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Sat May 02, 2020 11:17 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: DECAMERON - Asynchronous guerrilla tournament announcement and signups
Replies: 29
Views: 9805

Re: DECAMERON - Asynchronous guerrilla tournament announcement and signups

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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Sun Apr 19, 2020 12:50 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: DECAMERON - Asynchronous guerrilla tournament announcement and signups
Replies: 29
Views: 9805

Re: DECAMERON - Asynchronous guerrilla tournament announcement and signups

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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Tue Nov 26, 2019 8:40 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 Fall Open General Discussion
Replies: 20
Views: 2632

Re: 2019 Fall Open General Discussion

As much as it probably benefits me to have more geographic questions on literature, I do think Andrew's right about a few of the geographic lit tossups being excessive. The New Orleans question immediately comes to mind, as does the tossup on Trinidad cluing Miguel Street - not that it's super hard...
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Mon Nov 18, 2019 4:06 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 Fall Open Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 66
Views: 14356

Re: 2019 Fall Open Specific Question Discussion

Just two things off the top of my head: 1. The Troubles are universally acknowledged to have started in the 1960s, so that giveaway should probably be changed to say "the first full decade of the troubles". 2. The "Three Days in the River" part in the Sikhism bonus doesn't reall...
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Thu Nov 14, 2019 5:59 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Fall Open @ UVA (Nov. 16, 2019)
Replies: 4
Views: 6192

Re: Fall Open @ UVA (Nov. 16, 2019)

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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Sun Nov 10, 2019 4:44 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 Fall Open General Discussion
Replies: 20
Views: 2632

Re: 2019 Fall Open General Discussion

Thank you so much for playing our set! I hope you had as much fun as we did writing it. I'd like to start off by thanking everyone involved: Aseem Keyal, Jason Golfinos, Jonathen Settle, Kenji Shimizu, Klaus Llwynog, Jack Mehr, Samir Khan and Nick Collins. Beyond their ample writing and editing cont...
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Mon Nov 04, 2019 6:40 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Fall Open 2019 (November 2019)
Replies: 10
Views: 10279

Re: Fall Open 2019 (November 2019)

Just to confirm: Fall Open will be using advanced stats.
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Fri Nov 01, 2019 3:32 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Fall Open @ UVA (Nov. 16, 2019)
Replies: 4
Views: 6192

Re: Fall Open @ UVA (Nov. 16, 2019)

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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Wed Oct 02, 2019 1:35 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Fall Open @ UVA (Nov. 16, 2019)
Replies: 4
Views: 6192

Fall Open @ UVA (Nov. 16, 2019)

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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Mon Sep 09, 2019 3:09 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Imaginary Lenscapes
Replies: 7
Views: 3400

Re: Imaginary Lenscapes

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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Sat Sep 07, 2019 11:22 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Fall Open 2019 (November 2019)
Replies: 10
Views: 10279

Re: Fall Open 2019 (November 2019)

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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Tue Apr 16, 2019 12:19 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Fall Open 2019 (November 2019)
Replies: 10
Views: 10279

Re: "Summer" Open 2019 (August 2019)

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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Wed Nov 28, 2018 12:13 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Fall Open 2019 (November 2019)
Replies: 10
Views: 10279

Fall Open 2019 (November 2019)

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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Sun Jul 15, 2018 11:05 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Words and Objects
Replies: 12
Views: 8639

Re: Words and Objects

This is a really fun set - people should definitely play it at a mirror or online!
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Tue Apr 10, 2018 7:01 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: a completely innocuous ict/nats prediction thread
Replies: 14
Views: 8023

Re: a completely innocuous ict/nats prediction thread

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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Wed Jan 31, 2018 11:12 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 ACF Regs packets, recordings, and detailed stats survey
Replies: 67
Views: 32184

Re: Packets, recordings, and detailed stats warm-up survey

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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Sat Dec 23, 2017 7:56 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NAQT SCT at Mizzou (2/3/2018)
Replies: 1
Views: 2766

NAQT SCT at Mizzou (2/3/2018)

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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Thu Oct 12, 2017 12:18 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: WAO II @ Mizzou (11/18/17)
Replies: 2
Views: 2653

WAO II @ Mizzou (11/18/17)

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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Thu Oct 12, 2017 12:16 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Penn Bowl @ Mizzou (11/19/17)
Replies: 0
Views: 1687

Penn Bowl @ Mizzou (11/19/17)

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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Tue May 23, 2017 9:37 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MASSOLIT (May 2017) Announcement
Replies: 41
Views: 30644

Re: MASSOLIT (May 2017) Announcement

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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Thu May 04, 2017 4:08 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Subject-specific player polls
Replies: 29
Views: 16546

Re: Subject-specific player polls

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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Mon Apr 10, 2017 3:43 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2017 NAQT ICT: Chicago, April 8
Replies: 25
Views: 18218

Re: 2017 NAQT ICT: Chicago, April 8

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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Tue Mar 21, 2017 12:46 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CANCELLED: DII ICT mirror @ Mizzou (4/15/17)
Replies: 1
Views: 1647

