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- Sat Jun 13, 2009 10:53 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Interest in second video games tournament?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 7090
Re: Interest in second video games tournament?
I have a lot of downtime before I move out and my job officially begins, so I'm willing to lend a hand writing/staffing instead of playing if you want to be relieved of the writing burden. Should I send you a sample packet using questions I've already written for UVA's Game Trivia Day?
- Mon Jun 08, 2009 10:19 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Fake Trashionals at Maryland (6/7/09)
- Replies: 31
- Views: 7379
Re: Fake Trashionals at Maryland (6/7/09)
I had a good time, but I'm also reminded of exactly how out of practice I am regarding quizbowl in general. I fell into some of my old bad habits.
EDIT: also, are there stats/standings available for the eighth round?
EDIT: also, are there stats/standings available for the eighth round?
- Mon Jun 08, 2009 10:18 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: New National Trash Tournament in 2010?
- Replies: 58
- Views: 13285
Re: New National Trash Tournament in 2010?
I'd definitely be interested in attending this tournament and/or writing for it, but my attendance would be based almost solely on where it's held. If it's within an hour or two's drive from Virginia/Maryland, then I will have a team, money, and packet ready before January. If it isn't, then I'd pro...
- Tue May 26, 2009 1:33 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Interest in second video games tournament?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 7090
Re: Interest in second video games tournament?
Is this actually happening? I was upset that I never got to play JECHT, and if this takes place anywhere in Maryland or Virginia before August I'd be interested in playing it.
- Tue May 26, 2009 1:31 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Fake Trashionals at Maryland (6/7/09)
- Replies: 31
- Views: 7379
Re: Fake Trashionals at Maryland (6/7/09)
I might join this as a free agent if I'm not doing anything else that weekend (likely). I've only played one trash tournament ever, but I did okay.
- Mon Aug 04, 2008 12:39 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: JECHT: Minnesota Open 08' Video Game Doubles
- Replies: 54
- Views: 11656
Re: JECHT: Minnesota Open 08' Video Game Doubles
I'd like to see this mirrored on the east coast. It'd be fun to shut down the pretenders.
- Sun Jul 06, 2008 8:27 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ITT Your Favorite (Or Funniest) Movie Death
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3483
Re: ITT Your Favorite (Or Funniest) Movie Death
Horrible, horrible fight scene, but an awesome line and awesome death at the end: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NI6iu7e91Y
- Sat Jun 28, 2008 5:04 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Non-DC Metro Virginia 2008-09
- Replies: 110
- Views: 22161
Re: Non-DC Metro Virginia
I'm not terribly well-informed about the state of Virginia HS quizbowl compared to when I was part of the circuit, but the one team that I remember surprising me the most this past year was Collegiate. This past year's Collegiate team was probably the best non TJ/Gov team from this state that I've e...
- Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:22 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ASS II Discussion
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6626
Re: ASS II Discussion
In re: buzzing on the theme, I think the most egregious incident of that was in the vision packet, when I buzzed on "Univisión" after determining merely that the question was asking for a Spanish-language television network. So it certainly happened. I had actually forgotten the category ...
- Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:54 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ASS II Discussion
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6626
Re: ASS II Discussion
I didn't think the video game difficulty was that high, but then again if I'm a specialist on anything, it's video games. Overall, I didn't think the difficulty on any particular category was very high or low. The category rounds were a gimmick that... was never obnoxious or harmful, but I'm not sur...
- Sun Jun 15, 2008 2:04 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Player name pronunciation
- Replies: 52
- Views: 15872
Re: Player name pronunciation
I've noticed a that bunch of quizbowlers aren't familiar with the concept that first name is all that's required when there is familiarity between parties and no one else with the same first name around. I was on the same team as another Mike for essentially all of high school and half of college. ...
- Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:59 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Player name pronunciation
- Replies: 52
- Views: 15872
Re: Player name pronunciation
Sollosi. Soh - loh - see. Rhymes with Bela Lugosi. Does NOT rhyme with Haile Selassie.
- Sun May 18, 2008 3:26 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Majors
- Replies: 48
- Views: 7891
Re: Majors
Well, minoring and majoring practices differ from school to school. At UVA, you aren't allowed to do a double minor, but you can major as many times as you like, theoretically. Shekar Sidarth (TJ '03, UVA '07) triple-majored in Spanish, Comp Sci, and History, IIRC. One of them might have been a mino...
