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Fado Alexandrino

Not clear what your plan is, but I interpret (please correct me if I'm wrong) that you intend on advertising Quizbowl as Reach. Don't do that; it just leads to confusion. Unrelated bonuses (E.g. FTPE answer these questions about Colonel John By) make very good categories. 60 second rounds make good...

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I know why this is happening- "Reach style" means KV will show up. Nevertheless, I don't think you'll find transplanting quizbowl questions to Reach style to be a simple matter, unless you're planning 20 who-am-I and 20 team scramble questions (which would be unfair to teams actually expe...

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Rumor has it that Jordan, Jay, Almas, and Patrick are forming a superteam for Saturday. I'll staff DUST if there's a shortage, but I'm not that good at reading. I'm also not good at Trash. I think we should try some Tricon if there's time (maybe read a packet or two for fun during lunches). I heard ...

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SCOP Novice is going to be mixed into the ICCS, PADAWAN, ACF Fall weekends and will likely be held at Lisgar and organized by CB. I assume OQT is going to be under the control of the Ottawa Team. NAQT still needs to send me details about this, but somewhere along the lines of a 2.5/2.5 replacement i...

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Could we, as Matt Jackson posted in the other thread, have a schedule for the weekend as in when each tournament is slated to begin? I want to have a good sense of when everything is so I can plan other things accordingly and tell the people who I'm staying with these details so they know when I sho...

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Due to the difficulty of the tournament and how much dead time there will be where English words will be just flowing over my head, I'm willing to free up the control room person so he/she can staff and I do stats as I play. I'm less keen to doing this for Sunday, though.

Fado Alexandrino

Stephen Harper played a bit of Reach for the Top in high school. I don't know how that would translate into modern quizbowl knowledge, though. (I think he lost his one and only televised game).

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Mewto55555 wrote:Overheard an announcement asking MattBo to please come to the gate d2 podium. They probably want to congratulate him on his triple crown.

He's also lost eligibility, so I presume all three of you were denied boarding, and had to take the flight from gate d1 instead.

Fado Alexandrino

Did anyone in security, flight attendants, or other people comment on the bow tie? Is he even wearing one right now?

Fado Alexandrino

Also, I'm interested in Imaginary Landscapes the most, and my teammates would appreciate DUST. I would love to see these side tournaments run like Gorilla Lit.

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McGill is officially registering as a team consisting of Drake, Drake, So, and Su.

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McGill is officially registering as a team consisting of Drake, Drake, So, and Su.

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adosreme wrote:
Masked Canadian History Bandit wrote:Imaginary Landscapes II, Tricon 2.5, DUST as side events?
I would play any and all of these side events.

Imaginary Landscapes is the best thing that's ever happened to quizbowl. 20/10 would play again.

Fado Alexandrino

If something happens and noob writers are still encouraged to get involved to improve their writing, I'd be willing to submit some science and audio arts to this.

Fado Alexandrino

Do you not just whine to your parents for a $20 like every kid did back in my high school? I'm so befuddled by the credit unions. Or whine to your parents for $800 to attend HSNCT because the school wouldn't pay any of it... I think I would have benefited from this! Now I'm older, I wish I knew how...

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Does PADAWAN have enough "extra" tossups to contribute a significant portion of another set?

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I scorekept in Cody's room when the control room was quiet, and I really enjoyed listening to the music tossups. It was probably the my favourite music of any tournament I've staffed or played at. I thought the instrument tossups were very well done because it didn't just reward knowledge of one pie...

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My apologies to moderators and scorekeepers for the inappropriate distribution of scoresheets; While I was not looking, a staffer had taken a stack of scoresheets to their room and I couldn't chase them down until round 4, after which I felt it didn't really matter anymore. I'm not going to comment ...

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http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... deo_games/

A one game cross bracket final was played. Rob 1/6/2, Mike 1/0/0 = 80 lost to Mik 1/3/0 , Tejas 0/5/1 = 90.

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Stats are up! http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/2282

Fado Alexandrino

Could you please include round report? I'm curious to see the difficulty variance in these packets.

Fado Alexandrino

Here's an idea: stop playing this atrocious waste-of-time tournament. I mean, I don't really think Jay's out of line to do whatever the hell he wants in his VETO packet; as he points out, this is a tournament that once had a bonus asking people to pick up candy with chopsticks. But, the very fact t...

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Given that packets over the years have included various sensory bonuses, "pirated" questions, sung answers, and even ACF Nats difficulty questions, the description of "guerrilla"-style pretty much implies that it's anything goes. It is not supposed to be "good" quizbow...

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SQBS did wonky things after I saved a copy of the morning stats and deleted non-playoff games. If you care about your individual stats, check it over and message me what games need fixing.

Fado Alexandrino

Playoff stats are here. Please inform me of any errors. If you want me to change your team name, I'm only going to for the playoffs unless I feel super generous.

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Ukonvasara wrote:I'm sure that "Rouge Squadron", despite their striking cheekbones and affinity for bats, would prefer to be "Rogue Squadron".

Yeah, I'm never staying up super late before a tournament again, even if it is online.

Fado Alexandrino

Stats will be posted and updated here. Please let me know if your team wants to be known as something different, or any mistakes you see in these statistics.

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An article from the Toronto Star praises the successes of the University of Toronto Schools unparalleled successes in the Canadian format. To quote a friend: "Awesome schools that actually facilitate knowledge like Colonel By are getting zero publicity while propagators of [bad quizbowl] are ge...

