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- Sun Oct 18, 2020 9:54 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 ACF Fall at U. of South Carolina (10/17/2020)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 945
Re: 2020 ACF Fall at U. of South Carolina (10/17/2020)
Congratulations to Vanderbilt A (Aidan Fein, Gideon Kburubu, Liam Thompson, and Keegan Fong) for winning ACF Fall Southeast. Florida A (Anthony Delgado, Mateo Javier Acosta, Leah Honsiger, and John Nienajadlo) finished second. Vanderbilt won 2 straight games in an advantaged final to take the overal...
- Sun Sep 13, 2020 2:21 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 ACF Fall at U. of South Carolina (10/17/2020)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 945
2020 ACF Fall at U. of South Carolina (10/17/2020)
I am pleased to announce that the Southeast site of 2020 ACF Fall will be held at the University of South Carolina on Saturday, October 17, 2020. The tournament will take place virtually on Discord. The opening meeting will begin at 8:30 EDT and gameplay will begin at 9:00 EDT. I, Eric Douglass, wil...
- Thu Mar 12, 2020 7:46 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: SUN at University of South Carolina (POSTPONED INDEFINITELY)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 551
SUN at University of South Carolina (POSTPONED INDEFINITELY)
We were going to host a mirror of SUN at South Carolina on March 28th. However, due to the coronavirus, spring break has been extended until the 23rd and, after that, students are encouraged to take their classes online. Therefore, we are postponing this mirror indefinitely. Thank you for understand...
- Mon Nov 18, 2019 10:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: University of South Carolina Fall Tournament (November 16th)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4721
Re: University of South Carolina Fall Tournament (November 16th)
I have a correction to the stats. The leading scorer in the JV division was Ethan Lehrman from Porter-Gaud C with 65 PPG. He was the 6th overall scorer and is a freshman. Congratulations to him on a very impressive performance!
- Sat Nov 16, 2019 11:36 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: University of South Carolina Fall Tournament (November 16th)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4721
Re: University of South Carolina Fall Tournament (November 16th)
Congratulations to Dorman A for winning the 2019 USC Fall Tournament. Southside A finished 2nd and the Governor's School for Science and Mathematics finished 3rd. Dorman B was our JV champion. Charlie Weaver from Dorman A (112.5 PPG), Sparsho De from Spring Valley A ((83.75 PPG), Jayden from Mauldin...
- Wed Oct 23, 2019 10:13 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: What's the State of the College Game?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5576
Re: What's the State of the College Game?
Thanks for the input, Chandler. I really appreciate the work you have done with Auburn. Hopefully we can make it to an event out there again sometime. You are absolutely correct that it's important for teams other than GT to host; they do a great job, but it is indeed unreasonable to expect them to ...
- Tue Oct 22, 2019 8:35 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: What's the State of the College Game?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5576
Re: What's the State of the College Game?
I can't say I'm distressed by the state of college quizbowl in the southeast or south Atlantic (the two circuits I guess South Carolina is part of). It seems about as healthy as usual, probably more so. Not as robust as some regions, but plenty of teams playing and stuff. Fall novice at GT seemed li...
- Sun Oct 13, 2019 11:02 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: University of South Carolina Fall Tournament (November 16th)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4721
University of South Carolina Fall Tournament (November 16th)
The Academic Team at the University of South Carolina is pleased to announce that we will be hosting the 2019 USC Fall Tournament on November 16th. I will be the tournament director. Further details are below. I will be in contact with all teams prior to the tournament and am happy to answer any que...
- Mon Aug 19, 2019 10:11 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Oxford Open Mirror and Side Event Weekend at University of South Carolina (Aug 17-18)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2806
Re: Oxford Open Mirror and Side Event Weekend at University of South Carolina (Aug 17-18)
Congratulations to Matt Weiner for winning the Oxford Open mirror at the University of South Carolina. UNC A finished 2nd after forcing a deciding championship game in an advantaged final. The team of Tracy Mirkin and Jonathen Settle finished 3rd followed by UCF/Billy Beyer. In side events: Matt Wei...
