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Senator_Jay

Ok, so we're three days away from MacVanity...and from the sounds of it, the field is looking fairly limited at this time. If teams could please confirm with me who is in fact coming, that would be great. It would also be great to get packets from people (including from our own club...). Here's the ...

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Fun tournament, Queen's et al.! Although the tournament was challenging, it was an amusing day and other than those mint icing-covered scrambled eggs at lunch, I would 10/10 do it again. Now, Joe, can you post real stats instead of a blank page? I wanna see my 15ish ppg in all its glory.

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Yes, it is possible; this is an entirely open tournament. Like the *dreaded* VETO, cept without the mandatory packet-writing constraint.

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Based off of what I've heard thus far, here is a field update: HSC 1-2 teams SJB maybe 1 team SWC 1 team Waterloo CI 2 teams Westmount 1-2 teams Woburn CI 1 team As it stands, our field is currently 6-8 teams, which is honestly more than expected, thanks to those teams who have recently signed up! A...

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In response to difficulty: It's wildly variable. From packets I've heard so far, they are generally reasonable (ACF Fall-Regionals at most), with some outliers (if you're familiar with my packet-writing, then use that as a gauge). As for due date, we're hoping by Feb. 25. We'll need time to look ove...

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We don't really have the time or resources to hold it on another day, and according to Leslie, Ben has said it would be ok for us to do this on that date. It's not intended as an attack on Ontario Provincials, it's intended to get this thing happening before exams, while we have staff, and while we ...

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You've heard/seen the rumours...now brace yourselves! McMaster is pleased to announce MacVanity , a largely house-written hybrid-style semi-guerrilla vanity tournament to be played at McMaster on March 7, 2015!!! This tournament is intended as an introduction to writing for some of our club's member...

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McMaster is pleased to announce (albeit somewhat late and hurriedly) that we shall be hosting a high school Quizbowl tournament on Feb. 21, 2015 . This tournament is intended primarily for local teams reasonably new to the format of Quizbowl who are not planning on attending History Bowl in Ottawa t...

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Thank you all for your suggestions, they are duly noted (although may not be followed-through on). I'd still like to try to complete a 10-tossup pack that is Oceania-centric, or perhaps it may need to become a general "Island-centric" that would therefore include such places as Indonesia, ...

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Thanks, will try to edit what I have and see if I can contain them.

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Hey everyone, just wanted to let yall know that I'm currently writing a side event to be played sometime this spring in the vein of Geography Monstrosity that I am calling History Obscenity , a very hard tournament (beyond CO History, for the most part) intended for history aficionados and masochist...

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Thanks for hosting guys! DEES was surprisingly fun, and Cottage Bowl Part II was expectedly fun. Definitely good to go to a Canadian tournament for once.

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Awesome tournament, had a lot of fun! Learned some new things, met some new people, and have decided that Yale is currently my favourite Ivy League campus so far. Thanks for hosting!

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These are some astute observations and good questions. I've been trying to figure out why more teams don't want to do Quizbowl in this area too...I can get my team to go, but I don't even work at that school. They could not go without me and at least one other actual teacher, and for some reason, mo...

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Yup, so expect at least (and probably only) one team from McMaster. Bring your 3DS and we'll do Smash and Pokemon as well! Aaron and Arjun, I am ready for you. Aayush, not so much.

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Since I'm no longer playing this in Philly, methinks imma make an appearance with an entourage of extra Mac folk. Just to make things interesting :D

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Awesome tournament today! Well-run, friendly staff, good company, and a book prize is always appreciated. Thanks to the crew at Brown for hosting today!

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Looks like a pretty small field...I'll be there on Saturday with a flock of Mac noobs. Can I be a reader?

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Imma play. Don't know/care with whom. New people would be interesting, but I can also fly solo if need be.

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Looking forward to this weekend, whatever it is at this point.

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Imma play, not sure whom with though at this point. I've had a few offers already, but any expressions of interest should be directed to my facebook or a pm.

