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Robin,

I have the spring trash set we wrote available if you're interested - it has only been used at VCU on March 15th and at two Ohio sites on March 22nd. Shoot me an email if you're interested.

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I did some snooping based on what Adam said above and found this message from 2010... I know its old but there's always that chance the guy who posted it still uses his old college address and might have some info... can't hurt to try shooting an email there or searching further: http://thuban.owu.e...

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The set is essentially done. Right now we're putting the finishing touches on the editing parts. VCU is using it this weekend and there are two Ohio sites next weekend. There are 10 packets for VCU this weekend of 21/20 and there will be 11 by the two Ohio mirrors as Kenji, Shashank, Tom and a coupl...

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Just so you guys know - the set is written for high school players, so I would expect most good college trash players to tear it apart. That said, it should still be pretty fun for anybody that wants to play it.

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A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Matt's Buzzers in accordance with the wishes of the producers of the OhioTRASH set.

Thanks for this.

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Sorry Alex, just saw this... Its basically 4/4 each of sports, movies, music and tv, 1/1 "other", 1/1 internet/computers, 1/1 video games, 1/1 trashy lit/non web-based comics and 1/1 advertising/consumer products Within the 4/4, we also break that down into 2 questions from "post-2000...

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There were 11 packets of 21/20 written. I'm not sure if Matt is planning on using the bonuses, but they were written.

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Those who have expressed interest in help with writing: Colin McNamara Niki Rose Kenji Golimlim Alex Dzurick IMSA folks Ryan Milowicki Nick Tabar Tom Moore Shashank Raghavachari Nolan Dannels Those who have always helped me in the past and I expect to most-likely help again: Matt Hayes Drew Scheeler...

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Hey everyone, Every December in Ohio right before schools usually get off for Christmas break, we run a trash tournament for local teams at 2 or 3 different sites. It has turned into one of the biggest tournaments in Ohio – the kids and coaches love it and we have a great time putting it on and runn...

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Mike, can you post this or email it to me at bk31883 <at> gmail ? I want to definitely have someone read it to me.

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Ryan,

Matt Hayes should be contacting you directly.

Bob

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Mike,

There's still a mirror or two to go. I will email you directly.

Bob

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Thanks Matt, that was my thought too.

As I was reading through these, my other thought was, I know ACF Nats has no trash but what about regionals? (I was pretty sure Fall did) Just thinking about it because you could basically untag any of the ACF Nats packets from the "trash" tag.

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This is a really neat app, and I entertained myself for about 90 minutes at work playing with it today. I started with lit for awhile, and had no problems, but when I tried to switch to trash, it seemed about 1/3 of the questions weren't trash questions. I answered many of them nonetheless, but I wa...

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dtaylor4 wrote:Thanks to Kilner et al for allowing the set to be used. If people noticed some things that need to be fixed, email me and I'll take a look.

No problem, glad people had a good time and glad the proceeds were able to go to a good cause.

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Steven Wellstead, Steve Oppenheim, Paul Nelson and I were read about 130 of Drew's tossups after our trash tournament in December, and we had a good time with this, so I know anyone who wants to play it will have fun as well.

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Mike,

I would be the guy to talk to about that one -- email me at theamazingbobboREMOVESPAM at aol dot com.

Also, a big thanks to Donald for all the help he gave during the writing/editing process on the set... I hope you guys have fun with it, and I hope it makes Matt's Buzzers some good money.

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They actually still have a team Bob (at least, it appears that way). They are, in fact, hosting one of the collegiate novice tournaments next weekend. If they do, I stand corrected... I just know Joe was the major backbone for everything and didn't see to have anything that resembled a competent te...

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Further out, you'll also see the occasional tournament at Centre College (in KY)

Everything Brice said was accurate and spot on except this. Joe is no longer at Centre (he's at OSU now) so I don't think they have a team anymore.

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Auroni,

If you haven't already, go post this on our ohio board, you'll probably get at least moderate interest from those in the area, as Solon is pretty centrally located and extremely easy to get to from almost anywhere in northeast Ohio.

Bob

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Anybody have any clue what's going on in the small school playoffs?

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455-305 with about 2 minutes left.

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355-65 LASA at the half.

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For those not watching on the stream, LASA I think has answered the first 8 tossups and is up something like 235-0 on State College.

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Having looked over the set last month, I can confirm that just like the 2010 set, there are no trash questions. It will be a good regional/state tournament based on what I saw.

