I'd be perfectly fine with this.Matt Weiner wrote:If this is paired with VCU Open at some unusual time (say, Friday during the day or evening), would that greatly affect a lot of people who can't get out of their summer employment and otherwise wanted to come?
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- Thu Apr 11, 2013 2:46 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: National History Bowl - 2013 College Nationals: Sun. Apr. 14
- Replies: 62
- Views: 16935
Re: National History Bowl - 2013 College Nationals: Sun. Apr. 14
- Wed Apr 10, 2013 3:46 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: National History Bowl - 2013 College Nationals: Sun. Apr. 14
- Replies: 62
- Views: 16935
Re: National History Bowl - 2013 College Nationals: Sun. Apr. 14
I'd definitely be willing to pitch in a few questions.
- Wed Apr 10, 2013 3:38 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Terrapin Mirror - Skype - 5/4/13
- Replies: 32
- Views: 11541
Re: Terrapin Mirror - Skype - 5/4/13
UPDATE: Now that we've got funding, Dartmouth (sans Nick Jensen) plans on playing this tournament if there's room in the field. Also, we'd greatly prefer if you guys allowed people from multiple sites to compete, since Aaron Pellowski is currently in Germany but is interested in playing with the res...
- Fri Apr 05, 2013 7:59 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Missouri Open mirrors
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4489
Re: Missouri Open - July 6th, 2013
Since I missed MUT, I feel obliged to play this, assuming there is in fact a mirror at Virginia Tech. If anyone's interested in forming a team, please message me or indicate so in this thread.
- Thu Apr 04, 2013 8:29 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Terrapin Mirror - Skype - 5/4/13
- Replies: 32
- Views: 11541
Re: Terrapin Mirror - Skype - 5/4/13
I'm definitely interested in playing this if I can, hopefully along with some other non-Nick Jensen members of our quizbowl team.
- Thu Apr 04, 2013 4:09 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open 2013 (7/20-21/13)
- Replies: 147
- Views: 84126
Re: Chicago Open 2013 (7/20-21/13)
I might enjoy this, as it'd mean I could actually get science questions by the end at a hard tournament.Excelsior (smack) wrote:If nobody steps up to edit this tournament, I will do it* and you will have to play geology tossups on "Gondwana separating from Laurasia".
- Wed Mar 27, 2013 6:59 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MUT Mirror at Yale (3/30/13)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8704
Re: MUT Mirror at Yale (3/30/13)
Update: Dartmouth won't be able to attend this tournament.
- Tue Mar 26, 2013 4:01 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: National History Bowl - 2013 College Nationals: Sun. Apr. 14
- Replies: 62
- Views: 16935
Re: National History Bowl - 2013 College Nationals: Sun. Apr. 14
We don't plan on going to this anymore. Hopefully we'll be able to play next year. (Alternatively, we could try and play this over Skype, if anyone else is interested in doing that - I'd love to, for one).
- Sat Mar 23, 2013 6:35 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Watkins-gate news media link collection - 19 Total
- Replies: 112
- Views: 184359
Re: Watkins-gate news media link collection - 19 Total
I can't wait to see NMA quizbowl animations!Skepticism and Animal Feed wrote:But is there a Taiwanese news video yet?
- Fri Mar 22, 2013 10:32 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Venting rage: Cheaters edition
- Replies: 74
- Views: 54908
Re: Venting rage: Cheaters edition
I also thought of Dimitri, the player from BCC that created an entirely fake tournament and got me to send him one of the HSAPQ question sets. I was completely shocked when it was announced that Dimitri had cheated because by all signs Dimitri was enthusiastic about the game, had been studying hard...
- Fri Mar 22, 2013 10:06 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MUT Mirror at Yale (3/30/13)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8704
Re: MUT Mirror at Yale (3/30/13)
As of right now Dartmouth plans on sending one team to this tournament. We will have one buzzer system.
- Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:59 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: British Student Quiz Championships 2013 (May 18th, London)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6250
Re: British Student Quiz Championships 2013 (May 18th, London)
On a semi-related note, was the British History from ACF Fall ever assembled into a side event?
