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by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Sun Mar 24, 2013 9:00 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Watkins-gate news media link collection - 19 Total
Replies: 112
Views: 183387

Re: Watkins-gate news media link collection - 19 Total

Radio show featuring Andrew Hart: http://www.kfan.com/player/?station=KFXN-FM&program_name=podcast&program_id=KFAN_Barreiro.xml&mid=23014341 The Andrew Hart part begins at 14:16. But then you miss the "WHERE DO YOU RAISE THE QUIZ BOWL BANNERS?" remark. And then they rip on Mat...
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Mon Oct 22, 2012 5:00 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Horatio Nelson Memorial Tournament at MSU, October 20
Replies: 23
Views: 10345

Re: Horatio Nelson Memorial Tournament at MSU, October 20

Shreyas Vissapragada of the School-That-Must-Not-Be-Named This would have been a MUCH better pseudonym. Also, I would like to thank MSU for running a great tournament on some great questions. The long drive was totally worth it. Considering Cranbrook was there, the best pseudonym team names would b...
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Sun Sep 23, 2012 9:43 pm
Forum: New Collegiate Teams
Topic: I Need Advice.
Replies: 11
Views: 7354

Re: I Need Advice.

How much bureaucracy is there in setting up a student org at your school? I really can't see a reasonable circumstance where this should be such a huge issue. Writing a constitution shouldn't be an issue. Almost every quiz bowl team has one. Just ask for somebody's, and edit it to fit your school. A...
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Sat Jun 30, 2012 3:53 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2012 NASAT: June 16-17 at Ohio State
Replies: 112
Views: 43611

Re: 2012 NASAT: June 16-17 at Ohio State

Nobody is doubting that this was a well run tournament. I'm just saying you have to remember that many of these kids are paying out of pocket, and the 200+ for tournament admission, plus lodging, and plus food might be too much for people. I really wanted to go to this tournament, I simply couldn't...
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Sat Jun 23, 2012 12:28 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Michigan 2012-2013
Replies: 46
Views: 13296

Re: Michigan 2012-2013

White Cloud has been running a tournament since forever and usually attracts an excellent, frequently statewide field. Has anyone tried to reach out to them/their coach? Echoing others, but not really sure why anyone would need to reach out to White Cloud. They show up to almost everything (and are...
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Sat Jun 23, 2012 12:13 am
Forum: New High School Teams
Topic: Are you allowed to play for more than one team?
Replies: 11
Views: 6010

Re: Are you allowed to play for more than one team?

Ethically, I personally would feel wrong if I played quiz bowl for 2 teams without full switching schools, but I'm not going to wear a black armband over someone else doing it. I'm happy that you are posting about this, because if you do choose to play for both, the community will know what's going ...
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Sun Jun 17, 2012 11:41 am
Forum: New High School Teams
Topic: New Team - Some Questions
Replies: 25
Views: 14091

Re: New Team - Some Questions

Should we just go through volumes of packets just to see what is asked or should we actually read textbooks and do as much "real" learning as possible on these subjects? Textbooks are super duper boring. I think if you want real knowledge, you'd be better off reading just actual books and...
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Sat Jun 09, 2012 4:55 pm
Forum: New High School Teams
Topic: Quiz Bowl's Systemic Failure At Expansion and Recruitment
Replies: 75
Views: 45268

Re: Quiz Bowl's Systemic Failure At Expansion and Recruitment

In a different vein, one idea I've had, since someone emailed me about it for History Bowl a few weeks ago: many students these days have to do a community service requirement. Could starting up a team at a different school new to quizbowl (even just taking them to a few tournaments and a few pract...
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Sat Jun 09, 2012 5:16 am
Forum: New High School Teams
Topic: Quiz Bowl's Systemic Failure At Expansion and Recruitment
Replies: 75
Views: 45268

Re: Quiz Bowl's Systemic Failure At Expansion and Recruitment

In a different vein, one idea I've had, since someone emailed me about it for History Bowl a few weeks ago: many students these days have to do a community service requirement. Could starting up a team at a different school new to quizbowl (even just taking them to a few tournaments and a few pract...
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Sun Jun 03, 2012 12:11 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Star Wars Quizbowl Packet
Replies: 16
Views: 6226

Re: Star Wars Quizbowl Packet

You do realize that posting questions on forums basically makes them useless questions (unless they're just for fun).
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Thu May 31, 2012 11:39 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Taking VCU Open's Spot in August
Replies: 76
Views: 17294

Re: Taking VCU Open's Spot in August

Ann Arbor is not a particularly accessible place. Any hope that we can get this mirrored somewhere like New York or DC? Or even Boston or Philly. Ann Arbor has become much more accessible since the establishment of daily shuttle to and from Metro Detroit Airport. The shuttle leaves several times pe...
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Tue May 08, 2012 10:53 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Metro areas without enough good high school quizbowl
Replies: 55
Views: 17070

