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- Tue May 04, 2010 11:06 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: DOKTRINE-University of Pittsburgh-4/10
- Replies: 75
- Views: 16342
Re: DOKTRINE-University of Pittsburgh-4/10
That'd be Matt Groth, if my information is correct. Greg was third and Marisol fifth (so I have been led to believe)
- Fri Apr 23, 2010 11:59 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Ears That Do Not See - Music is all magic
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2279
Re: Ears That Do Not See - Music is all magic
I was thinking something similar after my team played through "the eyes that cannot see." I'm willing to offer my assistance if you're looking for any help.
- Mon Jan 25, 2010 2:34 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: DWI 3/6/10
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1341
ANNOUNCEMENT: DWI 3/6/10
There is also a post about this tournament in the Trash forums, but due to this tournament's duel nature, it is being posted in both forums. On Saturday, March 6, the University of Delaware Academic Competition Club will be hosting the Delaware Winter Invitational. DWI is a new quiz bowl tournament ...
- Sun Jan 24, 2010 1:13 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: DWI - University of Delaware - 03/06/2010
- Replies: 54
- Views: 11160
Re: DWI - University of Delaware - 03/06/2010
Heres the updated post regarding the tournament On Saturday, March 6, the University of Delaware Academic Competition Club will be hosting the Delaware Winter Invitational. DWI is a new quiz bowl tournament we are writing in-house, intended for high school and college players. Format: This tournamen...
- Thu Jan 07, 2010 4:14 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: DWI - University of Delaware - 03/06/2010
- Replies: 54
- Views: 11160
Re: DWI - University of Delaware - 03/06/2010
In regards to packet number and question quality,wWe hope to have an 11 or 12 round tournament with a packet or two in reserve incase of a snafu. We have half of the packets completed with the remaining packets ranging from 0 to 75% done. UD's break goes until about half-way through February so our ...
- Fri Jan 01, 2010 4:30 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: DWI - University of Delaware - 03/06/2010
- Replies: 54
- Views: 11160
DWI - University of Delaware - 03/06/2010
This thread is for the announcement and initial discussion of the Delaware Winter Invitational (DWI). This will be a tournament with a similar format to that of This Tournament Goes to Eleven hosted at the University of Delaware on March 6th. For those unfamiliar with the format, each round consists...
- Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:00 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ASS II Discussion
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6649
Re: ASS II Discussion
Upon further reflection it seems if I were to continue to do ASS in the future, I would not be doing themes in the fashion of this tournament. While the number of lateral buzzes did not seem all that high in the actual tournament (as compared to reading online in the IRC chat, for instance, where t...
- Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:09 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ASS II Discussion
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6649
Re: ASS II Discussion
The second packet's theme was the Venture Brothers, although some of those connections were pretty loose. By the way, did anyone figure out the theme before the last tossup? Casey apparently did on question 6 but wasn't playing. I suspected as much throughout the packet but certain questions would ...
- Mon Jun 23, 2008 4:34 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ASS II Discussion
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6649
Re: ASS II Discussion
It didn't matter but one thing to consider regarding the tournament. It was stated that in the case of ties in the placement that Points Per Bonus would be taken into account. While I wouldn't normally have a problem with this (and in the end didn't), I would've been sore had our placement been dete...
- Sun May 25, 2008 8:52 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2008 HSNCT Post Tourney Discussion - TJ Wins!
- Replies: 128
- Views: 16952
Re: 2008 HSNCT Live Coverage - Thomas Jefferson wins!
I am rather disappointed I didn't get to see Charter finished 2nd. Silly University of Delaware and their irregular semester schedule.
Congratulations to TJ. Even during their less awesome years I have always thought that TJ was the team to beat, even when Maggie Won last year.
Congratulations to TJ. Even during their less awesome years I have always thought that TJ was the team to beat, even when Maggie Won last year.
- Wed Apr 09, 2008 1:05 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: TRASHionals 11 Discussion
- Replies: 48
- Views: 10752
Re: TRASHionals 11 Discussion
While I fear that my comments may be lost to the ocean of debate and replying to posts there are a few things I would like to say about TRASHionals A) It was well run, I had no problem with the moderators, and (besides a few minor, minor errors) stats were kept sufficiently. B) I am sorry my cd play...
- Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:25 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: (Correct) Answers that made you hang your head in shame.
- Replies: 80
- Views: 20165
Re: (Correct) Answers that made you hang your head in shame.
I don't think I have ever missed a tossup regarding "Bring it On".
