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- Thu Apr 24, 2014 1:45 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NAQT-format submission tournament
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5533
Re: NAQT-format submission tournament
I suspect a five line cap for submissions will give you a lot of unusable material.
- Fri Apr 18, 2014 1:58 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Fix your buzzers & buy new ones
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9063
Re: Fix your buzzers & buy new ones
I'd like to second Matt's comments here, having helped wrangle buzzers at NSC last year.
Also, thanks for consolidating that info for everyone. It'll make it much easier to find the information in the future.
Also, thanks for consolidating that info for everyone. It'll make it much easier to find the information in the future.
- Tue Mar 18, 2014 5:22 pm
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: Housewriting a MS Set
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5966
Re: Housewriting a MS Set
In paying for NAQT questions, payment is not required up front. You run your tournament and then pay out of the proceeds.
- Mon Mar 17, 2014 3:02 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2014 PACE NSC: May 24-25 in Washington, DC
- Replies: 70
- Views: 52707
Re: 2014 PACE NSC: May 24-25 in Washington, DC
Just received 12 more checks! The final field is filling quickly. Be sure to get your deposit in as soon as possible: over half of the field (55 teams) has completed their registrations.
- Sat Mar 15, 2014 11:48 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2014 PACE NSC: May 24-25 in Washington, DC
- Replies: 70
- Views: 52707
Re: 2014 PACE NSC: May 24-25 in Washington, DC
The Schedule/Format: Saturday morning (Preliminaries): Assuming the field fills to 96 teams, they will be placed into 12 groups of 8 teams each, taking team strength and geographical diversity into consideration. Each group will play a round-robin in Rounds 1 through 7. After Round 7, each group wi...
- Wed Mar 12, 2014 8:37 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: A pyramidal Canadian championship?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8828
Re: A pyramidal Canadian championship?
Why are fees so much lower?
- Wed Mar 12, 2014 4:29 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Staying Alert
- Replies: 46
- Views: 29735
Re: Staying Alert
To avoid a crash, you have to maintain your caffeine levels.Christ, I Know wrote:I just tried to use Red Bull to stay awake today, and got the most horrible crash 5 rounds later that was only slightly alleviated by a second can of red bull.
- Mon Mar 10, 2014 9:50 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2014 PACE NSC: May 24-25 in Washington, DC
- Replies: 70
- Views: 52707
Re: 2014 PACE NSC: May 24-25 in Washington, DC
A total of 97 teams have now signed up for the NSC. The 43 teams that have submitted their deposit have secured their place in the field. That leaves 53 spots available. Teams that are serious about attending should continue to register and submit deposits, as the first 96 deposits will comprise the...
- Fri Mar 07, 2014 7:54 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Vanderbilt ABC 43 [IS-134], 2/22/14
- Replies: 22
- Views: 20441
Re: Vanderbilt ABC 43 [IS-134], 2/22/14
I'm so sorry for the delays; the scoresheets aren't where they were supposed to be and various people kept them in other places. I will have them Monday so stats should be posted then (and the order resolved, although Ballard is already in the HSNCT field). I don't think I understand this statement...
- Fri Mar 07, 2014 1:20 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Montana - Torch Bowl Tourney
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3322
Re: Montana - Torch Bowl Tourney
cchiego wrote: Somehow, previous tournaments in Montana that used NAQT questions managed to get in 6 games per team. Unless there was some kind of catastrophe at this tournament that we are not aware of, this is another red herring. I would like to start off by saying that I have personally compete...
- Fri Feb 28, 2014 5:08 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2014 PACE NSC: May 24-25 in Washington, DC
- Replies: 70
- Views: 52707
Re: 2014 PACE NSC: May 24-25 in Washington, DC
Again, our early payment deadline is tomorrow. If you'd like to save $25, go ahead and send your full registration fee.
We currently have 85 teams. If everyone completes their registration, we have only 11 spots left.
We currently have 85 teams. If everyone completes their registration, we have only 11 spots left.
- Wed Feb 26, 2014 3:37 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2014 PACE NSC: May 24-25 in Washington, DC
- Replies: 70
- Views: 52707
Re: 2014 PACE NSC: May 24-25 in Washington, DC
I sent in a down payment several weeks ago but the PACE NSC site has not been updated since February 7th, so my school is still listed as not yet fully registered. I mention this not to complain but to suggest that a more efficient updating of registered teams might quicken overall registration, si...
