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Bruce Arthur's Amazing Planet (CANCELED FOR MO)

Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 6:10 pm
by Skepticism and Animal Feed
This is a preliminary announcement for my MO side event.

This is a sequel to Wild Kingdom, but is broader in scope. Non-animal forms of life, such as plants, fungi, and protists, are now in play. As is anything related to Earth science.

There will be five packets of 20/0 each. A full distribution will be posted later. Let me know if you want to help write this.

Re: Bruce Arthur's Amazing Planet (11/17/12 at Minnesota Open)

Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 6:12 pm
by Auks Ran Ova
more dinosaurs please

Re: Bruce Arthur's Amazing Planet (11/17/12 at Minnesota Open)

Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 6:23 pm
by theMoMA
So everyone knows, Bruce's tournament will be on Saturday evening after MO. Mike Bentley's Eyes IV will be Saturday over lunch (I will coordinate food-purchasing for all participants). Eliza and Melanie from the Minnesota team are planning a trash tournament that is tentatively scheduled for Sunday.

Re: Bruce Arthur's Amazing Planet (11/17/12 at Minnesota Open)

Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 6:35 pm
by Cheynem
What happened to the "Your Choice" thing you were talking about previously?

Re: Bruce Arthur's Amazing Planet (11/17/12 at Minnesota Open)

Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 6:43 pm
by Marble-faced Bristle Tyrant
Was Wild Kingdom ever posted anywhere?

Re: Bruce Arthur's Amazing Planet (11/17/12 at Minnesota Open)

Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 7:30 pm
by Skepticism and Animal Feed
Marble-faced Bristle Tyrant wrote:Was Wild Kingdom ever posted anywhere?
I've emailed it to the archive multiple times, nothing has ever happened.

Re: Bruce Arthur's Amazing Planet (11/17/12 at Minnesota Open)

Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 7:35 pm
by The Toad to Wigan Pier
I've added Wild Kingdom to my temporary archive: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/80759358/index.html

Re: Bruce Arthur's Amazing Planet (11/17/12 at Minnesota Open)

Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 8:36 am
by Chimango Caracara
Finally, a chance to show off my knowledge of extinct xenarthrans.

Re: Bruce Arthur's Amazing Planet (11/17/12 at Minnesota Open)

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 8:25 am
by Skepticism and Animal Feed
This is still happening. I am looking for people to write the following things for me:

(1) Literature
(2) Trash
(3) Classical Mythology

I would want no more than 5-10 questions from any of these subjects (and possibly even less for classical myth), so this would be a small task order.

Please contact me if you are interested.

Re: Bruce Arthur's Amazing Planet (11/17/12 at Minnesota Open)

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 3:50 pm
by Skepticism and Animal Feed
Here is the distribution for this tournament:

2/0 Mammals
1/0 Birds
1/0 Reptiles and Amphibians
1/0 Extinct Beasts
1/0 Invertebrates
1/0 Microbes

2/0 Plants
1/0 Fungi

5/0 Earth Science and Geography

3/0 Other Academic
2/0 Trash

The "Other Academic" will focus on things from History, Literature, Mythology, Religion, Art, etc. that somehow involve a living thing or natural phenomenon. So for example, a tossup on a mythical dog, or a common link tossup on transform faults in literature.

The "Trash" distribution will likewise focus on trash-related living things or natural phenomena.

Re: Bruce Arthur's Amazing Planet (11/17/12 at Minnesota Open)

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 4:03 pm
by Cheynem
where are da monsters

Re: Bruce Arthur's Amazing Planet (11/17/12 at Minnesota Open)

Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:10 am
by Skepticism and Animal Feed
Still looking for somebody to help me with lit and fine arts. Otherwise I'll have to write that myself, and that won't end well for anyone.

Re: Bruce Arthur's Amazing Planet (11/17/12 at Minnesota Open)

Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 5:07 pm
by DumbJaques
I can't do it, but you can have all five of my tossups on transform faults in literature. You know, for a nominal fee.

Re: Bruce Arthur's Amazing Planet (11/17/12 at Minnesota Open)

Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 7:13 pm
by Mike Bentley
I think I got like -2 ppg at the last of these tournaments, so I can probably help out with the lit and fine arts.

Re: Bruce Arthur's Amazing Planet (11/17/12 at Minnesota Open)

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 9:53 pm
by dolphin
Can we mirror this at Columbia?

Re: Bruce Arthur's Amazing Planet (11/17/12 at Minnesota Open)

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 12:20 am
by Skepticism and Animal Feed
It is with great sadness that I must indefinitely postpone this event. Frankly put, I won't have time to finish this by MO, due to social and work obligations that were unforseeable at the time I planned the tournament.

I give effusive thanks to everyone who contributed questions, and apologize to all those who are inconvenienced by the cancellation.

If the Admins can put some kind of "CANCELLED" thing in the title, that would be pretty boss.

Re: Bruce Arthur's Amazing Planet (CANCELED FOR MO)

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 12:47 am
by Cody
This is the saddest day of my life.

Re: Bruce Arthur's Amazing Planet (CANCELED FOR MO)

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 12:53 am
by Mike Bentley
Can we run the trash tournament on Saturday night now?

Re: Bruce Arthur's Amazing Planet (CANCELED FOR MO)

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 1:37 am
by Cheynem
Yes. See the trash forum.

Re: Bruce Arthur's Amazing Planet (CANCELED FOR MO)

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 1:53 am
by Auks Ran Ova
noooooooooooooooo

Re: Bruce Arthur's Amazing Planet (CANCELED FOR MO)

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 10:26 am
by Chimango Caracara
I'm so happy this was canceled since I wasn't going to be able to stay for the second day. Now it will hopefully take place at a tournament I can play it at.

Re: Bruce Arthur's Amazing Planet (CANCELED FOR MO)

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 11:07 am
by AKKOLADE
my whole world is built on lies now