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Wow. This is a very impressive collection of newer teams. Well done and best of luck to you all!

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This is a great set. Play it.

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2nd and last edit. Disregard previous post. We're good for 2 pm.

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Thanks very much, Ophir. I've really loved the two IL's I've played. It's a blast to listen, I get some new pieces to listen to... what's not to like? Keep 'em coming.

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Alex and I should be able to attend most weekends

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Any idea about ending time? How many rounds?

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QB etiquette question: With these team formation spreadsheets... should you ask prospective team members first if you can join them, or do you simply assign yourself to open spots? I assumed the former but Alex thinks it's OK to assign yourself. What's the general rule? Also... what time of time of ...

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I am very impressed. Grogers, Steven Liu... wow. The more that students use their intelligence and initiative to lead the charge within HS QB, the better.

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There will be no NHBB tournament in October. We'll see if we can set something for my area later in the year, but it's problematic.

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Is there a sign up sheet?

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Considering Imaginary Landscape may not be clear, posting these stats is probably not the wisest decision.

I get why you withdrew the spreadsheet that included info about answer lines, but I don't see why the scores for IL can't be posted, along with the other side event scores.

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We had a great time. Thanks for running this.

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So, the HSNCT sign up sheet for this still applies for the online version?

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Posted this on Facebook, but just in case, I thought I'd put here, too: Thank you to Fred Morlan and all of the writers & staffers who made 2018 NASAT happen. An even bigger thank you and hugs all around to the kids, parents, coaches and guest Skype readers who contributed to the Pennsylvania effort...

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While this obviously won't cover everything, here is one concrete thing that can be done, going forward: At the beginning of each year, every quizbowl organization, tournament host, etc. can request that everyone who staffs an event undergo a criminal & child abuse background check and submit the re...

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Many thanks to Bard for running this pre-Nats tournament and getting us out at an early hour.

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Livingston March Madness
https://stats.neg5.org/t/Sy_ve2EdM/livi ... -standings
NAQT says TD hasn’t replied to clarification about a reported tie.

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From one small school to all the other small schools: best of luck to you all!

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For me, if stats are available in one spot but not another, I'd want there to be some reason that you're asking beyond "I just want to see them in the other spot". If no stats are being posted at all, or this issue is affecting nationals qualifications, funding, writeups in the local paper then abs...

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Antrobus63 wrote: After a few more weeks with the stats still Pending on the official NAQT stats page, I wrote NAQT. They replied, "We are waiting for the hosts to correct errata." I wrote the TD again, who said: "We corrected all we could. We told them. Never heard back. Stats are on Neg5. Why is t...

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I have a stats-related tournament etiquette/procedure question. If a tournament host runs an NAQT tournament on Neg 5, is it their responsibility to get all of the stats uploaded to NAQT in a manner that's acceptable to NAQT? We were at a well-run tournament this year where the Neg 5 stats looked fi...

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I'm curious as to why teams will be charged an extra twenty dollars in order to receive a copy of the questions they are already paying to play. This seems highly unusual to me and I'm wondering why this policy is in place for this tournament. I agree, Ryan. I thought it was standard practice for t...

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Allderdice kids! Several of you have been invited to try out for the PA NASAT team. We have not been able to reach you. Please contact us IMMEDIATELY at psacainfo@gmail.com!

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Please let us know when you make a final decision.

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Any predictions before nationals? (Honestly, this is more me trying to get to know the landscape of the region this year after having been absent for so long) We've lost to Hunter with Luke and without... with you and without Luke... without either of you. So, yeah, you are the clear favorites! As ...

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We were asked, "If you would still like to make or change your session request, please use this link..."

What's the word on the balance between Saturday morning vs evening session at this point?

Antrobus63 · Re: 2018 NASAT - 6/16-6/17 We're stoked.

We're stoked.

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Hey Guys, thanks for holding it together with all the drops/switches. Where/when thar be stats?

