[EDIT: oops, I'm silly. disregard]
Anyway, Carbondale Sectional:
1. Carbondale
2. Murphysboro
3. Marissa
4. Sparta
C. Cobden
We even managed to get accused of knowing the questions beforehand in the semifinal round. It was cool.
-J Stoncius
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- Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:03 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
- Replies: 802
- Views: 293470
- Thu Feb 15, 2007 1:19 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Finding a consensus on good quizbowl
- Replies: 47
- Views: 16323
Err, I guess I didn't make it clear that the previous post I made was the argument nearly verbatim that was used against me by of someone who is representative of most teams in my immediate area and holds views contrary to the one I personally hold (I'm all for pyramidal questions, I'd love to see S...
- Wed Feb 14, 2007 11:12 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Finding a consensus on good quizbowl
- Replies: 47
- Views: 16323
- Wed Jan 24, 2007 3:31 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
- Replies: 802
- Views: 293470
- Wed Jan 24, 2007 2:10 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
- Replies: 802
- Views: 293470
Not to, y'know, rehash old topics and be contrary, but I don't necessarily see a problem with the two math questions that were given as ridiculous: e^.5 is easily approximated using the MacLaurin Series for e^x (try it, it's neat). Or was the complaint in the low number of sigfigs it had to be appro...
- Fri Nov 10, 2006 6:08 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Worst Question EVER...
- Replies: 92
- Views: 38911
- Mon Nov 06, 2006 1:50 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
- Replies: 802
- Views: 293470
Well, I didn't go to the Kickoff (I'm not even sure we sent a team), so I can't comment about anything anyway. I'm probably the only person from that Kickoff that posts on/reads these boards, so it looks like you're going to have to wait for feedback :/ Too bad I didn't get to go though, I would hav...
- Fri Oct 06, 2006 12:31 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 06-07
- Replies: 802
- Views: 293470
- Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:03 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 05-06
- Replies: 742
- Views: 309002
I suppose I'll restate the general emotions of everyone when I say I had a great time at state, and I'm very grateful to the volunteers who put in the time to make the tournament so much fun. My comments to Fremd are certainly: congratulations, you really earned it and just flat-out outplayed us in ...
- Wed Mar 08, 2006 12:41 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 05-06
- Replies: 742
- Views: 309002
The UIUC ABT Solo had some pretty good questions (perhaps barring a question essentially made of Chuck Norris jokes). The science ones tended to be pretty intense, but they were still good. I know a lot of schools couldn't make it, but I had a lot of fun, and I'd certainly suggest that anyone who ca...
- Tue Mar 07, 2006 9:48 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 05-06
- Replies: 742
- Views: 309002
As far as regionals questions go, I'd have to agree that they were a little fast and rather jumbled. It seemed like one question would have a clue to be picked up instantly (like that Darcy one or the 5 sharps), and then the next question would either be really long or misleading (I buzzed in early ...
- Tue Mar 07, 2006 12:38 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 05-06
- Replies: 742
- Views: 309002
Now that regionals is over, is anyone changing their predictions for Sectionals? Oh, and by the way, I think I cried a little on the inside when I read Rockford's scores. Actually, scratch that, I cried a little on the outside. And by a little, I mean profusely. And by profusely, I mean I'm still cr...
- Sun Mar 05, 2006 2:24 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Bad moderating
- Replies: 60
- Views: 29175
Maybe it's just me, but I don't find it as bad that the moderator does not know the rules as it is that the moderators often do not know how to pronounce. Maybe this is more of a hill-folk sort of thing, but down here in Southern Illinois, rule disputes rarely, if ever, come up. The problems I usual...
- Wed Mar 01, 2006 10:45 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Bad Negs
- Replies: 826
- Views: 355207
Oh, no it wasn't me, it was my team member, and I do have to admit that it wasn't a terrible neg. The question mentioned something about it being used as heart medicine, but given that it was on television and seemingly so incorrect, I thought it was pretty funny. Here's one from me that was pretty ...
- Sun Feb 26, 2006 11:46 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Bad Negs
- Replies: 826
- Views: 355207
- Sat Feb 18, 2006 6:19 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois 05-06
- Replies: 742
- Views: 309002
Interestingly enough in the Southern news, Carbondale lost to Salem in the Masonic regionals. Granted, we were down a few players to ICTM and Speech and what not, but I guess I'll go ahead and be the first person to complain about the ugly, ugly questions. Did anyone else notice a lack of everything...