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Pilgrim

I'm not really sure how useful criticisms of this nature are, but while we are on the subject of subdistribution imbalances, Greek and Roman history were underrepresented (there was a fair share of at least Roman bonuses, but I'm fairly certain I only heard one tossup in each).

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CMU is going to be running a novice tournament, probably sometime in October. It will most likely be entirely house-written. Trevor, perhaps you and I could have a discussion about this; October has typically been EFT time for a few years, but I think it could accommodate both events. Let's coordin...

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CMU is going to be running a novice tournament, probably sometime in October. It will most likely be entirely house-written.

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Pilgrim wrote:Basically, this tournament is happening even if it means that a CMU house team sits in a room and plays 12-tuple round robin against itself.

So, this was obviously a bit of hyperbole, and it looks like due to lack of interest this tournament is actually canceled.

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Basically, this tournament is happening even if it means that a CMU house team sits in a room and plays 12-tuple round robin against itself.

Sort of kind of field update:
Charlie Rosenthal
Maryland (?)
Dan Puma and Ian Eppler (?)
CMU House (0-2)

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This tournament is now officially moved to the 11th.

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dtaylor4 wrote:Assuming the field holds as is, I will put Ike and Trevor Davis on a team

This is what we were planning on doing anyway, so I guess you can officially mark us down for a team even if other stuff happens.

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Looks like I will be playing this.

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Ike wrote:Yes I am, I believe Trevor Davis will be getting a ride with me.

correct

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I meant to post this after SCT, but forgot about it until now - it seems to me that the history distribution gives way too much weight to American history. Even assuming that the ancient and religious history is all European, there is still more American than European - compare this to at least a 2...

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Also, to people criticizing the tournament format, it would be helpful if you posted reasons for disliking it rather than "it offends my sense of quizbowl aesthetics" or "I just don't like such formats." My primary objection to a weird format like this is that it seems to encour...

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I meant to post this after SCT, but forgot about it until now - it seems to me that the history distribution gives way too much weight to American history. Even assuming that the ancient and religious history is all European, there is still more American than European - compare this to at least a 2:...

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I'll play this no matter what if I'm at HSNCT, but I'd like to say I think the format is silly and that the inclusion of bonuses is going to make this last way later than last year.

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I have 300-285 as the final score for the second final (I needed two bonus parts to win).

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I will be home for spring break, so I'll come play this solo.

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Back on topic, I wasn't a big fan of name dropping "Victory Over the Sun" in the Suprematism tossup and then having it not be on Futurism. I did, in fact, neg on this with Futurism. A stupid mistake, but still. I also negged this, but I'm not really convinced there was anything wrong with...

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The stats for our game against Rutgers seem to be missing (as well as their game against Daichi, it looks like).

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Yeah, it's definitely possible. I went with the 18th because I was completely unaware of when trashionals was and figured that avoiding Easter is a good idea. I'll look into changing the dates, and other teams that have a preference either way should let me know.

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The CMU Quizbowl Team is pleased to announce that we will be hosting a mirror of the Harvard International on Saturday, April 11 (same day as the main tournament). If you have any questions or would like to register for this tournament, please email me at TheBokonon@gmail.com Fees: The Base Fee will...

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From Edith Hamilton's mythology:

"[Theseus] was one of the men who sailed on the Argo to find the Golden Fleece. He took part in the great Calydonian Hunt..."

So they're not completely wrong, but they're not good clues either, since they can apply to so many people.

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CMU will be bringing a team.

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Results from Pitt: CMU won a one game final over Penn in DI to bring our record against them on the day to 2-2. Cornell A finished third. High scorers were (I believe) me, Bob Kilner, and Mehdi. Ohio State won DII. After the playoffs they were in a circle of death with Case and Miami A - I don't kno...

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DumbJaques wrote:I really hope this will be mirrored at the VCU site.

seconded

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We will bring two buzzers, but one is of questionable quality.

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CMU will host it if no one else does, but I had heard that State College might.

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CMU will bring a team.

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la2pgh wrote:compared the relative merits of Black Thought and Chali 2na.

Wait, this is a joke, right? Anybody who thinks Chali 2na can even be mentioned in the same sentence as Black Thought is clearly off their rocker.

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Hey, it looks like I need some place to stay for this. I'm happy to take the floor wherever, and if it's a hotel room I can split the cost. If you can offer me accommodations for Friday and/or Saturday nights, contact me at [email protected]

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There would probably be a decent chance of CMU coming to this, but it would likely be a much easier sell to my teammates if it was not occurring the week between fake ICT and real ICT.

