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Yessir. Writing a post and email!

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Kristin,I'm really sorry no one got back to you. I was not aware we had reserved it, and I hope you're able to find a mirror. I'll work with our leadership to make sure that this doesn't happen again.

fett0001 · Re: DRAGOON Mirror @ Virginia Tech (Sunday, 11/17/13) UVA added a 4th team

UVA added a 4th team

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Registration for Platinum certified teams is now open. Those teams should receive an email shortly containing details about registering, however, here's the info again for reference. So, you’ve qualified for PACE NSC and are now eligible to register. To register, please follow the following steps: S...

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Last year, packets weren't combined/merged/whatever the term is'd.

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I think the standard way to receive a complaint is to say something like "thanks for your feedback, we'll take this seriously" and then to assume that lots of other people might have thought that same complaint without voicing it. (This obviously means indulging some really dumb complaint...

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Ok, I read that the other way, as in, power = 7 lines.

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touchpack wrote:Questions will be hard-capped at 7 lines of 10-pt Times New Roman before the powermark (there will be powers).

Emphasis added.

That's a typo, right?

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I'd like to apologize for getting so heated upthread. I certainly overreacted to the issue at hand, and want to make it clear that I hold no ill will towards the moderation staff. I plan to reduce the hyperbole in the future, and work on tempering my posts. Yall do an excellent job. Sorry.

fett0001 · Re: DRAGOON Mirror @ Virginia Tech (Sunday, 11/17/13) Maryland signed up.

Maryland signed up.

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PACE is pleased to announce that it will be awarding two new titles starting with the 2014 National Scholastics Championship. These two new titles recognize the best three Junior Varsity teams and best three Small School teams. A JV team consists of players in 10th grade or below. Middle school team...

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Off topic a little bit, but how long do you set that timer for, George?

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http://www.pace-nsc.org/quizbowl-101/

There's a glossary there, along with a concise rules doc, tips for writing, etc.

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A good place for consolidated rules is http://www.pace-nsc.org/concise-rules-o ... -quizbowl/ .

I also suspect you will find other useful information here: http://www.pace-nsc.org/quizbowl-101/

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Field (12):
VCU A
VCU B
Liberty A
Liberty B
Liberty C
UVA A
UVA B
UVA C
UVA D
Maryland A
Maryland B
Maryland C?
House?

Still plenty of room available.

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If you're flying out, let me know, I'm sure we can cut you a discount or something.

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Fair enough. I think that changing the rule to avoid calling such things out would be preferrable, but I don't see that this discussion can progress further.

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As usual, Eric states things somewhat more eloquently than I.

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It doesn't matter what the **** happened to it. It shouldn't have been touched by the moderation staff at all.

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I thought I did earlier, but I was exhausted so maybe it wasn't clear: I think that if people are posting here on something they are interested and knowledgeable about[anime], they are more likely to feel accepted by the community. I contend that they are more likely to post their concerns, question...

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Here's the thing: I think that inviting more discussion and activity on the boards is a good thing. I think that people who will be offended by the topics "Pro-Wrestling 2013" or "Anime 2013" won't click on them. The thing is, I don't see the reason to single out anime vs anythin...

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So you're saying we should ban any discussion of pro-wrestling? Since it's offensive to certain people, it seems that when it appears on the board it could frighten people away.

Edit: Why are you allowed to make wrestling joke posts, and Eric not allowed to make anime joke posts?

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How do internet memes/anime/etc. in the off topic forum harm the discussion of quizbowl?

Calling things out like that makes this board look cliquish.

And the Raynell Revolution did occur. I'm not denying that Raynell overreacted. To the board staff's misapplication of this rule.

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It's clear, from past events, that the community cannot trust the moderators to appropriately apply discretion pertaining to the rule and quizbowl relevant anime. I think that is reason enough to remove it. EDIT: Furthermore, I have not seen or heard of any untoward behavior from anime fans on this ...

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Start time for staffers?

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Virginia Tech will be hosting the 2014 Mid-Atlantic NAQT Sectional Tournament on February 8, 2014. Registration will start at 8 AM We plan on beginning play at 9 AM. The building is McBride Hall, on Virginia Tech's Blacksburg Campus. The opening meeting will be held in room 100, on the south side of...

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We rely on college players to staff nationals and they're in school until may.

