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by Andy Saunders
Sun Nov 11, 2007 10:30 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Results: Mid-Atlantic TRASH regionals (11/10/07)
Replies: 12
Views: 4523

This may sound like an incredibly silly question, but is there anything preventing you from just entering the individual stats after-the-fact into SQBS?
by Andy Saunders
Sat Nov 10, 2007 9:50 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Canadian TRASH Regionals - Nov. 10/07, Brock University
Replies: 6
Views: 3325

14 teams competed at Brock today in the Canadian TRASH Regionals; "Pitt Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" ended up on top with a 10-1 record, defeating "Team Soviet Canuckistan" (University of Toronto) in the final game (Canuckistan finished 9-2). "Sssh! You'll Wake The Baby!&quo...
by Andy Saunders
Wed Nov 07, 2007 11:55 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Canadian TRASH Regionals - Nov. 10/07, Brock University
Replies: 6
Views: 3325

If you wish to play, I'd appreciate being let known by tomorrow morning.

Teams currently registered:

Pitt x 3
Rochester x 3
Toronto x 3
Waterloo
McMaster
Brock house team
George Flevares et al
Dan Blake et al
(possible) free agent team
by Andy Saunders
Wed Oct 31, 2007 7:03 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Canadian TRASH Regionals - Nov. 10/07, Brock University
Replies: 6
Views: 3325

Another update:

Pitt x 3
Rochester x 2
St John McBrockchester (Flevares et al)
Toronto x 3
Waterloo
Brock house team
(possible) free agent team
by Andy Saunders
Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:19 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Canadian TRASH Regionals - Nov. 10/07, Brock University
Replies: 6
Views: 3325

Currently registered:

Pitt x 3
St John McBrockchester (Flevares et al)
Brock house team
(possible) J! Archive.com team
by Andy Saunders
Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:17 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Canadian TRASH Regionals - Nov. 10/07, Brock University
Replies: 6
Views: 3325

Canadian TRASH Regionals - Nov. 10/07, Brock University

This email is announcing the Canadian TRASH Regionals at Brock University on Saturday, November 10, 2007. Pricing Structure: First team: $90 Second team: $80 Third team: $70 Fourth team and beyond: $65, with a $5 discount per team until $50 Discounts: Dedicated staff: -$15 per staff member Working b...
by Andy Saunders
Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:53 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: VETO Critique
Replies: 49
Views: 19818

I am disappointed to see a distinct lack of criticism concerning the finals packet. Because I am well aware that it was clearly not the best piece of quiz bowl writing in the modern era, I invite those that still do care to critique it. (Yes, I am seeking to improve. No, I don't plan on defending ba...
by Andy Saunders
Sun Aug 26, 2007 12:19 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: VETO Critique
Replies: 49
Views: 19818

Well, that's what you get when you allow a team with exactly zero quiz bowl question writing experience write an unedited packet for a guerilla tournament.

All I know is that had I been running the Toronto site again, UWO would not have been asked to write a packet.
by Andy Saunders
Wed Apr 25, 2007 5:55 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: TRASHionals Discussion
Replies: 111
Views: 49488

Brian and the others that have been bashing the curling question: What do you think is canonical with regards to curling? And here's my bash: Why was the name that the tournament had from c.1980 through to 2006 only prompt-worthy? Had I not remembered shortly after buzzing in that the tournament had...
by Andy Saunders
Tue Apr 24, 2007 2:20 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: TRASHionals Discussion
Replies: 111
Views: 49488

Quickfire comments: Categories: Sports distribution was way too skewed to minor sports. Sports should be equal parts football/baseball/basketball/other. Asking tossups about a skier nobody on our team had heard of or about the names of curling and bowling competitions is just a bad idea. I did thin...
by Andy Saunders
Tue Apr 24, 2007 1:17 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: TRASHionals Discussion
Replies: 111
Views: 49488

The cricket tu was the biggest excercise in "chicken" in quizbowl. Whoever let TRASH cup their balls first (aka, buzzing in on an audio tu of "name the sport" with a dude with an obviously english accent when every minor sport played by English language speaking people had alrea...
by Andy Saunders
Tue Apr 24, 2007 1:14 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: TRASHionals Discussion
Replies: 111
Views: 49488

On the whole, I liked a good portion of this year's TRASHionals set. I definitely think that it is important for the set to be diverse in eras and genders and not skew too young. Of course, I did have teammates that tended to do well in the "old person trash" and "female trash" p...
by Andy Saunders
Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:06 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Regionals - University of Maryland - Results
Replies: 38
Views: 19706

That still says nothing of the fact that your program made a commitment to go to Maryland. Your program reneged on that commitment with less than a week to go until the tournament, causing Virginia Commonwealth to have to play all of 6 games, against house teams and high schoolers, and causing Maryl...
by Andy Saunders
Mon Feb 19, 2007 9:42 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: computer-assisted quiz bowl
Replies: 20
Views: 10186

