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MichaelFalk

Dear coaches, After a nearly three-year layoff, we are pleased to be returning to hosting the Gladiator Fall Tournament! This in-person tournament will be held on Saturday, November 5, 2022, at St. Mary's Visitation School in Elm Grove, WI. The tournament is for students in grade 8 or younger. We wi...

MichaelFalk

What is the timing for the day? Arrival, lunch, expected conclusion?

MichaelFalk

This issue seems to still exist in the Mac version of SQBS. Have any Mac users found workarounds for this? Unfortunately, I had the same problem, and also noted problems with duplicate ID numbers being allowed, negative amounts of tossups/negs being allowed, and no warnings for games played >4.0 or...

MichaelFalk

Gladiator Fall Tournament 2017 happened today at St. Mary's Visitation in Elm Grove, WI. First, after the round robin: Lombardi Division: 1. Keith A (6-1) 2. SMV A (6-1) 3. Daniel Wright (5-2) 4. Station B (4-3) 5. Quest B (4-3) 6. Keith C (2-5) 7. Bayside B (1-6) 8. SMV D (0-7) Holmgren Division: 1...

MichaelFalk

Field Update (10-9-17):

Keith x3
Plum Grove x2
Station x3
Quest x2
Bayside x2
Daniel Wright x1
plus some house teams from SMV.

MichaelFalk

Dear coaches, players, and anyone else: St. Mary's Visitation is pleased to invite you to the 7th Annual Gladiator Fall Tournament, to be held on November 4, 2017, at our school in Elm Grove, WI. This is a tournament for students in 8th grade or younger, to be played on NAQT's MS-23 question set. As...

MichaelFalk

The seventh annual Gladiator Open took place today at St. Mary's Visitation. Here was the order of finish: 1st: Keith A (9-0) T-2nd: SMV B (7-2) T-2nd: SMV A (7-2) 4th: Quest A (6-3) T-5th: Quest B (4-5) T-5th: Bayside A (4-5) 7th: Bayside B (3-6) T-8th: SMV C (2-7) T-8th: Keith B (2-7) 10th: SMV D ...

MichaelFalk

Field update (3-6-17):
Quest Academy x1
Keith Country Day School x2
St. Mary's Visitation x2

MichaelFalk

Dear coaches and players, St. Mary's Visitation will be holding its seventh annual Gladiator Open on Saturday, April 1, 2017, at our school in Elm Grove, WI. It is open to students up to grade 8, it will be played on NAQT's MS-22, and it is a qualifier for MSNCT 2017. We will play about 8 rounds of ...

MichaelFalk

We held the sixth annual Gladiator Fall Tournament today at St. Mary's Visitation in Elm Grove. After seven preliminary rounds, the standings were: Pride Division: Station A (7-0) SMV A (6-1) Quest Red (5-2) Bayside B (3-4) Keith C (3-4) Keith B (2-5) Station C (1-6) SMV D (1-6) Sense Division: Keit...

MichaelFalk

Field Update (10-27-16):

Station (4)
Quest (3)
Keith (3)
Bayside (2)
SMV (n)

MichaelFalk

Dear coaches, players, and all y'all: St. Mary's Visitation is honored to invite you to our sixth annual fall open, Gladiator Fall Tournament 2016, which will run on Saturday, November 5, 2016 in beautiful Elm Grove, WI. This is an open junior high (up to grade 8) quiz bowl tournament to be played o...

MichaelFalk

Hi everyone, We had a great day at Gladiator Open today. Station A ran the table, finishing 9-0 and adding another trophy to their case. Runners up were Keith A, in second place at 7-2 overall. Sajak Division: 1: Station A (7-0) 2: Station C (6-1) 3: SMV A (5-2) 4: Fall River (3-4; 251.4 PPG) 5: Hol...

MichaelFalk

Field (Updated 4-2-16):
Quest Academy x2
Keith Country Day School x2
Holy Cross x2
Fall River x1
Station x3-4
St. Mary's Visitation xN

MichaelFalk

Dear coaches, players, and community members: St. Mary's Visitation Catholic Parish School hereby invites you to our sixth annual Gladiator Open, to be held on Saturday, April 9, 2016, in bustling downtown Elm Grove, WI. This is an open junior high (up to grade 8) quiz bowl tournament to be played o...

