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by Woody
Thu Jan 11, 2024 1:37 pm
Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
Topic: Seventh Annual DeWitt Invitational Middle School Quiz Bowl Tournament [MI, MS-48]
Replies: 0
Views: 829

Seventh Annual DeWitt Invitational Middle School Quiz Bowl Tournament [MI, MS-48]

Dear Middle School Quiz Bowl Coaches, We are looking forward to hosting a Middle School Quiz Bowl tournament on Saturday, February 10th at DeWitt High School. We will hold a coaches meeting in classroom #112 at 8:30 am, and plan to begin play by 9:00 am. We are expecting at least 5 rounds of competi...
by Woody
Sun Jan 07, 2024 11:30 pm
Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
Topic: 2024 NAQT Michigan State Championship [April 13th, IS-228, Ann Arbor and East Lansing]
Replies: 0
Views: 1368

2024 NAQT Michigan State Championship [April 13th, IS-228, Ann Arbor and East Lansing]

The quiz bowl teams at the University of Michigan and Michigan State University, in cooperation with DeWitt High School and the Michigan Quiz Bowl Coaches Association, are pleased to announce the 2023 Michigan State Quiz Bowl Championships will take place on Saturday, April 13th, 2024. The event wil...
by Woody
Sun Oct 22, 2023 8:02 pm
Forum: Trash
Topic: MoNintendo Tournament - 2024
Replies: 9
Views: 5303

Re: MoNintendo Tournament - 2024

This sounds like a ton of fun, I look forward to playing this and being humbled by how little I actually know
by Woody
Mon Aug 28, 2023 9:40 pm
Forum: Trash
Topic: 2023 Lore Dump 2: More Lore - An Online Tourney [8/19/23]
Replies: 8
Views: 5977

Re: 2023 Lore Dump 2: More Lore - An Online Tourney [8/19/23]

With all the adulation that this set is getting, is there a chance that you'll host another online mirror? I was unable to attend but it sounds like it was a lot of fun!
by Woody
Mon Aug 07, 2023 7:32 pm
Forum: Trash
Topic: UCF Open Trash 2023
Replies: 7
Views: 3910

Re: UCF Open Trash 2023

Any chance you'll hold an online mirror of this as well?
by Woody
Tue Mar 22, 2022 11:31 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: MINEWT Waltz [NEWT] (MI, Online via Zoom, 3/26/22)
Replies: 5
Views: 2354

Re: MINEWT Waltz [NEWT] (MI, Online via Zoom, 3/26/22)

The field is finalized and closed, with Strake Jesuit being allowed in as a non-MI team to replace a team that withdrew.
We are currently fully staffed, with one backup reader available if necessary.
Looking forward to a good tournament on Saturday!
by Woody
Sat Mar 12, 2022 9:00 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: MINEWT Waltz [NEWT] (MI, Online via Zoom, 3/26/22)
Replies: 5
Views: 2354

Re: MINEWT Waltz [NEWT] (MI, Online via Zoom, 3/26/22)

Field updated as of 3/12/2022

We are currently fully staffed with some extra staffers.

We hope to finalize tournament format soon now that we have a better idea of how many teams we'll have.
by Woody
Fri Feb 18, 2022 12:10 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: MINEWT Waltz [NEWT] (MI, Online via Zoom, 3/26/22)
Replies: 5
Views: 2354

Re: MINEWT Waltz [NEWT] (MI, Online via Zoom, 3/26/22)

Field updated as of 2/17/2022

We're currently at bare minimum # of staffers needed, but would definitely prefer to have more than the minimum.
by Woody
Wed Jan 19, 2022 1:01 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2022 NAQT Michigan State Championship [April 9th, IS-210, Online]
Replies: 1
Views: 1379

