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- Wed Jul 18, 2012 2:22 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: New York Discussion 2012-13
- Replies: 92
- Views: 26903
Re: New York Discussion 2012-13
WHY we still do this in this area, I have no idea, but it's probably a cost-saving matter or something. Long Island has a league that is more or less exactly the same as this Post Star league you're describing- rounds after school, 4 quarters, speed check questions (it gets even worse: almost every...
- Wed Jul 18, 2012 12:34 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: New York Discussion 2012-13
- Replies: 92
- Views: 26903
Re: New York Discussion 2012-13
Queensbury went to :chip: nationals last year. I'm not sure what the other team is. I don't know either, honestly, and considering everytime I see that face, it's always used in a negative connotation, I'll take it this wasn't a good thing (I'm not totally familiar with everything on the boards, I'...
- Wed Jul 18, 2012 12:03 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: New York Discussion 2012-13
- Replies: 92
- Views: 26903
Re: New York Discussion 2012-13
Queensbury went to nationals last year. I'm not sure what the other team is.biggiebird89 wrote:Top 2 teams go on to "nationals" later on (though I never quite found out specifically where this was).
- Tue Jul 17, 2012 2:57 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Clock theory
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9822
Re: Clock theory
(Some related stats: 77.3% of 2012 HSNCT games heard at least 20 tossups; 94.9% heard at least 18 tossups; and 98.8% heard at least 17 tossups. So we are talking about a comparatively very small number of tossups here; and the relevant unfairness would be even smaller, given that many, perhaps most...
- Sun Jul 15, 2012 6:25 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: New York Discussion 2012-13
- Replies: 92
- Views: 26903
Re: New York Discussion 2012-13
The one school I could say that about is already running a tournament, and I believe they would've had to lock it in by now anyway.
- Sun Jul 15, 2012 5:15 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: New York Discussion 2012-13
- Replies: 92
- Views: 26903
New York Discussion 2012-13
Well, it's another year. Things are looking a bit more promising this year in terms of activity (as far as the Metro area goes) with Scarsdale already locking in two NAQT tournaments and Great Neck South possibly hosting something, in addition to LIFT, KPAQT, and (most likely) the Hills West Invitat...
- Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:16 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NY/NJ Date Claims 2012-2013
- Replies: 107
- Views: 621047
Re: NY/NJ Date Claims 2012-2013
Just saw the preliminary NAQT schedule for next year. Both Livingston and Bloomfield are hosting tournaments on the same date in March? Could someone please clarify? - MTZ Two schools that don't really communicate with other teams (including one that's been conflicting with Prison Bowl consistently...
- Thu Jul 12, 2012 1:48 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 3 Day Ridgewood Summer Invitational: July 6-8, Ridgewood, NJ
- Replies: 168
- Views: 82371
Re: 3 Day Ridgewood Summer Invitational: July 6-8, Ridgewood, NJ
The Hunter A-Walt Whitman and GNS A-Walt Whitman games are missing. It appears the Hunter A-Walt Whitman game got attributed to Ridgewood instead of Hunter somehow.
- Mon Jul 09, 2012 4:54 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 3 Day Ridgewood Summer Invitational: July 6-8, Ridgewood, NJ
- Replies: 168
- Views: 82371
Re: 3 Day Ridgewood Summer Invitational: July 6-8, Ridgewood, NJ
Regarding Friday's tournament ... As Collin said, indeed, some packets were better than others, though this did not change how they were used (Hunter produced a pretty good packet, but it was only used in a tiebreaker), and some packets even went unused. This is not true - all packets were used ove...
- Mon Jul 09, 2012 11:41 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 3 Day Ridgewood Summer Invitational: July 6-8, Ridgewood, NJ
- Replies: 168
- Views: 82371
Re: 3 Day Ridgewood Summer Invitational: July 6-8, Ridgewood, NJ
Yeah, I have to say that the major reason I wanted to do this was for the JSO-esque Friday tournament, though Saturday was a nice bonus since I got to read a great set of packets for some great matches. The Sunday tournament could easily be done without. Maybe replace it with a day of side events, s...
- Sun Jul 08, 2012 8:30 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 3 Day Ridgewood Summer Invitational: July 6-8, Ridgewood, NJ
- Replies: 168
- Views: 82371
Re: 3 Day Ridgewood Summer Invitational: July 6-8, Ridgewood, NJ
Okay so like, this event was awesome from a social standpoint. Totally worth the sleep deprivation (no offense to Kara; any lack of sleep was my fault). ATTACK was a great set (minus some minor inconsistencies). Running YMIR in Esther's basement was fun (I mean, there was no air conditioning, but no...
