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A lot of quizbowlers got into some really good places. Personally, I'll probably go to UChicago provided I get enough financial aid (*crosses fingers*). If I can't get financial aid, then it's UF. However, I also have the option of Columbia if by some miracle I get off of waitlist. EDIT: Actually, e...

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Hey, I just noticed that we don't really have a mirror of BHSAT in the area, and I think this would be a really good set to mirror here. We've exhausted most of the NAQT sets this year, and from what I know it's somewhere between regular difficulty and HSNCT so it's a good preparation for nationals....

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What are the qualifications for a state to be able to have two NAQT state qualifiers? Florida might be in need of another.

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Well, I'm arguing that how it is now is fine and that the real suck about the QBWiki is people not updating or writing stuff and not the lack of (un-)funny anecdotes.

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I'd like the make the argument that some things dealing with people are important. Tournament results, writing experience, editing experience, and TDing experience are all quite useful when discussing a player's merits in this, that, or those. However, aside from that I agree that most personal stuf...

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As it stands, the QBWiki still has some pretty valuable information so I don't think torching it is the best idea. Also, I'm pretty sure that getting rid of humor isn't some time consuming demon which prevents actual work from getting done. Rather, actual work isn't getting done because no one is pu...

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So... what's the point of adding in-jokes into the QBWiki? All it seems to do is create an in-group mentality, slander people, and decrease the professionalism in the wiki. I'm all for jokes, but keep it somewhere where it doesn't interfere with the professionalism that should be going on in QBWiki....

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Isn't the idea to make QBWiki a legitimate source of information about quizbowl for new teams and not just a compendium of inside jokes within the quizbowl community? I'm all for inside jokes and such, but I think QBWiki has a larger purpose that needs to be served here.

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Last year's almost certainly was. Again, i reference Halldor Laxness. He's the only Icelandic Nobel Laureate, you should know him! Jacob Durst also says that he's a legitimately great author. I'd say that in the world literature canon, he's important, and there's a decent chance he becomes more kno...

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Not having a very active good high school quizbowl circuit is definitely a big problem. There's not a lot of hosting going on in the area. Geography is definitely an issue when going to tournaments. Out of the 6-8 or so tournaments we attend every year, only 1 or 2 are trips where we don't have to s...

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I hate the format and questions vehemently, but it gives me money if I win.

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Well, my county coach just notified me that I cannot come to this tournament because we're pressed for practice time before CAC. So sorry.

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My vote is for Regionals too. Anyway, can I get a discount for playing solo?

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Also, for the JV division, an NAQT-A set would be really appropriate to use. Again, the A-set is good because it's more pyramidal and lacks unnecessary trivia. This isn't actually an option, because all four of this year's A-series sets are being used at other Georgia tournaments. Shouldn't this be...

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If you don't mind, might I recommend that you use the Collaborative Middle School Tournament for the middle school division? The CMST is a really excellent set. It's very well written. Each clue is academically significant and leads to the correct answer, and the questions award knowledge really wel...

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There may or may not be a very delated ACF regionals mirror at Tulane on the 19th so not all of them are done yet (at least not for sure).

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Rectified.

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Updated. Tell me if there are any more events coming up.

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I haven't seen or heard the set, but for future reference, I think it's pretty objectionable to have half a set be harder than the other half. For one, this can cause a myriad of difficulties for mirrors like Charlie's and other mirrors that won't have a 5 game RR then 5 game playoff format. It's ha...

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ACF Regionals would be really nice.

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That being said, I'm pretty sure I'm coming to this tournament, currently solo. I wouldn't mind teaming up with anyone though.

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Penn Bowl might be a good set to run this on instead of IO if you so wish. IO seems really, really difficult.

EDIT: As said upthread, MUT would be a great set also.

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Hey, can I get a copy of this for my own perusal. I likely won't be traveling to any tournament where this will be mirrored (are there any mirrors of this left anyway?).

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Well, my idea with more novice to novice plus tournaments was that since the circuit is so weak right now, we need a way to start to strengthen it first. Then, we can work towards harder difficulties. I suppose we have a lot of novice to novice plus tournaments, but the Southeast is a big region, an...

