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I wasn't at every playtesting session so, like Mike, I'm not totally sure where the whole racism/misogyny stuff is coming from. As far as question content, there was really only one question that I strongly opposed, but I'm 99.5% sure that was dealt with. (EDIT: It wasn't. :/) I mostly listened to t...

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I'll probably be a little late to this.

EDIT: Actually, it looks like I won't be able to make this.

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9 would work better but I could try to make 7.

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Upsets happen.

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I like Sunday at 9 better.

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If there's a session tonight, same time as usual?

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I can confirm that the Cyrano de Bergerac movie will get you first lines on TUs about the play 99% of the time. There's also the added bonus of it being a really great movie.

Not many faithful film adaptations exist, but those that do can be super helpful.

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Dr. Loki Skylizard, Thoracic Surgeon wrote:
UlyssesInvictus wrote:http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewto ... =3&t=13840
I still stand by my post in that thread.

For real though, while I'm not going to discourage you from trying to learn it, be sure to keep in mind that it's not something that's going to be coming up regularly in most HS tournaments.

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canonomics wrote:
the third garrideb wrote:Oh, no? http://www.sd84.k12.id.us/shs/departmen ... hurber.htm
That's a broken link for me.

This is what he meant to link.

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Peter13 wrote: 12. Georgia Tech - Adam Silverman looks to set history by going three straight games without a neg. He then buzzes with "Toyota" when the answer was "Nissan", which is interesting considering he is usually so good at Judaism.

... We're not even going.

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something similarly dumb wrote:As glad as I am that people who admit to having no idea what It's Academic even is are joining in on the discussion ...

Georgia has something similar.

But whatever, man.

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Now I had never done Quizbowl before and by preparing 'for the show' I was able to gain the foundation of QB knowledge and become an exponentially better player. Regardless of whether or not It's Academic really does make you worse at quizbowl (maybe it does, maybe it doesn't, I couldn't care less)...

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gamegeek2 wrote:Assuming this works for people, playtesting will begin on Monday, April 14th at 8PM EST. We will be starting with the US content.

I can make this, but I'll be 30-ish minutes late.

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I'd like to playtest.

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Could I see the tossup on The Last of Us? I remember liking that tossup very much and I just wanted to look it over again.

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It wouldn't have been worth it to try to kick them out but there was zero need to humor them so that they could make a joke out of the tournament/waste volunteers' time. No coaches/adults were present with the teams?

I would have flat-out refused to read. Might as well leave the score as 0-0.

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RexSueciae wrote:there's no reason at all to not take a gander at pyramidality

Pretty sure that's not what he's doing.

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Einhard wrote:So how did this go?

Alpharetta beat Marist in the final.

Rounding out the top bracket was Brookwood, Dunwoody, Athens Academy, and Douglas County.

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From the Neruda tossup: How commonly is "Odas elementales" translated into "Elementary Odes"? I sort-of-but-not-really knew it was a valid-ish translation but was under the impression that it was very uncommon and that most people knew it as "Elemental Odes". It seemed ...

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Will there be a discussion forum set up for this?

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I read the question, one team buzzed, they gave their answer, I checked the answer line and ruled them incorrect, I cleared and got the second buzz. It was pretty much long enough for me to wonder why anyone would still be buzzing in, but I was going pretty fast, and the player seemed legitimately s...

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I ran into a situation yesterday when one team buzzed and negged, and then when I cleared the buzzer I got an immediate buzz from the other side. I demanded an answer from them (and it was in the middle of the question, too) but the player and his teammates insisted that it was "accidental"...

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Ukonvasara wrote:A+ on the bracket names.

Who makes Yale's bracket names and can I hire him/her to make brackets names for me?

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Nirav tells me that you guys would like to have someone talk about Georgia, and since he doesn't seem to have the time to do it, I could give it a try.

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Mr. Scogan wrote: Then what does it imply?

It's such a vague statement that the only thing you can be sure about is 20 tossups and 20 bonuses.

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Mr. Scogan wrote: The tournament director made it clear this was going to be PACE formatted. This was a public post on this forum.

