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I've received four packets so far. Make sure to send yours in!

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I've heard from some folks that an extra day would really help with finishing the packet, so please email your packets to me by tomorrow, Sunday, May 3rd. Again, my email is in9pa at virginia dot edu.

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I spoke to Will and Conor and agreed to help with the "editing" for this "tournament." Mostly, I'll be adding/adjusting powermarks to add as much consistency across packets as possible. I'll also help with clearing up / expanding answerlines where needed. When your team's packet ...

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a bird wrote: ↑Thu Nov 14, 2019 5:46 pm Has there been a logistics email sent for this? I don't think we have the location, official start time, etc.

You caught me while I was finishing the email! Hopefully everyone's received it -- please let me know if you didn't!

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Just to confirm: Fall Open will be using advanced stats.

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Just an update: due to room limitations, I don't foresee us expanding the field, so if you're interested in claiming the last spot, do let me know!

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We're pleased to announce UVA's mirror of Fall Open on November 16, 2019. The tournament will be open, meaning that anyone can play it. I've made a team formation spreadsheet if you're looking to assemble a team. After deciding on a team, please send me a registration email that includes your team m...

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Mike Bentley wrote: ↑Mon Sep 09, 2019 2:16 pm
oslo wrote: ↑Mon Sep 09, 2019 11:07 amI hope so!
Just to be clear, Summer Open is a tournament happening this November.

It's actually Fall Open!

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I've updated the first post with a few mirror sites. We're also changing the tournament's name to Fall Open to avoid any confusion!

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We’ve decided to shift the date of “Summer” Open 2019 to mid-November in part due to an excellent suggestion from Jacob Reed. We believe this adjustment will allow us to avoid the downsides of a mid-August date (fatigue from/proximity to CO, coinciding with the start of the semester, etc.) while als...

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We’re pleased to announce Fall Open 2019, a mid-November open tournament. The intended difficulty is roughly "pre-nationals." The set will be edited and written by Aseem Keyal, Jason Golfinos, Kenji Shimizu, Jonathen Settle, Eddie Kim, Jack Mehr, Samir Khan, Nick Collins and myself. The se...

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This is a really fun set - people should definitely play it at a mirror or online!

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Kasper Kaijanen wrote:
Unicolored Jay wrote: 10. Oklahoma (UG)
11. Missouri
12. WUSTL A
Take that, Itamar/Charles.

https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/g ... _id=748236

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I'd be intrigued to see how Auroni's goal of including more clues about the "academic study" of literature/history/etc. in leadins worked out in terms of generating early buzzes -- I didn't see any buzzes on most of those clues, so it'd be interesting to see how they played out at other si...

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The University of Missouri Quizbowl Club is pleased to announce that the Central site of the NAQT Sectional Championship Tournament will take place on February 3, 2018. Location: This tournament will take place at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Details of which building we will use will be ann...

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Hello everyone! The University of Missouri-Columbia is pleased to announce that we will be mirroring WAO II on Saturday, November 18, 2017. This tournament is open to anyone to play; however, school teams are encouraged to play with each other. Other details, such as the distribution and the difficu...

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Hello everyone! The University of Missouri-Columbia is pleased to announce that we will be mirroring Penn Bowl on Sunday, November 19, 2017. This tournament is closed, meaning teams have to consist of students attending a single school. Other details, such as the distribution and the difficulty, can...

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We played through MASSOLIT earlier today as a shootout at Mizzou. Here are the statlines:

Itamar Naveh-Benjamin: 36/38/42/15 = 1635 points
Charles Hang: 6/12/26/12 = 500 points
Joe Stitz: 9/10/10/4 = 410 points
Nathan Kempf: 0/0/3/0 = 30 points

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touchpack wrote: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... sp=sharing

This data is pretty fascinating -- is TTIAC clear? If so, would it be possible to see the rest of the buzzpoints from the main site?

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Aaron's Rod wrote:
Father Comstock wrote:There are definitely more mirrors. I know at least that Northmont, OH is mirroring it on May 20.
There's also a DII mirror at Mizzou.

This has been cancelled due to lack of interest - if we decide to try to host next year, we'll be sure to announce it more than three weeks ahead of time.

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Greetings! The University of Quizbowl Club is pleased to announce our mirror of NAQT's DII ICT set on April 15, 2017. This tournament will be directed by our club VP, Diana Harmata. Logistics: The tournament will (likely) take place in the Arts & Sciences Building. Registration will start at 8:3...

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Round 2, tossup 8: I believe Fjalar and Galar killed the dimwitted Gilling, rather than his somewhat more intelligent son Suttung. A side note about the DI set: was it intentionally more difficult to power than last year's set? Many questions, particularly in literature, struck me as bereft of middl...

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This is the official announcement for the University of Missouri-Columbia's mirror of the Brief Wondrous Tournament of WAO on Saturday, January 28th, 2017. The tournament is advertised as regular-plus in terms of difficulty. The exact building is still TBD, but will likely be the Arts & Sciences...

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MARTYNAS JABLONKIS will also be delayed until a date TBD.

