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by The Favourite
Wed Dec 06, 2023 5:11 pm
Forum: New Collegiate Teams
Topic: Looking for East Tennessee Community College Tournaments
Replies: 1
Views: 391

Re: Looking for East Tennessee Community College Tournaments

Rory-- The 4-year tournament will be a great learning experience for you. That being said, the Community College Sectional Championship Tournament is held about four hours from you at Wallace State in Alabama on January 19, and can qualify you for CCCT in February. This tournament is both a good lea...
by The Favourite
Wed Dec 06, 2023 5:06 pm
Forum: New Collegiate Teams
Topic: Starting a Community College Team
Replies: 10
Views: 4266

Re: Starting a Community College Team

Hey Rory! Great to see another community college pop up. I would definitely communicate with Chris, as he is 1) in your neck of the woods, and 2) the best of the best when it comes to Community College quiz bowl. One of the things that I found to be useful when founding a team as a player and then (...
by The Favourite
Wed Sep 06, 2023 10:06 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: NAQT Collegiate Novice @ Murray State College (OK)
Replies: 0
Views: 350

NAQT Collegiate Novice @ Murray State College (OK)

Murray State College in Tishomingo, OK is exclited to announce it will be hosting a mirror of NAQT's Collegiate Novice Set (CNS-222C) on October 21, 2023. Fees Base fee: $85 per team Buzzer discount: -$10 per working buzzer set Staff discount: -$10 per approved staffer Minimum fee: $55 per team Elig...
by The Favourite
Tue Sep 06, 2022 9:47 am
Forum: Trash
Topic: Let's Remember Some Guys V
Replies: 11
Views: 6447

Re: Let's Remember Some Guys V

Cheynem wrote: Fri Sep 02, 2022 10:04 pm Why not a Thanksgiving Guys? Spend your post-turkey plans remembering Mike Williams or Mike Williams or Mike Williams.
What about Mike Thomas or Mike Thomas or Mike Thomas or Michael Thomas or Michael Thomas?
by The Favourite
Tue May 24, 2022 4:11 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2020-21 Groger Ranks Player Poll: RESULTS POSTED
Replies: 30
Views: 16188

Re: 2020-21 Groger Ranks Player Poll: RESULTS POSTED

Coach here, not a player anymore. In addition to what has been stated above, I think for most voters, whether they are players or coaches or whatever other capacity, being a solo player and carrying to a .500 record at a national tournament is commendable, but not "Best of the best" worthy...
by The Favourite
Wed Feb 16, 2022 10:35 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
Topic: Tournament Directors, Keep a Box of Tampons and/or Pads in Your Control Room
Replies: 5
Views: 2567

Re: Tournament Directors, Keep a Box of Tampons and/or Pads in Your Control Room

If anyone has feedback about better places to put them please say so here. This isn't something I've done, but just thinking. What about if there was a box or tub sitting on an easily-accessible table that contained all of the things that Em listed in the previous post? And then, crucially, there w...
by The Favourite
Wed Jan 05, 2022 3:29 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
Topic: Mixed Zoom/In-Person Practice
Replies: 6
Views: 2839

Re: Mixed Zoom/In-Person Practice

I haven't hosted in practices, but I did host a tournament in our state format in a hybrid in-person/zoom format. The one thing that was apparent then, and probably here too, was that everyone needs to be using the same buzzer set. If one person is on buzzin.live, you all should be. lag didn't seem ...
by The Favourite
Tue Jan 04, 2022 3:05 pm
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: Vaccination Policy for NAQT's 2022 In-Person Championships
Replies: 21
Views: 9784

Re: Vaccination Policy for NAQT's 2022 In-Person Championships

Right now, boosters are not required to count as fully vaccinated under the CDC's definition, which is the definition we will use for our 2022 in-person national championships. We think it's reasonably likely that by March 1 (the "policy as-of" date we're using) boosters will be required ...
by The Favourite
Tue Jan 04, 2022 1:23 pm
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: Vaccination Policy for NAQT's 2022 In-Person Championships
Replies: 21
Views: 9784

