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University of Iowa (2)

Howdy! The Washington University Quiz Bowl team is pleased to announce that we will be hosting a Discord mirror of WORKSHOP on March 27, 2021. I, Em Powers, will serve as tournament director. Rules + Eligibility We'll be using the standard ACF gameplay rules and eligibility rules for this tournament...

I actually wrote my supplementary essay for my application to wustl on quizbowl! Specifically, I emphasized how it hugely helped me to develop curiosity about the world and how things within it connect, and also how I learned important skills like being part of a team, leadership, making connections...

akshay govindan of ladue a is easily the second best science player in the country. he’s able to get insane buzzes on any science in any difficulty and has great neg control. (he’s also a really nice guy!)

insohumniac wrote: ↑Sat Jun 01, 2019 1:32 am the Pulp Fiction tossup (Round 18 or 19, I think)

Could I see this tossup?

Could I see the tossup from the finals on “Dark Souls”? That’s my favorite game (and also I couldn’t tell what was being asked about in the first clue)

Pretty sure, although, given the history of the program, it should come as no surprise, the level of talent we're seeing from the CCA-esque three headed monster of moses, Akshay, and Raj over at Ladue is unparalled, even when compared to recent years. I'd go so far as to say that they're stronger th...

This packet has been uploaded to the archives; it can be found here. Thanks again to all who played this - I hope you had as much fun playing as we did writing!

We’ll be reading this in the Discord on July 7th at 6:30 CST.

Unfortunately it seems we won’t be able to read this event this weekend. An online mirror date will be set soon. If there are any dates that work particularly well for you, please post those in this thread.

There will also be an online mirror in the future, probably after the first week of July. As for the physical mirror, we are as of yet unsure of where we'll be able to read this, so stay tuned to this thread; we'll post updates here.

I don’t see LIST http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/4641/

mazinomer wrote:I think Ottawa Hills has a great shot at a VSS title.

you sleepin' on Hallsville

everyone in this thread sleepin' on Hallsville

Field (teams/buzzers/scorekeepers/moderators) (as of Nov. 8)

Hallsville (2/0/0/1)
Eldon (1/1/0/0)
North Shelby (2/1/0/0)
Palmyra (1/1/0/0)

Hello! On behalf of the Louisiana Academic Team, I am pleased to announce that I will be directing the inaugural iteration of the Louisiana EARly November Tournament (LEARNT) on the sixteenth of December, 2017 (12/16/2017). We will be using IS-170 for this tournament; this set was also used at the M...

1. Ladue - the greatest quisbowl team :shock: :wink: the world :roll: :aaa: has ever seen - consisting of two of the proest qbers :party: :kenj: :grin: to ever live! featuring the illustrious Akshay Govindan :grin: and immaculate Raj "Shallow" Paul :smile: backed by extreme poetry speciali...

What with the 2017-18 season rapidly approaching, it only feels appropriate to begin a discussion thread. Feel free to share predictions on whomst will win nats (or whomst will choke in the Class 4 MSHSAA state finals)!

Can I see the Pride's Purge tossup?

I really, really liked Cat's Cradle and also The Picture of Dorian Gray

AKKOLADE wrote: 4) Was this an actual novice tournament?

Players who had attended a national tournament weren't allowed to play in this tournament. There were no further restrictions

This was done at ACF nats this year (and may have been done in previous years idk) There's a difference between YouTube videos (which is where the ACF Nationals videos are, from 2012 on) and Facebook Live. Think about it. How many people have a Facebook page? And how many quizbowl organizations hav...

This was done at ACF nats this year (and may have been done in previous years idk)

Is it too late to say I'm down to clown with this?

Haven't heard much about Private/Charter Division. How do you think that will be sizing up so far considering it is only 32 teams and it being new to SSNCT? And I know that NAQT hasn't updated the awards section yet on the SSNCT information page, but how many trophies do they plan on handing out in...

I'm going to revive this thread with some advice I heard from a Missouri quizbowl sage: a good goal to aim for is for your neg to power ratio to be at or under 1:1, and your neg to total questions answered in tournament ratio should be at or under 1:3. It's definitely a solid baseline, at least.

prediction: Hallsville wins SSNCT, Sam is top scorer (for traditional public division ofc) Okay so we've only played them once and won't see them again until nats but I think it's safe to say as for small schools (and in the future maybe schools in general) in Missouri we will both be dominant force...

Maybe it would be a good idea, for clarity's sake, to refer to the Alliance as LQBALL and Association as LQBASS.

I always find that either foreign countries' patriotic music (Especially British because then you can understand the lyrics) and 50 cent's "In da Club" work best. Judge me all you want. EDIT: If this thread is still about general quizbowl stimulants, I find that a lot of good players also...

I think it largely comes down to difficulty. I may be horribly wrong, but it seems on easier question sets MICDS has had the edge and as the difficulty increases, Ladue claims more of the advantage. I have yet to play Hickman this year but I'm pretty sure they lack a literature/fine arts player, I ...

I'd say Ladue and Hickman are second place contenders. After that, it's kind of a tough call - there are a lot of close teams - but MICDS is definitely up there, as well as Rock Bridge and Helias. After that, I'd say it goes between Orchard Farm and Marquette. Obviously, though, our best team right ...

Our conference varsity matches use MSHSAA-style questions provided by NAQT but JV matches have always used questions provided by QG. I wonder how their upcoming season will be affected by this.

serasuna wrote:There's a list of tips for moderators on the PACE website. Knowing the rules, and practicing moderating are both fairly important.

Ah, yes, didn't think to look on PACE's website. Thanks!

I have a friend interested in moderating at a tournament we're attending soon, but they don't know anything about the game (other than the matches they've seen us play in the past) and have no past experience with moderating. Any tips on how to introduce them to the game in general, and the more spe...