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Captain Sinico

From the UIUC Earlybird Tournament yesterday: "'The 'Cross of Gold' Speech' by William Cullen Bryant... er... no... Jennin..." The circumstances of this neg make it worse, since it was taken after a good buzz on a "'Cross of Gold' speech" tossup which was, as it happened, the fi...

Captain Sinico

From the UIUC Earlybird Tournament yesterday: "'The 'Cross of Gold' Speech' by William Cullen Bryant... er... no... Jennin..." The circumstances of this neg make it worse, since it was taken after a good buzz on a "'Cross of Gold' speech" tossup which was, as it happened, the fin...

Captain Sinico

Loyola Academy A topped a field of 8 teams to win the UIUC Earlybird Tournament, defeating Apollo High School on the last question of an exciting final round. Decatur MacArthur High School rounded out the top 3. The top scorers were Donald of Decatur MacArthur, Elizabeth of Apollo, and Buddy of Loyo...

Captain Sinico

I would like some clarification as to what the actual problem with NAQT IS College Tournaments is. Is it: ... 5) Some combination of any or all of the above? Yes, my problem, and that of more or less everyone else I've talked to, consists of all of these, and more. The availability (and, indeed, pr...

Captain Sinico

One thing I'd suggest to fill-out your schedule is someone out there mirroring Illinois Open again. As per last year, we are actively seeking potential mirror sites for our event on what we think fairly generous terms (e-mail me to discuss them, if you're interested.) Unlike last year, however, the ...

Captain Sinico

Hey, We currently have five (5) teams signed-up for the UIUC Earlybird 2004 on October 2nd: Apollo Decatur MacArthur Dwight Township Loyola Streator In addition, I've gotten tenative interest from a few other teams. We're looking for three more teams to bring the field to eight, so I am extending re...

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... <buzz> The Imams? <mod> Can you be more specific? <player>The 12 Imams? <mod>More specific? <player>The 12 Original Imams? <mod>Correct! I know this isn't high school, but...in the same vein, from Illinois B vs. Kentucky A at Moonpie in 2002: Moderator: ... name this thing which pretty much any...

Captain Sinico

Webster-Ashburton treaty for Adams-Onis treaty. That's... not a bad neg. It is funny that that is what... quizbowl people say when they are drunk... Sometimes it is; sometime it isn't. Please don't encourage Frankel! (catagory L) This order... <buzz> Lepidoptera??? (correct) That's not a neg. We sh...

Captain Sinico

Me: Like our Moon, its orbital and rotational periods are approximately equal...
Novice: *buzz* The Moon? Oh, shi...
Me: ...

Captain Sinico

In all seriousness, Wikipedia is fraught with errors. In particular, its math and science entries tend to contain critical mistakes or extremely inadequate or incorrect definitions and descriptions when the equations in the entry are correct. This is compounded by the byzantine, favoritist, almost p...

Captain Sinico

This is an announcement for the Illinois Novice Tournament, which will be held on Saturday, December 4, 2004 at the University of Illinois in "lovely" Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. This will be a packet-submission event as per the guidelines below. *Who Can Play? The tournament field is open...

Captain Sinico

The following is an announcement and call for interest for The Illinois Open 2004: The Philosophy of Spite, which will take place at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign on November 13, 2004. Once again, I am in charge of this tournament. Anyone interested in attending this latest in a ser...

Captain Sinico

Greetings, I am now receiving registrations for the UIUC Earlybird 2004, and it has come to my attention that some have had issues finding hotel rooms. Some coaches have been told by hotel staff that there is a home football game on the tournament date, but this claim is false and hotel rooms ought ...

Captain Sinico

...Give me an argument, because Class A has been forgotten for too long... One argument, coming up. Actually, you make a good point but, from observation of the past three years, my own impression of the state tournament has been that, with the exception of Stillman Valley two years ago, the A cham...

Captain Sinico

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Academic Buzzer Team is proud to announce that it will host the latest member of its quasi-annual series of late fall high school academic quiz bowl tournaments, the UIUC Earlybird 2004, on Saturday, October 2nd, at the University of Illinois in Urbana-...

Captain Sinico

Were there ever any more detailed results/reactions posted about the tournament? I haven't seen any stats or discussion. Subash claimed that stats would be posted "within a week," so you should expect them any time now, I suppose. Honestly, I recall very little about the final standings (...

Captain Sinico

Andrew Ullsperger and I will be playing as The Scientastic Scienticians, because that's what we are.

