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After going to a few tournaments, I have to say the disparity between the 5 or 6 really good teams and everyone else is huge. Has it always been this way, or is it actually balanced sometimes?

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Well run tourney- really enjoyed it.
Congrats to TJ, Whitman et al.

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"This president saw a treaty that gave the US parts of California, New Mexi-"
Me, clearly not paying attention: "The Treaty of Guadeloupe Hildago."

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This looks really fun- too bad it seems inactive.

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Is this on a particular server, or is it universal?

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I thought the tournament was very well run. It helps that we won the JV bracket, of course. It was rather amusing after the first round going 3-1, but having card #9 and thinking we were already out.

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Most of the questions were fine, with a few misleading ones. The one noticeable thing was the difference in difficulty between questions. Some were ridiculous; others might have started off with harder clues. Lots of emphasis on economics and philosophy.

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I'm sad about Knievel, but I just figured he had to be dead at this point.

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You can always type 'em up or turn 'em into questions. Helps me.

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What about Beltway league? I'm curious if you will add the matches, and if so, all at the end of the year, or after each takes place?
Sorry about my continued pest-iness, Isaac

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We're planning to have a student/faculty game soon. You can pay three dollars to watch the teachers trounce us.

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I like the ones that go "doodly-doodly-doo" Those are the best. The two sets for opposing teams have different pitches, so that one goes "doodly-doodly-doo" and the other goes "deedly-deedly-dee." My teammate tried to make a song with them once. EDIT: NINJA'D! [Whitman...

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Byko- Results email has been sent.

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I think online/wireless trivia is great. The problems can be summed up in one word, though- Google.

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Was your teammate really conferring or was it an example of pseudo-conferring that the one moderator was so upset about? I have to say I pretty much agree with the moderator. He buzzed in on the last question of the game, turned to me quickly and said "It's Mount McKinley, right?" I only ...

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Terrible, terrible day for us [Blake.] 1-5, and I negged us into oblivion in our game against Monticello. One of my teammates blew a game against Fairfax by trying to confer with me on the last tossup of the game. Fairfax was given their own qustion, and we lost 180-190. Well run tourney though. Lot...

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We decide our TV team strictly in practice, though doing well in Tournaments certainly makes the coach feel better. Showing up for practice everyday was the only reason I made the TV team last year.

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Science is for those who are still alive.

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Byko-
Mr. Keegan of Blake recently held a 1 team v. 1 team tournament with 6 rounds and full results, including point totals verified by both team captains. He said he'd be happy to send you the results but needs you email.

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Eh, personally? I'm fairly green at this, so I'd have to either say a game against Jefferson or Whitman [which was something like last month]. I think we actually fared better against Jefferson; small consolation, though, considering we lost by something like 600 points.

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I think you're right, considering the Gonzaga I saw didn't quite look like the one I remember beating us earlier this year.
Or the above poster could be right.

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Not much help, as Bykowski will have his rankings up soon, but here are the games I read for. 1st round: WJ vs. TJ D [Not TJ D- TJ did not have a D team, so instead it was Blake's 2nd and 4th players and 2 guys from South Lake. Team referred to from now on as "South Blake."] 2nd round- Sou...

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I was informed to be there at 8. [I'm a staffer for the tourney; if I am reading for your game, I apologize in advance.] Obviously, the best thing to do would be to email Mr. Caulfield at the address he gave, but if he doesn't write back in time, I'd say use my 8 o clock as a guideline. A little aft...

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I believe my father sent you an email regarding this.

Unfortunately, we don't live near any of the 3 aforementioned cities. Any chance you could go to the DC MEtro area? You'd get a lot of interest there. If not, please instruct us on the "video" process.

[Hope this is real.]
Isaac

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Just a question- how often are these updated?
Isaac

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Going to tourneys is interesting just to see the variation of buzzers brought. We'll always have at least one Judge [referred to by some of the younger members of the team as "those gas-pedal buzzers"], the more traditional buzzers [Black, square red button, green or red light on the buzze...

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It's October 20th.

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We started as 12 [whoo!] and ended up at 10. But it worked out as planned, because our record was 3-3 and, indeed, we did not make the playoffs.

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We played Kellenberg, and, quite frankly, they owned us. Gonzaga was also quite good.

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I really, really dislike the Judge. You really have to jam the darn "gas-pedal" system to make it work, and, as mentioned before, if one goes down, it takes the rest with it. I understand that there's a trade-off between ease of use and durability, but I just don't like it. It's clunky. Th...

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Let me be the first to say that this was a very well-run tournament. The system seemed odd at first, but it worked perfectly. Well done!

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Blake is indeed traditionally good, especially at speed questions. I don't really know about this year though. They were essentially two-women team, and they both graduated. I think the bigger problem is that you guys don't really go to a lot of stuff. It was more than once that Mr. Caulfield went ...

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Yes, although it remains to be seen if we can get enough players who can confirm they're coming. By all indications, though, it appears we are.

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I wouldn't completely discount Blake; I see several of my team members with a fierce drive and determination to get ahead, and I can see them becoming quite good before the end of the season. We'll probably start off weakly; Guess we'll see at the PB tournament.

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Rothlover wrote:Pat makes a convincing argument for his not being in the poll. You might be blinded by Jesse Ventura's star power, films like Abbraxas can do that to a guy.

"I'm looking for a special kind of man. A wo-man."

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I was reading the topic when something caught my interest:
Prof. Toru Tanaka!

He was in Pee Wee's Big Adventure.

Also, Fireball.

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Answer: The Beatles
Correct: James Earl Ray

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From what I hear, Jimmy John's is good. Only one I've heard of, though. Lean Cuisine is fail. Get some Michael Angelo's.

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... or not. Unless you've been living under a rock, you've heard the story of the bomb squad being called in in Boston to defuse dangerous Lite-Brites. Turns out the toys were planted not by terrorists, but by promoters of an Adult Swim show.
Thoughts? Mutterings? Raccous Laughter?

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leftsaidfred wrote:I'm going to put that, like anything else involving carriage breaks, all on one line, separated by slashes or semicolons or something.

Fine by me. Thanks a bunch.

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I'd love a sig, but I need to put some into this first. I'll placeholder this and edit it in when I think of it.
EDIT: "I sit at my table
And wage war on myself
It seems it's all for nothing"
R.E.M.- World Leader Pretend

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I only saw a bit of it. The commercials didn't hold my interest, but the one with Robert Goulet was pretty funny [if only as an indication of how old he's getting.] Also, the Bud Lite ad that spoofed horror movies ["He's got an axe!" "Yeah, but he's got Bud Lite!"] was also chuck...

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Question: Something about music, a subject I'm pathetic in. It was asking for the term that describes when a piece increases in volume quickly. This is a bonus and it bounces back. We have no idea, so I say Answer: "Al Dente," as a joke. The captain glares at me, and says no answer. Other ...

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