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by lchen
Wed Dec 12, 2012 6:07 pm
Forum: New High School Teams
Topic: Introduction to Quizbowl (class at MIT Splash)
Replies: 5
Views: 5453

Re: Introduction to Quizbowl (class at MIT Splash)

Glad you found it useful!
ngr17 wrote: you misspelled Slytherin.
That's not our fault; we took it directly from NAQT.com.
by lchen
Sun Nov 18, 2012 2:17 pm
Forum: New High School Teams
Topic: Introduction to Quizbowl (class at MIT Splash)
Replies: 5
Views: 5453

Introduction to Quizbowl (class at MIT Splash)

Adam Kalinich and I just taught an Introduction to Quizbowl class at MIT Splash this weekend. Here are the slides we used, in case anyone here finds them useful: Introduction to Quizbowl
by lchen
Thu May 31, 2012 12:42 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2012 NSC: June 9-10 at Washington University in St. Louis
Replies: 106
Views: 176284

Re: 2012 NSC: June 9-10 at Washington University in St. Louis

PACE has posted an updated version of its rules for the 2012 NSC. The updated rules can be found at http://www.pace-nsc.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/PACE-NSC-2012-Rules.doc . The primary, but not exhaustive, list of changes from last year’s rules are as follows: 1. Clarification of bonu...
by lchen
Tue May 08, 2012 4:51 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: CAT VI @ Chatham High School (NJ) - 5/19/12
Replies: 22
Views: 9200

Re: CAT VI @ Chatham High School (NJ) - 5/19/12

Hunter would like to register 3 Premier division teams and 1 Main division team. We will also have 2 moderators and 1 scorekeeper.

Edit: 2 mods
by lchen
Sat May 05, 2012 3:42 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Summer tournament(s) at Ridgewood HS, Ridgewood, NJ
Replies: 27
Views: 9944

Re: Summer tournament(s) at Ridgewood HS, Ridgewood, NJ

Unless this happens while I'm at summer camp, I'd definitely like to come and play/moderate.
by lchen
Mon Apr 23, 2012 11:19 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Where Will You Be Going to College Next Year? 2011-12
Replies: 86
Views: 39013

Re: Where Will You Be Going to College Next Year? 2011-12

I'm going to MIT and will play quiz bowl there.
by lchen
Sun Apr 22, 2012 9:40 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Norcross Prison Bowl Mirror, 4/21
Replies: 8
Views: 4587

Re: Norcross Prison Bowl Mirror, 4/21

We hope you enjoyed the set! If you have any comments or feedback on the questions, please email me at [email protected].
by lchen
Sun Apr 01, 2012 10:50 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: TJHSST's Mirror of Prison Bowl-3/31/12
Replies: 30
Views: 13912

Re: TJHSST's Mirror of Prison Bowl-3/31/12

We hope you enjoyed the set! If you have any comments or feedback on the questions, please email me at [email protected].
by lchen
Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:33 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: BHSAT XXI at Yale University (March 24, 2012)
Replies: 36
Views: 21147

Re: BHSAT XXI at Yale University (March 24, 2012)

Hunter has one broken buzzer system and one missing one. Sorry.
by lchen
Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:32 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: BOAT IV - March 31, 2012 - Hackensack NJ
Replies: 23
Views: 9341

Re: BOAT IV - March 31, 2012 - Hackensack NJ

We will have 5 teams. If it makes the numbers easier, we could also bring just 4.
by lchen
Fri Mar 16, 2012 1:45 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: JOSEPH BOOKSTABER MEMORIAL ACADEMIC TOURNAMENT (3/17/2012)
Replies: 20
Views: 7767

Re: JOSEPH BOOKSTABER MEMORIAL ACADEMIC TOURNAMENT (3/17/2012)

---PLAYOFFS will include two round-robin brackets of four teams. After three playoff matches, teams will be seeded for a fourth match for placement (Bracket A winner plays Bracket B winner for championship, Bracket a 2nd place plays bracket B 2nd place for 3rd/4th place, etc.) Will there be consola...
by lchen
Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:40 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Prison Bowl V @ Hunter HS, NYC (3/3/2012)
Replies: 23
Views: 12328

Re: Prison Bowl V @ Hunter HS, NYC (3/3/2012)

Thank you, everyone, for coming! Thanks especially to our moderators and scorekeepers and our advisor Mr Young, without whom this tournament could not have happened. I hope you enjoyed the tournament as much as we enjoyed hosting it. Congratulations to GDS A for a great win, and to TJ A for a close ...
by lchen
Sat Mar 03, 2012 5:49 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Prison Bowl V @ Hunter HS, NYC (3/3/2012)
Replies: 23
Views: 12328

