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Joshua Rutsky

Final (?) field update for AL NAQT 2010:

Varsity
Hoover A
Hoover B
Arab
Brindlee
DAR
Russellville
Vestavia

Format: Round robin play with top four moving to advantaged playoff system.

JV
Hoover JV A
Hoover JV B
Arab JV A
Arab JV B
Brindlee JV A
Brindlee JV B
Vestavia JV?

Format: As above

Joshua Rutsky

Lee and I agree on one thing here--that the questions were a real mess. That said, my hat's off to Indian Springs, who played a great match to beat us on the last question. And since they had to play on the bad questions too, they won the event fair and square, and I'm not going to take anything awa...

Joshua Rutsky

This sounds like a great idea for a packet we haven't heard. Hoover's JV and Varsity will participate!

Joshua Rutsky

Just reported to me: Pool A Alabama Christian Acad. Brindlee Mtn. Buckhorn Grissom Hillcrest Hoover Paul W. Bryant Trinity Presbyterian Pool B Covenant Christian Acad Holy Spirit Catholic Indian Springs LAMP Northview Oak Mtn. Russellville Vestavia Hills Obviously, these are in alphabetical order, n...

Joshua Rutsky

I have received word that the pools are being double-checked by board members to ensure mistakes are caught, and that we should get word on them very soon. I will post as soon as I receive anything.

Joshua Rutsky

What's the logistics argument exactly? I've used SQBS a total of twice, so I'm probably pretty slow, and the individual stats part of the scoresheet takes me about ten seconds. I guess if you're running thirty minute rounds and you have 360 teams, you're out of luck. As a regular SQBS user, I think...

Joshua Rutsky

I have put in a request for the information, but haven't gotten a reply back yet. I will ask again. I don't expect we'll get data, just because it requires more effort, but we should at least be able to get pool information this week. I will also see about amending our rules to make data available.

Joshua Rutsky

ASFA barely squeaked into regionals this year, so I wasn't that surprised to see them go. When they lost Alvin and Jakub, they had a huge space to fill in. I agree that there's a problem when teams drop from regionals. We actually lost two at Gadsden City, Pleasant Valley and Ranburne. I don't think...

Joshua Rutsky

Offering multiple buzzer discounts is a good start. Calling around to area college teams and asking for staff/buzzer loans can also work, esp. if you have some grads in the area who can help recruit. Sometimes college students are willing to read for you out of kindness and a desire for a free pizza...

Joshua Rutsky

Brindlee Mtn. (JV/Var)
Hoover (JV/Var)
DAR (JV/Var) (assumed, since Matt doesn't miss this.)
Holy Spirit (JV)
ASFA (JV/Var)
Spain Park (MAYBE Var)
Arab (JV/Var)
Vestavia (Possible Var)

Joshua Rutsky

From Gadsden City:

Hoover
Indian Springs
Oak Mountain
Vestavia Hills

Joshua Rutsky

Here's our region pools: Pool 1 Gadsden City Indian Springs Southside Spain Park Vestavia Hills Westbrook Pool 2 Alexandria ASFA Donoho School Hoover Oak Mountain Pelham Early response wasn't strong on getting stats out from district, largely because reporting from districts is a bit spotty. I know ...

Joshua Rutsky

Apologies to all concerned, but Hoover will have to withdraw from this event.

Joshua Rutsky

This is a reminder that registration for the Alabama NAQT State Championship is now open. All teams are encouraged to send preliminary commitments to me or post here to indicate interest. In addition to the HS competition, there will be a JV NAQT State Champion named. JV will be open to students in ...

Joshua Rutsky

For what it's worth... I've borrowed the 2009 NAC set from a local high school team that attended that event last year. There are a few pyramidal questions in it, if by pyramidal you mean "lots of words". Lots of speed stuff, too. I haven't put much time into it, but I just found a questi...

Joshua Rutsky

I've encouraged Jason, who I understand reads this board, to post one or two of the rounds from this tournament himself, either here or on the QB archive. [b}I certainly wouldn't want people to take my word on this, and the only way he's going to convince anyone that NAC is changing is to put sampl...

