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- Tue Aug 02, 2011 4:01 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VCU Open and Trash 2011 @ DCC (Aug 6-7)
- Replies: 77
- Views: 19365
Re: VCU Open and Trash 2011 @ DCC (Aug 6-7)
Hello all, So I called DCC today. I talked to maintenance (who will be letting us into the building) and they said they could get us in as early as 7:30, so an 8:00 start time would be possible. Also, the head of maintenance was not aware of kicking us out by 5 PM. Perhaps the chain of command hasn'...
- Sat Jul 23, 2011 11:50 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VCU Open and Trash 2011 @ DCC (Aug 6-7)
- Replies: 77
- Views: 19365
Re: VCU Open and Trash 2011 @ DCC (Aug 6-7)
Hello all, I would like to make some announcements as the tournaments draw closer. VCU Open (Saturday) As of now, we have 9 teams signed up (technically 10, but I'm assuming Joe Wells is going to join some other team). Please finalize your teams in the upcoming days . The link to the sign-up sheet c...
- Sun Jul 17, 2011 3:04 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MOO - 10/1 or 10/8
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14879
Re: MOO - 10/1 or 10/8
Hello all, I just want to provide everyone with more information on this tournament. Rounds : There will be a total of 14 rounds, two of which will be reserved for the finals. Progress Thus Far : We are currently about 70% done with the tournament and are on track to finishing it by the beginning of...
- Thu Jul 14, 2011 5:49 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open Logistics - Questions
- Replies: 27
- Views: 5458
Re: Chicago Open Logistics - Questions
Michigan can bring our 3 buzzers.
- Sat Jun 18, 2011 12:53 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: VCU OPEN TRASH (8/14)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 14389
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: VCU OPEN TRASH (8/14
Link to mirror at Michigan: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=11664
- Sat Jun 18, 2011 12:52 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: VCU Open 2011 (08/13-08/14)
- Replies: 96
- Views: 29630
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: VCU Open 2011 (08/13-08/14)
It's here it's here it's here: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=11664
- Sat Jun 18, 2011 12:52 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VCU Open and Trash 2011 @ DCC (Aug 6-7)
- Replies: 77
- Views: 19365
VCU Open and Trash 2011 @ DCC (Aug 6-7)
Hello all, Michigan Academic Competitions will be mirroring VCU Open / Trash. WHERE : Detroit Catholic Central High School 27225 Wixom Rd Novi, MI 48374 WHEN : August 6-7, 2011(Weekend after CO). The academic tournament will run on Saturday, and trash on Sunday. We realize we are announcing this a b...
- Fri May 06, 2011 11:30 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: COLT - University of Chicago - 7/31/2011
- Replies: 66
- Views: 20956
Re: COLT - University of Chicago - 7/31/2011
Hey, do you want to play with Surya, Magin, and myself?rylltraka wrote:I'm up for playing this. That is, if you want 15 ppg and no categories locked down.
- Fri May 06, 2011 11:12 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: COLT - University of Chicago - 7/31/2011
- Replies: 66
- Views: 20956
Re: COLT - University of Chicago - 7/31/2011
Surya Sabhapathy, Jonathan Magin, and myself have formed a team. We are looking for a fourth. Also, since George Berry seems to be absent from this thread, I have made a Google Spreadsheet with teams. Please update this as I probably made a mistake or two. https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet...
- Sat Apr 30, 2011 9:08 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Michigan '10-'11
- Replies: 69
- Views: 17253
Re: Michigan '10-'11
As we have been doing the last few years, the players at the University of Michigan will be hosting weekly practices in Ann Arbor during the summer. If you are interested, please email me at bryanbe AT umich DOT edu
- Sat Apr 30, 2011 12:55 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Interest in architecture tournament?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 20653
Re: Interest in architecture tournament?
I would be interested in playing this.
- Fri Apr 29, 2011 4:02 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: BLASTOISE (Hybrid: Half-Trash) at UToronto, May 21st
- Replies: 32
- Views: 6545
Re: BLASTOISE (Hybrid: Half-Trash) at UToronto, May 21st
Some Michigan people are interested in this. We'll get back to you.
- Fri Apr 29, 2011 8:55 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Where Will You Be Going to College Next Year?
- Replies: 67
- Views: 22317
Re: Where Will You Be Going to College Next Year?