- Wed Jul 04, 2012 8:58 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 3 Day Ridgewood Summer Invitational: July 6-8, Ridgewood, NJ
- Replies: 168
- Views: 82371
Re: 3 Day Ridgewood Summer Invitational: July 6-8, Ridgewood, NJ
I'd like to moderate on Saturday. I'll play solo as Kings Park if and only if either there is absolutely no need for another competent moderator or the number of teams gets messed up without another team.
- Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:42 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 3 Day Ridgewood Summer Invitational: July 6-8, Ridgewood, NJ
- Replies: 168
- Views: 82371
Re: 3 Day Ridgewood Summer Invitational: July 6-8, Ridgewood, NJ
Wouldn't 10 teams mean we would need to have 2 byes per round? One team would have to sit out due to their packet being read, and you can't have an odd number of teams playing in a round.
- Sat Jun 30, 2012 6:11 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Quizbowl Central
- Replies: 144
- Views: 85458
Re: Quizbowl Central
This bug just happened to me as well.Marble-faced Bristle Tyrant wrote:In 2010 ACF Nationals, Penn/Illinois A, Robert Guiscard tossup, the names "Jerusalem", "Normandy", and "Apulia" don't show up at all.
- Fri Jun 29, 2012 1:22 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 3 Day Ridgewood Summer Invitational: July 6-8, Ridgewood, NJ
- Replies: 168
- Views: 82371
Re: 3 Day Ridgewood Summer Invitational: July 6-8, Ridgewood, NJ
Pending Ridgewood's own offerings for rooms, Stony Brook's Sunday team (and I guess at least one person for a KP team and three people for Ward Melville on Saturday) is more or less confirmed. (As in, when are the room offerings being announced?)
- Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:22 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2012 NAC
- Replies: 189
- Views: 70968
Re: 2012 NAC
They beat Westminster A and B directly at Jaguar Bowl, though.the return of AHAN wrote:EDIT: OH WAIT, Trickum never had to face Westminster, who lost to Duluth in a single-elimination playoff....
- Thu Jun 14, 2012 1:30 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 3 Day Ridgewood Summer Invitational: July 6-8, Ridgewood, NJ
- Replies: 168
- Views: 82371
Re: 3 Day Ridgewood Summer Invitational: July 6-8, Ridgewood, NJ
I'm certainly interested. I have a feeling that I would be the only player on a potential Kings Park team for the ATTACK mirror, but I'll have to wait and see.
- Tue Jun 12, 2012 6:39 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2012 NAC
- Replies: 189
- Views: 70968
Re: 2012 NAC
I think it's perhaps the ultimate irony of quiz bowl that tournaments which lean towards the gameshow-esque have the worst publicity (unless they're actual TV shows). EDIT/WARNING: I just used "publicity" incorrectly. I meant that people who run gameshow-y tournaments are usually really ba...
- Mon Jun 11, 2012 11:52 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NY/NJ Date Claims 2012-2013
- Replies: 107
- Views: 621047
Re: NY/NJ Date Claims 2012-2013
Stony Brook's plans to host, well, any tournament at all have fallen through, so if there are any new good quiz bowl tournaments on LI this year it most likely won't be through us.
That said, I'll probably be able to moderate for any tournament on the island and maybe some in New Jersey.
That said, I'll probably be able to moderate for any tournament on the island and maybe some in New Jersey.
- Sun Jun 03, 2012 11:16 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2012 NAC
- Replies: 189
- Views: 70968
Re: 2012 NAC
The biggest issue we encountered was a question which decided our semifinal match, which prompted multiple protests from us, which were all turned down, though it was an awful and rather incorrect question it was not thrown out, and this caused us to lose though the game would have otherwise been t...
- Sun May 27, 2012 10:14 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2012 NAC
- Replies: 189
- Views: 70968
Re: 2012 NAC
Norman North invited them to our tournament. They also showed some interest in a Oklahoma BHSAT mirror that never came to fruition. Vimal spoke highly of them at the beginning of this season. Wonder why they moved to :chip: when they were fairly good at pyramidal tournaments? They didn't move to :c...
- Sun May 27, 2012 5:58 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2012 HSNCT discussion
- Replies: 173
- Views: 81225
Re: 2012 HSNCT discussion
Hello, I'm just stopping by to say that mixed impure academic questions should, in fact, be kept at the HSNCT because it is downright hilarious to hear a bonus segue from short story collections to former baseball players without any warning. EDIT: ...when you're not the player. It's like the questi...
- Sun May 27, 2012 12:35 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2012 NAC
- Replies: 189
- Views: 70968
Re: 2012 NAC
There is a team called Paschal which is also 4-0 and got the highest one round score of 500 points (Harrison managed 480). They have to face Harrison today. Business as usual. EDIT: Jesuit's JV teams already played all of their matches. Jesuit A went 4-2, Jesuit B went 6-0. Jesuit A had to face Whit...
