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I don't know how things work at other schools, but are you allowed to sack him and get a new coach/advisor? I'm fairly sure we can at DHS (I guess because it's a "student-run" organization), but I don't know if we're the exception to the norm.

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Darien Invitational II is now being held on November 12.

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Darien Invitational II will now be held on Saturday, November 12 with IS-161A

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Ithaca doesn't graduate anyone. We're ranked sixth on the Morlan rankings, which is probably definitely too high. We haven't studied much. Expect little. But instead of talking about us, let's make some predictions. PHSAT is going to be pretty loaded. Luke told me Hunter is going, and we are going ...

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We're winning right now, which I guess is pretty cool (Edit: Hunter is winning now, but I still believe in us). Anyway, I'll do a preview for us. Darien A will most likely again be myself, Julia, Andrew, and Brendan, though Brendan's spot is in jeopardy and will remain so until he studies as much bi...

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As of right now, it looks like Darien Invitational II will be moving to the 12th (of Nov.). We will know for certain by the end of the month.

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When will a schedule for this (with times and whatnot) be released? I have teammates coming in for specific events, and it would be helpful if we had a general idea of when things will start and finish.

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Cheynem wrote:What was U-Pick We Write?

It was a topic chosen by the attendees of the event, who all voted, and it ended up being History of the Cold War.

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I generally just use Wikipedia in conjunction with packets. Wikipedia is awesome, and the method works pretty well.

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What will the format be (singles, doubles, quads) for each event?

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Darien (CT) will be hosting an NAQT A-set on November 5. We shouldn't be overlapping with HFT very much - we'll be focusing on drawing CT teams plus maybe some novices in the NYC metro area.

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raffi_-_c-a-n-a-d-a.mp3 wrote:I'm sure more teams #golearnmorethings than send angry emails after seeing one or two player teams do well at tournaments.

But parents don't always see things the same way as their kid's team does.

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Darien, CT will be hosting an NAQT A-set on November 5.

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(I can't believe we're having THIS argument again—I wasn't even in quizbowl when this was last a thing!) I think that the main issue with the PACE format is the simple fact that one slip up in the prelims can relegate teams to a particular position (in our and Barrington's case, a maximum placing o...

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A couple questions to start: What was the neg rate on "nonideal gases"? There was a buzzer race to say "ideal gases" in our room, and I heard it was problematic in some other rooms. In round 16, I negged "inertia" with "motion" at the Aristotle clue. A teammat...

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From what I understand Dennis Loo was at Harvard around that time period, so it would make sense.

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Miracle / Giants

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I will post tomorrow on the above comments, plus some other thoughts, but I'm particularly interested in people's reaction to the following: 1. The new individual event playoff scoring system (6, 5, 4, 3, -2, -1) 2. The playoff draft and tiebreakers 3. The written exam portion of USGO 4. Taking onl...

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(Because I am an idiot who completely forgets about my own B team) Darien B : We are bringing 3 freshmen in Evan Tong, Griffin Samroengraja, and Thomas Brown, in addition to juniors Johnathan Stimpson and Komal Dhull. Johnathan is a solid geography/current events player who can put up 30-40 ppg (whe...

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Considering nationals season starts with SSNCT this weekend, I think it's time to post a nationals preview. Lexington (HSNCT-2, NSC) No team from the region has ever been as good as Lexington is this year. The team is led by Colin, with everyone else strong players in supporting roles. While there's...

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Big Y wrote:Are you in Lexington, KY or Lexington, MA or some other Lexington?

Based on his Facebook profile, he presumably goes to Lexington HS in Massachusetts.

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I see You #1 Miracle on Ice #2 Go Crazy #3 I Don't Believe What I Just Saw #13 Secretariat #5 May Day #6 Yes, Sir #10 Johnny the Jet #9 Holly Roller Stop It, Miggy #1 Giants Win #15 Nuts and Bolts #3 Laettner #4 New Home Run Champion #12 Joe Carter #6 Hell in a Cell #7 Hamilton #8 Plano East vs. Jo...

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Darien A - T-34th/53rd ALL HAIL MICHAEL BORECKI - throwback to when i got destroyed 195-625 by this team at msnct2k13 I don't really know what the true makeup of the A team is, but Michael and Julia get enough tossups so that a higher PPB will win them a few more games. Our A team is myself, Julia,...

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Conard HS is hosting Connecticut states on April 23.

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Well if you can't get driven your only options are either hiring someone or using public transportation. We have been able to take the train to a number of tournaments. It isn't necessarily as fast, but it's easy and it will work for you, if you have access to the train. You can use Amtrak for longe...