Re: Prison Bowl V @ Hunter HS, NYC (3/3/2012)

Currently: GDS A vs. TJ A in a one-game final, Ardsley A vs. St Joseph B in a third-place game.
by lchen
Thu Mar 01, 2012 10:53 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Prison Bowl V @ Hunter HS, NYC (3/3/2012)
Replies: 23
Views: 12328

Re: Prison Bowl V @ Hunter HS, NYC (3/3/2012)

Hi everyone, The field is now closed. The final field for this Saturday will be: ( 24 teams , 21 buzzers, 2 moderators) St. Joseph HS (2, 2, 1) Preston HS (1, 1, 0) Georgetown Day School (2, 3, 0) Ridgewood HS (3, 3, 0) Ardsley HS (2, 1, 0) Team Tribeca (3, 2, 0) Irvington HS (1, 0, 0) Bergen Count...
by lchen
Thu Mar 01, 2012 5:16 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Prison Bowl V @ Hunter HS, NYC (3/3/2012)
Replies: 23
Views: 12328

Re: Prison Bowl V @ Hunter HS, NYC (3/3/2012)

SHP Pirate wrote:SHP will have a final number this evening. I will e-mail you tonight.
Mr. Zinsmeister, any word on this?
by lchen
Wed Feb 22, 2012 8:11 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: JOSEPH BOOKSTABER MEMORIAL ACADEMIC TOURNAMENT (3/17/2012)
Replies: 20
Views: 7767

Re: JOSEPH BOOKSTABER MEMORIAL ACADEMIC TOURNAMENT (3/17/2012)

Hunter is interested with 2-3 teams. We'll send a registration form later once we have our numbers down.
by lchen
Sat Feb 18, 2012 11:34 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Prison Bowl V @ Hunter HS, NYC (3/3/2012)
Replies: 23
Views: 12328

Re: Prison Bowl V @ Hunter HS, NYC (3/3/2012)

MWYang wrote:At around what time would the preliminaries conclude? There's an event at my school on that date for which some of my team's players have to be back for, so we would be leaving at around 2:30 PM.
Prelims should conclude around 12-1 PM.
by lchen
Thu Feb 16, 2012 8:14 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Prison Bowl V @ Hunter HS, NYC (3/3/2012)
Replies: 23
Views: 12328

Re: Prison Bowl V @ Hunter HS, NYC (3/3/2012)

The field list in the top post is up to date. If you're a team on the "Expressing Interest" list, or if you've given me a range of team/buzzer/moderator numbers, please let me know as soon as possible what your final numbers are.
by lchen
Sun Feb 12, 2012 8:24 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: RESCHEDULED: THE SJHS MIRROR OF GSAC XIX, SUNDAY 2/12/12
Replies: 36
Views: 13070

Re: RESCHEDULED: THE SJHS MIRROR OF GSAC XIX, SUNDAY 2/12/12

Thanks for the very efficiently run tournament, St. Joe's, and thanks for getting stats up so quickly!

A bunch of teams apparently have bonus points in some games that aren't divisible by 10. That seems kinda fishy. Also, "Marianne" on Hunter B should be Marianna.
by lchen
Thu Feb 09, 2012 8:52 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: BHSAT XXI at Yale University (March 24, 2012)
Replies: 36
Views: 21147

Re: BHSAT XXI at Yale University (March 24, 2012)

Hunter will have 3-4 teams.
by lchen
Thu Feb 09, 2012 7:37 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: BOAT IV - March 31, 2012 - Hackensack NJ
Replies: 23
Views: 9341

Re: BOAT IV - March 31, 2012 - Hackensack NJ

Hunter will have 4-5 teams.
by lchen
Mon Jan 30, 2012 8:50 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Prison Bowl V @ Hunter HS, NYC (3/3/2012)
Replies: 23
Views: 12328

Re: Prison Bowl V @ Hunter HS, NYC (3/3/2012)

Hey everyone,

Prison Bowl is coming up in about a month. If you are interested, could you please register soon (or express interest) so that we can have a better idea of how many teams are coming? Thanks.
by lchen
Sun Jan 22, 2012 5:52 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: POSTPONED: The Garden State Mirror of GSAC XIX, 1/21/12
Replies: 66
Views: 24123

