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by Magritte's Pipe
Thu Jan 24, 2019 11:14 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Downingtown High School East Invitational
Replies: 7
Views: 4585

Re: Downingtown High School East Invitational

Is there any sense as to when the stats from this tournament will be forwarded to NAQT? I ask mostly because an updated NAQT database makes coaching decisions clearer, but I think there may be teams who have qualified for NAQT Nationals tournaments who would like their eligibility noted. Thank you ...
by Magritte's Pipe
Thu Jan 24, 2019 11:07 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Downingtown High School East Invitational
Replies: 7
Views: 4585

Re: Downingtown High School East Invitational

Is there any sense as to when the stats from this tournament will be forwarded to NAQT? I ask mostly because an updated NAQT database makes coaching decisions clearer, but I think there may be teams who have qualified for NAQT Nationals tournaments who would like their eligibility noted. Thank you f...
by Magritte's Pipe
Sun Nov 04, 2018 12:27 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Keystone State Invitational (March 30-31, 2019)
Replies: 13
Views: 9774

Re: Keystone State Invitational (March 30-31, 2019)

Is this tournament separate from the tournament earlier than the tournament earlier in March that is posted on NAQT's site https://www.naqt.com/registration/field ... nt_id=9532 or will it be replacing that?
by Magritte's Pipe
Fri Oct 19, 2018 5:21 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Downingtown High School East Invitational
Replies: 7
Views: 4585

Re: Downingtown High School East Invitational

The form does not allow 0 as an option for the number of open teams, novice teams or buzzers. What do we do if we are not bringing anything/anyone in one of these categories?
by Magritte's Pipe
Sun Jan 07, 2018 11:02 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Downingtown East Invitational @ DEHS (Exton, PA)- 1/6/18
Replies: 5
Views: 4535

Re: Downingtown East Invitational @ DEHS (Exton, PA)- 1/6/18

Congrats to Downingtown STEM and thank you to Downingtown East for running a well-organized tournament!
by Magritte's Pipe
Sun Jan 07, 2018 11:00 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Allderdice Invitational- (01-27-18) IS#168
Replies: 5
Views: 4138

Re: Allderdice Invitational- (01-27-18) IS#168

Hello, I have two questions. First, what do the numbers in your previous post indicate? I would assume that the first number is the number of teams and the second the number of buzzers, but I am confused because we are bringing a buzzer and no number is listed in the second column for us. Second, si...
by Magritte's Pipe
Sun Sep 10, 2017 10:25 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Pennsylvania State Academic Coaches Association
Replies: 0
Views: 2359

Pennsylvania State Academic Coaches Association

To all PA schools (both current and prospective quiz bowl members): PSACA is up and running. We have had our non-profit status approved, and we now have a website up and running http://www.psaca.org/ . We expect to have our first newsletter out in a few weeks. We encourage everyone who currently is ...
by Magritte's Pipe
Sat Sep 02, 2017 7:56 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Pennsylvania Tournaments 2017-2018
Replies: 12
Views: 8819

Re: Pennsylvania Tournaments 2017-2018

First, a bunch of updates have just been made to the listings above (including a tournament announcement).

Second, could a mod please unsticky the tournament list for PA from last year and replace it with this thread? Thank you to anyone who can and will do this!!
by Magritte's Pipe
Fri Aug 18, 2017 8:06 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Pennsylvania Tournaments 2017-2018
Replies: 12
Views: 8819

Re: Pennsylvania Tournaments 2017-2018

Please note that the Lehigh Valley Academy tournament is now scheduled for October 28th.
by Magritte's Pipe
Tue Aug 15, 2017 9:27 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NLN III @ Penn State University (10/7/17)
Replies: 3
Views: 3461

Re: NLN III @ Penn State University (10/7/17)

Hi, I'm just asking some clarification on your eligibility rules, both because my team has a strong possibility of coming to this tournament and because I think other teams might benefit from the clarification. Do your three rules for players being eligible interact, or are they independent of one a...
by Magritte's Pipe
Thu Jul 13, 2017 6:04 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NAQT vs PACE
Replies: 5
Views: 5169

Re: NAQT vs PACE

3. The distribution is different. An average NAQT packet has 1.7/1.6 pop culture, 1.9/1.8 geography, and 1.8/1.7 current events, whereas other sets tend to have less of those things. NSC has no pop culture, .5/.5 geography, and .5/.5 current events. On the other hand, an average NAQT packet has 1.6...
by Magritte's Pipe
Thu Jul 06, 2017 4:02 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Pennsylvania Tournaments 2017-2018
Replies: 12
Views: 8819

Pennsylvania Tournaments 2017-2018

The Pennsylvania State Academic Coaches' Association (PSACA) was formed at a meeting last week to promote quiz bowl in the Commonwealth. We are modeled in large part after associations in other states such as Illinois, and our goal is to encourage as many quiz bowl and academic coaches as possible t...
by Magritte's Pipe
Fri Dec 16, 2016 3:43 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NAC going pyramidal?
Replies: 27
Views: 19210

Re: NAC going pyramidal?

HAHA. Your answers are sad but not surprising. I'm glad I made this thread, for simple purpose of exposing this for what it is. By the way, having just seen these sample questions, they are pretty bad - certainly not anywhere close to the quality of NAQT or PACE tournaments. It reminds me of the awf...
by Magritte's Pipe
Fri Dec 16, 2016 3:06 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NAC going pyramidal?
Replies: 27
Views: 19210

NAC going pyramidal?

