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Congratulations to Liberal Arts and Science Academy A, the winner of the 2014 PACE NSC. Congratulations also to our second place team, Western Albemarle. The score of the one game final was 470-350. This year for the first time ever we are recognizing the top three Junior Varsity teams, who in desce...

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I can confirm the Ladue - St. John's game is starting soon; it needed to wait until after the other tiebreakers because of noise from the mics. The LASA - Western Albemarle final will start as soon as the third place game is over.

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Full playoff stats are at the database page linked above and again here. We'll see everyone in the morning for the superplayoffs!

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All name corrections will be made at the end of the tournament, as we are working in multiple stats files. Those should be sent via forums PM to our head stats person, Jon Pinyan, whose username is jonpin. The playoffs are underway; next year we will have three statkeepers managing this volume of sc...

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All registered teams should have just received a logistics email from me. Please contact me ASAP if this is not the case.

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We also played some frisbee on this trip.

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https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/t1.0-9/207957_6037295468_107_n.jpg This is the group that traveled by minibus (and Mrs. Adams' minivan) from Gov to Ann Arbor, Michigan for the 2007 NSC. Back row: Mark Guerci, Evan Adams, Erik Haley, Mehdi Razvi, Will Butler Next row: Dr. John...

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RexSueciae wrote:Hopefully the University of Virginia has a spot open on its quizbowl team.

After three years in a row of only graduating 1 player, 4 of us are headed out the door this year. I'm sure there will be room for all. :)

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I know Andrew Hart has already been mentioned, but let's not forget the largely thankless work he does every year managing Early Autumn Collegiate Novice. For many players (including me), this was their first time playing a college tournament - or any tournament! And for many writers (again, includ...

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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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I used this yesterday to put a friend of a friend in contact with the team at her school, which reminds me to remind you all to please update your information as people graduate this spring. This can be a very useful tool, but only if it's reasonably current.

Blackboard Monitor Vimes · Re: MUT at VCU (Richmond, VA) - 04/05/2014 I'll be updating stats here.

I'll be updating stats here.

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I apologize if this information is somewhere on the PACE website and I just can't find it, but how can I change our registration from 0 to 2 staffers? (And do I have to send those names to someone? ) Please email our treasurer, Brian Mongilio, at treasurer@pace-nsc.org, since that will change your ...

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Do you have a confirmed building yet, Cody? I'll be seeing our team's drivers tomorrow night.

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Would it be possible/would it make sense to pay someone to help Jeff (and whoever else is handling stuff like ICT rosters) out during Nats season? Getting everyone's rosters sorted is one of those tasks that always takes way longer than it seems like it should (unlike some of the people complaining...

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Would it be possible for teams to submit partial rosters ("we're not sure about our 4th yet, but") to ameliorate this? A good way to implement this might be to allow individual players from a school to sign themselves up on a team, subject to the registrant's override. With NAQT's current...

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You don't need to be president, but if someone else registers the teams, I don't know if you have the ability to edit the teams. I once registered Minnesota's teams despite never holding any position with the club, but I think this freezes out the ability of other people to do the same (?) I had Jo...

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I suppose PACE NSC, the other recognized major national championship tournament, would be a possibility, but you would most likely have to request a wild-card berth, and I don't know how that works for that particular tournament, or if they have a wild-card procedure at all. PACE NSC is considered ...

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The Hyatt Place apparently changed their format and prices so they are no longer as ideal, but last weekend Matt Weiner was talking about a new recommendation he's working on that will serve the same purpose. I will echo Fred's point that tryouts are not strictly necessary; for the past two years VA...

Blackboard Monitor Vimes · Re: Virginia NAQT States at UVA (Charlottesville; 3/22/14) Full stats

Full stats

Blackboard Monitor Vimes · Re: Virginia NAQT States at UVA (Charlottesville; 3/22/14) Prelim Stats

Prelim Stats

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I've decided that the humanities research life is not for me, so I'll be moving back to Richmond after graduation. VCU claims that I will know in 6-8 weeks whether I'll be pursuing an MT in English or frantically job hunting, but either way my playing days are over as of last spring. I plan to stay ...

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The editors of DRAGOON have graciously agreed to let us use their set for NASAT tryouts. Please continuing signing up with James if you are interested (with the caveat that tryouts will only occur if more than 6 students are interested).

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We now have 12 rooms in New Cabell Hall and a hard cap of 24 teams.

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Congrats to Maryland A! Stats are now complete at the links above.

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Playoff stats are happening.

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Live Prelim Stats

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Registration will start at 9:30 AM in Harris Hall 2117 (we don't technically have rooms until 10). I would like round 1 to start promptly at 10 AM. I'm going to want to get through as many of the prelim rounds as possible before lunch, so eating breakfast is recommended. All teams will get a logisti...