- Sun Apr 27, 2008 10:40 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: A mystery
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3640
Re: A mystery
I think it explodes.Matt Weiner wrote:What happens to a demon deferred?ILoveReeses wrote:I suppose one is trying to immerse the bad guys in a hypertonic solution. The water leaves their bodies, and thus they shrivel up like raisins in the sun.
- Sun Apr 27, 2008 9:08 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: (Correct) Answers that made you hang your head in shame.
- Replies: 80
- Views: 20056
Re: (Correct) Answers that made you hang your head in shame.
My first buzz of the 2003 HSNCT was was a power from the lyrics to Supercalifragilisticexpialodocious.
- Thu Apr 24, 2008 12:20 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: The Beatles
- Replies: 38
- Views: 7345
Re: The Beatles
I really like The Beatles. I mean, it's kind of uncool if you seriously dislike them. Their influence on rock and roll is impossible to ignore, and even by modern standards their catalog of music is extremely impressive. My favorite Beatles songs are While My Guitar Gently Weeps and Here Comes the S...
- Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:07 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: What got you into Quizbowl?
- Replies: 90
- Views: 19019
Re: What got you into Quizbowl?
One of my neighbors growing up was the Brady family - Matt Brady was on the TJ It's Ac team with the notorious Andy Goss in the late 90s. I saw Matt play on TV when I was in elementary school or middle school, and thought that it would be really cool to do it in high school. So freshman year I went ...
- Thu Apr 17, 2008 12:09 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: The Great KMO Cowboy Pool
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2556
Re: The Great KMO Cowboy Pool
My stars and garters, is there gambling going on here? I am shocked! Shocked! Shouldn't that be "sh-auk-ed?" :) For saying this, you both win and lose. For similar reasons. My senior year there was a Black Bart question. I also saw Blazing Saddles last night, so I guess black Barts are ju...
- Mon Apr 07, 2008 11:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Is Virginia NAQT States still on??
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4182
Re: Is Virginia NAQT States still on??
It's still on. We're in the process of recruiting some additional staff at the moment. Sorry, most of the team officers at UVA don't even check this forum, and I (basically retired from competition) am the only student that posts here. I'll talk to Tim tomorrow and poke him into dropping some confir...
- Sun Apr 06, 2008 11:38 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Most Improbable Last-Second Winning Answers
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3944
Re: Most Improbabe Last-Second Winning Answers
We were down by 25 points with about ten seconds on the clock at the SCT in 2005, and Mike buzzes in on less than a sentence with something like "he composed his first piano concerto," guesses Liszt, gets it right, and then up comes a bonus in which we get 20 points. This was right after w...
- Thu Mar 20, 2008 10:31 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 500 things...
- Replies: 87
- Views: 13183
Re: 500 things...
64. Only one thing was ever drawn on a napkin
- Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:31 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Bad Negs--we miss you!
- Replies: 182
- Views: 39380
Re: Bad Negs--we miss you!
3 gems from yesterday:
"Ninja Warrior" for "Nanjing Massacre"
"Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny" for "Time Bandits"
"4chan (the bad website)" for "Wikipedia"
"Ninja Warrior" for "Nanjing Massacre"
"Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny" for "Time Bandits"
"4chan (the bad website)" for "Wikipedia"
- Sun Mar 02, 2008 2:33 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: PACE NSC 2008: Call for volunteers
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2852
Re: PACE NSC 2008: Call for volunteers
I sent in an app (is that what I should call it?) a month or two ago. Did it make it to you safely?
- Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:55 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Annals of SCIENCE!
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3890
- Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:25 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: I am tired of awesome people dying
- Replies: 136
- Views: 19515
No. It opens on a Friday, and if I can get it on a midnight showing then it will still be during the week (as in, I'll see it before my weekend begins).AndyShootsAndyScores wrote:Isn't that the earliest most people can see it, minus the pirates?No Sollositing on Premise wrote:...I need to go see this on opening weekend, at the earliest.
- Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:14 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: I am tired of awesome people dying
- Replies: 136
- Views: 19515
- Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:14 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Bad Negs--we miss you!