- Tue Aug 13, 2019 1:23 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Oxford Open Mirror and Side Event Weekend at University of South Carolina (Aug 17-18)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2806
Re: Oxford Open Mirror and Side Event Weekend at University of South Carolina (Aug 17-18)
I'm open to the idea of running a Super Acronym mirror. The main issue is staffing and interest. We look to be well staffed for Oxford Open and the other side events, but a full-scale trash tournament on Sunday might be harder to pull. I'll check with everyone and keep you posted. Meanwhile, definit...
- Tue Jul 30, 2019 8:03 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Oxford Open Mirror and Side Event Weekend at University of South Carolina (Aug 17-18)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2806
Re: Oxford Open Mirror and Side Event Weekend at University of South Carolina (8/17/19)
After hearing some interest, we have decided to make this a side event weekend. The Oxford Open will take place on Saturday as originally announced, with all original times, fees, locations, etc. applying. There will then be side events following the Open on Saturday and Sunday. A full schedule of s...
- Sun Jul 28, 2019 10:57 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Oxford Open Mirror and Side Event Weekend at University of South Carolina (Aug 17-18)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2806
Re: Oxford Open Mirror at University of South Carolina (8/17/19)
We will be running Mixtape: A Guerilla Popular Music Event for Charity as a side event. $15 to play, unless you submitted a packet, then it's free. Details on the tournament here . As noted above, I am open to having other side events and other non-main event festivities as well. I will keep registr...
- Fri Jul 19, 2019 7:01 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Oxford Open Mirror and Side Event Weekend at University of South Carolina (Aug 17-18)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2806
Oxford Open Mirror and Side Event Weekend at University of South Carolina (Aug 17-18)
The Academic Team at the University of South Carolina is pleased to announce that we will be hosting a mirror of the Oxford Open on August 17th and a general side event weekend from 8/17 to 8/18. I will be the tournament(s) director. Further details are below. Please e-mail me at [email protected].com...
- Mon Apr 01, 2019 7:12 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: UGA Spring Tournament - April 6th (Illiac Mirror)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1512
Re: UGA Spring Tournament - April 6th (Illiac Mirror)
I was just wondering if there was a field update for this tournament?
- Sat Mar 16, 2019 3:14 am
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Indulge me a moment...
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11767
Re: Indulge me a moment...
I'm certainly one of the older folks in the community. Heck I remember people complaining about me playing when I was a 24 year old law student, so I've been feeling old in quizbowl for a while. It's about the only community I know of in which being over 22 or so is considered "old" and be...
- Fri Jan 04, 2019 11:24 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: SNICK: Global Announcement (All 90s, Late Summer 2018)
- Replies: 46
- Views: 19399
Re: SNICK: Global Announcement (All 90s, Late Summer 2018)
If you're going to do another reading, I'm free just about any day this coming week, but if it's just me I'm happy if you just want to send the packets along or something along those lines. I'll echo this. I was going to play SNICK at VCU but it wasn't ready at that point and am disappointed that I...
- Mon Nov 12, 2018 8:15 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: University of South Carolina Fall Tournament (November 10th)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2820
Re: University of South Carolina Fall Tournament (November 10th)
26 teams competed in the 2018 USC Fall Tournament. Congratulations to Spring Valley for winning an advantaged final to claim the tournament championship. Congratulations also to Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy for finishing second in an incredibly competitive showing, and congratulations to the J...
- Thu Sep 27, 2018 9:26 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: University of South Carolina Fall Tournament (November 10th)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2820
Re: University of South Carolina Fall Tournament (November 10th)
I'd like to thank all of the teams who have registered and/or expressed interest for this tournament. I am going to tentatively cap the field at 24 teams due to staff and room constraints. However, I will work to expand the field size if I can get more staff to commit to the event and get a few more...
