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This is beyond the scope of this thread, but one thing that I think would be a good (if potentially impractical) idea is to have an "easy" college level (it could even still be open, just easy) in the summer. The summer unfortunately becomes a dead time for people of lower skills who wish...

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For anyone who wants to use the quizbowldb reader to feed them multiple but not all categories, just hold down control and click all the ones you want. That should work.

Edit: I know nobody asked, but... just in case.

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Will

Bowl be taken into account?

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Is there a chance of this set getting mirrored at any upcoming fall/early winter tournaments?

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You don't learn from plagiarizing a question. I feel like this is an often-overlooked tenet of packet writing from newer and younger writers. It's just just about writing tossups you don't have to research for (which in itself is almost just as bad, not double-checking your information), but about ...

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I. THE PURPOSE OF THE BOARD, META-POSTING, AND DISCUSSION-SUPPRESSION The overarching principle of the rules is: This board is for discussion of quizbowl with an eye towards expanding and improving quizbowl on all levels. It is not for Internet memes, politeness lessons, or other topics. Off-topic ...

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Off To See The Lizard wrote:
merv1618 wrote:Midnight in Paris is great for art history and lit.
My Gertrude Stein knowledge is based solely on Midnight in Paris!

Kathy Bates pretty much made that movie.

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Midnight in Paris is great for art history and lit, and Amadeus has some good music references (though the whole Salieri thing is generally accepted as not true).

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What I've always wondered is if it's a character tossup and the blitz includes two characters (or anything similar). Were the 1984 example to happen with a blitz referencing a scene that wasn't specifically referenced in the question, how would that work? Edit: I mean using the two characters as som...

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I feel like the main issue is separating real knowledge from guesswork answers. In the case of real knowledge, something I've seen happen is when a history bonus part on Frances Perkins came up, the team captain said something like, "Oh that's that woman...Frances something or other," and ...

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For each SCT listed here I attempted to find the team that experienced the worst in terms of TUH. From the SCT I attended: http://www.naqt.com/stats/team-performance.jsp?team_id=29936 Arizona '12: http://www.naqt.com/stats/team-performance.jsp?team_id=39554 And the worst, Arizona '11: http://www.naq...

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Anderson buzzers in particular are a better choice than Zeecraft, IMO. That's the one; I couldn't remember the name. Other than a small tendency for the bottoms to come unlatched (which shouldn't matter if you know how to hold a buzzer) Andersons are my personal favorite. They nearly eliminate prim...

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I've never actually been a fan of Zeecrafts in general--they seem to break easily, especially regarding the reset system.

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It should be noted that I strongly support removing the clock from SCT play, for the unrelated reasons that 1) the clock makes it much more difficult to staff the tournament and 2) less-experienced moderators result in "teams play less quizbowl for their money" My first SCT was at UW Gree...

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I am pretty sure that we went to 32 tournaments this past year, though I may be off by a couple. EDIT: I think we were doing something 32 weekends, but not all were academic tournaments that everyone went to. Some were JV tournaments, a trash tournament, a couple TV takings, those kinds of things. ...

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the fact that we go to more tournaments than any other team in the country More than Northmont? I heard their coach took Sam to upwards of 30 tournaments last year. That would be pretty impressive. My claim is based off of Fred's rankings, where we're ahead of Northmont by around ~7 statlines (not ...

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MorganV wrote: the fact that we go to more tournaments than any other team in the country

More than Northmont? I heard their coach took Sam to upwards of 30 tournaments last year.

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dtaylor4 wrote:My one takeaway: Ladue and Macomb will be very good next year.

Ladue: unknown before going 1-2 at the STL Summer Open. Let it be known.

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While I am delighted to play this tournament, you are aware that theoi is almost entirely sourced from primary texts, and that a source like Pseudo-Apollodorus or even Hyginus is no less "primary" than the Iliad, right? Pfft, "the Iliad". Ike will only be using PRIMARY texts. Yo...

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Is there a way to start a private bowl room?

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The FOX Kids show Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog from way back when is excellent for picking up some Welsh Myth tidbits. Also, Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego (for PC) racked me up many history buzzes. These are both reasons why the 90's were just...just fantastic.

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It's sort of a gimme, but...
http://www.naqt.com/stats/individual-pe ... _id=118834

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Most Count of Monte Cristo/Dumas buzzes I've had came from watching V for Vendetta.

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From what I've seen of him in matches now and again, Doug Graebner is extremely good at visual art.

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Cheynem wrote:I've never seen him win a myth tournament.

Yeah, it's almost like he wasn't even at YMIR.

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It's kind of sad that this thread stopped.

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I'll admit that a common link "songs/bands at Woodstock" tossup would be pretty awesome.

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Marble-faced Bristle Tyrant wrote:
nadph wrote:These questions are disgusting and insult all the teams who wasted their money on the NSC.
An amusing typo, here.

Or a subtle endorsement of HSNCT... the plot thickens.

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Apparently in Arkansas, the rules of their tournaments determine that all protests must be resolved in-room, and teams must provide evidence for their protests. So teams come to tournaments with stacks of textbooks in order to argue for their protests, and as the questions are pretty bad, he said t...

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Apparently in Arkansas, the rules of their tournaments determine that all protests must be resolved in-room, and teams must provide evidence for their protests. So teams come to tournaments with stacks of textbooks in order to argue for their protests, and as the questions are pretty bad, he said t...

merv1618 · Re: YMIR- Mythology tournament- 6/9/12 at PACE Will stats eventually be posted?

Will stats eventually be posted?

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Additionally, I scorekept for Selene during this year's ICT and she read quite well.

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Though I don't know his name, at SCT 2011 I found Northern Michigan's coach to be an extremely good reader. I believe he got through 24 tossups every time he read for my team, was extremely understandable, and knew how to pronounce more difficult terms (as opposed to a volunteer reader mentioning &q...

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Thanks!

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This may be simply my own ignorance, but what's a concrete definition for "general knowledge" ?

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Ben Dillon wrote: They do, however, stick with NAC, so they will not be attending HSNCT or NSC.

http://naqt.com/stats/team-performance. ... m_id=41153
It's true, they're not terrible. It's a shame they don't even try to look at other national tournaments.

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On Ladue's participation in MO's pre-nationals Prison Bowl mirror, it should be noted that it was just one A-team player solo.

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Is it 100% certain that this will be the STL Open's set?

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Definitely interested in playing.

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Cool. And yeah, thanks to UIUC for hosting; props on how fast and smoothly it went, especially with a sizable lunch break (no complaints there either).

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Stats up soon?

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Nothing more than this, sadly.

You're probably right, I've tracked stats religiously but I'll own up to the fact that I haven't seen that many games actually played.

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Oh. Who's their fourth?

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I say Yale over Virginia. David Seal's trash knowledge would be zeroed at ACF nats (if I'm correct in saying there is no trash this year), plus the lack of powers could be a factor as well. I'd say Yale has the strongest pure knowledge arsenal out of any team, and ACF nats seems as anti-buzzer race ...

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Is the current field correct? Other than a possible adjustment in the number of teams Niles West brings in order to get to a good number, yes. I'm free to staff it. Thanks, Adam! Could you send your cell phone number to aarongoldfein at gmail dot com in case I need to get in contact with you on the...

merv1618 · Re: Niles West BDAT Mirror at Skokie, IL (1/7/12) I'm free to staff it.

I'm free to staff it.

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