- Sun May 27, 2012 11:20 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2012 NAQT HSNCT: Congratulations to Bellarmine!
- Replies: 100
- Views: 54879
Re: 2012 NAQT HSNCT: May 26-27, Atlanta
Aw, I should've made the joke about High Tech losing their first match out of pure -fueled irony that I was planning to make last night.
EDIT: No offense meant though.
EDIT: No offense meant though.
- Sun May 20, 2012 10:27 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2012 NAC
- Replies: 189
- Views: 70968
Re: 2012 NAC
- Don't know any better (outreach failure) - Misconceptions about Good Questions or Good Nationals (information failure) - Fossilized Admin/Coach (institutional failure) - Trophy Whores Who Know Very Well What They're Doing (morality failure) North Babylon fits the second of those. They went to HSN...
- Fri May 11, 2012 11:33 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Metro areas without enough good high school quizbowl
- Replies: 55
- Views: 17146
Re: Metro areas without enough good high school quizbowl
Watching the record-breaking Teen Jeopardy winner today inspired me to look into the quiz bowl scene in Nebraska, and sure enough, there was a 32 team tournament held at Nebraska Wesleyan this year and a 56 team tournament held at the winner's high school (Elkhorn South) last year on what I can only...
- Fri May 11, 2012 10:06 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Watch Jeopardy tonight!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7761
Re: Watch Jeopardy tonight!
Elyse's school, Elkhorn South, had a JV team that got second seed at bowl's Chicago site. I can only assume that Elyse was the captain.
- Tue May 08, 2012 11:28 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Metro areas without enough good high school quizbowl
- Replies: 55
- Views: 17146
Re: Metro areas without enough good high school quizbowl
Sometimes you don't have to ask. It's probably a good idea to ask if they have a policy about getting contact info off their website, but there are a few areas out there with the information posted on the internet, including this one. The presence of Jesuit on this list tells me that this is :chip:...
- Tue May 08, 2012 9:06 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Metro areas without enough good high school quizbowl
- Replies: 55
- Views: 17146
Re: Metro areas without enough good high school quizbowl
Pittsburgh area (what happened to the University of Pittsburgh's team? Are they still hosting tournaments?) Pitt is still hosting SAGACITY and Battle of the Burgh, as evidenced here: http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=4032 http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tou...
- Tue May 08, 2012 1:30 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: MSNCT/HSNCT bonus difficulty discussion
- Replies: 25
- Views: 8768
Re: 2012 NAQT MSNCT: April 21-22, Chicago
Also, I'm not a math person, so maybe someone else can explain this to me: what is the difference, with regards to distinguishing-top-teams, between the top two teams having ppb of 26 and 24 and the top two teams having a ppb of 22 and 20? If those are the choices, I'm choosing the former. Here's a...
- Sun May 06, 2012 8:12 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Final Results/Stats
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7056
Re: Final Results/Stats
Sure, here you go. Spacing's really bizarre, but I'm not sure how to deal with that in a quick manner. Note that in the JV stats, the bonus points for getting 8 points in a round are listed separately. Also, the stats might not be entirely accurate- Joe requested that people notify him of any errors...
- Sun May 06, 2012 8:06 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Final Results/Stats
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7056
Re: Final Results/Stats
JV Bee stats were posted less than an hour ago.jonpin wrote:If you're in the Facebook "Quiz Bowl" group, you might be able to see Joe Brosch's post of the Varsity Bee prelim results. Nothing for JV Bee though.
- Tue Apr 24, 2012 10:54 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2012 ACF Nationals Discussion Thread
- Replies: 106
- Views: 25958
Re: 2012 ACF Nationals Discussion Thread
Can someone post this one? Sounds interesting.Horned Screamer wrote:Ave Maria
- Fri Apr 20, 2012 6:11 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: KPAQT II, Long Island, NY - April 21, 2012
- Replies: 27
- Views: 11686
Re: KPAQT II, Long Island, NY - April 21, 2012
Kellenberg is already listed, so the field is still at 23.
Kinda let down by the Smithtown East hit and run. Would love to see them attend tournaments again...
Kinda let down by the Smithtown East hit and run. Would love to see them attend tournaments again...
- Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:46 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Caesar Rodney Rider Bowl III - April 21st, 2012 - HSAPQ #23
- Replies: 46
- Views: 25060
Re: Caesar Rodney Rider Bowl III - April 21st, 2012 - HSAPQ #23
We only rarely (like maybe 1 or 2 at GINVIT, which is a 20+ team tournament) get teams bringing moderators. For one, I think most coaches would prefer to follow and work with their teams. Secondly, I don't know how skilled/competent/willing some coaches or chaperones are at moderating. I don't know...