Though I think my most shameful (perhaps best buzz) ever was by getting Balistics Ecks vs Sliver on the first clue at Trashionals 2007
Though I think my most shameful (perhaps best buzz) ever was by getting Balistics Ecks vs Sliver on the first clue at Trashionals 2007
- Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:40 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement: ACF Regionals at Delaware (02/16/08)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5707
Re: Stats
Ah, I see Mark beat me to it.Pellegrini wrote:The stats are available here: http://udel.edu/stu-org/acc/pastevents/ ... dings.html
- Sun Feb 17, 2008 3:31 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement: ACF Regionals at Delaware (02/16/08)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5707
I would like to express my frustration that this event only drew 6 teams, however. This hasn't just been a problem at ACF Regionals, either. It seems like a lot of teams in the Midatlantic Circuit are for unknown reasons skipping out on tournaments that they know will be well edited and that will n...
- Fri Feb 15, 2008 4:54 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Buzzer Systems
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7083
i prefer and held stick buzzers too. i really hate those ones where the light for the buzzer is on top, but the button is on the bottom. it seems really pointless to me. we have three judges and two of them are broken (not surprising to anyone i hope). I dont see whats so bad about them. you can ac...
- Fri Feb 15, 2008 9:52 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CBI Regionals Discussion
- Replies: 85
- Views: 12774
U of D is going this year for the first time in many a year. CBI actually contacted UD asking if they could hold a tourney and send a team to regionals. Always wanting (good) publicity our students activities organization set the tourney fourth. We got a free judge out of it and the two winning team...
- Tue Feb 12, 2008 11:39 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Buzzer Systems
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7083
- Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:02 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Poll: Bizzare Trash Format
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1365
Poll: Bizzare Trash Format
The format of TTGT11 was interesting. I liked the idea of tournaments where two packets would be read simultaneously and with eight player teams where they can divide up into different groups depending on what packet they preferred. Points would be distributed 1 for each winner and 1 for which ever ...
- Sat Feb 02, 2008 2:55 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: TRASHionals 11 (4/04/08 - 4/06/08)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7493
- Fri Feb 01, 2008 6:41 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement: ACF Regionals at Delaware (02/16/08)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5707
- Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:44 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Trash questions from Wikipedia
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3867
- Mon Jan 07, 2008 5:33 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: January Avatars: THE RETURN TO LORD WEARY'S AVATARS
- Replies: 63
- Views: 10202
- Mon Jan 07, 2008 5:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement: ACF Regionals at Delaware (02/16/08)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5707
- Sat Jan 05, 2008 1:01 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement: ACF Regionals at Delaware (02/16/08)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5707
Announcement: ACF Regionals at Delaware (02/16/08)
Base fee: $120 per team Buzzers: -$5 each for working buzzers Staffers: -$10 each Laptop: -$10 each at UCLA, Tulsa, Chicago, and Delaware sites Travel: -$10 per team for each 200 miles travelled Canada -$20 for your team being from a Canadian school New ACF teams (your school did not send a team to ...
- Thu Jan 03, 2008 10:41 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: QB'er on Jeopardy tonight
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3732
close 118thBentley Like Beckham wrote:It was something like:
Aviation History
This man was the 100something (I think 181st) man to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.
Answer here
But yes, total hose.
- Mon Dec 31, 2007 3:42 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: January Avatars: THE RETURN TO LORD WEARY'S AVATARS
- Replies: 63
- Views: 10202
- Sat Dec 22, 2007 4:00 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Evan's Adventures in Dreamland
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1338
- Tue Dec 18, 2007 6:35 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Guys, this really sucks (SERIOUS POST)
- Replies: 46
- Views: 8208
- Tue Dec 18, 2007 12:11 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Guys, this really sucks (SERIOUS POST)
- Replies: 46
- Views: 8208
- Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:42 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: playing against the packet
- Replies: 55
- Views: 18143
In reference to Timur there was a question a few years back (I think maybe from a TJ in-house tourney [not the previously stated one]) that started off with how he was crippled (something about getting shot in the leg with an arrow) and a reference to his childhood as a thief in some Central Asian c...
- Tue Dec 11, 2007 2:13 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: playing against the packet
- Replies: 55
- Views: 18143
- Fri Dec 07, 2007 12:47 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: TTGT 11 Discussion
- Replies: 87
- Views: 28975
- Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:40 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: TTGT 11 Discussion
- Replies: 87
- Views: 28975
Any thoughts on the World Lit and/or the Indie/Emo/Alt packets ? Didn't play World Lit, but I think the Indie/Emo/Alt packet was nicely put together. It had bands I have on my ipod and ones I've never heard of. I didn't score during the round, but then again I am not a big fan of the aforementioned...