Re: Vaccination Policy for NAQT's 2022 In-Person Championships

I would assume if there is a booster policy it would be something like "you are required to have a booster if you are able, within medical guidelines, to get one." EDIT: Not speaking directly to Mike here, just a general question. I feel like that's how it should be worded too, but if/whe...
by The Favourite
Tue Jan 04, 2022 12:32 pm
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: Vaccination Policy for NAQT's 2022 In-Person Championships
Replies: 21
Views: 9784

Re: Vaccination Policy for NAQT's 2022 In-Person Championships

I am in agreement with Eric on boosters being required, for those that are able to obtain them. I do have some small pushback/questions. For my team and others around me, some students began the vaccination process when this announcement from NAQT (and PACE's) came out. For those students, the timel...
by The Favourite
Fri Oct 29, 2021 12:13 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Coaches in Each State
Replies: 13
Views: 4796

Best Coaches in Each State

So, I was listening to Tossup 21 today. Love this podcast, btw. In episode two, the State College guys were talking about their former coach, and I started thinking about the best coaches I've seen, first as a player, then as a coach. I was wondering, in your opinions who are the best coaches in you...
by The Favourite
Wed Apr 07, 2021 4:02 pm
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: 2021 NAQT SSNCT: April 24-25, online
Replies: 8
Views: 7757

Re: 2021 NAQT SSNCT: April 24-25, online

Will NAQT be doing practice games on Friday night as in years past? If not, will NAQT be having a playthrough of some sort so teams know exactly what the actual tournament will look like on Saturday and Sunday? Every tournament we have played has had a different online format, so knowing exactly how...
by The Favourite
Wed Mar 10, 2021 10:03 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: HSNCT and its Problems
Replies: 30
Views: 16338

Re: HSNCT and its Problems

Disclaimer: Not at an elite school, nor is my team attending HSNCT (although we are attending SSNCT). I don't completely agree or disagree with the points in the OP. A big problem that stood out to me immediately when looking at HSNCT stuff this morning was the fact that a school is sending 8 teams ...
by The Favourite
Wed Oct 21, 2020 9:52 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Online Geographic Boundaries
Replies: 3
Views: 1882

Re: Online Geographic Boundaries

For the record, NAQT has a feature (I think new since your tournament) by which hosts can limit their tournament to schools from the same state. Whether to use it is, of course, up to the host. (So far there aren't more flexible options like "schools from within a 100-mile radius" or &quo...
by The Favourite
Wed Oct 21, 2020 9:44 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Online Geographic Boundaries
Replies: 3
Views: 1882

Online Geographic Boundaries

Let me preface this by saying that I love that quizbowl being more online has allowed teams from different regions to play against each other at tournaments that aren't any of the National tournaments. I also didn't know where the best home for this was, so I posted here. Mods, Feel free to move it....
by The Favourite
Mon Jun 03, 2019 5:43 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 Trash Player Poll
Replies: 13
Views: 9632

Re: 2019 Trash Player Poll

Sorry for the delayed response. Voters from Five regions turned in ballots (Upper Midwest, Lower Midwest, Southeast, Northeast, UK). I will post the top five vote-getters for regional "Best overall" and the top from each of the categories that votes were cast. Thanks everyone for voting. T...
by The Favourite
Tue Apr 30, 2019 2:27 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019 IQBT NASAT - 6/22 and 6/23, Lexington, KY
Replies: 72
Views: 47438

Re: 2019 IQBT NASAT - 6/22 and 6/23, Lexington, KY

Oklahoma is almost definitely sending a team this year. Just awaiting definite confirmation from Caleb to be able to travel.

The roster will be:

Casey Stafford- Bridge Creek (12)
Yannick Davidson- Norman North (12)
Zac Bennett- Norman North (12)
Will Penney- Coalgate (9)
by The Favourite
Mon Apr 22, 2019 2:24 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Player Poll 2019
Replies: 92
Views: 63986

Re: Player Poll 2019

I'm not as active anymore, but I do get to see teams from my part of the world a bit. I'm going to shill for Finn Bender to be on whichever set of rankings includes Myth and NAQT stuff, because he's really good at those things. He didn't get to play much this year, but he did lead Oklahoma to some d...
by The Favourite
Mon Apr 22, 2019 1:37 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 Trash Player Poll
Replies: 13
Views: 9632

