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I buzzed in with "Babylonia" and protested, but it ended up not mattering. I guess we were just wrong... If you were thinking of the Ishtar Gate, then there are no lamassu on that. I think that the giant doorway statues of man-bulls(assuming that that is what the question is talking about...

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Why are buzzer races precived more often than they occur? I think it would be quite useful to be able to gauge how many precived buzzer races are actually buzzer races when evaluating sets. It's my experience that people sometimes reflexively press the buzzer when they see someone else make a move ...

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Do you always need your coach to go to tournaments? Our "coach" never accompanies us.

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Looking at Central Park from outside the Museum of Natural History across the street is this 28th president sitting on a horse. He succeeded William McKinley after organizing the Rough Riders and before losing the presidential election on the Bull Moose ticket. That is WAY too many clues for a simp...

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4. Torrey Pines These guys were nowhere near this spot until today, when they proved they had legit knowledge to spare. Stephen-Vivek is a potent 1-2 combo, and the other guys contribute enough that you can't discount them. Their strengths are probably suited more to NSC, which, given that they som...

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We missed you at Triton Bowl.

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Hey I just want to mention how crazily awesome Dwight and Co. are, especially Dwight. Coming down from Irvine to help at a tournament they have no stake in. Running Zot Bowl over summer, running SCIENCE! before nationals. Round of applause please. He has put so much effort into making the SoCal circ...

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I just want to say that Torrey really out did themselves at this tournament. I hope they will attend more mACF tournaments in the future.

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Thanks Auroni and UCSD for making this a great tournament!

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They do. They have one player who is pretty good. He beat down our C team 500 to something. I haven't played him, but he was making some good buzzes on the A set when I coached at Baby Anteater. Perhaps my teammates could elaborate.

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No...Triton Bowl on the 21st.

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"zhaozhang"

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Love the title.

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I am actively lobbying for teams to come to this event! Looking at the stats from Prison Bowl, it seems to be a very accessible set. This means that less experience teams will still know the tossup answers and the first part of bonuses while experienced teams will be challenged by lead ins and third...

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Just wondering, who were the two that played for Brown?

ihavenoidea · Re: Baby Anteater X (1/31/2009) at UCI Thanks UCI

Thanks UCI

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The set was not as disappointing as I thought it would be (amazingly, I expected less than 3 art questions and 3 music questions). There were very questionable answer choices that reaffirms my belief that A sets are not easier than IS sets.

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Dwight, I think RB has two teams signed up for sure and 1 team pending.

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I hope no one qualifies to nationals because of this tournament.

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Err I guess we didn't notify you, but RB can't come to Winter.

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MLWGS-Gir wrote:
ihavenoidea wrote:Sarah, if you need any help in terms of writing, I could be of assistance.
Thanks, Zhao. Do you have any idea if Rancho Bernardo would be interested in hosting a West Coast mirror?

I am interested. I will discuss it over with my team and get back to you.

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Sarah, if you need any help in terms of writing, I could be of assistance.

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Dwight, are you in anyway involved with bidding for State Champs? What would people think of playing State Champs in San Diego?

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If you have an iPod Touch or an iPhone, check out http://web.me.com/cdcarter/iApps/acf_score/index.html. It's a simple ACF game score keeping application that will not only track the score, but give the stat lines for individuals as well. If I thought there were enough of these little devices in th...

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As would I, since I'd love to see something like this happen in the fall. The spring was just the only time we were able to run HAVOC, as it will be this year. Also, while this is unofficial since I need to speak to Cameron and Dr. Barnes, I would not be opposed to mirroring HAVOC across the countr...

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Zhao: Given that you weren't at our tournament, how did you get a hold of the IS-79 packets, or was this comparison made from secondhand accounts from other teams? With the exception of some awful clunkers (LOL TERRIBLE LIST BONUS), I thought IS-79 was passable. The examples some teams gave were pr...

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I believe IS sets are worse than IS A sets. IS sets, in my experience with IS 79, have more cutesy giveaways and tossups on things that are way too hard or really trivial. Anurag thought that IS 78 A was better than IS 79.

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Rancho Bernardo will bring at least one team and two buzzers to this.

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RB will bring at least one team of underclassmen, possibly two.

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cvdwightw wrote: (1) I, in particular, do not feel that A-level sets can fairly determine a champion at the varsity level.

You can't imagine how much I agree with this.

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I do agree with Greg that the Charles Jennens clue was misplaced.

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Max, the questions will be newly written. That set was already used last year.

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Groups of people in French history who didn't do too well? Of course it's Huguenots! Pretty transparent in my opinion.

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BuzzerZen wrote:
TJ 2008 wrote:You beat teams like Charter and Dorman by playing basketball instead of practicing when they only study 10 hours a week. Basketball is much more helpful when you're playing NAQT.

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Love the pricing.

Is this on the 21st or 28th? You said one thing on the title and one thing in the opening post. Hopefully not 28th, as that is the same day as Carnal Embrace.

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cvdwightw wrote:
3. You will not have more than 24 teams.

Optimism Dwight!

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Disclaimer: Not all of Southern California quizbowl is derived from Mean Girls.

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Is this still happening? Any field updates?

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Another thanks for a well run tournament. (And thanks for finding me a place to make hot tea for my cold.) I think you did a great job of editing the questions. In fact, I was surprised when I picked up my copy and saw that they were HSAPQ questions. I find their questions ungrammatical and unnecce...

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Back on the topic of quizbowl....

Anurag and I will be coaching the freshmen at Trojan Warz. We won't get to enjoy the hell on earth that is IS-80A

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The reason our "league" commissioner gave me for not changing the terrible questions into something more acceptable was "Academic League is Academic League. If we changed the questions, it would no longer be Academic League"

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This tournament has been officially canceled due to lack of interest.

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Andy, you can safely discuss prelims. RB will not cannabalize.

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Questions As in previous years, the questions will be house-written. They are longer than the typical NAQT or state-format tossup, and they are weighted towards academics. To get a sample round from last fall's tournament, visit our website . I feel Andrew gave you plenty of warning toward the abse...

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gkandlikar wrote:
Saiem wrote: I would certainly like to advocate an expansion of the Math and Computer Science canon
Special interest groups itt.

I advocate for the expansion of the Qing dynasty of Chinese history canon, particularly those tossups that can be gotten by watching Chinese dramas.

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There is, our tournament next weekend. So no question discussion should be going on whatsoever.

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State College beats Hunter in the final 250 to 210.

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50 now, but if you had came to ACF Fall it would have been 20! And the questions are leagues above NACUTIES.

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Wait why would he going to the football game affect you in anyway? Are you required to be accompanied by a coach?

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Field update:

Arcadia x2
San Dieguito Academy
Carlsbad (1-2)
La Jolla (2 most likely)

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