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This tournament ran pretty successfully; Harvard A and Harvard B mutually agreed to let the results of the playoffs stand, so congratulations to Harvard A on their victory! Stats are here https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/6454/stats/combined/. I'd like to thank Arjun Nageswaran, Sadie Britton, O...

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Dancing Queen vs. Smoke on the Water War Pigs vs. California Uber Alles Runnin’ with the Devil vs. Search and Destroy The Chain vs. Ballroom Blitz September vs. Is She Really Going Out with Him? Free Bird vs. Walk on the Wild Side American Pie vs. Marquee Moon Stairway to Heaven vs. Smiling Faces S...

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As with Open 'SHOP, I intend to close the field and make a server and schedule after this Thursday at 6:00 PM eastern. Any team withdrawing their registration after that time will be assessed a fee. With two more registrations we will reach our field cap anyway, so if you're considering playing, sig...

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London Calling vs. More Than a Feeling Run Through the Jungle vs. La Grange Wish You Were Here vs. 25 or 6 to 4 Sultans of Swing vs. Cruel to Be Kind This is almost unique among major dire straits songs in that I don't like it Ain't No Sunshine vs. War Stayin' Alive vs. Only the Good Die Young Won'...

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Thanks to everyone who turned out! This tournament ended in a 5 (!) way tie for first that, it being late, we decided against breaking. Congratulations to co-champions The Velvet Underground and Neekolul (Dylan Minarik, Taylor Harvey, Alex Shaw, and Tracy Mirkin), Yale-ish B (Stephen Eltinge, Daniel...

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AKKOLADE wrote: ↑Fri Apr 24, 2020 12:17 pm

Pancho and Lefty – Townes Van Zandt

Come and Get Your Love – Redbone

Bruh

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Bohemian Rhapsody vs. Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood Protest vote; I like the Animals a lot and don't think BoRhap should've been the 1 seed Riders on the Storm vs. Heart of Glass Psycho Killer vs. Life’s Been Good Not voting against my king Gloria vs. God Save the Queen Bridge Over Troubled Water vs...

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Is this Tossups + Bonuses or Tossups only? I assume the former, since nothing in particular has been said, but just wanted to make sure. I was also wondering how many rounds might be used/how long this tournament will take. Yes, the former is the case. Plan on 10ish rounds, potentially + a couple d...

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Drift Away vs. Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels) I really like Jim Croce in general and this song in particular, but I have too much of a childhood attachment to Drift Away to vote against it. If You Don't Know Me By Now vs. The Tears of a Clown Not voting against a Smokey Robinson song, even ...

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Walk on the Wild Side vs. Funk #49 Lawyers, Guns and Money vs. Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl) American Woman vs. Teenage Kicks 25 or 6 to 4 vs. Pressure Drop I’ll Take You There vs. Flash Light Disorder vs. Back Stabbers Why is this not Love Train vro The Great Gig in the Sky vs. Stuck in the Middle W...

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Stay with Me vs. Rapper's Delight I really do not like Rod Stewart. O-o-h Child vs. $1000 Wedding I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band) vs. Ballroom Blitz God Save the Queen vs. Rich Girl Johnny Rotten being a Trump supporter now is a good indicator of how meaningless the aura of rebellion tha...

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Your ballot: Cruel to Be Kind vs. The City of New Orleans Ramblin' Man vs. Radar Love Coal Miner's Daughter vs. (If Loving You is Wrong) I Don’t Want to Be Right Is She Really Going Out With Him? Vs. Go All the Way Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe vs. War Just What I Needed vs. Love the One You’r...

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AdiyaSivakuma wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2020 8:16 pm I was wondering, could one sign up to moderate on both days?

Yeah, that's fine, although I should note that we're almost at the level at which we can provide every room a reader and scorekeeper, at which point we'll close staff signup.

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Goodbye Stranger vs. Cold as Ice Foreigner is an incel band. Move On Up vs. The Man with the Child in His Eyes Not voting against Curtis Mayfield I'm Your Captain (Closer To Home) vs. America The Beautiful I'm Your Captain is nice enough but does not justify its decision to be 10 minutes long. (Loo...

