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I'll be holding a SNICK event the weekend of 8/18 to coincide with the local NASAT mirror. The exact date/time, as well as tournament format, are TBD, but I'm encouraging anyone who really wants to play this to play it here - let's call this the 'flagship' SNICK tournament. Cost will be $15 per play...

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I am dumbfounded that the NAQT higher-ups have not taken stronger action based on these revelations. Any one of the blog posts highlighted in this thread should be disqualifying for someone in any activity involving teenagers and young adults. If quiz bowl is to continue to grow and be a more positi...

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Congrats to Trashtastic Five and Singing Nuns, who won the open and high school divisions, respectively. Stats through the prelims are available here . Due to some logistical problems during the playoffs (for which I take full responsibility), I do not have complete combined/playoff stats. At a mini...

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Probably all tossups, but I'm aiming for a larger number of packets to compensate for the lack of bonuses. Should be at least 10 rounds.

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Quick update on this event - both the high school and open fields are being expanded to 32 teams each. After promoting teams currently on the waitlists, the high school field will likely remain full, pending any cancellations. There will be a few spots available in the open division, so if you want ...

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Hey everyone! We are still looking into the possibility of expanding the fields for this, but I and NAQT would feel a lot better about doing that if we can get a few more staffers signed up. You can still sign up for that here . If you're an HSNCT staffer, please be sure to fill out the survey that ...

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I'm looking for one more for my team so we can get fully registered. Solid sports knowledge would be preferred!

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This happened! Thanks to everyone who played. It went about how you might expect:

Jason - 935
Nick - 270
Jake - 115
Jeremy - 85
Colton - 55
Victor - 50
Austin - 10

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Hey! This will be in Malpensa on the international (aka lower) level. Let’s start convening at 10:00-10:15 or so.

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I'd like to play this although I might have to come in late depending on how long SOUNDTRACK goes. Can you post the eventual location (which presumably might end up being nearby anyway)? Yep, I can do that. I had not realized SOUNDTRACK was also happening when I picked a time, but I'm okay with wai...

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A few quick updates on this tournament - first, the high school field is now full, and we are taking signups on the waitlist. There are also just two spots left in the open division. UPDATE - Both fields are now full. We're looking into expanding the field, but can't promise we'll be able to do so a...

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Yes! Let's meet in the upper level of the atrium at 10pm on Friday.

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Cheynem wrote:staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaats

Staaaaaaaaaaats

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Okay, I intend to read this on Friday night at ICT. Exact time and location TBD, but I'll be sure to put any details in this thread. Hope to see some of you there.

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Are you ready for some staaaaats

Prelims
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Big congrats to The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down (Rob Carson, Carsten Gehring, Samantha Ross, Andrew Hart) on running the table and winning the premiere of ACRONYM 11. Thanks to everyone who came to play/staff - this was a blast. Stats coming ASAP (should be today).

InvadErGII · Re: ACRONYM 11 @ U of MN - 2/18/18 (Open Event) Yes, it's happening.

Yes, it's happening.

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Play Quiz Bowl will be hosting an open mirror of ACRONYM 11 the evening of Saturday, March 3rd, following the conclusion of the 2018 CCCT at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare. This event is 100% open - all community college, open, and high school teams are encouraged to sign up. The field for this event is c...

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If anyone is at all on the fence regarding which open mirror to play between this one and the one in March, please choose this one . Registration is currently quite low on this, and considering the cost of rooms we need around 5-6 teams just to break even. If the other mirror truly works better for ...

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Hey everyone - for those of you still hoping to play this, would you prefer:

- An online mirror sometime soon (and if so, when)
- An in-person mirror at, say, ICT or something like that

Let me know and I'll set something up.

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Hello! I will be running an open mirror of ACRONYM 11 at the University of Minnesota* on Sunday, February 18 . Cost will be $20 per player. This will be the first running of this set, and will be awesome. You can sign up here . If you'd like to staff this instead, you can sign up for that here . * -...

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Play Quiz Bowl is pleased to announce that a mirror of ACRONYM 11 will be held as a part of the 2017 HSNCT weekend. The tournament will take place on Friday , May 25th - note that is is different from previous years. Like last year, the tournament will be split into two divisions: high school, for a...

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Play Quiz Bowl LLC will be hosting the North site of the NAQT Sectional Championship Tournament at Carleton College on February 3, 2018. Location This tournament will take place at Carleton College in Northfield, MN, about a half hour south of the Twin Cities. Specifics on building/rooms will be fin...

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ErikC wrote:Will it be phat?

Will there be independent music?

Yes and yes.

Note that the current plan is for this to be tossups-only, but I may end up adding bonuses if there are enough ideas I like.

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Play Quiz Bowl is pleased to announce Some Nineties Inquiries for Cool Kids , a tossups-only trash tournament whose content will remain entirely within the 1990s. I will be writing this, and it's gonna be hard. It will also be totally radical and ready in time for the second summer open or thereabou...

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I would be interested if some sort of discussion/panel could be had in which we could talk about ways to act on the Foundation's vision of making quizbowl and tournaments a welcoming and encouraging environment. I don't know how to do this, though. This is a good idea. We're having a board meeting ...

