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Michigan Academic Competitions, in collaboration with Detroit Catholic Central's Academic Team, would like to announce that the Michigan mirrors of VCU Open and VCU Sunday will take place on August 7-8. Both tournaments will NOT take place at U of M in Ann Arbor, but rather at Detroit Catholic Central High School in Novi, MI, located ~30 miles from Ann Arbor. I will be serving as the TD.

Entry fees and discounts TBD.

If you would like to register for this site, please email [email protected]

(Original announcement for VCU Open Weekend here: http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=9938)

VCU Open Field


VCU Sunday Field
DCC House Team (1 - 2)

There is a reasonable chance I will be at this tournament. I would need teammates.

I do believe Minnesota[ns] is[/are] working out a way to get to this tournament.

DUDE, this is in Novi! Awesome!

Now to convince myself that it's okay to take more days off work...

gkandlikar wrote:DUDE, this is in Novi! Awesome!

Now to convince myself that it's okay to take more days off work...

Of course.... of course it is.

Expressing interest. Teammates needed. I've never played a VCU Open, so I don't really have an idea of what I have to offer to potential teammates.

Ryan Westbrook and I should have a team for this.

I am interested, in part because I could take the double-secret (and highly relaxing) back way to get from Lansing at least to Howell.

I will try to round up a few fellow travelers to form a team for at least one, if not both, of the competition dates.

Fantastic, this tournament just got a few minutes closer to me and there won't be any having to drive around and find parking in goddamn Ann Arbor. Looks like I'll be going to and playing horribly at this tournament.

Pat Freeburn wrote:Fantastic, this tournament just got a few minutes closer to me and there won't be any having to drive around and find parking in goddamn Ann Arbor. Looks like I'll be going to and playing horribly at this tournament.

Park on side streets just north of campus (Ann, Catherine, Lawrence, Ingalls, Thayer, etc.). You can usually find spots there.

Pat Freeburn: want to team up? (assuming I go)

I see you have us in the field for one or two already. That's probably going to happen, just let me know when you can about discounts for reading/scoring or whatever on saturday. We'll take whatever we can get.

Provided I can find enough DCC guys willing to make a team I'll be there Sunday and I'll read/scorekeep on Saturday for sure.

I am currently trying to find a way to play this with some manner of misfits be it college players or high school players from my team this year. So..I suppose I have "expressed interest."

I am a free agent for this. I am not that good, but I can bribe you with lodging (my parents house, though it will probably be a couch), and picking you up from the airport.

Edit: I need someone to vouch for you that you are not an axe murderer (it is my parents house after all). If you are an axe murderer, do not bother asking, my (not so) little brother is a mediocre high school quiz bowl player turned college rugby player.

I also applaud U of M on holding the tournament at DCC, as it is 20 minutes from my house, as opposed to the 21 minutes Mason Hall is (although I swear I made it in 12 minutes that one time).

The plan as of now is for a group of Ohio high school players to come up for the Sunday portion. So, I guess we (me speaking for them) are expressing interest. I would say the odds are near 100% that at least some group of them will be coming.

Pat Freeburn has confirmed he would like to play with me on Saturday, if we can both be there. We are looking for teammates (I think). Also, I would probably play on Sunday and would need teammates too, hopefully funny, oddball ones.

I'm "expressing interest" as a free agent. I should know more about whether I can definitively show up in early July.

I'm 90% sure I'm going to do my best to make this (at least on Saturday, possibly on Sunday), so I'll change my status to free agency. Are there any updates on fee structure/discounts and/or the field?

