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kamikaze wrote:Eastern Montgomery came within one or two questions of beating some key contenders today. It'll be interesting when VHSL play starts.

If the Hinshelwood twins are anything like their brother, Eastern Montgomery should be in for a good year in Region C..

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Jeffrey Hill has spent several hours making code updates to the TDB, and I encourage everyone to go check out the changes and list their tournaments.

If you have any issues, please either post them here or contact Jeffrey via email.

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I may or may not be bringing someone with me, as well.

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Cheynem wrote:I remember, though, not actually liking much of it aside from the Jon Lovitz scenes.

You should have bought a squirrel.

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Hopping on this train as well; I had zero issues using OpenOffice.org to read at VCU on Saturday.

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Possible enhancement: print the passwords on (custom, they'd have to be) scoresheets because who on earth wants to handwrite passwords for 266 games? Hannah, apparently, but seriously. This is what I do. It does require knowing the names of the packets and making your schedule far enough in advance...

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Wow, this is pretty cool. It'd be great if we could get these a la SAT questions of the day via e-mail though. Just a thought. If you have an RSS aggregator of choice (Bloglines, Google Reader, etc.), you can add the account's RSS feed to your list and receive them that way. http://twitter.com/stat...

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Well, it's being held in the wrong province for anyone to be promised the title beforehand, only to lose it in a heartbreakingly close match.

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It doesn't look like our usual team is going to be playing, so I will throw my hat in the ring as a free agent. I'll be staffing the high school tournament the day before, so my entry comes with a $15 discount.

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Brenda, welcome to the forums. The greater Richmond area has a lot of dedicated people with quite a bit of combined experience. Count me interested in helping to set up a middle school tournament as well. You might also want to talk to Patricia Vandever; I believe she is still the coach at Charlotte...

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DrakeRQB wrote:Teams that have expressed interest thus far:
Eastern Montgomery

Is this Eastern Montgomery from VA?

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Anybody coming from Richmond have an extra spot in their car? I'm perfectly capable of driving, but it would be nice to save the gas.

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Might you be looking for extra staff for this shindig?

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As a non-science player, the difference is that science is indisputably academic. There are departments and professors of physics, chemistry, biololgy, geology, people who get degrees in that subject, academic publications in that subject, and so on and so forth. Hence, a non-science player would s...

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Fred, thanks for posting and let me second Evan's welcome to the forums. Your comments here have certainly helped to abate my own skepticism, and I hope you take a few minutes to read over some of the other threads in the forum. I look forward to seeing what your team and HSAPQ can produce.

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both for some comparison, this is what i see at normal zoom and this is the zoom I need in order to be able read the font clearly. It seems to be rendering ok, but let me install Chrome and see how it compares. Edit: Ok, yeah, Chrome doesn't like some of the fonts in the stylesheet. I've removed th...

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Virginia Tech gets both enthusiastic freshman and TJ veteran Harry White, and experienced player and organizer Dan Goff I'm in Richmond for one more year. My desire to singlehandedly carry the remnants of the JSR team (basically, me) is waning, so don't expect to see me playing a lot this year. I w...

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I received the following email while on vacation this week, announcing the new VHSL Commissioner and State Tournament Director: Fred Campbell of Salem High School in Salem, Virginia is the new VHSL Scholastic Bowl Commissioner. Among his responsibilities in this capacity are question writing and rul...

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felgon123 wrote: People who theoretically should be there but haven't posted

Ahem:

Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies wrote:
Frater Taciturnus wrote:I will either play or staff this.

I am still planning on attending and will still either play or staff this, with my preference being for the former.

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Theory Of The Leisure Flask wrote:
Matt Weiner wrote:For the last two, I need to know if "I can write some questions" means the team in general will be taking advantage of the full packet-submission deal.
Unless I was misinformed, Fred Morlan is our fourth.

Still awaiting confirmation from Mr. Morlan that this will indeed be the case.

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Jerry and I are playing this together and are probably looking for some teammates! This might be a convenient time to mention that Guy Tabatchinck and I are playing this together, and are also (as far as I know) looking for two more teammates. I'd be willing to play if you'll have me. I can't promi...

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Frater Taciturnus wrote:I will either play or staff this.

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SpauldingQB wrote:05 maryland Spring classic (excellent packets)

Hey, I edited that set! Thank you!

