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by mcgroth
Sun Mar 11, 2012 9:01 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Blue Hen Invitational @ University of Delaware - 3/10
Replies: 44
Views: 12205

Re: Blue Hen Invitational @ University of Delaware - 3/10

Well, I'm not arguing this anymore. I've said what I believe. It's [bleep]-ing quizbowl. As much as I enjoy it, I've got my priorities straight.
by mcgroth
Sun Mar 11, 2012 5:35 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Blue Hen Invitational @ University of Delaware - 3/10
Replies: 44
Views: 12205

Re: Blue Hen Invitational @ University of Delaware - 3/10

I should have been clearer in my first post when I said "Nobody pays attention to whose buzzer system is being used." I was referring to the people who were actually conducting that particular playoff (which includes myself). The TD was not made aware of what room we had chosen to hold th...
by mcgroth
Sun Mar 11, 2012 1:29 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Blue Hen Invitational @ University of Delaware - 3/10
Replies: 44
Views: 12205

Re: Blue Hen Invitational @ University of Delaware - 3/10

As to the Caesar Rodney buzzer system being used for a playoff, you should have interrupted the round and asked to switch out the buzzer system if you were ready to leave. Coming in afterwards and berating everybody for using the system is...well, ludicrous. Nobody pays attention to whose buzzer sy...
by mcgroth
Sun Mar 11, 2012 11:01 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Blue Hen Invitational @ University of Delaware - 3/10
Replies: 44
Views: 12205

Re: Blue Hen Invitational @ University of Delaware - 3/10

I went back and looked at the trash packet. Of the 20 tossups and 20 bonuses, all 20 tossups and 18 of the 20 bonuses had at least one post-2000 reference in them. Most of them had multiple post-2000 references. Questions about older stuff were specifically designed to include more current reference...
by mcgroth
Tue Apr 05, 2011 1:33 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: BLASTOISE Mirror @ University of Delaware (4/23/11)
Replies: 2
Views: 899

BLASTOISE Mirror @ University of Delaware (4/23/11)

The University of Delaware is planning to hold a mirror of BLASTOISE [Bell-Lisgar Academic & Sexy Trash Open Inside the South-East] on Saturday, April 23rd, 2011. This is a half-academic/half-trash tournament comprised of packets being submitted to the original event at Lisgar on March 26th. How...
by mcgroth
Tue Apr 05, 2011 1:21 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: BLASTOISE Mirror @ University of Delaware (4/23/11)
Replies: 17
Views: 4436

Re: BLASTOISE Mirror @ University of Delaware (4/23/11)

However, as this is originally a Canadian event, the folks at Lisgar have kindly given us permission to replace any "excessively Canadian" questions in the set with more Americanized ones of our own in order to accommodate the attendees of our mirror. So I don't get to play on bonuses abo...
by mcgroth
Tue Mar 15, 2011 6:03 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: BLASTOISE Mirror @ University of Delaware (4/23/11)
Replies: 0
Views: 1132

BLASTOISE Mirror @ University of Delaware (4/23/11)

The University of Delaware is planning to hold a mirror of BLASTOISE [Bell-Lisgar Academic & Sexy Trash Open Inside the South-East] on Saturday, April 23rd, 2011. This is a half-academic/half-trash tournament comprised of packets being submitted to the original event at Lisgar on March 26th. How...
by mcgroth
Tue Mar 15, 2011 6:02 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: BLASTOISE Mirror @ University of Delaware (4/23/11)
Replies: 17
Views: 4436

BLASTOISE Mirror @ University of Delaware (4/23/11)

The University of Delaware is planning to hold a mirror of BLASTOISE [Bell-Lisgar Academic & Sexy Trash Open Inside the South-East] on Saturday, April 23rd, 2011. This is a half-academic/half-trash tournament comprised of packets being submitted to the original event at Lisgar on March 26th. How...
by mcgroth
Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:24 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Penn Bowl Trash III General Discussion
Replies: 18
Views: 3856

Re: Penn Bowl Trash III General Discussion

I really enjoyed this tournament, so I want to start off by thanking UPenn for putting it on. :grin: There are many things that I could give praise to, but the result would be a very long and rambling post, so I will just put on my pessimist cap for a few minutes and talking about the few things I w...
by mcgroth
Mon Dec 13, 2010 1:08 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: DWI 2011 @ University of Delaware - CANCELED
Replies: 19
Views: 4101

Re: DWI 2011 @ University of Delaware (March 5, 2011)

Hi everyone -

Just wanted to let you guys know that we are reading your comments and taking them into consideration, and our lack of response thus far is because we are considering our options. We will post an update as soon as we make any decisions.
by mcgroth
Fri Dec 10, 2010 6:33 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: DWI 2011 @ University of Delaware - CANCELED
Replies: 19
Views: 4101

DWI 2011 @ University of Delaware - CANCELED

The University of Delaware Academic Competition Club announces the return of the Delaware Winter Invitational (DWI) for the year 2011. We are tentatively planning to hold this tournament at UD on Saturday, March 5, 2011. Right now we are debating which format to use for the tournament. Last year, DW...
by mcgroth
Mon Dec 06, 2010 12:54 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: THUNDER II at Penn 12/4/10
Replies: 48
Views: 26012

Re: THUNDER II at Penn 12/4/10

I enjoyed this tournament and thought it was solidly run, though there were 1-2 rooms with simply unacceptable moderators. Look, people should not be buzzing in halfway through Norse myth tossups and very reasonably guessing things from Hindu mythology; as a moderator, you should consider this a bi...
by mcgroth
Fri Oct 08, 2010 11:47 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: DATE CHANGE: TERP (Maryland Fall Trash) 10/31/10
Replies: 44
Views: 10265

Re: DATE CHANGE: TERP (Maryland Fall Trash) 10/31/10

I just realized that I never commented on the date change. This won't be a problem for us - we're still planning to send 2-3 teams, perhaps leaning more towards 3 teams than 2. Per the lack of trash tournaments on the schedule this semester, I'm particularly looking forward to this, and I know that ...
by mcgroth
Wed Sep 15, 2010 6:20 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: THUNDER II - 12/4/10 - UCSD/UPenn/??
Replies: 37
Views: 17877

Re: THUNDER II - 12/4/10 - UCSD/UPenn/??

UDel is planning on sending 2-3 teams to the UPenn site of this tournament.
by mcgroth
Tue May 04, 2010 8:21 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: DOKTRINE-University of Pittsburgh-4/10
Replies: 75
Views: 16124

Re: DOKTRINE-University of Pittsburgh-4/10

Yeah, Rob, you've got the people and placings right. I would also like to point out the fact that Greg had no negs the entire tournament and that Marisol had more powers (14) than anyone else in the tournament. All in all, I'm pretty happy with how things turned out.
by mcgroth
Fri Apr 30, 2010 12:03 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: DOKTRINE-University of Pittsburgh-4/10
Replies: 75
Views: 16124

Re: DOKTRINE-University of Pittsburgh-4/10

As the other writer of the Delaware A packet, I am interested in getting feedback as well.