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In the current ethical morass in which we find ourselves in which no real solutions have been offered, here's a common-sense actionable policy change that likely would possibly improve the situation. This is a good idea and should definitely be implemented. Community Discussion strikes me as a good...

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Doctor, My Eyes vs. Roadrunner (Once) Cherry Bomb vs. Easy When Will I Be Loved vs. Smiling Faces Sometimes The Shape I'm In vs. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Across 110th Street vs. Cars Wonderful Tonight vs. Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue Show Me The Way vs. Tudo O Que Você Podia Ser Blit...

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Given that with the free agent list, the number of signups already exceeds the number of field spaces, I have decided to expand the field for this tournament to 14, with potential further expansion contingent on demand and staff. I will give priority for remaining spots in the field to teams made up...

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This was cool. Thanks for putting it on, everyone who was involved in putting it on!

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Surrender vs. Right Place Wrong Time Featured in the all-time classic film Daddy Day Care. Short People vs. Closer to the Heart Other people have probably noted this, but this is an incredibly unrepresentative Rush track. I see why you picked it, but no prog from probably the decade's premier prog ...

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A Dim-Witted Saboteur wrote: ↑Fri Apr 03, 2020 4:02 pm The field for this mirror is now full, but we intend to expand it to 14 or 16 if we can find another couple staffers. If you're available to read, please sign up!

We have expanded the field to 14 now.

EDIT: as our spreadsheet suggests, the field cap is now 16.

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The field for this mirror is now full, but we intend to expand it to 14 or 16 if we can find another couple staffers. If you're available to read, please sign up!

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Heart Of Glass vs. Down in the Tube Station at Midnight I generally like Blondie, but this is one track I do not vibe with. Plus, The Jam is very good (Why didn't you choose That's Entertainment, Fred?). Radio Radio vs. Burning Love Friend of the Devil vs. Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood Roxanne vs. F...

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4/61: Dumuzu v Athyr
29/36: Mounichion v 1 Crocodile
20/45: 1 Rain v 1 Jaguar
13/52: Tebetum v Abu
12/53: Markašanaš v 1 Water
21/44: Skirophorion v Sākurriziš
28/37: 1 Quake v Hekatombaion
5/60: Mensis Quintilis v 1 Flower

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Shout

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3/62: Thermidor v Self-Existing I'm not a reactionary 30/35: Pédale v Frederick I enjoy cycling 19/46: Absolu v Lilius Absolu sounds like a brand of vodka 14/51: Shakespeare v Moses As a corrective to what's probably going to turn out to be the electorate's overwhelming Bardolatry 11/54: Prairial v ...

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1/64: June v Sip
32/33: Qiyue v Kisaragi
17/48: December v Eryue
16/49: Kartika v Sotz'
9/56: September v Shimotsuki
24/41: Chaitra v Ashwin
25/40: Kannazuki v K'ank'in
8/57: Minazuki v Mak

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I based the sub-distributions for philosophy off the course requirements at UMD. While I appreciate your concerns about accessibility, I think it would be silly if we wrote chemistry based on, say, the chemistry history majors know. At UMD and most major Anglo-American universities, there aren't ph...

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#1 What'd I Say vs. #12 El Paso
#2 Shout (Parts 1 and 2) vs. #6 Mack the Knife
Mack the Knife is not actually that good

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45 seed: Daθušō v Āθrō
51 seed: Xšaθrahe Vairyehe v Amərətātō
62 seed: Elul v Tammuz
A Jordanian indie rock band I like is named after the Arabic version of Elul
63 seed: Paremhat v Parmouti
64 seed: Sharaf v Nur

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40 seed: Thargelion v Anthesterion
49 seed: Gamelion v Metageitnion
52 seed: Sabatu v Abu
58 seed: Addaru v Tisritum
60 seed: 1 Deer v 1 Flower
62 seed: 1 House v 1 Flint
63 seed: Boedromion v Maimakterion
64 seed: Pharmuthi v Mesore

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#1 What'd I Say vs. #9 Kansas City
#2 Shout (Parts 1 and 2) vs. #7 Money (That’s What I Want)
#14 Memphis, Tennessee vs. #6 Mack the Knife
#13 Back in the U.S.A. vs. #12 El Paso

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Voted to eliminate wayeb because it's unlucky

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Finally, a bracket for me Ballot: What I’d Say vs. What a Diff’rence a Day Makes Shout (Parts 1 and 2) vs. Love Potion No. 9 There Goes My Baby vs. Memphis, Tennessee I Only Have Eyes For You vs. Back in the U.S.A. Ne me quitte pas vs. El Paso If this were a better Brel song it might be able to over...