Re: Metro areas without enough good high school quizbowl

I chose not to count some places in Ohio that might be a little lean on the grounds that as a whole their state has a pretty extensive reach to teams in each area What areas in Ohio do you think lack enough good high school quiz bowl? EDIT: I know Ohio doesn't have high-quality tournaments in every...
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Tue May 08, 2012 9:30 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Fonts
Replies: 15
Views: 5875

Re: Fonts

The rn/m problem was a contributing factor in one of my team's Geography Bowl losses, the reader said "tam" when he was supposed to say "tarn" and it completely threw me off. When I read from a laptop, I change the font to Cambria. Not sure what is best for reading on paper. The...
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Sun May 06, 2012 10:51 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Individual Writers Seeking Projects to Join, Post Here
Replies: 28
Views: 11564

Re: Individual Writers Seeking Projects to Join, Post Here

I'm probably not going to play much anymore, but I still would like to write. I can write Bio/chem, trash/CE/other, and history at any level. I definitely want to write other (non-lit) subjects, especially if it's college regular or below levels. Please contact me using the address from that email b...
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Sat May 05, 2012 1:26 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Watch Jeopardy tonight!
Replies: 17
Views: 7725

Re: Watch Jeopardy tonight!

Did anyone see yesterday's match? How many times has a tiebreaker come up? I've never seen one before. My mom said she saw one, at some point. I was also shocked that Benedict Arnold was a triple stumper.
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Thu May 03, 2012 7:38 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Summer Practices at the University of Michigan
Replies: 24
Views: 10420

Re: Summer Practices at the University of Michigan

If anyone from around the Lansing area is thinking about going to some of these, let me know. I'll be staying there for the summer, and it's not worth a Michigan Flyer ticket, but if someone can give me a ride I would appreciate it. So basically Mark, when he feels like it, because no one else is g...
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Thu Apr 19, 2012 7:48 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Michigan 2011-12
Replies: 76
Views: 30312

Re: Michigan 2011-12

TheBulgarSlayer wrote:
Amon Goeth wrote:What do you mean by hooks?
The treaty of Aix La Chapelle ended the war of succesion in a country, what country was it?
That's basically every question in the whole tournament. And that kind of question survives, because there are much worse questions in those sets.
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Sat Mar 31, 2012 2:02 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2012 NAQT ICT: March 31, Chicago
Replies: 24
Views: 10150

Re: 2012 NAQT ICT: March 31, Chicago

No livestats? :sad:
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Thu Mar 15, 2012 10:07 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Michigan 2011-12
Replies: 76
Views: 30312

Re: Michigan 2011-12

I don't believe so. Tournaments in Michigan seem to predominantly use NAQT, which is why I was so happy when MSU mirrored HFT, although it turned out to be too difficult. This. Michigan is very IS/HSNCT-centric. It absolutely doesn't help that NSC continues to not be up to par, despite being in Chi...
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Sat Mar 03, 2012 7:30 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Midwest Championship at Northwestern (5/19/12)
Replies: 52
Views: 25575

Re: Midwest Championship at Northwestern (5/19/12)

whitesoxfan wrote:Graduation is optional.
High school graduation is overrated, but if you miss it for something that isn't a big deal, you'll probably regret it for the rest of your life.
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Wed Feb 15, 2012 12:05 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Organizing a League in SE Michigan
Replies: 3
Views: 1816

Re: Organizing a League in SE Michigan

I don't know much about the current league or who runs it, but they should strongly consider expanding. If you do start a league with a completely separate group of teams, that same NAQT set would be available. Otherwise, HSAPQ has sets that are unused in Michigan available for League use.
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Wed Feb 01, 2012 9:16 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Sports Side Event/Tournament Set (Need Writers!)
Replies: 28
Views: 9289

Re: Sports Side Event/Tournament Set (Need Writers!)

RealMadrid314 wrote:I know some people, including myself, who might be able to write some soccer questions.
I hope I would be one of those people.
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Wed Feb 01, 2012 9:15 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Sports Side Event/Tournament Set (Need Writers!)
Replies: 28
Views: 9289

Re: Sports Side Event/Tournament Set (Need Writers!)

RealMadrid314 wrote:I know some people, including myself, who might be able to write some soccer questions.
double post!
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Mon Jan 23, 2012 11:30 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Michigan 2011-12
Replies: 76
Views: 30312

Re: Michigan 2011-12

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think March 31st is also the weekend of History Bowl for Michigan. So I didn't know we even had a History Bowl site in Michigan...yeah going to have to go work on another date then I guess. Sorry. The thing is, March 10th is supposedly a test date and the day of DCC's...
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Sat Jan 14, 2012 12:46 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Reminisce about moderator mishaps here
Replies: 31
Views: 8188

Re: What do you do about bad readers at tournaments?

