FLOREAT (Global Announcement)
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FLOREAT (Global Announcement)
I’m pleased to announce that, after a well-received debut as a side tournament to Oxford Open, FLOREAT (Film Lover Organised Relatively Easily Accessible Tournament) is available for mirrors. The mirror fee will be £5 ($6-7) per player.
There are eight packets of 20/20, with the following distribution:
5/3 Actors/actresses
3/1 Directors
2/3 Other aspects of production (composers, cinematographers, special effects etc.)
5/6 Films, with at least 1/0 on non-English language films
5/8 Miscellaneous (characters, locations, plot elements, assorted other things)
The tournament was originally written by and for Brits, and so, although the packets have been Americanized, there will be more British stuff than in the average film packet.
If anyone is interested in hosting mirrors, please email [email protected], and feel free to ask any questions about the tournament below.
There are eight packets of 20/20, with the following distribution:
5/3 Actors/actresses
3/1 Directors
2/3 Other aspects of production (composers, cinematographers, special effects etc.)
5/6 Films, with at least 1/0 on non-English language films
5/8 Miscellaneous (characters, locations, plot elements, assorted other things)
The tournament was originally written by and for Brits, and so, although the packets have been Americanized, there will be more British stuff than in the average film packet.
If anyone is interested in hosting mirrors, please email [email protected], and feel free to ask any questions about the tournament below.
Frances Clark-Murray
Oxford '19 (Quiz Society President '17-'18)
Oxford '19 (Quiz Society President '17-'18)
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Whom can I kill to get this mirrored in the States?
I'M CALLING JOHN LAWRENCE OUT!!!!!!!
I'M CALLING JOHN LAWRENCE OUT!!!!!!!
Mike Cheyne
Formerly U of Minnesota
"You killed HSAPQ"--Matt Bollinger
Formerly U of Minnesota
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Re: FLOREAT (Global Announcement)
I moderated at the UK site of this tournament and it was an awful lot of fun. The set is filled with a lot of great ideas and whimsy, so I strongly recommend people mirror it!
Joey Goldman
Oxford '17
City, University of London '19
Oxford '17
City, University of London '19
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Is there a way to play the original British version?
I am willing to pay hundreds of dollars to make this happen. I can't go to Britain myself because I'm banned from the UK, though.
I am willing to pay hundreds of dollars to make this happen. I can't go to Britain myself because I'm banned from the UK, though.
Mike Cheyne
Formerly U of Minnesota
"You killed HSAPQ"--Matt Bollinger
Formerly U of Minnesota
"You killed HSAPQ"--Matt Bollinger
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Re: FLOREAT (Global Announcement)
On a scale from 'entire tossups on obscure British comedians' to 'sensibly mid-Atlantic', how British do you want it?
Frances Clark-Murray
Oxford '19 (Quiz Society President '17-'18)
Oxford '19 (Quiz Society President '17-'18)
Re: FLOREAT (Global Announcement)
I would like a tossup on every individual Carry On film.
Mike Cheyne
Formerly U of Minnesota
"You killed HSAPQ"--Matt Bollinger
Formerly U of Minnesota
"You killed HSAPQ"--Matt Bollinger
Re: FLOREAT (Global Announcement)
Seconded. Personally, I love hearing all the uniquely British content. It's one of the things that makes sets like Oxford Open unique and one of the reasons why I like playing that set every year.Cheynem wrote:Is there a way to play the original British version?
Aaron Dos Remedios
Formerly of the Waterloo School of Abstruse Canadian Inside Jokes (University of Waterloo)
Formerly of the Waterloo School of Abstruse Canadian Inside Jokes (University of Waterloo)
Re: FLOREAT (Global Announcement)
Any way that this could get run at ICT?
Mike Cheyne
Formerly U of Minnesota
"You killed HSAPQ"--Matt Bollinger
Formerly U of Minnesota
"You killed HSAPQ"--Matt Bollinger
Re: FLOREAT (Global Announcement)
Seconded. Though admittedly, I would prefer it with some Americanization.Cheynem wrote:Any way that this could get run at ICT?
