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I definitely want to write and play for this.

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I plan on writing for this. If anyone wants to collaborate, feel free to contact me.

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I think from Kentucky I'd pick Kelly Mackenzie (if he did actually go to high school in Kentucky), Matt Reece, Richard Mason, and Austin Brownlow. If Kelly is an out-of-stater like Kendall than maybe there's an older player I don't know about that could start, but if not there are decent current pl...

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One more difference that has nothing to do with things being pre-internet but I haven't seen it mentioned. The Saturday-only tournament was by no means a standard. The norm (at least around here) was for teams to get in a car on Friday morning and do some kind of check-in at the playing site around...

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Dan Goff. He took a languishing Virginia Tech team, and provided the vision necessary for Mongilio and I to really turn the club around. He's definitely provided a huge benefit to southwest Virginia quizbowl. Dan, Bryn and I are seriously touched by your comments. Thank you so very much! And I cert...

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I have to imagine that the growth of the internet and the creation of public packet archives had a lot to do with the level of play in college quizbowl becoming much higher. Aren't high school teams also way better now in general - like didn't it only become standard for good high school teams to p...

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Similarly, although USC's Myndert Papenhuysen (best name in quizbowl?) is wont to neg, 21 negs against Auburn A seems a bit harsh.

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Congratulations to USC C (Abrahim and Caroline) for winning the USC mirror of the Collegiate Novice Tournament with an 8-1 record. Clemson and USC B tied for 2nd. Special thanks to staffers Vivek Malhotra, David Galban, and Chris King, and to Bryn Reinecke Douglass for doing the stats. I hope everyo...

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There has been a change to our tournament location. It will now be held in Gambrell Hall. The above announcement has been changed to reflect this. Gambrell Hall is located across a pedestrian walking area from the original location in the Close-Hipp business school building, so parking and stuff sho...

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Just wanted to remind everyone of this tournament, which is coming up next week. So far we've gotten interest from Clemson, North Greenville, and the College of Charleston, and it looks like USC will have at least one house team. If anyone is interested in signing up, just contact me at ericd25@hotm...

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The Academic Team at USC will be hosting a mirror of the Collegiate Novice Tournament on October 12, 2013 on the campus of the University of South Carolina in Columbia. This tournament is exclusively for players new to quiz bowl or new to collegiate quizbowl. Please note the procedure/fee structure/...

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Jessica,

We'll almost certainly be hosting a Spring tournament at USC. I'll make sure to contact Dillon to make sure you guys get the date. Feel free to contact me at ericd25 at hotmail dot com if you have any questions

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The Quest for the Historical Mukherjesus wrote:
PACKET 9:
-Concert in the Tuileries should also be acceptable.

Seems like this would be a textbook example of the reasonable translation rule. Was Concert at the Tuileries somehow not accepted?

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Just when I thought I was out, Mike Cheyne pulls me back in.

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I'd prefer this to be a morning event.

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Thanks for posting these. This is really great.

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Sorry if I missed this somewhere along the way, but what is check-in time and when is the tournament supposed to start? I see 8 AM mentioned at the top of the thread but I'm unclear as to whether that's the beginning of check-in time or the time the tournament is supposed to start. Thanks for any in...

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Everybody's got a price, but Seal's is probably higher than $2500. Anyway, I wanted to make clear that I would be quite pleased if we finish as high as 31.

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31. South Carolina. I do not expect a ride back to the airport from Eric Douglass after predicting this... 31?!!! THIRTY ONE!?!?! Jake, if we finish 31, I'll PAY for your flight back to Tuscaloosa. 34. South Carolina: Eric Douglass grabs a mic before the tournament and introduces his newest South C...

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Yeah, it seems like it would be awfully hard to break out of trash capture once a team goes into it. I guess if I were at a school under trash capture, I would show up to every practice (and maybe schedule extra, purely academic practices), try to get (fun, good) academic packets read as much as pos...

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A good lesson to take away from this: never, ever, under any circumstances, send out an unplayed set to anyone for "practice reading". If I recall correctly a similar angle was used by Amit to fraudulently gain access to the NSC set in 2010. Keep in mind that any of the many hundreds of p...

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See, I don't think those CBI teams were real teams that would have met and practiced and competed for more than 1 tournament a year. They had an intramural tournament that picked who represented the school and that was it. True, but they obviously were interested, and it's possible that they just d...

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I like the idea of incentives to host (beyond straight up money). Like, a Nats discount (or packet-writing waiver). Or a discount for ACF Fall for teams who agree to bid on regionals (with a penalty for teams who fail to live up to their end of the bargain). All pretty half-baked ideas with potentia...

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Congratulations to Georgia Tech for winning ACF Regionals 2013 at the University of South Carolina. They finished with a 10-0 record. Alabama finished 2nd overall. USC A won the undergraduate championship and Virginia Tech A won the DII championship. The leading scorer was Adam from Georgia Tech wit...

