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Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock

I will have some number of assorted trash tossups with no theme other than "things I like enough to write about" for this. It's currently at 6, though I hope to have it at somewhere between 10-20 by Friday.

Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock

Go to mibbit.com and load up the client. On the drop-down list that says "Connect: Mibbit", select Slashnet instead. Type in a nick (your name, your forum username, something not stupid) and type "#quizbowl" into the space for the channel. Press the button that says "Connec...

Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock

I won't pretend to tell every circuit what to do. Certainly, at times Minnesota has used quasi-open tournaments at times. But I would say this should not be the norm for the following reasons: 1. It is very unfair to teams in the lower and mid standings, as it is another game in which they presumab...

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Just wanted to add to the general sentiment that this set was very well-written and enjoyable to play. I thought it hit reasonable difficulty targets and agree that that level will hopefully be emulated more in the future!

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Yes I know my MS Paint skills are amazing.

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VCU

Roanoke played D2 SCT last year, though I know nothing of their current status

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Just wanted to make sure I give you guys my thanks for putting this together. This is absolutely fascinating stuff to scroll through! The quizbowl sabermetrics revolution is upon us.

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Brian McPeak wrote:what has happened to our once proud club?

Looks like regression to the mean to me.

Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock

I powered the MLK tossup on Cubans at the mention of Fort Chaffee, which I know because there was a Ghost Adventures episode there.

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Yeah, I know it's been said plenty, but barring teams of less than 4 from playing is a really really bad idea. A large portion of the high school and college tournaments I've played have been as a team of 3, simply because that was all the people I could get due to other commitments. It would be who...

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Jordan Berenstein

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Periplus of the Erythraean Sea wrote:Are people interested in having a post-season roundtable discussion of some sort beforehand? Doesn't have to be about rankings alone - can also be about what the year was like in general, what people thought of the sets/schedule, etc.

I'd be interested in this.

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Miracle
Giants
Frazier
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theMoMA wrote:32 entries without this one???

I also thought this one would make an appearance.

Figured one Ian Darke USA last-minute call was good, gotta get that diversity in there.

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As promised, here is the bracket. 32 (sorry Rob, I cut it down from 50-something, if that helps )of the greatest calls in soccer history. You decide which one deserves the crown of all-time best. Will try and keep voting time to about a week or so like Mike Cheyne's. Philadelphia Region: #1 AGUEROOO...

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I See You Regional: #1 Miracle on Ice #15 Mays Catch #3 I Don't Believe What I Just Saw #13 Secretariat #5 MAY DAY #11 By George #10 Johnny the Jet #8 Look at Mills Stop it Miggy Regional: #1 Giants Win the Pennant #2 Havlicek Stole the Ball #3 Christian Laettner #4 New Home Run Champion #5 Bill Buc...

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#13 They Think It's All Over (Kenneth Wolstenholme, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wyLvagyApY ) That's a good one, but I'm deeply disappointed that this didn't make the cut. (Also, for context .) Mike and I have agreed that there will be a full soccer corollary to this bracket, and that one will d...

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Cool. Obviously, if you do remember anything that came up in a way that presented a repeat issue (i.e. some substantive piece of information was mentioned previously and was later asked about, or vice versa, in a way that either allowed a player to answer based on information that already came up, ...

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There's actually been a fair bit of discussion on this recently in the collegiate section. I'll primarily let others who have played for a lot longer than I have weigh in on this, but did you have fun learning new things? Going new places? Meeting new people? If you can say yes to any or all of thes...

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I have a playlist that currently stands at 62 songs for tournaments and studying. I'm sure nobody wants to read all of them, so I'll list some of the notable ones, I suppose. All Or Nothing - Elliphant And Do You Feel Scared (Eric Prydz Mix) - Howard Jones The Nights - Avicii Multiple songs from the...

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I never knew the guy, so I can't really say much other than I hope nothing like him ever happens again. And I think his "example," as it were, may play a large part in ensuring just that.

Also, I envision him as being Patrick in this clip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8ch19BOi8E

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I'm down for this if I'm considered reputed enough.

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The question on George Zimmerman's paintings was a terrible, terrible idea. I wrote this question; I'm curious to know what made it play badly in-game. Given the furor over the amounts of money Zimmerman has made auctioning off his paintings and the controversy over their content, I felt it might b...

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There are two ways an answer line might differ between DI and DII. First, when a question is converted from DI to DII, it often goes to a subject editor in DII, who may have a different conception of the question, and may change the answer line. Second, questions occasionally get converted before a...

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sonstige wrote:Maybe the reader misspoke, but the question does say "precedes."

The copy of the set that I have says "follows," in italics as well. Maybe that was something marked for editing that wasn't fixed in time for our site?