- Mon Feb 24, 2014 2:07 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2014 PACE NSC: May 24-25 in Washington, DC
- Replies: 70
- Views: 52707
Re: 2014 PACE NSC: May 24-25 in Washington, DC
We've got 79 teams signed up! Only 17 spots remain!
Sorry about the delay getting the website updated, I've been under the weather.
Sorry about the delay getting the website updated, I've been under the weather.
- Tue Feb 18, 2014 10:15 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Don't power-mark question sets without the editors' consent
- Replies: 44
- Views: 9151
Re: Don't power-mark question sets without the editors' cons
No, editors shouldn't have to spell out common sense rules on the use of their sets. If you as TD announce that you're running BHSAT, then change the set you're given without permission, you're falsely advertising to your field and potentially damaging Yale's brand. The fact that so few hosts mess ...
- Tue Feb 18, 2014 10:04 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Don't power-mark question sets without the editors' consent
- Replies: 44
- Views: 9151
Re: Don't power-mark question sets without the editors' cons
Mike H: When I announce sets, I make sure the initial announcement explicitly asks hosts not to modify the set in any way, so as to preclude situations such as this one. Such a modifier has been on the BHSAT set description for at least the past two years, and was also on the description for MAGNI ...
- Tue Feb 18, 2014 2:02 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Don't power-mark question sets without the editors' consent
- Replies: 44
- Views: 9151
Re: Don't power-mark question sets without the editors' cons
I'm going to keep this short, since it's a pretty simple, unassailable point. Sometimes, editors don't, or don't want to, power-mark their question sets. If your tournament is running an un-powermarked set, you do not get to power-mark it, or award powers at your tournament, without the consent and...
- Tue Feb 18, 2014 1:42 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NCIS IV (4/5/14) @ Cave Spring HS (Roanoke, VA)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6068
Re: NCIS IV (4/5/14) @ Cave Spring HS (Roanoke, VA)
It's a ways off, but I plan to bring staff.
- Fri Feb 14, 2014 4:37 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NCIS IV (4/5/14) @ Cave Spring HS (Roanoke, VA)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6068
Re: NCIS IV (2/15/14) @ Cave Spring HS (Roanoke, VA)
VT's running the Dan Goff Memorial on 3/8.
- Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:50 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Quizbowl Roundtable: Call for Topics/Participants
- Replies: 38
- Views: 16448
Re: Quizbowl Roundtable: Call for Topics/Participants
Agreed, Nick. Even just some basics of how to contact newspapers, to make events sound notable.
- Thu Feb 13, 2014 5:05 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2014 SCT: specific questions
- Replies: 50
- Views: 11015
Re: 2014 SCT: specific questions
I think accepting Planck, Dirac, and hbar is the the way to go, there But not "h",obviously.
- Tue Feb 11, 2014 6:05 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2014 PACE NSC: May 24-25 in Washington, DC
- Replies: 70
- Views: 52707
Re: 2014 PACE NSC: May 24-25 in Washington, DC
69 teams have completed the first part of registration. The field is over two-thirds full.
- Tue Feb 11, 2014 5:54 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: North Carolina 2013-2014
- Replies: 48
- Views: 21248
Re: North Carolina 2013-2014
Virginia Tech is hosting the Dan Goff Memorial tournament on IS-133A. If you're interested, we've got a thread up here: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=15536
- Tue Feb 11, 2014 5:31 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Wofford College FREE Tournament 2/15/14 (POSTPONED)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2054
Re: Wofford College FREE Tournament 2/15/14
Any chance you could post a field?
- Sun Feb 09, 2014 3:02 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NAQT SCT Mid-Atlantic @ Virginia Tech (2/8/14)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6985
Re: NAQT SCT Mid-Atlantic @ Virginia Tech (2/8/14)
First, I'd like to thank Bob Powers, Tamara Carson, Chuck Pearson, Andrew Feist, Nola Savage, Evan Magner, Luke Williams, Chris Poole, and Courtney Fowler for taking time out of their Saturday to help make this tournament run smoothly. We couldn't have done so without their help. I'd also like to th...
- Sun Feb 09, 2014 1:11 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: What Happens to DC-Area Quizbowl Next Year?
- Replies: 158
- Views: 98931
Re: What Happens to DC-Area Quizbowl Next Year?
So we're a little more than half-way through the year at this point, and the DMV area is in one of its most competitive years in a while. Based on what I've seen (ie very subjective) there are three distinguishable tiers in our area: the first one, made up of RM, Western Albemarle, and Maggie Walke...
