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100% Clean Comedian Dan Nainan

1.5 Other Arts (Film, Jazz, Opera, Design, Architecture, Photography, World Music, etc) :party: :party: :party: Super cool that y'all are writing this, though I do have some concerns about 22/22 at open difficulty resulting in a super long day (though hopefully this will just be communicated well t...

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Sima Guang Hater wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 18, 2020 12:08 pm
I enjoy writing Schrodinger bonuses where the e/m/h change based on whether you're coming at it from having studied old packets vs real knowledge of the subject. Other than the difficulty of marking that I support this idea.

could you give an example of this?

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First, I would like to say that these changes are excellent and ACF should be commended. Also, I wondered if there was a timeline for when editor applications would be released? I mentioned this in the discord, but I figured it was worth posting here as well. Does the community at large think the sc...

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ValenciaQBowl wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 17, 2020 8:22 pm
Aaargh, bring them kids for a third team! Byes, sigh.

Last I heard (literally yesterday), the field was at six with 2 teams from UF.

Also, Bhanodai and I are looking for teammates if anyone is bringing a team of 5 or anything.

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For SCT, the staffer discount at $40 per school-provided staffer is also substantially larger than what I would otherwise provide (and what I can get local staff for providing). Of course, there's a broader question about compensation in QB that I don't want to wade into, but at least at U of T we ...

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Personally I would love this change. I don't buzz on more "technical" subjects (music/science), but in literature I would find this helpful, especially when trying to answer questions clueing specific quotations (lots of poetry questions, sometimes other forms of lit). I think I also generally just ...

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This happened, with Georgia Tech A winning DI, followed by Georgia Tech B. Vanderbilt A won DII, followed by Georgia B.

Stats can be found here: https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/6362/. Thanks to all the teams for coming out today and I hope everyone had a good time!

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Barring any drops, the field for this tournament has been closed, with 4 teams in DI and 8 teams in DII. I look forward to seeing everyone Saturday!

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Another thing I noticed was that in the first three or four rounds we played, there was a very high amount of poetry, certainly more than 1/1, and a lack of long fiction. I'm not sure if it balanced out over the course of the tournament. I distinctly remember one round's tossups being 1 short fic, 1...

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I'll probably have more to say later, but a lot of the hard parts in this set felt incredibly hard, and there were a few outlier answerlines that felt way too hard, such as a tu on authors with the surname Tate. I did want to single out the Grapes of Wrath bonus, which would not have been out of pla...

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[*] I'm really not sure why the tossup on nuns couldn't have outright taken saint s, especially because a bunch of the people being clued were, in fact, saints (with the caveat that some of these Things Have Names i.e. "crowned nuns"). The directed prompt on "earthly vocation" was very welcome here...

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Count me in for Thursday

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Logistics email for this event that I just sent out, in case anyone did not get it: Hello all, If you're receiving this email, you are registered for MWT @ Auburn this Saturday, 1/18. If this is no longer the case, please let me know ASAP. This includes if the number of teams, staffers, etc. that yo...

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For field updates, use the following link on NAQT's website!
https://www.naqt.com/registration/field ... t_id=11237

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Do you need mods for this

(specifically are you paying mods for this)

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Hello! I am happy to announce that Auburn University (Auburn, AL) will be hosting the Southeast site of NAQT's Sectional Championship Tournament (SCT) on February 8, 2020. Location: The tournament will take place at the Haley Center. The address for the building is 351 W Thach Ave Auburn, AL 36830. ...

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Field update:
Alabama (2/1/0)
Auburn (1/1/many)
Bevill State (1/2/1)
Clemson (2/2/2)
Florida (4/2/0 [nice])
Georgia Tech (1/1/0)

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I am pleased to announce that Auburn University will be hosting the Southeast mirror of the Michigan Winter Tournament on Saturday, January 18, 2020. The tournament will be hosted on the Auburn University campus in the Haley Center (351 W Thach Concourse, Auburn, AL 36849). This is a closed tourname...

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I played on a team who submitted a packet that wasn't used (Purdue B), and heard some of my clues used nearly word-for-word in other packets, often very early in tossups I would not normally be able to get since they'd normally be well outside my categories. This strikes me as something that should...

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This tournament happened. We had a 6 team field, so we ran a double RR. Georgia Tech A cleared the field, going 10-0, so there was no final. I hope all teams had a good time!

Stats can be found here: https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/6 ... /complete/.

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I can't say I'm distressed by the state of college quizbowl in the southeast or south Atlantic (the two circuits I guess South Carolina is part of). It seems about as healthy as usual, probably more so. Not as robust as some regions, but plenty of teams playing and stuff. Fall novice at GT seemed l...

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Is opera part of classical music or other arts for this tournament?

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A copy of the logistics email I just sent out: Hello all, If you're receiving this email, that means you've registered one or more teams to participate in EFT @ Auburn this Saturday. If that's no longer the case, or if the number of teams/buzzers/etc you're bringing has changed, please let me know A...

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An update: we are nearing our field cap of 12, so get those registrations in! I expect we should be able to expand up to a final field cap of 16 teams, but I need to confirm a few additional staffers first.

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Field update (teams/buzzers/staffers):
Alabama (3/1/0)
Auburn (2/1/many)
Emory (1/0/2)
Georgia (2/2/0)
Georgia Tech (1/2/0)
Vanderbilt (3/1/0)

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I am pleased to announce that Auburn University will be hosting the Southeast mirror of the Early Fall Tournament on Saturday, October 5, 2019. The tournament will be hosted on the Auburn University campus in the Haley Center (351 W Thach Concourse, Auburn, AL 36849). This is a closed tournament, bu...