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Minor Distribution Quibble: I don't have the set right in front of me, so I can't point out all the specifics and may be forgetting something, but I remember dudes from Roman history being really overrepresented. Like, off the top of my head, I can recall tossups on Crassus, Marcus Aurelius, Domiti...

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Like, off the top of my head, I can recall tossups on Crassus, Marcus Aurelius, Domitian, Mark Antony, Augustus and Hadrian. Which made up 6 tossups in the eleven rounds I played. For what it's worth, this means that the seven rounds that you didn't play contained zero Roman history tossups (unless...

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If you want feedback on the areas I edited (American and European history, physics, and social science), send me an email at [email protected]

I'll also try to respond to people who ask for feedback on the forums, but I'm way less likely to forget to do it if you email me directly.

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I read at the Florida site, and most everything I saw was excellent. I'm looking forward to seeing all of the packets at some point. The Bork tossup was a personal favorite. Repeats aside, the only major problem I saw that ended up determining a match was a tiebreaker tossup in which the answer was...

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DumbJaques wrote: I would very much like to hear from you about your status for this event:
CMU

CMU as a team won't be coming, but I will be driving down with Ike. This also means I'm looking for a team.

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Michigan A defeated Ike Jose playing solo in a one game final to win the tournament. Cornell finished third, with Swarthmore A, Pitt B, and Ohio State A rounding out the top bracket. Top scorers were: 1. Ike Jose from Ike Jose 2. Josh Sokol from Swarthmore 3. Mike Davies from Pitt 4. Andy Kravis fro...

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Alright, this should be our final field: Michigan (2) Shady Side (1) Pitt (3) Miami OH (3) Case Western (1) Ike Jose (1) Ohio State (2) Cornell (2) Notre Dame (2) Swarthmore (2) We ended up cutting the house team due to staff shortages, which also means that we are sitting good for staff. We have ni...

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Wall of Ham wrote:Hey Cornell is probably interested in sending two teams to ACF Fall at this site.

Cool. Please let me know as soon as possible, though; while changing the schedule isn't hard, figuring out staff will be.

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Field is updated. Also, we're short on staff at the moment. Worst case scenario, some of the CMU house team will staff, but I would prefer not having to do that. If anyone can bring a moderator(s), please let me know. In addition, if you are bringing teams with more than four players and are willing...

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I could be wrong, but I don't think anyone kept the scoresheets.

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I basically agree with what most people have been posting: some of the common link tossups were annoying, and I wish that there were less of them, but other than that the tournament was very good. It did seem like CS and ancient history were under-represented, but I assume that's not really anyone's...

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Another minor stat error: I'm shown as having 5 negs against Snitches, but I had 0 in that round.

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Things I noticed about this tournament that somewhat annoyed me: -There were a lot of bonuses that seemed like carbon copies of 2007 EFT bonuses with the hard part switched around. I realize the novice cannon is somewhat small, so repeats are inevitable, but this still seemed like it happened more t...

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everyday847 wrote:I'm still open for a partner, by the way.

Andy Watkins, I will gladly be your partner.

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Ukonvasara wrote:
allythin wrote:Frankly, I think it's a load of boloney, but hey whatever lets stat gurus feel even more superior...
Yeah, why don't we just have a bunch of computers go play the games?! You youngsters with your PPB and your PATH and your WIMP and your DORK...

Goddamn VORPies.

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Off hand, I know last year at the HSNCT they ran tossups on Rumplestiltzkin, Merlin, Nostradamus, His Dark Materials, and bonuses on James Bond novels, and Harry Potter. With the exception of Nostradamus, I can bet those all count toward literature. If I ever sit through and review all the HSNCT's ...

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Looking at last year's Penn Bowl results I don't see any teams within 8 hours of Bloomington. I highly doubt that this mirror would take any teams away from Penn. Hi. We would probably consider attending this tournament if it didn't conflict with anything else. Obviously, if it was a mirror of Penn...

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dtaylor4 wrote:
dtaylor4 wrote:I'd be more than willing to staff this.
I revert my stance. If people need a 4th, I'm willing to play. I'm a bit of a generalist, but my specialties are sports and music.

Donald, you're welcome to join our team if you don't mind being on a team with people who are really pretty awful at trash.

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I'm not leaving until Monday, so I too could definitely do T/B. I like powers, so I'm all for them.

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Quentin Roper, Carsten Gehring, and I will play this with some yet to be named fourth.

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