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- Sun Jun 02, 2019 4:58 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 Canadian Player Poll (For Real, This Time)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7338
Re: 2019 Canadian Player Poll (For Real, This Time)
Congrats to Saoirse-Monica Jackson for her well-deserved win as the (undisputed) best Canadian player!!!
- Wed May 01, 2019 11:04 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 Canadian Player Poll (For Real, This Time)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7338
Re: 2019 Canadian Player Poll (For Real, This Time)
1. Saoirse-Monica Jackson
2. Louisa Harland
3. Nicola Coughlan
4. Jamie-Lee O'Donnell
5. Dylan Llewellyn
2. Louisa Harland
3. Nicola Coughlan
4. Jamie-Lee O'Donnell
5. Dylan Llewellyn
- Thu Feb 08, 2018 1:47 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Quizbowl men, get a haircut
- Replies: 102
- Views: 50525
Re: Quizbowl men, get a haircut
Few people I've met in quizbowl have a more tiresome internet presence than you. yeah I really hate it when Aayush makes broad statements about how other people should groom themselves If your haircut cost $20 in a "hip urban centre", it does not look good. Baby steps here with quizbowler...
- Thu Feb 08, 2018 3:51 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Quizbowl men, get a haircut
- Replies: 102
- Views: 50525
Re: Quizbowl men, get a haircut
If your haircut cost $20 in a "hip urban centre", it does not look good.
- Mon Jan 22, 2018 5:58 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154661
Re: ELITE EIGHT: Best Song of the 2000s
Mr. Brightside by The Killers vs. Toxic by Britney Spears
Paper Planes by M.I.A. vs. Chicago by Sufjan Stevens
Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand
American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West vs. Hurt by Johnny Cash
Paper Planes by M.I.A. vs. Chicago by Sufjan Stevens
Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand
American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West vs. Hurt by Johnny Cash
- Wed Jan 17, 2018 5:39 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154661
Re: SWEET SIXTEEN: Best Song of the 2000s
Crazy by Gnarls Barkley vs. Mr. Brightside by The Killers Jesus Walks by Kanye West vs. Toxic by Britney Spears 99 Problems by Jay-Z vs. Paper Planes by M.I.A. Ignition (Remix) by R. Kelly vs. Chicago by Sufjan Stevens Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Bad Romance by Lady Gaga Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand vs...
- Tue Dec 19, 2017 2:54 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154661
Re: ROUND 0 PART 2 VOTING NOW: Best Song of the 2000s Bracke
The Fear – Lily Allen vs. Love Story – Taylor Swift Dashboard – Modest Mouse vs. Bonkers – Dizzee Rascal and Armand Van Helden Move Your Feet – Junior Senior vs. Helicopter – Bloc Party Family Affair – Mary J. Blige vs. Fidelity – Regina Spektor Mykonos – Fleet Foxes vs. American Boy – Estelle featu...
- Thu May 04, 2017 10:18 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Canadian Player Poll 2017: Fluency in French Optional
- Replies: 22
- Views: 14692
Re: Canadian Player Poll 2017: Fluency in French Optional
Staffer ballot 1. Ming-Ho Yee The one-man TD machine. EVERY tournament I've witnessed being directed by Ming-Ho Yee has been impeccably run. Like, people returned from lunch on time, the afternoon rounds started on time, and Ottawa teams made it home before midnight! This is literally *unheard* of ...
- Sun Oct 30, 2016 12:03 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Penn Bowl @ U of T (Oct. 29th, 2016)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4777
Re: Penn Bowl @ U of T (Oct. 29th, 2016)
Congratulations to McGill A!
Also, shout out to Meghan Torchia for an extremely well-run event. Thank you for proving that Canada is not completely and utterly useless by being a true Spanakopita. Epistles will be written about you!
Also, shout out to Meghan Torchia for an extremely well-run event. Thank you for proving that Canada is not completely and utterly useless by being a true Spanakopita. Epistles will be written about you!
- Thu Oct 27, 2016 8:01 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Penn Bowl @ U of T (Oct. 29th, 2016)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4777
Re: Penn Bowl @ U of T (Oct. 29th, 2016)
I don't want to be a pendent (though I'm sure you understand the impulse), but how will seeding be done for this tournament?
- Sun Aug 21, 2016 11:32 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Guerilla Action Packet Tournament
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4387
Re: Guerilla Action Packet Tournament
Wow! I'm so glad Americans have noticed the success of VETO and are beginning to reproduce it stateside!!!
- Sun Jul 31, 2016 1:44 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VETO 2016 @ University of Toronto (August 6th, 2016)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 14565
Re: VETO 2016 @ University of Toronto (August 6th, 2016)
You'll have achieved getting the largest number of quizbowlers outside at once! #positivityCalculus? wrote:Only positive spins on this news will be accepted.