My former teammate Brett Harrison goes there as well. He might not be interested, but he was pretty good in high school and there's a chance he'd go to some things. Contact me if interested.Wurzel-Flummery wrote:I'll be at George Washington, where I will make sure the team goes to things.
- Fri Apr 22, 2011 4:31 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CO Matchmaking
- Replies: 54
- Views: 13618
Re: CO Matchmaking
Team: Ike Jose, Marshall Steinbaum, Surya Sabhapathy, and myself. Thus, I will be getting practically zero tossups.
- Tue Apr 19, 2011 10:36 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Wanted: Music and Science Writers for CO
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2123
Re: Wanted: Music and Science Writers for CO
In the event that I can't attend CO, I would be happy to write a few music or other FA questions. And by a few, I don't mean writing all the FA for the editors' packets.
- Tue Apr 19, 2011 10:34 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CO Matchmaking
- Replies: 54
- Views: 13618
Re: CO Matchmaking
Surya and I are looking for a team to play on. Surya knows bio, some psychology / brain stuff, and some literature. I mostly know fine arts.
- Tue Apr 19, 2011 10:27 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals 2011 thanks and discussion
- Replies: 88
- Views: 34723
Re: ACF Nationals 2011 thanks and discussion
I thought the vast majority of the fine arts in this tournament was very well written and was at the correct difficulty. I'd appreciate any feedback on the linguistics, which I wrote/edited. I also wrote a handful of assorted tossups: finishing the Unfinished Symphony , Natural History , Francis Par...
- Sun Apr 03, 2011 8:44 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MUT Mirror at Notre Dame (04/02/11)
- Replies: 46
- Views: 16984
Re: MUT Mirror at Notre Dame (04/02/11)
Thanks for putting on a great tournament!
- Sat Apr 02, 2011 8:21 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: GUERRILLA III - Friday, 4/8/11 - ICT Hotel, Chicago
- Replies: 107
- Views: 20404
Re: GUERRILLA III - Friday, 4/8/11 - ICT Hotel, Chicago
I can vouch for this.grapesmoker wrote:Sir Thopas wrote:
edit: the Detroit airport is the best place to sleep.
I don't know how moderators for this thing works, but if needed I could possibly read. If not needed, I think I'll just sit this one out, but if is anyone is desperately in need of a fourth let me know.
- Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:46 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MUT Mirror at Notre Dame (04/02/11)
- Replies: 46
- Views: 16984
Re: MUT Mirror at Notre Dame (04/02/11)
Sign up Michigan with 2 teams (possibly one more, but probably not) and 3 buzzers.
- Sun Feb 27, 2011 12:00 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Regionals at WUSTL (2/26/2011)
- Replies: 73
- Views: 30649
Re: ACF Regionals at WUSTL (2/26/2011)
Since no one else is doing it...
Michigan A (who went X-0) beat Michigan B in the finals. This is all the information I have since I was not there (i.e. someone please post stats soon).
Michigan A (who went X-0) beat Michigan B in the finals. This is all the information I have since I was not there (i.e. someone please post stats soon).
- Fri Feb 25, 2011 10:34 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MUT Mirror at Notre Dame (04/02/11)
- Replies: 46
- Views: 16984
Re: MUT Mirror at Notre Dame (04/02/11)
Michigan may be attending this with 1 to 3 teams. More details to come.
- Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:01 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MUT Mirror at McMaster University March 19th
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7109
Re: MUT Mirror at McMaster University March 19th
Seems interesting to us. We will give more information soon.
- Thu Feb 03, 2011 8:10 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Region 7 SCT at Ohio State (February 5, 2011)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6023
Re: Region 7 SCT at Ohio State (February 5, 2011)
Where should we park?
EDIT: Nvm. I found an older post. For all those wondering, there's parking at Tuttle Park Place
EDIT: Nvm. I found an older post. For all those wondering, there's parking at Tuttle Park Place
- Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:51 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Penn Bowl mirror @ Northwestern (2/12/11)
- Replies: 60
- Views: 16883
Re: Penn Bowl mirror @ Northwestern (2/12/11)
Also, we can bring 3 buzzers.
