January Avatars: THE RETURN TO LORD WEARY'S AVATARS

pray for elves · Post by **pray for elves** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 6:38 pm

Who's got a good theme for January?

In honor of the New England Patriots' undefeated regular season, I propose a theme of things which are perfect in quizbowl. Of course, this would lead to people not having any avatars, so if you've got something better, please post a suggestion.

Maxwell Sniffingwell · Sun Dec 30, 2007 7:12 pm

"Things that never lose?"

EDIT: wait, no, this is better:

Things that are better than dolphins.

pray for elves · Post by **pray for elves** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 9:41 pm

Maybe things that are equal to zero, other than the Patriots' regular season losses this year?

Tegan · Post by **Tegan** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 3:01 am

How about avatars representing the most lopsided seasons ......? like the '96 Bulls, the '27 Yankees, or the '77 Canadiens

I would choose "winter".

BuzzerZen · Post by **BuzzerZen** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 3:41 am

Sports are dumb.

Except for Ultimate.

Bigfoot isn't the pr · Mon Dec 31, 2007 3:42 am

DeisEvan wrote:Maybe things that are equal to zero, other than the Patriots' regular season losses this year?

I support this

Maxwell Sniffingwell · Mon Dec 31, 2007 3:43 am

Tegan wrote:or the '77 Canadiens

With the current anti-NAQT vitriol over in the Collegiate Discussion forum, I'd be careful mentioning the C-word, coach.

AKKOLADE · Post by **AKKOLADE** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:48 am

Bigfoot isn't the preferr wrote:
DeisEvan wrote:Maybe things that are equal to zero, other than the Patriots' regular season losses this year?
I support this

I also support this.

the return of AHAN · Post by **the return of AHAN** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 5:15 pm

Updated my avatar to reflect the sentiment...

EDIT: UPDATED again to follow Deis's suit....

pray for elves · Post by **pray for elves** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 10:29 pm

BarringtonJP wrote:Updated my avatar to reflect the sentiment...

I think we're going to do "things equal to zero"...

pray for elves · Post by **pray for elves** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 12:05 am

Someone wasn't clear on my avatar, so I will explain: Keller doesn't power things, because he answers off the giveaways, but he occasionally negs (rarely, but it's non-zero), so P/N = 0. If the joke is too lame or not accurate enough I can try for something better, and the three minutes I spent making the avatar will be wasted.

Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN) · Tue Jan 01, 2008 12:42 am

I have seen a number of stats where Keller hasn't negged anything. However, Power to Tossup ratio might be workable.

Skepticism and Animal Feed · Tue Jan 01, 2008 1:05 am

Very well.

Mike Bentley · Post by **Mike Bentley** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 4:00 pm

I'm confused as to why we didn't make Jonathan Magin related avatars, seeing as how this is his year and all.

pray for elves · Post by **pray for elves** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:54 pm

Bentley Like Beckham wrote:I'm confused as to why we didn't make Jonathan Magin related avatars, seeing as how this is his year and all.

February can be Jonathan Magin month.

dtaylor4 · Post by **dtaylor4** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 7:10 pm

DeisEvan wrote:
Bentley Like Beckham wrote:I'm confused as to why we didn't make Jonathan Magin related avatars, seeing as how this is his year and all.
February can be Jonathan Magin month.

If it's his year, why not make every month Jonathan Magin month?

Nine-Tenths Ideas · Post by **Nine-Tenths Ideas** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:16 pm

Hey guys am I doing it rite?

Sima Guang Hater · Post by **Sima Guang Hater** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:26 pm

I'm in.

BuzzerZen · Post by **BuzzerZen** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:37 pm

NeverHitTina wrote:Hey guys am I doing it rite?

No, because your avatar uses Comic Sans.

Maxwell Sniffingwell · Thu Jan 03, 2008 3:07 am

test one two

Tegan · Post by **Tegan** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 7:04 pm

BarringtonJP's avatar wrote:an empty display case

This is the opposite problem that MS has .... we have many trophies .... nearly all of them sitting on top of my TV or in boxes ..... we have no case.

BuzzerZen · Post by **BuzzerZen** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:35 pm

As far as I know, most of TJ's trophies up through 2006 or so are in a storage closet.

AndyShootsAndyScores · Fri Jan 04, 2008 12:57 am

BM's trophies have covered most of the school trophy case, so any future ones we win will be scattered throughout our coach's classroom.

The Atom Strikes! · Post by **The Atom Strikes!** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 10:34 am

Ours are on a shelf in the back of a computer lab.

The Infanta · Post by **The Infanta** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 2:29 pm

<---Zero from Holes!

Our trophies are in a case located in a secluded corner of the cafeteria, jammed with Speech and Debate (whose trophies bleed into our side of the case).

magin · Post by **magin** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 2:42 pm

Here's my contribution.

