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I thought the questions were well written for the most part, but that there could have been a few more "minority" questions.

Perhaps you will be voting for our "forgotten moments in black history month" theme. . .

Seriously, what do you mean?

I was actually referring to the fact that the 2007 ICT will in fact be taking place on the West Bank (check the website). Surely this was designed to foster a sense of peace between NAQT and its small band of deluded detractors.r

ICT 2007: West Bank

Awehrman wrote: Communications between NAQT and Northwestern have stalled over the past few weeks. NAQT had contacted us about hosting, but we would have difficulty coming up with enough experienced staffers. NAQT proposed that if Northwestern provided the rooms and a few moderators, U Chicago migh...

I'm not sure I understand why introducing yourself in alphabetical order counts as mocking anyone. I mean, unless they struggle with the alphabet (like most quiz bowl teams do), it's not really a put down. It's kind of retarded, maybe a little annoying in a "you're a moron" kind of way, bu...

You seem to have missed my point (which, considering some of the negative things implied about your team, I understand). My point was hardly that he was right, and after further thinking about it, he probably was using an abrasive tone and, had I been you, I might very well have posted about it. But...

Magister Ludi wrote: I felt the brackets were uneven because we played Gov in the second round and we never even had the chance to play either of the Charters. Raleigh Charter coasted into the finals avoiding the best teams until they were crushed in the finals by Maggie Walker (the only real power...

The original post was by a high school sophomore who is about 15 years old. Perhaps once he attends college for several years, he will be able to make flawless BCS Championship Game predictions or hilarious fat jokes, or he will be able to entertain the masses with his exciting adventures into host...

AWWW. THAT'S RIGHT! I FORGOT TO SAY YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO LEARN STUFF. I'm so glad I have the enlightened around to help my poor misconceptions. When you consider that your whole post could basically be said as 'a lit player should learn basics first, then study things more in-depth," which is ba...

This might be a dumb idea, but I was thinking about the possibility of having some kind of Division II equivalent at MLK this year. I guess maybe the field wasn't big enough and hey, I've got great reverence to the work put into running a tournament, so I'm not just calling for TDs to get off their ...

I want to preface this by saying that, as a freshman writing a packet virtually by myself, I in no way shape or form expected any of my questions to make the cut at MLK, and was honored to even see my packet on the list. At another tournament, maybe a different story, but I don't think anyone went i...

Why did the packet contain only 18 questions? Also, I'm curious as to the playoff difficulty this year. The last two years, it's been a little absurd and resulted in some kind of screwy games (not that they weren't good questions, just not really so good for a high school tournament. My favorite giv...

To be fair to Lazear, he was just the getaway driver, and only recieved like $34 worth of the spoils. I played against Lazear, actually. I witnessed him berate a teammate for not shaking hands, among some other classy things that are not generally associate with that football team. I think it's diff...

Note: This is dumbjaques, Fred Morlan discovered I was supplying the squirrels with arms and sabotaged my username. Uh. . . I can't imagine why you wouldn't prompt on the imams example. If the question mentioned the number twelve, a) you shouldn't be required to say the number 12 and b) it presumabl...

Shouldn't this forum be restricted to those who play HIGH SCHOOL quizbowl in the DC METRO area? After all, we can all agree that teams change dramatically from year to year. Even the former best player in the country might not have any idea about what's going on. Besides, my friend, who worked for ...

Considering Georgetown Day's 150 point win over Gonzaga in the TJ playoffs, I think it is unfair to say at this point that Gonzaga is better than Georgetown Day. It is still early in the season, but based on the results of actual games between the two teams, one cannot say that Gonzaga is superior....

For TJ this year, I think availability is a big thing. I personally think Allan Fan could be monstrous, but he seems to have so many other commitments that tournament attendance suffers. Simply put, a team that only occasionally fields their top four cannot hope to compete with those who consistentl...

Chris, since you've seen both, I'm curious as to your answer to this: In recent years, the trend has been (stereotypically; there have been exceptions) that east coast teams do better at HSNCT. How would you compare the level of play you saw today as to that normally found on the east coast on IS p...

Results from the Northwestern's Wildcat:

1. Bloomington
2. New Trier A
3. St. Ignatius
4. New Trier B

Some preliminary results (with official results/stats upcoming)

1. Bloomington
2. New Trier A
3. St. Ignatius
4. New Trier B

I believe Bloomington, New Trier, and St. Ignatius thus earn bids to Nationals

Pitt, Carolina

BTW, QO is a legitmately good team; their team this year is even better than the infamous Akshay years. Seriously? But what about screaming at moderators? Protesting 10 questions in a 20/20 format? Perpetrating violene against teammates like they're a couple of Dominicans who got too close to you c...

Incidentally Ted, good job getting Gonzaga's tournament to be tossup/bonus (assuming I heard your announcement correctly). Based on last year's questions, I think you guys can pull it off well.

WATCH OUT FOR JAMAICANS

I suggest Matt Weiner. I can't imagine what he'd enjoy more than writing a wikipedia article on speed questions that monopolize the high school careers of a bunch of good players. It's really perfect for him, you see. I would have volunteered to write about the FFA competitions, but apparently there...

