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- Tue Dec 07, 2010 12:17 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Rube Goldberg VIII at Michigan State (02/12/11)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4787
Re: Rube Goldberg VIII at Michigan State (02/12/11)
If you weren't aware of this already, I'll of course be there to help staff.
- Mon Dec 06, 2010 2:09 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: March Madness comes early this year: Top 64 Christmas Songs
- Replies: 369
- Views: 53933
- Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:32 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: March Madness comes early this year: Top 64 Christmas Songs
- Replies: 369
- Views: 53933
Re: March Madness comes early this year: Top 64 Christmas Songs
myamphigory wrote:Linus and Lucy
Little Drummer Boy (argh!)
You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
Little Saint Nick
This is my vote as well.
- Thu Dec 02, 2010 1:04 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: March Madness comes early this year: Top 64 Christmas Songs
- Replies: 369
- Views: 53933
Re: March Madness comes early this year: Top 64 Christmas Songs
1) Fairytale of New York by The Pogues
Abstain
4) Let's Have a Patrick Swayze Christmas by MST3K
12) Bar-B-Que by Emmet Otter's Jug Band
Abstain
4) Let's Have a Patrick Swayze Christmas by MST3K
12) Bar-B-Que by Emmet Otter's Jug Band
- Mon Nov 29, 2010 11:57 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: March Madness comes early this year: Top 64 Christmas Songs
- Replies: 369
- Views: 53933
Re: March Madness comes early this year: Top 64 Christmas Songs
Please tell me that there's a list of these somewhere. Also vote Brick.dseal wrote:Voting for Brick, but only because it is the 23rd most conservative rock song of all time.
- Mon Nov 15, 2010 11:03 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall Discussion
- Replies: 156
- Views: 33012
Re: ACF Fall Discussion
I am going to spam the hell out of you all.
- Sun Nov 14, 2010 10:21 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Some thoughts on the distribution and regular difficulty
- Replies: 42
- Views: 16233
Re: Some thoughts on the distribution and regular difficulty
I'm actually really confused as to why you single out World Lit as a category that can't be written at 1/1. A lot of high schoolers take foreign language classes (though French- and German-language works, for the most part, fall under European), and part of those classes is reading works by authors...
- Sat Nov 13, 2010 12:40 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: The Disturbing Decline of Working Buzzers
- Replies: 28
- Views: 8610
Re: The Disturbing Decline of Working Buzzers
Sorry, my bad. Stupid Internet and my not being able to infer tone.
- Sat Nov 13, 2010 11:49 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: The Disturbing Decline of Working Buzzers
- Replies: 28
- Views: 8610
Re: The Disturbing Decline of Working Buzzers
MSU's buzzers are owned by the Honors College, not the club itself. Exactly. As far as I'm aware, Michigan State owns no buzzers of its own. I just joined the team, so I have no control over the buzzer situation, but if I can exert influence on the team, I will recommend buying some buzzers for our...
- Tue Nov 09, 2010 6:40 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: The Disturbing Decline of Working Buzzers
- Replies: 28
- Views: 8610
Re: The Disturbing Decline of Working Buzzers
If only buzzers weren't so expensive to ship, an enterprizing money-flush team (or even an organization like ACF) could buy lots of extra buzzers and then rent them out, at very high rates, to tournaments that have realized that they won't have enough buzzers. It's similar to the "tournament i...
- Mon Nov 08, 2010 1:26 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: The Disturbing Decline of Working Buzzers
- Replies: 28
- Views: 8610
The Disturbing Decline of Working Buzzers
Before I get to the main point of what I want to say, I'd like to give the context for me being so cranky about this issue: Okay, so this past weekend my team (Michigan State A) played a match against Michigan C in a room with only seven working buzzers. In an admittedly foolish move, I sat at the s...
- Sun Nov 07, 2010 3:44 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall Discussion
- Replies: 156
- Views: 33012
Re: ACF Fall Discussion
I thought this tournament was actually pretty solid. The difficulty seemed to be controlled even if it was almost skewed a little too easy. I think the thing I appreciated most about this tournament was that it stuck to the standard of what good, established quiz bowl questions should be like. Excep...
