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- Thu May 21, 2015 10:43 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Ben Cooper Memorial Tournament (May 23)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10209
Re: Ben Cooper Memorial Tournament (May 23)
I am very sorry to announce that this tournament is unfortunately not able to happen. I apologize for the lateness of the post, but I really truly wanted to still run this tournament. I was holding on hope that more teams would suddenly and magically register, but alas we only had registrations from...
- Thu May 07, 2015 11:08 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Ben Cooper Memorial Tournament (May 23)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10209
Re: Ben Cooper Memorial Tournament [POSTPONED]
I'm sorry for the delay in this announcement. The administration has been slow to respond and I have been slow to update. We are unable to host on May 9th, however with enough demand we will host a tournament on May 23rd on HSAPQ. Please email me at gdsquizbowl@gmail.com to express interest. I hope ...
- Tue Apr 28, 2015 11:57 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2015 NHBB/USGO Discussion Thread
- Replies: 122
- Views: 59351
Re: 2015 NHBB/USGO Discussion Thread
My biggest complaint of the entire weekend was the 8 by 4 playoff system. I know it was designed as an alternative to the single elimination playoff, but it essentially served as much to be one, as it eliminated IMSA (2 seed), DCC (3 seed) and Northmont (4 seed) with one loss. While IMSA and DCC we...
- Thu Jan 29, 2015 10:22 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Ben Cooper Memorial Tournament (May 23)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10209
Re: Ben Cooper Memorial Tournament (2/7/15) at GDS [DC]
Due to a lack of registrations, this tournament is POSTPONED hopefully to May 9th, although that is a tentative date.
- Thu Jan 22, 2015 10:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Ben Cooper Memorial Tournament (May 23)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10209
Re: Ben Cooper Memorial Tournament (2/7/15) at GDS [DC]
With a little over two weeks left until the tournament, there's still plenty of space in the field. Register now by emailing me at [email protected]
- Wed Dec 17, 2014 9:08 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Ben Cooper Memorial Tournament (May 23)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10209
Ben Cooper Memorial Tournament (May 23)
Georgetown Day School is pleased to announce that we will be hosting the Ben Cooper Memorial Tournament at our wonderful HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS on May 9th?, 2015. Ben Cooper was "a model student at the Georgetown Day School in Washington, DC, who was well-liked among his colleagues and the faculty....
- Tue Dec 09, 2014 7:44 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: What Happens to DC-Area Quizbowl Next Year?
- Replies: 158
- Views: 99465
Re: What Happens to DC-Area Quizbowl Next Year?
As I've mentioned before , it's counterproductive to work as an individual, or to work as an organization. Working together in a group, without a hierarchy, produces the best results, something you can see in the beautiful Shenandoah valley surrounding you, Vasa. I believe the Maryland circuit shou...
- Sun Nov 09, 2014 8:46 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Database Hits Do Not Determine Difficulty
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6973
Re: Database Hits Do Not Determine Difficulty
I agree that looking at "number of results in google" to gauge difficulty is a very bad idea. However, Google is not lying to you. Instead, Google omits results with too much overlap/similarity to pages already returned. If you change your settings, you can see all 75,000 results although...
- Sun Nov 09, 2014 6:23 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Database Hits Do Not Determine Difficulty
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6973
Re: Database Hits Do Not Determine Difficulty
One other heuristic I use when I need to get quick-n’-dirty data on ordering clues is to do a comparison of Google hits at large While we're debunking myths, here is another myth: "Google does not lie about the number of results it has for a given query". If you click through the results ...
- Sat Oct 04, 2014 12:41 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: DC Metro 2014-15 Date Claim Thread
- Replies: 41
- Views: 27456
Re: DC Metro 2014-15 Date Claim Thread
Due to conflicts, GDS will be unable to host on November 8th. The new date of our tournament will be February 7th.
- Sat Aug 16, 2014 2:52 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Supergroup rankings
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2091
Re: Supergroup rankings
Postal Service is wonderful and many people, as well as websites such as Wikipedia and Spotify, call Postal Service a supergroup.
- Wed Jul 30, 2014 5:54 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Richard Montgomery's HERMES available for mirrors!
- Replies: 22
- Views: 20480
Re: Richard Montgomery's HERMES available for mirrors!
Are astronomy and earth science the "strike zone of 'what non-elite teams can answer'"? I know that my team has trouble even getting 10s on both of those subjects While I think the math distro is pretty low for a high school set (and the comp sci a little high) I don't think that replacin...