To me, the biggest news of the Blake tournament was Quince Orchard's upset of TJ. Is this the end of the TJ dynasty? There are a few things wrong with this statement 1) A tournament like Blake (speed questions, only a 2 or 3 of the top national teams) cannot EVER be used to gauge anything meaningfu...

Yeah no offense to TJ, they're generally really good at question writing, but it always seemed like every year the rounds weren't always all that well balanced for their house tournament. There might be the same distribution per round, but a category or two would be harder than the others, causing ...

This is the whole reason I didn't like that B-team Nationals thing. I was reading it and thinking "what if some coach decides they can't win Nationals with their A-team but if they were to switch their teams and play A-teams against B teams that might mess with the ultimate results." Depe...

DumbJaques wrote:
There's a reason why discussion threads aren't simply poles.

I see your point. But, is it really necessary to insult the good people of Poland?

And isn't squirrel fighting illegal in WV?

Maybe. But it's not illegal in Polland.

That your post was argumentative is without question. Many of your posts are in that category. Nothing wrong with a little debate now and then, which is why I am prolonging the discussion, I suppose. I do read many of your posts and enjoy following your arguments. You have excellent logical debatin...

Cleveland and Dallas

As for general comments on the It's Academic format (i.e. the tv show), you have to admit that the right team wins the match. I can't speak for VA, but Richard Montgomery and Hammond definitely were the strongest teams from their respective regions last year. And PH and Parkville making it to the B...

Buffalo and Baltimore

New Orleans, Miami

In somewhat falsified hope of not turning this into another "what the christ is matt morrison talking about" thread: The Japan trip did not happen. A combination of the terror alerts the week before and Japan providing us basically zero details about the trip made some parents want to back...

Seattle and New England

The only thing I heard about format (from some of the Japanese tv people who were at NAQT nationals) was:

"Your format is so. . . academic. Our format. . . sometime academic, sometime. . . yes-no questions"

But I've been watching a lot of Kurosawa and Godzilla movies, so no worries. . .

It seems like a lot of people are expressing (as response to "do kids write questions") "No, why in the world would you ever do that?" I understand that some coaches (evidently, some very good and experienced coaches like Mr. Barry) have had neutral or negative results in the pas...

In the great words of Mr. T: "I'm back . . . and I need work." So if anyone out there happens to reside in Arizona, Southern Cal, New Mexico, or any other place form which you would be willing to travel to Phoenix to compete in a High School tournament, please let me know? I'm predicting 0...

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The problems of Player Leadership

This is exactly what upset everyone so much. No, an impediment doesn't "entitle" someone to mispronounce things, it CAUSES them to. Whether this is what you meant or not, it sounded to me like you were implying that someone who can't talk correctly shouldn't be playing. Granted when posed...

I do feel that you could have handled this situation a bit better. Learn some tact. Even if you felt that you absolultely HAD to protest, you did not have to be so confrontational and rude about it. A little courtesy goes a long way. First of all, I apologize for getting this whole thing mixed up t...

Sounds like a story that was told to me about a player with a lisp that pronouced something correctly but the other team captain had a fit about it.. I wasn't actually going to bring that up, because someone asked me not to. . . oh well. You play by the rules. If they suck, then you should complain...

I kind of want to beat this kid in the face with a lead pipe

Just sayin . . .

The best way I can phrase it is this: how aggressive you are on buzzing in on a question should be inversely proportional to how likely your teammates are to throttle you if you neg on it. If you're fairly well-liked and generate positive points most of the time, make that buzzer sorry it's sitting...

Where is Braun going to college, BTW? Maryland. Apparently he startled one of my teammates in the parking lot at orientation by slamming on the breaks at around 30 MPH to get out of his car and yell "I remember you from quizbowl!" I suppose this doesn't necessarily confirm that he's going...

This issue was raised before, and we came to the conclusion that only losers and British people say "PLEASE MAKE FUN OF ME BECAUSE I SPEAK NEITHER LATIN NOR ENGLISH." Screw the damn dirty Latin foreigners. Also annoying: When people fail to accept obviously equivalent answers, like the mor...

I have a "Virginia Is for Losers" t-shirt, if you want to borrow it, punk.

The questions are confusing; NAQT clearly goes out of its way to make it so. Frequently, the players do not know what's going on until the third sentence. By not labelling the questions, players (if they're like me) are often asking themselves "Is this history or literature?" [pause] &quo...

. . . What? I'm graduating, I just said I was worried about other coaches who would just have a new incentive to keep their players down. What are you even talking about? The issue I'm bringing up is coaches who would normally not divide their teams based on seniority, but might think they could fin...

I for one wouldn't want to encourage the already disturbingly noticeable trend of sorting A and B teams based on seniority rather than skill. I don't understand why ANYONE would do that now, but creating a JV division might actually give them a semi-defendable reason. Surely, Papa, you wouldn't want...

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Any interest in a SW tournament?