Can you also get in touch with me so that I can get you in touch with Rico, who has a similar system developed already?
by Andy Saunders
Sun Feb 18, 2007 11:08 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: VCU Open 2007: Official Jerk Policy 3/10/07
Replies: 26
Views: 14326

Brock also has purchased a system from SVBZ and is very satisfied with it. It's also significantly less expensive, even shipping across the border, than any other system that we could find.
by Andy Saunders
Sun Feb 18, 2007 10:53 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: computer-assisted quiz bowl
Replies: 20
Views: 10186

I think that, strangely enough, the most advancements in CAQB are coming out of the Toronto area. 1) For the past three years, Rico Catibog has come to moderate NAQT Sectionals, computerized timing and scoring program in tow. This year, he had player statistics completely automated, such that all I ...
by Andy Saunders
Sun Feb 18, 2007 10:47 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Regionals Discussion Thread
Replies: 48
Views: 21473

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by Andy Saunders
Wed Feb 14, 2007 12:09 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NAQT Sectional @ Univ. of Iowa
Replies: 19
Views: 8943

Can you link us to the stats?
by Andy Saunders
Tue Feb 13, 2007 9:06 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: posting stats
Replies: 19
Views: 8044

It's a criticism of people who, for whatever reason, knowingly use a platform that is harder to find software for, and then use that as an excuse to not run tournaments properly. If you aren't prepared to either find a PC for your tournaments, or create a Mac alternative to SQBS that has all its fu...
by Andy Saunders
Tue Feb 13, 2007 8:25 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Road to Minneapolis: NAQT ICT bid prediction thread
Replies: 83
Views: 48816

Matt:

Brock is taking its autobid in D-II, not D-I; as far as I can tell, Brock and UTC are the only hosts taking their autobid in D-II.
by Andy Saunders
Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:26 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Road to Minneapolis: NAQT ICT bid prediction thread
Replies: 83
Views: 48816

I would say that at this point, your Division 2 team is going to need a points per bonus of at least 16 or so in order to get one of the original invitations for teams, unless it won the Sectional, and assuming that NAQT offers ICT invites to all 3 South co-champs.
by Andy Saunders
Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:12 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: South SCT (02/10/07) hosted by Ok State
Replies: 28
Views: 16163

I can see why people are up in arms over this one; we now are likely going to have two teams with a bonus conversion in the area of 15.5 to 16 losing out on ICT bids to teams with a bonus conversion in the area of 13.5 because of a differing interpretation of the NAQT tiebreaker rule.
by Andy Saunders
Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:11 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Road to Minneapolis: NAQT ICT bid prediction thread
Replies: 83
Views: 48816

How much, approximately, does NAQT adjust the stats for Division 2 teams that played on Division 1 questions?
by Andy Saunders
Mon Feb 12, 2007 2:51 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: NAQT Northeast SCT at Harvard (2/10/07)
Replies: 18
Views: 8574

Are these stats off, or did Rudy go completely nuts this game?

MIT 295, Olin 135
Olin: Leslie 0 0 0 0, Molly 0 1 1 5, Adam 0 3 0 30, Doug 1 0 0 15, Jeff 0 1 1 5
MIT: Rudy 10 0 0 150, Sam 0 0 0 0, John 0 0 0 0, Jeb 0 0 0 0
Bonuses: Olin 6 80 13.33, MIT 10 145 14.50
by Andy Saunders
Mon Feb 12, 2007 2:46 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Road to Minneapolis: NAQT ICT bid prediction thread
Replies: 83
Views: 48816

Anyone want to give me odds on Brown winning the ICT?
by Andy Saunders
Mon Feb 12, 2007 2:02 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: 2007 NAQT Canadian Sectional @ Brock 2/10/07
Replies: 13
Views: 7013

Congratulations to the University of Toronto, whose teams won both divisions at the 2007 NAQT Canadian Sectional at Brock University on Saturday. All in all, 9 Division 1 teams and 15 Division 2 teams, representing 11 different schools, competed, making this the largest quiz bowl tournament ever hel...
by Andy Saunders
Mon Feb 12, 2007 1:16 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Road to Minneapolis: NAQT ICT bid prediction thread
Replies: 83
Views: 48816

Canada East had only 3 D1 UG teams.
by Andy Saunders
Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:06 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: 2007 NAQT Canadian Sectional @ Brock 2/10/07
Replies: 13
Views: 7013

One correction:

D2 had 15 teams.