Re: POSTPONED: The Garden State Mirror of GSAC XIX, 1/21/12

4/1 would be best for Hunter, though 2/12 and 2/5 are also pretty good.
by lchen
Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:38 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: POSTPONED: The Garden State Mirror of GSAC XIX, 1/21/12
Replies: 66
Views: 24123

Re: The Garden State Mirror of GSAC XIX, January 21st, 2012

As someone who's directed two tournaments affected by freak snowstorms: Please don't cancel the tournament this early, before the snow's even started. Pushing registration back to allow teams a less hurried drive is definitely a good idea. Even if some teams will have to stay home due to the snow, m...
by lchen
Mon Dec 26, 2011 4:22 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Prison Bowl V @ Hunter HS, NYC (3/3/2012)
Replies: 23
Views: 12328

Prison Bowl V @ Hunter HS, NYC (3/3/2012)

Hunter College High School is proud to announce its fifth annual Prison Bowl (named after its locale, the "Brick Prison"), to be held on Saturday, March 3, 2012 . To register, please email me at lilychen3.14159@gmail.com with "Prison Bowl registration" and your school's name in t...
by lchen
Mon Dec 26, 2011 4:12 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Prison Bowl V set available for mirrors
Replies: 0
Views: 1956

Prison Bowl V set available for mirrors

This year's iteration of Prison Bowl will be available for mirrors from March through the weekend before HSNCT. Please contact me at lilychen3.14159@gmail.com for details. The questions will be written by the Hunter team in standard mACF format (20 pyramidal tossups, 30-point 3-part bonuses, no comp...
by lchen
Sat Dec 24, 2011 7:25 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: POSTPONED: The Garden State Mirror of GSAC XIX, 1/21/12
Replies: 66
Views: 24123

Re: The Garden State Mirror of GSAC XIX, January 21st, 2011

Coach Powers, Hunter will have at least 4 teams.
by lchen
Sun Dec 18, 2011 9:25 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: POSTPONED: The Garden State Mirror of GSAC XIX, 1/21/12
Replies: 66
Views: 24123

Re: The Garden State Mirror of GSAC XIX, January 21st, 2011

Hunter will have 3-4 teams for this.
by lchen
Mon Dec 12, 2011 1:19 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Saint Joe's Mirror of DAFT III, December 17th, 2011
Replies: 79
Views: 19882

Re: Saint Joe's Mirror of DAFT III, December 17th, 2011

From the NSC website: For multi-division tournaments (e.g., a tournament with both Varsity and JV divisions) only the top division can qualify teams for the NSC. The average of the number of teams in the top division and the number of teams in the whole tournament will be used as the field size num...
by lchen
Sun Dec 11, 2011 11:42 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Saint Joe's Mirror of DAFT III, December 17th, 2011
Replies: 79
Views: 19882

Re: Saint Joe's Mirror of DAFT III, December 17th, 2011

Hunter is opposed to a field split. However, if the field does end up being split, we'll enter 3 teams in the upper division and 1 in the novice division.
by lchen
Mon Nov 07, 2011 9:37 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Saint Joe's Mirror of DAFT III, December 17th, 2011
Replies: 79
Views: 19882

Re: Saint Joe's Mirror of DAFT III, December 17th, 2011

Hunter should be there with 2-4 teams and 2 buzzers.
by lchen
Mon Oct 31, 2011 9:01 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: FNT Mirror @ Hunter College High School (10/29/11)
Replies: 46
Views: 32856

Re: FNT Mirror @ Hunter College High School (10/29/11)

The announcement at the start of the day was that finishing in the top two of your group got you into the top 8, and to change that after the fact (even in the interest of getting everyone more games, which I understand) is in my mind inappropriate. I'm mostly to blame for this. I thought it would ...
by lchen
Sat Oct 29, 2011 8:30 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: FNT Mirror @ Hunter College High School (10/29/11)
Replies: 46
Views: 32856

Re: FNT Mirror @ Hunter College High School (10/29/11)

Here are (very) incomplete stats for Rounds 6-7 in the Championship Tier: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... _incomple/

Consolation Tier playoff stats will be posted if/when they surface...
by lchen
Sat Oct 29, 2011 8:02 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: FNT Mirror @ Hunter College High School (10/29/11)
Replies: 46
Views: 32856

Re: FNT Mirror @ Hunter College High School (10/29/11)

Thank you for coming today, everyone! We hope you still had fun despite the weather.