Casey Bindas
PACE VP of Event Management
Michigan Tech 2016-18
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Canton HS (MI) 2007-11
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Michigan Tech 2016-18
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Re: FLOREAT (Global Announcement)
If anyone is willing to host a mirror around ICT, that would be great! If that isn't possible and there are no other mirror sites, I'd be happy to try to run some sort of Skype mirror if that would appeal to people.
Frances Clark-Murray
Oxford '19 (Quiz Society President '17-'18)
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Re: FLOREAT (Global Announcement)
My ICT team would be interested in this and I'd be down to staff, but I don't really know how to run a ICT side event.
Joe Su, OCT
Lisgar 2012, McGill 2015, McGill 2019, Queen's 2020
Lisgar 2012, McGill 2015, McGill 2019, Queen's 2020
Re: FLOREAT (Global Announcement)
Steps to a side event:
1. Get the packets.
2. Get a non negligible amount of promised staff.
3. Get rooms (at ICT, you're probably going to have to get people's hotel rooms, so this can get tricky).
4. Sign up teams in proportion to the number of staff and rooms you have.
I will say this might be too long for ICT weekend (unless you only did tossups); I'd be willing to try to spearhead a midwest mirror of this at some other time or location, perhaps in conjunction with some other trash-esque events.
1. Get the packets.
2. Get a non negligible amount of promised staff.
3. Get rooms (at ICT, you're probably going to have to get people's hotel rooms, so this can get tricky).
4. Sign up teams in proportion to the number of staff and rooms you have.
I will say this might be too long for ICT weekend (unless you only did tossups); I'd be willing to try to spearhead a midwest mirror of this at some other time or location, perhaps in conjunction with some other trash-esque events.
Mike Cheyne
Formerly U of Minnesota
"You killed HSAPQ"--Matt Bollinger
Formerly U of Minnesota
"You killed HSAPQ"--Matt Bollinger
Re: FLOREAT (Global Announcement)
I think this event seems better suited for a side event weekend type thing. Alternatively, I'd help read this over Skype if there is interest.
Harris Bunker
Grosse Pointe North High School '15
Michigan State University '19
UC San Diego Economics 2019 -
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Michigan State University '19
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We played this as a shootout on the tossups only at the NYU site of OAT and it was a ton of fun. Thanks for writing such an excellent set.
Scores for our site were:
Max Smiley: 375
Harrison Whitaker: 365
Alec Vulfson: 200
Eric Mukherjee: 170
Sam Braunfeld: 150
Paul Lee: 70
Jerry Vinokurov: 40 (left after 4 packets)
Richard Yu: 30
Scores for our site were:
Max Smiley: 375
Harrison Whitaker: 365
Alec Vulfson: 200
Eric Mukherjee: 170
Sam Braunfeld: 150
Paul Lee: 70
Jerry Vinokurov: 40 (left after 4 packets)
Richard Yu: 30
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i would love to play this at ICT or over Skype. whichever one works
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Greg Weinstein
Berry College 07-11
Central Gwinnett High 03-07
Greg Weinstein
Berry College 07-11
Central Gwinnett High 03-07
Re: FLOREAT (Global Announcement)
Seconded for a skype tournament!
Ronald "Chip" Horton
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Re: FLOREAT (Global Announcement)
is there anyone still interested in playing this here at ICT or should we do it at another upcoming nationals tournament?
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Greg Weinstein
Berry College 07-11
Central Gwinnett High 03-07
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Re: FLOREAT (Global Announcement)
As there are no more planned physical mirrors of this tournament, I'd like to run some sort of (free) mirror of this over Skype, probably on some Sunday in June. If people interested could fill out this poll (https://doodle.com/poll/tbrrf9aw5xhyif6t) with their preferences, I'll organise a running of this.