- Thu Sep 06, 2018 12:36 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: University of South Carolina Fall Tournament (November 10th)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2820
University of South Carolina Fall Tournament (November 10th)
The Academic Team at the University of South Carolina is pleased to announce that we will be hosting the 2018 USC Fall Tournament on November 10th. I will be the tournament director. Further details are below. I will be in contact with all teams prior to the tournament and am happy to answer any que...
- Thu May 17, 2018 8:27 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: Where are you going to college next year? (2018)
- Replies: 29
- Views: 15676
Re: Where are you going to college next year? (2018)
I'm going to Wofford College. I'm pretty sure they have a team, but I'm not very informed on the state of their quizbowl program. They hosted a tournament just last month. Lee Holden was their student leader, but he has graduated. Dr. Wright is their faculty advisor and takes them to tournaments. T...
- Wed Apr 11, 2018 8:03 am
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Contesting Statistics After a Tournament
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7262
Re: Contesting Statistics After a Tournament
Antrobus63 wrote: After a few more weeks with the stats still Pending on the official NAQT stats page, I wrote NAQT. They replied, "We are waiting for the hosts to correct errata." I wrote the TD again, who said: "We corrected all we could. We told them. Never heard back. Stats are o...
- Sat Apr 07, 2018 6:22 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: How to make college quizbowl less insular
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10674
Re: How to make college quizbowl less insular
I also worry a commonly given solution to insularity is "make everyone everyone else's friend," which is not feasible and if anything perpetuates the issue of knowing key people as being a necessary condition for quiz bowl success. What is means to "act professionally," on the o...
- Tue Apr 03, 2018 7:45 pm
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: What is the most pressing concern in college quizbowl today?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 35634
Re: What is the most pressing concern in college quizbowl to
I have a lot of responding and clarifying regarding Julia’s thoughtful post, so pardon the length. For the sake of brevity I’ll address two of the points Eric made. Firstly, I’ve personally never heard that “college quiz bowl is too hard” be a reason for “good,” involved players to quit. To scale an...
- Tue Apr 03, 2018 8:21 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: TDing Resources
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2412
Re: TDing Resources
This is a list my wife Bryn came up with. We check it every tournament we host, and it usually works. Some of these things are more important than others. Tournament Direction Checklist Pre-tournament: Obtain contact info for teams As teams commit to attending, ensure that buzzers and staff commitme...
- Sun Apr 01, 2018 10:38 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NAQT South Carolina State Championship at USC (3/31/18)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2488
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 10:17 pm
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: What is the most pressing concern in college quizbowl today?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 35634
Re: What is the most pressing concern in college quizbowl to
At high school tournaments late in the year, college clubs can and should be finding out where seniors are going and getting their contact information; that way, they can help new freshmen set up clubs at their school and invite them to tournaments. Yeah, this is a good idea. I always give a plug f...
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 9:12 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NAQT South Carolina State Championship at USC (3/31/18)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2488
Re: NAQT South Carolina State Championship at USC (3/31/18)
Congratulations to Dorman A for winning the South Carolina NAQT State Championship, winning 2 out of 3 matches against runner-up Dutch Fork A. Dorman B finished 3rd and Dutch Fork B won the J.V. title. Thanks to all of the teams and their coaches/parents/chaperones/drivers for their attendance. Than...
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 7:09 pm
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: What is the most pressing concern in college quizbowl today?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 35634
Re: What is the most pressing concern in college quizbowl to
As many other posters have mentioned or made an inference to, the lack of new collegiate teams in most areas (teams like Swarthmore and Bowdoin are nice exceptions to this!). I think this is related to the lack of outreach option, but I'd like to hear what other people think as well. Outreach helps...