Here are the stats from the prelims (rounds 1-5): http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... rd_1-5%29/

We also have some stats from rounds 6-7, which I will post shortly.
by lchen
Wed Oct 19, 2011 11:27 am
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: "2011" BAJAC - Hackensack, NJ - 1/29/2012
Replies: 25
Views: 11375

Re: 2011 Bergen Academies Junior Academic Competition

We may have 1 team for this.
by lchen
Mon Oct 10, 2011 7:28 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Virtual Scoresheets?
Replies: 4
Views: 2495

Re: Virtual Scoresheets?

Here are some Excel scoresheets that I made several years ago: https://sites.google.com/site/hchsquizbowl/Home/excel-scoresheets Some nicer-looking ones made by Jon Pinyan can be found here: http://justpredictions.webs.com/quizbowl/index.html I find that they're a bit too cumbersome to use during re...
by lchen
Sun Oct 09, 2011 1:36 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: FNT Mirror @ Hunter College High School (10/29/11)
Replies: 46
Views: 32856

Re: FNT Mirror @ Hunter College High School (10/29/11)

It's possible that he's asking as to whether those count as "playing quiz bowl" with respect to the "Can't have played quiz bowl for two years prior to this", since that's what an earlier discussion in this thread was about. In that case, yes, playing at a quiz bowl tournament p...
by lchen
Thu Sep 29, 2011 6:48 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Harvard Fall Tournament VI (11/12/11)
Replies: 164
Views: 67434

Re: Harvard Fall Tournament VI (11/12/11)

Hunter is interested. We will likely have 2 teams; I'll let you know soon.
by lchen
Thu Sep 29, 2011 6:47 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: FNT Mirror @ Hunter College High School (10/29/11)
Replies: 46
Views: 32856

Re: FNT Mirror @ Hunter College High School (10/29/11)

Hey everyone, this is coming up in a month. We'd love to see as many local teams as possible, so please register (by emailing the TDs at [email protected]) soon!
by lchen
Sun Sep 25, 2011 2:26 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: PHSAT XIX at Princeton University (10/8/2011)
Replies: 16
Views: 5895

Re: PHSAT XIX at Princeton University (10/8/2011)

Hunter is interested and will be there with at least 1 team.
by lchen
Tue Sep 20, 2011 9:51 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: LIFT XI 10/22/11
Replies: 29
Views: 9869

Re: LIFT XI 10/22/11

Hunter will be there with 3-4 teams.
by lchen
Mon Jun 20, 2011 10:42 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: PACE NSC 2011: Quick recap and Thanks
Replies: 48
Views: 16524

Re: PACE NSC 2011: Quick recap and Thanks

Hunter B is listed as having 80 BHrd in their game against Walter Johnson.
by lchen
Sat Jun 18, 2011 11:29 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: HS Quizbowl Packet Archive Downtime
Replies: 32
Views: 15997

Re: HS Quizbowl Packet Archive Downtime

Prison Bowl IV also seems to have disappeared.
by lchen
Sat Jun 18, 2011 11:28 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Prison Bowl IV @ Hunter HS, NYC (3/5/2011)
Replies: 60
Views: 36695

Re: Prison Bowl IV @ Hunter HS, NYC (3/5/2011)

Ummm what exactly happened to the set? I saw it a couple days after it was released, but now it's not the HSQB packets website. Not sure what happened to it. The packet archive moved to a new server; the set must have gotten lost in the move. You can still access the Google html caches, though: htt...
by lchen
Wed Jun 08, 2011 10:56 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2011 NSC logistics and protest resolution apologies
Replies: 19
Views: 6594

Re: 2011 NSC logistics and protest resolution apologies

I have to dispute both of these assertions. The protest was brought to you by the team approaching Trygve Meade and him giving out your phone number, and then you talking directly to the captain of the team in question. Just to clarify, it was not our intention to lodge the protest a second time. W...
by lchen
Sun May 22, 2011 4:45 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Prison Bowl IV @ Hunter HS, NYC (3/5/2011)
Replies: 60
Views: 36695

Re: Prison Bowl IV @ Hunter HS, NYC (3/5/2011)

Thanks! We're glad you enjoyed it. I've already sent the set to George Berry for archiving on quizbowlpackets.com.
by lchen
Thu May 19, 2011 6:18 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NY/NJ Date Claims 2011-2012
Replies: 101
Views: 48334

Re: NY/NJ Date Claims 2011-2012

Hunter College High School will host Prison Bowl V on March 3, and a tournament (set TBD) on October 29.

EDIT: Changed date of fall tournament.