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Just as an FYI, I'd expect meaningful results to start around when HFT posts their results since that tournament will connect the northeast to Texas, and I'd guess that by that point we'll be able to connect the northeast to Illinois through Northmont.

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I'd be interested in playing via Skype. Is this an open type where I could be matched up with some teammates, or would I need other people from Duke to be teammates for it?

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We have a number of laptops (at least 2, possibly more) that are available for use at the tournament and we'll have with us.

Golran · Re: UIUC ABT presents Earlybird (10/06/12) Were all teams from Illinois?

Were all teams from Illinois?

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Could I get the state that each team is from please?

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Could I get the states each team is from? Also, should I just be listing the "A" team from this tournament as the "C" team in the rankings and down from there since it was a novice tournament?

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Duke should be sending at least 1 team.

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From some of the discussion, I see that a bunch of teams were not at full strength. What letters should I be using for each of these teams in my rankings?

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Were all teams from Louisiana?

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Or at least scores for every game so I can add it to my computer rankings? It seems like this is a very diverse field, and can do wonders for connecting the nation.

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Looking over my current data, it's nonsensical to publish anything yet. Expect my first rank to come out around the same time as the first BCS ranking.

Golran · Re: MIT Fall Tournament (9/22/2012) What state are each of the teams from?

What state are each of the teams from?

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Were all teams from Vermont?

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Were all teams from North Carolina?

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Were all teams in attendance from Florida?

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Were all teams with the exception of St. Andrews from Alabama?

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Due to a closer mirror at Maryland materializing, Duke is no longer interested in this site.

Golran · Re: IFT Mirror at Maryland (10/13/12) Duke will likely be there with 2-3 teams.

Duke will likely be there with 2-3 teams.

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You need to set permissions on the document so that everyone can view and edit it. Also, depending on turnout at the activities fair today, Duke may be sending team(s).

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This post reserved for further results links.

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The following tournaments have their statistics included. If you see errors in final scores on their tournament pages, let me know. Also, let me know if any of these teams are from other states than where the tournament was hosted. Attached is the .xls file that I'll be working with, let me know if ...

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This past summer, I worked in sports rankings, and this led me to have a pretty good understanding of how some sports rankings work. From it, I also gained a number of computer algorithms to calculate rankings, and some rank optimization algorithms that I would like to apply to quizbowl. So here I a...

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I might be able to staff if you want; when would be the latest I could let you know?

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E-mails with my results for extraction have been sent. Right now it only works for SQBS output in one division tournaments (soon to expand to multiple divisions), if there's enough interest, I can do it for an NAQT results page, though I think someone on the inside there might be able to cook someth...

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So I guess this is as good a spot as any to do 2 things: First, offer any help again with gathering data for Fred (I have a simple php script working that can be used), and second let the quizbowl community know that I'm planning to work on an implementation of the Hodge-rank for quizbowl. For this ...

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I'm curious as to how far a person can go when answering a question with a blitz. For example if a person isn't paying attention to the pronoun or part of the question but then hears a clue that they recognize, like the snippet "tortured using rats in Room 101", could the person answer &qu...

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What is the goal for these practices? Is it for determining your best team of 4 or to help all your players in getting better? If it's the latter, then I'd suggest having just 2 or 3 rooms with 6-10 people in each room so that everybody is playing all the questions, and then just shuttling players u...

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I'd be willing to try and write a PHP parser for this... I've been working on Sports Rankings all summer (more the math/graph theory with them), and I'd be interested to see how it would apply to Quizbowl.

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TWAIN will not be happening next year, as UCLA will not really have much of a team. Don't really expect UCLA to go to much either...

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ian.drayer for me. Likely available most nights after 11PM Eastern

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I'm also moving to NC for grad school (Duke), and should in general be available as a freelance moderator for area tournaments. Also hoping to see UNC host some college level stuff since it's so close to Duke.

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bt_green_warbler wrote:Yes, absolutely it is. People interested in writing for HSNCT should contact me.

So I sent in my 5/5 about 2 weeks ago and haven't heard back. Can you pm me with what's going on with my application (or post if it's a more widespread issue)?

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I'd also be willing to work on it as far as maintenance so it can stay up.

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Maybe put an arbitrary (say 30) ppg minimum to be eligible?

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I will be at Duke, and plan to have some involvement with quizbowl there.

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Mike Bentley wrote: Also, I don't really care how you produce a packet, so long as it's produced. If there are people not playing this tournament who want to write some freelance questions and you can convince them to do so for you, that's fine with me.

I'll pitch in and write a team's science questions.

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I plan to be there, and I'll try to get some other UCLA people to go too.

Edit: After a quick e-mail to our listserv, expect at least 2 UCLA teams. We'll see about getting buzzers.

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Any potential for creating user accounts for those of us who are no longer on Facebook? Or did I just miss something on the site?

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From my understanding, the patent/TM is regarding the methods through which the information is transmitted, not the information itself. It is possible that in order for the work he needs done to get done, the novel aspect of his idea must be revealed, which is what he is trying to protect. If he's t...

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Are there the same eligibility restrictions for this event as there were with Collegiate Novice in the fall?

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Probably because he is trying to massively improve his question quality or branch out into the collegiate game. Perhaps he believes that participation in higher-level tournaments will contribute to the perceived legitimacy of his questions. Also, it is not entirely certain that this is question writ...

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Sad as it is, UCLA quizbowl is pretty much dead. We haven't really been able to recruit new people, and old people that once were able to come (including myself) no longer have the time during the week. We were lucky to get 5 people to a practice/meeting.

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Chris and Jake, your packet. (Though the match may not be fair since Chris already played it.)

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When using the reader, I keep getting the same question over and over again. Is there something I should do so this doesn't happen? My only restrictions are selecting certain tournaments.

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Pretty much every tournament I've gone to or hosted at UCLA, I've worn a UCLA sports polo with cargo shorts. I know my middle school's football coach (and my history teacher) was big on the mantra "look good, feel good, play good" and so if you're dressed appropriately to succeed, there's ...

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Bump to let you know it's now moved to Oct. 1 (Saturday). I also sent this message along Stanford's list-serv.

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As Carl indicates, we have switched this tournament date to the 2nd. Original post will be updated to reflect this.

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Bump to say that this tournament is still happening at this point, but we still need teams. We are considering moving it to Saturday and our HS to Sunday to help with an SAT conflict. Potential teams, let us know which day is better.

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A quick glance shows me that ACF's first tournament was in 1999, while NAQT's was at least as early as 1996.

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UCLA will be hosting the Southern California site of this year's Early Autumn Collegiate Novice Tournament on Saturday, October 1, 2011. This tournament is meant to serve as an introduction to collegiate quizbowl for entirely new players or teams with less experience in the college game, using lengt...

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