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Leya Balayoghan (Bellevue, WA)
Aarushi Kanigicherla (Falls Church, VA)
Khang Le (Manvel, TX)
Benjamin Leung (Boston, MA)
Daniel Lu (Bellevue, WA)
Ryan Smith (Chester Springs, PA)
Christopher Stewart (Yukon, OK)
Philip Yao (Aurora, OH)

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The two divisions will be merged into the open division. The registration deadline has been extended to tomorrow (Thursday).

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If fewer than four teams have registered for the closed division by Wednesday, the closed division will be cancelled and we will solely run an open division.

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Some notes: This event has been moved to next Sunday, the 21st. The registration deadline is Thursday, April 18. The novice division has been cancelled. The championship field is expected to reach at least 12 (there will be a field update shortly). The initial post has been updated with a new regist...

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Teams in the open division should use this spreadsheet to form teams. Players may sign up as free agents using the same sheet if they would like to be added to a team.

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Good afternoon. This is the announcement for UQC’s Planetfall Nationwide tournament, an online event for high school teams around the country. I will be directing a national, online high school mirror of Planetfall on Saturday, April 20, 2024 . There will be an opening meeting at 8:45 AM Central, an...

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“[Staffing for Venetian] quickly convinced me I'd enjoy playing.” — Jeremy Cummings “Venetian might well have the best price-to-writing quality ratio of all the quiz competitions out there." — Joel Miles “It was basically the same as playing it normally, but with the added fun of having a batte...

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As a heads-up, the registration deadline is this Sunday.

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A frequently asked question. . . From the Overview section at the top of the event page: Each player will play one game per week at times which work for each player’s schedule. Each game week lasts from 12:00 PM US Central Time on Sunday to 11:59 PM US Central Time on Tuesday. Games are expected to ...

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Field (124) Open / Senior Championship Tomás Aguilar-Fraga (South Bend, IN, USA) San Asplund (Winnebago, IL, USA) Billy Beyer (Tallahassee, FL, USA) Lorin Burte (Vernon Hills, IL, USA) Jeremy Cummings (St. Louis, MO, USA) Roan Dowling (Chicago, IL, USA) Brandon Escobedo (Albuquerque, NM, USA) Truma...

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“[Staffing] this tournament quickly convinced me I'd enjoy playing.” — Jeremy Cummings “Venetian might well have the best price-to-writing quality ratio of all the quiz competitions out there." — Joel Miles “I like that I can try to double every bonus with no real life repercussions. And the st...

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Gameplay will begin at 9:00 AM Central. There will be an opening meeting for all teams at 8:45 AM Central.

All details will be sent out to registered teams via email during the week.

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High school and middle school students will not be staffing at this tournament. The two high schoolers who had signed up to staff have been informed of this. I typically don’t have middle schoolers staff for my tournaments unless I’m desperate for staff; I have that age option on the form so I know ...

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Hello! I will be assistant-TDing for this tournament, and I’ve made a form for staff signups. Staff should fill out this form . Staff will be volunteer/unpaid. Edit (3:53 PM, 12/29): would like to strike the statement “though I can sign off on volunteer hours for National Honor Society and the like,...

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Due to a somewhat unsurprising lack of interest from the senior divisions (something about “upcoming finals” and “December homework” and other things that sound fake). . . - We will be cancelling the senior divisions for this tournament, and effectively changing the U18 age cutoff to U19 — the high ...

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Due to a somewhat unsurprising lack of interest from the senior divisions (something about “upcoming finals” and “December homework” and other things that sound fake). . . - We will be cancelling the senior divisions for this tournament, and effectively changing the U18 age cutoff to U19 — the high ...

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Can someone outside the city of Plymouth win a tournament in this state

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14 incredible teams played this tournament, and two left without a loss. Johns Hopkins (10-0) won Experienced, and Washington B (also 10-0) won Novice. Detailed team and individual stats can be found here. Congratulations to all who played!

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Four days remain until the registration deadline, and we have enough staff for several more teams. I’ve dropped the division caps to 12 each to avoid any last-minute scrambles.