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Hey, everyone is ready to play for the USC ACF regionals, but no packets have arrived. Please e-mail them to [email protected] as soon as possible, or let me know what the status is. Thanks!

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Here are the stats. Thanks to Emory for hosting.

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South Carolina will likely have some house teams. Alabama and College of Charleston have expressed interest.

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Greetings, is there any way the ACF Regionals registration form could be update to include the University of South Carolina site? This would help reduce confusion. Thanks!

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The Academic Team at the University of South Carolina will host ACF Regionals on Saturday February 23rd. Location and time: The tournament will take place in the Gambrell Hall. We will meet in the lobby. Registration will begin at 8 and play will begin no later than 9:15. There are a few meter parki...

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Susan wrote:How much of the original set has been written?

Yes. And I'm not sure how many Bayou packets are left. I played the first 6 rounds at Maryland. If more have been written since, could we possibly combine the new Bayou packets with whatever Greg has written?

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IMPORTANT for those attending TrashMasters this coming Saturday: We have had an unexpected change in source material. The original editor has resigned, so we are switching to Plan B and mirroring the Bayou-a-Drank set. We apologize for any conflicts this might cause. This really, really sucks. I pl...

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Myself and some friends will play in this.

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Little late in coming, but we've managed to put together a club at Emory! We were just approved for a temporary club charter. Now we've just got to work on fundraising and finding buzzers and the such. This is really good news. If you all are interested in hosting a tournament at some point, I'd be...

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One thing that I have long had a hard time doing is having a good question writing system for the team I work with. I was wondering how other programs do this. Do any teams have specific quotas or other types of writing regimens? Do other teams have policies in terms of when to get people to start w...

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I actually learned about everything in that bonus in a sixth grade class (while I was living in South Carolina). Me too! Anyway, that bonus played fine in my room. I always thought the Hopewell culture was just something people learned. Maybe it's one of (many) things they taught in my day that don...

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Hey, here is a tournament checklist Bryn Reinecke wrote that has saved my life on several occasions. It's no substitute for a comprehensive tournament directing guide, but if it's the night before the tournament and you are trying to quickly cover your bases, you could do worse than this. Some of th...

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There's a dire need for this type of thing. I use a checklist when I host events. I'll post it in this thread when I get a chance.

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With the new central payment system, I was wondering if there is anything for a distance discount. I didn't notice it filling out the invoice form thing, and haven't seen anything otherwise about that. Thanks!

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South Carolina has tended to practice for 2 hours a night, 3 nights a week over the years. Our practices usually consist of just packets, with the occasional very special practice that focuses on quizbowliana (like question writing and whatnot). Our attendance has varied greatly over the course of a...

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Congrats to USC Black for winning the Collegiate Novice Tournament at USC. College of Charleston was tied for 1st with an 8-2 record, and they handed USC Black their only 2 losses. The tie was broken by virtue of USC Black's higher PPG. Wofford finished 3rd. Congrats also to David from USC Not Orang...

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With a little less than a week to go until this mirror, we have 6 total teams. If anyone else wants to sign up, please let me know.

Registered:
South Carolina House Teams (3)
North Greenville University
Wofford College
College of Charleston

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With a little over a week left until our mirror, we have North Greenville signed up and USC house teams. There's plenty of room for more teams, so please let me know if you are interested in coming. This tournament will definitely happen as we'll have plenty of house teams available, but we'd love t...

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The University of South Carolina will be hosting a mirror of the Collegiate Novice tournament at our campus in Columbia, SC on Saturday, September 29. This tournament is an early-season introduction to competitive quizbowl in which novices can play against teams of their own strength on questions th...

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If anyone is still paying attention to this thread, I was wondering: I seem to remember a tossup on someone from French history named "Ferry" come up. Could someone post that tossup or give the answerline?

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Me and Bryn's team has merged with Jon Pinyan and Stephanie Yuen's team for the main event.

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I'm also interested in Bayou a Drank.

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Bryn Reinecke and myself will likely play in this. Feel free to contact me if you want to join us. Also, I sure hope the Mike Cheyne movie tournament is mirrored that weekend. And I'd be happy to read for the technology tournament.

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I don't really see how listening to the music factors into that, though. In theory, you could just memorize a bunch of lists. Listening to the pieces that come up is helpful because it helps one internalize the composer and the piece's name. For me, if I haven't actually heard the piece, I'm much m...

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Outside of classical music and opera, the only music I think I hear in the fine arts distribution is jazz. Are there any other genres of music that might be considered art (as opposed to trash)? Recently, it looks like the circuit has decided that art film can include modern films. Can the same be ...

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Cheynem wrote:This will be finished by VCU Open, so hopefully it can find some time to be run that weekend.

If this event is run at VCU Open, I will be sooo happy.

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