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Give me one Betmay on the under. Too much value to pass. Kind of like if someone offer 10,000 to 1 on McGregor (vs. Mayweather). Kind of have to throw something on that. You know?

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here's your protobowl http://quinterest.org/quizbug.html Now that I realized that this doesn't work on an iPad, this is far superior to Protobowl. That... made no sense. I was referring to the QuizBug feature of Quinterest, which only seems to work on my laptop, as I need a space bar for it. Sorry ...

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idek wrote:
vinteuil wrote:here's your protobowl http://quinterest.org/quizbug.html
Now that I realized that this doesn't work on an iPad, this is far superior to Protobowl.

That... made no sense.

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My question is "what can we do to make that not the response?" Go into areas that don't have pyramidal MS quizbowl right now. Work to change IESA's question source (I know, this could be a decades-long project, but see if you can get into local leagues and such at first). Go into Northern...

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Just dropping by to add that SCOP representatives have even suggested to me directly that I use an NAQT A-set for the 'challenge' division of my tournament next year to decrease the stratospheric power rates therein. That hardly sounds like someone who is a threat to NAQT.

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I'll cast a 2nd vote for Texas Invitational and New Trier Varsity (uber-competitive division) as tournaments with top-shelf quizbowl competition. Texas Invitational gives you slightly more bang for your overall trip since it features two collegiate-level tournaments in one weekend, including one con...

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The best solutions here would be to: 1. Ensure that tournament hosts make clear to these newer schools the degree of difficulty of the field and questions 2. Add more JV/novice level divisions at tournaments 3. Encourage more smaller, local tournaments on pyramidal questions that the top teams sit ...

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GOT IT. YOU DISAGREE WITH POINT 3. Anything to add about 1, 2, and 4? And to clarify what happened at Fenwick, that was a one-off event; a division for JV/Middle School teams, where some Station kids played against Aptakisic and a handful of freshman/sophomore level teams on HS questions. That's act...

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After reading the liveblogs and perusing the Saturday stats for this year's MSNCT, it appears one or more of the following statements is true; [SNIP] [SNIP] *) MSNCT players who participated in SSNCT gained a clear advantage over the field. I'm not reading this set, nor did I staff SSNCT. I only ba...

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It's also an outlet for community pride when a team can point to a 'national' ranking of teams and show their principal, teachers, family, etc. where they rank nationally. Because when people step back and consider that their team is ranked, say, 114th in the entire nation, they realize that's prett...

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(On a sidenote, eventual champions Aptakisic only played one other tossup-bonus tournament this year as far as I can tell, which is wild!) Congratulations to Aptakisic, by the way, and all the other teams at MSNCT. The parity on display, particularly on Sunday, was pretty incredible, and anyone who...

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After reading the liveblogs and perusing the Saturday stats for this year's MSNCT, it appears one or more of the following statements is true; *) The set has easier bonuses this year . Last year, 5 teams that missed the playoffs had PPB of 20 or more points (the highest, Quest Academy, had 21.23 PPB...

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It's very encouraging to hear that Mr. Garber is embracing practices that are commonplace in good quizbowl circuits.

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In the interest of full disclosure, the MSNCT field lists a team called "Barrington Scholars" without a city and state. This team is composed entirely of students from Station Middle School of Barrington, IL. They do not have official sanctioning or funding from the school district, thus, ...

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jonah wrote:Audio recordings of selected matches are now available.

That heavy breathing in round 5, tho...
(seriously, it's all but unlistenable)

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crbirdx wrote:Who were the players on the "Ohio Country" team?

PM'd you.

EDIT: Well, I guess it wasn't intended to be that big of a secret then. Confirmed Jakob Myers. Heck of a player.

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Late to the game here, but yeah, MARTA is super easy (never mind cheap) from Hartsfield to the Peachtree Center. I hope you get a chance to go. You'll love the experience!

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Afternoon double-elimination playoff brackets have been posted for the ICT Mirror;
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... =968228731

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Hyrdofluoric_Acid wrote:I don't know if this is asking too much but can I see the stat adjustments for the sets this season? I am extremely curious about this.

I'm extremely curious about how many pieces of luggage you intend to pack this weekend. (Check your e-mail, pls)

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Cheynem wrote:Why was my name mentioned in this thread?

Speculation that you'll soon get to write for IHSA State Series.

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But Stevenson has already won TWO other state championships in different formats, and it's not really fair to pooh-pooh their accomplishments, irrespective of what you think of the question quality. Also, don't be so quick to dismiss the rest of the field; if you think question quality is that poor...

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The 14th Barrington Invitational is in the books! Complete stats are posted at Neg5 and can be found at the following links; http://tiny.cc/17BarringtonStandard/ http://tiny.cc/17BarringtonChallenge/ http://tiny.cc/17BarringtonB/ In the Challenge division, 1st = Barrington Station A 2nd = Rockford K...

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@Every team that won their sectional: Joke's on you. You get wake up early to go to Peoria, play substandard questions, and lose to Stevenson If you're Stevenson: Joke's on you. You get to win a state championship that I think most of the Illinois community agrees doesn't really have a lot of legit...

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I can confirm that bonus #16 in round 6 had an incorrect answer line on part A. Apparently, this was an answer line Stevenson was prepared to protest, as they answered it correctly. I didn't catch that it was wrong when I was moderating, but neither Carmel nor Lake Forest raised objections.

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4-A. Communication 4-A-1. Communication will be defined as any form of written, verbal, or physical exchange between players, and between players and nonplayers (including spectators, coaches, non-playing teammates, and match personnel). Communication includes, but is not limited to: 4-A-1a. Talkin...