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The tossup on Judges in round 9 has a major error. The Book of Joshua precedes it, but the tossup says it follows it. That produced a neg in our room. Also, I don't know if this is something that's considered acceptable by the quizbowl community at large and just struck me as weird, but there were a...

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There was a bonus which mentioned artwork found on Swiss money in the lead-in, and then asked for Switzerland as the second part of the bonus. Yeah, that was weird. I don't remember which packet this was, but I remember the answerlines were Walking Man/Switzerland/Cartier-Bresson if that helps in f...

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I'll most likely write a soccer packet for this.

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Registering for a tournament means: "We have gotten clear commitments from all our players that they are free that weekend, and are willing and able to attend the tournament. That is to say, coaches in Missouri frequently register before getting clear student commitments because the tournament...

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It would make the most sense if you got the other games in the series, but Batman: Arkham Knight is great fun.

Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock

My comment above was a throwaway joke, although common sense should prevail if you're trying to wear a fedora or similar and you're under the age of 60. I would never presume to deny Borglum, Bruce Arthur, Joel Gluskin, etc. their signature lids. So you're telling me I shouldn't show up wearing my ...

Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock

Our team had a good time playing this set. The only thing I remember offhand was that I thought the Underground Railroad tossup was kind of wonky. I don't know what the correct noun to use would be, but describing it as "this organization" just didn't feel right to me. I'll take a look thr...

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I don't think anybody kept score but scores for the Renaissance art packet will hopefully be reconstructed shortly. The packet itself is attached. EDIT: Itamar won, with 85 points! Itamar: 4/3/1 - 85 Jordan: 4/1/0 - 70 Doug (played 17 questions): 3/2/1 - 60 Will: 1/2/0 - 35 Ryan: 0/0/1, but we gave...

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Also, can I see (if I remember correctly and am not conflating this with another tournament in my head) the Masaccio tossup? Thanks again.

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Your first point, I totally agree with. Your second, I see where you're coming from, but I'll provide my side to that. Obviously I can't speak for these extremely high difficulties, since I've never played them, but I've never found power-vulturing to be something I would do for the sake of self-agg...

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Victor Prieto wrote:the internet produced this gem last night

That...that's legendary.

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Vainamoinen wrote:
gettysburg11 wrote:I know it's kinda late, but since I heard the full set won't be released can I see the Thaddeus Stevens tossup?
Is this true? If so, why?

I've since been told that this is incorrect, so never mind that.

Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock

I know it's kinda late, but since I heard the full set won't be released can I see the Thaddeus Stevens tossup?

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Even Behemoth might be okay, but then you have Satan/Woland and "set in 20th century Moscow" still in power. Yeah, it seems like if you know a single character name from the book, you get power. So yeah, I guess the point's been made. Even though it was played on by good teams, IMO that's...

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But at its core, if you're a science specialist and you're losing questions to the other team's science specialist or their central generalist. Basically, try to never lose tossups in your category to a generalist. Generalists have a lot to focus on, and specializing in categories gives you many ad...

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bdavery wrote:And I would be curious to know what exactly Chip asks that would cause girls to think of his stuff as gender-unbiased...

Well, I do remember at least 1 or 2 women's hair care questions making an appearance last year in my former local league, which sadly uses Chip questions.

Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock

I can confirm that Lehigh Valley outreach efforts will include marketing this tournament to teams, most of which would be pyramidal debutantes if they decide to come.

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Of the myth tossups, I think the only one that didn't really work was the "leaping into the sea" tossup. Perhaps more players can confirm (or deny) this, but from my perspective it seemed like something where even people with lots of knowledge would have a hard time figuring out what you ...

Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock

I've thought about this a bit lately, especially as I prepare to go off to a college where there is currently no quizbowl team and I hope to start one. When I tell people I play quizbowl, a lot of people ask me "what is that?" And I, not having the time to give them an in-depth explanation...

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Is Pennsylvania no longer planning to go? No, we still plan to attend. I was wondering why our roster wasn't listed. For those curious, PA's roster will be: Ryan Bilger (Senior, Emmaus) Nick Wu (Senior, Downingtown East) Jake Deerin (Junior, Manheim Township) Eric Wolf (Junior, Stroudsburg) Ahan Pa...

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Hopping on the discussion about history questions, there was a couple of early clues that looked rather egregiously easy to me. Evian accords was still in power, which anyone with any knowledge of the Algerian War of Independence should know. The first words of the Dien Bien Phu tossup (if I rememb...

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Almost the same thing, except I handwrite the clues on pieces of scrap paper.

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I will be attending Gettysburg College. Considering that there currently is no quiz bowl team there, I may go out and start one.

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I'm interested in potentially playing this.

Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock

For me, I wandered into a History Bee tournament one day last March because I've always been a history dork and I thought it would be fun. I got to 8 points on the 10th question in one of my prelim rooms, and the reader said I should consider this quiz bowl stuff.

Thank goodness I did.

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