- Tue Nov 02, 2010 2:10 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall Great Lakes at Ohio State (11/6/2010)
- Replies: 45
- Views: 11580
Re: ACF Fall Great Lakes at Ohio State (11/6/2010)
Is there anything we should about where/the best place to park?
- Wed Oct 27, 2010 6:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Harry Potter Tournament (Name/Date TBA)
- Replies: 42
- Views: 15603
Re: Harry Potter Tournament (Name/Date TBH)
QFT.Jeremy Gibbs Freesy Does It wrote:This thread makes me want to quit quizbowl.
Also, here's an idea for a theme tournament: It'll be on everything that's not Harry Potter and Pokemon and it'll be called "ACF Winter." How's that sound?
- Sun Oct 24, 2010 11:19 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2010 Global Announcement (November 6, 2010)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 23838
Re: ACF Fall 2010 Global Announcement (November 6, 2010)
No Michigan State? Someone would do well do to consider submitting a presumably finished packet instead of making pictures of Admiral Akbar.
- Sat Oct 23, 2010 1:15 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Difficulty of "regular" high school quiz bowl
- Replies: 31
- Views: 6793
Re: Difficulty of "regular" high school quiz bowl
but every high schooler should take at least one year of conceptual physics at some point, and they should learn about Snell's law, angular momentum, and simple harmonic oscillation in this class. Every high schooler should take a European History class where they should study, for some examples fr...
- Tue Oct 12, 2010 6:18 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Studying Pronunciation
- Replies: 89
- Views: 19972
Re: Studying Pronunciation
Eurydice? Euler? Galois?
- Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:58 pm
- Forum: New High School Teams
- Topic: Books "for Quizbowl"
- Replies: 217
- Views: 224979
Re: Books "for Quizbowl"
grapesmoker wrote:Classical Electrodynamics, by J.D. Jackson.Ronnie the Bear wrote:What book do I read so I can have a giant green skull like your avatar?
Since Ed McMahon won't do it: Heyo!
- Mon Oct 11, 2010 6:37 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Studying Pronunciation
- Replies: 89
- Views: 19972
Re: Studying Pronunciation
Gee, my first thread derailment (it really wasn't me intent to do so). Anyway, I may just be ignorant, but doesn't the pronunciation of French words and names depend on what particular region of France you're from? I seem to remember in some thread somewhere a bit of a minor kerfuffle over whether &...
- Mon Oct 11, 2010 2:29 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Studying Pronunciation
- Replies: 89
- Views: 19972
Re: Studying Pronunciation
My favorite from the Illinois archives: We once playede a tournament that used virtually all volunteer moderators. In one match, we had this moderator who didn't know factorials, and thought that the exclamation mark meant to say the numbers "with feeling". Both teams howled and she got v...
- Sun Oct 10, 2010 4:19 pm
- Forum: New Collegiate Teams
- Topic: New Team at LSU
- Replies: 49
- Views: 22385
Re: New Team at LSU
Ok, I'll bite; esserDOTnolanATgmailDOTcom
- Mon Oct 04, 2010 12:44 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: EFT @ UIUC on 10/02/10
- Replies: 91
- Views: 27525
Re: EFT at UIUC (10/2/10)
Hey, I didn't know you guys were planning to limit the field to undergrads. I came to EFT because it's the only thing resembling a regular-difficulty event that I can travel to this semester. Apologies if it rubbed anyone the wrong way. I'm not irked at you at all, Andrew. I'm a little irked at mys...
- Sun Oct 03, 2010 2:32 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: EFT @ UIUC on 10/02/10
- Replies: 91
- Views: 27525
Re: EFT at UIUC (10/2/10)
QFT, yo.sds wrote:Man, if I'd known grad students were allowed to play, I would've come to this tournament.
- Tue Sep 21, 2010 11:03 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Early Autumn Collegiate Novice at Michigan (9/25)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 9508
Re: Early Autumn Collegiate Novice at Michigan (9/25)
Yes, SHE will be meeting US there.nalin wrote:Isn't "someone" providing their own form of transportation?AlphaRasmus wrote:MSU will officially be bringing two teams, plus Nolan and "Someone."
- Mon Sep 20, 2010 3:05 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: The Sack of Antwerp (Chicago 2/19/2011)
- Replies: 144
- Views: 81040
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: University of Chicago Tournament
Not to mention 50% more travel required to get a discount.