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My Meta will make an appearance, and you guys can decide whatever you want on how to use them. Expect 1/3 Abstruse Inside Jokes, 1/3 Mainstream Quizbowl, and 1/3 General Trash/GK/Things I like.

Fado Alexandrino

A second Canadian team consisting of University of Ottawa and McGill players has formed. If a third team does not form, there may be one or two Canadians in need of a team.

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adosreme wrote:
Carleton/Nick et al. (1)
Ottawa/Dennis et al. (1)
Toronto/Meghan et al. (1)
Waterloo/players unconfirmed (1?)
McMaster (Alumni?)/Jay et al. (1)
Lisgar Alumni/Patrick et al. (1)
Waterloo Alumni/Huma et al. (1)

Fado Alexandrino

We need to consider that Canadian History Bowl and Bee may come to Canada and leave spots so that their tournaments can be properly held. Regionals being moved to January helps clear February space for CHBB regionals. CHBB Nationals would be anytime between ICT and Reach Provincials. We should also ...

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Patrick Liao once answered "Daniel Carter" for "Jimmy Carter"; the captain of the rival team Centennial CVI. A lot of the fondest memories I have of playing the shitty Canadian format in high school come from Patrick's mishaps because the format and competition was too shitty to ...

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Chronologically: 2009 VETO: Singlehandedly the most important tournament in myself realizing that good quizbowl is actually good and old VETO traditions were horrible. I had a bad initial reaction to this because I was 14 at that time and waaay more immature than I am now, but ultimately it made me ...

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As Jacob O said, I felt the consolation rounds were poorly organized. What was supposed to be a 7:50 staff meeting didn't start until 8:30 with games not starting until almost 9:30. I think the best solution is for NAQT to appoint someone (doesn't have to be an NAQT member; a lot of the consolation ...

Fado Alexandrino

Official placement games for non playoff and early 6-4 playoff losses also solves the problem of disorganized consolation rounds, even if it is only for 3-4 rounds. The tournament ending at 11 am should give the teams that aren't in the top 33 or whatever plenty of time to see the city on Sunday.

Fado Alexandrino

When will details be provided for packet submission? Who is directing this tournament and in charge of logistics and packet organization? Also, I will be writing 10 or so meta questions or questions about things I like that are so silly they would never be tossed up in even an event like VETO; pendi...

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Cheynem wrote:ONTARIO: Will Nediger (London Central), Sinan Ulusoy (Woburn)

Would probably be filled out by Raphael Kirchevksy (UTS) and Jordan Palmer (Westdale). Only Sinan actually played quizbowl in high school, but all of them are involved in quizbowl now.

Fado Alexandrino

"a smaller tournament with 4 super-regional qualifying sites," and "a smaller tournament with 16 regional qualifying sites." I don't know about other schools, but my alma mater certainly could not pull off all the paperwork required for the board needed for HSNCT in less than tw...

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Thanks for compiling this, Ben. I have learned a lot of historical context of what the game is like now. Top 3 teams: 1973 Lorne Jenkins, 2000 Merivale, 2010 Kennebecasis Valley Top 3 players: Dino Zincone (“The whiz kid who beat Harper”), David Thorsley, Adam Goldenberg I think UTS 2012 and Mike Fo...

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I'm going to put myself as a free agent for this; I know most sciences and can fake some fine arts and willing to contribute a fair share to a packet. EDIT: I am writing a packet for this tournament with Nicholas Penner and Charles Korwin. Whether I am playing or not depends on my job, travel plans ...

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I'd love play this. I feel like (but I have no authority to make any decisions) this would be a fun side event at one of the Canadian summer tournaments (VETO or mirror of something).

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https://scontent-a-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash2/l/t1.0-9/250000_230257260323153_6250739_n.jpg This picture was taken during our downtown Chicago excursion after the 2011 NSC. I'm not sure really what Patrick Liao was thinking. There are many more pictures I have taken of Patrick doing bizarre thin...

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The Quest for the Historical Mukherjesus wrote:How many Canadian quizbowlers does it take to fix a car?

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Yeah I'm willing to come and staff this; let me know if you need anything else from me.

Fado Alexandrino

- NB has historically been strong at Reach, and some of their schools like Kennebecasis Valley, travel to Ottawa for tournaments (albeit mostly Reach) The unfortunate thing is that KV is only funded to go out of province to play Reach for the Top, and do not have the support to come to one of the m...

Fado Alexandrino

Can I see the Division 2 Holst tossup? If I recall correctly, IS-84A had a tossup on Holst that began with a less well-known clue, but I may be mistaken.

Fado Alexandrino

Aside: did anybody buzz on the Watkins tossup before "grand vizier of fuckfaces"? I got this tossup later; I didn't think the answer line could be this silly. I really enjoyed this tournament, 10/10 would play again. There was a good mix of harder clues with easy answer lines and answer l...

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In contrast to the mistakes in D1 seeding, I thought the D2 seeding was done very fairly and seemed to reflect the results fairly accurately other than probable underseeding of McGill. I don't think McGill was particularly underseeded compared to lets say, Yale given as their group's second seed. S...

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Can I see the Division II tossup on first order reactions? I answered with a specific type (SN1) and was negged, not antiprompted. (No protest was filed as the game outcome was not affected.) Also, the tossup (DII) on Cygnus did not accept or prompt on the swan; is this standard practice in quizbowl...

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