- Mon Jan 24, 2011 8:54 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Region 7 SCT at Ohio State (February 5, 2011)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6023
Re: Region 7 SCT at Ohio State (February 5, 2011)
We are coming with 3 teams, 2 DI and 1 DI
- Sun Jan 23, 2011 12:26 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: TIT at Michigan (1/22/11)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 5722
Re: TIT at Michigan (1/22/11)
Full stats (12 rounds): http://results.scobo.net/SQBS.aspx?org=umich&id=14&page=standings After the tournament, a few of us stayed to play PERV. Here were the results: Player(# of 15's, # of 10's, # of -5's) = Total score Bryan(12,7,11) = 195 Rob(11,4,3) = 190 Mike(8,8,5) = 175 Matt(5,6,2) =...
- Sat Jan 22, 2011 5:51 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: TIT at Michigan (1/22/11)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 5722
- Sat Jan 22, 2011 2:42 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: TIT at Michigan (1/22/11)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 5722
- Sat Jan 22, 2011 11:58 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: TIT at Michigan (1/22/11)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 5722
- Sat Jan 22, 2011 10:51 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: TIT at Michigan (1/22/11)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 5722
Re: TIT at Michigan (1/22/11)
Tournament started about half an hour ago. I'll try to keep this updated with stats. Teams (with names!): 1) A Drug Called Tradition (OSU A) 2) The Only Traffic Signal on the Reservation Doesn’t Flash Red Anymore (OSU B) 3) Jesus Christ’s Half-Brother is Alive and Well on the Spokane Indian Reservat...
- Mon Nov 29, 2010 2:28 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Interest in architecture tournament?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 20653
Re: Interest in architecture tournament?
I'm game, although I'm having trouble imagining more than 5 packets without a significant amount of "oh hey, here's another Frank Lloyd Wright building," or very hard / outside-of-the-canon stuff. If you make it work, more power to you.
- Mon Nov 22, 2010 6:19 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Whimsical Before and After/Mashup Event at MO
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5637
Re: Whimsical Before and After/Mashup Event at MO
I was keeping score on a the back of a scoresheet (I believe), which I'm pretty sure I left in the room.
I enjoyed these a lot, even though I only got one.
I enjoyed these a lot, even though I only got one.
- Mon Nov 22, 2010 6:15 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Minnesota Open Discussion
- Replies: 58
- Views: 9488
Re: Minnesota Open Discussion
Thanks to Minnesota for putting on a fantastic tournament. I had a lot of fun and thought the questions were great. I'll have more comments about distribution / difficulty once I have a look at the set, but I have no specific complaints about the Fine Arts at this time (except that tossup on The Met...
- Fri Nov 19, 2010 2:07 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Minnesota Open III (11.20.10-11.21.10)
- Replies: 125
- Views: 38187
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Minnesota Open III (11.20.10-11.21.10)
Magin is also in, but since he's staying with us his participation will depend upon our going or not.
To whomever is getting the court, this would have to be SUPER early because I don't know when other Michigan people want to leave.
To whomever is getting the court, this would have to be SUPER early because I don't know when other Michigan people want to leave.
- Fri Nov 19, 2010 1:08 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Minnesota Open III (11.20.10-11.21.10)
- Replies: 125
- Views: 38187
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Minnesota Open III (11.20.10-11.21.10)
We are leaving early (9-10, possibly even earlier) because we're gaining an hour on the ride home. So unless this game is super early, we may be out. I will bring shorts just in case though.
- Thu Nov 18, 2010 6:22 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Cheap books that are quiz bowl useful
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3465
Re: Cheap books that are quiz bowl useful
I meant to put this in that other thread, but I really enjoy The Penguin Opera Guide and bring it to every tournament. I have the older version (1995), which you can get on Amazon for $0.01 + shipping. It includes descriptions of 99% of the operas that come up in quizbowl (but not Treemonisha, for s...
- Thu Nov 18, 2010 1:51 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Minnesota Open III (11.20.10-11.21.10)
- Replies: 125
- Views: 38187
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Minnesota Open III (11.20.10-11.21.10)
Any MO attendees interested in playing basketball on Friday night? I'd need to reserve a court, so there would be a $5 charge. Send me an email at limozeen@gmail.com if you're interested; if we can get six or so involved, I'll go ahead and reserve one. We sort of discussed this on Westbrook's FB st...
