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- Mon Jun 29, 2009 2:08 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '09-'10
- Replies: 568
- Views: 141654
Re: Illinois '09-'10
rooms at ACE Take ACE room placement with a grain of salt, for a couple of reasons. First, it's not a head-to-head thing, so it's hard to stratify players correctly. More importantly, the question quality is poor (ACE admits as much), so good players sometimes get knocked back, and bad players get ...
- Mon Jun 29, 2009 1:59 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '09-'10
- Replies: 568
- Views: 141654
Re: Illinois '09-'10
He missed plenty of tournaments on his own--I remember he missed Ultima last year, and his teammates had no idea where he was or my he was missing. Neither did the coach. Bonny Jain, in my eyes, will forever remain an enigma.Nick wrote:Bonny Jain
- Mon Jun 29, 2009 12:26 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '09-'10
- Replies: 568
- Views: 141654
Re: Illinois '09-'10
Well played, Dannyboy... Auburn: I'll shift focus away from myself, and point to LloyBid, who together look to be a fearsome humanities tandem next year. Auburn has quite easily the deepest team in the state this year, and you'll see solid Auburn B performances all year. We'll miss Siva and Michael,...
- Sun Jun 28, 2009 11:07 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '09-'10
- Replies: 568
- Views: 141654
Illinois '09-'10
Now, Lloyd.Manny Pacquiao wrote:On a side note, when are we starting the "Illinois 09-10" thread?
- Sun Jun 28, 2009 11:02 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Possible September Tournament
- Replies: 66
- Views: 10801
Re: Possible September Tournament
DD60004 wrote:reasonable
Call me Oliver Ellsworth.
- Sun Jun 28, 2009 10:54 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Possible September Tournament
- Replies: 66
- Views: 10801
Re: Possible September Tournament
When it comes to national performance, no one had numbers good enough to be blacklisted. When it comes to years of play, would we eliminate just seniors? Or does it become a F/S tourney? Novice tournaments are so complicated...I'd say we employ a Potter Stewart metric and leave it up to the coaches....
- Sun Jun 28, 2009 9:06 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Possible September Tournament
- Replies: 66
- Views: 10801
Re: Possible September Tournament
Being a "top team/player in Illinois", doesn't mean you are "too good" for a "novice" tournament. another veiled example of Illinois people thinking they are better than they actually are I echo this sentiment, but, as Dan said, Fall Novice has requirements. next year ...
- Sun Jun 28, 2009 4:38 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Possible September Tournament
- Replies: 66
- Views: 10801
Re: Possible September Tournament
Cresston Gackle, Bonny Jain
- Sun Jun 28, 2009 4:17 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Possible September Tournament
- Replies: 66
- Views: 10801
Re: Possible September Tournament
I won't argue with that. No one knows a player better than his coach. You should blacklist both of Lisle's stars (Greg and Neal), as well as Julia Wang of Stevenson.
- Sun Jun 28, 2009 4:03 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Possible September Tournament
- Replies: 66
- Views: 10801
Re: Possible September Tournament
Marcel Youkhna Really? I wouldn't do this...And Christian K. should be blacklisted for sure--He played Loyola A most of his junior year, and he was easily one of the best sophomores in the state when we were all sophomores. Though I don't know if Carbondale would make this trip, Jeremiah Monk obvio...
- Sun Jun 28, 2009 2:47 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Possible September Tournament
- Replies: 66
- Views: 10801
Re: Possible September Tournament
*Echoes Lloyd Kevin Sy*
Edit: Inability to use html hurts.
Edit: Inability to use html hurts.
- Fri Jun 26, 2009 11:21 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Bettendorf Novice and Varsity 10/10/09 (IA) DATE CHANGE
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2405
Re: Bettendorf F/S and Varsity 10/17/09 (IA)
This would be a very intriguing tournament for Illinois teams if you could serve up an HSAPQ set for the varsity tournament. This tournament definitely has a chance to be a big deal.
- Fri Jun 19, 2009 6:31 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: PACE NSC: format changes, 2010 information
- Replies: 287
- Views: 133831
Re: PACE NSC: format changes, 2010 information
This is interesting...I guess I like the format changes, but I didn't mind the "visible" powers that were in place before. The date change may hurt, though, since it could conflict with finals schedules for some schools (I just checked, and Auburn finishes with school on the 4th). Am I rig...
