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Al Hirt

I actually loved the rose bowl toss up, as well as the Andrew Luck tossup in is 128. Could I see the Hubert Humphrey and Common Core toss ups from IS 128? I remember negating both of them for rather stupid reasons and would like to see where I went wrong. Two problems I saw with the Rose Bowl tossu...

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I actually loved the rose bowl toss up, as well as the Andrew Luck tossup in is 128.

Could I see the Hubert Humphrey and Common Core toss ups from IS 128? I remember negating both of them for rather stupid reasons and would like to see where I went wrong.

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I wasn't at HSNCT, but could I see the Modi bonus as someone who generally likes CE?

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We would also like to take this time to repeat the importance of not sharing sets which are not clear. We regret this breach of question security and will certainly be more stringent with our electronic packet distribution in the future. In addition, we hope that other tournament writers and hosts ...

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We would also like to take this time to repeat the importance of not sharing sets which are not clear. We regret this breach of question security and will certainly be more stringent with our electronic packet distribution in the future. In addition, we hope that other tournament writers and hosts ...

Al Hirt

I'd be interested. Skype over IRC, but don't mind either way.

Al Hirt

Might as well post my own analysis. St. Joe's: Surviving the loss off the best player in the region is never an easy task. But Greg is a good player with strong history/religion knowledge, and a lot of people (especially from EB) thought St. Joe's would struggle once Alex Frey left (we all know how ...

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I should point out that I'm absolutely terrible at converting bonuses. I'll screw up easy stuff and get talked out of stuff I know. However, I should point out that my teammates do get bonuses, especially science ones, and that's part of the reason we win close games. Not that we couldn't get better...

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Yeah, mental kick to myself made on that regard. Usually I end up begging lit, art and science (and not really stuff I have real knowledge in), but yesterday it was just bad overall. The set was probably NAQT's best of the year, so it was unfortunate I couldn't take of that. For some reason, EB mana...

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With some luck and enough studying from my teammates, as long as I cut down my negs (by like a lot), EB could be able to compete in the top tier next year with the likes of Ridgewood. If Rohan and Adithya play together and get help from other ayers like Andrew, Christiaan and Sharan, they should be ...

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So, are there any final comments that can be made with the conclusion of the regular season?

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If everyone is equally committed, I don't see the point. If studying and drive are ubiquitous, why bother with a leader? But that's not always the case. In my situation, I sort of had to take over due to a relative lack of motivation/leadership from some more established members and a general will t...

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It's possible an upset could occur, Esther and Ridgewood managed to pull off the unlikely victory at Livingston even considering the fact she didn't have her full team with her. However, it's likely that High Tech A will face St. Joe's, Ridgewood, Livingston, or High Tech B (if at full strength) in ...

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Will there be a fee to play?

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I wasn't at the tournament, but after reading all the questions from the Bee, Bowl, and Geo Olympiad in the course of the past few days, it seems pretty clear that this is going to be excellent fodder for practice, so I'd thank NHBB, all the writers, and HSAPQ) for putting forth an excellent resourc...

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Edit: completely misread. And my apologies for barging in. In Jersey, there's a similar problem with the "Team Jeopardy" circuit which is far more expensive, time consuming, and inefficient than quiz bowl. Somehow, many teams still prefer this to good quiz bowl. I believe Mr. Ibendahl, the...

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In essentially all cases, the TD knows what school the pseudonym represents and can seed them accordingly. As for the teams knowing other teams' identities in advance, it is generally a good practice for pseudonymous teams to use a single consistent pseudonym (rather than changing it for each tourn...

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I'm a junior in HS who's decent at CE and the like. I'd be interested in playtesting, definitely.

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Anand N. would like to sign up for Science, Amil V. to sign up for Humanities, and Emmett L. to sign up for History. All are from East Brunswick.

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When should a team go aggressive? For example, if its a very important game and you're down by a lot, should you buzz when you are not completely sure of the answer, but fairly sure? If you have a big lead should you go aggressive or play it conservative? And last, what other situations should you ...

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If you're a know it all, why not make some use of it? :P

In all seriousness, quiz bowl lets you explore academic areas you may not have looked into otherwise, even in your favorite subjects. Competing (be it in quiz bowl or basketball or rock paper scissors) is also something I enjoy tremendously.

Al Hirt

A general NASAT related question:

What would be the proper procedure if one of the top two vote getters chooses NOT to go? Would it pass on to the next person on the All Star Team or would it go to a tryout process?

Edit: Apologies for double posting.

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I'm interested in trying out for history, we may have one player who's interested in the humanities. Looking forward to this!

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Charter B is probably under-ranked a few spots assuming they're playing with Mohan. Thank you, you flatter me...but I think the real emerging star of our team is Jared Saquing. Our nationals finish will be based on if he can maintain his rate of improvement (3 powers in 10 rounds at Princeton to ar...

