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David Riley

Unfortunately, I think most of Indiana is

country, despite the efforts of Phil Blessman and others.

David Riley

FYI: Panasonic (more recently the National Tournament for Academic Excellence) is pretty much defunct. Once long-time director Peggy Harrod retired and Panasonic withdrew its sponsorship, it went into decline and hasn't happened for several years. They had a policy of one team per state or territory...

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How about writers? Who writes for you? Do you solicit articles from people, or is there a group that is responsible for putting them out? Both; articles are solicited and members of the association write them as well. Check out the recent issues that are posted and you'll get an idea, contributors'...

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If you can maintain it, go for it. Our coaches' association in Illinois publishes a quarterly newsletter ( Scholastic Visions; back issues may be found at http://www.ihssbca.org. Good luck!

EDIT: Fixed. Sorry about that.

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Just curious...given their stature in college quizbowl, has Brown tried any outreach with the Providence area?

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Another thing: Daniel in another thread mentioned a problem with "entourages". If the rooms are of a size that cannot handle a crowd, then the TD needs to announce well ahead of time something along the lines of "maximum six players per team" or some such. I think the problem wit...

David Riley · Re: ATROPHY 3 @ Northern Illinois University (4/28/12) Stats?

Stats?

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Coach Rutsky:

1) I concur. 35? How DO you do it?

2) Re your wife: sounds like we need to start an Alabama chapter of "Spouses who think I spend way too much time with this". We've had one in Illinois for years

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Any updates?

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Thanks for posting, Ned, but All-State is independent of IHSA. Just saying.

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If you do blind invites via snail mail, be sure to address them to the "Quiz Bowl Coach" or "Academic Team Coach". if you send it c/o the school only then it will probably get buried on someone's desk. I'm assuming that you're hosting high school level tournaments.

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Good luck to everyone tomorrow!

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With the advent of the IHSA State Series, we come to the end of our regular season. Thus, it’s time to bid a formal farewell to our graduating seniors who have contributed so much to our activity. Feel free to add anyone I missed (my apologies). Obviously, the better I know them, the longer my testi...

David Riley

To piggyback on what Mike and Jeff said, this was a very enjoyable tournament to moderate and I wasn't the least bit tired when I went home for the day. I will also add that in my rooms, I didn't hear any griping/whining/complaining about no bouncebacks or no timeouts all day, which was very refresh...

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I was just kidding

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Krusty the Clown: (sobbing) Is it a crime to bet on sporting events?
Judge: YES IT IS!
Krusty the Clown: Oh . . .

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Make that statement to your family and other relations and gauge their reaction

David Riley

In Illinois, we used to take 6 to Panasonic, then we started to take just the minimum number, 4 when we went to NASAT's first tournament. Someone always asks "What if someone gets sick?" but like the runner-up becoming Miss America, that rarely happens (and hasn't, thus far with Illinois' ...

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Good point. We probably need to choose the date early and then heavily publicize it, making it something to look forward to. It should probably be before the IHSA State Tournament, since most teams in the state look at that as their last hurrah for the season.

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Yes, but will they be available on the date we choose?

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I agree with much that has been said here. To add: I agree we might want to think of a small school trophy in addition to any small school label we might use to attract teams [and the IHSSBCA should foot the bill for a big honkin' trophy!]. As far as expanding the number of teams, are we going to be...

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Welcome to the boards, Shreyas! Don't worry too much about pronunciations, though.....I was once conversing with a friend of mine who is otherwise very intelligent (reads about 60 books a year and regularly attends symphony and opera even though he has a wife and three young children) yet he pronoun...

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Welcome to the boards, Tim!

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This bonus format is similar to what was used at the old Richards tournament, but I think Reinstein can explain it better than I can (though I'll try). I think it was done to give low scoring teams a chance.

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Stats?

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Welcome to the boards, Ian!

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Congrats to all of you!

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Congratulations!

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Congratulations!

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As I said upthread, playing well is the best revenge, but Jeff does have a point re comp math.

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it's unfortunate, but under the circumstances, playing well (at Regionals and Sectionals) is the best revenge.

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Aaron beat me to it . . .

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Dicta = Da Coach?

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As I responded to David Reinstein (since I will unfortunately be unable to attend the meeting), we have always been told by downstate teams that they can't play tournaments prior to December because of either basketball or deer-hunting season (I'm not joking!). Downstaters, is this true, or is it a ...

David Riley

But Charlie, Anglicans and Lutherans aren't Protestants, they're alternative Catholics

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*LONG POST* Okay, since I opened up this can of worms, I'll continue the discussion. Note that there is a similar discussion going on in the DC area thread, so we're not alone! 1. Fun vs. competition -- I agree that we need to make quiz bowl more fun for freshmen/newcomers. I don't think that the wa...

David Riley

Several of us have been on Facebook recently, discussing: do we have too many tournaments in Illinois (I am referring to tournaments on good questions, defined as NAQT, HSAPQ, and mirrors of acknowledged housewrites)? Are people getting burned out? Are experienced moderators at a premium? Discuss he...

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Mark, I disagree with your statement that "top teams are self-ordained". Teams that work toward becoming one of the top teams are eventually recognized by the community at large (few people had heard of Lisle a few years ago, and Keith Country Day established themselves pretty quickly). I'...

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I raised this issue in Illinois about ten years ago and got a resounding "NO!" but it could certainly be revisited. I think those that would prefer it might prefer a two-day tournament rather than a separate Sunday tournament. In Illinois, our schedule is pretty full already and many peopl...

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Patrick and David offer some good advice. What state are you in? Let us know and we can point you to some key people who might be able to help. I would also like to address Patrick's point #2. Finding a sponsor can be difficult in terms of one who will work closely with the team. Many teachers do no...

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Bobby, as always it was fun to read for you guys and so many other competitive teams. I'd also like to thank Matt for running a great tournament. Congrats to IMSA for their well-deserved win!

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Now hey, in all fairness, I always put the Mason-Dixon line at I-72, not I-80 like most of us northern folk.

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Donald has a point. When I used to host NAQT State, the only teams remotely interested in NAQT questions for the most part were north of the Illinois Mason-Dixon line ( :grin: ). But we have come a long way; as Donald points out, more and more teams from central and southern Illinois have embraced g...

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Yes, Greg, that was me....and with two Christian schools as the opposing teams!

David Riley

When contacting principals, I would definitely recommend phone calls rather than emails, and certainly rather than formal snail mail, which has a tendency to get buried on the principal's desk. Another idea is to find the name of and contact the activities director, if there is one.

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About twenty=odd years ago, a question in art history had the clues shells, curlicues, etc. The student answered "rococo", to which the moderator replied "Well I'll accept that, but down here we say "baroque".

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My favorite (the Illinois people have all heard this story) was about 15 years ago at a state qualifier: The untrained moderator first pronounces the word "matrices" as "mattresses". Both teams howled and the moderator got very defensive. I called a time out and asked my team to ...

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Not sure if I told you in our email exchange, but I can probably staff this tournament as well.

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I don't have a contact there, but at one time the state of Washington would have reps from academic competitions meet and work out a calendar together....perhaps Southern California could try something similar?

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That's good to hear....seems like things are looking up!

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