If this thread has become "laugh at bad moderators," I'll throw in the story of Ohio's local-format regionals a few years back where our team was really confused after hearing several questions in a row about "Bar-coo" art. Then, at states (with a different person), I was asked ...
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Sat Jan 07, 2012 12:12 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: On-going Season Rankings V2.0 - Herp Derp
Replies: 255
Views: 103599

Re: On-going Season Rankings V2.0 - so is this where i complain?

Just pointing out that #71 "Utica", is "Utica Academy", the IB school for Utica Community schools. That should not be confused with Utica High School in the same district, that to my knowledge has no quiz bowl team.
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Sun Dec 18, 2011 1:46 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 5 years are up (well, they will be 2 weeks from now)
Replies: 12
Views: 3964

Re: 5 years are up (well, they will be 2 weeks from now)

The constantly increasing standards, horizons, size, and skill level of high school quizbowl. There will always be some people looking for good questions and real competition as they enter college as long as the current trends at the high school level continue. Weiner was spot on. Every incoming co...
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Tue Dec 06, 2011 12:15 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: On-going Season Rankings V2.0 - Herp Derp
Replies: 255
Views: 103599

Re: On-going Season Rankings V2.0 - where is rhode island

Loyola was missing it's 2nd, 3rd, and 5th scorers (it was 5v5) at Auburn's HFT mirror, as noted in that thread. How useful is the data if it's 5v5? Pretty useful seeing as a 5th player usually does not make that much of a difference (there are sometimes exceptions, but not usually). so why even men...
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:46 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: On-going Season Rankings V2.0 - Herp Derp
Replies: 255
Views: 103599

Re: On-going Season Rankings V2.0 - where is rhode island

Gus Honeybun wrote:Loyola was missing it's 2nd, 3rd, and 5th scorers (it was 5v5) at Auburn's HFT mirror, as noted in that thread.
How useful is the data if it's 5v5?
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Fri Dec 02, 2011 12:53 pm
Forum: New High School Teams
Topic: What do you do about bad readers at tournaments?
Replies: 14
Views: 8163

Re: What do you do about bad readers at tournaments?

SPELLED THEM Just a thought, wouldn't this be better a better alternative (if there's no pronunciation key) as opposed to the reader trying to pronounce words that they apparently couldn't pronounce in the first place? I mean, if push comes to shove, a reader should be at least accurate in what the...
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Sat Nov 26, 2011 1:46 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: This Side Tournament Goes to Eleven
Replies: 12
Views: 4247

Re: This Side Tournament Goes to Eleven

Did Paul Drube approve this message? (and before you say Paul is Dead, he's apparently a professor at Valpo now).
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Fri Nov 18, 2011 3:20 pm
Forum: New High School Teams
Topic: Quiz Bowl's Systemic Failure At Expansion and Recruitment
Replies: 75
Views: 45268

Re: Quiz Bowl's Systemic Failure At Expansion and Recruitment

Something I would love to see is some sort of outreach towards the historically black colleges and universities who participate in the HCASC. This tournament is very popular amongst many black colleges, and I would bet that 95% of the participants (players, coaches, administrators) believe that thi...
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Fri Nov 18, 2011 3:04 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Desperately Seeking a Tournament in Michigan
Replies: 3
Views: 1299

Re: Desperately Seeking a Tournament in Michigan

Hi Carolyn, MSU is hosting a tournament on January 21st: http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=12376 Additionally, we're hosting our annual March Madness tournament on March 24th. I know that it is not Southeastern Michigan, but many of the teams that come to our tournaments are from ...
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Fri Nov 18, 2011 12:13 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: HFT liveblog
Replies: 37
Views: 12072

Re: HFT liveblog

There seems to be a few typos, but less than average, from what I've seen so far. This is not true at all. Commas, articles, and possessives (and, incidentally, alternate answers) are all useful things to have and literally over half the questions do not. I'm not dissing the tournament, the questio...
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Wed Nov 16, 2011 1:22 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: e-mail for Detroit Central Catholic Coach...
Replies: 6
Views: 2312

Re: e-mail for Detroit Central Catholic Coach...