- Wed Jul 06, 2016 7:02 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE WITH QUIZBOWL
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4390
Re: CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE WITH QUIZBOWL
*Toronto Hybrid #CanadianLivesMatterCheynem wrote:People will be reading some of the recently posted packets (Orlando Hybrid and VETO)
- Wed Jun 01, 2016 11:58 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: warning: limitless indalecio discussion
- Replies: 31
- Views: 15206
Re: warning: limitless indalecio discussion
that's impressiveIke wrote: and can run a 5k marathon
- Sun May 22, 2016 8:40 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Canadian Player Poll 2016: We Have Prizes!
- Replies: 33
- Views: 14484
Re: Canadian Player Poll 2016: We Have Prizes!
Here's my ballot! 1 Ming-Ho Yee 2 Paul Kasinski 3 Julien "Poolien" Harry Bosse 4 Guori "The Reader" Wu 5 Alex Rochon 6 Arjun Sondhi 7 Charles Korwin 8 Meghan Torchia 9 Jennifer Hernes 10 Kailyn Shepley 11 Isuri Herath 12 Christine Irwin 13 Ben "Benzene Paulington III" P...
- Thu May 12, 2016 3:44 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Canadian Player Poll 2016: We Have Prizes!
- Replies: 33
- Views: 14484
Re: Canadian Player Poll 2016: We Have Prizes!
Here are some people I'd like to nominate (in no particular order), because I'm too lazy to rank 25 people: These people meet the following criteria: 1) Are good at quizbowl (by Canadian standards) 2) Have contributed to the Canadian quizbowl community 3) Are nice people (or at least, not shitty peo...
- Tue May 10, 2016 12:37 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Player Poll 2016: Don't Vote for Jerry Kramer
- Replies: 41
- Views: 28828
Re: Player Poll 2016: Don't Vote for Jerry Kramer
For some position in the rankings, I nominate Ming-Ho Yee, currently of Waterloo, soon-to-be of Northeastern. In addition to putting in a respectable performance at as many tournaments as he could make time to attend, he was also one of the most helpful senior members of the club. He constantly assi...
- Mon Jul 27, 2015 10:37 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: "This Things I Believe"
- Replies: 44
- Views: 20183
Re: "This Things I Believe"
Jordan and I are not friends. I do not expect this to change. That being said... He did things like revive Hybrids and keep VETO alive (both of which should have died off after that summer). The unfortunate resurgent popularity of those tournaments and subsequent “fun” events like MacVanity and Cot...
- Mon Jul 27, 2015 10:09 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: "This Things I Believe"
- Replies: 44
- Views: 20183
Re: "This Things I Believe"
Jordan and I are not friends. I do not expect this to change. That being said... He did things like revive Hybrids and keep VETO alive (both of which should have died off after that summer). The unfortunate resurgent popularity of those tournaments and subsequent “fun” events like MacVanity and Cott...
- Fri Jul 24, 2015 2:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Open HSNCT Mirror at the University of Toronto (2015-07-26)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5681
Re: Open HSNCT Mirror at the University of Toronto (2015-07-
You know I'm far away, Joe. Don't be so passive-aggressive.The Last 21 Stanley Cup Winners wrote:I will staff this, and I encourage Canadians who did go staff the HSNCT to also staff this.
- Thu May 21, 2015 12:22 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VETO at the University of Toronto (2015-07-25)
- Replies: 82
- Views: 45041
Re: VETO at the University of Toronto (2015-07-25)
Also, is there someone running this tournament I can confer with to see if our gobstopper-like ideas are too stupid to use? Well, it's VETO, so you can do whatever you want really. Use your best judgment. Just remember that people primarily want to play quizbowl and not a Japanese game show. This i...
- Wed May 20, 2015 11:42 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Click Here to Become Sad
- Replies: 59
- Views: 34218
Re: CO History 2015
The fish flies at night.The grandmother is {wise, dead}. wrote:I need the hat rack.Tees-Exe Line wrote: the irrelevance of a self-congratulatory center-left consensus is certainly not unique to Canada.
- Fri Apr 10, 2015 3:28 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MUT 2015 Specific question discussion
- Replies: 45
- Views: 10240
Re: Specific question discussion
tossupArkangel de la Muerte wrote:Could I see the Arjun tossup?
- Thu Apr 02, 2015 10:52 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MUT 2015 Specific question discussion
- Replies: 45
- Views: 10240
Re: Specific question discussion
From Packet 11: 14. A small mean squared error can be obtained by focusing on rules that are functions of one of these things, according to the Blackwell-Rao theorem. A complete, sufficient one of these things is independent of an ancillary one according to Basu’s theorem. The factorization theorem...
