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Shangdevin wrote:I, for one, think charter is brutally underranked

We're not as good at bonus conversion as other top teams. I'd say we're over-ranked though. We haven't had an opportunity to play as many top teams or competitive fields yet compared to several other regions in the country.

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Hunter played really well at the Livingston tournament today putting up stellar ppb. Does anyone know what their full A-team lineup is?

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With just over a month left until the competition, the field is half full.

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We'd like to thank all the staffers and the UPenn quiz bowl team for hosting such a well run tournament. We can't wait for next year's edition!

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I think Middlesex Middle will make a superb run this year based on their stats so far, with some serious potential to win the national title. I can't say how well I think Delaware teams will fare. Independence seems to be having a weak year and so far the best team in state is the newly formed Alfre...

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Charter Challenge is just under two months away. Keep the registrations coming!

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Will there be a mid-season preview as in previous years?

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There has been no mention so far, so I'd assume it's not happening.

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About two years ago, I advocated that we might be better served having some sets run on both sides of the Hudson, allowing for two ~24-team tournaments rather than a 36-team tournament that stretches resources thin and leaves some teams on a waitlist. I think that's only happened with A-sets to dat...

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Unfortunately, Bethlehem will not be at. St. Joes. Instead, we will be headed to Lexington to take on the likes of AMSA. Aw darn! So assuming that the top teams at St. Joseph’s GSAC are seeded using Morlan rank, the top teams would be: 1. High Tech 2. East Brunswick 3. Wilmington Charter 4. State C...

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Bethlehem Central : Eric Wolfsberg both Ben and Will do get significant numbers of points also- they have averaged 25 and 30 PPG respectively, hardly buzzer rocks- and are of much use on bonuses What grades are Ben and Will currently in? I can't contain my excitement for GSAC, the first time this s...

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Thank you Brother Nigel and Kellenberg High School for running such a great tournament! All of our teams really enjoyed it and had a great time! We will definitely do our best to be back again next year.

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After LIFT I only have one comment to make. GNS is REALLY good. Watch out for more impressive finishes from them throughout the season.

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We actually felt the bonuses were a lot harder, especially given that our current A team, which is our B team from last year with our fourth scorer replaced by our captain Varun (who is also top scorer), scored only a slightly higher ppb than last year's B team despite having greatly improved.

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Ahhh I forgot to rank Manheim, who by the way are really good as well this year. They gave High Tech quite a good run at PHSAT. I expect great things from a pairing of Ahan and Jake. Chris, I pretty much came up with the rankings based on where I felt each team ranked based on the (limited) informat...

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Given that LIFT is coming up and not much has gone on in this sub-forum, I’ll post my thoughts on the region so far and rank the teams the way I think they currently stand with a housewrite ranking and an NAQT ranking. I’ll be doing the teams in the Morlan top 100 and perhaps some of his notable exc...

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questions that wouldn't be considered appropriate for a high school national Can you please explain this? It's slightly confusing especially since the questions seemed very excellently written, just at a harder difficulty than regular season sets. Also, unless Harvard is trying to do outreach to lo...

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Could I see the TU on The Master and Margarita and the bonus that went Franklin/Speak, Memory/Dahl? I thought the set was decent for the most part but both of those questions were not very good ideas. The tossup was almost certainly too hard, even for this set (How many people actually know what ha...

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As a whole, I noticed that the bonuses had two fairly easy parts and a big jump in difficulty on the third. Basically, it was pretty hard to 30 a bonus in the set. It was also pretty hard to power tossups, though for the most part they stayed true to the announced answerline difficulty. This was de...

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I'd like to say that even with some logistical flaws, this tournament ran well and did conclude in a somewhat timely manner. Sure things did happen which caused delays and things like that, but there is no reason to blow them out of proportion. The Harvard team did a great job of responding to all t...

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I was just wondering when this set would be cleared and posted online?

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Field Updates (teams, buzzers, moderators): Nationals Division: (22/24) Shue-Medill Middle School (DE) (2,0,0) Newark Charter School (DE) (3,1,0) St. Michael the Archangel School (MD) (1,0,0) Alfred G. Waters Middle School (DE) (2,1,0) The Independence School (DE) (4,3,0) Longfellow Middle School (...

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Actually, and I might have read this wrong, but I think Wilmington Charter A is ranked higher than Bethlehem as of now. Oh yeah, you're right, though to be fair if I recall correctly Charter was doing something weird with their teams where their best people weren't on the A Team. Yes, we did play V...

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I was wondering if I could see the tossup on sodium hydroxide (I think that's the one?). My teammate buzzed in early and said lye and is pretty sure it should have been accepted and was pretty upset at the time.

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This has been one of my most enjoyable tournament experiences yet, and I'd really like to thank the staff of the tournament for running it so smoothly! We had a great time and look forward to next year's edition!

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Since so many people are questioning our reasoning for this let me break it down fully. I have given multiple reasons to many different people, most of which are true, some of which are excuses. Here's is what went into this decision in order: 1) Varun could not commit until the night before and did...