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Frankly I think you'd get very, very few sign ups for anything resembling this idea, including from my team. The whole point of nationals is to play against other people in real time. Your suggested format would allow for none of that. Also with regards to national organizations saving their sets f...

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By my estimation, neither Will Alston nor I have reached the level of 3rd-year Matt Bollinger or Jordan Brownstein, or 4th-year Matt Jackson. Judging from the trendlines, I wouldn't even expect either of us to be there next year. There is plenty of room for a Jakob Myers-type (how does he fit into ...

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Can this thread get pinned?

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Hi everyone! Given the cancellation of several of our in-person mirrors, we on the WORKSHOP team are announcing a second round of online mirrors, one closed and one open. The following announcement covers the OPEN mirror, which will happen on April 25, 2020. Any 4 players, as long as they have not p...

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Hi everyone! Given the cancellation of several of our in-person mirrors, we on the WORKSHOP team are announcing a second round of online mirrors, one open and one closed. The following announcement covers the closed mirror, which will happen on May 2, 2020. As a closed mirror, this tournament will b...

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They are creating a new generation of quiz bowl that is not restricted to elite academics. What is this supposed to mean Young players are not going to accept the dogma that quiz bowl has to be intellectually and financially inaccessible. Who is saying this Also, fam you're arguing against maintain...

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Given the potential cancellation of in-person mirrors (and, selfishly, my own desire to play the set despite not having been able to play my local mirror or the closed online mirror), is there any consideration being given to running an open online mirror at some point? Would you be open to such a ...

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Thank you to everyone who came out! The 4-team field that resulted from a late drop and the resulting combination of Washington and Oregon was cleared by University of Muri; we hope everyone had a great time!

Stats are here:
https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/6 ... und-robin/

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Our final field is as follows: The Triumverate (Plano West) Oregon Washington Hong, Kumar, Orbis Tertius (Saratoga) North Carolina University of Muri (pseudonym) We need another staffer reasonably urgently; I am willing to negotiate rises in the rate of pay for such a staffer should they arise. If y...

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Not to contradict Harris too directly, but I don't think the 1.5/1.5 world for Spartan Housewrite generated too much adverse commentary on the difficulty of that segment of history in particular, and nothing about the experience of editing a distribution with that specific change suggested to me tha...

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Hi! I will be closing the field and sending out logistics information Thursday, so if you plan to register, please do so by then! Thanks!

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I thought I'd say a few words about the philosophy I took editing history for this set. First, it was a pleasure thanks to the writers. Of them I particularly want to mention Chris Sims for being uber-responsive to feedback and consistently putting out excellent, imaginative, and well- executed ques...

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Hi everyone! I am pleased to announce a Discord mirror of WORKSHOP for March 7. Given the availability of discord playtesting sessions and to encourage graduates to staff other mirrors of this tournament, this mirror will be CLOSED . High school and collegiate teams are both welcome to sign up as lo...

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Smuttynose Island wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 11:10 pm Are there any plans for an online mirror?

Yes. An announcement for a closed online mirror is forthcoming.

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Hello, my name is Karan Menon. I am a freshman and President of USC Quiz Bowl. Our members have high school quiz bowl experience and we have gone to two ACF tournaments so far, but are finding ACF questions very difficult. What is the best way to prepare for ACF level literature, philosophy, and sc...

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Robyn

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women, fire and dangerous things wrote: ↑Sun Dec 22, 2019 10:28 am Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

Every song on Ibn El Leil is good but this song is the goodesthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4F9zsxYrfE

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