The Worst Trash Tournament Ever
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The Worst Trash Tournament Ever
In a world dominated by well-written academic packets, two quizbowlers, driven by a desperate desire to provide the world with bad trash, endeavored to write The Worst Trash Tournament Ever. You thought answerlines could get no worse than "It's Britney, bitch!" and "Kim Kardashian's ass". Think again. Brought to you by the writers of Never Say Never comes a new trash tournament worse than ever before.
Featuring the worst answerlines of all time in categories ranging from reality TV to fashion faux pas and sports mishaps. The Worst Trash Tournament Ever premieres worldwide on May 10, 2014 at CAHOOTS and will be coming soon to a tournament site near you. Produced by Eliza Grames and Melanie Keating.
For access to this truly atrocious set, please contact [email protected].
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Eliza Grames
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Re: The Worst Trash Tournament Ever
I have apparently endorsed this product and/or service.
Jerry Vinokurov
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Re: The Worst Trash Tournament Ever
That's the opposite of endorse!
Mike Cheyne
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Re: The Worst Trash Tournament Ever
There must be something (besides oil) in the Richmond water, because much like Cody, I cannot wait for this.
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Re: The Worst Trash Tournament Ever
yessssss
Rob Carson
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Re: The Worst Trash Tournament Ever
I stand by my statement.Cheynem wrote:That's the opposite of endorse!
Jerry Vinokurov
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presently: John Jay College Economics
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Re: The Worst Trash Tournament Ever
Since we neglected almost all logistical details in the original announcement, here they are now.
Cost
Rather than charging a standard fee for playing the set, we're asking that you just donate whatever you think the set is worth. We're suggesting $5 because that we spent roughly 35-40 hours choosing answerlines and writing questions and because we're going to have nightmares after researching some of these truly horrifyingly bad answerlines.
Mirrors
If anyone wants to mirror the set, please email me at [email protected]. If you're hosting a mirror, please collect donations from players at your set and send us a check or something.
Carleton College - 5/10
HSNCT - 5/30 or 5/31 (as read by me in someone's hotel room, probably)
Format and Distribution
This tournament will now feature precisely one guest-written tossup by Robin Heinonen. We expect it will be bad. (Correction: It will now feature four tossups by Robin, all of which are terrible).
There will be 100 tossups with no bonuses because trash bonuses are terrible. Each packet has two answers from each category (see below) - one "worst" thing from 2013 or early 2014 and one that is the "worst" thing of all time. All answerlines must have appeared on some list of the "worst" that we found on various entertainment news sites or blogs.
TV shows and characters
Reality TV shows
Songs
Artists
Movies and characters
Actors and actresses
Celebrities
Fashion
Internet trends
Sports
Cost
Rather than charging a standard fee for playing the set, we're asking that you just donate whatever you think the set is worth. We're suggesting $5 because that we spent roughly 35-40 hours choosing answerlines and writing questions and because we're going to have nightmares after researching some of these truly horrifyingly bad answerlines.
Mirrors
If anyone wants to mirror the set, please email me at [email protected]. If you're hosting a mirror, please collect donations from players at your set and send us a check or something.
Carleton College - 5/10
HSNCT - 5/30 or 5/31 (as read by me in someone's hotel room, probably)
Format and Distribution
This tournament will now feature precisely one guest-written tossup by Robin Heinonen. We expect it will be bad. (Correction: It will now feature four tossups by Robin, all of which are terrible).
There will be 100 tossups with no bonuses because trash bonuses are terrible. Each packet has two answers from each category (see below) - one "worst" thing from 2013 or early 2014 and one that is the "worst" thing of all time. All answerlines must have appeared on some list of the "worst" that we found on various entertainment news sites or blogs.
TV shows and characters
Reality TV shows
Songs
Artists
Movies and characters
Actors and actresses
Celebrities
Fashion
Internet trends
Sports
Last edited by eliza.grames on Sat May 10, 2014 1:32 am, edited 1 time in total.
Eliza Grames
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Re: The Worst Trash Tournament Ever
This sounds fantastic, despite the fact that I know almost nothing about most of these topics.
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Re: The Worst Trash Tournament Ever
I want to play this very, very badly but won't be at HSNCT. Perhaps an IRC reading can eventually happen?
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Re: The Worst Trash Tournament Ever
Is there any plan to put your previous tournament on Wastebin?
Jonathan Graham
Beavercreek HS 1999-2003, Ohio State 2003-2007, Wright State (possibly playing)2012-2015
moderator/scorekeeper at some tournaments in Ohio, and sometimes elsewhere
"Ohio has a somewhat fractured quizbowl circuit, with a few small pockets of intense competition (like in Mahoning County) and with the rest scattered around the state."-Chris Chiego
Beavercreek HS 1999-2003, Ohio State 2003-2007, Wright State (possibly playing)2012-2015
moderator/scorekeeper at some tournaments in Ohio, and sometimes elsewhere
"Ohio has a somewhat fractured quizbowl circuit, with a few small pockets of intense competition (like in Mahoning County) and with the rest scattered around the state."-Chris Chiego
Re: The Worst Trash Tournament Ever
My teammate John and I are both interested in playing this if our coach will allow it.
