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Thank you again for hosting. As always, you did a great job.
One more thanks to Ryan for giving us a ride. We were really glad to be able to play.

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Ok, we have one team of four people (Kurtis, Libo, Bryan, and I) coming in Ryan's car. See you tomorrow!

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Ok, so it looks like at least three of us can make it. I think Phil also found another car that we could use, so we might all be able to make it after all. Sorry about the hassle.

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No Rules Westbrook wrote:If up to three Michigan people want to ride with me, I'm fine with that (psst: have the university pay for the gas!).

Awesome, thanks for the offer! We are trying to make this happen. I'll update you later tonight.

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Michigan has three teams and three buzzers.

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We are working on our packet, and are trying to finish it by Saturday.

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In about the last five games I have been in the room with Mike Sorice playing on an Anderson buzzer system, his buzzer has gotten stuck at least once. It's not to hard to get it unstuck, but it is a bit annoying.

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... it's not as if we're using trash giveaways for Liverpool or Ali, or giving the number for a kingship with only one real name, like the Ptolemies. There are a great many "third of their name" kings of England, and if you can rule some of them out you're still using knowledge and it's s...

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Chris, could you explain why some of the history tossups on kings felt the need to say the number at the end (such as that Henry III tossup you posted)? I don't know history, but that to me sounds almost like ending a question on, say, Garcia Marquez by saying "Name this author who wrote One Hu...

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Yeah, we had 375, not that it really matters.
Thanks for hosting!

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I liked this set quite a bit overall. My impression was that questions were well written, but there did seem to be a few more repeats than usual (Ma Vlast and Smetana came up in consecutive rounds, and I think there were a couple Moliere things, among others). A couple other thoughts: I think there ...

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I have also requested access.

Thanks for writing a set that was lots of fun to play on!

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I'm supposed to be graduating in December, and don't know what I'll be doing after that. Going somewhere for a PhD and going straight into industry both have reasonable probabilities. I'll decide between the two based on what I think of my internship this summer. If I'm reading the rules right, I wo...

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I just want to say that I really liked the Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter bonus. Asking about the scripts was a bit of an odd answer choice, but it was very clear to me what was being described. That made it a part that rewards reading the book, but the answer would probably be hard to come up with...

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[10] Name this single-step class of reactions in which a relatively bulky base abstracts a proton from an accessible alkyl group as a carbon-halogen bond breaks. ANSWER: E2 (this has been tossed up a bunch; has it been a bad tossup idea every time? I've always wondered if that's possible for some a...

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I'm not very knowledgeable on either topic, so those questions are probably fine. The anaphase tossup certainly does look a lot more clear than I remembered.

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I liked the science quite a bit. I hadn't even realized the effort to keep names out of answers and clues, so I guess you did a very good job keeping both clues and answers clear. The only answer line I remember being confused by was on either allowed of forbidden quantum transitions. I understood a...

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I generally liked this set a lot. I felt like answers were very gettable, and that early clues were buzzable at least more often than usual. I would really like to see one packet which didn't seem as polished as the rest of the tournament, which I think was partially by Minnesota (my notes say UMN-1...

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Our team seems to be missing from the "team detail" and "individual detail" pages, so it would be nice if that were among your corrections. Also, could you turn on round report? Thanks for hosting a very fun tournament. The moderators could have used more practice, but that's to ...

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That Wisconsin bonus seemed really hard. I drove through the area about 6 months ago, my dad is from Fond du Lac, and I had a hard time getting 20. Which is meant to be the easy part?

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I hope you find an eleventh team so you can support a bye. In the event that no team materializes out of the ether, we'll be fielding a house team of my novice freshmen, for that very purpose. Why isn't Danville sending a team? It's not like they have to travel far. Or at all. Since Dowell and Rach...

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That bonus on cycling terms was not a good idea. I've actually watched much of the Tour de France the last few years, and I don't remember hearing the term "echelon." For most people, I would expect the bonus to be an automatic 0.

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This set did seem to have an especially high numbers no one on my team had heard of, sometimes including entire bonuses. I remember one round where the team we were playing started 0, 0, 0, 10 on bonuses, and I don't think we (~18 ppb) would have done too much better. Of 3 sets of stats I've seen so...

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theMoMA wrote:The Friday games really put a strain on travel. If two days are really necessary, it should be Saturday/Sunday.

