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I haven't looked over the set yet, but the one tossup I remember hating was the one on Mt. Fuji, which began by stating how many people climb it every year, and giving the period its climbers are most active, right before dropping that an artist made "36 views" of it. Looking past the fact...

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For info on the results, and tournament stats, check out this thread on the Ohio Quizbowl Forum. Edit: Also, somebody forgot a dark colored zip-up jacket with yellowish markings on it in (I think) Room 399. I also believe it was a Blizzard brand. If this belongs to you or someone on your team then g...

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Copied from David's post on the Ohio Quizbowl Forum on November 25th: Adair County (KY) Benjamin Logan Copley Danville (KY) (x2) Dunbar (KY) (x2) Findlay Fisher Catholic Fleming County (KY) Grayson County (KY) (x2) Greeneview MVCTC Northmont Olmsted Falls (x3) Russell (KY) St. Charles (x2) Sidney Si...

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So, I hate to be that guy, but seeing as 2 guys who were planning on coming needed to drop for very legitimate reasons (leaving me alone), and the fact that I have no vehicle to even come by myself, Case will very regrettably not be able to show. I hope our absence (along with the absence of our 3 b...

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Just wanted to say thanks to Chris for letting me and Nick come down to play. We both had a great time. The questions were, for the most part, pretty solid IMO, and despite the fact that rounds took about 45 minutes to play for whatever reason, I had no problems with the logistics of the tournament....

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Case will be bringing a team to this (whether it will be 2 or 3 people we have yet to determine) with 3 buzzers (pending any issues with them from now till then). Nobody from our team will be staying to play RMPFest however.

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Case will be bringing 3 buzzer sets

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We'll only be coming with 1 team.

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Is there going to be any protection offered to us little community college teams against Case Western? Perhaps in the form of them only being freshman and sophomores? The thought that anyone would want protection from us gave me a good little chuckle. But just so everyone is aware, the idea behind ...

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Case is flying in to Chicago, so we would rather not bring along our buzzers (1 or 3 depending on when my Zeecraft order gets here) due to the $30 fee per system we'd have to pay, but if you are going to be short then I suppose we could bring some number along. Just contact me on Thursday/Friday if ...

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ACF Winter was emphatically not "extraordinarily easy" last year. Matt is completely correct here. If you look at stats from last year's ACF Fall and ACF Winter (i.e. the mirrors my team attended), you will notice the PPB differential between the following teams: Case Western: Fall-15.31;...

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BobGHHS wrote:where I can park

Yeah, suggestions on parking that is both close and cheap would be appreciated. I know parking is gonna be a bitch with it being a game day and all.

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Where exactly are we going to be congragating in the morning?

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I'm sure several guys from Case wouldn't mind sticking around to play the trash set.

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Most nearly all of the minor issues with the set have been voiced by others before me, so I'll skip to the part where I thank the Brown people (as well as non-Brown writers like Ike, Seth, et al.) for putting this tournament on once again. I enjoyed playing this tournament last year and I was happy ...

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The rounds did seem to be a little on the slow side, but I think it was more due to A) long question lengths B) inexperienced teams that got most tossups near the end and C) talking by players (and sometimes mods) in between questions, as opposed to poor moderating. Despite not being the best modera...

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Inkana7 wrote:Obviously we're interested in this and will be going, but just a side note, Ike ran a tournament on HSAPQ questions at Kent State lastyear.

I'm assuming he means this year, because we ran our Great Lakes tournament last year with an HSAPQ set as well.

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We'll most likely be there with one team, with a very outside chance at two.

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Nice to see a tournament within a 2 hours drive. If I can get my driver to go then we'll probably show up with a team.

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2008 MUT Packet #7, Question #22

After the first sentence...

Given: Oath of the Horatii
Answer: That picture of Chris Ray barging at the Stanford Cardinal Classic

I kinda wanna see this picture now.

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Case Western is tentatively interested as well. If my driver can go then expect to see one team there.