Full results, stats, gratitudes, etc. to come soon.
by Andy Saunders
Sun Feb 11, 2007 9:03 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: South SCT (02/10/07) hosted by Ok State
Replies: 28
Views: 16163

Here's what I would have done: I would have used PPTH to seed the teams 1, 2, and 3. Have 2 play 3 in the first tiebreaker for the right to play 1 for the title. "If ties must be broken (as is the case in rebracketing or determining the championship, but not necessarily for reporting overall re...
by Andy Saunders
Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:00 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ICT location?
Replies: 55
Views: 23419

I would say that Ontario has a much better chance of hosting a TRASHionals than an ICT.
by Andy Saunders
Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:59 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: 2007 NAQT Canadian Sectional @ Brock 2/10/07
Replies: 13
Views: 7013

I should point out that as far as I can tell, Simon Fraser is one Simon Fraser student that happens to be in Ottawa at the present time.
by Andy Saunders
Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:23 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: 2007 NAQT Canadian Sectional @ Brock 2/10/07
Replies: 13
Views: 7013

Field Update

The following teams are registered: Ottawa (1 Division 1, 1 buzzer, 10 clocks) McMaster (3 Division 2, 1 buzzer) Toronto (1 Division 1, 2 Division 2, 3 buzzers, 1 clock, 1 moderator) McGill (1 Division 1, 2 Division 2, 1 buzzer) Wilfrid Laurier (2 Division 2, 1 buzzer, 2 rotating scorekeepers) Queen...
by Andy Saunders
Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:50 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: 2007 NAQT Canadian Sectional @ Brock 2/10/07
Replies: 13
Views: 7013

Update #1

As a reminder, entries must be received by me no later than February 3rd, 2007. There is no guarantee that we will be able to provide space for your team in the tournament after that date. Currently confirmed as attending: Ottawa (1 Division 1 team, 0 Division 2 teams) McMaster (0 D1, 3 D2) Toronto ...
by Andy Saunders
Thu Dec 07, 2006 1:12 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: 2007 NAQT Canadian Sectional @ Brock 2/10/07
Replies: 13
Views: 7013

Announcement: 2007 NAQT Canadian Sectional @ Brock 2/10/07

Brock Trivia is proud to announce that it is hosting the NAQT Canadian Sectional on February 10, 2007. The event will take place on our main St. Catharines, Ontario campus, at a site to be determined. The event will be run similar to prior Canadian SCTs, with round-robin(s) and re-bracketing, as ent...
by Andy Saunders
Mon Nov 13, 2006 12:02 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Editing, time management, and all that
Replies: 12
Views: 5916

Where would one find said "editing treatises"? (Other than Michigan Memorandum, which I attempt to refer to when writing questions...to varying degrees of success.)
by Andy Saunders
Sat Nov 11, 2006 11:22 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: Great Lakes TRASH Regional at Brock University
Replies: 4
Views: 3180

RESULTS: 2006 Great Lakes TRASH Regionals

Congratulations to World’s Smallest Cutest Yak (University of Pittsburgh), who defeated a field of 19 teams at Brock University to win the 2006 Great Lakes TRASH Regional title, going a perfect 12-0 in the process (5-0 in the final playoff bracket). Second place went to Star Whores: Attack of The ...
by Andy Saunders
Fri Nov 03, 2006 11:28 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: Great Lakes TRASH Regional at Brock University
Replies: 4
Views: 3180

We currently have 18 teams confirmed for the 2006 Great Lakes TRASH Regionals at Brock University on November 11th: University of Pittsburgh x 5 University of Rochester x 3 University of Toronto x 2 Case Western Reserve University x 2 Googling Lezebians (Carnegie Mellon) Star Whores: Attack of the C...
by Andy Saunders
Thu Oct 19, 2006 12:51 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: Great Lakes TRASH Regional at Brock University
Replies: 4
Views: 3180

Field & Pricing Update

Here’s who we have coming to Brock so far on November 11th: Michigan alumni (1 team) Wayne The Main Brain (1 team) University of Western Ontario (1 team) University of Pittsburgh (2-4 teams) University of Rochester (2-3 teams) University of Toronto (2-3 teams) Case Western Reserve University (2 te...
by Andy Saunders
Mon Oct 16, 2006 1:58 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: Great Lakes TRASH Regional at Brock University
Replies: 4
Views: 3180

Field Update: Great Lakes TRASH Regionals @ Brock (11/11/06)

Greetings all, The following teams have registered for TRASH Regionals at Brock University on November 11, 2006: Michigan alumni Wayne The Main Brain (Dan Blake et al) University of Western Ontario University of Pittsburgh (2 to 4 teams) Brock University (1 to 2 house teams) I’ve yet to hear from ...
by Andy Saunders
Fri Oct 06, 2006 11:43 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: Great Lakes TRASH Regional at Brock University
Replies: 4
Views: 3180

Announcement: Great Lakes TRASH Regional at Brock University

I would like to apologize to all involved for the lateness of this announcement; a recent cycling accident put a wrench into a number of things in my life. Without any further ado, Brock Trivia is proud to announce that it will be hosting the Great Lakes TRASH Regional at Brock University's St. Cath...
by Andy Saunders
Tue May 03, 2005 9:57 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: J'Accuse/Moon Pie request - do not discuss questions online
Replies: 6
Views: 4517

Here are my two cents (Canadian): When I write packets, I put the name of everybody that contributed a question to my packet on the packet, and the name of everybody that heard questions out of the packet on the packet as an "editor". Not only does that give credit, it also specifies who i...