- Mon Mar 23, 2015 10:38 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MUT 2015 Specific question discussion
- Replies: 45
- Views: 10240
Re: Specific question discussion
Some points concerning the tossup on "statistic", packet 11. - First off, it made me so so happy to read that question, because omg statistics is bae, and does not come up often enough. - The clue about the Blackwell-Rao theorem isn't quite appropriate, because the Rao-Blackwell constructi...
- Mon Mar 23, 2015 12:36 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MUT mirror at uWaterloo (March 22nd)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 12752
Re: MUT mirror at uWaterloo (March 22nd)
Mad props and big ups to Ming-Ho for directing the tournament perfectly. I'm so impressed that we were able to have such a large field and still end at a reasonable hour.
Sorry I got hammered last night/this morning!
Sorry I got hammered last night/this morning!
- Tue Mar 17, 2015 10:36 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: STIMPY @ McMaster (Mar. 21)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9891
Re: STIMPY @ McMaster (Mar. 21)
Thanks, Jay! Very understanding of you!
- Tue Mar 17, 2015 9:14 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: STIMPY @ McMaster (Mar. 21)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9891
Re: STIMPY @ McMaster (Mar. 21)
As I will be traveling from Seattle, I believe we are entitled to a travel discount.
- Wed Mar 04, 2015 5:38 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: New Coke Presents: MacVanity, March 7, 2015
- Replies: 21
- Views: 11684
Re: New Coke Presents: MacVanity, March 7, 2015
This tournament is going to be fantastic, mostly because of the pack written by Huma Zafar, with contributions from me :P
I regret that I won't be able to attend.
No image posting in announcement threads, please -mgmt
I regret that I won't be able to attend.
No image posting in announcement threads, please -mgmt
- Sun Feb 01, 2015 7:29 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NAQT SCT at Carleton University (February 7, 2015)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10311
Re: NAQT SCT at Carleton University (February 7, 2015)
In Canada, idiocy comes in buffets, lelelelelel so le edgy
User was banned for 24 hours for being an idiot / disregarding instructions to post in a way that makes sense. --the mgmt
User was banned for 24 hours for being an idiot / disregarding instructions to post in a way that makes sense. --the mgmt
- Wed Jan 28, 2015 4:36 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: George Oppen @ Queens University, 2/28
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8588
Re: George Oppen @ Queens University, 2/28
Since when does Queen's have an active club? (genuine question, it would be the bomb.com if the moderators didn't FZ this)
- Sat Oct 11, 2014 2:22 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: PADAWAN @ University of Toronto 2014-10-19
- Replies: 28
- Views: 12425
Re: PADAWAN @ University of Toronto 2014-10-19
Aayush, why are you only looking forward to seeing /most/ of the staffers, are you brain-dead?odin_envy_me wrote:Confirming our numbers as two teams, one set of buzzers, and no staffers.
Looking forward to seeing most of the staffers and all of the players there!
- Tue Aug 05, 2014 3:33 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Texas QB Camp Tournament mirror at uWaterloo (10th August)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6972
Re: Texas QB Camp Tournament mirror at uWaterloo (10th Augus
you guys, that's like sleeping around in a marriage #Season4Roryadosreme wrote:You could also just hook up with another team and swap players to form two semi-new teams.Masked Canadian History Bandit wrote:I propose that we consider running some kind of draft to get people to play with new people.
- Sun Jul 13, 2014 1:51 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VETO 2014
- Replies: 52
- Views: 28943
Re: VETO 2014
Thanks Aaron for directing, and everyone for both staffing and writing enjoyable packets! It was my first VETO, and I had a really fun time.
- Fri Jul 12, 2013 11:04 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Missouri Open mirror @ Waterloo (07/13/13)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 12766
Re: Missouri Open mirror @ Waterloo (07/13/13)
Just a reminder to please arrive by 9 am tomorrow, so we can have a 9:30 start!
If your team arrives late, we will unfortunately have to give your opponents a walk-over. So don't do it!
If your team arrives late, we will unfortunately have to give your opponents a walk-over. So don't do it!
- Wed Jul 10, 2013 10:13 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Missouri Open mirror @ Waterloo (07/13/13)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 12766
Re: Missouri Open mirror @ Waterloo (07/13/13)
We have a Facebook event where announcements will be posted closer to (and on) the day of the tournament.
- Sun Jun 02, 2013 2:01 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Missouri Open mirror @ Waterloo (07/13/13)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 12766
Re: Missouri Open mirror @ Waterloo (07/13/13)
Is there interest in playing a second side event (like the tossups from TAMIL)? If there is interest, will we still have access to the rooms late into Saturday night or on Sunday morning? We are hoping to do CAHOOTS as a second side event, though this has yet to be confirmed. Rooms will be no probl...
