Missouri Open - July 6th, 2013

Old college threads.
Locked
Make sure your seatbelt is fastened
Lulu
Posts: 88
Joined: Wed Apr 11, 2012 8:46 pm

Missouri Open - July 6th, 2013

Post by Make sure your seatbelt is fastened »

Greetings, everyone! I’m excited to announce the 2013 Missouri Open, hosted by the University of Missouri. The main event of the tournament is an ACF Fall-difficulty set written primarily by me, Itamar Naveh-Benjamin, with contributions from Charlie Dees and the University of Missouri Quizbowl Club. There will be a Charlie Dees-written side event available to play after the main event. The tournament will take place on July 6th.

Roughly 30% of the tournament has been written thus far, and it is on pace to be completed by late May. The tournament will feature thirteen 20/20 powermarked packets.

Eligibility: As with other open tournaments, this tournament is open to high schoolers, college players, and other interested parties alike.

Registration: If you would like to register a team to participate in the Missouri Open, please email me (Itamar Naveh-Benjamin) at [email protected] with "Missouri Open" in the subject line. Similarly, if you have any questions or concerns, feel free to email or PM me.

We are not setting a field cap on this tournament. If, however, we receive an unexpectedly high number of registrations, we will assess our staffing situation to make sure we can accommodate all interested parties.

Payment:
Base fee: $80
Working buzzer system: -$10
Travel discount: -$10 for traveling over 200 miles
Minimum fee: $60

Mirroring:
We are looking for mirrors; the earliest mirror date will be July 6th, same as the central location. We will allow mirrors to take place through the rest of the summer and the fall.

The fee for mirroring the set will be $15 per team that attends your mirror. Please email me if you are interested in mirroring the set!

Scheduled mirrors:
University of Illinois-Chicago in Chicago, Illinois on July 13th
Valencia College in Orlando, Florida on July 13th

Tentative mirrors:
University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, in Summer 2013
Virginia Tech on July 6th
Penn State in Fall 2013


Field:
Charles Hang (& potential buddies)
Jacob O'Rourke & Co.
A Survey of the Works of Herbert from Family Guy


--

We hope to see you there!

- Itamar Naveh-Benjamin
Last edited by Make sure your seatbelt is fastened on Tue Apr 23, 2013 12:40 am, edited 5 times in total.
Itamar Naveh-Benjamin
Mizzou '19
UVA '23
User avatar
quizbowllee
Auron
Posts: 2180
Joined: Thu Feb 12, 2004 2:12 am
Location: Alabama

Re: Missouri Open - July 6th, 2013

Post by quizbowllee »

I may be interested in this. I haven't played in a while, and this looks interesting.
Lee Henry
AP Lit and APUSH Teacher
Quiz Bowl Coach
West Point High School
President-Elect/Past President- Alabama Scholastic Competition Association (ASCA)
User avatar
naan/steak-holding toll
Auron
Posts: 2514
Joined: Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:53 pm
Location: New York, NY

Re: Missouri Open - July 6th, 2013

Post by naan/steak-holding toll »

Here's a spreadsheet to help organize interested people into teams.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc ... RWGc#gid=0
Will Alston
Dartmouth College '16
Columbia Business School '21
User avatar
The Goffman Prophecies
Quizbowl Detective Extraordinaire
Posts: 1611
Joined: Wed Mar 03, 2004 10:25 pm
Location: Wichita, KS

Re: Missouri Open - July 6th, 2013

Post by The Goffman Prophecies »

The discussion about mirror sites has been moved here.
Dan Goff
HSQB sysadmin

Virginia Tech '13
South Carolina '15
and a couple other places
Not Thomas Dale HS

STAAATS
User avatar
quizbowllee
Auron
Posts: 2180
Joined: Thu Feb 12, 2004 2:12 am
Location: Alabama

Re: Missouri Open - July 6th, 2013

Post by quizbowllee »

This is probably a stupid question, but I need to be certain. Is this going to be at the Columbia campus? I'm trying to get a team together.