Prefer Saturday, but agree with Andrew.

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Thanks for hosting! The tournament ran pretty quickly, and we got back home as early as we have all year after playing plenty of rounds.

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List of ferry operators in Japan = Michael Hausinger, played at McMaster.

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Michigan will be coming, probably with 2-3 teams and a hat.

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We can bring a third one.

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Ok, we'll make sure to have a number by then. We also have four players and two mods for TIDUS if it happens.

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We have 2-3, with 2 more likely. How soon do you need a number for sure?

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From a moderator's perspective, I thought this was a good set. There were a few typos, but for the most part it was pretty easy to read. There didn't seem to be much confusion of what questions were asking for either. The only one I remember was Ike's buzz of Ekman spirals on the oceans tossup. A co...

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If anyone from Michigan wants to play, I'll staff. I'd put a pretty high probability on that happening.

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Many thanks to everyone who came today. I think everyone had fun, and the tournament seemed to run smoothly with only a couple pretty minor delays. Extra thanks go to Bryce for volunteering to do the stats. Thanks also to Trevor from CMU for helping to staff, and for all the editors for a good quest...

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We also could bring a very large number of clocks. Is there some number you think would be the most fair? I'm sure we can work out a fair number, once we know how many teams are actually coming. Perhaps let the teams with one clock take their discounts, then split the remainder in half between us? ...

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We also could bring a very large number of clocks. Is there some number you think would be the most fair?

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Ok, I think the current field should be accurate above. Is there anything obvious missing?
Edit: May as well just post it here.

Youngstown State
Illinois (2)
Notre Dame (1)
Michigan State (3)
Carnegie Mellon (1)
Miami (OH) (3)
Ohio State (2)
Chicago (3)
Toronto
Wayne State

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Michigan is planning on coming. I would guess something like 1 DI and 2-3 DII teams.

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I think some books just have a feel of being serious works, with some academic merit, and people can write on those whenever they are well enough known to be answered. I've heard The God of Small Things come up plenty of times, and that was written in 1997. I think I've heard The Kite Runner (2003) ...

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I will drive one UIC team in my new Rommobile car. I can submit my packet on Sunday, January 3, 2010. Is there any chance of a trash tournament on Sunday, January 17--the traditional ABD date? The Penn Bowl writers just announced their trash tourney for Sunday, January 31; hopefully, a similar mirr...

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Looking at stats from Autumn, here are my thoughts. First, Neil is obviously the best player in the state, and should have the chance to play on any team that forms. To figure out the rest is a lot harder. The teams playing at NASAT would presumably all be very, very, good. Players who score lots of...

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Michigan does not have any plans to host anything for NASAT.

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Ok, I think the field should be up to date. Did I miss anything?

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Cheynem wrote:Mmm...delicious carnegie melons.

Oops. Fixed

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Field Update
Am I missing anyone?

Youngstown State
Illinois (2)
Notre Dame (2)
Michigan State (3)
Carnegie Mellon (1)
Miami (OH) (3)
Ohio State (1-2)
Chicago (3)
Toronto
Wayne State

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Ok, here are full prelim stats.
Playoff stats are still here.

Neil, that is really, really, impressive.

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AlphaQuizBowler wrote:How did the playoffs work?

Well, Neil beat me to it, but:
Double elimination. We asked teams what they preferred between double elimination, single elimination, and playoff brackets, and double elimination won in a landslide.

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Playoff stats here.
Full prelims will be up tomorrow or the day after.

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Libo, I think DCD won at Novi. If I'm reading it right, DCC won the 9th/10th grade division. I didn't get to see much of Autumn since I was in the stats room, but I did see three games DCD played. I did not get to see any games DCC played. I was happy to see that Neil has some support from his teamm...

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Thanks to everyone for coming. Dorman A won the tournament after defeating Detroit Country Day two out of three times in a double elimination playoff. Detroit Catholic Central A was third; Dorman B and Catholic Central B were fourth. I have team stats finished; I'll have individuals inputted in the ...

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I did enjoy playing the tournament, but like other people I was expecting much better. A couple things: I'm a bit hesitant to comment on this, since I am not by any means a very good music player, but I think it's worth asking. And yes, I know there was a discussion over the summer about this stuff,...

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