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Howard

Given Chris's explicit request not to leave before the round robins are completed, it's utterly selfish to leave because you "simply do not want to" play anymore. The entire tournament's running smoothly depends on teams' being there to play, and each time a team decides to act whatever t...

Howard

leftsaidfred wrote:I take it that the Charter system is well received?

The card system seems to work well if, as Bill says, the number of teams is greater than or equal than two raised to the number of rounds.

Howard

Thanks. It's better than the kludge I was trying to generate by hand. How did you assign from round to round? Did you use any kind of algorithm I could apply or extrapolate from to populate the next 2 rounds? I don't believe Bill (stat74) assigned pretournament seedings. Rather I think he assigned ...

Howard

We are now to the point where we get 2 computations plus 1 science computation per round. Every single time I read "pencil and paper ready" someone groans. I wish it were one per round only. I believe there are regions of the country that keep asking NAQT to include more computation and I...

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Will the schedule be the same Sunday as Saturday?

Howard

DumbJaques wrote:I'm confirming that the date for this tournament is set for 4/6/07.

And I was hoping that you'd be correcting to 4/6/08. Doh!

Howard

It's not likely that I'll have the same students (or even the same number of students) available on each day. Is it possible to enter the events separately? If not, would it be allowable to realign teams between the two days?

Howard

As for eligibility, the decision that was reached today is that players who were not on a team that has qualified for a national tournament this season are eligible. However our coach has suggested only enforcing that rule on juniors and seniors and opening the tournament to freshmen and sophomores...

Howard

We don't have exact eligibility standards yet...and we may not end up using them. Certain teams who should know who they are know that this is not the right sort of tournament for them, especially as they prepare for nationals. One of the reasons I've been refraining from expressing interest is tha...

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Gotcha. Done.

Howard

I'm reluctant to fill out the form because I don't know, with reasonable certainty, my availability. Most likely, I'll be available both days.

Howard

I won't be able to give a definitive answer until the tournament date approaches and my students have a better idea of their schedules, but I'm guessing it'd make things nearly certain that we won't attend. Of course, we've had low enough interest that we've gone to very few out-of-town tournaments ...

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Gonzagapuma1 wrote:
Howard wrote:Please put Howard in for a team and a buzzer. I meant to e-mail this to Father Meehan last night, and I cannot access my e-mail right now.
Ok I will, but could you please e-mail father meehan as soon as you can?

Sure will. Thanks. Much.

Howard

Please put Howard in for a team and a buzzer. I meant to e-mail this to Father Meehan last night, and I cannot access my e-mail right now.

Howard

Along those lines, my teammate insists his brother is a "quizbowl legend." So, I request- Do you know who Justin Saussville is? At least in the DC Metro Area, I'd consider him a legend. He was the captain of the 1999 Super-Bowl-winning Gonzaga team. High school quizbowl wasn't nearly as n...

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Definite interest. Actual attendance may not occur if players are unavailable on that date or there is another event closer.

Howard

Will Run PACE for Reese's wrote:We had Rockville come in 1999 with Hawaiian shirts...

That wasn't just NCT. That was everywhere Rockville went in 1999.

Howard

leftsaidfred wrote:
Matt Weiner wrote:Ugh. Alright, keep your eyes open for yet another move...
Comedy week day option?

Seriously, that might be your best bet - to run it on a week day, most likely during VCU's spring break.

I'd think that'd be unlikely to coincide with high schools' spring breaks.

Howard

Hey Dave, On the page for our team, it shows us at 27-5, but it doesn't show that on the page for Ohio... whats up with that? It probably means your record has been updated to 27-5 but the ranking hasn't run since the update. I seem to remember Byko mentioning something about that. Check and see if...

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The "n" being there shows that the player knows the difference between the two. It wouldn't set a precedent, because "entymology" is still unacceptable for "etymology." This isn't so clear. One could make a reasonable argument that if "entymology" is acceptab...

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Still, the "n" was there. If the answer was etymology, but spelled etimology, would you still not have given it to them? This is the stance that I'm taking as well. The n is what is key in this case and shows a differentiation in knowledge. Certainly, having the "n" there helps ...

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BobGHHS wrote:the answer given was Entymology, with a "y" in there....

That's a rather significant difference. I might have tried to get a clarification from the team (if allowed) at this point. Gotta say, now I'm leaning toward no credit.

Howard

Tegan wrote:
GiveMeBrindleeOrDeath wrote:I would have given it to you. The "n" makes the difference.

Howard

Can't attend either way. Television tournament that day.

Howard

I am kind of dismayed by the lack of response of the organizers of this tournament. I don't want to drive 4 hours tomorrow morning with my 2 teams and find that there are just a few teams attending, or worse, that the tourney has been cancelled. A field list would be appropriate and appreciated. I ...

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I haven't received any reply to my e-mail of last week requesting entry. Is Howard included anywhere in those 32 teams?