- Wed Jul 30, 2014 3:04 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Richard Montgomery's HERMES available for mirrors!
- Replies: 22
- Views: 20480
Re: Richard Montgomery's HERMES available for mirrors!
Not to mention thirteen computer science questions and thirteen TOTAL math, astronomy, earth science, and other questions...Advertising a set as slightly harder than regular difficulty is one thing -- writing a distribution to specifically miss the strike zone of "what non-elite teams can answ...
- Tue Jun 10, 2014 11:09 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: DC Metro 2014-15 Date Claim Thread
- Replies: 41
- Views: 27456
Re: DC Metro 2014-15 Date Claim Thread
GDS would like to tentatively claim November 8th for our tournament to be named later on HSAPQ questions.
- Sun Feb 23, 2014 12:34 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: DC Quizbowl Championship @ St. Anselm's (2/22/14)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2164
Re: DC Quizbowl Championship @ St. Anselm's (2/22/14)
It was a 5-team field and we played a double round robin
1. GDS (8-0)
2. Gonzaga (6-2)
3. Sidwell (4-4)
4. St. Anselms (2-6)
5. Maret (0-8)
1. GDS (8-0)
2. Gonzaga (6-2)
3. Sidwell (4-4)
4. St. Anselms (2-6)
5. Maret (0-8)
- Thu Oct 17, 2013 8:02 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: UD Fall Tournament - 10/26/13 (Newark, DE)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 14372
Re: UD Fall Tournament - 10/26/13 (Newark, DE)
Unless NAQT changed something this year, it would be a qualifier. GDS would send 2 teams if this tournament were on an A-set (or really any set we can play).Chunky Sean wrote:The only question I can think of right now is whether or not this will be an HSNCT qualifier since it is run on A set?
- Wed Oct 16, 2013 5:14 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: UD Fall Tournament - 10/26/13 (Newark, DE)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 14372
Re: UD Fall Tournament - 10/26/13 (Newark, DE)
I don't know how committed you are to using IS-128 (or if NAQT lets you change) but I know a lot of teams, mine included, would love to go to this tournament if it were on a set we are allowed to play.
- Sun Oct 13, 2013 4:09 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: CSWIFT - November 2, 2013 - IS-130
- Replies: 45
- Views: 22781
Re: CSWIFT - November 2, 2013 - IS-130
I commend you for using google forms for your registration, but how are you going to know how many teams from each school are JV or Varsity?
- Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:11 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: What Happens to DC-Area Quizbowl Next Year?
- Replies: 158
- Views: 99465
Re: What Happens to DC-Area Quizbowl Next Year?
Final picks: 1)Walter Johnson, 2)Richard Montgomery, 3)Oakland Mills, 4)Centennial/Blair, 5)Quince Orchard. I don't know much about Virginia, but I'm guessing Western Albemarle will be on top, or maybe Maggie Walker, TJ has serious potential for next year too. I feel the teams that normally dominat...
- Sat Mar 16, 2013 8:52 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Prison Bowl VI @ Hunter College High School, NYC (4/6/13)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 18444
Re: Prison Bowl VI @ Hunter College High School, NYC (4/6/13)
Unfortunately our It's Ac taping is that day, so we can't go.Edward Powers wrote:Any update on all of those quite interesting teams who have shown interest but have not yet fully committed to coming?
- Tue Mar 05, 2013 10:25 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: What Happens to DC-Area Quizbowl Next Year?
- Replies: 158
- Views: 99465
Re: What Happens to DC-Area Quizbowl Next Year?
I think that DC area quizbowl will be dominated by non-seniors next year. I mean most of the best teams (Blair, TJ, RM, idk about Gov) are graduating their best players and I can't really think of many juniors (other than Sameen and the Kirk-Davidoffs) who lead their teams this year. So it seems lik...
- Tue Mar 05, 2013 9:56 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: FUNKADELIC at Oakland Mills (3/30/13, BDAT)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8711
Re: FUNKADELIC at Oakland Mills (3/30/13, BDAT)
Yeah so we really want to go to this...but it is also in the middle of our Spring Break so we will probably have 1 team which may or may not include me.
- Sun Feb 24, 2013 2:22 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: CANCELED: JAMES at TJHSST-3/9/13
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3479
Re: JAMES at TJHSST-3/9/13
GDS is the same as Blair and RM, we don't know whether we are going to bring 1 or 2 teams. I will have a better idea by Wednesday.