- Fri Mar 30, 2018 4:34 pm
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: What is the most pressing concern in college quizbowl today?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 35634
Re: What is the most pressing concern in college quizbowl to
I voted for a few things, but there are some nuances that I'd like to point out. Please note that I'm not blaming incoming high school quizbowlers for college quizbowl's ills with what I write below. I completely understand and there's nothing wrong with being the hypothetical folks I describe below...
- Sun Mar 25, 2018 9:17 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: CMST: General Discussion
- Replies: 30
- Views: 7351
Re: CMST: General Discussion
I played the Auburn mirror of this tournament yesterday. I enjoyed the tournament, and thanks to the writers and editors. Probably most of the issues have been discussed at this point. Some of the bonus leadins were overly long, which is something I'd like writers to control in future tournaments. I...
- Mon Feb 12, 2018 11:21 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NAQT South Carolina State Championship at USC (3/31/18)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2488
NAQT South Carolina State Championship at USC (3/31/18)
The Academic Team at the University of South Carolina is pleased to announce that we will be hosting the 2018 NAQT State Championship Tournament on March 31st. I will be the tournament director. Further details are below. I will be in contact with all teams prior to the tournament and am happy to an...
- Fri Jan 19, 2018 8:06 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 ACF Regionals Global Announcement (1/20/18)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 40949
Re: 2018 ACF Regionals Global Announcement (1/20/18)
I'm moderating tomorrow and was wondering about the electronic scoresheets. Is there any info out there on how to use them and stuff?
- Wed Oct 25, 2017 9:04 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Thoughts on Book Prizes
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4327
Re: Thoughts on Book Prizes
This is a neat thread and as a frequent TD it's made me think about book prizes and prizes in general. I'm a big fan of book prizes. When I was in college, they weren't really a thing. We usually got individual trophies, which were appreciated, but I would have rather gotten books. I've won books at...
- Mon Oct 23, 2017 4:27 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: Book Prizes-Where to Find Them
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3742
Re: Book Prizes-Where to Find Them
I always go to our library booksale here in wonderful Columbia SC. Like Jacob, I come away with bags of books for not much money. It's listed on http://www.booksalefinder.com/, so I have to think there are lots of other great book sales out there with similar deals. One thing I have done in the past...
- Sun Oct 15, 2017 10:27 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: PSA - Don't be a Luddite
- Replies: 62
- Views: 25088
Re: PSA - Don't be a Luddite
I'm glad some input was helpful. I just downloaded chrome, and it works like a charm now; don't know why I didn't think of doing that. Thanks for putting in the work to make this program happen. Several teams at the site expressed enthusiasm about the possibilities of recording the buzz points. As a...
- Sun Oct 15, 2017 1:38 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: PSA - Don't be a Luddite
- Replies: 62
- Views: 25088
Re: PSA - Don't be a Luddite
Just want to give my experience with this thing. I haven't read the whole thread: I just want to explain how it went with me and Bryn in our room. I got to the site at Georgia Tech this morning and was told we'd be using a new electronic system. That was my first notice that we'd be doing this at th...
- Thu Oct 05, 2017 10:25 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: September 30 South Carolina Fall Tournament (NAQT)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3607
- Mon Oct 02, 2017 8:33 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: September 30 South Carolina Fall Tournament (NAQT)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3607
Re: September 30 South Carolina Fall Tournament (NAQT)
Congratulations to Dorman A for winning the USC Fall Tournament. Riverside finished 2nd. Dorman C finished 3rd overall and won the JV championship. Thank you to all of the teams who participated, the coaches, and our incredible staff. Special thanks to my wife Bryn, who, despite a recent health scar...
- Tue Sep 19, 2017 2:06 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: September 30 South Carolina Fall Tournament (NAQT)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3607
Re: September 30 South Carolina Fall Tournament (NAQT)
This tournament is now capped. Anyone interested in registering a team can feel free to let me know, and we'll put you on the waiting list.