DrCongo wrote:The email linked to his account is his correct email, so your messages must not be going through for whatever reason. If you need to get a message to him, you can relay it through me if you need to.
Calling Bobby is actually more reliable than email.
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Wed Nov 16, 2011 1:19 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Michigan 2011-12
Replies: 76
Views: 30312

Re: Michigan 2011-12

I think the stats from MSU's Harvard Fall Mirror show that there's more than a little work to do in making good quiz bowl more popular in Michigan and in making more teams better. Given the current discussions about expansion of quiz bowl on the forums, I got to thinking about what we could do to h...
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Wed Nov 16, 2011 12:40 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Harvard Fall Tournament VI (11/12/11)
Replies: 164
Views: 67226

Re: Harvard Fall Tournament VI (11/12/11)

I wouldn't use Michigan stats as a good gauge for the difficulty of a tournament because as a whole Michigan quiz bowl isn't all that strong. MSU probably should have chosen an easier house write. We had our reservations about some of the other housewrites, which is why we picked HFT. I gave Harvar...
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:18 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Harvard Fall Tournament VI (11/12/11)
Replies: 164
Views: 67226

Re: Harvard Fall Tournament VI (11/12/11)

Moreover, though, if money's such an issue, then how come only 52 teams that weren't from Kentucky applied for $250 in free grant money? I know that well over double that number of schools has someone reading the boards on a regular basis (and a number of the 52 were non board schools too). And mor...
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Sat Nov 12, 2011 3:09 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: HFT liveblog
Replies: 37
Views: 12072

Re: HFT liveblog

So I tweeted and posted in another thread earlier, about how I was going to come to the tournament in a shirt and tie. That was a total fail as I couldn't find my belt for whatever reason. Interestingly, the tree just outside my window has most of it's leaves. I'll take a picture after a later round.
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Sat Nov 12, 2011 3:05 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: HFT liveblog
Replies: 37
Views: 12072

Re: HFT liveblog

Typos yuck.
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Sat Nov 12, 2011 2:27 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: HFT liveblog
Replies: 37
Views: 12072

Re: HFT liveblog

MSU mirrror: I think my high school somehow made the top bracket. 2012 may actually be our last year.
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Sat Nov 12, 2011 8:45 am
Forum: New High School Teams
Topic: Dressing for (Quiz-Bowl) Success
Replies: 5
Views: 7164

Re: Dressing for (Quiz-Bowl) Success

I'm wearing a tie today, because I never thought of how I dressed before when moderating (though I was always above grad student level). My pseudo-HS coach will be shocked.
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:23 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Fall and numbers of packets
Replies: 35
Views: 10756

Re: ACF Fall and numbers of packets

I'm really confused with how bad this tournament was. The fact that no packets submitted after the -$25 deadline were used is fine. It's just they had 6 weeks to edit the whole tournament (which they didn't finish until 4 AM Saturday morning). If you aren't going to use any of the $0 or later packet...
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:06 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Fall 2011 at Northern Illinois University (11/5/11)
Replies: 37
Views: 29801

Re: ACF Fall 2011 at Northern Illinois University (11/5/11)

Bone seeker wrote:Solo player Tristan Willey (Macomb HS) was the top individual scorer, bolstered by his 20/0 grail in Round 3.
I was definitely impressed by how good of a player Tristan is.
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Thu Nov 03, 2011 4:24 pm
Forum: New High School Teams
Topic: Talking to the coach
Replies: 7
Views: 3942

Re: Talking to the coach

If your coaches don't want to go, and you aren't getting any funding from your school, it is possible that you may not need a coach to chaperone you to tournaments. I'm assuming you are from Northville High in Michigan. You guys seem to already be a pretty good team who should be ready to go to NSC ...
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:27 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: Rock Music Trash Side Event Thing
Replies: 19
Views: 8608

Re: Announcement: Rock Music Trash Side Event Thing

Habitat_Against_Humanity wrote:
Edward Elric wrote:Nolan,

How's the progress on the set?
Slow and not to my satisfaction. It will get done though, come hell or high water.
Oh come on Nolan, you know when the Huron River starts flooding, it backs up into Hell Creek, and thus all the lakes near Hell flood causing high water in Hell.
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Mon Oct 10, 2011 9:57 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: On-going Season Rankings V2.0 - Herp Derp
Replies: 255
Views: 103599

Re: On-going Season Rankings V2.0 - Fred, Fred, Fred, Fred

Fred wrote:Heyyyyyyyyyyy

What is this nonsense? Now you're ranking DCC, after they start losing matches? (this is clearly sarcasm for those of you don't know me)
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:11 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Missiles of October (MOO) mirror at Michigan (10/8)
Replies: 37
Views: 17377

Re: Missiles of October (MOO) mirror at Michigan (10/8)

I'm going to assume that MSU is bringing the buzzer that I found last week, and that we used on Saturday (the "old" one).
by Broad-tailed Grassbird
Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:09 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Early Autumn Collegiate Novice at Michigan State (Oct. 1)
Replies: 18
Views: 9400

Re: Early Autumn Collegiate Novice at Michigan State (Oct. 1)

mhayes wrote:Kudos to Michigan State for hosting this. Our freshmen enjoyed themselves and the tournament was well-run.

Also, 10 AM start times are awesome.
The real credit needs to go to the writers (for an exceptional set), and the drivers.