2022 NAQT Michigan State Championship [April 9th, IS-210, Online]

DeWitt High School and the Michigan Quiz Bowl Coaches Association are excited to announce that we will be hosting an online State Championship for the state of Michigan. DATE AND TIME: The tournament will take place online via Zoom on April 9th, 2022. There will be a coaches meeting at 8:30am ET and...
by Woody
Mon Jan 17, 2022 1:37 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Sixth Annual DeWitt Invitational Middle School Quiz Bowl Tournament [NAQT MS-40] (3/5/2022, Online via Zoom, MI teams)
Replies: 0
Views: 807

Sixth Annual DeWitt Invitational Middle School Quiz Bowl Tournament [NAQT MS-40] (3/5/2022, Online via Zoom, MI teams)

Sixth Annual DeWitt Invitational Middle School Quiz Bowl Tournament Saturday, March 5, 2022 Online via Zoom 9:00am until roughly 4:00pm Michigan teams only Dear Middle School Quiz Bowl Coaches, We are looking forward to hosting a Middle School Quiz Bowl tournament on Saturday, March 5th online via Z...
by Woody
Wed Jan 05, 2022 11:49 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: MINEWT Waltz [NEWT] (MI, Online via Zoom, 3/26/22)
Replies: 5
Views: 2354

Re: MINEWT Waltz [NEWT] (MI, Online via Zoom, 3/26/22)

Current Field: 12/12 teams
Troy High School (1)
Detroit Country Day (1)
Detroit Catholic Central (4)
Cranbrook Kingswood (1)
Okemos (2)
Cabrini (1)
Marshall Academy (1)
Strake Jesuit (1)

Current Staffer Count: 7
by Woody
Wed Jan 05, 2022 11:49 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: MINEWT Waltz [NEWT] (MI, Online via Zoom, 3/26/22)
Replies: 5
Views: 2354

MINEWT Waltz [NEWT] (MI, Online via Zoom, 3/26/22)

I am happy to announce the MINEWT Waltz tournament, an online Michigan-exclusive mirror of NEWT. The tournament will take place on March 26th, 2022 . The tournament directors will be myself, Coach Jimmy Dunn of DeWitt High School Quiz Bowl, and Aalok Bhattacharya. Eligibility: The field will be clos...
by Woody
Wed Oct 06, 2021 10:05 pm
Forum: Trash
Topic: Super ACRONYM 3: Global Announcement (Early Fall 2021)
Replies: 6
Views: 5819

Re: Super ACRONYM 3: Global Announcement (Early Fall 2021)

InvadErGII wrote: Thu Sep 30, 2021 4:23 pm
Cheynem wrote: Sun Sep 19, 2021 8:08 pm Would very much like to see an online mirror.
This is definitely happening! Should be mid-November.
Looking forward to it!
by Woody
Mon Sep 20, 2021 9:58 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Gender Neutrality in Quizbowl Writing and Playing
Replies: 13
Views: 3958

Re: Gender Neutrality in Quizbowl Writing and Playing

I think that the sentiment of gender-neutral pronouns is fair—as noted above, using he/she in a question can quickly narrow down the answerspace, especially at lower levels of difficulty. I used gender-neutral pronouns when editing for 2021 NASAT literature, and I thought it worked fine, but my per...
by Woody
Sun Sep 19, 2021 8:51 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Gender Neutrality in Quizbowl Writing and Playing
Replies: 13
Views: 3958

Re: Gender Neutrality in Quizbowl Writing and Playing

I strongly support this and have advocated for it in the past. I hope that NAQT adopts using "they" or another equivalent gender-neutral pronoun as their standard, especially for MS/HS sets which is where I think this most negatively impacts strategy
by Woody
Thu Jul 29, 2021 10:07 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Stony Brook Open Trash (August 15, 2021)
Replies: 21
Views: 6339

Re: Stony Brook Open Trash (August 15, 2021)

