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I'm sorry, I'm about to be glib here. I don't care about the objectivity of this process. You're just going to have to trust my judgment. I've rejected numerous questions before in as objective a manner as possible, and if you don't like what I'm doing for a tournament as "informal" as CO...

Ethnic history of the Vilnius region

I'd also echo Eric's suggestion about considering anonymous submission. I know anyone willing to volunteer for the hard work of editing CO is a fair-minded individual who knows nearly everyone on the circuit, but I can imagine that, consciously or not, one might be more inclined to feel better abou...

Ethnic history of the Vilnius region

I am not totally opposed to this plan and will go along with whatever the editors choose; I'd probably do something a bit different and would probably lean towards a holistic approach given the subjective nature of this, but I'm not the editor of CO. Here's a thought: it might be totally off-base bu...

Ethnic history of the Vilnius region

The University of South Carolina will be hosting a mirror of NAQT's Collegiate Novice set #158C on Saturday, September 24, 2016 on our campus in Columbia, SC. Note that this set is different from NAQT's other Collegiate Novice set #161AC, and you are allowed to attend tournaments using each set. The...

Ethnic history of the Vilnius region

I'd very much like to play this. An online mirror would probably be the best bet for me.

Ethnic history of the Vilnius region

I'm working on one. Hopefully we can get enough packets to run this thing. If not, I'll still read mine at VCU.

Ethnic history of the Vilnius region

I am working on a packet for this.

Ethnic history of the Vilnius region

This set was about the most fun I've had playing a tournament in a while. Just excellent; I hated to leave early and look forward to another iteration.

Ethnic history of the Vilnius region

I'll be playing this.

Ethnic history of the Vilnius region

FWIW, I'll be attending Auburn in the fall and trying to revive the quizbowl program. As of now, the only other person I know there with an interest in playing is Mark Morris, but I'm planning on definitely playing ACF Fall, SCT, and maybe some various other things hosted in the South. Chandler, th...

Ethnic history of the Vilnius region

What I'm most interested in is why large school in dense areas (Purdue, St. Louis, Indiana and Furman to name a few) don't have teams, while small schools in those areas like Valpo do. For Purdue, Indiana, and Furman, their states don't have strong high school circuits to feed them a steady supply ...

Ethnic history of the Vilnius region

What I'm most interested in is why large school in dense areas (Purdue, St. Louis, Indiana and Furman to name a few) don't have teams, while small schools in those areas like Valpo do. The one and only reason that any schools have teams is because someone made it happen. Someone made it happen at V...

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Ryan Rosenberg, myself, and Bryn Douglass have a team and are looking for a 4th. Feel free to contact me to join us. Anyone is welcome.

Ethnic history of the Vilnius region

My wife Bryn and I would like to play Chicago Open this year. We have something like a 4 tournament winning streak and are in no danger of continuing that streak in Chicago, but we'll be pleasant to spend a day with. Feel free to contact me if interested!

Ethnic history of the Vilnius region

Ok, I've gone through the stats again and cleaned everything up (I think). Anyway, enjoy:

Prelims
Playoffs
Play In Game
Championship game
Combined

Ethnic history of the Vilnius region

Congratulations to UGA A for winning the USC MLK Mirror. The day ended with a 3 way tie for first between Duke, UNC A, and UGA. UGA beat Duke in a play-in game to advance to the championship match against UNC. UGA won that match to win the tournament. Thanks to all of the teams that came to the tour...

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The roster of registered teams has been updated.

Ethnic history of the Vilnius region

The Academic Team at the University of South Carolina will be hosting a mirror of MLK XVII on January 16, 2016. I (Eric Douglass) will be the TD. From Michigan's official announcement: "This set will be completely written and edited by the University of Michigan team and playable by anyone enro...

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Well, the tossup on Defenestrations of Prague was both transparent and bad, since the tossup made it obvious that 1) There were multiple events of this kind 2) They were related to specific religious disputes (as opposed to things like general hatred of Jews) 3) They were causing substantial physic...

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I'm no one's judge of question quality, but I personally enjoyed reading the set and the questions seemed to play well at the UGA mirror from my vantage point. There were some interesting answer lines that I thought deserve recognition because I don't remember seeing them in previous tournaments: Fi...

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Thanks for the suggestion. I have browsed the quizbowl history subforums. The travel disasters thread has made me a bit worried about playing quizbowl in colllege; maybe I should have read the favorite quizbowl experiences thread first... As someone who has possibly logged more driving miles going ...

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What time should teams arrive at CSHS for registration, etc.?

Ethnic history of the Vilnius region

Myndert Papenhuyzen on the USC team has the most dangerous name in quizbowl.

Ethnic history of the Vilnius region

It should be noted that a lot of events have deep discounts for new teams. For example, last year's ACF Fall had the following: Fees: Base fee: $120 for one team from a school, $240 for two teams from a school, etc. Buzzer systems*: -$5 each Staffers: -$10 each No maximum. Laptop: -$5 each Maximum 1...

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Hi Krystian, moderated for you all and I talked with you briefly at SSNCT. Good luck starting a team! In my experience in college quizbowl, the minimum membership requirement wasn't rigidly enforced. Basically, we counted anyone who attended our meetings as a member of the team. We usually only have...

