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Frauny Von Smiley

Can we get an update on the field?

Frauny Von Smiley

Modifications like that can be worked out fairly easily. Other overly British content would also be changed for the American sites.

Frauny Von Smiley

William & Mary is helping write Oxford Open and we're looking to see if there's interest in running it at other sites in the US. If MUT doesn't end up happening, Oxford Open would be a reasonable replacement for it.

Frauny Von Smiley

Has anyone heard anything about Louisville? They had a very solid team last year, and if they're returning their key players they should get some recognition.

Frauny Von Smiley

Carleton gains Paul Kirk-Davidoff who intends to play, Yale gains Isaac Kirk-Davidoff.

When is the deadline for submitting a ballot?

Frauny Von Smiley

William & Mary gains Jonathan Leidenheimer and (probably) Alex Frey.

Frauny Von Smiley

I'm looking for a team. I'm generally pretty OK on everything that isn't science, if anybody is looking for that sort of player.

Frauny Von Smiley

Since a few people posted in the tournament announcement that they were looking for teams, I thought I'd start a matchmaking thread. I'll make a spreadsheet when I'm done with work to organize everything.

Frauny Von Smiley

Is there a deadline for submitting a bid?

Frauny Von Smiley

Thanks, that would be great.

Frauny Von Smiley

In the off chance that people are still looking for teammates at this point, I'm available to play on a team or staff if need be.

Frauny Von Smiley

I'm not entirely sure if this is what the thread is for, but I'd like to publicly thank Chris Miller for his hard work and dedication which was vital to getting a stable club at William & Mary going again.

Frauny Von Smiley

I should add that William & Mary is also very interested in collaborating on writing a tournament.

Frauny Von Smiley

I had actually been considering trying to write a tournament like this, so I'd be interested in playing/writing for/whatever for it.

Frauny Von Smiley

I'd be very interest in playing option 1, but I'd be willing to help write anything if needed.

Frauny Von Smiley

I want to preface everything by saying that I thought that the vast majority of the set was excellent. The questions were interesting and challenging, while still being accessible and fun to teams outside of the top bracket. However, I am extremely unhappy about the noise of the concert. I do not kn...

Frauny Von Smiley

Is there going to be a specific thread for discussing the contents/running of the tournament?

Frauny Von Smiley

Is there any way that I could get a copy of this tournament to use in my team's practices?

Frauny Von Smiley

At the time I posted this, William & Mary was ranked 13th. While I appreciate the vote of confidence, I think this may indicate that some people may not be using this program properly.

Frauny Von Smiley

I would like to play/contribute to a packet, though I won't be entirely sure if I can go for some time.

Frauny Von Smiley

Now that the field is set, has there been any determination on what format it will be (round robin, round robin plus bracketed playoffs, etc.)?

Frauny Von Smiley

William & Mary also submitted a packet.

Frauny Von Smiley

I don't know what other areas are expected to get large amounts of snow over the next few days, but is there any contingency plan in the event that the weather causes a substantial hardship for traveling teams?

Frauny Von Smiley · Re: SUBMIT, Maryland Site [2/1/14] Is there any field update?

Is there any field update?

Frauny Von Smiley

Is there any news regarding if/when MUT is going to happen?

Frauny Von Smiley

William and Mary has registered a team, a second team my be registered in the near future.

Frauny Von Smiley

Would anybody have any objection to William & Mary hosting a tournament on January 25th?

Frauny Von Smiley

I know it's late/not going to make a huge difference but I will be attending William and Mary for law and Venu Katta is an incoming Freshman not listed on the list.

Frauny Von Smiley

I will be attending law school at William and Mary next year. The current team seems to be a bit disorganized, but hopefully a little more interest will help the team become more stable.

Frauny Von Smiley

Regardless of whether or not certain schools have particular cultures which foster attitudes that make cheating more acceptable, we do know that NAQT has had a significant problem with question security, and we should try to keep this discussion about ways to improve the system. I admit that I don't...

Frauny Von Smiley

I would like to play this, so you can add me to the free agent list.

Frauny Von Smiley

I can safely say this was the least fun I've had at a Quizbowl Tournament. The poor grammar and atrocious inconsistency in bonus difficulty left me extremely frustrated from the first round. I can't really say I got anything out of it, and I think it was really an unfortunate tournament.

Frauny Von Smiley

Hooray! Seems like a pretty good field. Should be a fun tournament.

Frauny Von Smiley

Cheynem wrote: Auroni is definitely one of the next great stars in quizbowl though, so he'll be in a top ten or two before his day is done.

Does anybody else think a "Top [reasonable number] rising quizbowl stars/prospects/adjective indicating inexperience but high potential" list would be interesting?

Frauny Von Smiley

What time is this going to start on Sunday?

Frauny Von Smiley

I think it would be nice if there was a tournament for rookies at the beginning of each year. I think it would let teams and players now how they need to develop. With a novice tournament, there's still going to be quite a few people with an entire year under their belt. These tournaments are really...

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I seriously don't find anything wrong with giving players an extra credit or so. They already have tons of 'fluff' classes for lack of a better word that offer the same thing and are much less academically valid.

Frauny Von Smiley

I long to see the day where Quizbowl Theory 301 is available on course catalogs all across America.

Frauny Von Smiley

How would you classify scientific philosophy (Thomas Kuhn, Karl Popper etc...). While I personally think its totally valid to put them into the 'other science' category, I also think that open up an entire can of worm with more 'philosophy philosophers' for lack of a better word. For instance, Decar...

Frauny Von Smiley

I don't think that merely being a cult classic really qualifies a film to be included as an art.

Frauny Von Smiley

Personally, I would say that for a movie to be considered appropriate for fine arts that it should have to be at least 10 years old. I think the films have to show some sort of real and lasting impact on film making, and thus a movie that came out last year, no matter how good, can't really be part ...

Frauny Von Smiley

From my (limited) experience, I think that after a certain point, tournaments just skid to a halt unless if the matches that are being played are still significant in some way. Of course, it all depends on the schools, since serious or teams trying to improve will probably stay focused. As long as p...

Frauny Von Smiley

Thanks for getting this up.

Frauny Von Smiley

Congratulation to NC Wesleyan for hosting their first tournament and doing so quite well.

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