
There's matches going from 8:20am CT to 8pm CT. Many of the usual suspects for Chip's tournaments are here. Finals are at 3pm CT on Memorial Day.
New Orleans schedule: http://www.qunlimited.com/nosche11.htm
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Um, no?rpond wrote:as the NAC must still be considered in the company of actual national quiz bowl tournaments.
In context, what he's saying is "I regret that [I didn't make the NAC thread in miscellaneous] [because the thread that another poster made being in THIS subforum means that] the NAC must still be considered..."Carangoides ciliarius wrote:Um, no?rpond wrote:as the NAC must still be considered in the company of actual national quiz bowl tournaments.
No way of knowing. Before we discontinued going to NAC, I suggested to Chip and/or Jason that they put states into these postings, as it's impossible to scout opponents or indeed know anything about them. The best he ever did was to differentiate between the multiple St. Joseph's.rpond wrote:I was going to make a thread about this in miscellaneous a few days ago, but opted not to. I now regret that decision, as the NAC must still be considered in the company of actual national quiz bowl tournaments. Maybe next year...
I see Anchorage in that schedule. Has Questions Unlimited broken into Alaska?
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So are we. Chip sent our advisor an email with the schedule, so check if yours has it. If not, I can email it to you if you want it now.bmanzo44 wrote:My team is going to the NAC in D.C., anyone know if those schedules are available yet?
Anonymous wrote:naqt is much worse than plagiarism could ever hope to be
And the other two are from Westchester. Geographic diversity, man...rpond wrote:I find it amusing that Lancaster Catholic faces every team from Long Island. Such is, I imagine.
Wow. I remember when I used questions like these in practice.The Saratogian wrote:"What is the common two-word term for the disease known as Pertussis?" Saratoga Springs High School Academic Team advisor Alicia Silver asked her students.
"Whooping Cough," senior Sophie Breitbart immediately buzzed in.
"Correct. Next question. Geography — What is the capital of Sudan?"
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I want to preface this by saying that I'm not picking on these teams specifically, but rather using them to illustrate a point because I recognize them as from my region.scquizbowl wrote:Here is an article about the Saratoga Springs, NY team preparing for the New Orleans nationals:
http://saratogian.com/articles/2011/05/ ... 042387.txt
Washington preliminary round schedule (including a James Island JV team):
http://www.qunlimited.com/dcsche11.htm
Same statement now applies to Danville Bate...Moving Day wrote:I'd be very interested to see the Conway Christian players, coach, and family compare their experience at NAC to their experience at MSNCT.
Their best player who likes good quizbowl is going to the NASAT instead. But they've been going to the NAC for years.Carangoides ciliarius wrote:Is that the same Copley from Ohio that's, like, good at real quizbowl and not this terrible version? If so, what are they doing at this tournament?
Tell them to stop throwing their money away.Joe N wrote:Their best player who likes good quizbowl is going to the NASAT instead. But they've been going to the NAC for years.Carangoides ciliarius wrote:Is that the same Copley from Ohio that's, like, good at real quizbowl and not this terrible version? If so, what are they doing at this tournament?
Anonymous wrote:naqt is much worse than plagiarism could ever hope to be
Anonymous wrote:naqt is much worse than plagiarism could ever hope to be
I mean, technically its the national championship ofJeremy Gibbs Freesy Does It wrote:Why doesn't anybody tell Harrison that they should be embarrassed with themselves for this nonsense on the rare occasions they do show up to real tournaments and lose to the actual national contenders.
Actually, it's a little deeper than that. Coach Schneider believes strongly in her position. She thinks QUnlimited allows girls to show their strengths in English and Literature better. (In fact, she very much likes vocabulary-based questions such as anagrams and synonyms because of this. The fact that such questions are non-pyramidal is not as important.)evilmonkey wrote:On a more serious note, I believe the subject of Chip vs. pyramidal has been discussed with Harrison multiple times. I don't think that Mrs. Schneider will budge from her support of Chip.
Until next year, when St. Joe will probably be down further :/ Although we finished 5-5 at HSNCT, we didn't face any team with a better record than 7-3 in the prelims. This year went south when the second-best player (and only lit and art expert) "retired" to concentrate on her photography. She won several national awards, including one the same weekend as Atlanta.evilmonkey wrote:Before I launch into my argument, however, I would like to mention that Indiana quizbowl is in a bit of a slump. Harrison is down. St. Joe's is way down... This decline has continued until hitting a low this year.