- Mon Sep 20, 2010 2:24 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Early Autumn Collegiate Novice at Michigan (9/25)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 9508
Re: Early Autumn Collegiate Novice at Michigan (9/25)
I just found out that I'll be able to bring a scorekeeper as well. She's not done quiz bowl before, but I can vouch that she can write names and add multiples of ten and subtract multiples of five.
- Thu Sep 16, 2010 6:58 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Early Autumn Collegiate Novice at Michigan (9/25)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 9508
Re: Early Autumn Collegiate Novice at Michigan (9/25)
Is there any chance that if I could get out early if I came to staff? I'll be coming with MSU, but there's someone I want to spend some time with while I'm in Ann Arbor. I'd probably be free for at least the morning rounds.
- Tue Aug 17, 2010 11:28 am
- Forum: New High School Teams
- Topic: Books "for Quizbowl"
- Replies: 217
- Views: 224979
Re: Books "for Quizbowl"
Halliday and Resnick is a good general freshman physics text. I forget the title of the book, but those are the authors, you can look it up on Amazon. It's called Fundamentals of Physics. Buy the "extended" edition which is only one volume as opposed to the whole thing which stretches out...
- Mon Aug 02, 2010 1:43 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VCU Open: Michigan Location
- Replies: 105
- Views: 34037
Re: VCU Open: Michigan Location
Sorry, as of just a few hours ago, I have become a member of the Jacob Durst Experience.tetragrammatology wrote:Ike and I have decide to team up for the event proper. Nolan, would you like to join us?Ike wrote:I am a free agent for both days. Contact me if I can join your team.
Ike
- Wed Jul 28, 2010 9:21 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Goodman CO Trash discussion
- Replies: 33
- Views: 6521
Re: Goodman CO Trash discussion
I usually hate these sort of posts, but what's the ETA on the set being posted? I just emailed it to Mike. You just can't wait to see the Nolan Esser meta reference in this tournament, can you? Well, I was wondering if it was about me or a hard-as-fuck bonus part about this guy: http://www.daytrott...
- Wed Jul 28, 2010 5:58 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Goodman CO Trash discussion
- Replies: 33
- Views: 6521
Re: Goodman CO Trash discussion
I usually hate these sort of posts, but what's the ETA on the set being posted?
- Fri Jul 23, 2010 1:14 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ATTN CO attendees: logistics herein
- Replies: 44
- Views: 15904
Re: ATTN CO attendees: logistics herein
What are the closest bus stop and closest subway station to UChicago, and about how far away are they? Edit: I need to come in from Union Station, and my train in from Naperville gets to Union at 7:40. I'd recommend taking the 6 bus to 59th and Stony Island. That would probably be the quickest and ...
- Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:29 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VCU Open: Michigan Location
- Replies: 105
- Views: 34037
Re: VCU Open: Michigan Location
You can take me off the list for Sunday. The annual family reunion will be taking up my time that day. Still seeking Saturday teammates though.
- Mon Jul 12, 2010 3:48 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Updating NAQT's results database
- Replies: 4
- Views: 770
Re: Updating NAQT's results database
Michael Arnold's stats appear this way.bt_green_warbler wrote:Could you show me an example of that? I just tried to duplicate it and couldn't.
- Thu Jul 01, 2010 12:13 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VCU Open: Michigan Location
- Replies: 105
- Views: 34037
Re: VCU Open: Michigan Location
I'm 90% sure I'm going to do my best to make this (at least on Saturday, possibly on Sunday), so I'll change my status to free agency. Are there any updates on fee structure/discounts and/or the field?
- Thu May 27, 2010 12:23 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Michigan '09-'10
- Replies: 186
- Views: 37028
Re: Michigan '09-'10
Any word on when/where these summer MSU practices are?
Edit: Words.
Edit: Words.
- Tue May 25, 2010 3:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VCU Open: Michigan Location
- Replies: 105
- Views: 34037
Re: VCU Open: Michigan Location
Expressing interest. Teammates needed. I've never played a VCU Open, so I don't really have an idea of what I have to offer to potential teammates.