- Sun Mar 17, 2013 9:26 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: VCU Spring Tournament [New Kent, VA] 3/16/2013
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5774
Re: VCU Spring Tournament [New Kent, VA] 3/16/2013
This is the first time I got to see a lot of the best teams in the DMV square off against each other and I was blown away. Maggie Walker, Blair, and TJ are frightening, WJ has gotten really good (kudos, especially to Sameen), and New Kent and RM are as impressive as ever. Noah and teammates from GDS...
- Thu Mar 14, 2013 4:58 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Thinking about the Quizbowl Distribution
- Replies: 72
- Views: 13751
Re: Thinking about the Quizbowl Distribution
If it wasn't clear before, I agree with this wholeheartedly. I've tried to promote this agenda in my writing, not always successfully, and I would recommend others to bear it in mind when they write SS, even if execution isn't perfect it's better than the same old things trotted out again and again...
- Thu Mar 14, 2013 4:40 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Thinking about the Quizbowl Distribution
- Replies: 72
- Views: 13751
Re: Thinking about the Quizbowl Distribution
Regarding the question of mythology, I'm in favor of decreasing its distribution for some of the reasons already mentioned. Much of quizbowl mythology is simply knowledge of the actions of fictional characters, only distinguished from literature by the fact that they are associated with the religiou...
- Thu Mar 14, 2013 6:17 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Thinking about the Quizbowl Distribution
- Replies: 72
- Views: 13751
Re: Thinking about the Quizbowl Distribution
I'm certainly more in favor of the distribution conforming more to what people actually study in academia. For this reason, I feel math/computer science and especially social science are underrepresented in the distribution. Economics, psychology, sociology, anthropology and various forms of geograp...
- Sun Mar 10, 2013 3:45 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Tournament Discussion
- Replies: 70
- Views: 19990
Re: Tournament Discussion
The general consensus among our team was that this tournament was somewhat easier than what we imagine "regular difficulty" to be. I feel the bonuses were the major shortcoming of the tournament, with a lot of fairly easy 30s and instant-20s for players with a moderate amount of experience...
- Sun Mar 10, 2013 12:39 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: WIT at Harvard (3/9/13)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2690
Re: WIT at Harvard (3/9/13)
As mentioned, the teams were balanced and the games were well-fought and enjoyable, as was this tournament. Thanks to Harvard for hosting.
- Fri Mar 08, 2013 6:12 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Urgent Call for Unity (July 21, 2013)
- Replies: 121
- Views: 31893
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Urgent Call for Unity (Summer 2013)
I plan on submitting a packet along with Kirk Jing from Dartmouth. Hopefully I'll also be playing this tournament with him.
- Thu Mar 07, 2013 3:58 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: What Happens to DC-Area Quizbowl Next Year?
- Replies: 158
- Views: 99614
Re: What Happens to DC-Area Quizbowl Next Year?
Well, at least you guys haven't had your quizbowl programs collapse entirely. BCC's academic team has regressed once again to being utterly consumed by It's Academic and Quizmaster Challenge.
- Wed Feb 27, 2013 1:29 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Regionals 2013 Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 61
- Views: 16508
Re: ACF Regionals 2013 Specific Question Discussion
Can someone post the the Malacca tossup? I was a bit confused when it started referring to "this city" after mentioning Zheng He. I'd always thought that Malacca either referred to the Sultanate or the Straits (in which Zheng He fought a battle or two against the pirates based there) and ...
- Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:58 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Regionals 2013 Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 61
- Views: 16508
Re: ACF Regionals 2013 Specific Question Discussion
On the whole I though the history at this tournament was fairly good and well-written. I did have a few problems though, several of which have already been brought up: There were a couple of questions in this set that I thought invited negs. The question on Lysander practically begged for a Xenophon...
- Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:29 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Regionals 2013 General Discussion
- Replies: 56
- Views: 16513
Re: ACF Regionals 2013 General Discussion
I felt like this set overestimated the knowledge that the field had. History in particular seemed to go into "Are you an expert in this time period/field of history? No? Too bad." way too often in the bonuses. I disagree, and think that this tournament accomplished its difficulty-related ...