MichaelFalk

Thank you for the compliment! SQBS output: Rounds 1-7 only: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3416/stats/prelims/ Rounds 1-9: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3416/stats/prelims_and_playoffs/ I just sent in a correction to NAQT's tournament stats which Jonah linked above; I had misspe...

MichaelFalk

Greetings, all: The fifth annual Gladiator Fall Tournament took place today at St. Mary's Visitation. We used the MS-15 packet set. We divided teams into two divisions of eight teams each, Hydrogen and Helium. The top two teams from each bracket (with ties broken by points scored) went to the Packer...

MichaelFalk

Hi all, Full stats and placement will follow tonight. In short: Station B (8-1) defeated Station A (8-1) in a tiebreaker match to win the whole thing. SMV Gold (7-2) defeated Quest Black (7-2) in a tiebreaker to take 3rd. Cooper Roh (Keith) was the leading scorer, with some astronomical triple-digit...

MichaelFalk

Field Update (11-1-15)
Quest Academy (Palatine, IL): 2
Keith Country Day School (Rockford, IL): 3
Barrington Middle School - Station (Barrington, IL): 5
Bayside Middle School (Bayside, WI): 2
St. Mary's Visitation (Elm Grove, WI): whatever makes the field come out nicely.

MichaelFalk

Awesome. We are looking forward to seeing you!

MichaelFalk

Dear coaches, players, and interested bystanders: St. Mary's Visitation is happy to invite you to our fifth annual fall open, Gladiator Fall Tournament 2015, to be held on Saturday, November 14, 2015 in picturesque Elm Grove, WI. This is an open junior high (up to grade 8) quiz bowl tournament to be...

MichaelFalk

And finally... We wrapped up the final round at about 2:30, finished the individual shootout at 2:45, and I think every team was on the road by 3:00. Thanks to all of the players, coaches, and volunteers who made this tournament run smoothly. I myself moderated some impressively close games today, i...

MichaelFalk

Final stats: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/2952/stats/overall/ Final order of finish: 1. Quest A (3-0 in the Igneous bracket; 8-0 overall) 2. Bayside A (2-1; 6-2 overall) 3. Keith Blue (1-2; 5-3 overall) 4. Quest C (0-3; 4-4 overall) 5. SMV Aardvark (3-0 in the Metamorphic bracket; 6-2 ov...

MichaelFalk

Prelims stats: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... s/prelims/

MichaelFalk

Here's the field update for Gladiator Open 2015:

Quest Academy (3 teams)
Bayside Middle School (2)
Classical Consortium (1)
Keith Country Day School (2)
St. Mary's Visitation (n)

Interested? I can take a few more teams.

MichaelFalk

Hi Peter,

Sorry I haven't been checking here. Yes, I would happily negotiate a moderator discount, but as of right now Station is not planning on attending the tournament. If that changes, we would love to have you ride along.

MichaelFalk

Dear coaches, players, and interested others, St. Mary's Visitation School in Elm Grove, WI is inviting you to the fifth annual Gladiator Open, to be held on Saturday, March 28, 2015, in picturesque Elm Grove, WI. This is an open junior high (up to grade 8) quiz bowl tournament to be played on NAQT'...

MichaelFalk

Dear players, coaches, and interested others: Our fourth annual Gladiator Fall Tournament took place at St. Mary's Visitation today. Teams were divided into two eight-team divisions, the Neil Armstrong division and the Buzz Aldrin division. At the conclusion of round-robin play, these were the teams...

MichaelFalk

(Too late now -- but Peter, thanks so much for your help today!)

MichaelFalk

Greetings, Here is a field update for Gladiator Fall. Keith Country Day School x2 Bayside x3 Station x4 Quest (TBA) SMV x (some number that makes the field come out nicely) We still have room in the field and would love to have you join us. You can post here or email me at mfalk, at symbol, stmaryeg...

MichaelFalk

Dear coaches, players, and quiz bowl aficionados: St. Mary's Visitation is pleased to invite you to the fourth annual Gladiator Fall Tournament 2014, to be held on Saturday, November 8, 2014 in scenic Elm Grove, WI. This is an open junior high (up to grade 8) quiz bowl tournament to be played on NAQ...

MichaelFalk

jonah wrote:
MichaelFalk wrote:How did the overall P% stats compare between the first day and the second day?
Powers/TUH:
Prelim: 3198/11300 = 0.283
Playoff: 719/2115 = 0.340
(Overall: 3917/13415 = 0.292, but I don't take this to mean much because the prelims account for almost all of the TUH)

Thank you!