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At last week's practice, Rohan got angry with me for not knowing the national epic of Portugal. He's an odd person. As for the tryouts, last year went a little badly in that the two people voted onto the team (I think Jack and Esther) also competed in the individual tryouts, which led to one of the...

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I am not sure if NASAT selection will be the same as last year, but I've come to the conclusion that NJ's team this year should consist of me, Sean, Rohan , and a possible rotation of Pat, Esther, Shravan, or others I'm certainly forgetting. Rohan powered this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahname...

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The Livingston B that was ranked was probably them cross teaming (happened at Phaqt and Mountain Lakes), but regardless they're very good and will be a force to reckon with next year. In regards to specific placements in competition, set/difficulty makes all the difference from what I've seen. On an...

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Halfway through the year, I think it's safe to say the following conclusions can be made. 1. You probably don't want to walk into a room and see High Tech A across the table. At full strength, they've suffered losses only to two HS teams: DCC A at PHSAT and Charter A at QuAC. Their PPB is in the top...

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One thing I'd very much like to see in the future is examining generalist v. specialist situations.

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Eyes of a Stranger by Queensryche, Just Like You Imagined by the Nine Inch Nails, Do What U Want by Lady Gaga (don't judge), Indestructible by Disturbed, Land of Confusion by Disturbed, Ten Thousand Fists by Disturbed.

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Honestly, if you pay attention to the nightly news, you'll be able to recognize those names. Following elections might be handy, so CNN, politico, and those outlets all have trackers you might want to check out. Watch SNL, even, considering it puts emphasis on recent major tech news as well as just ...

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Just a small note: the CSWIFT stats actually link to the Princeton stats.

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According to Bloomfield's advisor, they are not conducting their tournament this year.

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If you're willing to have another East Coast guy, count me in.

Al Hirt

Aside from the general chaos of the trash tournament (which can't even be attributed to Scarsdale for the most part), there's not too much to offer criticism about. Deep Green enjoyed this tournament, we were pleased with the timely dismissal and the general friendliness of the hosts. We look forwar...

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In my experience, I've never been able to "fraud" a tossup or get a question on a "stock" clue on a lead in. The few first line powers I've managed come from my own personal knowledge of the subject, especially in current events/history. If you want to power on lead in questions,...

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There aren't too many conclusions you can make about Saturday considering the snow, the fact it was an A set, and the fact at least four of the top schools in the area didn't attend/couldn't play, but... 1. Livingston has incredible depth. The fact Chris and David are each putting up 100 ppg when pl...

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All three "Deep Green" teams enjoyed this tournament, as it was exceptionally well run given the circumstances. 11 games and the tournament was done rather early. We hope to be back next year (though officially)!

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I discussed this with my coach, he said it wouldn't be a problem. East Brunswick would probably bring two teams.

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Out of curiosity, has any progress been made on a possible NJ State Championship?

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I'm not sure if this is the right place for this, so I'll leave the board admins to decide that, but I was just wondering how most teams that play pyramidal quiz bowl (mACF or NAQT) get funding for quiz bowl (or better yet, how teams got their BoEs to give them funding). My school doesn't give us a ...

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I don't have any stake in this, but this could be a blessing in terms of accuracy since LIFT occurs Saturday, giving some updated statistics for a slew of metro NYC teams that have a good shot of cracking Top 50/Top 100.

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Overall, I'd like to thank Charter for running an awesome tournament. Everything went smoothly, bracketing was done quickly, the mods knew exactly what they were doing, and everyone was accommodating and efficient.

Al Hirt

Out of curiosity, one of the varsity brackets had a bye but the stats show each bye as a forfeited win. Will this be factored out when determing NSC qualifiers?

Al Hirt

I had a somewhat similar problem, but the solution I found was simply playing with people better than you. You find those people on this forum and in the Facebook group for quiz bowl (where I got my first intro to skypebowl). By no means is it a substitute for true "studying" but it certai...

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Rumor has it that an HSNCT style card system might be in place. Is this going to be the case?

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Maybe once we set up a tournament so that they can experience it (especially for the more rural schools with little to no quiz bowl experience), we can suggest that they run an ad-lib league like this. One thing we definitely benefit from is experience and motivation. The teams involved, for the mo...

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We have an online skype league in the Northeast So, this is like a league, and not a tournament? So you're probably just playing 1 match per team on a given day? How do the logistics work for you? What do the teams do? The moderator? Teams play one match per week. There's a lot of freedom involved;...

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It's a different dynamic than a tournament. Certainly not as intensive.

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People /should/ be able to avoid the chatting, as these games are relatively short (most likely 20/20 or if agreed upon 40/40). This isn't just casual skype "pick up"games, but it's not HSNCT either. I imagine teams will be able to overcome both that and technical difficulties with a littl...

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