- Thu Jun 11, 2009 12:33 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Tournament Dates 2009-2010
- Replies: 79
- Views: 12799
Re: Tournament Dates 2009–2010
I've been told Rockford Auburn is interested from Zahed, but he still needs to confirm with his coach. WOAH...I said it was an interesting proposition, but given costs, activities conflicts, and distance, probability was low if existent. And I was speaking for myself when I said playing against tea...
- Fri Jun 05, 2009 1:18 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Tournament Dates 2009-2010
- Replies: 79
- Views: 12799
Re: Tournament Dates 2009–2010
I know it exists, but I'm not quite sure of the date--Auburn's Knights' Challenge FR/SO. House-written as usual, but I'm not quite sure about the date. Historically we've done the first Saturday after winter break, but I can't give a definitive answer.
- Mon Jun 01, 2009 2:42 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2009 NAQT HSNCT
- Replies: 349
- Views: 102408
Re: 2009 NAQT HSNCT
I should have had time called on Zardari... Classy move, Henry. Congratulations, though. arts There was a decent amount of music, but I was sad to see little to no visual arts. Personal preference I guess, but isn't it a fair assumption that vis-arts and music come up equally in the fine arts distr...
- Sun May 31, 2009 8:32 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2009 NAQT HSNCT
- Replies: 349
- Views: 102408
Re: 2009 NAQT HSNCT
everyday847 wrote:sweaty hell
I remember this, and I noticed its absence this year.
- Sat Mar 21, 2009 4:52 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2009 IHSA State Final Results
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3881
Re: 2009 IHSA State Final Results
No, it was "Who did the protagonist take to the river?". The answer was "his daughter".Siverus Snape wrote:Part 4, I believe was: "What was the name of the daughter whom the protagonist took to the river?"
- Sat Mar 21, 2009 1:14 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: A fond farewell
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3089
Re: A fond farewell
Don't scare me like that, Colonel! When I read the title, I thought I was about to see a retirement announcement...Thank goodness it wasn't.
- Mon Mar 16, 2009 8:19 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: inclusion of state/local history
- Replies: 78
- Views: 13074
Re: IHSA Sectionals Results and State prognostication
Where oh where have you been all these years, Mr. Geringer?SaveComputationalMath wrote:Sick Willie Wonka reference
EDIT: Coherence.
- Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:59 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: IHSA regional assignments
- Replies: 73
- Views: 15132
Re: IHSA regional assignments
If sectionals aren't a lot better, I will cry.
- Wed Mar 11, 2009 5:15 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: IHSA regional assignments
- Replies: 73
- Views: 15132
Re: IHSA regional assignments
Box step...Upon hearing the category, I set my buzzer down and proceeded to twiddle my fingers...The other team negged, and the tossup finished. One second passes...two...and then I think to myself, "Hey, a box is square-shaped!"...Gave it two more seconds, and since there was nothing from...
- Sun Mar 08, 2009 7:42 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois NAQT State Championship at Fenton HS (3/7/09)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2121
Re: Illinois NAQT State Championship at Fenton HS (3/7/09)
Wow, nice coincidence...I don't think those are links that are going to work for the internet...I just tried.
- Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:18 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '08-'09
- Replies: 1271
- Views: 207249
Re: Illinois '08-'09
Ramadan/fasting issue. To put it in the fewest words possible, you don't "practice" Ramadan. Or even take part in it. If you phrase a question like that, you're asking for a neg on "fasting" or "sawm". I'm sure Jewish/Hindu/Buddhist/Christian/etc. questions will have t...
- Mon Feb 16, 2009 8:57 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '08-'09
- Replies: 1271
- Views: 207249
Re: Illinois '08-'09
I was thinking along the lines of Mr. Egan, but I think it goes both ways. Sometimes it might seem uniquely identifying, other times it won't. Perhaps the most common confusion I see, and this happens in multiple sets, is when a Ramadan tossup is written like a fasting tossup. Maybe I'm just splitti...
- Mon Feb 16, 2009 2:53 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '08-'09
- Replies: 1271
- Views: 207249
Re: Illinois '08-'09
I don't know what was said, but my only problem with religion questions are that they might punish someone for having too much knowledge. When I approach Islam questions, sometimes I have to put myself in the shoes question writer, especially when the clues are slightly misleading, but only to an ad...
- Mon Feb 09, 2009 6:49 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NIU Huskie Bowl - 2/14/09 - Dekalb, IL
- Replies: 73
- Views: 13601
Re: NIU Huskie Bowl - 2/14/09 - Dekalb, IL
In a season filled with great tournaments, this one was one of the best, and I congratulate Kristen and Brad on their success as the most prolific hosts/writers for this season. I wish it could have ended differently, but Huskie Bowl was a winner.
