2008 Richard Montgomery Quizbowl Tournament (4/19/08)
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2008 Richard Montgomery Quizbowl Tournament (4/19/08)
The 2008 tournament at Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville, Maryland will now be April 19th, 2008. Cost will be $55, with a $10 discount for each working buzzer set and $5 discount per additional team.
Questions will be pyramidal, 5-6 lines (think NAQTs from two or three years back). We're not entirely sure how formatting is going to work, but you'll be guaranteed a good 5 or 6 prelim games along with playoffs.
April 19th is the first day of Passover, but I can guarantee that you will be out by sundown, and probably earlier. We're aiming for 3:00.
Shows of interest would be appreciated, either in the form of posts here or emails to me at [email protected].
Questions will be pyramidal, 5-6 lines (think NAQTs from two or three years back). We're not entirely sure how formatting is going to work, but you'll be guaranteed a good 5 or 6 prelim games along with playoffs.
April 19th is the first day of Passover, but I can guarantee that you will be out by sundown, and probably earlier. We're aiming for 3:00.
Shows of interest would be appreciated, either in the form of posts here or emails to me at [email protected].
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December 8 is the date for GSAC that Mehdi announced on the VA/DC/MD date claiming thread. We have not made a formal announcement yet, but that is the date we tentatively announced. I will look around for another date. I am not saying you should not use that date, but there could be teams that would like to attend both tournaments. Somehow we should try to get different dates for our tournaments as our clientele overlaps to some degree.
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Last year we weren't able to get enough questions together in time for the deadline. That will not be the case this year, we already really have enough questions.
As a preliminary announcement, it is likely that a short trash round will be held in the morning (around 8:30-10:00) prior to the tournament. It will consist of two as-yet undefined preliminary leagues and a final round between the winner of each league. Details on that as we figure more of it out.
As a preliminary announcement, it is likely that a short trash round will be held in the morning (around 8:30-10:00) prior to the tournament. It will consist of two as-yet undefined preliminary leagues and a final round between the winner of each league. Details on that as we figure more of it out.
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11/17 is an it's academic taping date.
13 George Mason
National Cathedral
W.T. Woodson
14 Blake
Dominion
Bishop McNamara
15 C.H. Flowers
South County
T.C. Williams
16 Herndon
DeMatha
Walter Johnson
12/15 is also an it's academic taping date.
17 Anacostia
Fairfax
Paul VI
18 Langley
Mount Vernon
Quince Orchard
19 Gar-Field
Eleanor Roosevelt
West Springfield
20 Chantilly
Gaithersburg
Islamic Saudi Academy
So yeah, quite unfortunate for you guys...
13 George Mason
National Cathedral
W.T. Woodson
14 Blake
Dominion
Bishop McNamara
15 C.H. Flowers
South County
T.C. Williams
16 Herndon
DeMatha
Walter Johnson
12/15 is also an it's academic taping date.
17 Anacostia
Fairfax
Paul VI
18 Langley
Mount Vernon
Quince Orchard
19 Gar-Field
Eleanor Roosevelt
West Springfield
20 Chantilly
Gaithersburg
Islamic Saudi Academy
So yeah, quite unfortunate for you guys...
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come'on, don't tell me you want QO, ER, and Langley more than George Mason, Woodson, Blake, WJ, and Dematha. have you forgotten the unlimited encouragement I've given you to make this event happen . . .? lol.
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Tell me more Ashkay stories.aestheteboy wrote: Quince Orchard
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However, Dec. 15 is the Charter Open, so they would lose us too on Dec. 15aestheteboy wrote:come'on, don't tell me you want QO, ER, and Langley more than George Mason, Woodson, Blake, WJ, and Dematha. have you forgotten the unlimited encouragement I've given you to make this event happen . . .? lol.
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Yeah, I'm sorry guys, we really can't change it. The 3rd is an SAT date, the 10th is Harvard's tournament, and the 24th is Thanksgiving. December is basically out anyway because we're going to be moving into the new school, but even if it was the 8th and the 15th are taken for Gov and GDS's tournaments anyway. We'll look into December 1st, but hell, that's probably someone's taping date too. Don't hold your breath.
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I don't know how feasible it is, but you could always try hosting on a Sunday. That would at least eliminate a lot of SAT / Taping issues, although I guess it might limit some teams from coming for religious reasons.
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Yeah. Alright so. Show of hands or whatever. If you would be interested in coming to a tournament at RM on or around November 17th or December 1st, post here so that I know. If you would only be interested in coming one of those dates, please specify which. I need to get an impression which date would get more teams to come.