- Replies: 182
- Views: 39380
- Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:19 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: I am tired of awesome people dying
- Replies: 136
- Views: 19515
- Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:20 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Yoda and Vader playable in Soul Calibur IV
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1264
- Mon Jan 07, 2008 5:31 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: January Avatars: THE RETURN TO LORD WEARY'S AVATARS
- Replies: 63
- Views: 10067
- Sun Jan 06, 2008 3:05 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: I am tired of awesome people dying
- Replies: 136
- Views: 19515
- Sat Jan 05, 2008 1:12 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: I am tired of awesome people dying
- Replies: 136
- Views: 19515
- Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:30 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Guys, this really sucks (SERIOUS POST)
- Replies: 46
- Views: 8155
(Exposition: It is 10 minutes ago. The Uncharted data is suspiciously missing. My brother is upstairs in his room.) Me: Josh, what happened to the Uncharted data. Brother: Oh yeah, I accidentally deleted it. Me: By it, you mean just Uncharted, right? Brother: No. I think all the PS3 data. The End. ...
- Tue Dec 18, 2007 12:47 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Guys, this really sucks (SERIOUS POST)
- Replies: 46
- Views: 8155
My three band names in GH2: Hungarian Hurricane, Steam Kitten, and Noisegarden. Right now the only band name I have on GH3 and GH80s is Hungarian Hurricane, though. I've beaten the first three games (incl. 80s) on Expert, but for me the final two tiers are often more about surviving than scoring. Ri...
- Thu Nov 08, 2007 1:03 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: B teams
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3851
In 2002 TJ B (Alex Levy, Dan Wright, Steve Yang, and myself) only won a single match at PACE, and only by a single question. In 2004 TJ B was almost the exact same group of players, but we only lost a single match at PACE that year, to the 2004 Gov team. A lot can happen in two years if a team is pr...
- Wed Oct 31, 2007 8:04 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2008 Housh Classic (01/12/08) at TJHSST (Alexandria, VA)
- Replies: 105
- Views: 43573
- Mon Oct 22, 2007 1:12 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Worst Match Ever
- Replies: 45
- Views: 13857
At NAQT nationals in 2005 I had two horrible verbal typos against Texas that would have been powers if I had said them correctly. Menelaus instead of Meleager and John O'Sullivan instead of John L. Sullivan. I think I had at least three or four correct buzzes, but I of course don't remember what the...
- Sat Oct 20, 2007 12:31 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: RESULTS: Cavalier Classic XII 10/27/07 @ UVa
- Replies: 35
- Views: 14886
- Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:21 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Trivia Buffs Needed for New Show
- Replies: 35
- Views: 12054
- Fri Oct 12, 2007 11:54 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Jeopardy Online Tests
- Replies: 52
- Views: 23019
- Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:17 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Jeopardy Online Tests
- Replies: 52
- Views: 23019
- Thu Sep 27, 2007 5:16 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Jeopardy Online Tests
- Replies: 52
- Views: 23019
- Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:14 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Top Ten Funniest Movies
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5594
- Wed Sep 12, 2007 12:27 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: What... no women's world cup (futbol/soccer) talk?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3053
- Sat Sep 08, 2007 8:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Funny Covers
- Replies: 42
- Views: 13318
- Fri Sep 07, 2007 1:05 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Funny Covers
- Replies: 42
- Views: 13318
- Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:58 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Funny Covers
- Replies: 42
- Views: 13318
The Bloodhound Gang's cover of Along Comes Mary by The Association is catchy on its own, but in the context of the rest of the album it's hilarious. And of course, there's always Eric Cartman's cover of Come Sail Away by Styx. Youtube links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sywxzJDeKV4 (BHG) http://ww...
- Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:37 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Trash distribution discussion
- Replies: 76
- Views: 32510
Well, while games are the subject, two years ago I wrote a 22/0 gaming packet for an AIM chatroom that some people here played, and I'm currently writing 70 modified-Jeopardy questions for the UVA Gamers' Club trivia day at the end of the semester. One question from that gaming packet that was shame...
- Sat Sep 01, 2007 4:59 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Greatest American Rock Band?
- Replies: 65
- Views: 24980
- Sat Sep 01, 2007 12:21 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Greatest American Rock Band?
- Replies: 65
- Views: 24980