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For any Wheaton North lurkers out there, do we know if the same group will be writing the Wheaton North FS next year?

I guess I'll try: (1) Stevenson (2) Auburn (3) Loyola (4) Lisle (5) St. Ignatius (6) OPRF (7) Carbondale (8) IMSA (w00t) (9) Hobo (10) New Trier I did get to play against all of these teams, albeit often with small sample size. All of the teams near the top are dangerous, but I tended to favor consi...

We're hoping for numerous smaller mirrors to attract newer teams with short drive times; for example, NIU is hosting a mirror and a Lisle mirror is almost confirmed, and those two schools are only 45 minutes apart. NIU's mirror is hoping to attract DeKalb, Kaneland, Rochelle, etc., while Lisle's mi...

I would love to do this but you chose my son's second birthday to hold it.

Dan-Don wrote:Are you guys gonna be able to write a tournament's worth of questions by October?

IDK. I'm just trying to be accommodating. With Brad's blessing, though, I guess I'll stay at January 15.

styxman wrote:More information on SCOP or the 10/30 tournament?

Both. My attempt to google "Scholastic Community Outreach Program" failed. Also, I like tourneys.

TheDoctor wrote:We're in the planning stages of a statewide tournament on 30 October to raise funds for SCOP (Scholastic Community Outreach Program).

Is there any more information on this?

it competes against Winnebago - no overlap team-wise, I guarantee it I might be missing something here, but why not? All I know of Bago's lineup this spring is the top 4 finishers (Auburn A and B, Bettendorf, and Dwight), but they did use an NAQT set, so presumably there would be some potential ove...

I have the building at IMSA reserved for 1-15, but I might be able to reschedule if I act soon. October 16, October 23, or November 13 would probably work for us also. Thoughts?

EDIT: Added a date.

For Robert and Dan-Don: At lunch, after each of you had beaten my C team by a large margin, my C-team freshman was talking about how the morning went, and when the Hobo and Cheif rounds came up, awestruck, he repeatedly asked me "But how does one person get so good?" (He had not yet faced ...

The only thing that I worry about at any regional, regardless of class, is moderator quality. I'd put in to host a regional only because I know that the moderators I put in key positions will keep the matches moving (as much as possible) and do a good job of administering the rules. I can see how t...

Well the best thing to do would have been to play it off, but Dr. Prince and IMSA left under the impression that I had won a head-to-head tiebreaker by virtue of beating them. Just a general FYI: head-to-head is almost never used as a tiebreaker at good tournaments. For the record, I left because I...

Let me be the first to say this was an excellent tournament. This was my favorite set of questions all year. Thank you Jonah and James and also to the whole tourney staff. We're looking forward to QUALM-FREE 2.

Matt Weiner wrote: You're banned for impersonating people, pimping your own team in an out-of-bounds fashion, generally useless posting, etc. Come back in a year under your real name.

It's about time, imo.

Dear Jacob, I'm sorry to hear about your situation. Luckily you have found a supportive group to help you in your quest for better quiz bowl. I would like to offer my perspective as a teacher and a coach. First off, do you know why your coach finds pyramidal tossups a waste of time? I don't understa...

By the way, I would be happy to staff this tourney somehow if you are in need.

Many thanks to Brad and staff for such a great tournament. We'll see you again at ATROPHY 2.

Is there a field update available?

IMSA won't be playing its normal line-up. Both seniors (Bonny and Weili) will be absent, as well as one junior (Jialin). We're basically getting a head start on '10-'11.

We will be bringing Rose, and she has mentioned wanting revenge on her home school OPRF.

B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-Bonny Jainnnnnnnnnn ^ This. By no fault of his own, he lost time not having a team that could support him. At least he got to taste some victory this year. I wish I could have had one more year with him so he could lead IMSA's charge to nationals ( :chip: "Junior Nationals&qu...

Just to be clear here, I am not a fan of Driver's Ed, Home Ec, and the infamous Industrial Arts. I am just bothered by them (in IHSA tourneys) less than other people are. I agree whole-heartedly with Dan-Don (omg never thought I'd say that) in that, if questions on these subjects are to be written, ...

1. Questions that primarily reward knowledge of a topic over speed, as exemplified by tossups that contain many clues arranged in rough order from most obscure to least obscure (usually denoted by the term pyramidality) and bonuses that contain "easy", "medium", and "hard&q...

Let me give first mention my biases. I grew up in central Illinois, attending both tiny schools (Tri-Valley in Downs) and large schools (like my alma mater, Normal Community High School in Normal). Much of what I write here is from the viewpoint of someone from central Illinois, not of someone (soon...

I agree. Congratulations to all teams who made their way to Peoria. Also, thank you for the awesome show of sportsmanship; the four teams we played (Hinsdale South, Auburn, Bradley-Bourbonnais, and Carbondale) were incredibly gracious. For all the problems with IHSA State series, it did a pretty goo...

I just wanted to thank everyone for the recent outpouring of support this past week. I now see the community aspect of quiz bowl, and it's pretty awesome. Just to be clear, I hold no ill feelings about anything said on the forums (it appears all of us were guilty of judging too quickly). I would cau...

Frankly, I don't expect IMSA to ever really be a power in quizbowl , since the best and brightest of IMSA are too busy working on original research to memorize lists of scientist's names. I disagree. Their new coach seems very driven, and they have the students/resources to become very good. Thanks...

Not that I feel the need to respond to Dan-Don, but my A team did go 7-3 at Ultima, losing to Carbondale and Culver A in the morning and losing by 10 to New Trier in the afternoon in the match that decided the consolation round. Therefore, we're not without results outside of what you call "bad...

As promised, I will address some of the attacks on IMSA that have been put forth. There are some tournment hosts who will not invite IMSA (because of the way they [used to?] recruit students), but I don't think that applies to these tournaments. I have heard these allegations before, but only on for...

Having glanced at the stats from all the Dunbar mirrors, it looks like IMSA's bonus conversion was around that of teams who should be sneaking into the playoffs at HSNCT. From the sadly small sample size of real tournaments I have to work with right now, it seems like they can acquit themselves wel...