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Field (14)

Experienced Division (8)
Rowan
Texas A&M
"UW Science"
Johns Hopkins
Ohio
Washington
Michigan State (2)

Novice Division (6)
Rowan
Texas A&M
Central Florida
Washington
NYU
South Dakota Mines

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Some frequently asked questions. . . Q: If I spectated [X] games of Venetian III, can I sign up and just not play those rounds? A: No, sorry. If you spectated Venetian III, you are ineligible for the duos tournaments. Q: Can non-Americans play? A: Certainly! The Saturday window might be more palata...

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Some frequently asked questions. . . Q: If I spectated [X] games of Venetian III, can I sign up and just not play those rounds? A: No, sorry. If you spectated Venetian III, you are ineligible for the duos tournaments. Q: Can non-Americans play? A: Certainly! The Saturday window might be more palata...

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The editors and I have decided to postpone this set’s mirror window to the fall of 2024. The chief factors which led us to make this decision were firstly, a general lack of progress being made on set writing, and secondly, the abundance of regular-difficulty sets already available for mirroring thi...

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Edit: See my reply below this post. The Saturday tournament is cancelled, and the Sunday tournament will go ahead with U19 Championship and Novice divisions. I have left the initial post as-is to avoid confusion. Good afternoon! This is the announcement post for two duos mirrors of Venetian III, to...

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Edit: The tournament on Saturday the 9th has been cancelled. The tournament on Sunday the 10th will happen as planned, with U19 Championship and Novice divisions. Good afternoon! This is the announcement post for two duos mirrors of Venetian III, to be respectively held online over Zoom on December...

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This tournament has been cancelled due to a lack of registrations.

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I am pleased to announce that I will be hosting a closed, online, nationwide high school mirror of 2023 ACF Winter on Saturday, November 11, 2023. The tournament will take place online via Zoom and buzzin.live. The opening meeting will be at 8:45 AM Central, and gameplay will begin at 9:00 AM Centra...

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Good afternoon. This is the announcement for UQC’s Nationwide Novice tournament, an online event for collegiate novice teams around the country. I will be directing a national, online, closed collegiate mirror of Planetfall on Saturday, December 2, 2023 . There will be an opening meeting at 8:45 AM ...

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With five teams on the waitlist, I would be interested in expanding the field to 24 if I can obtain enough staff. The staff signup is linked—feel free to email me with any questions.

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If you’d be interested in learning more about how the format works, consider signing up for a practice game! We’ll be running several of these in the next couple of weeks. To sign up, fill out this Google Form: https://forms.gle/zdwX8EaaCiq5iymc8 We’re using packets from Venetian II for this, so you...

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If you’d be interested in learning more about how the format works, consider signing up for a practice game! We’ll be running several of these in the next couple of weeks. To sign up, fill out this Google Form: https://forms.gle/zdwX8EaaCiq5iymc8 We’re using packets from Venetian II for this, so you...

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Good afternoon! I am pleased to announce that I will be directing the high school site of 2023 ACF Fall online on Saturday, October 14, 2023. The tournament will take place over Zoom and buzzin.live. The opening meeting will begin at 8:45 AM Central, with gameplay beginning at 9:00 AM Central. Pleas...

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Field (88) Open / Senior Championship Joy An (Cambridge, MA) Luke Beresford (London, GL, ENG) Billy Beyer (Tallahassee, FL) Ty Bishop (Batesville, AR) Graham Cope (Gainesville, FL) Jeremy Cummings (St. Louis, MO) Richard Kimber (Oxford, OXF, ENG) Jack Lewis (Murfreesboro, TN) Ian Lu (Atlanta, GA) N...

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Field (88) Open / Senior Championship Joy An (Cambridge, MA) Luke Beresford (London, GL, ENG) Billy Beyer (Tallahassee, FL) Ty Bishop (Batesville, AR) Graham Cope (Gainesville, FL) Jeremy Cummings (St. Louis, MO) Richard Kimber (Oxford, OXF, ENG) Jack Lewis (Murfreesboro, TN) Ian Lu (Atlanta, GA) N...