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Both Chris and Matt have given excellent advice and I don't have a lot to add, but I'll just note that I go to Auburn and am plugged into the Southeastern circuit pretty well, and I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have about the circuit! We tend to host 1-2 college tournaments per semes...

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This year's Liberty team was incredibly impressive, and I was ecstatic to be able to watch an Alabama team in the afternoon rounds. I knew they were good coming in, but I certainly wasn't plugged in enough to know they were that good. They seemed especially strong on history, with strong lit and sci...

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Let’s aim to meet at the same place and organize things at 8:00 tonight.

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Some of the (unfinished) packets will be played tonight at 10:00 PM. We can meet in the lower level conference center area by the scrimmage check in. We can meet and find a room from there.

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I'm running a mirror of No Banter Please, a trash tournament by Erik Christensen and co., tomorrow (Saturday) night after play has concluded. More information can be found in this thread: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=22691&p=358091#p358091 . Players and coaches are welcome a...

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Here's a team formation spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14MP7G2MOTuZqfAjjyWEa-GvPTs5jv03VjX9W5jpzpV0/edit?usp=sharing . I added names of people who already posted in this thread. If there's enough interest we could shootout some of the "extra" packets tonight; we can figure out a...

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Post in this thread if you’re interested so I can get a rough idea of how many people to expect.

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I’m pleased to organize a last minute mirror of No Banter Please, a trash tournament written by Erik Christensen & co., for Saturday night at MSNCT (5/11/19). It should be noted that this event is in no way affiliated with or sanctioned by NAQT and has nothing to do with the MSNCT. I haven’t fully t...

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Since most of Auburn A is eligible for this poll (Me/Jared/Zach all played PB + Spartan), I'd like to take a second to shout out my teammates. Garrett is excellent at history but is ineligible for this poll. He basically only buzzes on history + Geo/CE and Astro/geology, and usually clears 20 PPG (2...

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My approaches to visual arts and biology have been detailed elsewhere, but I'd like to elaborate upon my approaches to my most interesting and novel assignments: Geography, Current Events, and Other Academic. I have more thoughts about the tournament as a whole that I might share later, but I just ...

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Are there any updates on this such as confirmation it will be ready and what time at HSNCT you're hoping to read it (would personally prefer it not conflict with META but that's just me)?

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Contrary to what was stated in the podcast, Georgia Tech's D2 ICT team will be composed of myself, Akaash and Varun (from Northview), and Jake. Good analysis on the podcast! This team is really good (and probably underrated in this poll--- their PPB at Regs is comparable to many of the teams in the...

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Congrats to Hoover! I heard that Kapil was excellent. I’ll just take a moment to plug Altamont for improving from 6th to 2nd from 2018 to 2019. I’m looking forward to a Varsity Hoover rematch (with the A-squad present). Hoover and Altamont should be quite a matchup, and the matches between those tw...

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FIELD (teams/buzzers/staffers):
Alabama (1/1/0)
Auburn (1/1/many)
Florida (3/2/0)
Georgia (2/2/0)
Georgia Tech (1/1/0)

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This happened today! Full stats can be found here: http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5637/stats/full_stats_%28w_final%29/ . Altamont defeated Vestavia Hills 365-360 in the second game of a thrilling advantaged finals series. Congrats to both Altamont and Vestavia, and to Hoover A for finishing 3r...

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I am pleased to announce that Auburn University will be hosting the Southeast mirror of Terrapin on Saturday, March 2, 2019. The tournament will be hosted on the Auburn University campus in the Haley Center (351 W Thach Concourse, Auburn, AL 36849). This is a closed tournament, only colleges may pla...

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This happened! Stats can be found here: http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5513/stats/full_stats_%28combined_field%29/ . Georgia B beat Georgia Tech A in a one game final to take the D2 title and our overall title! Georgia A beat Alabama A in a one game final to take the D1 title. Georgia Tech B a...

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Here's the logistics email I just sent to teams; let me know if you didn't get it! Hello all, This is the full logistics email for NAQT SCT @ Auburn this Saturday, February 9. If I forget to include anything in here please don't hesitate to email me. If you are no longer attending this tournament, p...

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The field is up to date. We are currently sitting at 17 teams, and would love to have an 18th team. If not, we'll field a solo house team in D1.

Also, if you're in the area and are available to staff, we'd love to have you!

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Zerowaltz wrote: ↑
Mon Jan 28, 2019 9:00 pm
Can we please get a field update? And when is the deadline for registration? Thank you.

Field:
Auburn (1)
Smiths Station (2; probably)

Register as soon as you're 100% coming, preferably at least one week before the tournament

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I have some general (mostly positive) thoughts about this set, but I'd like to get some sleep and look at the packets before sharing those. It hasn't been mentioned yet, but I thought dropping "Two Friends" that early in the Maupassant tossup was pretty egregious. I would have been much more upset a...

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Field:
Division I:
Alabama (1)
Georgia (1)

Division II:
Alabama (1)
Auburn (1)
Auburn-Montgomery (1)
Carson-Newman (1)
Clemson (2)
Georgia (2)
Georgia Tech (2)
Louisville (2)
Mississippi (4)

last updated 2/4/19

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This post reserved for field updates

Field:
Altamont (1/0/0)
Auburn High (1/1/0)
Hoover (2/?/?)
Long Beach [MS] (2/0/0)
Stratford Academy [GA] (2/1/0)
Vestavia Hills (1/0/0)

Last updated 2/12/19

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I am pleased to announce that the second annual Auburn Invitational Tournament will be held on Saturday, February 16th, 2019 . The tournament will be hosted on the Auburn University campus in the Haley Center (351 W Thach Concourse, Auburn, AL 36849). This tournament will be open to all interested h...

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