Joshua Rutsky

Don't get me wrong. There were still a few things that were....Chippy. Questions that are "why" questions, for example. I still hate those. There were a couple of anagrams, which should never be in quiz bowl matches, and one question about the Lake Poets that had a lead-in that referenced...

Joshua Rutsky

I'll see what I can do. I can't see why we couldn't do this.

Joshua Rutsky

Earlier this year, Jason Russell, Chip's new XO, came to our state quizbowl conference and spoke on the topic of team-building and preparation. He gave a pretty good lecture, but I was really predisposed to reject everything he said as soon as I heard that our speaker was going to be someone from NA...

Joshua Rutsky

Just wondering about this myself in the last couple of days. I would certainly want RCA plugs, or at the very least CAT-5 daisy chaining like BuzzerSystems uses. I much prefer individual lights, but I'd trade that against the ability to handle a large number of players (10-20) for a practice system....

Joshua Rutsky

I've got three different buzzer sets that we use at Hoover. We have a Judge, which has proven to be extremely reliable and which is LOTS of fun to take through airport security, especially if you like those impersonal pat-downs. Since purchasing the unit seven years ago, however, I've only had to ha...

Joshua Rutsky

Believe me, I'd love to figure that one out, Lee. Pushing the seeding through was a good start, but the only way to seed coming into districts would be to have some sort of pre-tournament ranking system, which is nearly impossible given how many of these schools never leave their immediate area. One...

Joshua Rutsky

Hoover High School will be bringing a Varsity and a JV squad to this event.

Joshua Rutsky

We really were considering WOQ, but our state format requires competing in three legs, and our regional tournament is that weekend, so we will have to miss it. Again. Grrr.

Sorry.

Joshua Rutsky

In regards to Hoover, we have lost head-to-head twice to Alpharetta, who has a very good team this year, but haven't had the opportunity for a return match since the losses, which were in the first tourney of the year (the William Rufus King @ Univ. of Alabama), and on an NAQT A-set. At that tourney...

Joshua Rutsky · Re: Vanderbilt ABC XXXVIII--11/7/2009 Any word on the date for ABC XXXVIX?

Any word on the date for ABC XXXVIX?

Joshua Rutsky

I personally think a lot has to do with your goals for attendance and what you are trying to accomplish with your tourney. For the last couple of years, Hoover's HIT has been intended to try to get more Alabama teams an opportunity to play, and to draw out of state teams as well. We did that by offe...

Joshua Rutsky

I don't suppose that once we get back from the lofty heights of quizbowl theory arguments taking place here that someone might try to codify some guidelines for what WOULD be a suitable format and methodology for hosting a medium-sized tournament? I've held an annual for five years now, and I certai...

Joshua Rutsky

The state NAQT tournament date has now been set for April 17, 2010 at Hoover High School. I would love to see a larger-than-usual representation of state teams at this event this year. Please encourage teams in your region/area to attend. I know that the usual suspects will be there, but I'm particu...

Joshua Rutsky

Hoover High School would like to announce that the state of Alabama will hold its 2009-10 NAQT championship tournament on April 17, 2010 at Hoover High School in Birmingham, AL. This will, of course, be a nationals qualifying event, and is open to any team interested in competing. Multiple teams fro...

Joshua Rutsky

Lee--

I'll help read if I need to.

Joshua Rutsky

3) This was not a national championship, nor was it an NAQT tournament, nor was is a college-level (or run) event. Contrary to what Mr. Rutsky wrote, this was a local tourney in the real sense that 26 of the 30 teams were from GA (and most were from metro-ATL). While the question set may have come ...

Joshua Rutsky

I'd like to thank Alpharetta for hosting a fairly smoothly-run event yesterday. I was impressed that a ten-round event was over by 4:00 PM. While the quality of readers was a little uneven, it was perfectly acceptable for a novice tourney, and the opportunity to put my 9th and 10th grade teams into ...