CANCELLED: DII ICT mirror @ Mizzou (4/15/17)

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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Wed Feb 08, 2017 3:45 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2017 Division I SCT: specific question discussion
Replies: 24
Views: 4068

Re: 2017 Division I SCT: specific question discussion

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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Mon Dec 19, 2016 2:29 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: WAO @ Mizzou (1/28/17)
Replies: 1
Views: 2139

WAO @ Mizzou (1/28/17)

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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Tue Nov 29, 2016 12:15 am
Forum: Scheduling reform
Topic: 2016-17 Tournament Schedule: Planning, Discussion, etc.
Replies: 65
Views: 62227

Re: 2016-17 Tournament Schedule: Planning, Discussion, etc.

MARTYNAS JABLONKIS will also be delayed until a date TBD.
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Sun Oct 30, 2016 7:27 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: PB 2016: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 82
Views: 19438

Re: PB 2016: Specific Question Discussion

A small correction to TU 5 in Packet 14: Myles' sister is Chloe, not Connie.
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Sat Oct 15, 2016 8:26 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Terrapin XXIX at Mizzou -- November 12, 2016
Replies: 1
Views: 2109

Re: Terrapin XXIX at Mizzou -- November 12, 2016

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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Mon Oct 10, 2016 5:40 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Terrapin XXIX at Mizzou -- November 12, 2016
Replies: 1
Views: 2109

Terrapin XXIX at Mizzou -- November 12, 2016

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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Fri Aug 19, 2016 10:09 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2016 ACF Fall @ Mizzou (November 5th, 2016)
Replies: 1
Views: 2319

2016 ACF Fall @ Mizzou (November 5th, 2016)

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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Wed Aug 10, 2016 3:32 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Listory 2016: General Discussion
Replies: 14
Views: 4397

Re: General Discussion

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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Sun Aug 07, 2016 1:08 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Side Events @ Mizzou -- (8/6/16)
Replies: 2
Views: 2876

Re: Side Events @ Mizzou -- (8/6/16)

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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Tue Aug 02, 2016 5:13 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: BURI - Myth Side Event
Replies: 17
Views: 10894

Re: BURI - Myth Side Event

Auks Ran Ova wrote: :sad:
:sad: :sad:
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Thu Jul 28, 2016 1:00 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Side Events @ Mizzou -- (8/6/16)
Replies: 2
Views: 2876

Re: Side Events @ Mizzou -- (8/6/16)

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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Wed Jul 13, 2016 1:24 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Side Events @ Mizzou -- (8/6/16)
Replies: 2
Views: 2876

Side Events @ Mizzou -- (8/6/16)

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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Fri Jun 24, 2016 12:39 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: BURI - Myth Side Event
Replies: 17
Views: 10894

Re: BURI - Myth Side Event

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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Thu May 05, 2016 4:25 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2016 MUT: Specific question discussion
Replies: 52
Views: 16445

Re: Specific question discussion

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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Fri Apr 22, 2016 11:14 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2016 MUT: Errata
Replies: 16
Views: 5249

Re: Errata

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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Thu Mar 31, 2016 10:02 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2016 MUT: Errata
Replies: 16
Views: 5249

Re: Errata

The tossup on Raphael mentions a parody by Joseph Reynolds, instead of Joshua Reynolds.
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Sun Mar 27, 2016 8:27 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2016 MUT: Specific question discussion
Replies: 52
Views: 16445

Re: Specific question discussion

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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Sun Mar 20, 2016 3:10 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: "stanford housewrite" Question-Specific Discussion
Replies: 41
Views: 14361

Re: Question-Specific Discussion

I believe Dante is actually lurking in the left background of Rossetti's Dante's Vision of Rachel and Leah.
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Wed Jan 13, 2016 2:36 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MLK XVII Mirror at Truman State University (01/23/2016)
Replies: 7
Views: 3761

Re: MLK XVII Mirror at Truman State University (01/23/2016)

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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Sun Dec 06, 2015 1:50 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Missouri Open @ Berkeley (Dec 5)
Replies: 10
Views: 6859

Re: Missouri Open @ Berkeley (Dec 5)

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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Mon Nov 16, 2015 7:13 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: (Missouri Open 2015) Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 51
Views: 15448

Re: (Missouri Open 2015) Specific Question Discussion

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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Sun Nov 15, 2015 6:27 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Missouri Open at Brown 11/14/15
Replies: 21
Views: 13082

Re: Missouri Open at Brown 11/14/15

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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Sat Nov 14, 2015 8:52 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: (Missouri Open 2015) Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 51
Views: 15448

Re: (Missouri Open 2015) Specific Question Discussion

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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Sun Nov 01, 2015 2:49 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Missouri Open Mirror at Mizzou (October 31, 2015)
Replies: 3
Views: 3522

Re: Missouri Open Mirror at Mizzou (October 31, 2015)

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.