Bryce is being genererous here. Many tourneys have consisted solely of Culver, St. Joseph's, Harrison, and the occasional other Indiana school. DCC has probably played more games in Indiana NAQT tourneys than all other Indiana schools combined.evilmonkey wrote:The first way that alienating Harrison would hurt Indiana is by reducing the number of competitive teams in attendance at pyramidal tournaments. Currently, the teams that are interested in playing multiple pyramidal tournaments each year are Culver, St. Joseph's, Harrison, North White, North Miami, Pioneer, and Penn. North White, North Miami, and Pioneer are all small schools that have seen an improvement since their first tournaments but are still fairly weak. Penn is fairly inconsistent about coming to tournaments due to the overwhelming bureaucracy of the South Bend Public Schools (I believe that they have to have to have transportation requests in several months ahead of time). For tournaments that don't draw out of state teams, then, alienating Harrison means alienating competition.
Technically, Harrison is in the middle third of the state, but it might as well be the southern half, since there are no quiz bowl leagues south of Indianapolis. Bryce is right about their influence though.evilmonkey wrote:The more important reason that alienating Harrison would hurt Indiana quizbowl is that such a move would effectively close off two thirds of the state. Of the teams that attend pyramidal tournaments mentioned above, only Harrison hails from the southern 2/3rds of the state. Moreover, Harrison has perhaps the most significant voice in that part of the state. Right now, their stance is one of "pyramidal is alright, but we prefer this".
Ohhhhh, Jesus. I am facepalming so hard at this.Ben Dillon wrote:Actually, it's a little deeper than that. Coach Schneider believes strongly in her position. She thinks QUnlimited allows girls to show their strengths in English and Literature better. (In fact, she very much likes vocabulary-based questions such as anagrams and synonyms because of this. The fact that such questions are non-pyramidal is not as important.)
Thought some of you might have that reaction.List of wrestling-based comic books wrote:Ohhhhh, Jesus. I am facepalming so hard at this.Ben Dillon wrote:Actually, it's a little deeper than that. Coach Schneider believes strongly in her position. She thinks QUnlimited allows girls to show their strengths in English and Literature better. (In fact, she very much likes vocabulary-based questions such as anagrams and synonyms because of this. The fact that such questions are non-pyramidal is not as important.)
I would hope everyone would have that reaction because it's such a stupid assertion.Ben Dillon wrote:Thought some of you might have that reaction.List of wrestling-based comic books wrote:Ohhhhh, Jesus. I am facepalming so hard at this.Ben Dillon wrote:Actually, it's a little deeper than that. Coach Schneider believes strongly in her position. She thinks QUnlimited allows girls to show their strengths in English and Literature better. (In fact, she very much likes vocabulary-based questions such as anagrams and synonyms because of this. The fact that such questions are non-pyramidal is not as important.)
Ummm... because that won't accomplish anything?Jeremy Gibbs Freesy Does It wrote:Why don't you tell this person she is a phenomenal idiot then? Because you're scared?
Probably out of a sense of professionalism.Jeremy Gibbs Freesy Does It wrote:Why don't you tell this person she is a phenomenal idiot then? Because you're scared?
This was already said above, but I'll rehash the argument. In Indiana, we've seen pyramidal quizbowl grow, slowly but surely, over the past 7 years. As mentioned earlier, said person has considerable influence over whether pyramidal quizbowl continues to spread. Right now, she is allowing pyramidal quizbowl to take root, though not actively supporting it. The probability of a negative reaction to further discussions of the subject is greater than the probability of her conversion (and the benefits that are entailed). Thus, the optimal strategy is to not piss off the people who can stop the spread of pyramidal quizbowl in Indiana.Jeremy Gibbs Freesy Does It wrote:Why don't you tell this person she is a phenomenal idiot then? Because you're scared?
I've heard that Copley's coach actually prefers QU to pyramidal formats. I'm not joking.Carangoides ciliarius wrote:Is that the same Copley from Ohio that's, like, good at real quizbowl and not this terrible version? If so, what are they doing at this tournament?
This is correct; last year Saajid was not on the Ohio NASAT team because his coach insisted that he and his team go to NAC instead. I suspect a similar thing happened this year with PACE.mhayes wrote:I've heard that Copley's coach actually prefers QU to pyramidal formats. I'm not joking.Carangoides ciliarius wrote:Is that the same Copley from Ohio that's, like, good at real quizbowl and not this terrible version? If so, what are they doing at this tournament?