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Congrats to Illinois and Missouri, the two states I currently live in.

ecks

I think my favorite part of that book is when it says... When viewed from a biblical perspective, the scientific evidence clearly supports a recent creation by God, and not a naturalistic evolution and millions of years. I suspect that "When viewed from a bibilical perspective" is probably...

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Golden Tiger 86 wrote:This sucks. This really, really sucks.

Apparently, they also found steroids in his home.

Well yeah... he's a WWE wrestler. Doesn't mean it had anything to do with it, although it may have.

ecks

Looks like Charlie is getting his degree in train wrecks.

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Iowa (Southern Cal) That thoroughly confuses me. I didn't know Iowa had relocated to the coast... I also have no idea what school that could be referring to. On another note, did MLK (Tennessee) just choose not to go? They were state champs, but I could see them not wanting to bother with PAC. I wa...

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leapfrog314 wrote:Missouri was buzzing in very aggressively and negging a fair amount, while Texas had no negs. The other two teams were, again, rather quiet.

Here, Missouri = Charles Dees, I'm sure of it. Man's gotta defend his negging crown.

ecks

Nevermind, I'm stupid. I thought I clicked on the college announcements instead of the high school ones.

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My own two cents: when it comes to playing in a tournament, the best way to determine the best team is to have as many of them play each other as possible while still allowing enough questions in each game to allow for a good distribution. That's the main reason I like the TU/Bonus format; as stated...

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charlieDfromNKC wrote:There's a difference between being homophobic and calling someone gay on the AHAN forum, BTW.

Prove it.

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BuzzerZen wrote:Paper trails are a good thing.

Tell that to the folks who make virtual voting machines.

ecks

I'm not really sure if this is a prediction thread or a 'what-SHOULD-naqt-do' thread, but I'll go ahead and say that options #2 and 6 are the only ones they absolutely should not do.

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leftsaidfred wrote:if hsqb loved me I would have HDTV

It's in the mail. As payment, we, of course, will be requesting you send us your dignity.

ecks

Anyone under the illusion that running or editing your usual respectable tournament will make you any kind of money should be disabused of that notion staight away. I can understand the inclination to "squeeze an extra 10 bucks" out of people (well, I can at least understand it if you've ...

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pfffffft hahah april's fools I wish this were referring to the fact that there's a movie based on Bratz. But I guess it can't be any more ridiculous than a Kmart commercial I saw where a blue lightbulb flat out told a woman that buying a high definition TV would make her husband love her more. Usua...

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This question is inspired by a discussion that's going on on the Missouri boards. That thread can be found here . Chuq is quite adamant that complimentary questions given out at tournaments at no extra charge are quite common in Missouri; given the tournaments that he listed, I wouldn't tend to disa...

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I think everyone in Alabama should mark Lee's remarks about his team "should not lose to a team from Alabama" this coming year. Great locker room motivating words! :-) Somehow I don't think there are enough teams in Alabama who read this board to make it really come back and bite him. May...

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Dolemite wrote:http://pace-nsc.org/results/2007/2007ns ... dings.html

http://pace-nsc.org/results/2007/2007ns ... dings.html

Hurray for using SQBS!

ecks

Now, as far as talking goes, I guess I stand by what I said, especially if you're playing in a more formal atmosphere - say, a sectional, or whatever. If it's in a relatively informal environment, it probably doesn't matter as much, unless it delays stuff for other people, and I can't think of a si...

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- In timed play, intentionally running down the clock in order to increase one's chance of winning. I generally agree that all the others are unsportsmanlike, but I disagree with this one. I know a lot of coaches have a problem with it, but it's just part of playing the game and using timing to you...

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ReinsteinD wrote:Proper net etiquette is "Delete my *&^%ing account"

You forgot "nubz"

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Kentb426 wrote:Truman State plans on bringing at least one team to this, I believe. I will get back to you when I know for sure but we should be free that weekend.

This is for true.

ecks

grapesmoker wrote:
ikillkenny wrote:hsquizbowl starcraft tournament anyone?
In keeping with my reputation as a contrarian who hates fun, I'd just like to point out that Starcraft is derivative and highly overrated.

Derivative of what, though? Certainly not C&C.

ecks

Well, be prepared for a rude awakening then Chris Ray and MaS. The traditional East Coast domination of Quiz Bowl will be ending this year with RM, State College, adn TJ all having lost their all-stars in the previous years. Michigan's top 5 teams are on par with the top teams in any other state as...

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is someone keeping stats that they could put up? :)

ecks

I just flew today to Sea Tac through Chicago O'Hare and Bloomington with no problems. There's a bunch of cloud cover, but not enough to cancel flights, at least now.

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I will be coaching at Athens Jr. High. Athens is a small town 12 miles north of Springfield. Good to hear! You guys will probably be playing my alma mater, Glenwood, then, yes? Say, when did you play at Glenwood JHS? I may have coached a game or two against you... :smile: Never actually played in J...

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D-SAR wrote:I will be coaching at Athens Jr. High. Athens is a small town 12 miles north of Springfield.