"PACE format" doesn't necessarily mean "with powers".

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I think my part on vowels had the words "contrasted with consonants" in it. This is what I read from the packets that Grace sent me on Friday: [10] Rimbaud also wrote a poem linking this set of letters with colors. For example, he described O as the "Violet ray of [her] eyes." A...

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Congrats to Marist for clearing the field! Maxwell's Demons and Brookwood came out of a playoff circle of death to finish second and third, respectively.

Mostafa should be putting up full stats around Monday.

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So yeah, this tournament is still happening. Coaches should have received an email from me about how things are going down.

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ether a go-go wrote: Fred keeps track of how difficult sets are. You can see his results here.

That's last year's conversions. This year's is here. (GSAC is -0.04 this year.)

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An email about the weather will be sent out to all coaches in a bit.

Long story short, we don't expect the tournament to be delayed, but we'll be keeping teams updated.

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I've bumped up the field cap to 20 and let the two teams on the waitlist in. There's a little over a week left until the tournament, but teams are still encouraged to register. Also, just as a general reminder to people in the field: please make out your check to the "Georgia Tech Academic Team...

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The first field cap has been reached. Teams may still register, but will be added to the waitlist.

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This tournament has received Platinum Certification from PACE! The top 25% of the field will qualify for the 2014 PACE NSC.

Also, there are still several spots remaining in the field with three weeks to go. Register while you still can!

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DJCocoPuffs wrote:Just a note: SUBMIT in California is being hosted by UC Berkeley, not UCSD.

Yeah, looks like there was a bit of a mixup in the IRC. I've fixed this.

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The mid-season update post is actually going to be posted as soon as Matt Weiner gives me a front page account. It's up now: http://hsquizbowl.org/blog/2013-14-mid-season-preview/ Sorry for the lateness. Thanks to everyone who helped out with this over the IRC. Hope you guys enjoy it! Feedback woul...

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samus149 wrote:Is this going to be included in the mid-season update post, or do we already have enough information from the IRC chat to publish it?

The mid-season update post is actually going to be posted as soon as Matt Weiner gives me a front page account.

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zachary_yan wrote:If you study a lot more, you'll be more confident about what you know.

Not necessarily.

Also, fear of negging seems somewhat unfounded since it's shown the best teams seem to have a somewhat higher neg amount.

Doesn't stop people from fearing negging anyway.

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Only three spots remain before the first field cap.

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We're now over halfway towards our first field cap with a month to go before the tournament.

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Christ, I Know wrote:Will ballots be released this year?

I'd like to second this question.

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Off To See The Lizard wrote:Which room would this discussion be held in?

I'm assuming this is going to be just #quizbowl, unless people want this somewhere else.

This is starting soon, by the way.

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Is it possible to do this at an earlier time? As someone who does the unfashionable thing of going to bed before 10 PM, I personally would like another time, but if everyone else can make it I don't have to participate. 11 PM is the just most convenient time for me, I'm going to be busy before that...

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The Australia lit toss up (forgot what round it was) incorrectly names a character from Riders in the Chariot as "Mordecai Hillefarb", or something similar. The correct name should be "Mordecai Himmelfarb".

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Does 11 PM tonight work or would you guys prefer another date/time?

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Standard-winged Nightjar wrote:Is this happening?

A little late, but this is happening for the midseason poll, and is being written by Lee Holden, Dylan Minarik, Collin Parks, and me. It should be finished this weekend, unless people want to have an IRC discussion like the one done for the college preseason poll.

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18 PPB isn't really mediocre at all. Of course you can definitely improve on that number and it's good that you and your teammates are dedicated to raising it, but you guys aren't in a bad spot at all.

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Only a little more than a month left until the tournament, and there's still plenty of room left! Be sure to come play on what's sure a great set and face off against some good teams!

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Playing Okami = instant Shinto knowledge.

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kevink wrote:I would be inclined to attribute the immaturity to the demographic rather than the design of the tool.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_di ... ion_effect

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