- Mon Feb 25, 2013 3:37 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CO History 2013 planning
- Replies: 37
- Views: 6719
Re: CO History 2013 planning
I'd be delighted to play such a tournament.
- Wed Feb 20, 2013 8:10 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Regionals at Brown University (2/23/13)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 21728
Re: ACF Regionals at Brown University (2/23/13)
We don't plan on bringing a C-team anymore, if that helps. We're not sure if we can field a B-Team at this event, either.
- Mon Feb 18, 2013 2:27 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Ottawa Hybrid 2013-March 17, 2012
- Replies: 28
- Views: 10272
Re: Ottawa Hybrid 2013-March 17, 2012
Dartmouth's interested, though hopefully there's a mirror that's a bit closer by.
- Tue Feb 12, 2013 4:05 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MUT Mirror at Yale (3/30/13)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8704
Re: MUT Mirror at Yale (3/30/13)
Dartmouth is interested in attending.
- Sat Jan 19, 2013 10:50 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: All very good at all or every specialist at each different
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2039
Re: All very good at all or every specialist at each different
Having a lot of people who know a lot of things works fairly well at the high-school level, where the canon is smaller and people take a wider range of classes. That was basically my experience playing high school quizbowl - our team never went to a lot of tournaments (unfortunately) but since our p...
- Fri Jan 11, 2013 5:17 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: National History Bowl - 2013 College Nationals: Sun. Apr. 14
- Replies: 62
- Views: 16935
Re: National History Bowl - 2013 College Nationals: Sun. Apr. 14
Dartmouth is definitely interested in this.
- Sun Dec 16, 2012 11:06 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: TJIAT on 12/15/12
- Replies: 24
- Views: 8756
Re: TJIAT on 12/15/12
Well, I certainly had a blast reading at this tournament. The questions had a lot of issues with the lead-ins in my opinion, but I guess this wasn't supposed to be the hardest question set ever.
Also, WJ has gotten a million percent better since I last saw them play. Kudos to them.
Also, WJ has gotten a million percent better since I last saw them play. Kudos to them.
- Tue Nov 20, 2012 4:25 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: TJIAT on 12/15/12
- Replies: 24
- Views: 8756
Re: TJIAT on 12/15/12
If you guys need additional moderators, I'd like to volunteer; I should be available that day.
- Sun Sep 30, 2012 3:09 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Collegiate Novice @ Harvard, 9/29
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6474
Re: Collegiate Novice @ Harvard, 9/29
Sad that we missed the finals on tiebreakers but I couldn't have hoped for any better for my first college tournament. Hope everyone else had fun as well, and I look forward to seeing people again at Yale this Saturday!
- Fri May 18, 2012 2:47 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2012 Ben Cooper Memorial Tournament on May 19
- Replies: 55
- Views: 34861
Re: 2012 Ben Cooper Memorial Tournament on May 19
OK I'll be on this scab team. Playing alone sounds horrible.
- Thu May 17, 2012 10:00 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2012 Ben Cooper Memorial Tournament on May 19
- Replies: 55
- Views: 34861
Re: 2012 Ben Cooper Memorial Tournament on May 19
I just received word that Paul and Isaac won't be able to make it on Saturday. In which case...still up for hire!
- Tue May 15, 2012 10:27 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2012 Ben Cooper Memorial Tournament on May 19
- Replies: 55
- Views: 34861
Re: 2012 Ben Cooper Memorial Tournament on May 19
It will be a learning experience, Will. And, yes, you can and will beat teams there this day, including perhaps us who will be missing our second best (and only legitimate "science") player. Going head-to-head with Alexa (and her cohort) does sound like a good challenge... Due to unforese...
- Tue May 15, 2012 7:45 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2012 Ben Cooper Memorial Tournament on May 19
- Replies: 55
- Views: 34861
Re: 2012 Ben Cooper Memorial Tournament on May 19
Once again, I do not have a team. And I refuse to play alone against teams of this caliber. If anyone who doesn't think they have a chance at winning wants a mercenary (a no-cost mercenary!), feel free to ask. But I don't want to stop anyone from taking home a trophy.