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I think that that's definitely a good level to start off with in the circuit. I think as we try to build up the circuit, we need to try to host as many novice and novice-plus tournaments as possible (by novice to novice-plus, I'm thinking ACF Early Autumn Collegiate Novice up to MUT). We can add in ...

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Well, cadence doesn't help that much with answering questions I guess, but the familiarity of it all helps in my opinion to ground myself and to sort of understand what types of clues are coming up and when. That sounds sort of silly (which it is), but it does help in some weird way. But that's not...

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Well, cadence doesn't help that much with answering questions I guess, but the familiarity of it all helps in my opinion to ground myself and to sort of understand what types of clues are coming up and when. That sounds sort of silly (which it is), but it does help in some weird way. But that's not ...

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Eh, I think that being familiar with someone's cadence and style of reading helps a little bit. Also, I think that moderating for your own team could have issues when it comes to challenges because you'll tend to try to side with your own team even if subconsciously. Additionally, it's hard to be co...

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I'll push this back for 10-15 minutes or until I can get more people. If not, then I won't do it today.

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Read over your questions before and after you make editorial changes. This isn’t even a stylistic thing, but it’s not that hard to stop your questions from having two articles in a row; or a missing preposition or, worse, noun; or a clause right next to its putative replacement. If you don’t have t...

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Another one today at 3:30 CST plus or minus homework.

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Looks like Chipola Dallin is going to win surprising no one.

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In defense of Andrew and Culver, I think that him not recognizing the questions is very plausible. As a player, I tend to hear a lot of packets, and in practice, when we play old packets that I've heard in a tournament, sometimes I don't recognize them at all. Call it bad memory, but you don't alway...

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I'll actually start in 25. I need more people.

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I'll be doing this on the normal tokbox thing sometime around 3:00CST (plus or minus ~~TF2~~ homework) today.

kayli · Re: WUHSAC XIII (01/29/2011) at WUSTL (St. Louis, Missouri) Any update on this?

Any update on this?

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Fifth is there too.

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Let's not turn this into a big brag thing, but I was wondering where everyone's heading off to college next year and if they'll be playing quizbowl. For me, Emory or UF seem the most likely. If I go to UF, I'll probably be playing quizbowl; but if I go to Emory, it might be a bit hard to start up a ...

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Is there any interest of starting a Florida team to attend NASAT this year?

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Impromptu one going on now.

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I'm really sorry, guys. I accidentally slipped into a food coma of which I have only now just awoken from. If you guys are free, say, 7:00 CST, I'll try to be awake.

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I'll do this this Sunday at 4:00 CST.

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I know we're supposed to be unbiased towards the major quizbowl set providers and that each format is supposed to have its own merits (may I ask how NAQT's distribution any better than a more ACF style distribution?), but I have to say that NAQT questions are worse than comparable sets from HSAPQ a...

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I know we're supposed to be unbiased towards the major quizbowl set providers and that each format is supposed to have its own merits (may I ask how NAQT's distribution any better than a more ACF style distribution?), but I have to say that NAQT questions are worse than comparable sets from HSAPQ an...

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They have a sample on their website of a round of questions. The website hasn't been updated for almost 3 years though so it doesn't reflect the quality of their current work very well. Though, I have to admit I didn't like this set of questions as much as I do NAQT (for reasons enumerated above), a...

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It was house-written.

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Thanks for the heads up. I have fixed the issue.

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Glacierguy1 wrote:How would we find one of these when they start.

Ar$oni$t$ Get All the Girl$ wrote:Here you are: http://me.tokbox.com/conf/bmu5qv2ij2k5iqwg. I'll start at 8:00CST plus/minus facebook.
Would it just be this link every time?

Yeah, most of the time.

kayli

Assuming this thread isn't completely defunct, I think Pensacola wouldn't mind signing up to collaborate with writing some questions with people.

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Actually (sorry for posting so much), something came up; and I have to push this back to December 26th at 4:00 again.

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