Re: 2019 Trash Player Poll

This seems like a difficult exercise since there's like a hs level trashtournament a year and maybe a total of 50 tus in the regular season This is fair. At the same time, I feel like there are a lot of people that play all the miscellaneous trash tournaments and side events that don't get talked a...
by The Favourite
Mon Apr 22, 2019 11:00 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 Trash Player Poll
Replies: 13
Views: 9632

Re: 2019 Trash Player Poll

I'll talk about a few people in my region that really stand out. Finn Bender is really, really good at games, trash lit, internet stuff and can pull a little bit of everything else. Finn is probably the best player in this region across the trash distro. He is usually near the top of the field in sc...
by The Favourite
Mon Apr 22, 2019 10:44 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 Trash Player Poll
Replies: 13
Views: 9632

2019 Trash Player Poll

It's been awhile since I've seen anyone post a trash player poll, so I decided it would be a fun exercise for me to run. A google form for the poll can be found here: https://forms.gle/2zdBfr3Di5hcMFPS6 Since trash tournaments are usually open and more regional than national, the form only asks for ...
by The Favourite
Thu Apr 11, 2019 9:04 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: DATE POLL: WUSTL NASAT Mirror
Replies: 4
Views: 5695

Re: DATE POLL: WUSTL NASAT Mirror

SUPER ACRONYM (if it's available) or JCD II for Sunday if you do a full trash tournament. I've already played ACRONYM, as will a lot of others by that time. I'm also not opposed to just turning it into a side event Sunday.
by The Favourite
Thu Apr 04, 2019 1:52 pm
Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
Topic: Old time bonus formats
Replies: 19
Views: 16912

Re: Old time bonus formats

Y'all will probably hate this, but at early Delta Burkes (from 1998 till about 2007, I figure) I would have exactly one bonus in the tournament, usually coming in Round 7 or after, which had four five-point parts, and which asked the team captain to designate a player to answer one part based on an...
by The Favourite
Tue Feb 06, 2018 4:47 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 153402

Re: IT IS THE FINALS: Best Song of the 2000s

"Almost Lover" by A Fine Frenzy is the best song of the decade, but since I'm stuck with these two, I'll take Hey Ya! because it is the obvious winner in this matchup.
by The Favourite
Mon Jan 29, 2018 9:53 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 153402

Re: FINAL FOUR: Best Song of the 2000s

Tornrak wrote:Mr. Brightside by The Killers vs. Paper Planes by M.I.A.
Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Hurt by Johnny Cash
by The Favourite
Fri Jan 26, 2018 5:37 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM 11 @ Oklahoma (3/10/18)
Replies: 1
Views: 1895

Re: ACRONYM 11 @ Oklahoma (3/10/18)

There are 12 teams registered for this. They know who they are.
by The Favourite
Fri Jan 26, 2018 5:37 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM 11 @ Oklahoma (3/10/18)
Replies: 1
Views: 1895

ACRONYM 11 @ Oklahoma (3/10/18)

I am pleased to announce that I will be hosting a Mirror of ACRONYM 11 at the University of Oklahoma on March 10, 2018. Like last year, this tournament will act as a fundraiser to help send an Oklahoma middle or high school team to one of the National Tournaments in May/June. Cost $20 per player Dis...
by The Favourite
Mon Jan 22, 2018 1:19 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 153402

Re: ELITE EIGHT: Best Song of the 2000s

This is by far the easiest round to judge. Mr. Brightside by The Killers vs. Toxic by Britney Spears Paper Planes by M.I.A. vs. Chicago by Sufjan Stevens Abstain - neither of these songs should be here. Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand By my estimation, there's only one song le...
by The Favourite
Fri Jan 12, 2018 10:03 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 153402

Re: SWEET SIXTEEN: Best Song of the 2000s

Crazy by Gnarls Barkley vs. Mr. Brightside by The Killers Jesus Walks by Kanye West vs. Toxic by Britney Spears 99 Problems by Jay-Z vs. Paper Planes by M.I.A. Ignition (Remix) by R. Kelly vs. Chicago by Sufjan Stevens Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Bad Romance by Lady Gaga Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand v...
by The Favourite
Fri Jan 05, 2018 11:56 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 153402