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If a question has been written on anime, its topic is banned, FWIW.

Second, if we're not going to enforce this rule, it should be removed.

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Why do we keep singling stuff out? That's what doesn't make any sense! If someone's disrupting the board, then moderate them and move on. Don't ban topics of quiz bowl questions and delete tournament announcements simply because someone talked about it too much the better part of a decade ago. All i...

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At the end of the day, this is a quizbowl forum, and our job as moderators is to deal with anything that gets in the way of that. This seems like a much better rule than simply "No anime," which was probably the cause of the issue in the first place. Also, no one moderated the Breaking Ba...

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You state a concern of creating an insider only environment.

How can permitting discussion of anime in the off topic section possibly be any worse than the in-jokes that already permeate the forum?

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That said, if there is discussion of anime that is not meme-like and somehow related to quizbowl (i.e. criticizing a trash question), I don't have a problem with it. All that is to say I'm on board with Mike's interpretation of the rule. People are free to discuss anime (or anything else in the wor...

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Maybe we would benefit from a designee who should be emailed privately about concerns about other posters.

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That's irritating. Lost a post. I'm not suggesting going back to CBI, nor am I against saying those things are bad. I'm saying that there is a time and a place for that, and your tournament announcement is not the place to poke fun at people who make mistakes. The Princeton thread would be a good pl...

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b) It might just be that the board is dominated by a handful of people (which I guess in itself is not a huge problem), but it just doesn't feel very open. The in-jokes and such are fun, but they exclude people from feeling like they can be a part of the community that the board is supposed to prom...

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You can't see why that post is unprofessional? You can't see why a coach who happened see that post might be disinterested in participating in a board where the board staff post things like that? I'm not saying they did. But I'm saying they could, and that we should look at how our actions reflect o...

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It's unclear from rule E3 what happens in case of a tie.

EDIT:
Or rather, it isn't explicit:

Any answer which is not begun before the moderator calls time will not be considered.

This means that an answer begun in the same instant as a call of time will not be considered.

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So, a team ran a bad tournament. So, they have in the past. That's pretty much irrelevant. What is relevant: Calling them out in your tournament announcement is extremely unprofessional, and reflects poorly upon all parties involved: the poster, their club, and their school. If I'm a coach, I'm goin...

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I do not think that a Penn Bowl mirror would be viable at Duke. It's quite close to PA.

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Don't park in any spot listed just S, or any lot that has a 24hours sign. Everywhere else should be fine. I specifically recommend the lot just north of pamplin, for small vehicles, and the lot north of Derring Hall for larger vehicles, like busses.

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Packet errors should not decide games, whether or not the losing team knows that there was an error.

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Sorry, Bob. Noone updated the first post, and we missed yours. We'll find a new date.

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Virginia Tech will be hosting a mirror of DRAGOON on Sunday, November 17, 2013. Fee is $100 per team. Moderator discount: $10 Buzzer discount: $5 Laptop discount: $5 (Limit 1) We're looking to start at 9AM. The tournament will be held at our Blacksburg, VA campus, though the building is TBD. We're s...

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Virginia Tech is interested in a mirror. You can contact me at [email protected]

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The Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence is pleased to announce that the 2014 National Scholastic Championship will be taking place at the Hyatt Regency in Reston, VA, part of the Washington, DC, metro area, on May 24-25, 2014. This hotel is located near the Dulles International Airport i...

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Specifically, I'd try to attend Dorman's mirror of SCOP Novice, as that set is of an appropriate difficulty for new teams.

Edit: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=14690

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Having run both of NAQT's offerings in the Blacksburg area, I would note that there is certainly a market for tournaments of somewhat easier difficulty. I think one should note that the last time we ran an A-set, only 3 teams broke 20PPB, and the bottom half of the field averaged 15ppb. Also, one sh...

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I set up a buzzer and read questions to active members.

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PACE has concluded this year's officer elections. Our board members for 2013-2014 are: President: Mike Bentley Secretary: Aidan Mehigan Treasurer: Brian Mongilio Director of Communications: Mike Hundley Vice President of Editing: Rob Carson Vice President of Outreach: Matt Jackson Vice President of ...

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Actually, if other, knowledgeable people wanted to post a top 25, we could make a "BCS" ranking.

>___>

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