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Novice Eligibility You are considered ineligible to play in the *U18 Novice* division if you meet any of the following criteria: -finished in the top 25% of a division of a Venetian tournament -finished prelims of a Venetian tournament ranked in the top 12.5% of a division -finished in the top 50% ...

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Novice Eligibility You are considered ineligible to play in the *U18 Novice* division if you meet any of the following criteria: -finished in the top 25% of a division of a Venetian tournament -finished prelims of a Venetian tournament ranked in the top 12.5% of a division -finished in the top 50% ...

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“[Staffing] this tournament quickly convinced me I'd enjoy playing.” — Jeremy Cummings “Everything’s really good. . . Venetian might be the best value QB experience out there.” — Ty Bishop “Maybe the greatest pop culture question I have ever heard in quizbowl.” — Subhamitra Roychoudhury (after Round...

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“[Staffing] this tournament quickly convinced me I'd enjoy playing.” — Jeremy Cummings “Everything’s really good. . . Venetian might be the best value QB experience out there.” — Ty Bishop “Maybe the greatest pop culture question I have ever heard in quizbowl.” — Subhamitra Roychoudhury (after Round...

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Field (12)
Downingtown STEM
Belmont
Old Scona Academic
Washington Connections
"Seattle Languages"
Olympian
Johns Creek
Montgomery Blair
Winston Churchill (2)
Interlake
“Toronto Unaffiliated”

The two divisions have been combined due to a lack of signups in the novice division.

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After collecting feedback from potential host sites, we have decided to remove the initially proposed half regs/half regs+ setup, in favor of producing 12 packets of solely regular difficulty. Thank you to everyone who took the time to reach out and offer feedback.

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The registration deadline is tonight. After the deadline, I will create teams of all free agents who have not yet been added to teams. Free agent teams who drop from the field after that point will have a 24-hour extension to the drop policy before being charged the late fee.

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With the registration deadline tonight, the field has hit 74 players across all divisions combined. Get your registrations in by midnight Eastern!

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With the registration deadline tonight, the field has hit 74 players across all divisions combined. Get your registrations in by midnight Eastern!

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Hello! This is the announcement for the Wolfpack Summer Invitational, co-directed by myself and Boston Latin School’s Khugan Chan. We will be hosting a national, online, closed mirror of Canadian Novice on Saturday, July 15, 2023 . There will be an opening meeting at 8:45 AM Central, and games will ...

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If you want to play but the fee is an issue, send me an email or a DM on Discord. We may be able to discuss a discount.

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Field (92) Senior Divisions Luke Beresford (Coventry, WMD, ENG) Graham Cope (Gainesville, FL) Joseph Chambers (Richmond, VA) Eric Chang (Arlington, VA) Tony Chen (Maple, ON, CAN) Anna Csiki-Fejer (St. Louis, MO) Sean Farrell (Jacksonville, FL) Shourjo Ganguli (Beavercreek, OH) Jack Granahan (Lawren...

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Field (92) Senior Divisions Luke Beresford (Coventry, WMD, ENG) Graham Cope (Gainesville, FL) Joseph Chambers (Richmond, VA) Eric Chang (Arlington, VA) Tony Chen (Maple, ON, CAN) Anna Csiki-Fejer (St. Louis, MO) Sean Farrell (Jacksonville, FL) Shourjo Ganguli (Beavercreek, OH) Jack Granahan (Lawren...

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The division cutoff has been slightly edited to be more clear and precise. “In the United States: players in the high school graduating class of 2023 (or younger) will be placed in the "U18" divisions. Players in the high school graduating class of 2022 (or older) will be placed in the fir...

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Good afternoon! This is the announcement post for Venetian II, a bonus-only format now open for individuals of all ages. All information about the tournament can be found on the website here . There will be division splits between people over 18 and people at/under 18, as well as between “novice” (c...

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Good afternoon! This is the announcement post for Venetian II, a bonus-only format now open for individuals of all ages. All information about the tournament can be found on the website here . There will be division splits between people over 18 and people at/under 18, as well as between “novice” (h...

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