- Sun Feb 24, 2013 12:40 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: LOCKOUT at Georgetown Day School in DC [2/23/13]
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10520
Re: LOCKOUT at Georgetown Day School in DC [2/23/13]
Playoff stats are up: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/1299/stats/playoffs/ The final isn't included, but Blair won after beating Richard Montgomery in an advantaged final. The final standings are: 1. Blair A 2. Richard Montgomery 3. Marshall 4. Walter Johnson 5. St. Anselm's Abbey School 6....
- Sat Feb 23, 2013 2:56 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: LOCKOUT at Georgetown Day School in DC [2/23/13]
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10520
- Wed Feb 20, 2013 11:32 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: LOCKOUT at Georgetown Day School in DC [2/23/13]
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10520
Re: LOCKOUT at Georgetown Day School in DC [2/23/13]
With 18 teams the field is now full.
- Mon Feb 11, 2013 8:21 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: LOCKOUT at Georgetown Day School in DC [2/23/13]
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10520
Re: LOCKOUT at Georgetown Day School in DC [2/23/13]
We are now open to new registations but we have limited space (cap of 18 teams for now) so please register as soon as possible.
- Thu Feb 07, 2013 9:49 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: LOCKOUT at Georgetown Day School in DC [2/23/13]
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10520
Re: LOCKOUT at Georgetown Day School in DC [2/23/13]
Yeah I was informed of this problem. Unfortunately this was the only open saturday before May we could reserve.Einhard wrote:Some Virginian schools may not be able to make this date due to VHSL states at Williamsburg.
- Wed Feb 06, 2013 10:50 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: LOCKOUT at Georgetown Day School in DC [2/23/13]
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10520
Re: LOCKOUT at Georgetown Day School in DC [2/23/13]
Our school okayed the 23rd.
- Tue Feb 05, 2013 10:01 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: LOCKOUT at Georgetown Day School in DC [2/23/13]
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10520
Re: LOCKOUT at Georgetown Day School in DC
Unfortunately, we could not reserve the school March 2nd. We asked our school about February 23rd.
- Sat Feb 02, 2013 7:53 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: LOCKOUT at Georgetown Day School in DC [2/23/13]
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10520
Re: LOCKOUT at Georgetown Day School in DC (1/26/13)
We are planning on March 2nd. I should receive confirmation from the administration by February 5th.Off To See The Lizard wrote:Any news on this?Pushkin's Beard wrote:We will post the new date shortly.
- Fri Jan 25, 2013 7:34 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: LOCKOUT at Georgetown Day School in DC [2/23/13]
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10520
Re: LOCKOUT at Georgetown Day School in DC (1/26/13)
Unfortunately, due to weather conditions, we have to postpone this tournament to a later date. We will post the new date shortly.
- Thu Jan 24, 2013 7:56 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: LOCKOUT at Georgetown Day School in DC [2/23/13]
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10520
Re: LOCKOUT at Georgetown Day School in DC (1/26/13)
No we will just have a bye, so the teams in that bracket will only get 10 rounds.
- Wed Jan 23, 2013 11:17 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: LOCKOUT at Georgetown Day School in DC [2/23/13]
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10520
Re: LOCKOUT at Georgetown Day School in DC (1/26/13)
The tournament structure will be four brackets of six in the morning, an hour lunch, and then three brackets of eight in the afternoon (without replays). This structure guarantees every team 11 rounds of quizbowl.
- Mon Jan 21, 2013 9:54 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: LOCKOUT at Georgetown Day School in DC [2/23/13]
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10520
Re: LOCKOUT at Georgetown Day School in DC (1/26/13)
TJ just dropped a team so we now have room for another team to register.
- Thu Jan 17, 2013 10:10 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: LOCKOUT at Georgetown Day School in DC [2/23/13]
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10520
Re: LOCKOUT at Georgetown Day School in DC (1/26/13)
With two teams from Maret, we are now at our cap of 24 teams. Any more registrations will be put on a wait list.
- Sun Jan 13, 2013 12:45 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Prison Bowl VI @ Hunter College High School, NYC (4/6/13)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 18444
Re: Prison Bowl VI @ Hunter College High School, NYC (4/6/13)
GDS is very interested
- Fri Jan 11, 2013 7:46 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Which tiebreaker: PPG or PPB?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6388
Re: Centennial High School Tournament (12/2/12)
But PPG isn't really a fair tiebreaker because it could just come down to who beat up on the weakest team more.Fred wrote:This is a good time to say that PPB isn't a good tool to use as a tiebreaker for a tournament. Intrabracket PPG is better and fairer.
