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Duncan Idaho

I think the meaning of community college teams here is teams that qualified for ICT via CCCT. Montgomery College competed in a standard SCT, so I would think not, though they are playing in the same field.

Duncan Idaho

One of the reasonable (in my mind, preferable) uses of the word "polity" is for questions on multi-state political entities like the Kalmar Union or the Delian League. Using the words "league" or "union" seems to narrow the possibilities significantly, especially if one...

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I also am curious about the bracket structure. I understand that a lot of teams in South Carolina don't play very regularly and therefore information about them is difficult or near-impossible to glean, but why were Southside A and Spartanburg A, historically two of the best teams in the region afte...

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I attempted to register on NAQT's website but encountered technical errors. I've emailed Chad, but could you grant us an extension until March 1? Thank you.

Duncan Idaho

Is this set going to be posted soon?

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bt_green_warbler wrote:Just a reminder that tomorrow night is the deadline for invitations; if you haven't contacted us, please do so as soon as possible (even if that's just to say "we'd like an extension until March 1st").

Invitation emails seem to indicate that tonight is the deadline, not tomorrow night.

Duncan Idaho

If I recall correctly, when NGSCU hosted a MUT last year, a number of people were disappointed by the lack of individual stats, which seems to have been an accident brought about by moderator confusion: scoresheets didn't appear to have a place for individual names. Assuming this was the case, that ...

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It should be noted that "Carrie" from Chicago C is actually named Connie Prater.

Duncan Idaho

Can you give a field update? There is a possibility that George Mason might offer a free agent or two, depending on whether or not other free agents or teams of less than four people exist.

Duncan Idaho

George Mason will come to this tournament with one team and one buzzer.

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Ar$oni$t$ Get All the Girl$ wrote:... but if I go to Emory, it might be a bit hard to start up a club for them so I'm not sure.

Emory had a club as recently as April of last year, when Vamsi Tata attended NGSCU's mirror of MUT, so you may not have to start up a new team.

Duncan Idaho

rhonnasmith wrote:Not to sound impatient, but....
Where can the information about NASAT 2011 be found? Website?

In this thread.

Duncan Idaho

That was actually a complete oversight on my part. A mid-Atlantic mirror would be nice, but at the time I had forgotten that Brown had expressed interest in hosting a mirror.

Duncan Idaho

Is there any news of a possible East Coast mirror?

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Welcome to the circuit. George Mason is definitely active in the DC area, although it is unlikely that we will host any college tournaments this semester. If you're limiting yourself to easier tournaments, I would recommend that you consider the slightly-longer-than-usual trip to Moravian College fo...

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George Mason would like to register one team and one buzzer.

Duncan Idaho

The link seems to be broken.

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Ar$oni$t$ Get All the Girl$ wrote:Actually (sorry for posting so much), something came up; and I have to push this back to December 26th at 4:00 again.

No problem. If people want, I could try and set one of these up at some regular, weekly time.

Duncan Idaho

So does anyone want to be on my team? Currently it's just me. I'm going to guess that since Mason doesn't get back from break until the week immediately after this tournament, we won't be entering as a team. If that proves true, and if you're willing to accept a pretty lousy teammate, I would be be...

Duncan Idaho

As much as I love TSO, I have to go with Christmas Time in Hell
Christmas Wrapping
Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis
Snoopy's Christmas

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Ms. Hirsch made mention of Centennial's 560-110 defeat of Dorman A in the "On-Going Season Rankings" thread as evidence that Fred should rank Centennial higher than 90th. However, the lack of individual stats muddles the significance of that game. Was the Dorman A team at this tournament t...

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Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this idea was used last year by some NASAT team either for practice or for tryouts. In any case, it's a cool thing to do, and I'd love to do this again, so please keep me updated on when you have scrimmages like this, Kay.

Duncan Idaho

Also, if you want to mirror an already-written trash set, perhaps you could use TrashMasters? You can email Michael Kearney at friendlyneighborhood (at) gmail period com if that interests you.

Duncan Idaho

Personally I would rather see this as an academic tournament, maybe with a trash tournament the next day. Its still half-academic and half-trash, but its spread out so people who only wish to endure one and not the other are not forced to be around for the other. I agree with this, and if this were...

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... [Bouncebacks] eliminate a lot of the gamesmanship quizbowl sometimes needs (like that killer instinct to buzz on a tossup when you know it), and it does devalue the worth of tossups. Bouncebacks can introduce gamesmanship of their own. In one high school tournament I played with two-part bonuse...

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Packets and Deadlines: If anyone on a given team played a collegiate tournament before September 1, 2008, then that entire team is required to submit a packet. High schoolers are exempt from this rule, but can still submit packets for the discounts. All rules regarding packet submission are pretty ...

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I'm returning to this after... two months? Seriously? Man, I'm awful at writing things. Well, I hope to finish this over the break, or at least shortly after; what events should I aim to have this run at? TIT appears to be pretty widely mirrored. Is that too close to the time when you expect to hav...

