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We're planning on starting play at 9 AM. There isn't going to be an opening meeting, so teams will just be going to their round 1 rooms after they drop off any buzzer systems they have. You'll be able to text me any last-minute changes that happen.

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Teams will be split into two brackets of 9, and will play a round robin for the prelims (8 games in 9 rounds). For the playoffs, the top 5 teams from each prelim bracket will play each other; the bottom 4 teams in each prelim bracket will do the same. So each team will be playing at least 12 games ...

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We're going to lock into planning the schedule around 18 teams, so you all can expect to receive it tomorrow around 11 AM Central time before I leave for Chicago. Teams will be split into two brackets of 9, and will play a round robin for the prelims (8 games in 9 rounds). For the playoffs, the top ...

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Is the order of side events final? If not, it appears to me that MUSES II is shorter than Scattergories (8 packets vs 10, 20 TU vs 24), which makes it seem like MUSES II might work better in the first slot — less variability as to end time, plus leading off with a shorter event means people are sit...

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Here is our mask policy for Chicago Open:

Masks are required while you are in the Tech Building. The only exceptions are when someone is making a tournament announcement, reading a game, eating, or drinking.

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We also still need a few buzzers to run CO, so please let me know if your team can bring some (especially if you haven't already communicated this to me)!

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In terms of paying for CO - Will would like for everyone to pay him. You can pay him by either Venmo (@walston) or by a check (made out to "William T. Alston"). Please only make one payment per team.

I'll be sending out how much each team owes for CO in an email on Monday.

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Jacob, I fully support all of the measures that have been put into effect by you, Will, and the other members of the editing team. I thank you for taking these matters seriously. One request, however: If you're going to collect photo evidence of our vaccination status (rather than having us show va...

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Jacob, I fully support all of the measures that have been put into effect by you, Will, and the other members of the editing team. I thank you for taking these matters seriously. One request, however: If you're going to collect photo evidence of our vaccination status (rather than having us show va...

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I emailed this out to team contacts earlier, but I don't see a reason not to share this on the forums. 1. We have a buzzer discount of $10 per working system. Please let me know if your team can bring one to the tournament. 2. Northwestern has implemented a mask mandate, so we will be as well for th...

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I have a statement to post on behalf of myself and the CO editing team. Some of the info in this statement concerns changes made to our COVID policy, so team contacts can expect to receive this information in an email tomorrow. Both myself and the editing team for CO talked seriously about how we wa...

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Mirrors: - Vanderbilt ABC (October 30th, 2021) -contact Sharath Narayan [vandyquizbowl at gmail.com] for more details. Statistics from this tournament can be found here . - Minnesota Online League (starting November 14th, 2021) - contact Owen Riley [oriley1201 at icloud.com] for more details. Stati...

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This is the announcement for the New Enterprising Writers’ Tournament (NEWT), a high school regular plus difficulty set for the 2021-22 season. Set Details: The set is intended to be for high school audiences. The intended difficulty of the set is regular plus high school difficulty. Tossups will ra...

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We also have an open spot in the field.

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Apologies if this is announced somewhere and I missed it, but will there be something in place like a proof of vaccination before this tournament or something of the like? I know Illinois is in Phase 5 and basically fully reopened but understand Northwestern may have its own set of rules on this. T...

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This is the likely schedule for the order of side events on Sunday.

1. Scattergories
2. MUSES II
3. JORDU

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I wanted to take some time to respond to the ONCT criticism, now that I've had some time to gather my thoughts. I think a lot of our issues came down to us having some communication issues, since most of the TD team was in-person, while I was at home in Missouri. I fully agree, we dropped the ball o...

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Hello everyone, If any of you would be interested in staffing Chicago Open, please fill out this form . Thanks, and looking forward to seeing you all there! We're still seeking staffers for this tournament. If you're interested in staffing, please fill out the form that's in my quoted post above. S...

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At this point, it’s very unclear what Joe Feldman and Jacob O’Rourke’s role was in all of this. Joe Feldman was associated in an advisory role for ONCT after a leave of absence, Jacob O’Rourke was an administrator (whatever that means) and has been an admin of the AQBL tournament servers since Dece...

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Apologies if this is announced somewhere and I missed it, but will there be something in place like a proof of vaccination before this tournament or something of the like? I know Illinois is in Phase 5 and basically fully reopened but understand Northwestern may have its own set of rules on this. T...

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You all should consider this set cleared (I will try and get this set posted by the time I go on vacation on July 10th). You can find conversion stats from this set here.

Thanks to everyone who played the set and all of our mirror hosts!

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1992 in spaceflight wrote: ↑Mon Jun 21, 2021 5:46 pm Since NOVEL had the second-most votes, NOVEL can have the third Sunday slot.

Kris has informed me that he doesn't think NOVEL will be finished by CO, so JORDU is free to have the third slot if they so wish.

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Since NOVEL had the second-most votes, NOVEL can have the third Sunday slot.