Good to hear! You guys will probably be playing my alma mater, Glenwood, then, yes?

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Some new developments! The date : November 17th, 2007, for sure. This tournament will be mirrored with PARFAIT at Princeton University (and apparently a couple other schools). They will be providing the central editing. The distribution will obviously be the same as PARFAIT, but I'll paste it here f...

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I would say I think Liberty can go 6-4. I think they are above Savannah. I'm in agreement with this. Savannah couldn't pull out a 3A championship, whereas Liberty barely barely lost to NKC, who eventually won the 4A championship. Having seen both Liberty and Savannah play, I'd say that Liberty has ...

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charlieDfromNKC wrote:What the

happened while I was gone?

QFT.

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January, as that is an hubristic measure of unintentional comedy. The second is just petty corruption. NEXT: Slipknot vs Actually talented musical preformers Slipknot uses a time machine to cull their fan base from 2001 and sends the blundering masses to trample on the small where x = actually tale...

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The best part of Global Guts is when the kids run around the track with their country's flag, as if what they did actually means anything.

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laszlow wrote: JASON MUELLER'S EGO

vs.

THE SUN

The sun will eventually explode AND cannot sustain itself when there is nothing there worth sustaining. Jason's ego wins.

NEXT:

Clogging the intertubes

vs.

Fluffy kittens

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NEXT: :chip: questions vs. CBI's HS " questions " CBI is relegated to a single thread, whereas :chip: pops up unexpectedly everywhere, enabling his questions to engage in a devastating guerrilla war. Also, the HS questions bear a striking resemblance to their college questions, begging th...

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quantumfootball wrote:Abe also has no idea who Greg Oden is.

Does that mean the rumor I heard about the requirement that all OSU students tatoo 'Greg Oden - 1 more year' to their foreheads wasn't true?

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3D Lemmings wrote:
ReinsteinD wrote:I declare that you used the wrong spelling of 'their', and that is THE correct opinion.
So I did. I apologize. No excuses.

That's when you edit your post and make HIM look like the fool, if he hasn't quoted your post :P

ecks

leftsaidfred wrote:
xXWinter_FoXXx wrote:We need more of my avatar, since we are already in the business of stealing FP's emotes.
What is fp?

My investigative skills inform me that fp is "Fluoroprotein foam, a firefighting foam."

Case closed.

ecks

Essentially, our entire campus is undergoing the process of being rebuilt from 2001-10, and because of the number of events that go on at any given time, there just wouldn't really be any building with enough available rooms for a worthwhile tournament. So was it a de factor banning or did they act...

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Right before I go to sleep at night, I think about how themed packets of fantasy lit series (Deathgate Cycle, Wheel of Time, Shannara, etc.) just haven't been given the chances they deserve at legit tournaments.

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E.T. Chuck wrote:: monorail cat : Just kidding.

Anything cat related would be amazing.

ecks

I personally prefer my roommate's term for it, Nerdbowl. But in all seriousness, I'll put on my linguist cap and argue that it doesn't really matter either way - English has a lot of compounds that are written as one word or two. It doesn't really matter, they're interpreted as compounds anyway. (I'...

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My experience is that this has more to do with philosophy and less to do with actual size. When I meet coaches from western and southwestern Illinois (especially), there seems to be this group philosophy that their teams are as good as they are ..... and that you're nuts to do much to improve them....

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grapesmoker wrote:
wd4gdz wrote:I'm guessing a free trip to Los Angeles?
I can't imagine how that would entice anyone. Then again, I grew up in Southern California, so perhaps I have a slightly jaundiced view of LA's appeal.

LA doesn't have any appeal to be jaundiced.

ecks

I see... I guess you can't exactly tell your kids to NOT play. But I just find it tough to believe that any team could be that overmatched in the state finals. Is it safe to say that Evergreen Park didn't make it out of the first round of regionals? Seriously ..... some of the teams in class A from...

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millionwaves wrote:From the same thread above, I'll nominate this one for Best Personal Attack. I can still feel the heat from the flames...

I think my favorite part of that post is the 'edit' at the bottom, as if the rest of the post weren't biting enough.

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dsfcaptains2005 wrote:http://www.hsquizbowl.org/phpBB2/viewto ... sc&start=0

Best. Thread. Ever.

Seconded.

ecks

I think the real lesson here is that the ad just wasn't that funny, whereas Dave Chappell is. Calling people "nappy-headed hos" isn't funny, whereas a blind black klansman is.

Humor is the mother of all justifications. The guys who made the ad just aren't very good at making jokes.

ecks

I was browsing through the Missouri quiz bowl boards and found something that relates pretty much to this (somewhat sidtracked) discussion of overregulation of quiz bowl: I personally think it would be much better for the prestige of the sport if competition were to follow the same rules in all comp...

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That's why I say things are fine now in Virginia: we have the VHSL and TV impetus for new teams to form, but their reach stops there and the independent circuit can take over. Plus, because quizbowl outside of the actual VHSL state series is under no one's purview, a school can (or, in the case of ...

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