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Congratulations to Bethlehem for going undefeated to win the Nationals division! Wilmington Charter A finished second. Congratulations to Hunter B for going undefeated to win the Freedom division! Hunter beat E.O. Smith B 285-235 in the final. All stats are now up at: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/to...

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With a few drops and the addition of a house team, we have closed the field.

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deviziak wrote:Just confirming… we had DV bringing two moderators and three buzzers to go with our one team in the National Division and two teams in the Regular Division.

That's been corrected. Thanks!

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We have expanded the field to 28 teams, encompassing all teams currently on the waitlist. Additionally, we have added a mileage discount in line with ACF's ($10 for every 200 miles traveled one way). Finally, teams in the nationals division need to register with ACF: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/...

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Top ten 1. Wildest Dreams 2. Riptide 3. Bad Blood 4. Style - this song will never go out of style 5. Blank Space - get the feeling I like Taylor Swift? 6. Love Me Like You do 7. Sugar 8. Lean On 9. Uma Thurman 10. Talking Body Honorable mention: "Hello", "Centuries" Bottom Ten 10...

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We are very happy to say that the Nationals division will be serving as a mirror of ACF Regionals! High school teams will not be required to submit packets, and the registration fee will continue to be $100. And with the addition of two teams from Suffield, the field is now full! Our waitlist policy...

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deviziak wrote:I had sent this by email before, but posting here too. Delaware Valley HS will bring one team for each division plus one moderator.

My apologies - thanks for catching that.

On another note, we are 5 teams away from the current field cap!

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Mike: It is possible that I might be able to staff this if I'm not out of the country that week. It is even more possible if Ithaca plays this, which I don't know if they're planning to do or not. Get in touch with me on Facebook or by e-mail in a month or so, and I'll have a more solid answer for ...

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The Darien High School Quiz Bowl Team is pleased to announce the 1st annual Darien Invitational to be held at Darien High School in Darien, Connecticut on January 30, 2016. Location: 80 High School Lane, Darien, CT, 06820. Teams should take either I-95 (exits 10, 11) or the Merritt Parkway (exits 36...

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The Darien Invitational will be held on IS-152 on January 30. We are also bidding for mirroring ACF regionals for high schools on that same date.

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The Darien Invitational will be held on IS-152 on January 30. We are also bidding for mirroring ACF regionals for high schools on that same date.

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I don't think Darien would be able to make it on any other date, so that would be our first choice.

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Darien would like to tentatively claim April 16 for its yet to be named tournament. We plan on including a "nationals" division using a collegiate set. More info to come later.

Edit: Our advisor cannot do the 16th. We are exploring a January 30 date.

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Darien (CT) would like to tentatively claim April 16 for a yet-unnamed tournament. It should feature a "Nationals" division on a collegiate set in addition to the standard fare (likely an IS set). More info to come later. Edit: Our advisor can no longer do April 16 - we are looking at Janu...

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Kellenberg A should be graduating Joe Levano, and that's really all that matters for them.

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What was the conversion for the "Cliff Paul" tossup?

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What grade is Tim Morrison in? Julia and Molly are both solid players, though Molly and I have a large overlap in being generalists who are strongest in history and geography. Our goal as a team is to specialize more, something we really have the freedom to do, with Julia taking lit, me taking geogr...

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Colin, I dont think this thread is necessary because there arent enough teams worth discussing in New England. We can just discuss New England teams in the thread Zack started. Well, 11 teams from New England (including 3 from VT) attended HSNCT, and 6 of them made playoffs. Andover also attended P...

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I'm sure you've thought of this already, but you should definitely ask to interview people like Robert Hentzel and David Madden for this. It may also be a good idea to include some of Chip Beall's perspective and thus interview him as well, as despite NAC's flaws, it must be mentioned, especially if...

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You're from Bayside Academy, correct? I believe you said so in a different subforum. You can see here that you guys actually qualified for HSNCT: http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=5816 Additionally, since your league uses NAQT questions, the top teams qualify for HSNCT. NA...

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Hi Tiger, I'm the captain of the team at Darien High School. We are certainly hosting at least one event next year, and will try to host two. We would love to see your team there! Darien is about an hour and a quarter from Kent. Let me know if you ever want to get on our email list for tournaments (...

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So I was at NAC as recently as two years ago. While it was a bad tournament, some of the questions were god-awful, and there were multiple issues with answerlines leading to protests, we managed to have fun. You need to know what you're getting into, and if you're having any issues you've got to pus...

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When will the next set of rankings be released?

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Will stats be updated (relatively) live?

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I actually ended up in a room of 5 people during the bee, although it could've been 6. At the very least, a couple people who were supposed to play me at some point never showed up, and another was double-registered and played under the other name. At the very least, the latter situation was very av...

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