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by Triton of the Minnows
Mon May 03, 2021 6:05 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 Canadian Circuit Player Poll
Replies: 27
Views: 14347

Re: 2021 Canadian Circuit Player Poll

Main Ballot 1. Henry Atkins (McGill) This year may have been Prince Hal’s Agincourt. Best humanities player in the circuit and the benevolent king of the Western Practice Discord. 2. Lia Rathburn (UBC) Knows a lot about classical history. And most history. Probably the most terrifying player to pla...
by Triton of the Minnows
Mon Nov 30, 2020 6:38 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [FINALS, SUBMIT BY 1/5]
Replies: 420
Views: 2144482

Re: Best Song of the 1980s Bracket [ROUND ONE: SUBMIT BY 12/2]

1 Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, "The Message" vs. 16 INXS, "Need You Tonight" 8 Rick Springfield, "Jessie's Girl" vs. 9 Dire Straits, "Money For Nothing" 5 Tracy Chapman, "Fast Car" vs. 12 Stevie Nicks, "Edge of Seventeen" 4 Geor...
by Triton of the Minnows
Wed Oct 14, 2020 7:14 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM 2020 Canadian Discord Mirror
Replies: 0
Views: 1916

ACRONYM 2020 Canadian Discord Mirror

I am happy to announce that there will be a discord mirror of ACRONYM 13 hosted by Queen's University on October 31, 2020. Opening meeting is tentatively at 9:45, and gameplay will begin at 10:00. More info about the set can be found here: https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=2...
by Triton of the Minnows
Wed Apr 22, 2020 4:33 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 Canadian Circuit Player Poll
Replies: 21
Views: 10150

Re: 2020 Canadian Circuit Player Poll

1. Derek So 2. Rein Otsason 3. Jay Misuk 4. Chris Sims 5. Daniel Lovsted 6. Henry Atkins 7. Paul Kasiński 8. Akhil Garg 9. Colin Veevers 10. Jack "Science God" van Nostrand 11. Peter Wang 12. Sam Hauer 13. Raymond Chen 14. Ryan Hamilton 15. Lucas Smith 16. Minh-Huy Phung 17. Zhenglin Liu 1...
by Triton of the Minnows
Sun Apr 12, 2020 4:55 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
Replies: 788
Views: 1351163

Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket

Goodbye Stranger vs. Cold as Ice Move On Up vs. The Man with the Child in His Eyes I'm Your Captain (Closer To Home) vs. America The Beautiful (Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night vs. More Than a Feeling Smoke on the Water vs. Delta Dawn Pink Moon vs. Garden Party Brass in Pocket vs. I'd Love ...
by Triton of the Minnows
Tue Apr 07, 2020 10:24 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
Replies: 788
Views: 1351163

Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket

Doctor, My Eyes vs. Roadrunner (Once) Cherry Bomb vs. Easy When Will I Be Loved vs. Smiling Faces Sometimes The Shape I'm In vs. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Across 110th Street vs. Cars Wonderful Tonight vs. Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue Show Me The Way vs. Tudo O Que Você Podia Ser Bli...
by Triton of the Minnows
Sun Apr 05, 2020 12:13 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
Replies: 788
Views: 1351163

Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket

Surrender vs. Right Place Wrong Time Short People vs. Closer to the Heart La Grange vs. All Right Now Only the Good Die Young vs. Hello Darlin’ Mississippi Queen vs. Star Spangled Banner I’ll Be Around vs. Up Against the Wall Search and Destroy vs. Mr. Big Stuff American Girl vs. Whole Wide World
by Triton of the Minnows
Sat Apr 04, 2020 6:27 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Born to Run wins!
Replies: 788
Views: 1351163

Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket

Heart of Glass vs. Down the Tube Station at Midnight Radio Radio vs. Burning Love Friend of the :twisted: vs. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood Roxanne vs. Fooled Around and Fell in Love Lust for Life vs. Baker Street Marquee Moon vs. Let Your Love Flow Highway to Hell vs. You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real...
by Triton of the Minnows
Tue Oct 08, 2019 1:07 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Penn Bowl 2019 at Queen's University
Replies: 0
Views: 5370

Penn Bowl 2019 at Queen's University

The Queen's University Trivia Club is happy to announce the Canadian mirror of Penn Bowl on October 26, 2019 in Kingston, Ontario. More information about Penn Bowl can be found in the main announcement (https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=22723). This site will be running semi-open...
by Triton of the Minnows
Tue Apr 30, 2019 7:08 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 Canadian Player Poll
Replies: 44
Views: 24074

Re: 2019 Canadian Player Poll

Anyways, here's my ballot for the poll 1. Derek So 2. Aayush Rajasekaran 3. Rein Otsason 4. Ian Dewan 5. Daniel Lovsted 6. Jay Misuk 7. Dennis Beeby 8. Chris Sims 9. Zhenglin Liu 10. Erik Christensen 11. Gareth Thorlakson 12. Aaron Dos Remedios 13. Akhil Garg 14. Paul Kasiński 15. Adam Swift 16. Col...
by Triton of the Minnows
Tue Apr 30, 2019 6:07 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 Canadian Player Poll
Replies: 44
Views: 24074

Re: 2019 Canadian Player Poll

Auks Ran Ova wrote: Tue Apr 30, 2019 5:32 pm People discussing quizbowl-related things is what the quizbowl discussion forum is for.
I don't believe a semantics debate was the kind of quizbowl discussion that this thread was created to facilitate.
by Triton of the Minnows
Tue May 08, 2018 10:36 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Canadian Player Poll 2018
Replies: 27
Views: 16615

Re: Canadian Player Poll 2018

1. Derek So 2. Rein Otsason 3. Aayush "Classic Rock Fan" Rajasekaran 4. Ian Dewan 5. Daniel Lovsted 6. Dennis "El Caudillo" Beeby 7. Jay Misuk 8. Zhenglin Liu 9. Cameron Amini 10. Aaron Dos Remedios 11. Paweł Kasiński 12. Jack Guo 13. Henry Atkins 14. Akhil Garg 15. Joe Su 16. Er...
by Triton of the Minnows
Thu Feb 08, 2018 4:09 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Gimmicky Tossups
Replies: 6
Views: 6881

Re: Gimmicky Tossups

I moderated a pack recently where you had to "act out" the answerlines. It was largely fine (obviously this was a for-fun tournament) except for once or twice when the action seemed to be uncomfortable or even unsafe. This was also only for half the TUs. Gimmicky is fine I suppose but it m...