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I can staff, I think.

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For 5/5/5/5 then 8/6/6, you could also skip rematches for only the top bracket, which similarly cuts things down to 11 rounds total, and still guarantees the bottom bracket teams 9 games (assuming they do have rematches). 8/8/4 also works pretty well; I have no idea if the bottom bracket teams are m...

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What about prelim brackets of 5/5/5/5, then playoffs of 8/6/6 (full RR)? This way the top 2 teams from each prelim bracket are still in contention (this is nice for anyone who randomly has a bad game in the prelims, and gives you a buffer for any prelim bracketing glitches). You are done within 12 r...

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Playing this with Michael Hausinger.

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There'll likely be a second (and possibly a third) group from Michigan. As everyone else has said, some more concrete information about the date and base fees would be appreciated!

Also, are there any eligibility restrictions (say, for people who'll be grad students next year)?

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I guess I should actually post here and say I've been emailing with Sabrina about hotels. Anyone else want in?

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Bryce - I emailed you about this last night, but Michigan will only have 2 teams, rather than 3.

Do you have a building/room number for Saturday?

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There are apparently no more vans (or cars) to be had from the university, we weren't able to find anyone willing to lend us a car, and can't afford to rent one, so unfortunately Michigan's team and a half will have to drop out. Sorry - we've never been unable to get a university car before...

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Looks like Michigan will actually have 7 players total - the extra spot's still free for anyone you want to put in it, though.

EDIT: No, it's actually back down to 6. Sorry about all the confusion.

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I also felt like Scott in that the myth was too heavily-G/R influenced. Obviously you're not going to be putting a TU about Mari & Sugaar in there, but some more world myth variety would have been nice. As MUT is targeted for a newer audience, I think it should also be a learning experience and...

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This was pretty enjoyable overall!

I believe there was a typo referring to poor Nadine Gordimer as "he" in the round 3 (?) tossup.

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Although I can't confirm this, I think Michigan may only have one team for this. Hopefully future posts by Scot/Surya/Michael will confirm. My post from six hours ago (2 teams/3 buzzers) still holds. I suppose it should be noted we only have 6 people signed up to go, so they'd have room for free ag...

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We'll have 2 teams, and 3 buzzers.

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List of ferry operators in Japan wrote:We are working on our packet, and are trying to finish it by Saturday.

Still working on it - make that this coming Saturday (3/13).

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So you know, it's looking like we'll have 5-6.

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Michigan will be sending people to MUT at Guelph, and I'm pretty sure quite a lot of us will stick around for this.

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PS: Also, I'm pretty sure Michigan A didn't have 9.33 ppb against Miami when in all other games we broke 15 ppb. Your other gross stats look sensible for that round (15 TU, 3 Neg, 20 TUH, 275 pts.) If your PPB is wrong, one or more of those must be. Maybe you got 375 or something? I'm pretty sure w...

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We'll probably be at this with 2 - 3 teams, and 3 buzzers. Will email when we get a clearer idea of who's coming.

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Staying at Michigan for another 4 years to do that whole med school thing. Pretty sure I'll be playing quiz bowl for at least the next two years.

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sds wrote:To confirm, it'll be 2 teams. We'll bring 3 sets of buzzers.

And one staffer!

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List of ferry operators in Japan wrote:Michigan will be coming, probably with 2-3 teams and a hat.

To confirm, it'll be 2 teams. We'll bring 3 sets of buzzers.
Also, rumor has it that Trashtwostrophe is happening afterwards?

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So I made a distinct effort to write on non-eponymous answers in the editors packets and to keep eponymous clues to a minimum both in the editors packets and the rest of the set. In general, I tried to write on things that were distinctly "real." I thought the emphasis on concepts was gre...

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Overall, I quite enjoyed this tournament. I really appreciate the inclusion of trash lit in this set, since it usually seems to get edged out by everything else. I'd be interested to see the distribution of social science. This may just be due to which packets we heard, but it seemed like econ was w...

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Michigan will probably have 1-2 teams.

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If any of these schools/teams hasn't received the email I sent out on Monday about where we are meeting, please email me so I can forward it to you. Otherwise, I hope to see you on Saturday! I've emailed you about this, but just in case: we didn't receive the email from Monday. Would you mind forwa...

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Any chance we could get a field/format update for this? Also, are you set with buzzers?