Frances Clark-Murray
Oxford '19 (Quiz Society President '17-'18)
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Re: FLOREAT (Global Announcement)
I'll run this on Sunday 18th, then. Would people prefer to play this as a shootout or with bonuses?
Frances Clark-Murray
Oxford '19 (Quiz Society President '17-'18)
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Re: FLOREAT (Global Announcement)
Update: I'll be reading this on the quizbowl Discord channel from 6pm ET on June 18th. Hope to see as many people as possible there!
Frances Clark-Murray
Oxford '19 (Quiz Society President '17-'18)
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Re: FLOREAT (Global Announcement)
As a reminder, I'll be reading this at 6pm ET (just over six hours time) in the packet channel of the quizbowl discord (https://discord.gg/C3Cjk4N is a link to the main channel). I'll post the set on the packet archive soon afterwards.
Frances Clark-Murray
Oxford '19 (Quiz Society President '17-'18)
Oxford '19 (Quiz Society President '17-'18)
Re: FLOREAT (Global Announcement)
Could you perhaps hold off on posting the set until a potential usage at Michigan's NASAT open? (I wanted to play this set but will be unavailable today)
Mike Cheyne
Formerly U of Minnesota
"You killed HSAPQ"--Matt Bollinger
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Sure, I'd be happy to.Cheynem wrote:Could you perhaps hold off on posting the set until a potential usage at Michigan's NASAT open?
Frances Clark-Murray
Oxford '19 (Quiz Society President '17-'18)
Oxford '19 (Quiz Society President '17-'18)
Re: FLOREAT (Global Announcement)
Two things
1) Super pumped for this!
2) As someone who has never used Discord before, can you please make sure to post instructions? How to join the quiz bowl channel, how the buzzing works, etc? I've done Skype tourneys before, but I want to make sure I don't slow anyone down
Thanks!
1) Super pumped for this!
2) As someone who has never used Discord before, can you please make sure to post instructions? How to join the quiz bowl channel, how the buzzing works, etc? I've done Skype tourneys before, but I want to make sure I don't slow anyone down
Thanks!
Ronald "Chip" Horton
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Re: FLOREAT (Global Announcement)
It works pretty similar to Skype tournaments: follow the link and click on the #packet text channel at the side of the screen. I'll read the questions over the voice chat: type 'buzz' when you want to buzz, and then you have some time to type an answer.orgoman wrote:2) As someone who has never used Discord before, can you please make sure to post instructions? How to join the quiz bowl channel, how the buzzing works, etc? I've done Skype tourneys before, but I want to make sure I don't slow anyone down
EDIT: You need to join the 'packet reading' channel to hear the audio as well.
Frances Clark-Murray
Oxford '19 (Quiz Society President '17-'18)
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Re: FLOREAT (Global Announcement)
Thanks a bunch for reading--these were great!
Raynor Kuang
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Re: FLOREAT (Global Announcement)
I missed this because I was playing D&D--any chance of a reread or upload soon/ever?
K Kohn
Cheltenham High School 2015
American University 2018
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Cheltenham High School 2015
American University 2018
Ask me about my trash packets.
Re: FLOREAT (Global Announcement)
I tried e-mailing Francis about a mirror but haven't heard a response--can anyone else at Oxford get a hold of him? (or alternatively, anyone who has already mirrored this get a hold of me--I'm obviously willing to pay, I just need the packets for next weekend)
Mike Cheyne
Formerly U of Minnesota
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Re: FLOREAT (Global Announcement)
I'll try to get in touch with him
Christopher Stern
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Yeah, this was great. Excellent answerline choices. My only quibbles is that I think there were too many actor tossups and a lot of them rewarded knowing the debut role of the performers.
Mike Cheyne
Formerly U of Minnesota
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Re: FLOREAT (Global Announcement)
Were these ever posted to the archives?
Raynor Kuang
quizdb.org
Harvard 2017, TJHSST 2013
I wrote GRAPHIC and FILM
quizdb.org
Harvard 2017, TJHSST 2013
I wrote GRAPHIC and FILM