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1 Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, "The Message" vs. 5 Tracy Chapman, "Fast Car" 6 Nena, "99 Luftballons" vs. 7 Dexy's Midnight Runners, "Come on Eileen" 16 Pixies, "Where is My Mind" vs. 12 Van Halen, "Panama" 3 Prince, "When D...

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1 Michael Jackson, "Billie Jean" vs. 9 David Bowie, "Modern Love" Michael Jackson is just way too creepy and now that he has some real competition I am going to vote against him. 5 U2 "With or Without You" vs. 13 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, "Free Fallin'"...

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1 Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, "The Message" vs. 9 Dire Straits, "Money For Nothing" I would prefer Romeo and Juliet, but this is good enough. 5 Tracy Chapman, "Fast Car" vs. 13 Rick James, "Super Freak" Whichever song wins this matchup has my vote ...

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Congratulations to Jonathan Lau, winner of the 2020 Scobol Solo . Jonah Greenthal wrote software that managed this tournament so that we could have advanced stats, moderators didn't need scoresheets, and students could see where their next match was. The software worked perfectly. Jonah also improve...

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The Championship Match will be broadcast on Twitch. We expect it to happen Saturday around 4:00 Central Time. All links are on the tournament main page.

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This mostly reasonable ranking puts it at 29, which I don't have a problem with.

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1 Soft Cell, "Tainted Love" vs. The Cars, "You Might Think" I have no idea why Tainted Love is a 1 seed, but I understand why You Might Think is a 16 seed. 8 Pat Benatar, "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" vs. 9 Hall and Oates, "Maneater" Benatar makes a statement....

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Sam wrote: ↑Mon Dec 07, 2020 9:53 pm Spinal Tap, whose name escapes me at the moment

You got half of it.

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1 Michael Jackson,"Billie Jean" vs. 16 Billy Bragg, "A New England" I don't want to vote for Michael Jackson, but sometimes his songs are just better than the competition. 8 Metallica, "Master of Puppets" vs. 9 David Bowie, "Modern Love" Probably not the best...

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Thanks to everybody who made the first half of this tournament a success. Here are the stats.

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1 Madonna, "Like a Virgin" vs. 16 Pixies, "Where is My Mind?" Like a Virgin was a part of world change, and I'm not a Pixies fan. 8 Bruce Springsteen, "Born in the USA" vs. 9 AC/DC, "Back in Black" Bruce is the better act, but Back in Black is the better song...

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EDIT: These pairings have changed from the original post. There are unlikely to be major changes in the future. If you are coaching, playing, or moderating, you should have received instructions from me. Contact me if that is not the case. If you have not already done so, you should now log onto the...

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I don't even know if I should vote. I never went to Chess King, and I spent much of the 1980s listening to music from the 60s and 70s. 1 Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, "The Message" vs. 16 INXS, "Need You Tonight" I'll vote for the historically important song. It's not l...

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I'm running a tournament in the near future and thinking of just eliminating the text rooms. Having people type answers leads to longer matches and the necessity of evaluating answers with typos, and it also requires moderators to have another window in addition to the questions, the scoresheet, and...

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The bar this needs to pass over is low. Many quizbowlers are fine with Jeopardy despite its obvious flaws as quizbowl because it seems to have been run by decent people (Trebek and Richards), and it doesn't claim to be something it's not. It's a game show, and it's better than other game shows, so y...

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80s BRACKET WILD CARD ROUND 4: QUADRANT STEELE SUBMIT VOTES BY 11:59 PST 11/28 9A/9B: Hall and Oates, "Maneater" vs. Depeche Mode, "Personal Jesus" I prefer People are People, but Personal Jesus is good. 10A/10B: Phil Collins, "In The Air Tonight" vs. Ozzy Osbourne, &qu...

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Any slot listed as player to be named later will be given away to a team on the waitlist on the morning of December 1 unless I am sent a name before then.

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An opportunity to give my opinion after it's already been cited! WILD CARD ROUND THREE: QUADRANT HILL VOTES DUE BY 11:59 PM 11/24 9A/9B: David Bowie,"Modern Love" vs. A Flock of Seagulls,"I Ran (So Far Away)" The danceability of this song is underrated. 10A/10B: The B-52s, "...

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We now have enough moderators. It would be helpful to get more rosters. Take a look at this link and let me know the names of players to be named later.

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WILD CARD: QUADRANT MAGNUM SUBMIT VOTES BY 11:59 PM 11/21 9A/9B: AC/DC, "Back in Black" vs. Eurythmics, "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" I like both of these, but Back in Black is definitely better. 10A/10B: Tears for Fears, "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" vs. The ...

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9A/9B: Bonnie Tyler,"Total Eclipse of the Heart" vs. Dire Straits, "Money For Nothing" Maybe there should be a content warning on this. It's stuff that Knopfler overheard, and some of it is very bad. Also, watching this video builds appreciation for Toy Story. 10A/10B: The Bangle...

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19. The Head That Talks Talking Heads, “Once in a Lifetime” Talking Heads, “Burning Down the House” Burning Down the House is good, but it's not Once in a Lifetime. 20. Pick ‘em: U2 (“With or Without You” is untouchable) U2, "Sunday Bloody Sunday" U2, “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Lookin...

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AKKOLADE wrote: ↑Wed Nov 11, 2020 5:07 pm Picking "No" should put you on a list.

I thought we were friends.

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We need more moderators. Please help!

