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Prelim stats have been completely posted, and you can follow along as I upload playoff stats here.

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Live stats will be uploaded here as the day goes on.

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A few things:

1. I anticipate expanding the field to 36 teams.

2. I'm submitting this tournament for sanctioning to MSHSAA on Thursday at 4 PM Central time, so any teams from outside the state of Missouri who aren't registered should fill out the registration form by then.

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Due to our staff numbers, I have decided to expand the field to 30 teams. All of the teams that were previously on the waitlist are now in the field, and there's a spot open now.

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The field is full. Any future registrations will be placed on a waitlist in case of expansion or if teams drop.

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Field (30/30): -Sullivan [3 teams, 2 moderators, 2 scorekeepers] -Washington [2 teams, 1 moderator, 0 scorekeepers] -Lafayette (St. Joseph) [1 team, 0 moderators, 0 scorekeepers] -Mexico [1 team, 1 moderator, 0 scorekeepers] -North Kansas City [2 teams, 1 moderator, 1 scorekeeper] -Clever [1 team, ...

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The registration form for this tournament is here.

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Hello everybody, I’m pleased to announce that the writing and editing team of MOQBA Novice will be hosting a final mirror for Missouri teams (along with eligible teams who haven’t had a chance to play the set yet) on March 20, 2021. I, Jacob O’Rourke, will be the tournament director for this tournam...

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We have expanded to 36 teams. DCC C, Parkway West B, CIS, Notre Dame (Cape Girardeau), Fort Osage, Boulder (CO), Ladue A, Ladue B, Francis Howell Central A, Francis Howell Central B, Savannah A and Savannah B are all in the field.

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Any out of state teams that are interested in playing will need to register by the 25th, due to MSHSAA Sanctioning Requirements.

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I also don't think the supersite contributed to this problem. The Midwest has several schools (including the three you mentioned) that are capable of hosting a tournament without their A team. It's also worth noting that we had the same problem with the Midwest in November and there would not have ...

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quizbowllee wrote: ↑Tue Jan 05, 2021 10:18 am Rescheduled dates for ASCA District and State Tournaments are available on the ASCA website: www.alquizbowl.org

We have pushed all tournaments into March/April.

Our question provider this year is Academic Hallmarks.

Why has ASCA abandoned using NAQT and chosen to use this company instead?

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The initial field for WUHSAC has filled. There are currently 4 teams on the waitlist, but I would like to encourage everybody to keep registering, as if I get the staff, I am willing to expand.

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6 spots are left in the field before we start the initial waitlist. Register soon if you haven't yet and you want to secure a spot!

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Field (34/36) : -College Heights Christian (1 team, 2 staffers) -Washington (2 teams, 1 staffer) -Eldon (1 team, 0 staffers) -Detroit Country Day [MI] (2 teams, 0 staffers) -Orchard Farm (2 teams, 1 staffer) -Kinkaid [TX] (1 team, 0 staffers) -Parkview (1 team, 0 staffers) -Mexico (2 teams, 1 staff...

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Just want to clarify: the first two teams from a school will be given priority in the field. C (and subsequent) teams will be put onto a waitlist with an eye towards expansion.

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The Washington University Quiz Bowl team is excited to announce the twenty-third annual WUHSAC, to be held “at” Washington University in St. Louis on Saturday, February 27th, 2021. My name is Jacob O’Rourke, and I'll serve as tournament director for this year's tournament. The set is once again a mi...

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There are buzzer websites like buzzin.live that explicitly correct for latency. To me, this seems like a Pareto improvement over the current Discord buzzing. These websites are also easy to use and free. I'm curious what other solutions have been tested and what others think about this EDIT: buzzin...

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This set was exactly what I want to see ACF Fall be, so I just wanted to say thank you to Ben and all of the other editors for making this set happen. I staffed Fall for the first time in....6 years, I think, today, and I was very happy I did so. I also want to second what Stephen is saying about th...

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Someone noticed I accidentally had two dates in the announcement. Just want to clarify-this tournament is happening on October 24th. My apologies for the error.

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1992 in spaceflight wrote: ↑Sun Oct 04, 2020 4:56 pmStats will hopefully be up by tonight, or at the latest Monday.

Stats are up here. Please let me know if you see anything that needs to be corrected.

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After last night, St. Mark's finished 8-2 and WUSTL A and Texas C finished 7-3. All of the teams involved agreed to play it off today, which we just finished up. WUSTL defeated Texas C 345-175 to set up a disadvantage in the final against St. Mark's. In a game that came down to the final bonus to de...

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The tournament field has closed at 8 teams. See you all tomorrow!

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The American Quiz Bowl League will be hosting a Midwest (Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana and Ohio) Regional Mirror of a house-produced set on Saturday, October 24th. The tournament will be run by me. Date and Time The tournament will take place on October 24 on Discord, start...

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The field for this tournament will close on Friday around noon. If you're interested in playing, get your registrations in by then, please!