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Congratulations to Mike Cheyne, who dominated the South Carolina end of year party packet, thereby earning a 6 pack of Blenheim Ginger Ale at our next meeting. The final scores are below, and the packet is attached. Thanks for playing, everyone! Mike: 165 Eric M.: 35 Naveed: 25 Victor: 15 Auroni: 15...

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I hastily put together a theme packet for the South Carolina Academic Team's end of year party. I'll read it in the chatroom at 9:00 EDT on Friday. Edit: The winner will receive a 6 pack of delicious, nutritious Blenheim Ginger Ale next time I see them.

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I will be playing this. I'm ok at trash that doesn't involve video games since 1993.

Ethnic history of the Vilnius region

Cheating in practice is a situation I've come across quite a bit more throughout my high school career. Admittedly, I cheated a few times myself in practice when I was in my early days playing quiz bowl and luckily I had an older mentor who discovered this, took me aside, and told me to stop and he...

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I saw Matt Weiner drink an entire twenty ounce bottle of Mountain Dew at last year's NSC. At the 2009 ACF Nationals, Weiner somehow got Red Bull to donate dozens of crates of their beverage to the tournament for players and readers. My wife Bryn asked him how he was able to get them to donate the c...

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I'm really sorry to hear about this; thanks for letting us know.

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Congrats again to Dorman A for winning the SC HSAPQ State Championships, and to Governor's School and Spartanburg for their excellent performances! It was our pleasure hosting all of the teams today. Thanks to Coach Geoffrey Thomas of Dorman for moderating today and thanks to all of the players and ...

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Congratulations to Dorman A for winning the inaugural South Carolina HSAPQ Championship! The Governor's School for Science and Mathematics finished 2nd and Spartanburg High finished 3rd.

Full stats and salutations will be posted later tonight.

Ethnic history of the Vilnius region

I am looking to join/form a team. Feel free to contact me if interested.

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One more thing: As per usual, there is a downtown 6K event that morning. It will not go directly past Gambrell Hall, but it's possible that certain roads to Gambrell could be cut off. There will be a plethora of ways to get to the site without getting caught in the race route, however, so it shouldn...

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I wanted to update teams regarding our room situation. The tournament will take place in the Gambrell Hall. We will meet in room 104. Registration will begin at 8:30 and play will begin no later than 9:30.* There are a few meter parking lots in the immediate vicinity and several parallel meters alon...

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Format will depend on how many additional schools sign up in the next few weeks. The main goal is to give all teams at least 9 rounds of play one way or another. I'm leaning towards a round robin right now, but we might split into divisions if the field size expands a lot over the next few weeks.

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This tournament will be open to all divisions and interdivisional play will be had. Glad to hear the GSSM is interested. Just e-mail me at [email protected] to let me know how many teams, buzzers, and staffers are coming in the next few weeks.

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Greetings, I wanted to link anyone looking at this thread to information on USC's HSAPQ State Championship Tournament, which will be held on February 28th. http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=16103#p296361 Feel free to e-mail me if you want to register or have any other questions. I...

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Greetings, All high school quizbowl teams in South Carolina are invited to the 2015 South Carolina High School Academic Pyramid Questions State Championship Tournament, which is a high school academic quizbowl tournament, to be hosted at USC on Saturday, February 28, from 8:30am to about 3:00pm. We ...

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Alejandro wrote:I received copies of Classe Tous Risques and the MST3K episode for The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-up Zombies. Thank you Eric Douglass!

You're welcome; hope you like it!

Ethnic history of the Vilnius region

I'm going to write something for this.

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Thanks to Rob Carson for Kafka on the Shore and The Real Story of Ah-Q and Other Tales of China. Awesome, awesome gifts!

Ethnic history of the Vilnius region

Name: Eric Douglass
Email: [email protected]
Present Requests:

Anything, book-wise. I'd like more literature, so a novel (especially from non-Western countries) would be cool.

Ethnic history of the Vilnius region

I'll take a look and reupload as appropriate.

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Here are the stats. Thanks to all of the teams for coming and for the writers of Penn Bowl 2014 for making the tournament possible. Special thanks to our staffers Keith Pinto, Bryn Douglass, J.R. Fennell, Marjorie Palmer, Patrick Cleary, David Galban, Hannah Costanzo, and Myndert Papenhuyzen. I hope...

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Congratulations to Georgia Tech for winning the South Carolina mirror of Penn Bowl. Finishing in second place was the University of North Carolina's A team. Stats and salutations will be posted later today.

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Here are stats as of round 5: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... s/prelims/

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Here's a field update. Hopefully we can get a few more teams to sign up between now and then.

Registered:

UNC (3 teams)
UGA (3 teams)
Georgia Tech
Duke
Rappacini's Daughters (alias)

Interested:

Wofford
USC: possible house teams

Ethnic history of the Vilnius region

I am pleased to announce Penn Bowl 2014 mirror at the University of South Carolina. It will be held on October 25th. I will be the tournament director. Information on the questions can be found here . Location and Time: The tournament will take place in the Gambrell Hall. We will meet in the lobby. ...

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