Post by **theMoMA** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 2:58 pm

magin wrote:Here's my contribution.

Good work.

Maxwell Sniffingwell · Fri Jan 04, 2008 5:27 pm

I've only taken 110-level Political Science and no Econ, so forgive my lack of game theory knowledge... so what's the avatar, Andrew? Zero... sum?

Fri Jan 04, 2008 6:41 pm

BuzzerZen wrote:As far as I know, most of TJ's trophies up through 2006 or so are in a storage closet.

Most of our team doesn't know where our storage closet is...

ieppler · Post by **ieppler** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 7:38 pm

Agent Zero

Stained Diviner · Post by **Stained Diviner** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 7:53 pm

I'm doing a tribute to the anti-2007 Patriots.

I was proud of the IHSA 2nd Place Trophy we won many years ago until I was told to get rid of it because it had reached the age of three and was no longer relevant. We now give away all our trophies to students at the end of the year, but Gerhardt is keeping our IHSA Championship.

Irreligion in Bangladesh · Fri Jan 04, 2008 10:36 pm

ReinsteinD wrote:I'm doing a tribute to the anti-2007 Patriots.

I was proud of the IHSA 2nd Place Trophy we won many years ago until I was told to get rid of it because it had reached the age of three and was no longer relevant. We now give away all our trophies to students at the end of the year, but Gerhardt is keeping our IHSA Championship.

Are you freaking kidding me? Our school has our plaques etc. from the 1980's lovingly cared for in trophy cases in the main sports hallway. I'd say it gives our program some level of esteem, of heritage.

Although I suppose New Trier could just buy some heritage if they felt like it.

Stained Diviner · Post by **Stained Diviner** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 10:52 pm

New Trier does not need physical objects to give us esteem. New Trier is the greatest school ever created, and that fact is obvious to everybody who attends it.

Sir Thopas · Post by **Sir Thopas** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:07 pm

ReinsteinD wrote:PEW PEW PEW

mlaird · Post by **mlaird** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 1:51 am

I'm in for one. Other things considered:
The Japanese fighter plane
Jack Skellington's ghost doggie
The number of paragraphs not plagiarized in "Chip Beall: A Biography" (most of the material was taken from old ACF Nationals packets and cards from the 20th century edition of Trivial Pursuit)
Number of times Lee Henry and the Batman have been seen in the same place

First Chairman · Post by **First Chairman** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:04 am

I had contemplated "the likelihood that CBI will succeed in a corporate takeover of NAQT." However, I couldn't find the proper spelling of "squadoosh" (aka Pardon the Interruption's Oddsmakers "game").

millionwaves · Post by **millionwaves** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:13 am

Hey Fred (or other mod) sorry I double posted but I like the other one better so please move/delete this so I don't sound like a record. Thanks

millionwaves · Post by **millionwaves** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:15 am

ToStrikeInfinitely wrote:I'm in.

magin wrote:Here's my contribution.

AndyShootsAndyScores · Sat Jan 05, 2008 1:37 pm

Millionwaves wins. MGS references always win.

dtaylor4 · Post by **dtaylor4** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 3:24 pm

In checking.

Sima Guang Hater · Post by **Sima Guang Hater** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 4:56 pm

mlaird wrote:I'm in for one.

Goddamn it I should have thought of that.

Golran · Post by **Golran** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 6:56 pm

<<---- My contribution to January is 0 month. Also can be used as a representation of the amount of a life that I have.

Post by **Auks Ran Ova** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 8:03 pm

Manectric, you fool!

Captain Sinico · Post by **Captain Sinico** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 2:58 pm

Can February be "Faces in Your Dreams That Laugh" Month?

MaS

DakarKra · Post by **DakarKra** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 10:09 pm

ImmaculateDeception wrote:Can February be "Faces in Your Dreams That Laugh" Month?

MaS

I thought it said "face in your dream of glass". N'est-ce pas?

Captain Sinico · Post by **Captain Sinico** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 3:53 am

"I'm in the face of your dreams of glass..." I'm sure there's some reason I never guessed those to be the lyrics.

MaS

DakarKra · Post by **DakarKra** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 4:00 am

ImmaculateDeception wrote:"I'm in the face of your dreams of glass..." I'm sure there's some reason I never guessed those to be the lyrics.

MaS

Wishful thinking that Corgan would make sense with his lyrics? Or at least a little more sense than he does...

Tegan · Post by **Tegan** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:53 am

I would like to protest MaS changing his avatar ...... the Yankees don't change their pinstripes ....... MaS should not be changing his avatar.

cvdwightw · Post by **cvdwightw** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 3:38 pm

You too can audition for a voice part in Gilbert Arenas's new "adult cartoon".

Captain Sinico · Post by **Captain Sinico** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 3:43 pm

As per previous theme month participations, my avatar will change back at the end of the month.

MaS