Will this tournament be using buzzin.live, or an equivalent service? If you haven't decided one way or the other regarding that yet, I would humbly request that buzzin.live or an equivalent be used; my team much prefers that to chat-buzzing in Discord, and I would assume my team is not the only one ...
by Woody
Thu Jul 22, 2021 1:10 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Stony Brook Open Trash (August 15, 2021)
Replies: 21
Views: 6339

Re: Stony Brook Open Trash (August 15, 2021)

If you don't mind sharing, when was the writing on this packet begun, and what was/will be the (rough) date of the final question written? (So as to gauge when to place the range of "current" topics to focus on)
by Woody
Thu Jul 01, 2021 12:26 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2021 AQBL ONCT - June 26-27
Replies: 14
Views: 9020

Re: 2021 AQBL ONCT - June 26-27

I think AQBL did some fantastic work this year. ONCT was not up to the standards they had set for themselves earlier in the year, though I don't think it was as catastrophic as some people seem to be treating it both here and on Discord. I've been a supporter of AQBL all year, and DeWitt participate...
by Woody
Thu Jun 03, 2021 10:15 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2021 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 57
Views: 18290

Re: 2021 HSNCT discussion

I unrelatedly found out today that penguin and random house have been merged into one company for some time. For the bonus that asked for the largest publishing company, or something to that effect, we were going between penguin and random house, deciding on the former and being told the answer was...
by Woody
Wed Jun 02, 2021 5:06 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2021 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 57
Views: 18290

Re: 2021 HSNCT discussion

Can I see the Indiana tossup from Round 4? I was confused as to why the answer to the clue in the first line from God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater was not Rhode Island. Eliot claims numerous residents of this state are his children to keep his fortune out of Fred's hands in Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless Yo...
by Woody
Thu Apr 22, 2021 10:35 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: TRASH @ ONCT (6/25/21)
Replies: 7
Views: 4249

Re: TRASH @ ONCT (6/25/21)

Is there any chance that there will be an open division for this as well? I know there's at least one coach of a prospective ONCT team who'd enjoy playing this... :)
by Woody
Wed Apr 21, 2021 10:51 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: SCOP B National Mirror (5-8-21)
Replies: 3
Views: 3100

Re: SCOP B National Mirror (5-8-21)

Are there eligibility restrictions for this tournament, and/or will there be a JV/Novice division for this tournament so that it doesn't devolve into a giant buzzer race?
by Woody
Sun Mar 07, 2021 12:49 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: AQBL March: Western
Replies: 4
Views: 1559

Re: AQBL March: Western

Will we be getting a field update for this tournament sometime soon? :)
by Woody
Tue Mar 02, 2021 12:27 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2021 NAQT Michigan State Championship [April 17th, IS-201]
Replies: 4
Views: 2405

Re: 2021 NAQT Michigan State Championship [April 17th, IS-201]

Field has been updated. Registered coaches have also been sent an initial logistics e-mail with payment information. We are still expecting to get more entries (the hope is to have at least 12 teams per division)
by Woody
Mon Feb 15, 2021 10:16 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Trash Bowl Alabama
Replies: 12
Views: 6661

Re: TBA- Trash Bowl Alabama

Am I right to assume that "UG up" eligibility means that players who have graduated college and are no longer affiliated with a university are eligible to play?
by Woody
Mon Feb 08, 2021 9:58 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2021 NAQT Michigan State Championship [April 17th, IS-201]
Replies: 4
Views: 2405

Re: 2021 NAQT Michigan State Championship [April 17th, IS-201]

There is a Great Lakes STASH mirror (which is also open to Michigan teams) being held on April 17th, the same day as Michigan States. 4 Michigan Teams from 2 Michigan Schools have already signed up for that tournament. https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=24746&p=383041&hil...
by Woody
Sun Feb 07, 2021 8:33 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2021 NAQT Michigan State Championship [April 17th, IS-201]
Replies: 4
Views: 2405

Re: 2021 NAQT Michigan State Championship [April 17th, IS-201]