MichaelFalk

How did the overall P% stats compare between the first day and the second day?

MichaelFalk

No, I'm genuinely positing that there is not nearly the separation among the top teams this year as last. There seemed like more close games, but I don't have any statistics other than my own team's to back that up. Comparing this year to last year is difficult anyway because of the turnover in tea...

MichaelFalk

Yes, I have noticed as well that St. Marks stats were weird for a team finishing so high, and yet for the eventual runners-up to almost have not made the playoffs is a bit weird. Also, the 2 and 3 card getting knocked out relatively early on is very weird. I feel like inconsistencies in the set may...

MichaelFalk

Wait, wait, wait... People seem to think that this set might have been too easy, right? Were people saying the same thing a year ago? I ask because my team powered 153 toss-ups last year in 15 games, and scored 479.2 PP20TH and 24.8 PPB (2nd behind St.John's 25.05). The highest number of powers I s...

MichaelFalk

Gladiator Open 2014 happened today at St. Mary's Visitation. The 16 teams were divided into two divisions (American and National), which played a round robin. The stats report from the round robin is here: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/2206/stats/prelims/ The top two teams from each divis...

MichaelFalk

Field Update (3-20-14) ----- Keith Country Day School (Rockford, IL; 1 team) Bayside Middle School (Bayside, WI; 3 teams) Plum Grove Junior High (Rolling Meadows; 1 team) St. Edward (Chicago, IL; 1 team) St. Anne (Barrington, IL; 1 team) Quest Academy (Palatine, IL; 2 teams) Barrington Middle School...

MichaelFalk

Dear coaches, players, teachers, and other interested parties: St. Mary's Visitation is pleased to be hosting the fourth annual Gladiator Open on March 29, 2014, in idyllic Elm Grove, WI. This is an open junior high (up to grade 8) tournament, to be hosted on NAQT's MS-09 set. We will play with NAQT...

MichaelFalk

Thank you both very much -- especially thank you for bringing your teams, and thank you for making the long drive. We hope to see you in spring.

MichaelFalk

Hi all, Gladiator Fall took place at SMV today. Station A took first place over Plum Grove A, and third place went to SMV Blue. Here are all the details: Four divisions of five teams each played round robins. On their off round, teams played an exhibition cross-division game which didn't count towar...

MichaelFalk

I'm going to consider the field closed now, in order to assure we have enough moderators and game rooms. Thanks, everyone, for your interest. See you on the 26th!

The field update above is current as of today.

MichaelFalk

Hi,

The field is getting really full for our tournament. I'm working on getting enough moderators to stretch the field to 18 or 20 teams. If you're interested, let me know as soon as possible so I can try to accommodate your team!

MichaelFalk

Field Update (10-10-13): Keith Country Day School (Rockford, IL) -- 2 teams Bayside Middle School (Bayside, WI) -- 2 teams Station Middle School (Barrington, IL) -- 4 teams St. Anne Catholic School (Barrington, IL) -- 1 team St. Raymond School (Mt. Prospect, IL) -- 2 teams Quest Academy (Palatine, I...

MichaelFalk

Dear players and coaches: St. Mary's Visitation School is delighted to invite you to the third annual Gladiator Fall Tournament on Saturday, October 26, 2013. This is an open junior high (grades 6-8) tournament, to be played on NAQT's MS-07 question set. We will follow NAQT rules except that we will...

MichaelFalk

low-information moderators :lol: a coach complained that "Luncheon on the Grass" is inappropriate to toss-up to middle schoolers Yeah, 'cause THAT'S the problem with answer selection in those series. Maybe she'd be appeased-- or at least not complain-- if they wrote a tossup on something ...

MichaelFalk

The only moderating issue we came across (other than an unusual 19-tossup game) was in a consolation match, when a moderator accepted three different "close enough" answers that were all technically wrong. This wasn't an unprofessional or inexperienced moderator, precisely, but in 13 round...

MichaelFalk

bt_green_warbler wrote:
MichaelFalk wrote:Are more detailed stats going online sometime tonight?
Yes. Stats from today are here.

Thank you!

MichaelFalk

Are more detailed stats going online sometime tonight?

MichaelFalk

Thanks for bringing a team. They were really impressive. Are you planning on attending MSNCT?

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