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Ndg wrote:For what it's worth: Based on my experience this past weekend, I would discourage people from using the Oxford Open set, in its current state, for tryouts.

In this vein, has there been an Oxford Open discussion group set up yet?

Yep, it's been set up.

I wrote the physics, chemistry, other science and the non-classical myth. I also wrote the tossups on The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and on Turandot. If you spotted any factual errors please drop me a line here. Also, this was one of my first tournaments writing and editing any significant quantity o...

First off, thanks for playing Oxford Open! I'm sure the other editors will have more substantive comments and threads of their own, but drop us a line here if you have any feelings on the set as a whole. I've got a load of people to thank for this: First to Kyle Haddad-Fonda, who originated the idea...

Will teams have to be comprised of players from a single university?

Sorry if this isn't the right place to ask, but will there be an online mirror of Regionals this year? I don't think there'll be sufficient interest for a physical mirror in the UK, especially with Oxford Open the next weekend, and it'd be nice to have a go at this set.

Just going to echo Dwight a bit and say that easier events such as MUT, MFT, and BSQC (run off ICT D2) have been fantastic in keeping people involved in quizbowl in the UK. The difficulty seems to be just right that it represents a noticeable step up from fall, but still is fun and doable for people...

Just going to echo Dwight a bit and say that easier events such as MUT, MFT, and BSQC (run off ICT D2) have been fantastic in keeping people involved in quizbowl in the UK. The difficulty seems to be just right that it represents a noticeable step up from fall, but still is fun and doable for people...

I really enjoyed playing this set, thanks to Eric for writing and to Ramapriya for reading last night. Thanks also to Andrew and Shreyas for putting up with my spirited negging. Lots of interesting questions, and it was great to get to play against a new bunch of people- I hope I haven't damaged the...

So yesterday Oxford hosted another iteration of Deep Bench, playing tossups-only HFT as singles or doubles in the morning and SUBMIT as quads in the afternoon. Teams from the North, the South, Oxford, and a mixed team made up of Oxford and Warwick alumni arranged themselves in various convoluted per...

Just a note to thank Mike, and all the other moderators and organisers for running this. We at Oxford really enjoyed this tournament, despite our bonus conversion noticeably dropping as the night progressed and we ran low on supplies of energy drinks... It was great to be able to play this set despi...

We at Oxford would be interested in holding a mirror of this tournament. Would it be OK if we let some novice (first-year) grads play this tournament if it boosted participation, since in the UK they'd still only be in their fourth year of post-secondary education? We'll try and get a firm date sort...

I'm pretty new to playing quizbowl and even newer to writing, so I'm just going to join Kyle in thanking Emma, Tris, Hugh and Edmund for their submissions. Even to my untrained eye they seemed to be a cut above the rest and were a massive relief after reading a question on John Locke in another pack...

Oxford A beat Oxford B in an advantaged final in this tournament, which was run on a slightly Briticised version of the ACF Fall set. Many thanks to all those who wrote questions on very British things, to the moderators, and to all those who played.

Stats to follow.

This tournament happened yesterday. Stats are here: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/1673/stats/round_robin/standings/ Old OUQSonians then defeated Forge Masters in a one-game final. Thanks to everyone who came and played, to the moderators, and most of all to Penn for providing a great set.

Hi all, I'm afraid I'm responsible for that egregiously difficult Courtiers tossup. Giveaway probably should have been a more general description of courtiers but I suppose I misjudged the difficulty. I also wrote the following questions: Tossups: Cnidaria, the brain, ova/egg cells, PCR, Antibodies,...

Current Field

Oxford A
Oxford B
Forge Masters
Old OUQSonians
Warwick

Oxford University Quiz Society will be hosting a mirror of Penn Bowl at Oxford on Saturday the 19th of October. The entry fee will be £30 per team, with a £5 discount for bringing a working buzzer set. Any questions about our mirror should be directed to me at ewan.macaulay [AT] chch.ox.ac.uk Furthe...

Current Field

Oxford A
Oxford B
Oxford C
Oxford D
Oxford E
Cambridge
Open University
Sheffield
Durham
Southampton
Edinburgh
Manchester
Warwick
Oxford Brookes

I'm pleased to announce that Oxford will be holding the UK mirror of ACF Fall on the 2nd of November 2013. We aim to start the first match at 10 a.m. sharp, so please arrive by 9:45 at the latest. The questions will be briticised in a similar manner to previous UK tournaments. Due to our unique circ...