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QUICK RESULTS: Jacob or Greg can post stats and full results later, but after playoff rebracketing, there was a 3-way circle of death among Northmont, Copley and Olmsted Falls. Olmsted Falls received the bye into the finals and Copley defeated Northmont on a full packet for the right to play Olmsted...

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Just copying these over from our Ohio forum. Teams were bracketed both days into brackets of 6 and then rebracketed into brackets based on record/wildcards. Saturday Stats: Prelims: http://results.scobo.net/resultmenu.aspx?org=Bossick&id=39 Playoffs: http://results.scobo.net/resultmenu.aspx?org=...

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brb writing 20/20 on 1993 WCW

Fred, I would tear this hypothetical packet a new one.

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You should consult an expert before making such statements. I don't see anything about people being put through tables. I look forward to meeting you someday Fred and discussing my knowledge of pro wrestling with you. I always wondered if I got on "Stump the Schwab" back in the day if the...

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I should be there on Saturday barring anything coming up (which given the circumstances right now, could very well happen). My prediction for Saturday: 1. Northmont 2. Olmsted Falls 3. South Range 4. St. Charles (or Copley if they're there) I'm actually surprised to not see some of the powerhouses o...

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The hardest part is that the OAC format is not conducive to what we call good quizbowl. Couple that with the fact that half the OAC committee is resistant to any kind of pyramidality and you have a real issue. When Mike Bindis wrote the questions from 2006-2008, that was about as good as the questio...

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Yeah Jacob or Kirun,
I definitely need some directions, an address, something to get there, and where I can park - times, etc. I'm driving down in the morning and want to make sure I have ample time.

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I will likely be coming to play with the Centre team, and may play the trash packets, depending on what time the main tournament finishes up.

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Cmon Dan,
Putting schoolwork before quizbowl? Who does that, honestly?

Anyways, for as worried as you were leading up to it, looks like you did a great job for your first time as a TD.

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Chris,
I just want to say this is a really great idea. We're doing the same thing in Ohio this fall to try to get new schools to host and new teams to come out and play.

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Charlie,
Unfortunately, my team will not be able to make it due to some conflicts. Good luck with the tournament.

Bob

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Charlie, can we get a field update for the NAQT mirror? I'm hoping you have more than just like 2 or 3 teams that posted in this thread to make my drive worth the while.

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Green is good, but I can't see Ohio making the top 6. We fell just short last year with a team that would've crushed Green, and the year before with an all-star team we fell just short as well.

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Yeah, except I am doing their online masters program in EDTECH, so I'm still in Cleveland. I might, however, go out there to play something at UW with them next year and visit my relatives in Seattle for a weekend or something.

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I emailed you Charlie, but we're planning on coming with a team.

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Yeah, typical garbage. I remember my senior year, one of our players rang in and Chip said "Garfield, Abhishek" and Ab gave the answer. After which, something to the effect of "you were verbally recognized, but not physically" was brought up by :chip: because he was apparently su...

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That used to happen all the time at ASCN too. I distinctly remember having to play Copley (our arch-rival for 15 years) and another nearby Ohio school in 2 of our 3 prelim matches there in 2002, and that was only one year.

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Ohio will be represented by Green High School from the Akron area, who won today's OAC State Championship over Walnut Hills.

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I was wondering what was going to happen because of Panasonic pulling out, thinking that they would either need to pick up another large sponsor or raise the fees dramatically to keep this going. After looking through the registration forms though, the prices are the same as last year, and from what...

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As long as they're all at full strength, it should be Walnut over Northmont or Solon in the finals, with those three, Fisher and St. Charles making up the top five. Although nobody has seen Ottawa Hills this year, so they could make a run too. Walnut is hands-down the best team in Ohio at full stren...

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PS: Does anyone have a way to get cheap ZeeCraft module lightbulbs or LED's that will fit in those housings? Replacing those bulbs is going to get real expensive at the rate we're breaking them. Mike, Are you talking about the actual lights for the buzzers themselves here? Because if so, we always ...

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Nice job Guy and everyone else.

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For whoever understands the eligibility rules. There were 6 brackets of 6 in the morning rounds (5 brackets of 6 on Sunday), then rebracketed by record, ppg, etc. into new brackets of 6 for the afternoon. Each bracket winner received a trophy. I'm not quite sure how that plays out in terms of qualif...

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He said when they come back to school, so hopefully today or tomorrow.

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Brief Results:

NAQT (Saturday)
1st - Stow
2nd - DCC A

HSAPQ - Pace (Sunday)
1st - DCC A
2nd - Stow

Bob said results will be posted sometime this week once they are back at school.

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