Current Field (as of 2021/03/06) Class A (13): Detroit Catholic Central DeWitt East Grand Rapids Holland Holt Ionia Mount Pleasant New Boston Huron Okemos Saline Traverse City Central Troy Woodhaven Class B (7): Chelsea Detroit Country Day Farmington Hills Mercy Forest Hills Eastern Houghton Ludingt...
by Woody
Sun Feb 07, 2021 8:32 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2021 NAQT Michigan State Championship [April 17th, IS-201]
Replies: 4
Views: 2405

2021 NAQT Michigan State Championship [April 17th, IS-201]

DeWitt High School and the Michigan Quiz Bowl Coaches Association are excited to announce that we will be hosting an online State Championship for the state of Michigan. DATE AND TIME: The tournament will take place on April 17th, 2021. Start time 9:00am ET REGISTRATION: Teams can register using NAQ...
by Woody
Tue Jan 26, 2021 12:56 pm
Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
Topic: Greatest Upsets in Quizbowl History
Replies: 74
Views: 77815

Re: Greatest Upsets in Quizbowl History

The 2008 Class B Michigan State Championship. It was run on KMO/Academic Hallmark Questions, which is a significant part of what led to this happening. Also relevant is that the matches were timed, and if the timer ran out, the game was over -- no finishing the cycle or any of that. 2008 was a weird...
by Woody
Mon Jan 25, 2021 11:03 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: TOEJAM III Online Doubles: January 31, 2021
Replies: 9
Views: 3551

Re: TOEJAM III Online Doubles: January 31, 2021

Do we have a start time for this yet?
by Woody
Wed Jan 06, 2021 2:02 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: BOAT (Upper Midwest RAFT II Mirror) - January 9, 2021
Replies: 8
Views: 2982

Re: BOAT (Upper Midwest RAFT II Mirror) - January 9, 2021

Have any e-mails gone out with the Discord information for this tournament? I haven't received anything yet.
by Woody
Sat Dec 05, 2020 7:12 pm
Forum: Mirror requests
Topic: DART set (regs) available for mirror in 2020-2021
Replies: 10
Views: 7845

Re: DART set (regs) available for mirror in 2020-2021

I assume the main site mirror will be held online? Very interested in playing this set.
by Woody
Sat Dec 05, 2020 3:33 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: BOAT (Upper Midwest RAFT II Mirror) - January 9, 2021
Replies: 8
Views: 2982

Re: BOAT (Upper Midwest RAFT II Mirror) - January 9, 2021

Very interested, hoping to field at least one team for this. Is there any discount for multiple teams?
by Woody
Sat Oct 24, 2020 10:24 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 22nd Annual Knights' Challenge Tournament
Replies: 8
Views: 3542

Re: 22nd Annual Knights' Challenge Tournament

Are there any geographic restrictions for this tournament?
by Woody
Sat Oct 17, 2020 9:50 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: OF MICE and MEN (MI Only MCMT) [11/28]
Replies: 6
Views: 3302

Re: OF MICE and MEN (MI Only MCMT) [11/28]

Unfortunately it looks like DeWitt won't be able to field a large enough team for that date at this time. I've gone ahead and removed our info from the sign-up sheet. Sorry, and hope the tournament goes well!
by Woody
Wed Sep 02, 2020 2:22 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Vanderbilt ABC Fall - Online (10/31/2020)
Replies: 7
Views: 4171

Re: Vanderbilt ABC Fall - Online (10/31/2020)

Are there any geographic restrictions for this event?
by Woody
Tue Aug 25, 2020 2:17 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: UKY Fall 2020 Announcement
Replies: 4
Views: 2316

Re: UKY Fall 2020 Announcement

Is this tournament regionally closed?
by Woody
Thu Jun 04, 2020 3:39 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: The Dynamic Duo - Batman Packets
Replies: 8
Views: 3127

Re: The Dynamic Duo - Batman Packets

this was very fun!
by Woody
Mon Jun 01, 2020 6:04 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: The Dynamic Duo - Batman Packets
Replies: 8
Views: 3127