MaS

Captain Sinico

jewtemplar wrote:One question though: Why was a bonus about rotational motion labeled as one on nonlinear dynamics?

This was the result of an error on my part, for which I apologize. I hope this didn't hurt your performance, or that of anyone else, on that question.

MaS

Captain Sinico

In light of recent developments, I'd like to retract any and all statements, overtures, insinuations, etc. that I may have made indicating that anyone other than the Hoppes-Litvak-Teitler-Yaphe team has anything like a non-trivial shot at winning the Chicago Open. I apologize for my short-sightednes...

Captain Sinico

As a point of fact, our team's name is "The Anti-Geography Army." As for who will win, well, that really depends a lot on who the ?'s are. There are two teams with players that I've played but never beaten on them but, unless the ?'s on one of them are truly solid, this may be the end of a...

Captain Sinico

I think that, for statistical comparison, the full bracketed round robin has to be the way to go and I really don't see how any other case can be made. While I am entierly aware that best actual comparison isn't always what people go for, I was somewhat (to understate things drastically) shocked tha...

Captain Sinico

Man, Harvard's going to be good for years and years if they keep getting so many interested freshmen. If you guys didn't know, Harvard's one of the best young(er) teams in the country. Of course, they'll have us to contend with again next year, assuming ICT isn't at UZ-Harare (as I thoroughly expect...

Captain Sinico

1. Learn how to use capitalization. Since all the enlightening posts about Pascal's wager convinced me of God's existence (please note that the proceeding clause is comprised entirely of lies,) I'll offer a hearty Amen to that. I'll never understand how people who devote a lot of their lives to pla...

Captain Sinico

I've split the (very worthwhile, I think) discussion of math in high school quizbowl to a new thread in the Theory forum, deftly entitled The Role of Math in High School Quizbowl.

MaS

Captain Sinico

It's very difficult to do multivariable calculus, linear algebra, or differential equations in 15 seconds or less. Patrick King Well, maybe for you. Anyway, the point is, no computational math. I'm actually somewhat surprised that the "savvy" high schoolers around here didn't (seem to) kn...

Captain Sinico

Hey Golden Tiger 86, You might also contact Joey Odom when you get to Ole Miss. He's a freshman in the Honors College at the moment. He was the captain of our team last year (St. Andrew's). I'm sure he'd love to help start a program there. He's the best math player I've ever seen. He's good at othe...

Captain Sinico

Too bad the strength of schedule factor isn't weighted enough to prevent the winner from the Pacific Northwest from being invited. Anyone else think this sectional should not exist? Why should the Pacific Northwest be excluded from quizbowl, or made to travel several hours, simply due to historical...

Captain Sinico

you'll live. just because it's not new to you doesnt mean it's not new to someone else. Hey, thanks buddy. It's good to know that you can teach me not only quizbowl science, but also how to moderate my forum. Since (I'm assuming) the people reviving a four-month-old thread with nothing new or inter...

Captain Sinico

the dateline on post by Jason84 wrote:Thu Oct 09, 2003 12:41 am

the dateline on post by TeeK wrote:Fri Feb 06, 2004 10:57 pm

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MaS

Captain Sinico

...Napierville, Illinois... That's "Naperville." Residents call it Naperthrill, but only if they're teenage girls. Those are the only residents that I care about, though. ...if you have complaints with either direct them to the source, not the tournament host. I couldn't agree with this m...

Captain Sinico

Stop playing CBI.

MaS

Captain Sinico

On the moon, we have advanced beyond wind and its resistance.

MaS

Captain Sinico

Oddly, is seems that no one mentioned that, when people go away to college, they move away from home and generally get out from under the thumb of their lousy, overbearing parents. Consequently, they tend to ingest more brain-destroying chemicals, chase whatever it is that they plan to mate with mor...

Captain Sinico

This question is, for most intents and purposes, unanswerable. Even the level of organizational structure available , much less required, is too variable across high schools (even excluding home "schools") for any answer to cary any kind of inherent validity. The only persons who can answe...

Captain Sinico

The "about a Titan" part is totally unessential for me to buzz off that phrase. Thank you, Fraud.

Michael Angelo Sorice

Captain Sinico

Surely that makes you right.

MaS

Captain Sinico

Ah, "bonuses;" the term of the pretentious and very pretentious alike. I wonder if that has anything to do with its coinage and currency on the East Coast... if you didn't all love taking polls so much, I might make another one about that. I do, however, know that among my teammates, there...

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Registration Extended Through Next Week

The Illinois Novice Tournament 2004

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The Illinois Earlybird Tournament - October 2nd, 2004

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