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10. Wham!? Wham!, “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” Wham!, “Careless Whisper” Conan O'Brien: Bush's Supreme Court nominee [is] taking a lot of heat. Yeah, they're scrutinizing everything. Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito said he's embarrassed by some of the things he wrote in the 1980s. Yeah, it turns...

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1. Clash of the Clash The Clash, “Should I Stay or Should I Go”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN1WwnEDWAM The Clash, “Rock the Casbah”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ9r8LMU9bQ I like the lyrics to “Should I Stay or Should I Go” more, but I like the music more to “Rock the Casbah”. 2. Country...

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I apologize for nominating an obvious #1 seed this late in the process, but Phish's Run Like an Antelope was on a demo tape released in 1986.

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No. It was scheduled in the afternoon to avoid SATs and ACTs that several students are taking those days.

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The tournament is almost full. If you want a spot in the field, let me know immediately. Use the link above to see who is in.

We still need a lot of moderators. Please staff this tournament! I can't give you pizza, but I can still be grateful and send you a check.

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I spent a lot of time during the 1980s listening to The Police, The Who, U2, Bruce, and The Beatles. My recommendations from them would be Don't Stand So Close To Me, Eminence Front, Bad, Hungry Heart, and nothing because they broke up ten years earlier. Also, I'm a bigger fan of Another One Bites t...

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When Phil Jackson became the coach of the Los Angeles Lakers after having coached the Chicago Bulls to six championships, he looked back at the career of his new center Shaquille O'Neal. He noticed that O'Neal's teams had been swept a lot in the playoffs--the year before in the Conference Semis and ...

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Zoom can be a whiteboard app that allows students to write on the same doc, but there are all sorts of question security issues with making sure students don't have other windows open, subs and coaches can't write on the whiteboard, and teams don't have access to other teams' whiteboards (especially...

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The game theory post is interesting. I don't know how applicable it is because there is a major lack of information during a tossup because you don't know how close the other team is to getting it and you don't know what is going on in your teammates' minds. Also, the probability of getting a questi...

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This tournament is now half full. Sign up soon if you want to play. Also, I need lots of moderators.

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You can see field updates here.

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I am producing an IESA Style Set like I did last year. The set is ready for use now. Last year's announcement, which includes a sample set is here. This set is 15 rounds. The distribution is: Science 5/4 Math with some Computers 5/4 Social Studies (including History) 5/4 Language Arts (including Lit...

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This is an invitation to participate in the Twentieth Annual Scobol Solo, to be held on Saturdays, December 5 & 12, 2020. The tournament is on Discord. Checks should be made payable to Reinstein QuizBowl and mailed to: Reinstein QuizBowl PO Box 57 125 Shelter Road Lincolnshire, IL 60069 If this ...

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At this point there is a good chance that Solo will occur online the afternoons of December 5 and 12. Anybody who plays would need to be available both days. There is also a good chance that New Trier Varsity will not happen. If you have questions, ask--I am not making a formal announcement or email...

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Masonics is cancelled this year, so I am going to hold over the questions for the Masonic and Reinstein Sets until 2022. I am looking into the possibility of an online December Scobol Solo. The IESA Format Set is still being produced for this school year and is on track to be finished by the end of ...

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Speaking as a TD, if a situation escalates you can and should go to the TD. If there is a student or coach being aggressive towards a staffer at one of my tournaments, then I want to know about it. I want to know a lot about it, including the impact it has on the staffer. Use your judgment as to whe...

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This announcement actually covers four or five sets. Scobol Solo is a tossup only set. It contains 14 regular rounds, one replacement round, and a 60 question championship round, with tiebreakers for all rounds. It is about 400 tossups total. The main site was originally scheduled to be at New Trier...

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I am speaking just for myself here. Thanks to the people making this discussion happen. Some good is already resulting from it, and more good will continue to result from it. As some people have already pointed out, the idea of implementing a list of offenders is an extremely complex one. If you are...

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the return of AHAN wrote: ↑Sat Jul 11, 2020 12:58 am I stan for Sorice, even more than I did before.

No way. Sorice had a chance to give Baby Hitler a bloody nose, and he let him off.

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I'm going through messages now. Very little is left if anything.

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Due to a strong initial response, I currently only have openings for people willing to write questions in math, civics, econ, geography, grammar, pop culture, and miscellaneous.

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Write middle school questions for me. I'll pay you money.

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ThisIsMyUsername wrote: ↑Sat Jul 04, 2020 9:52 pm
a named reaction wrote: ↑Sat Jul 04, 2020 8:16 pm i can't wait to vote on all the best songs of the 1780s
I presume you're joking, but I'd totally run such a bracket...

Can we get a first round match between Mozart and Salieri?

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ValenciaQBowl wrote: ↑Fri Jul 03, 2020 9:42 am I'm chrome wheeled, fuel injected and steppin' out over the line.

I'm normally a Zeppelin fan, but in this case

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Arthur's reply to me is perfectly reasonable. If you are writing a high school set and getting burned out or not having fun for whatever reason, then you should consider combining with another set, giving yourself another year, or just announcing that your set isn't finished but you want to read wha...

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Stairway to Heaven vs. Wish You Were Here Superstition vs. Born to Run If you didn't want Springsteen to win, you should have voted for Friend of the Devil. These songs are all great. Good job kids! Wish You Were Here is the worst of the four, and listening to it repeatedly is time well spent. You'...

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