- Fri Nov 12, 2010 1:35 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Whimsical Before and After/Mashup Event at MO
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5637
Re: Whimsical Before and After/Mashup Event at MO
I just realized I won't be able to play this. Sad panda.
- Thu Nov 11, 2010 7:30 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Whimsical Before and After/Mashup Event at MO
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5637
Re: Whimsical Before and After/Mashup Event at MO
I know people don't like paying for things, but I would appreciate people paying about fifty cents or so (assuming at least 20 of these can be written). I will not pay more more than 49 cents for such tomfoolery. Also, will these mashups be purely literature based, or will they be awesome and invol...
- Sun Nov 07, 2010 6:11 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall Great Lakes at Ohio State (11/6/2010)
- Replies: 45
- Views: 11593
Re: ACF Fall Great Lakes at Ohio State (11/6/2010)
Just want to say thanks and good job to the OSU team for running this tournament. There were a few problems (some of which you couldn't control), but you guys dealt with them pretty well.
- Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:35 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: (EFT) at U. Toronto-DATE CHANGE:Sunday, October 31,2010
- Replies: 34
- Views: 13496
Re: (EFT) at U. Toronto-DATE CHANGE:Sunday, October 31,2010
Despite having an awesome Scott Pilgrim costume to wear, after much consideration I have decided not to attend this. :-(. The two mid-terms next week need my attention.
- Wed Oct 27, 2010 5:56 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: THUNDER II at UIUC December 4th
- Replies: 50
- Views: 13085
Re: THUNDER II at UIUC December 4th
Michigan will be bringing 2 to 3 teams and 3 to 4 buzzer systems.
- Wed Oct 27, 2010 5:53 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Harry Potter Tournament (Name/Date TBA)
- Replies: 42
- Views: 15603
Re: Harry Potter Tournament (Name/Date TBH)
Seriously.Dan-Don wrote: Now if only Brown can recruit Emma Watson. Get on that, guys.
Also, Libo and I will ask Saul to produce some sample questions to help people get an idea of what this set will be like (no guarantees though).
- Mon Oct 25, 2010 6:43 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall Great Lakes at Ohio State (11/6/2010)
- Replies: 45
- Views: 11593
Re: ACF Fall Great Lakes at Ohio State (11/6/2010)
At this point, it looks like Michigan will only be bringing 3 teams; expect a formal statement by this Thursday.
- Thu Oct 21, 2010 9:11 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: (EFT) at U. Toronto-DATE CHANGE:Sunday, October 31,2010
- Replies: 34
- Views: 13496
Re: (EFT) at U. Toronto-DATE CHANGE:Sunday, October 31,2010
I might be coming to this (with Surya), in which case I will serve as a moderator / scorekeeper since I have already played the set.
Also, Michigan can bring 2 buzzers
Also, Michigan can bring 2 buzzers
- Sun Oct 10, 2010 4:19 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Minnesota Open III (11.20.10-11.21.10)
- Replies: 125
- Views: 38187
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Minnesota Open III (11.20.10-11.21.10)
It'd be appreciated (anything would, really, especially if they were inclined towards writing science), but it's not required; we should be able to cover for that with editors' packets. We'll work on something. However, Michael and Phil are not coming to this, and Surya is on the packet-writing tea...
- Sat Oct 09, 2010 1:05 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Minnesota Open III (11.20.10-11.21.10)
- Replies: 125
- Views: 38187
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Minnesota Open III (11.20.10-11.21.10)
Michigan is probably only going to bring 1 team to this event, but will most likely have more than 4 people. If interested in a teammate, let us know. /sighs dramatically That's cool actually, we have at least one person interested in playing. I'll add a chimera team. Does that team need to write a...
- Thu Oct 07, 2010 12:44 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: TERP Mirror at McMaster October 30th
- Replies: 54
- Views: 13442
Re: TERP Mirror at McMaster October 30th
Michigan is potentially interested in this. More details to come. If you need immediate details, email us at qbtriumvirate AT umich DOT edu
- Wed Oct 06, 2010 5:22 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Minnesota Open III (11.20.10-11.21.10)
- Replies: 125
- Views: 38187
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Minnesota Open III (11.20.10-11.21.10)
Michigan is probably only going to bring 1 team to this event, but will most likely have more than 4 people. If interested in a teammate, let us know.