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HAY KEETH GO 2 UR EFFIN HOMECOMING
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"At one TJ tournament the neg prize was the Hampshire College ultimate frisbee team (nude) calender featuring one Evan Silberman. In retrospect that could have been a disaster." - Harry White
We will try to attend either date...but please decide somewhat quickly.
If you are going on Nov. 17th, we will be there. And I think you will get a good field of other teams.
If you are going on Dec. 1st, we will be there, but the field might be weaker/smaller, since it is an SAT day. However, this date choice would free us up to try to get to Brookwood's tourney.
So Kellenberg votes for Dec. 1st.
If you are going on Nov. 17th, we will be there. And I think you will get a good field of other teams.
If you are going on Dec. 1st, we will be there, but the field might be weaker/smaller, since it is an SAT day. However, this date choice would free us up to try to get to Brookwood's tourney.
So Kellenberg votes for Dec. 1st.
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I personally don't think being on SAT date hurts as much as being on an it's ac taping date, but that's only a speculation . . .
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Actually, my experience is that it's just the reverse. And of course, that's just my opinion.aestheteboy wrote:I personally don't think being on SAT date hurts as much as being on an it's ac taping date, but that's only a speculation . . .
Realistically, if you try to miss major holidays, SAT dates, and DC and Baltimore tapings, there are really only a few Saturdays that fill the bill.
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We have yet another problem in that our school is charging us an exorbitant amount of money to rent the building. Working this all out and given that there are a lot of teams that can't come and a lot of tapings in the early portion of the year, we may just have a few speed tournaments in the fall and the pyramidal tournament in the spring. An alternative is that we will try and co-host the tournament with Julius West, our feeder school, so that we don't have to pay so much to use the building, although that still leaves the problem of the date.
More updates as they come to you. This is really pathetic. For once, we actually have enough questions to run a tournament, but we can't because of logistics.
More updates as they come to you. This is really pathetic. For once, we actually have enough questions to run a tournament, but we can't because of logistics.
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Our major pyramidal tournament is probably going to be postponed until the fall and be replaced with a speed tournament or a smaller pyramidal tournament. Because of our school's renovation, we can't find an acceptable date before January.
We are, however, having a tournament in the fall, most likely on a weekday after school. I will post new information as soon as it arrives.
We are, however, having a tournament in the fall, most likely on a weekday after school. I will post new information as soon as it arrives.
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Also, March 8th seems to be the tournament at the University of Delaware, which seems to draw teams from DC up and may affect your field. Possibly, like, April? I dunno what else there is in DC then.
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Blue Hen tournament probably won't be a major problem since most DC teams attended GDS's tournament, which used the same IS set.
Still, Keith's obliviousness is amusing.
Still, Keith's obliviousness is amusing.
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Well that's not good, we don't really want to lose TJ. I myself would prefer that it be in April, but my coach has his heart set on March, so we'll see what happens.March 1 is VHSL States. OTOH, the only Northern VA teams going to that are TJ and Woodson.
This date thing is a nightmare. I already have all the packets, it's just a question when we can have the thing.
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I remember hearing somewhere about a possible Whitman tournament on April 5th, but Shantanu or Adam or one of the other Whitman people on here would need to confirm this. Also, not that I matter much, but I can't make the 5th due to a non-quizbowl commitment. GDS still might send a team without me, though.
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Sooo true.Also, not that I matter much,
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We have indeed reserved our school on April fifth for our very soon to be announced tournament.segregold wrote:This is getting ridiculous, so I pose an open questions to any who seek to answer: is there anything going on April 5th? Clearly, I'm incapable of finding out for myself, and I want a date that we can actually hold the tournament.
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They will not be done by then. Does anyone know where the definite schedule can be found? April 12 is our taping, so April 5 is probably someone else's.MLWGS-Gir wrote:Not that I'm aware of...I don't know It's Ac/Battle of the Brains taping schedules though. Although those might be over by then...segregold wrote: is there anything going on April 5th?
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I am officially declaring for myself and my team, "**** it". It is impossible to find a good date for this thing. Unless anything incredible happens (like someone else announces that they have been planning a March 1st tournament for three years), it is going to be on March 1st and TJ will just have to send its B team and sub in after VA states or something. Sorry, but we can't push it back past early April, this thing was originally intended to be in October.
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Thank you! I knew I had seen that list before but I could never find it again. You're awesome.Hopper wrote:http://itsac.aiquizbowl.com
Guess there isn't a taping on the 5th though.
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