- Wed Mar 28, 2012 8:16 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MUT at MIT (4/28/12)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11500
Re: MUT at MIT (4/28/12)
Some rather brave people from Stony Brook would love to attend, myself included. I'd say about 2 teams' worth at the moment.
EDIT: Actually, it looks like we're not going after all.
EDIT: Actually, it looks like we're not going after all.
- Mon Mar 19, 2012 4:01 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Long Island National History Bee and Bowl on March 17th
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3274
Re: Long Island National History Bee and Bowl on March 17th
I can confirm it was Ryan.
- Sat Mar 17, 2012 8:31 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Long Island National History Bee and Bowl on March 17th
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3274
Re: Long Island National History Bee and Bowl on March 17th
Irvington defeated Great Neck South A 350-210 to win the Varsity Bowl. Kellenberg A and Hills West A were the other semifinalists. Andy Margulies (Hills West) defeated Alec Vulfson (Irvington) 5-4 on the ninth question to win the Varsity Bee. The playoffs were THE highlight of the tournament, as the...
- Fri Mar 16, 2012 6:22 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Long Island National History Bee and Bowl on March 17th
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3274
Re: Field Update for the LI NHBB March 17th
On a side note, rumor has it that some more staffers would be appreciated.
- Thu Mar 01, 2012 6:23 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2012 Minnesota Undergraduate Tournament (MUT)
- Replies: 44
- Views: 46982
Re: 2012 Minnesota Undergraduate Tournament (MUT)
Welp, we can't actually host this.
- Fri Feb 24, 2012 8:18 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2012 Minnesota Undergraduate Tournament (MUT)
- Replies: 44
- Views: 46982
Re: 2012 Minnesota Undergraduate Tournament (MUT)
Primarily the latter. As it is, we have yet to receive confirmation that we'd actually have the space to hold a tournament regardless of what set we eventually use.
- Fri Feb 24, 2012 6:53 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BHSAT XXI at Yale University (March 24, 2012)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 21225
Re: BHSAT XXI at Yale University (March 24, 2012)
It looks like Central Catholic is in Norwalk, CT.
- Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:00 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: National History Bee and Bowl Question of the Day
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3522
Re: National History Bee and Bowl Question of the Dayy
In the words of a teammate: Shakira?
- Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:31 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2012 Minnesota Undergraduate Tournament (MUT)
- Replies: 44
- Views: 46982
Re: 2012 Minnesota Undergraduate Tournament (MUT)
Stony Brook could try to provide the NE mirror for this instead of a high school tournament (only because we do not want to butt heads with my old high school's tournament), but we would need quite a bit of help.
- Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:36 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Long Island National History Bee and Bowl on March 17th
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3274
Re: Long Island National History Bee and Bowl on March 17th
Is the field on NHBB's site completely up to date? I'm fairly shocked that only 3 schools have registered so far.
- Wed Feb 22, 2012 2:06 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NY/NJ Date Claims 2011-2012
- Replies: 101
- Views: 48339
Re: NY/NJ Date Claims 2011-2012
Oh hey, Stony Brook might totally be hosting NAQT States now. We'll be holding it on the same date as Princeton's mirror (April 14th) if it happens.
EDIT: REJECTED
EDIT: REJECTED
- Wed Feb 15, 2012 6:06 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: KPAQT II, Long Island, NY - April 21, 2012
- Replies: 27
- Views: 11686
Re: KPAQT II, Long Island, NY - April 21, 2012
Bump as this tournament is slowly looming nearer.
- Tue Feb 07, 2012 10:04 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NY/NJ Date Claims 2011-2012
- Replies: 101
- Views: 48339
Re: NY/NJ Date Claims 2011-2012
Bloomfield didn't post an announcement about their tournament last year either, so it's not entirely unexpected.
- Mon Feb 06, 2012 1:42 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Online Skype Practice League - Round 5
- Replies: 54
- Views: 14814
Re: Online Skype Practice League - Round 5
Just wanna point out that Michael and Isaac were on the team that won OSPL 4, assuming I understood the last post in that thread correctly.
- Mon Feb 06, 2012 12:55 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2012 SCT Repeat/feng shui issues here
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4219
Re: Repeat/feng shui issues here
The same packet as the above bonus featured a tossup with a lead-in sentence with no pronoun. Unfortunately I can't be any more specific about the packet or answer line without having the set in front of me...sorry. Similar to this, the last line in the Panama tossup in DII was notably missing the ...