Re: ROUND TWO, PART TWO: Best Song of the 2000s

Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Time to Pretend by MGMT One More Time by Daft Punk vs. Bad Romance by Lady Gaga Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand vs. Dog Days Are Over by Florence + The Machine Lose Yourself by Eminem vs. Rehab by Amy Winehouse Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes vs. Feel Good Inc. by Goril...
by The Favourite
Wed Jan 03, 2018 3:51 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 153402

Re: ROUND TWO, PART ONE: Best Song of the 2000s

Crazy by Gnarls Barkley vs. Wake Me Up When September Ends by Green Day Mr. Brightside by The Killers vs. Since U Been Gone by Kelly Clarkson Jesus Walks by Kanye West vs. Wake Up by Arcade Fire Toxic by Britney Spears vs. Get Ur Freak On by Missy Elliott 99 Problems by Jay-z vs. Hips Don't Lie by ...
by The Favourite
Mon Jan 01, 2018 3:53 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 153402

Re: ROUND ONE VOTE CLOSES IN NINE HOURS: Best Song of the 20

Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes vs. Fidelity by Regina Spektor Maps by Yeah Yeahs Yeahs vs. Feel Good Inc. by Gorillaz Yeah! by Usher featuring Ludacris vs. Cry Me a River by Justin Timberlake Idioteque by Radiohead vs. American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West Fallin' by Alicia Keys vs. ...
by The Favourite
Tue Dec 26, 2017 10:22 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 153402

Re: ROUND ONE, PART THREE: Best Song of the 2000s

Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Blind by Hercules and Love Affair Time to Pretend by MGMT vs. The Funeral by Band of Horses One More Tim e by Daft Punk vs. Independent Women Part 1 by Destiny's Child Bad Romance by Lady Gaga vs. Do You Realize?? by The Flaming Lips Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand vs. Stuck B...
by The Favourite
Sun Dec 24, 2017 10:50 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 153402

Re: ROUND ONE, PART TWO: Best Song of the 2000s

99 Problems by Jay-Z vs. Helicopter by Bloc Party Hips Don't Lie by Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean vs. One Armed Scissor by At the Drive-In No One Knows by Queens of the Stone Age vs. Supermassive Black Hole by Muse Paper Planes by M.I.A. vs. Not Ready to Make Nice by Dixie Chicks Ignition (Remix) b...
by The Favourite
Fri Dec 22, 2017 2:25 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 153402

Re: ROUND ONE, PART ONE: Best Song of the 2000s

Crazy - Gnarls Barkley vs. Machine Gun - Portishead Wake Me Up When September - Green Day vs. Beautiful - Christina Aguilera SOS - Rihanna vs. Mr. Brightside - The Killers Chop Suey! - System of a Down vs. Since U Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson Jesus Walks - Kanye West vs. Clocks - Coldplay Wake Up - A...
by The Favourite
Thu Dec 21, 2017 4:45 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 153402

Re: VENTING TIME: Best Song of the 2000s

jonpin wrote: "Boston" by Augustana
This.

Also, "Hurt" as a seven seed is bad. The GOAT of Music Videos. It should be the 2010 Butler Bulldogs of this tournament
by The Favourite
Wed Nov 29, 2017 3:22 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: SNICK: Global Announcement (All 90s, Late Summer 2018)
Replies: 46
Views: 24462

Re: SNICK: Global Announcement (All 90s, Late Summer 2018)

ErikC wrote:Will it be phat?

Will there be independent music?
I don't know about phat, but I almost guarantee Erik writes something fetch (I know that's a reference circa 2004, but I haven't gotten to use it in a while).

I also expect nothing less than a 1/0 or 0/1 "wazzup" distro.
by The Favourite
Tue Oct 03, 2017 4:17 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Let's Predict Who'll Win the 2017 Nobel in Literature!
Replies: 13
Views: 1176

Re: Let's Predict Who'll Win the 2017 Nobel in Literature!

