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It was... in both cases :( Against CC, CC needed to power and 30 to win or 10 and 30 to tie, but then DCD negged and DCC 10 and 30ed to win. The 2nd game, DCD was ahead by 25 going in to the last tossup, but GPN powered it and 20 the bonus to win. DCC B has fewer games because they won the winner's ...

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I just checked it to be sure. There was a slight error in reading -5 and 15. The number should be correct now.

Also, DCC A lost to DCC B in the winner's finals. A 4th-5th match is happening right now between Novi A and GPN.

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Playoff Stats are here: http://results.scobo.net/Umich/StatesPO2011

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The Prelims end with DCC coming out as the top seeds of all three brackets.

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This tournament is happening. Stats will be updated here: http://results.scobo.net/Umich/States2011

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I didn't like the HMS Victory tossup that much because the battles that Nelson fought in are way more important than his ship. In my opinion, it'd be fine for a bonus part, but is a rather unfortunate thing to tossup. I felt like this tournament was done fairly well in difficulty, especially in most...

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The major source of the battle is: The Life of Demetrius by Plutarch He took the field with more than seventy thousand infantry, ten thousand horse, and seventy-five elephants; while he adversaries had sixty-four thousand infantry, five hundred more horse than he, four hundred elephants, and a hundr...

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That tossup on chariots was pretty bad, and had a not true clue something to the lines of "they were last used at the battle of Gaugamela." That clue is entirely false as they were also used en masse in Ipsus, some 30 years later.

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What if it was on the EXARCHATE OF AFRICA/CARTHAGE?!

Personally, I don't find polity confusing at all, and can easily deal with it switching to country/city/whatever. I also agree with Ben and Bruce on how polity can be useful.

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For what it's worth, the Schroder-Bernstein was in a very early section of my intro to analysis book and my professor talked about it. However, I generally felt like the math in the tournament was very much above my head, and I often had no clue what was happening. This is probably because I don't k...

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We are capping the field at 24 teams due to staffing constraints.

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I found the tossup on density to be very confusing, maybe the text could be posted? The bonus part on phase space was described very oddly from my memory. The uncertainty principle tossup was kinda fraudable, but that could be just the topic. The frequency/wavenumber/group velocity bonus was quite a...

Ringil · Re: IO @ UIUC - 3/5/11 Will there be powers? :D

Will there be powers? :D

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I felt like this was one of the more poorly written tournaments this year. Although I was fairly pleased at the first few packets read at our site, I felt like the tournament quickly diverged. One huge thing was bonus variability. For example, in Editors 1, there as a bonus on Secret HIstory/Procopi...

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Michigan is gonna be 2 teams.

Ringil · Re: IO @ UIUC - 3/5/11 A Michigan team is coming to this, with 3 buzzers.

A Michigan team is coming to this, with 3 buzzers.

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Michigan looks like its sending 2 teams to this. We will also bring 3 buzzers.

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We will bring 3 buzzers.

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Also, one bonus asked for the first Bourbon king of France, who legalized Protestantism, and I answered "Henry IV of Navarre," which was deemed incorrect because the "of Navarre" part was not in the official answer. I suppose I'm just grousing about this one, but it was somewhat...

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I felt like this was a fine set for NAQT's distribution and stuff. There were some questions that were fairly hard, but cool like Theodoric and Nara. I will mention, for a teammate, that there were no Jewish tossup in the whole D1 set we played. This could obviously be an issue of those questions be...

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This post will be for field updates: Field Size: 24 Field: Redford Thurston (1) Brighton (2) Dewitt (1) Grosse Point North (1) Ann Arbor Huron (1) Detroit Catholic Central (4) Ann Arbor Skyline (1) Utica Academy (1) Detroit Country Day (1) Sand Creek (2) Troy (1) White Cloud (1) Novi (2) Rochester (...

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Hi all - it's that time of year again! Michigan Academic Competitions is pleased to invite your team to the 2011 Michigan NAQT State High School Championship Tournament. This event will be held on Saturday, March 12th, 2011, in Mason Hall on the Central Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Ar...

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Michigan B should be going to this for sure. They are writing a packet at the moment.

We'd of course like to have Michigan C if possible too :)

Also, how come there are 3 Chicago Teams in the field already, but Chicago C is on the waitlist o.o

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17. This man's genocidal misadventures include the Harrying of Buchan, while a gift of twelve pence and spurs helped him evade a foe who hung his sister Mary in a cage from Roxburgh castle for four years. This king renewed the Auld Alliance by signing the Treaty of Corbeil with France, while the De...

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The tossup on Peterloo had Henry Hunt as the first two words. This seems like a terrible idea as Henry Hunt is one of the most notable figure in that event. I mean, I grant you that this isn't the most obscure thing in the world about Peterloo, but if you happen to be on a first-name basis with ear...