The Ohio State University Academic Team will bring one or two teams.
edit: numbers

Hi all,

Here's a field update:

VCU Open (Saturday, August 7)

Confirmed / High Probability of Attending
DCC House Team (1)
Pat Freeburn and Mike Cheyne
Nolan Esser (Free Agent)

Showing Interest

VCU Sunday (Sunday, August 8)

Confirmed / High Probability of Attending
DCC House Team (1-3)
HS Ohio Team (1-2)

Showing Interest
Nolan Esser (Free Agent)

Not Sure Which Day(s) They Are Playing

Confirmed / High Probability of Attending
Ohio State (1-2)
Michael Knapp (and friends?)
Nallin Lalwani (Free Agent)

Showing Interest
Minnesota (1-2?)
Ryan Westbrook and Matt Lafer
Jonathan Graham (Free Agent)

Side notes:
Jarret Greene and Jonathan Graham -- You guys should probably contact the Ohio State / HS Ohio people to get a ride up with them.
Team Pat Freeburn and Mike Cheyne is looking for free agents.

As you can see, there is a lot of missing information. Please update your statuses (especially what days you can play) and email us at [email protected] to confirm your attendence (so far, only two teams have emailed us).

to save thread space:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key= ... l=en#gid=0

Frater Taciturnus wrote:to save thread space:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key= ... l=en#gid=0

There seems to be a problem with the spreadsheet.

You can put my team down as definite for VCU Open. For Sunday I'm not sure...I'd like to see some more college teams show up, obviously we don't want to play against a field of all HS teams.

I think that DCDS might be interested in sending a team, Although I have not discussed this much with our coaches yet.

Looking ahead at my schedule and my finances, it is doubtful that I will be making this trip at this point.

Lafer and I will be playing with Freeburn and Cheyne on Saturday. Don't know about Sunday. Also, yes, some college teams and players in the mix would be nice.

For those who will be in Novi Friday night, this may be a good event to go to.

AC Milan vs. Panathinaikos FC at the Silverdome

http://www.silverdometickets.com/titans.html

I might be interested in this if I can get a ride and lodging with people, so you can put me down tenuously.

M

How much is the entry fee for the sunday tournament?

I may be interested in moderating, if needed. Of course, I am not completely sure whether I can come to this tournament.

It looks highly likely that a 3-4 person group from Minnesota will be heading to this. Details to come.

Los dos Kandlikars will be forming a team, independent of the Minnesota team indicated upthread.

Still need Sunday teammates.

You can take me off the list for Sunday. The annual family reunion will be taking up my time that day. Still seeking Saturday teammates though.

I'll play with you on Sunday, Mike!

EDIT: hey other Minnesota people, are we planning to play together Saturday

Rob and I "may" still want Sunday teammates.

I still need to make sure I can attend this event, but wanna team up?

If you're talking to me, sure.

Cheynem wrote:If you're talking to me, sure.

Sorry, apparently there was a quote failure. I was talking to you.

I will be playing this. Its looking like I will play with a bunch of Ohio people.

tetragrammatology wrote:Looking ahead at my schedule and my finances, it is doubtful that I will be making this trip at this point.

Things have changed for the better. Count me in.

I'm a free agent for Sunday, no clue what my status is for Saturday.

OctagonJoe wrote:I'm a free agent for Sunday, no clue what my status is for Saturday.

Let's play, maybe with the brothers.

It seems that a bunch of short-notice conflicts are coming up for this weekend, so I am no longer expressing interest. I hope that this tournament is successful.

Please sign us up for the Sunday tournament as well.

tetragrammatology wrote:

OctagonJoe wrote:I'm a free agent for Sunday, no clue what my status is for Saturday.

Let's play, maybe with the brothers.

Let's do it.

Hey:

One of my relatives works for the hotel industry, so I can get a discount on a hotel room for Friday and Saturday nights (like $50-$60 TOTAL for both nights, so that's really cheap with multiple folks). If 1-3 people whose schedule matches this would like to share a room, please let me know.

Cheynem wrote:Hey:

One of my relatives works for the hotel industry, so I can get a discount on a hotel room for Friday and Saturday nights (like $50-$60 TOTAL for both nights, so that's really cheap with multiple folks). If 1-3 people whose schedule matches this would like to share a room, please let me know.

There is a Holiday Inn Express and a Comfort Suites roughly a mile away in Wixom.

A field update will posted sometime this weekend.