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Thanks! It looks like all 6 team slots have initially been taken at this point, so if it's okay I'll just wait til tomorrow morning and hop onto whatever space needs filling.

EDIT: Alternatively, Daniel and Jonathan, it looks like you have two open spots right now...do you care if I join you all?

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Would you be willing to let someone play this if they have had 3-ish tossups in packet 14 spoiled for them (from being told about how the Ohio State vs. Chicago final played out)--and thus can't play packet 14--but otherwise know nothing about the set? If not, I completely understand. If you want sp...

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Just a reminder that I will be tearing myself away from my new Alolan adventures to read my rpg packet from May at 10pm EST in the IRC tonight. If you weren't at HSNCT, you probably haven't heard this. EDIT: The final scores on my packet were Eric and Matt Lafer tied at 70, with Pat just a bit behin...

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For anyone who has not heard it yet, I will be reading a packet of RPG video game tossups (about 70% jrpg 30% western rpg) I wrote back in May in the IRC on Thursday night around 10pm EST. If you liked (real) ACFNATIONALS or my 2015 Festivus packet, you will probably enjoy this.

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Congratulations to the following Kentucky teams, who earned Goldenrod Cup points by finishing in the top 10 of the National Division at UK Fall this past weekend! (1-3. out of state) 4. Henderson County -- 7 points (5. out of state) 6. Manual A -- 5 points 7. Danville -- 4 points 8. Glasgow -- 3 poi...

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Will this tournament use spoons and wine glasses instead of a standard buzzer system?

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Agreed, this was so much fun to play! Fantastic set.

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In addition, we have a new constituent tournament to announce: the Johnson Central Invitational, on December 3rd in Paintsville, is now part of the Goldenrod Cup! This will be added to the first post in the thread as soon as I can get ahold of Nick to do so. :)

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After the Casey Young Memorial Tournament, the Goldenrod Cup standings are as follows: 1. duPont Manual A (13 points) 2. Campbell County A (10 points) t-3. Simon Kenton A (7.5 points) t-3. duPont Manual B (7.5 points) 5. Woodford County A (7 points) 6. Louisville Eastern (6 points) t-7. Dunbar A (5 ...

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Jonathan, I've gone ahead and moved you onto the team with Ramapriya and myself; please let me know if you'd like me to undo that.

It looks like right now that, counting the free agents, there are enough people on the sheet that this will hopefully run. :)

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So, going by the Google Sheet, it looks like there's enough people for at least 3 3-person teams. Andrew, has anyone else emailed you to sign up who's not on the google sheet?

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Here's a team formation spreadsheet, if anyone would like to use it: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... sp=sharing

Ramapriya and I are looking for a third; specifically, someone who knows sports things.

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This was a blast to play. :) Thanks so much for writing and hosting this!

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Are there any further details on this? The only thing I've seen is the note on the Google sheet that says "probably August 20th."

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Could I see the question on modes from round 3? I had an unresolved protest on a negged answer of harmonics. 19. In free space, examples of these things, which are not beams, take an Hermite–Gaussian (air-MEET GOW-see-in) form and are abbreviated TEM. For a Gaussian beam, a measure of how far out t...

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Huge thanks to Penn for running this, as it was an absolute blast to play.

Congrats to Pretty Much Amherst on their win!

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AKKOLADE wrote:Regardless, do not go there for lunch. It is terribly slow.

This I will 100% agree with. Dinner only.

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For what it's worth, having gone to college for four years in Lexington myself (down the road from UK), Pazzo's is my absolute favorite pizza place in the entire city.

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Assuming this runs on Side Event Weekend, will there potentially be a Skype mirror for those of us who are unable to make it out to one of the physical locations?

(Please say yes please say yes please say yes)

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I'd think more about what sort of logical cluster :capybara: could result in a situation in which a question packet could be accidentally displayed along with a Powerpoint presentation (like, were the questions also for some reason in the Powerpoint file?!), but I'd be worried that would lead to a r...

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The projector flashed up questions and answers to some tossups in that round in which I saw the answers to 3 questions. Wait, what? Were they actually projecting questions and answers on to a screen for the audience to see while the game was going on or something? Can you explain this a bit more fo...

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Assuming I have no other conflicts, I would definitely play a Skype mirror of NASAT.

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I'll echo the sentiments of good luck to you all this weekend, as well! :) As Chris said, maybe the best thing you can do is to host your own tournament! NAQT has a dedicated email address -- hosting@naqt.com -- set up to handle questions relating to the process of hosting a tournament using one of ...

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I understand the disdain for NAC, but the lack of pyramidal tournaments in Indiana is a leading cause of us playing NAC, it's a real bummer. Assuming you are the same Harrison I read for at JCPS Pre-Nats this year, the University of Louisville--and now, JCPS as well, it seems--host fall and spring ...

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Hello everyone. :) Many teams in the podcast room on Saturday asked when the podcasts would be available, and I wanted to go ahead and post here so everyone would have that information. Podcasts are posted once Jonah sends me the raw data, I have time to edit them down to just the gameplay (removing...

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Bubalus Period wrote:
Platinum Toad wrote:This tournament was very fun, many thanks to Erik for writing it.