- Fri Jan 11, 2013 6:41 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: LOCKOUT at Georgetown Day School in DC [2/23/13]
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10520
Re: LOCKOUT at Georgetown Day School in DC (1/26/12)
due to space constraints we will have to limit the field to 24 teams.
- Thu Jan 03, 2013 8:39 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Aggressive Buzzing
- Replies: 32
- Views: 12634
Re: Aggressive Buzzing
So, my next question is: is there any arithmetic definition for the word 'negstorm'? I hear people use it frequently, but sometimes I feel like people only call it a negstorm if it causes them to lose Not really. In usual quizbowl-slang parlance, a negstorm usually means just that: a team negged a ...
- Wed Dec 26, 2012 11:25 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: DC/DE/MD/VA Date Claim '12-'13
- Replies: 112
- Views: 58245
Re: DC/DE/MD/VA Date Claim '12-'13
When do sign-ups start for GDS' LOCKOUT tournament? Sorry, our school just got off for break and the head of our school and the principle are both unresponsive (we just need to confirm everything completely). We are trying to get everything in order before we post the announcement but after we get ...
- Wed Dec 26, 2012 11:21 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: LOCKOUT at Georgetown Day School in DC [2/23/13]
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10520
LOCKOUT at Georgetown Day School in DC [2/23/13]
Georgetown Day School is pleased to announce that we will be the L ocale O f a C ompetitive K ind O f U pper-class T ournament or LOCKOUT held at our beautiful high school campus on February 23rd, 2013. Registration: Registration will be from 8:15am to 8:45am and we hope to start the first round by ...
- Wed Dec 19, 2012 10:11 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: DC/DE/MD/VA Date Claim '12-'13
- Replies: 112
- Views: 58245
Re: DC/DE/MD/VA Date Claim '12-'13
When do sign-ups start for GDS' LOCKOUT tournament? Sorry, our school just got off for break and the head of our school and the principle are both unresponsive (we just need to confirm everything completely). We are trying to get everything in order before we post the announcement but after we get ...
- Wed Dec 19, 2012 12:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: DC/DE/MD/VA Date Claim '12-'13
- Replies: 112
- Views: 58245
Re: DC/DE/MD/VA Date Claim '12-'13
I believe that they are mirroring LIST.mithokie wrote:Is VCU writing their own set for VCU Spring, or will this be a mirrored set? I am trying to finalize my winter and spring schedules, and I don't want to schedule myself into a question set conflict inadvertently.
Thanks,
- Mon Dec 17, 2012 1:44 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Tournament Tie Break Question
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3810
Re: Tournament Tie Break Question
At most of the tournaments I have been to, PPB has been used to break ties.
- Wed Dec 12, 2012 9:08 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Exclusion clues: when to use them, what they mean.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7481
Re: Exclusion clues:when to use them, what they mean.
I feel like for the Lyrical Ballads (or any other collaboration for that matter) example it is important to say this man collaborated with (the other guy) to write lyrical ballads. I also think that even if you offer descriptions of a work you should still say through not (other guy who did somethin...
- Mon Dec 10, 2012 11:03 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2012 VCU Winter Tournament (New Kent, VA) (12/1/2012)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5999
Re: 2012 VCU Winter Tournament (New Kent, VA) (12/1/2012)
Will playoff stats be posted?
- Wed Nov 28, 2012 7:31 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: DC/DE/MD/VA Date Claim '12-'13
- Replies: 112
- Views: 58245
Re: DC/DE/MD/VA Date Claim '12-'13
Oakland Mills would like to claim march 16th for a tournament on a TBA set. I know VCU has this date reserved, but given the vast distance between Richmond and Columbia, I dont think there will be that much of an overlap. I understand if you can't work a different date logistically, but I'd encoura...
- Tue Nov 27, 2012 9:18 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2012 VCU Winter Tournament (New Kent, VA) (12/1/2012)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5999
Re: 2012 VCU Winter Tournament (New Kent, VA) (12/1/2012)
Could we bring two teams?
- Tue Nov 27, 2012 9:14 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: GSAC XX at Maggie Walker (VA) 12/8/12 - Seeking Mirrors
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9697
Re: GSAC XX at Maggie Walker (VA) 12/8/12 - Seeking Mirrors
GDS would like to bring two teams.