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Brian, I agree and disagree. Obviously, I would like to see VETO continue, and in the same way that it has for over a decade; a fun middle-of-summer tournament that you can go to or not, because of free will and whatnot. As for the agreement, yes, Canadian quizbowl has come a long way, and I feel as...

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Agreed, it was fun to have such a laid-back yet decently-organized day of confraternizing and side eventing.

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No one has any obligation to play in any tournament. Either you allow for creativity and doing generally un-quizbowl-like things at a tournament like this, or you don't. Likewise, if you don't like VETO or the packets being made for it, then don't participate. If you want to troll people, you should...

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Well, the whole point of VETO is for Canadian teams to get together over the summer to have a good time and reconnect. Given that packets over the years have included various sensory bonuses, "pirated" questions, sung answers, and even ACF Nats difficulty questions, the description of &quo...

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I appreciate how Palmer has informed me that there is a potential boycott of my pack going on out on the Left Coast. I really hope it gets played at at least one of the sites! So long as you pay attention and can synthesize information well, I don't see why my pack needs to be that painful of an exp...

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I'm quite stoked for this, and will be there with a ragtag group to play most, if not all, of these events. See yall bright and early!

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I would also like to tip my hat in for this, and I would also like a teammate, if possible.

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So from the looks of things, I'm playing with some Westmount people, and there is a separate McMaster team of Leslie et al. That's all I can confirm at this point, other than I am in the process of writing another delicious pack for yall. The bonuses will be written by the high schoolers, so if you ...

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Well, if Geo Monstrosity is happening, I guess I'll have to make an appearance. Any other ideas for events that day? I'll try to convince some other peeps to come out.

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I could use a team for this. I've heard some interest from various peeps both on and off these forums. Anyone feel like joining my terrible team of troublemakers?

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Yo, any free agents leftover who wanna play with me?

Senator_Jay · Re: Ottawa Hybrid Tournament-March 8, 2014 See yall bitches in da mornin

See yall bitches in da mornin

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As of right now, I'm going to vouch for Westmount entering at least one team. I'll find out more and make a confirming post by Wed. evening.

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There will be a McMaster presence at this event. How many people it entails cannot yet be determined, but we'll say one team for now.

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I certainly enjoyed this tournament, despite not winning. The tiara really seemed to work for Aayush, and the field (at least the upper bracket) seemed evenly-matched enough that it made for a very interesting competition. Thank you for hosting, all you Toronto folk!

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Sounds good. McMaster will be attending on Saturday, at least in some capacity...

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Sweet. Sorry for the late response, I had kinda forgotten about this. But don't worry, it'll be a good day!

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You can expect at least one, probably two teams from Mac. One of those teams should be a novice team, and the other will most decidedly be anti-novice due to my advanced age.

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I second Jordan...this was a fun tournament, and I'm glad to have met some new quizbowlers outside of Canada. Well worth the lengthy drive off the beaten path!

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Awesome tournament yesterday, thanks Waterloo! And I concur with the ever-perceptive Nick. Aayush can be a pain, but I guess we need to put up with him in order to make our tournaments "inclusive", and "diverse", as they say.

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cruzeiro wrote: EDIT: Stats note - there's no tossups heard showing right now for the Waterloo A - McMaster game.

The missing TUH should now be corrected.

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Preliminary stats are here; combined (prelims + playoffs) are here.

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Count Mac in for whatever shennanigans are going down. Imma try to get my horrible VEXATION tournament up and running for use as a side-event as well. And I'm open to Zach's suggestion of mix-n-matching teams, it could be fun. Any suggestions of such conglomerations are welcome!

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Speaking of signups...can I get a tally of how many staff are being offered by teams? We can field a few, but I'm expecting a couple from attending teams (if at all possible!).

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We're in! At least me, but maybe one or two others from Mac.

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I dunno...this all seems pretty sketchy to me. 9am sharp, amiright?

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Here's the link to the stats reports, finally. Many thanks to Brian McNamara for enlightening me on how to upload :)

http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... ned_stats/

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Thanks Aaron, always appreciated.

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I know this is kinda last minute...but we could use laptops too, if at all possible. Laptops and buzzers and staff! See yall bright n' early, avec costumes :)

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