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A small correction to TU 5 in Packet 14: Myles' sister is Chloe, not Connie.

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I updated the main post to reflect a date change -- our mirror will now be held on November 12th, instead of on the 19th.

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I'm pleased to announce that the University of Missouri Quizbowl Club will be mirroring this year's excellent Terrapin set on November 12, 2016. Eligibility and set information can be found in the main announcement thread. Location: TBD (likely either the Arts & Sciences building or Strickland H...

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Hello! I am pleased to announce the Midwest site of ACF Fall 2016 , to be held at The University of Missouri-Columbia on Saturday, 5 November 2016 . ACF Fall is the year's premier introductory-level collegiate quizbowl tournament, and we do hope that you join us at this event. Our field will be capp...

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This set was incredibly fun to play. Our site played the set as a shootout, and so everyone present was grateful for the related bonus format; even if a player only buzzed a few times throughout the entire day, they were guaranteed a bonus on a topic they were at least somewhat familiar with. To ech...

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This happened. Because of low turnout, we played both events as shootouts. For Listory, everyone except Charles and me left after round 6. Here are scores: Listory: (over 8 rounds) Itamar: 15/56/9 + 860 bonus points = 1600 Charles Hang: 11/59/15 + 800 bonus points = 1480 Joe Stitz: 2/7/4 + 50 bonus ...

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Auks Ran Ova wrote:

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Based on email responses, we'll play Listory as triples, ARTSEE as doubles, and BURI as a shootout.

Here's a spreadsheet for team formation.

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Hi there! The University of Missouri-Columbia will be hosting some of the "Summer Side Event Weekend" events - namely, Listory , BURI , and ARTSEE - on Saturday, August 6th, 2016. Pricing information will be made available shortly. For the sake of timeliness, we believe that roughly half o...

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This looks great. My one concern is that given but I will reduce it to $0/player if someone (or multiple people) can promise me that that they will write a myth side event for next summer. and that this is at least the third gen myth side event, how exhausted is the myth canon going to be if a four...

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Perhaps people who know more about NMR (Billy? Andrew?) can correct me, but the aqua regia tossup included a rather dubious clue: "This substance, which is preferred over chromic acid to clean NMR tubes..." From my limited experience, acetone is generally the go-to "substance" us...

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The tossup on Raphael mentions a parody by Joseph Reynolds, instead of Joshua Reynolds. Late response here, but this is correct; it's a Raphael painting being parodied by Joseph Reynolds. The reverse would be quite a temporal coup. Sorry - my point was that the tossup claims that "Joseph Reyno...

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The tossup on Raphael mentions a parody by Joseph Reynolds, instead of Joshua Reynolds.

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I was a big fan of the set's creative art answerlines, which seem mostly attributable to Andrew Hart - it was exciting not to hear a single tossup on a painter or a specific work until Round 5. In particular, I enjoyed the questions about the prodigal son, New Mexico, and pools. I'm pretty sure that...

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I believe Dante is actually lurking in the left background of Rossetti's Dante's Vision of Rachel and Leah.

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I'd love to play Eyes afterwards, but I don't think the latest iteration will be available by January 23rd.

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Charbroil wrote:
czheng0708 wrote:Complete prelim stats can be found here: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... s/prelims/
Your team detail files seem to only have information for two rounds.

The combined report seems to have the full team details, though the standings are incomplete.

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jfuchs wrote:In the Hofmannsthal bonus (round 10 maybe?), it sounded like the expected answer to the first part was Chandros instead of Chandos.

My apologies; this has been fixed.

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Periplus of the Erythraean Sea wrote:I don't think Columbia B got 15 10s in their first round; this is deflating their PPB. One of their players is listed as getting 10 tossups, and I suspect the correct number is 1.

Similarly, I think it is unlikely they broke 30 PPB against MIT B.

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Fairly disappointed that the minotaur clue in the "nine" tossup wasn't changed (or, better, removed)--I guarantee no one playing the questions knows or cares which source said what time period, so including that makes it functionally ambiguous and technically not protestable. I don't thin...

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WUSTL A cleared the field with a 12-0 record. Illinois A came in second.

Prelim stats are here. Playoff stats will be uploaded soon.

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The recent registration of WUSTL B and The Colonels means our field is now full. We will expand if teams can bring staffers.

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I'd like to playtest the American Literature this coming Tuesday evening. Please PM me if you're interested in helping, and are sure you won't be playing the set.

Make sure your seatbelt is fastened · Re: Missouri Open Mirror at Mizzou (October 31, 2015) I've updated the field.

I've updated the field.

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Minnesota will indeed host a mirror -- Shan mentioned 10/24, but I'll confirm before listing it.

There will be some overlap between MSU and Mizzou (for example, I believe UIUC intends to attend the MSU mirror), but we never expected the Mizzou mirror would attract that many teams in the first place.

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The University of Missouri-Columbia will be hosting a mirror of the Missouri Open set ( details here ) on Saturday, October 31st, 2015. All players are eligible. I will serve as tournament director for the event. Logistics: The tournament will likely take place in the Arts & Sciences building. I...

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