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Ondes Martenot

RPI will probably bring a team to this.

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RPI will be bringing a bunch of teams to this, but it will be some time until we have any exact numbers.

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Assuming that mixed teams are still allowed I will be teaming with Doug Yetman for this event and possibly some of my RPI teammates.

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I should note that if a northeast mirror materializes, I will probably attend that instead.

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Doug Yetman and I are teaming up for this. Other free agents are welcome to join us

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We can also bring our buzzer system to this...

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Yeah, sorry we couldn't make it. The forecast became really bad really fast late Friday afternoon and I had to make a judgement call. Hopefully this didn't screw things up too much.

Ondes Martenot · Re: ACF Fall 2011 Northeast at Yale (11/05/11) RPI is bringing 3 teams

RPI is bringing 3 teams

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I emailed Ian about this a couple of weeks ago but it isn't reflected in the field yet that RPI is only bringing one team

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To those wondering about parking: There's a parking lot on 1033 Massachusetts Avenue, about 3 or 4 blocks from Sever Hall. You can get a parking permit for $5 from Harvard's website. If you've never done this before, you will have to make an account online and will need to use the code 7700 to make ...

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Does anyone know where this tournament will be held?

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Apparently people on RPI quizbowl really like going to tournaments now so put us down for 3 teams.

Ondes Martenot · Re: MOO Mirror at Harvard (10/08/11) is this going to be at sever hall?

is this going to be at sever hall?

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I'm not sure how much weight my opinion holds, but if this was held on Jan 14 I would probably come down to College Park during my winter break to play this (assuming there's no mirror in the northeast)

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Aaron Cohen, Will Butler, Auroni Gupta, and Eric Mukherjee (sorry if I forgot anyone) were invaluable resources for cleaning up the science questions.

I actually had nothing to do with the science (or anything else) in this set, but thanks anyway I guess.

Ondes Martenot

RPI will definitely have 2 teams, but probably more like 3-4 teams. In a couple of weeks I'll have a clearer idea of how many we're bringing

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Matt,

I am really sorry to do this to you but there's been an....."issue" with one of our driver's cars and we're going to be a team short. I'm sorry this is such short notice, I literally had zero control over this.

Ondes Martenot

There is a visitor's parking lot on Temple St. between Wall and Elm that is free to use

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RPI will bring a team, maybe a second as well

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Is the Harvard mirror on the 1st or 8th?

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We have 14 signed up to go (and will probably get an additonal 15th to come), so we're actually going to bring 4 teams to this

Ondes Martenot

RPI will probably have one team, with the slight chance of a second

Ondes Martenot

I can't give specifics, but RPI will be bringing about 2 teams, 1-2 moderators and a buzzer system

Ondes Martenot

I'm looking for more teammates-possibly up to three since Doug Yetman's status is quite volatile.

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I'm including bonuses

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The rules about post content do not apply, and never have applied, to board staff.

What exactly does this mean? That staff can say whatever they want and get away with it or something more specific like "staff can tell users how to post, non-staff can't".

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You might also want to mention some good science websites like hyperphysics and wolfram, which to the best of my knowledge are very accurate. One of the good things about science is that you can usually find more reliable information online than other subjects, usually on university websites. Again ...

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If it's August 8-9 I'm back on board for the full tournament. Still have no clue about my teammates. Maybe Yetman will join, maybe I'll play solo, maybe I'll find random people on the boardwalk and persuade them to play with me.

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Maybe I'm looking at this the wrong way, but it seems like what I'm hearing is that people are essentially punishing players who don't have the luxury of strong teammates when they vote. In my opinion from personal experience, if you don't have strong teammates, it is a much better investment of you...

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If the new date is indeed August 10-11 then I would only be able to play the events on the 10th but would have to leave that night.

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August 8/9 and 9/10 are both fine for me

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I may be joined by the elusive Doug Yetman. I'm still looking for 2 more teammates, and possibly a third depending on Doug's status. Any skill level is welcomed-email me at [email protected]

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Just found that Jon Pinyan can't attend this so I'm looking for teammates. Email me at [email protected] if you're interested

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I'm not sure how accurate this is, but some teams alternate fake names during a tournament to place complete emphasis on winning games and not have individuals be obsessed with their stats.

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Here is the stuff I wrote for this tournament Packet 1: Nero bonus, silicon 2: Henry VII, mormons, Ives 3: October Manifesto bonus 4: Richard II, Great Northern War bonus, kings of rome, hudson river school bonus, raman spec 5: Congo crisis bonus, walter mondale 6: Vandals, 7: bonus on psych experim...

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This set has been posted at http://quizbowlpackets.com/

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Unless something bizarre comes up I'd like to attend

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Hey, Since it looks like there wont be a DC area mirror of BATE, I can finally open up a discussion thread for the tournament (that is, you can discuss individual questions and the like in this thread). First, I'd like to thank everyone who helped out writing the set. I also want to thank all the sc...

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So I haven't heard from any schools in the mid Atlantic about hosting BATE, so it looks like there wont be any mirror in this region.

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The only thing I would say about the bonuses is the use of "You are X. Let's see how much you know about your life" as a leadin, and some other useless ones mentioning the names of various quizbowl players. The only bonus I remember of the first type was the assassinations bonus, which I ...

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Hey, I just heard back from JR that they (Maggie Walker) wont be mirroring BATE. If someone in the MD/DC/VA area wants to mirror it sometime before the season is over, please let me know ASAP by emailing me at aarcoh@gmail.com. If no one lets me know by Monday morning (May 2nd) I will start a discus...

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OH MY GOD FRED YOU RANKED BERGEN COUNTY #98 YOU CLEARLY HAVE AN ANTI NEW JERSEY BIAS THIS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE

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If the Maggie Walker BATE mirror does not happen, GDS will probably come to this tournament. I have not been able to find an announcement for the former, nor has anyone even confirmed that it is happening. I emailed JR from Maggie Walker about this a couple of days ago and haven't heard back yet ei...

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As bizarre as this sounds, I guess I'll put myself down as interested

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I lost something like 255-345 to Matt Jackson in the first game of an advantaged final if anyone's wondering

Ondes Martenot · Re: MUT Mirror at MIT (4/23/11) What building is this taking place in?

What building is this taking place in?

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I'm not sure how the first clue affects things, but it seems like crown ethers could have been accepted after template effect.

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A very small complaint: The tossup on ethers started along the lines "cryptands are a three dimensional version of the two dimensional version of this functional group". Not only is this clue written somewhat confusingly, it is also inaccurate since cryptands have both nitrogen and oxygen ...

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I'm pretty sure that White Collar falls under the much hated category of "Mixed Impure Academic", whose continued existence baffles many quizbowlers including myself.

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RPI will probably bring 1-2 teams, and a buzzer system

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