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We'll for sure have 2 teams, and I think 3 buzzers. We'll probably have 2-3 players for the visual arts tournament, and I can moderate for that if needed.

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I'm almost certain Michigan will have 2 teams; we'll know for sure by Wednesday night. We can bring 3-4 sets of buzzers (the fourth doesn't work so well, though).

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Yeah, I wouldn't mind playing an extra 2-3 games after the initial RR. Us either, I'm pretty sure. Since game length is so tightly controlled, it should be quite easy to keep things moving along at a good pace. Were you planning on any sort of advantaged final to determine overall winner (or Div I ...

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I read one round on a bye and noticed the same grammar issues. I'd be happy to pitch in with grammar/copyediting a few packets as well.

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I assume it'll be a full round robin for both divisions (?)
Also, does anyone have an idea of how many undergrad DI teams will be present? We've got the one.

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I thought this set did a pretty good job of providing specific but memorable clues for leadins on some of the lit tossups. (Specifically, I'm remembering the tossups on The Handmaid's Tale and The House on Mango Street here - I haven't read either of those books since high school, but the first clue...

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So you know - I kept getting errors when trying to update multiple text fields at once (ended up having to enter things one by one and hitting update each time).

Also, not a serious issue - but why does year in school start with kindergarten? Are we going to see Div VIII or something in the future?

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Are you set on staff for this tournament? Our Div I team has 5 people, so we could work out something with a rotating moderator (similar to what we did at ICT last year) - should we plan on this? (We're all experienced readers, etc.)

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Michigan's registered 3 teams for now; we're not quite sure about a fourth yet. I put us down for 6 timers for the time being, and 2 sets of buzzers - if you need more, let us know and we can probably bring a third.

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Thanks to Michigan for a well-run tournament. There aren't too many hosts where we could have an early evening bus to catch and not even be worried about it. (Also, not that I actually care about this, but why bother breaking the tie from the circle of death for second?) To determine who received f...

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squareroot165 wrote:If anyone from Michigan wants to play, I'll staff. I'd put a pretty high probability on that happening.

Seconded. Also, I'm pretty sure running this Saturday night rather than Sunday is far preferable for most people, since there's no need to pay for staying another night.

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For those who haven't confirmed the number of teams they'll be bringing (or people who haven't emailed or posted here) - please let us know by Wednesday, 1/13 at 10 AM . Please also email qbtriumvirate@umich.edu with a contact number for your team. We'll send out the informational email with locatio...

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Michigan will probably have 3-4 - I'll email with an exact figure once we've got it.

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Looks like Wayne State will be putting up at least 1 team as well.

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Sorry about that; it is updated in the above post now.

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I decided to collect winter semester packet deadlines in one place for my own reference; maybe someone else will find this useful? ACF WINTER: (1/16) http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=8778 November 22, 2009: -$50 December 6, 2009: -$25 (-$50 for teams not required to submit packet...

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So you know - we're bringing at least 2 teams, and possibly 3. I'll know for sure by Wednesday night.

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That's fine. We can put your 5th player on a team with Rom and 2 Michigan players, if that's okay by them.

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I know a lot of people get uncomfortable at the sight of a short sentence in a quizbowl question, but I think having a couple short, declarative sentences here and there is better than having possibly confusing longer sentences. Personally, I don't think long sentences "flow better" just ...

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We should have at least 1 Michigan person who could play with Chicago B.

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Any chance you have more than 4 people who want to go? We could probably scrape together a combination Michigan/MSU team...

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Some logistical stuff: we're planning on registration starting at 8:30 AM, with rounds to start at 9 AM.

We'll be holding this in Mason Hall, as always (419 S. State Street). Registration will probably be in Room 3437. The best bet for Saturday parking is the structure on Maynard.

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That should work beautifully, then. Final (?) field update: Case Western (1) Illinois (2) MSU (2) Ohio State (1) Louisville (2) Chicago (1) Steve Traicoff/Geoff Zmyslowski/Jon Rosenthal/Matt Lafer House Team (1) Hybrid Rom/House Team (1) We've got 12 teams total, and will have 14 packets, so we're p...

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We're planning on the start time to be 9 AM, with registration starting probably around 8:15ish. Not sure yet how many rounds there will be; we should be receiving questions tomorrow, though. I'll update this post then. That said, please bring buzzers! In addition to our own, we'll need at least 3-4...

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