- Fri Feb 07, 2014 5:16 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NAQT SCT Mid-Atlantic @ Virginia Tech (2/8/14)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6985
Re: NAQT SCT Mid-Atlantic @ Virginia Tech (2/8/14)
We received a new registration this afternoon: Georgetown will be fielding a Division II team. Virginia Tech may still field a team, depending on staffing concerns. The final schedule will be announced at the opening meeting. It appears that weather will not be an issue for Blacksburg. If you have w...
- Thu Feb 06, 2014 1:53 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Mid-Atlantic ACF Regionals (Sunday 2/23, VCU)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8023
Re: Mid-Atlantic ACF Regionals (Sunday 2/23, VCU)
Can we claim a travel discount now? The move added an additional 65 miles and an hour more of travel.
- Wed Feb 05, 2014 1:32 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NAQT SCT Mid-Atlantic @ Virginia Tech (2/8/14)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6985
Re: NAQT SCT Mid-Atlantic @ Virginia Tech (2/8/14)
You should have received an email about 20 minutes before this post.
EDIT: My time zone was set wrong.
EDIT: My time zone was set wrong.
- Sat Jan 25, 2014 1:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: PACE Membership Changes (2013-2014)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1805
Re: PACE Membership Changes (2013-2014)
PACE would like to welcome its new members:
Ryan Rosenberg
Adam Silverman
Richard Yu
David Reinstein
Nicholas Karas
Joe Nutter
Olivia Murton
We're excited about the skills that each of these new members brings to our organization.
Ryan Rosenberg
Adam Silverman
Richard Yu
David Reinstein
Nicholas Karas
Joe Nutter
Olivia Murton
We're excited about the skills that each of these new members brings to our organization.
- Wed Jan 22, 2014 4:58 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NAQT SCT Mid-Atlantic @ Virginia Tech (2/8/14)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6985
Re: NAQT SCT Mid-Atlantic @ Virginia Tech (2/8/14)
Hey, Mike, does "per team" in your fee structure mean "per school" or "per registered team"? If the former, I'll be un-registering one of our buzzers. Sorry for the delay in asking; I didn't think to check because I hadn't realized hosts were allowed to change that. Pe...
- Sun Jan 19, 2014 10:06 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2014 PACE NSC: May 24-25 in Washington, DC
- Replies: 70
- Views: 52707
Re: 2014 PACE NSC: May 24-25 in Washington, DC
The field is over half full! Don't forget that your registration is not complete until we receive your deposit.
- Wed Jan 15, 2014 1:38 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: New England SCT at MIT (February 8, 2014)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4219
Re: New England SCT at MIT (February 8, 2014)
I thought NAQT forbade that.
- Mon Jan 13, 2014 7:06 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NAQT SCT Mid-Atlantic @ Virginia Tech (2/8/14)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6985
Re: NAQT SCT Mid-Atlantic @ Virginia Tech (2/8/14)
Field Update: We've got 9 teams for Div I. Maryland A Maryland B (UG) North Carolina A (UG) Reynolds CC South Carolina (UG) VCU Virginia A Virginia B (UG) William & Mary We've got 14 for Div II. Davidson A Davidson B Georgetown University High Point Liberty A Liberty B Longwood North Carolina B ...
- Mon Jan 13, 2014 7:44 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NCIS IV (4/5/14) @ Cave Spring HS (Roanoke, VA)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6068
Re: NCIS IV (2/15/14) @ Cave Spring HS (Roanoke, VA)
VT should be able to bring some staffers.
- Sun Jan 12, 2014 12:22 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Question Specific Discussion
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1825
Re: Question Specific Discussion
Unless I'm stupid, one interpretation of raoult's law is VaporPressureofA(Pure) * MoleFractionofA = VaporPressureofA(Mixture)adamsil wrote:Also, that tossup's description of Raoult's Law was not correct: it said something like the mole fractions are equal to the vapor pressures?
- Wed Jan 08, 2014 2:38 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NJ/NY 2013-2014
- Replies: 94
- Views: 42216
Re: NJ/NY 2013-2014
To any future tournament hosts, there's certainly some things that seemed to work/not work with the snail mail invites, but that's something for another post and involves theoretical aspects of marketing (for those that don't know, I'm one of the few non-teacher quiz bowl coaches - I work in market...
- Wed Jan 08, 2014 1:24 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2014 PACE NSC: May 24-25 in Washington, DC
- Replies: 70
- Views: 52707
Re: 2014 PACE NSC: May 24-25 in Washington, DC
Forty teams have already signed up. Registration is filling quickly.