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As far as I know (Jake, please confirm), the plan is to read these packets after Imaginary Landscape is over, ca. maybe 11pm?

Also, Rob and Dylan, I recommend against defeating the robot. Otherwise it's creator might turn into a skeleton and start spamming Laser on you.

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I can see if I can arrive late to and only play half of Imaginary Landscape, if need be. If that doesn't work, I'll drop from one or the other. I'd obviously rather not have to, but if I'm the only one with a Saturday conflict and Friday doesn't work for other people, so it goes.

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Is there any possibility this could happen on Friday night after scrimmages? If it runs on Saturday it will conflict with Imaginary Landscape.

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Great showing for Kentucky at SSNCT this weekend. :) All 5 Kentucky teams in the field (Danville, Glasgow A/B, Raceland, Russell) qualified for Sunday winner's bracket by going 6-3 or better on Saturday. In the playoffs, Glasgow B finished t-11, while Glasgow A and Russell both finished t-7.

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For teams who are in the hotel, we are now taking buzzers on the lobby level, directly across from the Hyatt check-in desks and Regency Club, under the "esc" on the wall. Come drop your buzzers off and take advantage on the $20 early buzzer drop-off rebate! As a side bonus, you can also pe...

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Cheynem wrote:When will people write a non-J RPG packet?

Probably about 25% of my packet will be on non-J RPGs.

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I'm 100% done with LIMITLESS INDALECIO, a 20/20 JRPG packet intended to exceed the difficulty of ACFNATIONALS. I intend to use this packet as sort of a difficulty barometer for CULEX, a hypothetical JRPG tournament slated to take place in the next couple of years. I would like to run it at HSNCT fi...

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Cheynem wrote:Maybe 9 CST?

Has this, by virtue of lack of objections, now become the official time this is happening?

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I'm about 35% done with LIMITLESS INDALECIO, a 20/20 JRPG packet intended to exceed the difficulty of ACFNATIONALS. I intend to use this packet as sort of a difficulty barometer for CULEX, a hypothetical JRPG tournament slated to take place in the next couple of years. I would like to run it at HSN...

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Here is a list of my stuff for D1, by round: 1 -- impeaching Dilma Roussef 4 -- Love Never Dies / Phantom of the Opera / Meg Giry 5 -- Mathis der Maler || Sallie Gardner at a Gallop / all four hooves are off the ground / Leland Stanford || Jeff Koons / Michael Jackson and Bubbles / readymades || Sym...

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With three and a half weeks until the tournament, we still have plenty of spots available for interested teams! Registered teams should expect an email with preliminary logistical details early next week (likely on Monday).

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KAAC State quick recall draws have been posted, for those who have not seen them yet. High school: http://kaac.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/20160302213410/High-School-Quick-Recall-Draw.pdf Middle School: http://kaac.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/20160302213412/Middle-Grades-Quick-Recall...

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I would be interested in playing on an open team for this, should one form. That said, if it is held on March 5th, I couldn't play either; I'll be staffing NAQT KY State.

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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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I will do my best to write a packet of 10-20 questions on things that pissed me off in video games. There may or may not (read: will) be bonus points available for identifying which questions describe things that made me break a controller. EDIT: I can now confirm that this is absolutely happening, ...

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Thanks for posting these. :) Just a couple of comments: 15. Howell Harris and Daniel Rowland led a revival of this sect in Wales in the late 18th century. The oldest black Protestant denomination is an offshoot of this sect founded by Richard Allen in Philadelphia. This is the largest Protestant sec...

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Could I please see the tossup on "Methodist," as well as the bonuses on Remo Giazotto/Adagio and Ockeghem/Josquin? Thanks!

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MLafer wrote:Looking for two non-equine teammates.

Edit: Ike Jose has joined the team. One spot available!

Ike said he talked to you about me taking that spot, and said that you were okay with that. Just wanted to double-check. :)

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:: CURRENT FIELD :: (13/24)

Danville Bate
Edmonson County
Meyzeek A
Meyzeek B
Meyzeek C
Meyzeek D
Noe A
Noe B
Noe C
Noe D
St. Joseph (Crescent Springs)
Winburn A
Winburn B

:: EXPRESSED INTEREST (but not yet confirmed) ::
Campbell County (A / B ?)
Winburn C
North Laurel

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The Kentucky Quiz Bowl Alliance is pleased to announce our Second Annual Middle School State Championship! When : April 16, 2016 / Registration @ 9:00am EST :: Play begins @ 10:00am EST (This is three weeks before Derby, so it should be the weekend BEFORE Thunder Over Louisville.) Where : Noe Middle...

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I could make tomorrow night, or Thursday. The only days coming up when I *couldn't* make it would be Friday and Saturday.

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Ditto. I know you said you planned to read this in the IRC at some point, and so I eagerly look forward to that--hopefully soon--day.

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Thanks for writing this, Raynor. It was a lot of fun to play. :)

Adding in a couple names that I think I know, vissidaerte was me, ununtiable was Jake Sundberg, samus was Sean, and touchpack was Billy (?).

Edit: Whoops, my mistake. I have no idea why I misremembered that. Sorry.

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