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MUSES II won, so be on the lookout for an announcement post from them sometime soon.

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Can we get a field update here? Here it is. These are organized by team members, since there are 5 teams who are having names assigned by the editors. (18/20) -Michael Kearney, Eric Wolfsberg, Matt Lafer -Mike Bentley, Kurtis Droge, James Lasker, Jerry Vinokurov -Michael Coates, Eric Chen, Rohin De...

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We're going to cap the field at 20 teams, due to the available rooms we have and the packet constraints. If you haven't filled out the registration form yet, please fill it out soon to guarantee a spot in the field.

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We're going to close off voting on Sunday at 10 PM Eastern Time, so if you haven't voted for an event to play yet, this is your notification to do that.

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Hello everyone,

If any of you would be interested in staffing Chicago Open, please fill out this form. Thanks, and looking forward to seeing you all there!

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There's a poll for anyone who's attending CO weekend to vote on Side Events that you want to play here.

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Since Scattergories has already been announced for the Sunday of CO Weekend, here are options for you to select for other side events to play on that Sunday. Please vote for anything you would be interested in playing on Sunday.

MUSES II
JORDU
NOVEL

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Hi folks, We need teams to fill out this registration form for Chicago Open in order to help us get ahead on the logistics of running the event. If each team could fill that out, that would help us out with planning the logistics of the event greatly, not the least of which is the information Northw...

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I am nearly certain to be going to WUSTL next year for law school. I'll probably be a bit less active (not that I was particularly active this year) but I'll continue to play and staff things when I have time! I’ll be starting med school at WUSTL and plan to play as my schedule allows. I will also ...

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I don't believe I saw this mentioned in the video, apologies if it was. Will the moderators be counting the seconds after the buzz themselves or using the buzzin.live counter? And if they're using the buzzin.live counter, will we be expected to just say the answer if we are first (timer starts righ...

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I was very impressed with the stat lines I saw from every team at this tournament. I think the future of the state is looking very bright. Parkway West A defeated Wilton (CT) 340-310 to win the championship. Washington A defeated CIS 330-215 to place third. Full statistics from the day can be found ...

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Combined stats can be found here.

Expect a full recap tomorrow!

1992 in spaceflight · Re: MOQBA Novice Online-03/20/2021 Playoff stats can be found here.

Playoff stats can be found here.

1992 in spaceflight · Re: MOQBA Novice Online-03/20/2021 Prelim stats can be found here.

Prelim stats can be found here.

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The field has been expanded to 36 teams.

We're still looking for staff for this tournament, so if you're interested, please fill out the staffing form that's linked earlier in the thread!

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Prelim stats have been completely posted, and you can follow along as I upload playoff stats here.

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Live stats will be uploaded here as the day goes on.

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A few things:

1. I anticipate expanding the field to 36 teams.

2. I'm submitting this tournament for sanctioning to MSHSAA on Thursday at 4 PM Central time, so any teams from outside the state of Missouri who aren't registered should fill out the registration form by then.

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Due to our staff numbers, I have decided to expand the field to 30 teams. All of the teams that were previously on the waitlist are now in the field, and there's a spot open now.

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The field is full. Any future registrations will be placed on a waitlist in case of expansion or if teams drop.

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Field (33/36): -Sullivan [3 teams, 2 moderators, 2 scorekeepers] -Washington [2 teams, 1 moderator, 0 scorekeepers] -Lafayette (St. Joseph) [1 team, 0 moderators, 0 scorekeepers] -North Kansas City [2 teams, 1 moderator, 1 scorekeeper] -Clever [1 team, 1 moderator, 0 scorekeepers] -Savannah [1 team...

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The registration form for this tournament is here.

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Hello everybody, I’m pleased to announce that the writing and editing team of MOQBA Novice will be hosting a final mirror for Missouri teams (along with eligible teams who haven’t had a chance to play the set yet) on March 20, 2021. I, Jacob O’Rourke, will be the tournament director for this tournam...

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We have expanded to 36 teams. DCC C, Parkway West B, CIS, Notre Dame (Cape Girardeau), Fort Osage, Boulder (CO), Ladue A, Ladue B, Francis Howell Central A, Francis Howell Central B, Savannah A and Savannah B are all in the field.

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Any out of state teams that are interested in playing will need to register by the 25th, due to MSHSAA Sanctioning Requirements.

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I also don't think the supersite contributed to this problem. The Midwest has several schools (including the three you mentioned) that are capable of hosting a tournament without their A team. It's also worth noting that we had the same problem with the Midwest in November and there would not have ...

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quizbowllee wrote: ↑Tue Jan 05, 2021 10:18 am Rescheduled dates for ASCA District and State Tournaments are available on the ASCA website: www.alquizbowl.org

We have pushed all tournaments into March/April.

Our question provider this year is Academic Hallmarks.

Why has ASCA abandoned using NAQT and chosen to use this company instead?

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