- Wed Jan 08, 2014 12:34 pm
- Forum: New High School Teams
- Topic: HSNCT first-timer advice?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3896
Re: HSNCT first-timer advice?
quizbowlpackets.com is probably your best bet for past packets for studying.
- Sun Jan 05, 2014 10:57 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open team formation (PRELIMINARY poll)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5152
Re: Chicago Open team formation (PRELIMINARY poll)
At least for me, 60 bucks is a lot of money to loan to my teammates for several months.
- Thu Jan 02, 2014 3:47 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open team formation (PRELIMINARY poll)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5152
Re: Chicago Open team formation ideas
I'm not sure that Mike meant 5 players playing at a time.
- Wed Jan 01, 2014 11:59 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2014 PACE NSC: May 24-25 in Washington, DC
- Replies: 70
- Views: 52707
Re: 2014 PACE NSC: May 24-25 in Washington, DC
The procedure for submitting a wildcard bid is as follows: Teams that wish to submit a wildcard bid for the 2014 PACE NSC should send an e-mail to PACE member George Berry at georgeberry.vcu@gmail.com. Please include the following information in the e-mail: 1. Team name (i.e. Smith High School B). 2...
- Fri Dec 27, 2013 5:35 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: MA Quizbowl Championship -- Harvard Regional (3/8/14)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10548
Re: MA Quizbowl Championship -- Harvard Regional (3/8/14)
While this tournament has not yet officially been affiliated with PACE NSC, I have no reason to think that it will not be.
- Tue Dec 24, 2013 3:55 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NAQT SCT Mid-Atlantic @ Virginia Tech (2/8/14)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6985
Re: NAQT SCT Mid-Atlantic @ Virginia Tech (2/8/14)
Updated with a schedule and fee listing.
- Thu Dec 19, 2013 10:59 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Bank Accounts
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7471
Re: Bank Accounts
Why is that?Transparent Pudding wrote:Is this actually normal? We would be dissolved if we even considered doing this.Mnemosyne wrote:So, I talked to our organizations guy, and he told me that clubs at my school just go to a bank and set up their own account.
- Wed Dec 11, 2013 4:55 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Centennial Tournament - December 8, 2013 (Ellicott City,MD)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7791
Re: Centennial Tournament - December 8, 2013 (Ellicott City,MD)
PACE confirms that this tournament is still gold certified and will qualify the top 5 teams.
- Fri Nov 29, 2013 1:40 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Are online tournaments "pernicious beasts"?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 13459
Re: Are online tournaments "pernicious beasts"?
I was heretofore unaware of such struggles. In the many years I've been at VT, we haven't had any issues with cars being unavailable. Maybe it's because we reimburse students $.2/mi for driving, out of our budget.
- Thu Nov 28, 2013 2:52 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Are online tournaments "pernicious beasts"?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 13459
Re: Are online tournaments "pernicious beasts"?
I'm skeptical that an online tournament will build the kind of relationships that are built during live tournaments. I suspect that's a big part of what keeps this community working at all.
- Wed Nov 27, 2013 11:21 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Are online tournaments "pernicious beasts"?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 13459
Re: Cane Ridge Revival (03/01 and 03/08/2014)
UNC would be interested in an online mirror if no site closer than Penn materializes. For tournaments such where the Mid-Atlantic site is Penn and the South site is not Atlanta-area, online tournaments are a much more appealing option than "drive 15 hours round-trip to play a quizbowl tourname...
- Thu Nov 21, 2013 3:51 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2014 PACE NSC: May 24-25 in Washington, DC
- Replies: 70
- Views: 52707
Re: 2014 PACE NSC: May 24-25 in Washington, DC
The list of registered teams is now available on our website. Check it out! http://www.pace-nsc.org/2014-nsc-registered-teams-list/ This list will be updated regularly as more teams begin the registration process and as deposits come in. As a reminder, teams are not registered until we receive their...
- Fri Nov 15, 2013 4:29 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: DRAGOON Mirror @ Virginia Tech (Sunday, 11/17/13)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5563
Re: DRAGOON Mirror @ Virginia Tech (Sunday, 11/17/13)
Thanks for registering for our mirror of Dragoon, occurring this Sunday, November 17, 2013! The tournament will be held in McBride hall on Virginia Tech’s Blacksburg Campus. The opening meeting will be in room 224. We’ll be starting registration at 8:30AM, with the intent of starting the opening mee...