- Sun Feb 08, 2009 10:14 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: IHSSBCA Steering Committee meeting
- Replies: 45
- Views: 7735
Re: IHSSBCA Steering Committee meeting
Brief summary: the steering committee approved running next year's Kickoffs on a HSAPQ set, with bonuses bouncing back, and with tossups worth 15 points (because some people were annoyed that suddenly 30 bonus points were available per tossup instead of 20 and insisted on compensating). I'm pretty ...
- Sun Feb 08, 2009 2:13 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NIU Huskie Bowl - 2/14/09 - Dekalb, IL
- Replies: 73
- Views: 13601
Re: NIU Huskie Bowl - 2/14/09 - Dekalb, IL
dentist, M.D., and ophthalmologist.
Awesome...I love prosperity. I'd love to see five or six teams from Illinois at PACE.
- Sun Feb 08, 2009 2:19 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NIU Huskie Bowl - 2/14/09 - Dekalb, IL
- Replies: 73
- Views: 13601
Re: NIU Huskie Bowl - 2/14/09 - Dekalb, IL
Yeah...I really wanna go. But I'm not so sure this finish qualifies us, as I was told. How much do nationals cost? Maybe I'm dumb, but it's in the hundreds. From my understanding, this wouldn't have been an NAQT qualifier, but it very well could have been a PACE qualifier. PACE is the one you want ...
- Sun Feb 08, 2009 1:50 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NIU Huskie Bowl - 2/14/09 - Dekalb, IL
- Replies: 73
- Views: 13601
Re: NIU Huskie Bowl - 2/14/09 - Dekalb, IL
Agreed. Fantastic format, fantastic questions, fantastic tournament. Thanks. Kristin, are you the one who told us that a top-6 finish earned us a spot in the Nat'l Championships? If so, is that true? If you guys qualify for nats, it's pretty awesome. And if you guys actually go, it'd be insane, con...
- Fri Feb 06, 2009 4:35 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '08-'09
- Replies: 1271
- Views: 207249
Re: Illinois '08-'09
I'm obviously a touch biased, but I wouldn't count out Maine South in the next few years. For sure...Same for Auburn. And Loyola. And Lisle (he said WHAT?!). My point is, it's way too early to predict a state championship 2 years from now when the current one hasn't even been decided. And I conside...
- Fri Feb 06, 2009 12:54 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '08-'09
- Replies: 1271
- Views: 207249
Re: Illinois '08-'09
Stevenson is pretty good, and Zach is great...But that's a bold prediction.Woody Paige wrote:the future state champions, Stevenson
- Sun Jan 25, 2009 11:28 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '08-'09
- Replies: 1271
- Views: 207249
Re: Illinois '08-'09
Haha, I feel bad for you. I wasn't mocking you, though, as I've been on these boards before at least that late.
- Sun Jan 25, 2009 10:28 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '08-'09
- Replies: 1271
- Views: 207249
Re: Illinois '08-'09
Geez...Shcool » Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:26 am
- Sun Jan 18, 2009 7:29 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NIU Havoc Mirror: Dogs of War 4/25/09
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3034
Re: NIU Havoc Mirror: Dogs of War 4/25/09
When you say only certain juniors will be allowed, is it fair to say you only want inexperienced juniors, if any? I'm speaking basically in reference to the juniors Auburn has who are only second-year players.
- Wed Jan 14, 2009 4:52 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '08-'09
- Replies: 1271
- Views: 207249
Re: Illinois '08-'09
Thanks for the praise...
The moderator you're referring to would be an exception, since one of our moderators, a French teacher, reads for state and read for the finals at Auburn.
The moderator you're referring to would be an exception, since one of our moderators, a French teacher, reads for state and read for the finals at Auburn.
- Sun Jan 11, 2009 4:53 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '08-'09
- Replies: 1271
- Views: 207249
Re: Illinois '08-'09
Sorry I'm late to the party... 1. If your team gets beaten by a team of two or even one, then it's your fault. You should be furious at yourself, not the other team. 2. I don't want anything different for the Illinois discussion--this long thread lets us talk about a lot of different things, and whe...
- Sat Jan 10, 2009 8:33 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '08-'09
- Replies: 1271
- Views: 207249
Re: Illinois '08-'09
Auburn Knight's Challenge results:
1. Stevenson
2. Auburn A
3. Loyola A
4. St. Viator A
Consolation Champion: Auburn B
Zach Blumenfeld was the top scorer.
