggie Walker A defeated RM A in the finals.

Stats for prelims:
http://results.scobo.net/SQBS.aspx?org= ... =standings

Stats for playoffs: Hopefully soon

salmon of wisdom · Re: Harvard Mirror at Whitman 11/13/10 Thanks for the update, that helps a lot.

Thanks for the update, that helps a lot.

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We have looked in to expanding the tournament cap, but with the amount of competent moderators we have it seem very unlikely we will be able to.

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This tournament is now full with 24 teams registered. A waiting list will be made for any additional teams, but a field expansion is very unlikely.

salmon of wisdom · Re: Harvard Mirror at Whitman 11/13/10 Sure, I just need your email address.

Sure, I just need your email address.

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Charter, after checking our current numbers, I have decided that 6 teams would be O.K.

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The tournament is capped at 24 teams, but if your asking about a limit on the number of teams per school, we don't have one, just nothing too ridiculous.

salmon of wisdom · Re: Harvard Mirror at Whitman 11/13/10 Bump- added new info/field update.

Bump- added new info/field update.

salmon of wisdom · Re: FRIGHT @ Richard Montgomery HS, 10/30/10 Whitman is definitely interested.

Whitman is definitely interested.

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Walt Whitman High School, in Bethesda Maryland, will be hosting a mirror of the Harvard Fall tournament on November 13, 2010. To register you can E-mail me at T.pollak@hotmail.com or Mrs. Danis at Jan_Danis@mcpsmd.org Harvard promises that the tossups will be shorter than in previous iterations. Tos...

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Whitman is interested.

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