- Mon Dec 03, 2007 5:58 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: TTGT 11 Discussion
- Replies: 87
- Views: 28975
Re: Theme Packets in General
Maybe Anthony is onto something with a tossup-only format with each person playing for himself/herself, to prevent the "crop duster", "Quick-Draw McGraw" syndrome... I firmly support this idea. While I did enjoy the themed rounds I did play, I do think they would have been bette...
- Sun Dec 02, 2007 11:10 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: TTGT 11 Discussion
- Replies: 87
- Views: 28975
I would like to personally thank Mike (and anyone else who contributed) for the Pokemon round (atleast, I think he said he wrote it). It was a very enjoyable round for me despite my team loosing. I would also like a link to the podcast site (once that round is up, that is). Even though I haven't pla...
- Wed Nov 28, 2007 2:49 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Taking Notes
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5942
At the end of each week I would look over the questions my players had missed at practices, matches, tournaments, etc. Since most couldn't go more than a few hours without their iPods nearby, I made mp3's of myself reading the missed questions and distributed them to the players. This way, they cou...
- Tue Nov 27, 2007 3:03 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Taking Notes
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5942
I write don't any answer I find of particular interest or am not completely familiar with. I will always write down answers/clues that inspire me to write a question on topic X. I also write down my personal stats, for the sake of calculating them myself. I also do a lot of doodling during sports, c...
- Sun Nov 18, 2007 7:47 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Why Do Tournaments Start So Early?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3735
For the most part, I don't mind getting up that early. Having said that, the three/four earliest times I have gotten up in the last four months have been because of QB/TRASH tournaments. Now, having said that, I would prefer to have my weekend nights compared to my weekend mornings. I guess it reall...
- Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:40 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2007 TRASH Regionals Discussion
- Replies: 65
- Views: 22119
- Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:41 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2007 TRASH Regionals Discussion
- Replies: 65
- Views: 22119
Oh, and that FPS weapon bonus seemed pretty hard for this tournament. One of those parts should have been on a game the weapon was used in to make it easier. I'll have to disagree with you on that, but hear me out. The railgun seems to be the most prolific weapon of the Quake series. While that may...
- Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:34 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2007 TRASH Regionals Discussion
- Replies: 65
- Views: 22119
- Mon Nov 05, 2007 11:17 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: B teams
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3868
B-teams going to tournaments is necessary for training the future heirs to your current A-team. They may lose, but everyone is somewhat bad when they first start. They need to go to tournaments to learn to stop sucking. Agreed. I know I wouldn't be 1/5th of the player I am now if I only played whil...
- Sun Oct 28, 2007 1:50 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: LIFT VII (10/27/07)
- Replies: 33
- Views: 13050
The tournament was enjoyable, as all was, though I do have a few things to say. The tournament was rather long. Prelims weren't over until about 3:30. Sure, some leeway must be given seeing as there were 68 teams, but it still dragged on. I can understand BroNi's logic in releasing the questions whe...
- Thu Oct 25, 2007 10:13 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: THE CAKE IS A LIE
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1921
- Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:49 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: How do YOU fundraise?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 9074
- Fri Oct 19, 2007 9:43 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: How do YOU fundraise?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 9074
Middle School tournaments can garner money and early interest in the team. When you host a tournament, buying alot of pizza/soda/snacks is a good way to earn extra money. A lot of teams really don't want to travel to get food, so having some there is nice. Also, your instructor can sell the rest of ...
- Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Trivia Buffs Needed for New Show
- Replies: 35
- Views: 12100
Re: casting calls
Any chance of something in the Northeast?hollandstriplincasting wrote:the casting calls will likely be in IL, NC, GA, and NV but dates and venues are not set at this time.
- Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:20 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Trivia Buffs Needed for New Show
- Replies: 35
- Views: 12100
- Fri Sep 28, 2007 1:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Gauging out-of-state interest in an HS trash tournament
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3356
- Tue Sep 18, 2007 10:10 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: College Tournaments Using High School Questions
- Replies: 24
- Views: 11294
I agree that the house-written 2006-2007 season Thomas Jefferson tournament was a solid question set. It started off at about the level of NAQT IS but did advance to HS nationals (which is above Undergrad tournaments in the NAQT difficulty scale, iirc) and perhaps beyond. Well written and (for the m...