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With New Kent and Raleigh Charter dropping, we're down to 21 teams--is there any news from Maggie Walker on how likely it is you can come?

Registration will start at 8 and we'd like to begin around 9. There will be a complimentary donut breakfast in the morning. If we don't lose too many teams to snow, we'll run round robins in four brackets of as close to 6 teams as possible in the morning. After lunch the top 12 teams will be divided...

It looks like at this point the best thing to do is avoid postponing the tournament unless Fairfax County cancels activities for 1/30. If they do, it'll be announced at http://www.fcps.edu/news/emerg.htm, but this may not happen until the morning.

If we need to reschedule, how would February 13 or 20 work for teams? How late would you need to be notified in the event that we do need to postpone?

Update: We're now leaning toward 2/20 if we need to change. We should come to a final decision by Wednesday or Thursday morning at the latest.

Prof.Whoopie wrote:The second St. Anselm's team is now definite. I don't know our registration password, so could someone at TJ just take note of that?

Done. We're now at 24 teams, but there'll be a waiting list if more teams are interested (email us at [email protected]).

We're only at 22 teams now, so it looks like we're going to cap our field at 24 instead of 36 and do four brackets of six.

Thread bump to remind everyone, with four weeks to go, to please sign up at http://activities.tjhsst.edu/quizbowl/tjiat.php.

We decided to stop using related bonuses this year, so this shouldn't be a problem.

We're aiming for around the difficulty of HSAPQ #9, so somewhat easier than DAFT, Prison Bowl, or HFT, but harder than last year's HSAPQ sets.

This set will be available for mirrors occuring between 1/23 and the end of February, for a base price of $10 per team. We would prefer a distance of at least 200 miles from TJ. Please email us at tjhsstquizbowl@gmail.com if you're interested. Mirrors: Robinson Invitational V (1/30/10) Singles side ...

Yeah, it's actually the Nicely Awesome Rather Excellent iNvitational.

Thomas Jefferson's housewritten tournament, NAREN: Just What Is It that Makes Him So Different, So Appealing? will be held at TJ on January 30, 2010. The field will be capped at 24 teams, with no more than 6 players per team and only 4 playing at a time. The format will probably be much like that of...

BGSO wrote:St. Anselms

10 Caesar Rodney W 315 135 20 15.75 3 295 98.33

That doesn't seem right

Definitely not right--how about 20? I think that came from my giving Matt Bollinger only 1 TU rather than 9.

1) Gov A 2) GDS A 3) St. Anselm's 4) Whitman 5) Walter Johnson 6) Caesar Rodney 7) San Dimas (Blake) (won 7th place by default because Langley A left) 8) Langley A 9) Richard Montgomery 10) GDS B 11&12) Robinson and Woodson, I don't know what order Woodson left, so Robinson won 11th place by de...

Gov beat GDS 430-220 to win, and St. Anselms beat Whitman 425-40 for third. Stats are posted (a few games are missing; we're working on that). Thanks so much to everyone who came, and also to Jonah Greenthal and Sandy Huang for suggesting and giving us the DAFT set. The set had some issues but was m...

Stats are up from some of the early rounds and being updated throughout the day.

Yes really

So the brackets are hsquizbowl-mafia-themed: Definitely Not A Power Role: Caesar Rodney Charlottesville GDS A George Mason JM B Seton Hall Wisdom Teeth: Annandale Clover Hill GDS B Gov A JM A South County B UChicago As Minority: Bishop Ireton Gonzaga Longfellow B Marshall RM A Woodson Morlan ex Mach...

At noon today we didn't know whether we were going to be able to get the questions in time to run the tournament. We were told that they had been written but not randomized, and that it was possible that we could get them either in random order or sorted by category, but we weren't sure when that wa...

There will also be a cross-bracket game to determine the final rankings, so teams are actually guaranteed 11 games.

Yes, we want to mirror that format for the second and third tiers. We'll try to get as close as possible, but if some teams decide to leave at lunch it may have to be slightly different.

HSAPQ has been having trouble getting us the questions. Apparently all the questions have been written but their packet randomizer is not working. They may be able to send us the questions for us to put in packets ourselves, but if this doesn't happen very, very soon we may have to cancel the tourna...

This is all assuming 36 teams. We have 35 signed up right now, so if anyone else wants to register please let us know by emailing tjhsstquizbowl@gmail.com. If we stay at 35, we'll field a house team/scab team so at least we can avoid having byes. We're starting at 9:00, and registration will begin a...

Parkersburg dropped this morning, which means that someone else can register. We know GDS expressed interest at one point in bringing a third team, but anyone else who's interested is also free to sign up. Registration is closed on the site, so you can email us at tjhsstquizbowl@gmail.com. Also, the...

If/when Seton Hall and West Potomac both sign up, we'll have reached our cap of 36 teams. However, we just found out that Churchill may or may not be able to come, which means that we might have another spot open. Would any team like to be put on a waiting list? We should know by Wednesday whether o...

Like usual, if you need another moderator, you know you can count on me. Great, thanks. Right now you, Marshall, and James Madison are signed up to bring moderators, and we're looking forward to having your help. Unfortunately we will not be able to increase the field size, but there will be a wait...

Whitman, Blake, and GDS each have one slot held for them, so we're at 32 teams. We're going to try to increase the field to 36 or so, but it'll depend on whether we can get more rooms and moderators in time.

Is it a problem if I grab a spot in the field for them and then let you know if they aren't going ASAP? That's fine; just let us know when you know for sure. With four slots still open, then, some more information: Registration will start at 8, and the tournament at 9. For format, we're planning on...

With two weeks to go, we're at 17 teams. Sign up at http://activities.tjhsst.edu/quizbowl/tjiatreg.php!

An update on the buzzer/moderator discounts: -$5 for the first buzzer set, and -$10 for each subsequent one. Moderators discounts will work the same way. The base price per team is still $60.

I can help staff, if you need it.

The reason this is happening at Longfellow (aside from their attending and winning Junior NAC last year) is that the Longfellow coach is on sabbatical this year and his substitute is a moderator for the NAC. I don't know who the new coach is other than that, so our ability to get in touch with him i...

We haven't heard anything specific from HSAPQ, but according to http://www.hsapq.com/events.html we will be getting set #9.

Field update: Registered (32): Bishop Ireton Caesar Rodney Centennial (2) Charlottesville Churchill Elizabeth Seton George Mason GDS (2) Marshall Gonzaga James Madison (2) Robinson Langley Longfellow MS (2) Maggie Walker (2) RM (2) Lee San Dimas/Blake South County (2) St. Anselms Covenant Walter Joh...

This is an official announcement for Thomas Jefferson’s fall tournament, the TJIAT, on Saturday, October 17 2009. We will be ordering an HSAPQ set in ACF format and are hoping for 32 teams. TJIAT will also be a PACE NSC qualifier. The price will be $60 per team, with discounts for buzzers and modera...