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I am withdrawing Alex from the IPNCT. I admit that I have several objections to the way the tournament was announced and the way it is set up but I might have been able to ignore all of these simply because I thought my kid had a chance to win. Not very noble. But Alex's senior schedule is already f...

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Since NAQT is now running a national tournament for high schoolers on the Division II ICT set, it will obviously be difficult for future hosts to run their own tournaments using that set. With that in mind, is it possible that the SCT set ceases to share questions with the state championship IS set...

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We played the 2015 NTSS set at East Brunswick a few years ago: it was very good and, towards the end, very vey hard. As far as I can recall, that's the only solo tournament we've had out East. Eric Wolfsburg, won it, of course. Stats:

http://neg5.org/t/EyxCdvDyMW/stats/team ... #EJzZ9D1MZ

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Before anyone else drops... should we start asking around? Most HS kids won't see this unless we prompt them.

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It looks like the rosters have changed a bit. That's OK... but when will I know what our share out the cost is and whom to pay it to?

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Still looking for a post from JHU about the 4/7 tournament. If we don't play the PA championship (and we probably won't because it's the same weekend as NHBB) we will be able to play #174 somewhere. That could be at JHU, depending on the logistics and the field. So... anything from JHU?

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On the DC metro thread, I asked about the Johns Hopkins event on April 7. Jeff Hoppes of NAQT wrote: This event will use NAQT IS #174. Please note that this is the same set used at the Pennsylvania State Academic Competition later in April. Since this concerns teams in our state, I thought I'd post ...

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Any word on the JHU tournament slated for April 7?

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Good to hear, Fred, and hope you can pull it off this year. I know that you have a lot of experience and many contacts, so I am hopeful... but, frankly, I think that almost all of my fellow coaches have already given up on NASAT for 2018 and believe that I have been indulging in wishful thinking. We...

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Sorry--didn't see this till now. Alex and I are busy with a family thing on the 4th but could play this Sunday afternoon... if that helps.

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Now that there will be 64 players instead of the original 32, will that change the schedule in any way? I'm trying to figure out what time would be "safe" to schedule a departing flight on Sunday. I assume the other families will need to know as well.

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I'm not concerned about everybody clambering to get into the afternoon session. If it happens, great--you could simply cut off the migration once you get what you need--but unless NAQT offers people a tangible inducement, why would they move? I assume that the reason a lot of coaches picked the morn...

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That the sessions might be unbalanced was a worry that people expressed from that start. While I'm glad that NAQT is admitting the problem and is moving to address it now (sooner is certainly better than later) by dangling a carrot to get teams to switch brackets, wouldn't offering a financial induc...

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Coaches, I just received this e-mail from NAQT (I assume you did, too): "Thank you for indicating your session preference for the 2018 HSNCT! The current requests would make the morning session contain a significantly greater concentration of strong teams than the afternoon session. Therefore, if yo...

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Ditto.

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Yeah, we have a committee ready to go but won't proceed any further until we get a green light on the tournament itself. I understand that it may not happen this year but we'd like to know one way or the other. Certainty, even if its disappointment, is easier to live with than uncertainty.

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I was taken to task on FB last year by a player who thought I didn't vote his team high enough, but I shared my reasoning with him... and we both survived the experience. I agree with Mr Schmidt on the need for an open ballot but I very much disagree with whichever player actually confronted him on...

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alistairgray42 wrote:
last year I maintained my own rankings spreadsheet, which basically reimplements Fred Morlan's method...

Wow, this is awesome. Do you have one for this year??

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Glad to see that it's poll time again. I still believe in sharing my thoughts about this and encouraging others to do so as well: - Having multiple polls, if they are conducted honestly and openly, is always a good thing. Fred works hard on his poll, and it is very useful, but PBB isn’t everything -...

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To be clear: if a student is playing for a college at SCT, like Alex for Lehigh or Clark Smith for Ohio State on Saturday, he cannot play in the Individual Player Championship on Sunday?

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Well done, Missy and Manheim staff! PA QB continues to get stronger every day.

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We had a great time. Thanks to Bern, his GV kids/staffers, and the other folks who came in to help out.

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