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The "host" presenting the trophy to the runner-up team looks like the antagonist from Kindergarten Cop. Just sayin'.

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I'm sure Chuhern will have more later, but briefly: Maggie Walker went undefeated in the playoff brackets to take the title. Gonzaga finished second, GDS A third.

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St. Anselm's prelim bracket featured TJ A, Churchill, Maggie Walker A, New Kent and GDS B.

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After the prelims, Maggie Walker A, GDS A, Walter Johnson, Gonzaga, Whitman and St. Anselm's are moving on to the playoff bracket. Maggie Walker put up a grail vs. New Kent in round 3, winning 700 - -5.

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kldaace wrote:http://naqt.com/hsnct/distribution.jsp

Has anyone else seen this? Fine art is less important than popular culture/sports and current events? Really?

Yes, it's been much-discussed in this thread.

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I can't promise that I'll actually know much at this tournament, but consider me a free agent as well.

I can also offer floor/couch space to anyone in need.

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I'll be around, but the number of other commitments I have will determine whether or not I have time to try to recruit a team or even actually play anything next year. I have no doubt I'll be doing my best Katy Peters impression and reading at a bunch of things, but without delicious baked goods.

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Drop my name from the list, please. I'm not going to be attending HSNCT.

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Something that I think has come up in other places (but I don't recall where offhand), but would be a great idea - especially for tournaments of this size - would be an official cell phone contact number for each team during the tournament. Can't find a team and need them to play a tiebreaker? Call ...

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Charles Meigs shows up at GUERILLA with a team of Chechen freedom fighters.

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I think a better way to do this would be as follows - assuming you're limiting the distro to 4/4: 2.5/2.5 MLB, NFL and NBA 1/1 College sports 0.5/0.5 other sports (NHL, Nascar, Olympics, golf, tennis, etc.) I agree with Matt that the canon for sports like golf and tennis are more limited, and I thin...

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I heard through the grapevine that the Advisory Committee meeting was today. Can someone (Shawn?) provide a summary?

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How many teams are going to be in each division?

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Tegan wrote:I wouldn't have a problem, but the IHSA has a big problem with round robins

Could you elaborate on this some? I'm curious as to what the arguments against a round robin tournament would be.

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So uh, hey...is anyone staffing this besides Chris? I'll volunteer to staff if needed.

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Fawlty Towers is an example of tossups I don't like. You begin with a dumb quote, which basically sets up a guessing game and then you vaguely describe a plot from an episode but using too specific words ("guest"). So based on these vague clues, you have the idea that the show is a Britis...

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Caesar Rodney HS wrote:Gonzaga B wasn't there. Dan and a couple people go to tournaments all the time, but the B Team rarely attends.

Right, ok. I misread previous post - I thought you were saying Gonzaga hadn't played at all since January. That makes more sense.

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Caesar Rodney HS wrote:
Jeremy Gibbs Free Energy wrote:They've only played 22 matches as of the last Byko update, and i'm pretty sure they haven't played at all since January.

What about that VCU tournament two weeks ago?

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Highland County doesn't have a middle school, so they're grades 6-12. Their enrollment for 2007-08 was 161. In grades 9-12, it's 105. They're one of the smallest public high schools in the state.

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JSR defeated Chipola A 350-205 to win the title.

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JS Reynolds is currently playing Chipola A in an advantaged final. JSR went 10-1 and Chipola A went 9-2 and defeated NE Alabama and Valencia Red to emerge from a three-way tie for second place played off on half-games.

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The Toad to Wigan Pier wrote:
DumbJaques wrote:Once again, could we get a field update for this event? I've heard from various sources that UVA and William and Mary and VCU and other people are attending, but it would rule to have it officially posted.
It's looking like we won't actually be coming....

Nor will we.

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lasercats wrote:Oh and you can't forget sooner football!

In April?

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Without revealing any specifics, after seeing IS-81 this past weekend at CCSCT, I would recommend one of the other question sets. Just to clarify this a bit, because I can see how the above comment could be interpreted several ways: I think you'd probably find the difficulty of the set to be a bit b...

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JS Reynolds ran the field going 8-0. South Georgia College went 4-4 to finish second place. Georgia Perimeter and Dalton tied at 3-5 and Oxford finished 2-6.

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After the first round robin at GA Perimeter, JSR is 4-0. Oxford and S Georgia are 2-2 and Dalton and GPC are both 1-3.

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