- Thu May 30, 2013 11:35 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Missouri Open mirror @ Waterloo (07/13/13)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 12766
Re: Missouri Open mirror @ Waterloo (07/13/13)
Who/what is Westmount? High school? High school. I'll say that I'm probably coming down for this with people in Ottawa and am looking for people to play with, especially those who are competent at science (you don't have to be Mukherjee-level though). Does this mean you'll be playing with Ottawa, o...
- Wed May 29, 2013 9:45 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Missouri Open mirror @ Waterloo (07/13/13)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 12766
Re: Missouri Open mirror @ Waterloo (07/13/13)
Who/what is Westmount? High school?
- Sun May 26, 2013 10:50 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Missouri Open mirror @ Waterloo (07/13/13)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 12766
Missouri Open mirror @ Waterloo (07/13/13)
The University of Waterloo Quiz Bowl Club will be hosting a mirror of Missouri Open on Saturday, July 13th 2013 . The original thread for this tournament, including packet distribution, can be found here . Tentatively, the tournament will begin at 9:30 am on the fourth floor of the Mathematics and C...
- Sat Feb 16, 2013 3:20 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Regionals - Toronto
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3731
Re: ACF Regionals - Toronto
Waterloo will be sending one novice, DII team.
EDIT: with one laptop, one buzzer set, and one staffer.
EDIT: with one laptop, one buzzer set, and one staffer.
- Thu Jan 24, 2013 11:11 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Region 2 (Canada) SCT 2013 @ McMaster University
- Replies: 24
- Views: 19731
Re: Region 2 (Canada) SCT 2013 @ McMaster University
Waterloo will likely be sending at least one team.
- Fri Mar 09, 2012 11:37 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MUT Mirror @ Waterloo (03/17/12)
- Replies: 28
- Views: 11230
Re: MUT Mirror @ Waterloo (03/17/12)
Apologies for the delay; the first post has been updated with the current field, along with fee, time, and location info.
Please confirm any discounts you intend to claim either here, or by emailing Jj Li at the address in the first post.
Please confirm any discounts you intend to claim either here, or by emailing Jj Li at the address in the first post.
- Tue Feb 07, 2012 1:35 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: TERP 2 Mirror @ Waterloo (02/11/12)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3977
Re: TERP 2 Mirror @ Waterloo (02/11/12)
Updated field, location, and time info in first post.
- Thu Jan 26, 2012 3:16 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: TERP 2 Mirror @ Waterloo (02/11/12)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3977
Re: TERP 2 Mirror @ Waterloo (02/11/12)
First post has been updated with info, and will continue to be in the next little while. We still have plenty of room for teams!
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- Tue Nov 22, 2011 3:22 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MUT Mirror @ Waterloo (03/17/12)
- Replies: 28
- Views: 11230
MUT Mirror @ Waterloo (03/17/12)
The University of Waterloo Quiz Bowl Club will be hosting a mirror of MUT 2012 on Saturday, March 17th 2012 . The original thread for this tournament, including packet distribution, can be found here . The tournament will begin at 10 am on the fourth floor of the Mathematics and Computing building (...
- Tue Nov 22, 2011 3:13 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: TERP 2 Mirror @ Waterloo (02/11/12)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3977
TERP 2 Mirror @ Waterloo (02/11/12)
The University of Waterloo Quiz Bowl Club will be hosting a mirror of TERP 2, on Saturday, February 11th 2012 . The original thread for this tournament, including packet distribution, can be found here . The tournament will happen on the fourth floor of the Mathematics and Computing building (denote...
- Sat Oct 29, 2011 5:02 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2011 Mirror @ McMaster, Nov. 5
- Replies: 45
- Views: 13439
Re: ACF Fall 2011 Mirror @ McMaster, Nov. 5
By the way, what time should we be there on Saturday, and how long is the tournament projected to last?
- Fri Oct 28, 2011 4:31 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2011 Mirror @ McMaster, Nov. 5
- Replies: 45
- Views: 13439
Re: ACF Fall 2011 Mirror @ McMaster, Nov. 5
Update on Waterloo: our original driver is no longer able to drive. But I'm still determined to send one team; we're looking into other people driving, or we may subsidize Coach Canada bus fares from our club funds.
We will bring a buzzer set and a minimum of 2 staffers (Huma and Ming-Ho).
We will bring a buzzer set and a minimum of 2 staffers (Huma and Ming-Ho).
- Fri Oct 21, 2011 9:16 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2011 Mirror @ McMaster, Nov. 5
- Replies: 45
- Views: 13439
Re: ACF Fall 2011 Mirror @ McMaster, Nov. 5
So long as our driving accommodation doesn't fall through, we will have at least one team from Waterloo going, with everything to be finalized at our next meeting.