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Reading for this tournament, I thought it was pretty average, and the bonuses were fine. I don't think it was as good as last year's set. I definitely felt the science was often confusingly worded. However, a few things struck out noticeably. As mentioned, that mess up with the Virial Theorem vs. Eq...

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We can bring lots of clocks if needed.

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Minnesota won this site with a 11-1 record (their only loss to Chicago). The exhibition team of Laferbrook + Vinokurovis finished with a record of 10-2, but due to the eligibility restrictions, Chicago finished second with a record of 9-3.

Full stats will be forthcoming.

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Here's the final updates for this tournament. It be held on the Third Floor of Mason Hall. Parking can be found at: 324 Maynard St, Ann Arbor, MI (between East Liberty and William) 650 South Forest Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI (on Forest, south of South University Ave) This is a rough map with the Parking ...

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styxman wrote:
Ringil wrote:It may happen after Michigan's TIT depending on interest.
Given that that's Jan 22 and my mirror of this would be the next weekend, would it be possible to get any edits from that potential playthrough in my version?

Yes

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It may happen after Michigan's TIT depending on interest.

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So this set is finished. Also, here's Saul's last "manifesto" To Whom It May Concern: The completed Harry Potter event is now in the possession of Libo Zeng, so if you’re interested in getting ahold of it he’s the guy to talk to. A few notes about how it turned out: 1) Over Christmas break...

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Hmm no Michigan has posted yet, so I will and say that we'll bring 2-3 teams. (most likely 2)

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Cheynem wrote:Is any team in need of a free agent?

I know Laferbrook + Vinokurov wants a free agent. Are you interested?

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This set is now only 5 packets long, due to Saul not finding enough things to write about ;(

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I've posted a field update and added the travel discount.

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They played in the Novi tournament earlier this year and had some decent numbers. I believed that they would be not bad, and their performance at Autumn was pretty good.

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Michigan will probably come with 1-3 teams and 2 buzzers.

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Detroit Catholic Central A wins the first game of the grand finals 555-185 over Detroit Country Day A. Detroit Catholic Central B was 3rd. Utica and Novi A tied for 4th. Full playoff standings: http://results.scobo.net/SQBS.aspx?org=Umich&id=13&page=standings (not necessarily in order of fin...

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This is happening:
Prelims: http://results.scobo.net/Umich/AClassic2010
Live stats for playoffs: http://results.scobo.net/Umich/AClassic2010Play

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Describing the Warring States period as a conflict for most of the question was pretty confusing. This one was on me. I felt like if I just described it as a period, it would make it way too obvious it was a period of Chinese history in which a bunch of states fought each other. In my defense, Chri...

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Also for curiosity's sake, was waves acceptable for the TU on currents? I don't believe so. They're distinct entities. I learned most of the clues in that question under the context of waves/flows :( And the Chamberlain bonus shoulda been more careful to say surname instead of just name. I felt a b...

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No travel discount? In any case, we'll probably talk about this at practice tomorrow and may end up sending a team or something. I was lazy in putting up the entire fees as I wanted to post the announcement sooner. They'll probably be changed a bit as I remember more things and we discuss it in pra...

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Terrapin Invitational Tournament XXIV Saturday, January 22, 2011 University of Michigan- Ann Arbor Questions: The Maryland Academic Quiz Team is pleased to announcement the 24th incarnation of our annual (okay, so there was no TIT in 2010. deal) Terrapin Invitational Tournament. We plan on making th...

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I think I sent your coach this info, but it'll be double elimination the same way that HSNCT is double elimination (a number of teams start in the losers bracket).

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Someone from my team first lined both East of Eden and the House of Leaves (admittedly, the 2nd question he got from reading the first line in the wiki article or something). Also for curiosity's sake, was waves acceptable for the TU on currents? Maybe my perception was colored, but I felt like this...

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The above is the final field, pending any last minute drops.

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I liked this set a lot. I also didn't mind too much regarding the anecdotal nature of the early clues, as very few buzzes came super early. I was very glad this tournament had power marks, even if I felt the history powermarks were a bit tough sometimes. One thing that I felt was missing was the lac...

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Yeah, Novi didn't play that great on Saturday. I think for the most part, there's going to be a lot of competition for 2/3/4th in the state teams. Troy A, GPN, DCD, DCC B, Novi A... This should be a fun year. What good/amazing teams out of state are coming to UM Autumn? I know Culver is attending t...

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Oh yeah, other history quibble - military history was disproportionate even by Quizbowl standards. edited for spelling With the military history, you're not the first to note that. By my count (done quickly) of stuff I wrote/edited for the tournament, purely military history was around 20%, this be...

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