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You know, I was debating whether this was a BHS, Carmel, or LFHS student aiming to inspire his/her teammates with manufactured bulletin board material, or a kid from another school trying to stir things up. At the same time, I figured there was NO way a Stevenson player would post this (unless he's ...

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Count me among those who was impressed to see Chebyshev's Theorem converted.

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I was surprised the Delian League clue wasn't enough for the teams I was reading for to get it right... But then, at the Thermopylae clue, one team buzzed with Sparta.
So, let that be a lesson that the 'Delian League' clue isn't enough for average teams to crush the answer line, I guess.

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I was ill last year, so I missed out on those regionals, but I thought the questions were better, overall, than what they were in 2015.

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We're in a wait-list situation going forward, with the exception of any school wishing to enter a "Challenge" division team.

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Matthew Lehmann being omitted from anyone's ballot is, to be polite, an outrage. And I don't mean to disrespect the work that others did to land in the top 6. Congratulations to those players.
Maybe some voters felt it was time to let others have a spot on the all-sectional team?

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They're trying to build up the hype, of course.

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Forwarding this link to some coaches. Hope you have a great tournament!

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1 Lincolnshire (Stevenson) 2 Barrington 3 Palatine (Fremd) 4 Mundelein (Carmel) 5 Wilmette (Loyola Academy) 6 Lake Forest (H.S.) 7 Palatine (H.S.) 8 Arlington Heights (St. Viator) seeds in our sectional... it sucks that only 1 team can make it to state because at least 4 of the top 8 teams are here...

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On March 18th, 2017, Station Middle School will host the 14th iteration of the Barrington InvitationalTournament. This tourney will use modified ACF rules (powers, no negs, bouncebacks on bonuses), and the question set will be the SCOP MS set. As in the past, I can offer a stipend of $80 for adult m...

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It appears the tournament will be taking a significant step back this year in terms of the level of teams attending, so we may have to run a much larger "B" level tournament than in the past. It's possible I may need to cap the "B" tournament at 24 teams, so, if you're interested...

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FIELD (10 challenge, 24 standard, 22 "B") Barrington Station (2 challenge, 0 standard, 4 "B") Rockford Keith (1 challenge, 1 standard) Elm Grove (WI) St. Mary's Visitation (1 challenge, 1 "B") Mt. Prospect St. Raymond (1 standard, 1 "B") Elgin Einstein Academ...

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Dear Scholastic Bowl Coach, Your school is invited to participate in the fourteenth annual Barrington Invitational Scholastic Bowl Tournament on Saturday, March 18th, 2017. This tournament will be staged at Station Middle School, Barrington, IL (215 Eastern Ave). Each match will consist of 20 toss-u...

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The decision to hold the Chicago North (and South, for that matter) regionals during what is typically Spring Break for... everybody, is going to make it difficult to find a host school for the regionals. Station will be closed, and I'll be out-of-town. On the plus side, with fewer kids around, you ...

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As always, my kids enjoyed the tournament. It was a nice, first experience for all of my young players (12 playing their first ever real matches), even if the all-rookie teams couldn't find a win, other than against each other!

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The format in question we used was identical to the format used at USABB Academic Bowl Nationals which teams both there and in Asia seemed to enjoy as a cross between NHBB 4 quarter format and 20/20. The main features of it are 7 tossup/three-part bonus cycles to start, with the broad topic of the ...

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My main complaint was regarding the History Bowl at MS NHBB. Let's set aside, for a moment, the scheduling wherein we played 5 matches and had 5 byes (1:30ish to 9:15 PM). The matches themselves simply FLEW by, given the sum of answer lines for a particular match was 40, or half a typical quizbowl m...

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Barrington Invitational XIV would like to reserve SCOP MS 7 for March 18th, 2017

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You're right. I just went back and looked again and they did play three times. I still maintain that it's an advantage to sit the first round. Had Daviess lost to Harrison, Harrison would've been due to re-play Briarcliff in round 4, with one of them getting eliminated in that round, setting up a wi...

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Well, this picture makes no sense: http://www.qunlimited.com/imgnational/2016/Chicago/cod2016.jpg Weirdly, I can see what he did; just follow the game numbers. The 'loser's bracket' was where the loser of game 1 went to go play Daviess County. Which bolsters my suspicion that in this format, you wa...

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Not when they're running camps (I'm patiently awaiting confirmation of my son's registration for this Sunday's camp in Lincoln, IL).

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The first consideration in declaring a national champion is number of losses. Next Generation suffered one loss in the preliminary rounds to perennial contender Danville Bate (KY), winners of this year’s Giant Killer Award. The Illinois team finished first in total points by far – 411 to Wooster’s ...

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What happened with that Edgemont forfeit in the middle of playoffs? I asked my dad, who teaches at Edgemont. He said that the team had to leave to go catch their flight back. They were apparently up 200 in the fourth quarter but were unable to finish the game. Well, that's not :chip: 's fault. That...

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On another note, were there any regional EMS Bowls run this year? No. Or at least, not that I'm aware of. I hosted the Chicago North Regional Finals of History Bee, and it was done on a Monday night, which pretty well eliminates the possibility of including a bowl. I never saw a bowl offered anywhe...

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The only reason not to provide any updates is if they consider this event so far afield of "quiz bowl" as to not be worth discussing here. And yet here we are, in the History Bee & Bowl Events subforum discussing exactly that... EDIT: Oh, and there's this thread from last year, posted...

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