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Expect Case Western to show up with a team. I'll nail down the specifics when we get closer to submitting our packet.

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I still wonder though if perhaps there is room for an easier tournament than the novice-level events that are currently available? Only speaking from my experience, I've found that despite the easy difficulty level of ACF Fall, EFT, etc., completely new players can still sometimes become discourage...

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I suppose even if it's an IS-set Case Western would probably still consider bringing a team.

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Have packets been posted anywhere? I'm not seeing them.

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Yeah, this was a pretty cool tournament and it was a nice addition to a fun weekend. I was happy to see tossups on Oroonoko and The Persian Letters (each of which are well worth a read), both of which I had recently read in one of last semester's classes. Thanks to everyone who contributed to making...

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Just here to pile on the thanks to everyone who made this tournament possible, including all the volunteer readers/moderators/TDs, other writers, and especially the editors, who when all was said and done did a pretty good job of doing their thing depsite not having very much time to put this thing ...

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Who's the main man in charge of this tournament? I need to discuss something with that person.

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I just realized I didn't post in this thread, but I'm definately up for playing this.

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If you're going to call your tournament a nationals set, I would prefer it if you had some sort of qualification process, through a tournament earlier in the year (whatever that might be). It would certainly add credibility to billing it as a championship. ACF Nationals doesn't have any sort of qua...

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This sounds like a cool idea, although personally I'd rather see it closer to the end of the spring semester, in the April/May area. There is no room for a tournament in this time period. All the dates in April are claimed, and people have finals in May. That's true come to think of it; consider my...

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This sounds like a cool idea, although personally I'd rather see it closer to the end of the spring semester, in the April/May area.

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aarcoh wrote:Matt Greenbacker and I are looking for two more teammates for this tournament. If interested, email me at [email protected]

You wanna join me and Bentley? Unless Mike has any qualms with this?

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I'm cool with that.

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I need a team as well. I promise I won't be totally worthless, as geography is one category I'm fairly competant at. I have about 12 tossups already written as well, but I won't be able to write more due to it being finals week.

Anyone interested?

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How about this gem of a question from today? "Many species of birds travel to a different location for breeding and finding food for a period of time, and then return to same area in an annual cycle [BUZZ Barrington] Migration? Lake Zurich Moderator: Incorrect "Give the verb that describe...

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Yeah, so if you end up doing laser tag then me and another moderator are definately interested in going too. Keep me posted.

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Are there any teams or individuals who will arrive by Thursday night that would be interested in Laser Tag ? If I've mapquested correctly, it's about four miles from the hotel. We are thinking about going, and if there is interest from another 10-15 people, I'll book the place for exclusive use for...

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This actually sounds pretty baller!

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I heard Carnegie Mellon's flight got delayed enough so that they'll have to miss tonight's matches. Can anyone confirm or deny?

EDIT: Never mind. I read the wrong thread first.

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I'd never heard of the term "The Punch" either, but I don't have any problems with it being referred to as such, especially since it accepts clear knowledge equivalents. With that said, I thought tossing up that incident was a bad idea. I mean, the incident itself is well known amongst bas...

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Yeah, we might as well play all prelims Friday night.

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I'm looking forward to seeing them compete against much of Ohio's best next week at our Great Lakes tournament.

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Provided it's being played entirely on Saturday night, I won't have a problem staffing if need be.

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I emailed you Don, but to be sure you are aware, Case will unfortunately not be able to attend.

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Registration is officially closed for Buzzerpalooza. From here on out, a waitlist will be instituted for any teams who express interest in attending Buzzerpalooza.

However, unlike Buzzerpalooza, Great Lakes registration is still open and many spots are still available.

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Case would love to come, but we're hosting two high school tournaments that weekend.

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Case would in all probability venture down with a team if the tournament were to be held on April 18th. Unfortunately, we wouldn't be able to make it the weekend before.

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powerplant wrote:Centre actually is no longer interested, unfortunately.

Did your team bail on you again??

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