I'll take Ismail Kadare at 20-1. It just seems like a year where they won't choose a "celebrity" after last year, like they'll choose someone from a smaller nation, and Kadare is really old now. I don't really have a ton of reasoning other than what I just listed, but he's about to release...
by The Favourite
Mon Oct 02, 2017 4:16 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2017 EFT at WUSTL (10/7/17)
Replies: 13
Views: 6963

Re: 2017 EFT at WUSTL (10/7/17)

Charbroil wrote:I'm pleased to announce that we will be mirroring Mike Bentley's Eyes That Do Not See IX visual arts tournament after the end of EFT.
Sad I'm not staffing EFT so I could play this.
by The Favourite
Sat Sep 23, 2017 12:38 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: The State of Good Quizbowl, State-by-State, 2017 Edition
Replies: 30
Views: 25362

Re: The State of Good Quizbowl, State-by-State, 2017 Edition

Going only by what I was told in writing when the last OK contract was awarded, the company that won was an OK firm who bid less than half of what QG and I both bid separately (as this was awarded before our merger). It is a firm I'd never heard of, before or since, neither in 16 years in the writi...
by The Favourite
Fri Sep 22, 2017 9:06 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: The State of Good Quizbowl, State-by-State, 2017 Edition
Replies: 30
Views: 25362

Re: The State of Good Quizbowl, State-by-State, 2017 Edition

Oklahoma : C (no change) Not much has changed here, but there's a lot of bureaucracy for teams to navigate. One of the OK state associations seems far more interested in devising online tests instead of updating the game to meet pyramidal standards, but also doesn't seem inherently hostile to the p...
by The Favourite
Thu Aug 03, 2017 10:56 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: TRICON 5: COMING SUMMER 2017
Replies: 35
Views: 18535

Re: TRICON 5: COMING SUMMER 2017

Tibetan literature wrote:The packet written by Tracey and me is coming in tonight.
Just sent this in. Fred, can you confirm that you received it?
by The Favourite
Sat Jun 24, 2017 6:27 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM X in Oklahoma
Replies: 4
Views: 3542

Re: ACRONYM X in Oklahoma

This tournament happened. Covfefe By The Ocean (Dustin Austin, Finn Bender, Tyler Bowen, Tracey Hickman) defeated Kansas State (Zach and Kelly Arnberger) in the final of a single elimination bracket 395-215. Fun was had by all! The top six individual scorers from the morning portion were Zach Arnber...
by The Favourite
Wed Jun 21, 2017 7:28 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM X in Oklahoma
Replies: 4
Views: 3542

Re: ACRONYM X in Oklahoma

The field for this tournament is officially closed at 9 teams. Everyone who registered should have received an email from me by now!
by The Favourite
Tue Jun 06, 2017 8:31 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM X in Oklahoma
Replies: 4
Views: 3542

Re: ACRONYM X in Oklahoma

This is a little over two weeks away, so I thought I would give a field update (as if you all can't see it above).

We currently have six teams registered and four free agents. If you are interested in playing this, please let me know.
by The Favourite
Sat Jun 03, 2017 5:11 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: TRICON 5: COMING SUMMER 2017
Replies: 35
Views: 18535

Re: TRICON 5: COMING SUMMER 2017

Finn Bender and I are about 50% finished with a packet for this.
by The Favourite
Thu May 18, 2017 9:29 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals 2017 (4/22 - 4/23)
Replies: 44
Views: 37460

Re: ACF Nationals 2017 (4/22 - 4/23)

Sorry to necro a thread for a tournament that's long-since been done, and I recognize that what I'm about to say isn't directly relevant to this tournament, but I had a question about ACF Nationals 2016 and I couldn't post in the old thread (since it's now locked). Looking over Virginia's performan...
by The Favourite
Tue May 16, 2017 9:17 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM X in Oklahoma
Replies: 4
Views: 3542

ACRONYM X in Oklahoma

Hello everyone! I will be hosting a mirror of ACRONYM in Oklahoma as a fundraiser for local teams. The Information is as follows: What: First Annual Oklahoma Open Pop Culture Saturnalia (OOPS) When: Saturday, June 24, 2017 Where: University of Central Oklahoma Why: All proceeds from this tournament ...
by The Favourite
Wed Mar 22, 2017 9:38 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Fight the Power: A Hip-Hop Tournament
Replies: 32
Views: 19959

Re: Fight the Power: A Hip-Hop Tournament

I plan to play this. I'll mostly contribute newer stuff and some 90s West Coast.