- Tue May 08, 2012 11:23 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2012 Ben Cooper Memorial Tournament on May 19
- Replies: 55
- Views: 34861
Re: 2012 Ben Cooper Memorial Tournament on May 19
If my teammates are once again too soft for a tournament...I will gladly hitch onto somebody else's team. Or staff, or something.
- Thu Apr 19, 2012 11:43 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Maryland Spring Tournament, 5/6/2012
- Replies: 55
- Views: 27417
Re: Maryland Spring Tournament, 5/6/2012
Right, I'll see what support I can drum up from my school then.
- Thu Apr 19, 2012 6:07 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Maryland Spring Tournament, 5/6/2012
- Replies: 55
- Views: 27417
Re: Maryland Spring Tournament, 5/6/2012
An actual B-CC team is almost certainly not feasible this time
So I'd be totally up for signing onto somebody else's squad.
Credentials: 4th place individual scoring at St. Anselm's tournament.
So I'd be totally up for signing onto somebody else's squad.
Credentials: 4th place individual scoring at St. Anselm's tournament.
- Wed Apr 18, 2012 7:01 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2012 Ben Cooper Memorial Tournament on May 19
- Replies: 55
- Views: 34861
Re: 2012 Ben Cooper Memorial Tournament on May 19
I'm going to try my best to have us go to this tournament, I want to do one more before the year is out.
- Wed Apr 18, 2012 6:52 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Maryland Spring Tournament, 5/6/2012
- Replies: 55
- Views: 27417
Re: Maryland Spring Tournament, 5/6/2012
Unfortunately I'm having trouble mustering enough manpower to be able to go because of AP exams, and because many of our good underclassmen are busy.
I wish I could just sign onto someone else's team, I REALLY don't want to miss this one...
I wish I could just sign onto someone else's team, I REALLY don't want to miss this one...
- Sun Apr 15, 2012 4:24 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Maryland Spring Tournament, 5/6/2012
- Replies: 55
- Views: 27417
Re: Maryland Spring Tournament, 5/6/2012
I'm interesting in coming to this tournament, I'm hoping to bring some of our younger players and/or less experienced ones. I have a lot of APs but I don't care about all of them enough that I would miss out on some good Quizbowl.
- Sat Apr 14, 2012 8:21 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BHSAT Mirror @ St. Anselm's Abbey School (4/14/2012)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 10541
Re: BHSAT Mirror @ St. Anselm's Abbey School (4/14/2012)
Great tournament, was a lot of fun. Unfortunate that we couldn't make the playoffs but it was well-fought and very competitive, and it was my best indiviual performance to date!
Hope to bring some of our newer players to the MD tournament on the 6th
Hope to bring some of our newer players to the MD tournament on the 6th
- Wed Mar 14, 2012 7:35 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BHSAT Mirror @ St. Anselm's Abbey School (4/14/2012)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 10541
Re: BHSAT Mirror @ St. Anselm's Abbey School (4/14/2012)
As Spence says, we are planning on going. The question is, will we bring one team, or two?
- Wed Feb 29, 2012 12:38 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: SWAGFEST at Richard Montgomery 2/25/12
- Replies: 41
- Views: 18836
Re: SWAGFEST at Richard Montgomery 2/25/12
Was very happy we could make this tournament and furthermore that we didn't do horribly at it. For our first QB tournament of the whole school year, I don't think 7th is too bad. Hopefully I'll be able to get all of our regulars on the A-team next time and maybe have a B-team as well.
- Wed Feb 29, 2012 12:28 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Maryland Spring Tournament, 5/6/2012
- Replies: 55
- Views: 27417
Re: Maryland Spring Tournament, 5/5/2012
B-CC's definitely interested.
- Wed Feb 29, 2012 12:17 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NAQT MD & DC State Championship @ Oakland Mills HS, 3/24/12
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7617
Re: NAQT MD & DC State Championship @ Oakland Mills HS, 3/24/12
I'll see if I can muster a team or two, as I want to do more than one QB tournament this year.