- Wed Sep 13, 2017 11:59 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: September 30 South Carolina Fall Tournament (NAQT)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3607
Re: September 30 South Carolina Fall Tournament (NAQT)
I'd like to thank all of the teams who have registered and expressed interest in our Early Fall Tournament! Due to the high interest in this event, I am capping the field at 30 teams and limiting the maximum number of teams to 1 for new registrations. If more teams than this express interest, I'll d...
- Fri Aug 11, 2017 7:30 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: September 30 South Carolina Fall Tournament (NAQT)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3607
September 30 South Carolina Fall Tournament (NAQT)
The Academic Team at the University of South Carolina is pleased to announce that we will be hosting the 2017 USC Fall Tournament on September 30th. I will be the tournament director. Further details are below. I will be in contact with all teams prior to the tournament and am happy to answer any an...
- Mon Jul 17, 2017 10:29 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: South Carolina 2017-18
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4496
Re: South Carolina 2017-18
Thanks for doing this thread, coach. USC is thinking of doing September 30th as the date for a fall tournament with NAQT questions. Please post here or message me if you have other ideas. I'd like to get the announcement out in the next week or 2.
- Sun Jul 02, 2017 9:57 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VCU Side Event Weekend - 8/5/2017
- Replies: 31
- Views: 15048
Re: VCU Side Event Weekend - 8/5/2017
Last summer's VCU side event weekend was one of the most enjoyable tournament experiences I've ever had, so I trust the VCU folks implicitly to put together good events on both weekends based on what they consider to be the most reasonable logistics. Also, thanks to the VCU folks for agreeing to tak...
- Wed Jun 07, 2017 8:41 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Proposal: Collegiate quizbowl directory
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4017
Re: Proposal: Collegiate quizbowl directory
This is certainly an important thing. As someone who's been at it for a very long time, it's never been easy figuring out who the contacts of college teams are. Several attempts have been made over the years to remedy this. It's definitely a challenge. The last attempt at a directory that I remember...
- Thu May 18, 2017 9:38 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Virginia Summer Open – 8/5/17
- Replies: 53
- Views: 25394
Re: Virginia Summer Open – 8/5/17
Don't mean to sound like a broken record (pun intended!), but could we add the Chuck Berry rock tournament to the list of possible tournaments spreadsheet so we can gauge interest on that?
- Thu May 11, 2017 9:14 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Virginia Summer Open – 8/5/17
- Replies: 53
- Views: 25394
Re: Virginia Summer Open – 8/5/17
For the veterans in the circuit, how do you all usually go about selecting side events for a side event weekend? A straw poll is my best idea so far, but I also don't want to mirror too many of the ones that will be at CO already. Last year's VCU weekend basically had us doing everything available....
- Thu May 11, 2017 9:02 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Virginia Summer Open – 8/5/17
- Replies: 53
- Views: 25394
Re: Virginia Summer Open – 8/5/17
Could we consider adding the Chuck Berry rock tournament as part of the weekend? If not as a formal tournament then perhaps as a shootout event.
- Thu May 04, 2017 9:29 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: "YO, Pass the AUX Cord, You'd Better Not Read" TRASH Set
- Replies: 80
- Views: 32497
Re: "YO, Pass the AUX Cord, You'd Better Not Read" TRASH Set
I would very much like to play this at HSNCT.
- Mon May 01, 2017 8:12 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: João - Myth Shootout (HSNCT)
- Replies: 58
- Views: 27884
Re: João - Myth Shootout (HSNCT)
Nevermind.
- Sat Mar 25, 2017 8:14 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: (This) Tournament is a Crime Mirror at S. Carolina (3/25/17)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2689
Re: (This) Tournament is a Crime Mirror at S. Carolina (3/25
Congrats to the Dorman Bulldogs (Geoffrey Thomas, Jason Fern, Chase Fleming, and Lee Holden) for winning the South Carolina mirror of (This) Tournament is a Crime. Various USC house teams rounded out the rankings. Stats are here . Thanks to Ben Ingram and Caitlin Sperka Thomas for coming down to sta...