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fett0001 wrote:Can we claim a travel discount now? The move added an additional 65 miles and an hour more of travel.

Yeah, just let Jerry/Susan know.

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I'm hoping this works for NCSSM and Johns Hopkins, but having heard from everyone else, we're gonna go ahead with the VCU move and cap the field at 13. This uses every available room; I'll be TDing on a couch in the hallway. I've also confirmed with ACF that any team who would've received a travel ...

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I'm hoping this works for NCSSM and Johns Hopkins, but having heard from everyone else, we're gonna go ahead with the VCU move and cap the field at 13. This uses every available room; I'll be TDing on a couch in the hallway. I've also confirmed with ACF that any team who would've received a travel d...

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Ok, so, we cannot use Western Albemarle on such short notice, unfortunately. Our options are now VT or VCU, who were able to get us 6 rooms starting at 10 AM on Sunday. I'm going to email the registered teams seeing which option will work best; I suspect VCU is closer for most people, but that also ...

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The wonderful people at Virginia Tech have graciously offered their campus as a backup location. For many registered teams that's a much farther trip, so we will continue investigating the use of a local high school to keep the tournament in the Cville area. Should the HS option fail, this tournamen...

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I have been assured that we will hear back about how many rooms we have for this within 10 business days at the latest; I'm hoping for sooner. Apparently they started working on weekend requests later than usual this semester. At that point I'll be able to edit a specific meeting room into the first...

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The rooms people have confirmed that they are useless and have changed their policies so that no spaces can be used before 4 PM on Sundays. I'm getting in touch with some high school coaches, as apparently there is also a hs tournament in Maryland I didn't know about on 2/22.

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I have just been informed that we are no longer allowed to use Cabell before 4 PM on Sundays despite that not being an issue last semester. I've asked if them if there's a different building we can use on Sunday, but we may end up having to either move to Saturday (and unfortunately screw over the h...

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Should NASAT tryouts be planned to be held on this day? I unfortunately won't be able to make it to this tournament, but this is probably as good as any tournament to start deciding Team Virginia. If there's sufficient interest, this would probably work. Team Virginia as yet does not have a coach, ...

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Hey, Mike, does "per team" in your fee structure mean "per school" or "per registered team"? If the former, I'll be un-registering one of our buzzers. Sorry for the delay in asking; I didn't think to check because I hadn't realized hosts were allowed to change that. Pe...

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Hey, Mike, does "per team" in your fee structure mean "per school" or "per registered team"? If the former, I'll be un-registering one of our buzzers. Sorry for the delay in asking; I didn't think to check because I hadn't realized hosts were allowed to change that.

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Could someone please clarify where 2014 PACE Competition is being held. The hotel website ( the page where you book the rooms) says the that event is 25 miles from the hotel. Save your time and do not call the hotel because apparently they do not the ability to answer if an event is being held in t...

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The Academic Competition Club at UVA will be hosting the Virginia NAQT State Championship on March 22, 2014 using NAQT IS-136, the designated state tournament set. We will not be using computational math tossups at this tournament, and the field is tentatively capped at 21 teams (this will be update...

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It depends on the school. This is the recommended practice for student organizations at VCU. My only advice is to be very wary of being charged fees for a business account. Yeah, I have to buy something with our card once a month or we get charged a $15 fee (we have a Bank of America business accou...

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I've just received word from NAQT that our March 22 tournament will indeed be NAQT States. Formal announcement to follow later this week.

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I had some trouble finding this when I went to start gathering email addresses to invite people to Regionals, so I've stickied it. Please keep your team's info up-to-date and fix anything that may be incorrect so that we can reach out to those who may not check hsqb often.

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Registered (teams/buzzers/staffers):

Delaware (1/2/0)
Johns Hopkins (2/1/0)
J. Sargeant Reynolds (1/1/0)
Maryland (2/2/0)
NCSSM (1/1/0)
North Carolina (2/1/0)
South Carolina (1/2/2)
St. Luke's Penny Savings Bank (1/0/0)
VCU (1/4/0)
Virginia Tech (1/1/1)
William and Mary (1/1/0)

Waiting List

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The 2014 Mid-Atlantic ACF Regionals will take place at the University of Virginia Harris Hall at VCU on Sunday, 2/23/14. I am unable to announce a field cap just yet, as I won't be able to have confirmed room reservations until early January. We have reached our cap of 14 teams. Teams should registe...

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Dorman A won this tournament in an advantaged final over Western Albemarle A.

Combined Stats

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Prelim Stats

The minimum PPG to win a scoring prize at this tournament was 55, which is really impressive. Good work, teams.

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After some drops, we have space for one more team if anyone out there is still interested in joining us.

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Registered teams should expect an email update from me tonight.

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