- Sat Apr 24, 2010 9:22 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Michigan '09-'10
- Replies: 186
- Views: 37028
Re: Michigan '09-'10
Hey now. I actually learned two things in watching one round today. First, there are apparently different types of anchors. Secondly, there are apparently two main types of ducks: diving and dabbling.nalin wrote:Double elimination sucks. So do the questions.
...And knowing is half the battle.
- Fri Apr 23, 2010 7:10 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Michigan '09-'10
- Replies: 186
- Views: 37028
Re: Michigan '09-'10
Does anyone know how Owosso did today? I was hoping to watch them tomorrow while my parents are at the Spring football game. I see they most likely played DCC in their first game and based on what I've seen of DCC, I'm forced to assume they lost. Can anyone confirm/deny this?
- Wed Mar 17, 2010 1:14 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: MSU March Madness Invitational (3/27/10)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2555
Re: MSU March Madness Invitational (3/27/10)
Hey, would you guys like some staffing help? I'd be willing to come assist.
- Tue Feb 09, 2010 2:33 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: UIC deserves its own thread
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3434
Re: UIC deserves its own thread
Having never moderated a NAQT tournament before this weekend, I wanted to be sure I would do everything correct, so the day before I printed off a copy of the rules and kept them with me during the day. When that Notre Dame team came into my room and asked about the subs-during-timeout issue from th...
- Sun Feb 07, 2010 2:59 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Access to SCT discussion forum
- Replies: 42
- Views: 9865
Re: Access to SCT discussion forum
I staffed in Chicago.
- Mon Feb 01, 2010 3:49 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: UIC SCT question
- Replies: 51
- Views: 11267
Re: UIC SCT question
Yeah, I'd most likely be able to meet you in East Lansing. I'd be happy to give you guys a staffing discount. Should I contact someone about showing up as staff?nalin wrote:I'm assuming you are coming from Michigan. There should (crossing fingers) be an open spot in one of our cars..
- Mon Feb 01, 2010 3:09 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: UIC SCT question
- Replies: 51
- Views: 11267
Re: UIC SCT question
In the extremely unlikely chance that someone either wants to give me a ride or help pay for my train ticket to Chicago and provide me a place to crash, I'd be willing to lend my help with staffing. It's probably not feasible at this point, but I guess it's worth putting out there.
- Wed Jan 13, 2010 9:47 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Michigan State Rube Goldberg Invitational VII (2/13/10)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 16904
Re: Michigan State Rube Goldberg Invitational VII (1/23/10)
Seconded. Also, do you still need me to staff because I'll plan on coming unless I hear otherwise.master15625 wrote:nathancu wrote:What time is the competition starting, and where is it being held?
- Wed Dec 09, 2009 11:14 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Discussion discussion
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1938
Re: Discussion discussion
Thank you Andrew for elucidating a sentiment that has been gnawing at me for some time now. Often, I will read the first few posts in a given tournament discussion thread, but I simply can't make myself follow the whole thing when it devolves into a cheers or jeers list of tossups. For some reason t...
- Tue Nov 24, 2009 3:54 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Michigan State Rube Goldberg Invitational VII (2/13/10)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 16904
Re: Michigan State Rube Goldberg Invitational VII (1/23/10)
I may have already mentioned this at ACF Fall, but I'd be willing to staff this if you need help (schedule permitting, of course, but I probably won't be doing anything).
- Sun Nov 15, 2009 7:18 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CUT 12 at Carleton College (11/14/09)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2328
Re: CUT 12 at Carleton College (11/14/09)
Quizbowl in the U.P? I am now sans monocle.
- Mon Nov 09, 2009 3:07 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Bad Negs Again
- Replies: 494
- Views: 113991
Re: Bad Negs Again
One I've been holding in for nigh on four years now: At one of my first ever college practices: Me: Egyptian Book of the Dead Correct: Carnival of the Animals I think I heard something about animals representing things or vice-versa and thought they were talking about Canopic Jars or some crap like ...
- Sun Nov 08, 2009 9:58 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Possible High School Pop culture tournament at U of L
- Replies: 3
- Views: 860
Re: Possible High School TRASH tournament at U of L
The University of Louisville is considering hosting a TRASH tournament for high school teams. For those unfamiliar with TRASH, it is Testing Recall About Strange Happenings and is composed of questions drawing from popular culture. The questions will most likely be a house written set and possible ...