Howard

I've been following the "playing the packet" thread and find it not only interesting, but full of good question-writing principles. That aside, I agree it's easy to construct a scenario where transparency doesn't result in power. Furthermore, I agree it's necessary to be able to detect tra...

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I don't know why you felt the need to necro this discussion that had seemingly come to a peaceful conclusion.... . I hadn't looked at the board since my last post in this section, about three days prior. I read the new posts and didn't think it was necessary to check the post times to see whether t...

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Uh, no? He was saying that pH didn't fit in a dog packet. And he was right in that it was clearly forced (the question mentioned that the pH of dog blood is somewhere around 7.4 - at the end). I think that's what more drew the "wtf," so it wasn't really that rude Sorry. I posted in haste ...

Howard

Comment: Wtf. I don't really see why pH is being tossuped here. It could have been a doggy biology tossup and it would have been much better. At this point, I don't see how anyone can claim constructive criticism. While I'm not defending the tone of Bill's post, certainly anytime "wtf" is...

Howard

This year, we had a wide range of teams at a variety of levels, so we had make the questions as balanced as possible so everyone had a fair chance at making the playoffs. Perhaps this is a slight misstatement, or not. Regardless, a tournament needs to do its best to cater to it's entire audience, n...

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Don't have access to my e-mail right now, but I figured I'd post in the event you're still monitoring the thread.

Howard is up to six people. I expect no changes between now and tournament start.

Howard

Is there any case where the school's leading scorer at their only major tournament should not be on at least their "A" team (4 members), if not their school's TV team (3 members)? I could foresee that. I've never personally been involved in a case where I thought this was true, nor do I b...

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Is there any way to acquire a Quiz-A-Matic anymore? We played on one at ICT and thought it was really cool, but the internet hasn't been able to give me a website (presumably the company never made it to the internet?). Agreed that acoustically and feel-wise it's a very neat system. To my knowledge...

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Devon13 wrote:It's just retarded that we're not teaming our true best 4.

Your best four may vary by format and question style. Have you considered a being open to changes based on particular players' skills and their relevance to the particular tournament?

Howard

It's my firm belief that players who wish to play should be afforded the opportunity to play. Besides, what's the real difference between being the doormat in practice and the doormat in a tournament. A good coach, unless he's one of the few with a top team, knows that there are games that his team ...

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I do not care ot have any of my players be in the postion that they KNOW they are on the A team or they KNOW they could never be on the A team. I like that uncertainty. I see it as motivating players who are competitive. Agree with this 100%. My players have by now figured out I'm not going to do a...

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For statistical purposes, I use only practices. This is because my practices are very similar to the It's Academic television show. There are enough differences between nearly all tournaments (even those which use the same format) and the show that the validity of those statistics in predicting succ...

Howard

I believe in taking my team to the tournament best-suited for them on any particular weekend. While I'm not under any delusion that we're too good for an -A packet, I think it depends on the situation. In order to determine the best tournament for my team, I consider questions, format, and location....

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I had an issue where I was showed as logged in when I actually wasn't. Attempting to log in resulted in no change. Perhaps the server thought I was attempting to log in from one place while already logged in at another.

Howard

Should we consider the Stakes on the calendar for 11/17, on the calendar for another date, or postponed until further notice?

Howard

From what I see (hopefully someone who was there can verify), Centennial A went 2-4 in the bracket of death while Centennial B went 3-3 in an easier group, so the B team made playoffs while the A team did not. I'm see you've already put the results in. I'm curious to find out whether this compounds...

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We'll probably bring a team up. I've already got it on the calendar and will e-mail you after I've got some commitments.

Howard

I personally don't think being on SAT date hurts as much as being on an it's ac taping date, but that's only a speculation . . . Actually, my experience is that it's just the reverse. And of course, that's just my opinion. Realistically, if you try to miss major holidays, SAT dates, and DC and Balt...

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I'll confirm one team from Howard at this point. I'll shoot you an e-mail tomorrow with details.

Howard

Actually, the fees were changed a few years ago. Previously, NAQT charged the host if the questions were to be distributed.

Howard

I've already received an e-mail from Mr. Whipple that the new date is Tuesday, 9/25.

Howard

Well, we're not really talking about "online antics" here, are we? Online antics would be me or Pat or Fred messing around in AHAN jr., or maybe being a bit too harsh in criticism (as many people on this board have done). We're talking about someone who is paid money by educational instit...

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I don't think online antics should play a large role in such determinations. As Reinstein says, the real factor should be the quality of the questions. If you want to make a similar argument using his question quality, then I think it's reasonable for you to push the issue, if you think that's the t...

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As for a contact at Hammond, there isn't an official one yet. I've been communicating with their captain over Facebook. It's quite possible that I might be helping them some in a coaching capacity--that's uncertain at this point, however. Not to completely derail the thread, but you're welcome to u...

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