Now to walk down the hall to watch a conference basketball game after some grub...
1. Stevenson
2. Auburn A
3. Loyola A
4. St. Viator A
Consolation Champion: Auburn B
Zach Blumenfeld was the top scorer.
Now to walk down the hall to watch a conference basketball game after some grub...
- Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:40 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '08-'09
- Replies: 1271
- Views: 207249
Re: Illinois '08-'09
It's also the creator of hilarity when two players try to out-extend each other as a signal of: "I got this." "No I got this more" "Oh hell no, it's on!", etc. Bonus hilarity for buzzers that fall off the table and inadvertently make one of the other players buzz who i...
- Tue Dec 16, 2008 8:40 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '08-'09
- Replies: 1271
- Views: 207249
Re: Illinois '08-'09
So if, theoretically, there was a huge email thread making the rounds among IL coaches regarding 1 part/10 seconds x3 bonuses vs. 3-5 parts/30 seconds bonuses, what would your opinions be about the sweeping change? I'm particularly interested in the "Quizbowl Illuminati/Cabal" type people...
- Mon Dec 15, 2008 10:10 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '08-'09
- Replies: 1271
- Views: 207249
Re: Illinois '08-'09
I can't wait for NTV. I'm pretty sure playing the top 5 scorers against the Moderator All-Stars would make for a very, very interesting matchup, considering who could be there. Considering a true All-Star team would result in a massacre (Herr Sorice), I'd say we limit it to to players who graduated ...
- Mon Dec 08, 2008 9:59 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '08-'09
- Replies: 1271
- Views: 207249
Re: Illinois '08-'09
It's too bad I'm only a junior...Just think about the headlines:
"INDIAN GENIUS PLANS TO STUDY AT HARVARD AND STANFORD"
"INDIAN GENIUS PLANS TO STUDY AT HARVARD AND STANFORD"
- Mon Dec 08, 2008 8:33 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '08-'09
- Replies: 1271
- Views: 207249
Re: Illinois '08-'09
I don't think it matters that much, but it looks like you switched stat lines for Zahed and me during our first game against Loyola A. Loyola A 1.0 2 6 1 20 4.25 2.00 85 Dang, man. I was on FIRE! :aaa: Actually, this is a sad continuation of a sadder trend. All this year a new assistant principal a...
- Sun Dec 07, 2008 10:14 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '08-'09
- Replies: 1271
- Views: 207249
Re: Illinois '08-'09
Everybody needs to settle down a bit. David and Nick, you guys have already expressed enough contrition, and the more you keep apologizing, the more you'll sound ridiculous. That said, they have apologized, so let's not have everyone just start waling on them. What they said was dumb, they've admitt...
- Sun Dec 07, 2008 6:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '08-'09
- Replies: 1271
- Views: 207249
Re: Illinois '08-'09
Well played, Jonah. Well played. Though wouldn't I have to have said ''I feel those''?jonah wrote:thisJackGlerum wrote:both of you are coming off as huge tools in these last few posts.
ITT Zahed feels huge tools.Aub-ZH wrote:I feel that.
- Sun Dec 07, 2008 6:43 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '08-'09
- Replies: 1271
- Views: 207249
Re: Illinois '08-'09
I feel that.
- Sun Dec 07, 2008 6:24 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '08-'09
- Replies: 1271
- Views: 207249
Re: Illinois '08-'09
2) This one is in regard to the "bad team" comments. Quite frankly, we are not very good at all at this format. I think our highest score all day was in the mid-200's and we ended up finishing ahead of Auburn's "D" team by 20 points in the 3rd pool final. In defense of teams lik...
- Sun Dec 07, 2008 2:21 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '08-'09
- Replies: 1271
- Views: 207249
Re: Illinois '08-'09
I pretty much agree with David all around. Thanks to everyone for braving the cold and snow to come all the way out to good old Rockford, and much credit to Brad, Kristen (Kristin?), and all the tournament staff and volunteers. For the most part, moderators were superb, and the slower moderators' ef...
- Sat Nov 22, 2008 11:30 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '08-'09
- Replies: 1271
- Views: 207249
Re: Illinois '08-'09
1. Pyramidal math may have potential, but the problem is that you start a problem, then start another easier one, and in the end, the giveaway is the place where you actually get it. Now I'm sure there were plenty of people who got it based on earlier clues, but knowing that information isn't always...