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Hey, folks! The Bounceback Foundation's first fundraiser is live - we're selling shirts displaying the core of our message - to bounce back. https://proof-builder.booster.com/proof/xjp0-00b8-53s9/04661/front/big.jpg Shirts are available in both unisex and women's sizes, and there's a hoodie availabl...

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Thanks to all the folks who came out to raise some money at the debut of this, and congrats to Rob Carson, who roared back to surpass Evan Brown in the game's final packet to win the event (I believe Rob had -5 points after round 1, surprisingly). Rob Carson - 430 Evan Brown - 410 Mike Kioski - 195 ...

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HEY GUYS - this set is fully written. It's a lot of fun. It's also very hard. As with TOEJAM, each packet has a distribution that more or less follows these parameters: 4 NES era and earlier 4 16-bit era 4 N64/PS1/PS2 and thereabouts 4 "Modern" era 4 Miscellaneous/Otherwise hard to classif...

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To add to the outstanding discussion going on over in the college section , I'd like to add some news about an initiative PQB has been working on over the summer: Over the past several months, I’ve given considerable thought to what quiz bowl has done for me in the nearly 20 years (!) I’ve been invo...

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8 packets.

If you're in or near the Minnesota area, this will be run locally after ACF Fall at the U of M. Probably around 5pm-ish in (I assume) Blegen Hall.

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Update! This set is now 50% complete and is shaping up to be super fun (and, uh...very difficult). If you wish to mirror this at a WAO or ACF Fall event (or something else entirely), please let me know as soon as possible. As mentioned before, this set is being played for charity, and the suggested ...

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Is the completion date still ACF Fall weekend? Yes! Hit me up for mirrors. Additionally, one other announcement concerning this set: while this set will still be played for charity, the recipient is changing. All proceeds from TOEJAMANDEARL will go to a to-be-determined organization that provides h...

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Play Quiz Bowl LLC is thrilled to announce ACRONYM 11 , the latest edition of our low-difficulty pop culture tournament. As with previous years, this will be geared toward a high school audience but will be accessible and enjoyable for players of all ages. Set Info and Distribution ACRONYM 11 will b...

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Thanks to everyone who came out to this - I had a blast. After a 10-team round robin, Tia and the TRASHmen defeated Semper Fi Tyrannosaurus Rex in a one-game final. Congrats to them! Stats are available here . Afterwards, we ran a shootout mirror of There Will Be Stock Clues, which was as wonderful ...

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Cheynem wrote:Where are zee super acronym playoff stats

Full Super ACRONYM Stats

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Super ACRONYM was won by me, Rob Carson, Andrew Hart, and Carston Gehring after a thrilling 3-match sequence against Drew Scheeler's team. Prelim stats for Super ACRONYM. I will get the full stats up ASAP. Thanks to everyone who played and staffed this - it was a blast to run. The ending was indeed...

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The Super ACRONYM schedule is here . Note that there is a "Free Agents" team that has not officially formed, but there are more than enough free agents in the signup sheet to make that team. If you're set to staff this and I don't have your email address (this may in fact be all of you), p...

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Hey everyone, I'd really like to print up schedules for Super ACRONYM tomorrow, so please finalize your teams today if at all possible. We're at 9 teams, and I'd like to get that to 10, so those of you that are free agents should figure that out. Thanks!

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Do not discuss Super ACRONYM in this forum. There should be a separate forum for that shortly, and I'll add a link to this post when it's up.

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Cheynem wrote:What is the pricing for this event (particularly for the Michigan mirror)?

Michigan mirror is $20 per player.

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I am not opposed to a Skype mirror at some point, though I'm hoping to schedule some additional local mirrors before scheduling anything online.

On that note - this set is done, and I'm quite happy with it. If you want to run it yet this summer (or even in the fall), hit me up.

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Hey! I will be running a mirror of Super ACRONYM at the University of Minnesota on September 9th. Exact details to follow, but it'll probably be at the usual time and at the usual Blegen Hall. EDIT: I suppose the entry fee is also relevant! This will be $20 per player. You can sign up for this right...

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I'm thrilled to announce the existence of Tossups on Eggman, Jumpman, and More, and No Dumb Enquiries about Real Life , or TOEJAMANDEARL , an all-tossup, all-video game tournament for late 2017/early 2018. This is a sequel to TOEJAM , a set I wrote at one point. This time the questions will be writt...

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I plan to attend this and can run a Super ACRONYM tournament. I'd love to play the rock music tournament or other trash, and would happily staff other things.

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The bonus part on "heptapods" mentioned it being derived from Latin, though the word is actually derived from Greek. My team gave "wheat" for this part, which is what the groups I've played with have always called grain. We were ruled incorrect, but I think that wheat should be ...

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Registration for this is technically closed, but I have three spots in the high school division that I'd very much like to fill - if you'd like to play in the HS-only division on Sunday night, drop me a line!

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Hey! Monday is the last day to register a team for this. Really looking forward to next weekend.

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Also related to this tournament - at this moment, there is ONE spot left in the open division. This may or may not be expanded, so if you want to play please sign up now!

Additionally, if you want to staff this, please let me know in the spreadsheet from the OP. We need a bunch of you still.

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I'd imagine we could also use the rooms in that area like we did for ACFNATIONALS a few years back. Looking forward to it!

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