Re: The Dynamic Duo - Batman Packets

ganman0305 wrote: Sun May 31, 2020 11:12 pm
Cheynem wrote: Sun May 31, 2020 11:02 pm What time these nights?
Well that would most certainly help for a packet reading! We're going to do 9:00 p.m. EST both nights as a start time.
I'll do my best to be there!
by Woody
Fri May 29, 2020 4:40 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: The Purpose of Bonuses
Replies: 3
Views: 2673

Re: Paired Tossups and Bonuses

Can you explain what you mean by this? How are NAQT's bonuses structured any differently than other quizbowl tournament's bonuses? Well, the NAQT format is pretty standardized across quiz bowl now, I think the only national outliers I'm aware of would be QUnlimited/NAC and the PACE NSC. My issue wi...
by Woody
Fri May 29, 2020 12:02 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: The Purpose of Bonuses
Replies: 3
Views: 2673

The Purpose of Bonuses

Split from Paired Tossups and Bonuses - Mgmt The hotter take is that bonuses end up making a difference in a very small number of games. A large portion of a quizbowl match is devoted to them. As I've argued elsewhere, I'd love to see new approaches to bonuses that preserve the teamwork element but...
by Woody
Mon May 18, 2020 3:09 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: The Dynamic Duo - Batman Packets
Replies: 8
Views: 3127

Re: The Dynamic Duo - Batman Packets

v. interested in this
by Woody
Mon May 18, 2020 2:12 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: CALISTO Online (5/16)
Replies: 7
Views: 4476

Re: CALISTO Online (5/16)

This tournament was a lot of fun! I think the only hiccup was that some staff weren't familiar with how to manually disconnect someone from a voice channel, so there were a few times we had to wait around until someone whose roles had been revoked actually left. (sidenote: I think it's possible to g...
by Woody
Mon May 18, 2020 2:08 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM League - May/June 2020
Replies: 16
Views: 5743

Re: ACRONYM League - May/June 2020

Are there any teams looking for players still? And if so, is it still legal to add free agents, or are rosters completely locked? I completely missed this thread and am bummed.
by Woody
Mon May 18, 2020 1:30 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Schurniverse: It's a Schur Thing (Nationals Season 2022)
Replies: 11
Views: 9717

Re: Schurniverse: It's a Schur Thing (Early Summer 2020)

Any chance this is moving to be an online event?
by Woody
Fri Apr 17, 2020 10:59 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: CALISTO Online (5/16)
Replies: 7
Views: 4476

Re: CALISTO Online (5/16)

Do we have a rough idea yet of how many packets will be played? Will it be TU-only, or TU+bonus? If TU+bonus, how much time will be given on bonuses? Will answers be given via voice or text? We plan to have 10ish rounds of tossups and bonuses. It's a month out and we're still considering policy on ...
by Woody
Wed Apr 15, 2020 3:10 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: CALISTO Online (5/16)
Replies: 7
Views: 4476

Re: CALISTO Online (5/16)

Do we have a rough idea yet of how many packets will be played? Will it be TU-only, or TU+bonus? If TU+bonus, how much time will be given on bonuses?

Will answers be given via voice or text?
by Woody
Mon Apr 13, 2020 2:34 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: This Time, A Stern Warning
Replies: 179
Views: 146947

Re: This Time, A Stern Warning

I feel like a 12 month ban from organized online competition for a first offense is eminently reasonable.
by Woody
Mon Apr 06, 2020 5:03 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Internet Charity Tournament (April 4th, 5th)
Replies: 81
Views: 25592

Re: Internet Charity Tournament (April 4th, 5th)

This event was great and I had a lot of fun on the small subset of the packets that I played! I do think the difficulty was a little too high for my personal preferences, but I probably wasn't really the target audience. I loved how diverse the subject matters covered were, and how each packet was i...