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On the topic of the contract/boiler plate/Pound bonus- If I'm reading my notes correctly, that bonus (bonus 8 of round 2) and another bonus (bonus 3 of round 9) each had "contract" as an answer. (The second bonus was contract/Holmes, Jr./statutes of fraud.) Is there any particular reason w...

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Frater Taciturnus wrote:Found it. Posted.

Both the 2009 and 2010 Fall Kickoff Tournaments are labeled "2009 Fall Kickoff Tournament."

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Secretary of Bobcats wrote:
Your Cup of Robust Tea wrote:The 6 teams will be decided by the 4 pool winners + 2 remaining teams with highest PPB.
Do you mean straight up highest ppb or record then highest ppb?

I'm pretty sure he meant just PPB, since it's likely that those teams will come from different brackets and have faced different opponents.

Duncan Idaho

minusfive wrote:I figured it out!

http://results.scobo.net/SQBS.aspx?org= ... =standings

Not hard, but I think the forum could really do with a "how to" for idiots like me.

There actually is such a guide, courtesy of Donald Taylor and Dwight Wynne.

Duncan Idaho

Chris White has joined the Fluvanna County Militia team. We're still looking for a fourth player, if anyone is still looking for a team.

Duncan Idaho

This is a minor error, but bonus 9 in packet 14 should list Edward Ferrars as the brother of Fanny, not her sister.

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QBWiki needs improvement. Rather than laugh at it like I usually do, I figured I'd try and use my powers for good in an experiment meant to help improve the quality of articles on the site. I thought we should start with Andrew Yaphe's page , since it's pretty short, especially when you consider th...

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nadph wrote:Additionally, I'd appreciate it if someone could email me the set,

ben dot cole dot 19 at gmail dot com

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Andrew Jackson's Compatriot wrote:Does anyone know when its kosher to talk about this on the forum?

In the main thread, Crazy Andy Watkins wrote:Everyone should join the HFT 2010 usergroup (click on "User Control Panel" and select the "Usergroups" tab) to discuss the set.

Duncan Idaho

I'd like a copy. (myfirstname).(mylastname).19 at gmail.com

Duncan Idaho

To me, the scenario of a team attempting to throw a game seems to be most real at HSNCT. For a pretty good team which could make the top fifteen or twenty five teams in the country, but not the top eight, there's a very real incentive in a card system to lose an early game, like the third or fourth...

Duncan Idaho

To me, the scenario of a team attempting to throw a game seems to be most real at HSNCT. For a pretty good team which could make the top fifteen or twenty five teams in the country, but not the top eight, there's a very real incentive in a card system to lose an early game, like the third or fourth ...

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minusfive wrote:Wicked! Got your e-mail
Just a quick question...can we get a tentative schedule for Saturday...the Canadians are planning an invasion, and have to pick the right time crossing the border.

At the risk of sounding dumb, (or misunderstanding your question) the tournament is on Sunday, not Saturday.

Duncan Idaho

What do you guys think about the new bounceback policy for NAQT? Please provide more details of what's "new" here. According to R., we have not changed our bounceback policy at all recently. For the record: our policy is "we don't use bouncebacks at HSNCT, but local tournament hosts ...

Duncan Idaho

For the purpose of seeding, I'm not so sure how individual stats help. Typically, teams register by saying "We're bringing 2 teams, 2 buzzers, and 1 moderator," and the tournament director seeds as if they're bring their normal teams. This is because team composition (at least for a coupl...

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Since I am attending UPenn which is hosting one of the mirrors, I assume I won't be able to play in the actual tournament, so I would be interested in playtesting anything, especially science. You might not want to do that, as you may have the opportunity to be on a house team. (That, of course, is...

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As I recall, I competed in Fall and Winter (and also MUT) for the past two years with EPHS, so I thought I would have to. Maybe that's not the case, though? I played Regionals '09, and was told that my team would not have to write a packet as a result. I believe the implicit reason was because I wa...

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Just as a note, "Henry" on our team was Neeraj playing under the pseudonym "Henry Groman." (no typo.)

Duncan Idaho

Lastly, how many people negged Seven Against Thebes with Antigone? I did due to similar plot lines between the two works, so if I could get the leadins and early clues used in that tossup it would be great. That question was negged in every room I've asked (3). I suspect that it was negged in sever...

Duncan Idaho

Being completely unfamiliar with the college game and anthropology, are there prominent quizbowlers who are very knowledgeable (as in, they have a degree in) anthropology? As a mathematician, I often take issue with math questions for just not being that interesting or not being too relevant or wha...

Duncan Idaho

Can the field and/or any other information unique to Penn's mirror be posted, either in this thread or in a separate announcement thread? (I guess UCSD, too, but that's inconsequential to me.)

Duncan Idaho

I would like a copy of the sample questions, either from Scott or anyone willing to forward it to me. My email address is ben.cole.19 <at> gmail dot com .

Duncan Idaho

So... how did this go? Are there playoff stats?

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