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Jade, everyone has a bad tournament. Sometimes it's your first tournament, sometimes it's your 100th. Everyone can direct a bad tournament; most of the greatest TDs in the history of quizbowl have directed bad tournaments in their career. (I have definitely directed a bad tournament in my time, and ...

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Current Mirrors : -Pennsylvania Quizbowl Season Opener-Novice Tournament (10/03/2020)-Contact Ben Herman (bherman1993 at gmail.com) for more information. Stats -Columbian Exposition 7 (10/03/2020)-Contact Greg Bossick (greg.bossick at gmail.com) for more information. Stats -Fulton (10/17/2020)-Cont...

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I decided to post a new mirroring post for this season. You can find the new announcement here.

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Hello everyone, I am pleased to announce that the MOQBA Novice set will be available for mirrors nationwide (and internationally too, if there’s interest)! As the name indicates, this is going to be a novice set. We plan on aiming for the difficulty of the past several SCOP Novice sets. The set is b...

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You can view the field for this site (and any other site) on this sheet.

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Just wanted to reiterate what Anish edited his post to say earlier, and that we have a full writing and editing team. Thanks to everyone who applied!

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I personally find the "clunky" moderator instruction less clunky than printing the same answerline twice; I also think this moderator instruction is perfectly clear. In general, I think giving fewer distinct instructions is better; I prefer "accept either underlined portion" for...

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Hello everyone, Just wanted to provide an update on editors, since Anish editing his post would cause it to go back into the moderating que. We're still looking for editors for Auditory Fine Arts, Geography/CE , RM, P/SS and Pop Culture for this set. Head Editor: Jacob O'Rourke [formerly Truman Stat...

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Hello everyone! I’m pleased to announce that I, Jacob O’Rourke, will be directing the Lower Midwest, Texas and Rockies Mirror of IKEA, a medium-difficulty set written by the clubs at Columbia and Georgia Tech. This mirror will take place on October 3rd. Other details, such as the distribution and th...

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I believe Sam Lindsey is going to be a senior this year.

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Well, expect a lot of Sunday tournaments, then... The ACT and SAT are not going to schedule around quizbowl. Why should quizbowl, which already has to worry about making sure it spaces out events enough to not conflict with an existing quizbowl tournament, have to worry about the ACT or SAT unless ...

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Trash can be historically important, but can pop culture not be important in the present? Can a 2020 regionals bonus on the WNBA not reflect a growing recognition of that league, its players, their advocacy? Isn't a question on Megan Rapinoe (as a player) be just as much a comment on her broader ex...

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I don't imagine this post will be popular, but for fully online tournaments are lunch/dinner breaks really necessary? I've played in four full-day tournaments now, and all of them had a 45 minute or hour lunch break, which seems unnecessary when one is probably just going to the fridge and making a...

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JA01 wrote: ↑Mon May 18, 2020 8:34 pm Are you taking reservations for mirrors for 2020-2021 at this moment?

Go ahead and email me.

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I am quote excited for this side event.

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The set will appear here once it's been approved. Thanks to everyone who played and hosted!

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I'll be posting the set either tomorrow or Tuesday, so the set can be considered cleared for discussion.

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Congratulations to Augur Bit A, who defeated Wayzata & Friends 480-295 in round 13 to clinch the LOGIC Online tournament title! Wayzata & Friends defeated Bytes of the Round Table 440-340 in a play-in game in round 11 to make the final. Thanks to everyone who played the set both today and th...

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I'm going to keep the field open until 5 PM central on Thursday, April 16th. If you want to register, do so by then!

(any free agents on the sheet who aren't on a team by then will be randomly assigned)

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I’m pleased to announce the LOGIC Online Mirror, which will be a mirror of the LOGIC set on April 19th, 2020. This mirror will be conducted over Discord. I head edited the LOGIC set, and will be serving as the tournament director of this event. The tournament is tentatively capped at 12 teams, altho...

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A_Failure wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 12:37 pm
1992 in spaceflight wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 10:17 pm April 19th is the date with the most votes, so we'll be running the mirror on that date. Expect a post for the online mirror to be up by this weekend.
Is this happening?

It will. I've had some delays on my end. It should be up by Wednesday.

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I've never been more excited for a packet in my life.

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This, along with Matt Mitchell's recent post (which has some Western-US-specific notes, but a lot of similar issues about expanding to new schools in general), is a great step forward though it's notable that such proposals seem to not generate as much enthusiastic discussion as other topics. [EFT-...

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I'm going to give people until I go to bed on March 22nd before I say that LOGIC is clear to be posted. If you are hosting a tournament and would like to use our set, please let me know soon! Given the large amount of cancellations that are likely to result due to the COVID-19 outbreak, are there a...

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April 19th is the date with the most votes, so we'll be running the mirror on that date. Expect a post for the online mirror to be up by this weekend.

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