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I wouldn't say we're anywhere close to being a dominant northeastern power...Bethlehem certainly is, and I think High Tech would be the other. It is definitely true some of our members improved over the summer, but most it seems got worse, so this will quite certainly be an interesting season for us.

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Yeah. Bethlehem is REALLY good. I hope we'll see them at more tournaments in this region!

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Could you add a fifth team from Charter to the wait list?

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If I wanted to troll I would just have remained anonymous. Maybe I do believe that there are 7 teams ahead of LASA, that's my personal feelings, and this is a poll open to ANYONE. If you want to get the results the YOU believe to be the truest, maybe you should restrict this poll to your quiz bowl e...

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We registered a few days back. When will the field be updated?

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I don't know who you included in your figure for High Tech, but their team this year should be similar to their 40th place C team at nsc TWO years (http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/1431/stats/combined_statistics/teamdetail/#t28). They return their second scorer from their A team and the top...

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I don't typically play skype/g+ bowl over the summer, but maybe I'll get interested enough to hop in on a random day. Then again seeing as Devin is running this I probably won't

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Typically at our school the members between the two activities are somewhat different. I would advise keeping the activities semi-separate with quiz bowl having its own "tryouts". Our administration for the two activities is the same, but the process of joining each team is different and t...

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I think Buccholz will definitely be looking to be regionally dominant. From personal experience I can say Kevin is OP and with a good supporting crew (Mike) to carry him they can do some real damage. Don't know much about Ransom, but they seem really good too and I think they will be the top team in...

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Tourism, economic impact of the physical landscape, interactions between humans and the environment, political conflict over resources and boundaries, and the impact of place on culture, history, and current events are the ONLY things geography should ask about. People who want more map-memorizatio...

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Tourism, economic impact of the physical landscape, interactions between humans and the environment, political conflict over resources and boundaries, and the impact of place on culture, history, and current events are the ONLY things geography should ask about. People who want more map-memorizatio...

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The Delaware team has had a roster change and now consists of:

Varun Wadhwa
Shrayus Sortur
Mohan Malhotra
Rohan Narayan

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The Charter School of Wilmington will tentatively set a date of October 18th, 2014 for our annual Charter School of Wilmington Invitational Fall Tournament (CSWIFT). This will be a great opportunity for teams from the DC metro area to play teams from the greater NJ area. EDIT: Oh and I should mentio...

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Charter: Mohan has no excuse for not playing on A team anymore since Jaimie won't take his points. I expect A team to be Shrayus, Mohan, Varun, and Jared, giving them formidable knowledge in each subject. Like High Tech, they should be able to get to championship games quite often, but unlike High ...

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The region saw many teams perform well this season! Other teams are on the rise. So here are my full predictions for next season! St. Joe's : They lose Jack Mehr, but Greg Burton is a capable player who can rise up to lead the team. Also, with a solid coach like Mr. Powers, St. Joes can quickly reco...

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Pre-HSNCT playlist: I am a RoeBear - Pattie ft. Chunky Sean Math comp sucks - everyone not ft. NAQT Trash distro shud increase - NAQT That is the Time - Vineet Thakur I <3 Kid lit - hentzelbot4000 I <3 fine arts - MoeMoney well then you are screwed - NAQT closing words: let's put in random crap - NA...

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PACE was a very enjoyable final tournament with my St. Joe's team, definitely one of the best I've played in terms of both level of competition and quality of questions. I thought it accurately represented the strength of our region this year, having four teams in the top tier, with High Tech at 5t...

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High Tech will no doubt be a contender. Some teams that I think will rise up and challenge them are East Brunswick, Ridgewood, Hunter, North Babylon, and Great Neck South. East Brunswick: With a Shravan leading the charge I think this team will improve a lot over summer. He could use the help of a s...

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If High Tech is at full strength I think an upset is highly unlikely especially given their dominating performance at St. Joseph's GSAC mirror. As far as nationals go, I would think that High Tech A, Charter A, and St. Joseph are all set for deep runs at both national tournaments. Coming just behind...

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NAQT wrote, what, one regular MS set this year? Two, maybe? Do we really need them to all of a sudden come up with multiple more difficulties for no reason that really makes it necessary? NAQT put out 3 or 4 I think... Also, my suggestion was based on the fact that some middle schools dominate MS a...

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Other than that, it's great to see the growth of quizbowl at the middle school level. If there's any danger to the growth of the middle school game, it's that the top teams might largely outgrow the middle school canon quickly. Hopefully, middle school sets can be written in a way that new teams ar...

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Yes, I have noticed as well that St. Marks stats were weird for a team finishing so high, and yet for the eventual runners-up to almost have not made the playoffs is a bit weird. Also, the 2 and 3 card getting knocked out relatively early on is very weird. I feel like inconsistencies in the set may ...

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Yes the updates are very useful! One thing I have noticed so far about MSNCT this year (at least just from looking at the stats) is that the PPBs are a little on the high side. Also judging from the number of powers in some of these rounds I feel that the tossups may be on the easy side as well. Jus...

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Bribe them with free stuff. To get them to a relatively successful level, try starting with some NAQT MS or CMST to build their confidence and to get them to start to enjoy the game itself. Don't force a certain difficulty in the beginning, but rather gradually build up.

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