Joshua Rutsky

Oh, for crying out loud, it was my mistake. I have a 10 week old baby screaming at me full time while I'm trying to satisfy people on all sides, and I was typing in the dark. The original material lists the opera as TANCREDI, not Turandot. Mea culpa, mea frickin' maxima culpa. Continue suggesting al...

Joshua Rutsky

The Mallet Assembly is an honors society at the University of Alabama, and their president is David Satterfield, who runs the Tuscaloosa regional site for ASCA state. Their bid was a comprehensive one, contained a sample packet of questions that were, in my opinion, as good or better than the Jim Ga...

Joshua Rutsky

This is a violation of ASCA policy, and should not be tolerated. Not only does it violate our code of sportsmanship, but also our rules: 19. Procedural Protests: The purpose of a procedural protest in ASCA competition is to challenge what the coach or player perceives as a serious error by the moder...

Joshua Rutsky

Indeed. Although the date change has made it impossible for my team to attend this year (stupid SAT 2s), it has always disappointed me that the Spring version of ABC is only a single day as opposed to the Friday/Saturday event that Fall ABC has been, and I'd love to see it expanded to match Fall.

Joshua Rutsky

Ok, it's late at night and I know better than to walk into the valley of Mt. Vinokurov when he's smoldering, but it seems to me that part of the clash of ideas here is attributable to the nature of high school studies vs. collegiate studies. Consider this, and I do NOT argue that it is right in any ...

Joshua Rutsky

HI folks. Thanks to all who came out on Saturday for what was, at least at times, a relatively smooth tournament. In the Silver Pool, LAMP A defeated Spain Park A for the title. In the Gold Pool, Hume-Fogg defeated Indian Springs in a shootout to take the title outright without a final match. All te...

Joshua Rutsky

Are playoff stats available for this tournament, or at least scores?

Joshua Rutsky

If you are a capable reader and happen to be in the Birmingham AL area (or able to travel down/over with a team attending the Hoover Invitational), this is an open invitation for you to join us as a staffer. We have expanded our field by a couple rooms and I like to be certain we have enough good re...

Joshua Rutsky

With a week to go before the tourney, the near-final field is as follows: Gold Cup: (3 SPACES REMAINING) Arab ASFA A Briarwood Christian A Brindlee Mtn. A Brindlee Mtn. B Hillcrest Hume-Fogg (TN) Indian Springs KDS DAR A Silver Cup: (POOL IS FULL) Arab JV Briarwood Christian B Brindlee Mtn. C East L...

Joshua Rutsky

We immediately take a screenshot and bask in the one time in our lives that Hoover, Alabama will lead the world in Scholars Bowl domination. ;)

Thanks for taking this on again, Byko!

Joshua Rutsky

Has anyone heard anything about this event?

Joshua Rutsky

Hoover High School is looking at bringing two teams to this event. We will send our form soon.

Joshua Rutsky

Hoover is trying to crunch the numbers and make this work. We should know something more within the next week or two, but we're excited about coming to play some of the best.

Joshua Rutsky

Field Update: Silver Cup: (12 of 16 spots filled) Altamont Arab B Brindlee Mountain (JV) Hartselle A Hartselle B Holy Spirit KDS DAR B KDS DAR C/JV Montgomery Academy PW Bryant A PW Bryant B Westbrook Christian School Gold Cup: (7 of 12 spots filled) Arab A Brindlee Mountain A Brindlee Mountain B Hi...

Joshua Rutsky

This tourney was a significant improvement over the previous one, and very well-run. Nice work, AAQT. The question set? Hmm. I'm a little leery when our first round starts with 8 powers out of 9 questions heard, even with two good teams. Maybe we're still calibrating for this year. Dorman looks stro...

Joshua Rutsky

Absolutely, Mark--you and any others up there who want to read, we'd love the help. We'll buy you lunch, too.

Joshua Rutsky

Hoover High School is happy to open registration for it's fifth annual Hoover Invitational Tournament. This year's event will be held on October 3, 2009, and will offer two registration options: Gold Cup - This bracket will compete using HSAPQ's Fall 4-Quarter question set, which is also being used ...

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