I just got a letter inviting my team to the 2017 NAC. That is not abnormal. I think I get one of those letters every year. However, one sentence in the letter caught my eye: "Please note that our tossup questions are now pyramidal, and are of the same high quality that you are accustomed to.&qu...
by Magritte's Pipe
Thu Oct 13, 2016 6:05 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Changes to NAQT SSNCT eligibility
Replies: 32
Views: 14826

Re: Changes to NAQT SSNCT eligibility

The soccer analogy, though, does not hold water (unless I know even less about soccer than I think I do). Do the lower football leagues play shorter games or on smaller fields? The SSNCT definitely uses easier questions than HSNCT, which lowers the incentives for small schools to engage in high-lev...
by Magritte's Pipe
Thu Oct 13, 2016 2:20 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: SSNCT and Charter School Eligibility
Replies: 43
Views: 25265

Re: SSNCT and Charter School Eligibility

I don't know what the best policy is regarding charter schools, but I do wonder if the big focus this thread seems to be taking regarding selective admissions might be clouding the issue as much as it's illuminating it. Perhaps curriculum is important. While I am by no means an expert regarding char...
by Magritte's Pipe
Thu Oct 13, 2016 11:42 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Changes to NAQT SSNCT eligibility
Replies: 32
Views: 14826

Re: Changes to NAQT SSNCT eligibility

I think that there are two arguments running concomitantly here (and on the thread Lee Henry started), and that one is productive and one is not. The first argument is over whether NAQT's changes to the SSNCT qualification formula and to the set-up of the field are good changes. This is an argument ...
by Magritte's Pipe
Tue Dec 02, 2014 11:50 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: CSWIFT, Charter School of Wilmington (DE)-1/24/15 [DATE CHG]
Replies: 7
Views: 5084

Re: CSWIFT, Charter School of Wilmington (DE)-1/24/15 [DATE

Hi, is it possible if we could have an update on this tournament (i.e. number of teams registered, spots remaining, etc.)? I ask because I noticed that this tournament is not listed on NAQT's schedule. Is it still on? Is it still using NAQT questions and rules? Thanks.
by Magritte's Pipe
Sun Nov 23, 2014 11:01 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Sagacity X - University of Pittsburgh (11/22/14)
Replies: 6
Views: 3731

Re: Sagacity X - University of Pittsburgh (11/22/14)

As always, the University of Pittsburgh put on a well-run tournament. My team enjoyed the experience very much. Thank you, and congratulations to the top teams and players!
by Magritte's Pipe
Wed Nov 19, 2014 12:26 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial Tourney NAQT IS-141A Ellicott City, MD (11/09/14)
Replies: 21
Views: 11518

Re: Centennial Tourney NAQT IS-141A Ellicott City, MD (11/09

Does anyone know when the stats for this tournament might get uploaded to the NAQT database?
by Magritte's Pipe
Tue Oct 14, 2014 6:01 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2015 NAQT SSNCT: April 25-26, Atlanta
Replies: 18
Views: 15302

Re: 2015 NAQT SSNCT: April 25-26, Atlanta

Thanks for letting us know the date. When it comes to small schools, I don't think any date is perfect. Speaking for my own team, my players tend to be committed to quite a lot of activities at once, so most weekends potentially conflict with something else. I don't think there's any way to avoid th...
by Magritte's Pipe
Tue Nov 26, 2013 9:28 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2014 NAQT Small School NCT: Congratulations Hallsville!
Replies: 46
Views: 19244

Re: 2014 NAQT Small School NCT: May 3-4, Minneapolis

Call me insane (given the response this seems to be getting from many (most?) other schools) but I'm looking forward to this. My school has 500 students in it from grades 9-12. We are quite tiny compared to the average high school. We have to play teams from schools four or more times larger than us...
by Magritte's Pipe
Tue Nov 26, 2013 9:15 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 11/23/13 Sagacity X – Pittsburgh, PA
Replies: 18
Views: 5647

Re: 11/23/13 Sagacity X – Pittsburgh, PA

It was a very well run tournament that my team enjoyed playing in immensely. I can't tell you all the standings (we finished somewhere around 7th out of 25 teams), but the real story of the tournament was a deep Fisher Catholic team beating Winchester-Thurston (led by the ever impressive Nathaniel B...
by Magritte's Pipe
Fri Mar 29, 2013 11:45 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Battle of the Burgh XVI - University of Pittsburgh - 4/6/13
Replies: 11
Views: 3239

Re: Battle of the Burgh XVI - University of Pittsburgh - 4/6/12

For future reference, is it at all possible to have Battle of the Burgh announced/invitations being sent out further in advance? Fisher Catholic usually attends this tournament, but since this was announced so late, that window closed and we can't go now (well that, and the fact we're attending a c...
by Magritte's Pipe
Sun Mar 24, 2013 10:25 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Travelling with large trophies - a logistical problem
Replies: 19
Views: 8246

Travelling with large trophies - a logistical problem

First of all, I apologize if this has been answered in an earlier thread. I did do a search to find another thread on this topic, but then again my technical skills are rather subpar. Last year my team had the great fortune to get 3rd place in the small school division of HSNCT. The players were thr...
by Magritte's Pipe
Sun Mar 24, 2013 9:57 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Blue Hen XV - 3/23, Newark DE [IS-124]
Replies: 7
Views: 3524

Re: Blue Hen XV - 3/23, Newark DE [IS-124]

Thank you for hosting such a well-run tournament. My players particularly enjoyed the tough competition we faced from the other teams - including eventual champion Manheim Township.