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Re: The Worst Trash Tournament Ever
A word of caution: the phrase "as read by me in someone's hotel room", in this case, generally implies "to a group of adults who may or may not be drinking", participation in which will not include high schoolers for a whole host of reasons. I, as presumably does Eliza, encourage high schoolers interested in playing this at HSNCT to figure their own thing out independently.
Rob Carson
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Re: The Worst Trash Tournament Ever
Yeah, sorry about that, I kind of skipped over the details after seeing a possible HSNCT mirror.Ukonvasara wrote:A word of caution: the phrase "as read by me in someone's hotel room", in this case, generally implies "to a group of adults who may or may not be drinking", participation in which will not include high schoolers for a whole host of reasons. I, as presumably does Eliza, encourage high schoolers interested in playing this at HSNCT to figure their own thing out independently.
Sam
Re: The Worst Trash Tournament Ever
I was sorta assuming that until Sam expressed interest. Well, now I know.
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Re: The Worst Trash Tournament Ever
Not to continue speaking for Eliza here, but I'm sure she'd have no problem with high schoolers independently organizing a reading of this tournament at HSNCT!
Rob Carson
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Re: The Worst Trash Tournament Ever
It's a fun set.
Mike Cheyne
Formerly U of Minnesota
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Formerly U of Minnesota
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Re: The Worst Trash Tournament Ever
Mike Cheyne has already heard the set and probably wouldn't mind reading it in the IRC at some point.Goole by-election, 1971 wrote:I want to play this very, very badly but won't be at HSNCT. Perhaps an IRC reading can eventually happen?
I should probably get around to that… Thanks for the reminder.cwRsync wrote:Is there any plan to put your previous tournament on Wastebin?
Rob is correct in saying that me reading it at HSNCT isn't really a formal mirror and was intended for staffers, not high school students. If anyone DOES want to organize a mirror of the set at HSNCT for high school students they should get in touch with me and we can figure out logistics.Ukonvasara wrote:Not to continue speaking for Eliza here, but I'm sure she'd have no problem with high schoolers independently organizing a reading of this tournament at HSNCT!
Eliza Grames
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Re: The Worst Trash Tournament Ever
Maybe hold off on posting to Wastebin before HSNCT.
Andrew Hart
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Re: The Worst Trash Tournament Ever
Just to be clear, I was asking about putting the tournament they wrote last year on Wastebin, not this tournament, so that people who don't know the writers could see examples of their previous work.theMoMA wrote:Maybe hold off on posting to Wastebin before HSNCT.
Jonathan Graham
Beavercreek HS 1999-2003, Ohio State 2003-2007, Wright State (possibly playing)2012-2015
moderator/scorekeeper at some tournaments in Ohio, and sometimes elsewhere
"Ohio has a somewhat fractured quizbowl circuit, with a few small pockets of intense competition (like in Mahoning County) and with the rest scattered around the state."-Chris Chiego
Beavercreek HS 1999-2003, Ohio State 2003-2007, Wright State (possibly playing)2012-2015
moderator/scorekeeper at some tournaments in Ohio, and sometimes elsewhere
"Ohio has a somewhat fractured quizbowl circuit, with a few small pockets of intense competition (like in Mahoning County) and with the rest scattered around the state."-Chris Chiego
Re: The Worst Trash Tournament Ever
I don't know if the results from the main site were ever posted.
Carsten Gehring took first, myself and Rob Carson tied for second. I forget who was next. A good time was had by all, except me when Carsten won those two buzzer races.
Carsten Gehring took first, myself and Rob Carson tied for second. I forget who was next. A good time was had by all, except me when Carsten won those two buzzer races.
Mike Cheyne
Formerly U of Minnesota
"You killed HSAPQ"--Matt Bollinger
Formerly U of Minnesota
"You killed HSAPQ"--Matt Bollinger
Re: The Worst Trash Tournament Ever
You can find the Never Say Never packet at this page.cwRsync wrote:Just to be clear, I was asking about putting the tournament they wrote last year on Wastebin, not this tournament, so that people who don't know the writers could see examples of their previous work.theMoMA wrote:Maybe hold off on posting to Wastebin before HSNCT.
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Re: The Worst Trash Tournament Ever
I'm going to read this set at HSNCT on Saturday night somewhere in the hotel. I'll post the location and/or you can seek it out if you want to play. Please note this DOES NOT APPLY TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS because there will almost certainly be drinking involved. Sorry - you guys will have to read the set elsewhere.
Eliza Grames
University of Minnesota '13
University of Connecticut '21
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Re: The Worst Trash Tournament Ever
If you forward it to me, I can pass it on to the appropriate people for playing Wodern Morld.eliza.grames wrote:I'm going to read this set at HSNCT on Saturday night somewhere in the hotel. I'll post the location and/or you can seek it out if you want to play. Please note this DOES NOT APPLY TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS because there will almost certainly be drinking involved. Sorry - you guys will have to read the set elsewhere.
Fred Morlan
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Re: The Worst Trash Tournament Ever
Saul Hankin offered up the Michigan room, so we'll be in 916 starting around 10pm or so. If there's an excessive amount of interest, we can split into two rooms because most of the other Minnesota staffers have already heard the set and could read.
Eliza Grames
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