Thanks.
Lee Henry
AP Lit and APUSH Teacher
Quiz Bowl Coach
West Point High School
President-Elect/Past President- Alabama Scholastic Competition Association (ASCA)
Make sure your seatbelt is fastened
Lulu
Posts: 88
Joined: Wed Apr 11, 2012 8:46 pm

Re: Missouri Open - July 6th, 2013

Post by Make sure your seatbelt is fastened »

quizbowllee wrote:This is probably a stupid question, but I need to be certain. Is this going to be at the Columbia campus? I'm trying to get a team together.

Thanks.
This tournament is indeed taking place at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri.

I updated the main post with another tentative mirror.
Itamar Naveh-Benjamin
Mizzou '19
UVA '23
Make sure your seatbelt is fastened
Lulu
Posts: 88
Joined: Wed Apr 11, 2012 8:46 pm

Re: Missouri Open - July 6th, 2013

Post by Make sure your seatbelt is fastened »

Updated the field with three registrations.
Itamar Naveh-Benjamin
Mizzou '19
UVA '23
wd4gdz
Tidus
Posts: 701
Joined: Mon Jan 19, 2004 5:40 pm
Location: Tallahassee

Re: Missouri Open - July 6th, 2013

Post by wd4gdz »

Make sure your seatbelt is fastened wrote: Roughly 30% of the tournament has been written thus far, and it is on pace to be completed by late May. The tournament will feature thirteen 20/20 powermarked packets.
Is the set finished?
Billy Beyer, formerly of FSU
User avatar
vcuEvan
Auron
Posts: 1085
Joined: Mon Feb 23, 2004 5:49 pm
Location: Richmond VA

Re: Missouri Open - July 6th, 2013

Post by vcuEvan »

Someone should mirror this in the Philadelphia to New York area.
Evan Adams
VCU '11, UVA '14, NYU '15
User avatar
tintinnabulation
Wakka
Posts: 141
Joined: Wed Nov 23, 2011 1:04 am

Re: Missouri Open - July 6th, 2013

Post by tintinnabulation »

Does anyone know where I can find info about the UIC mirror?
Brittany Trang
Ohio State
Northwestern
User avatar
Good Goblin Housekeeping
Auron
Posts: 1100
Joined: Sun May 23, 2010 10:03 am

Re: Missouri Open - July 6th, 2013

Post by Good Goblin Housekeeping »

tintinnabulation wrote:Does anyone know where I can find info about the UIC mirror?
https://www.facebook.com/events/5648807 ... ts&fref=ts
Andrew Wang
Illinois 2016
User avatar
tintinnabulation
Wakka
Posts: 141
Joined: Wed Nov 23, 2011 1:04 am

Re: Missouri Open - July 6th, 2013

Post by tintinnabulation »

Martha Dreyer wrote:
tintinnabulation wrote:Does anyone know where I can find info about the UIC mirror?
https://www.facebook.com/events/5648807 ... ts&fref=ts
Is there a more direct link to that event? FB keeps redirecting me to my "Events" page.
Brittany Trang
Ohio State
Northwestern
User avatar
Victor Prieto
Auron
Posts: 1192
Joined: Tue May 08, 2012 5:15 pm
Location: New York, NY

Re: Missouri Open - July 6th, 2013

Post by Victor Prieto »

vcuEvan wrote:Someone should mirror this in the Philadelphia to New York area.
I would also be interested in seeing this happen, preferably before August.
Victor Prieto
Secretary, PACE
Tower Hill School '11 | Rice University '15 | Penn State University '21
Writer: NAQT (2019-present) | Writer, Editor: HSAPQ (2013-2016)
Member (and lots of other stuff): PACE (2015-present)
User avatar
ryanrosenberg
Auron
Posts: 1890
Joined: Thu May 05, 2011 5:48 pm
Location: Palo Alto, California

Re: Missouri Open - July 6th, 2013

Post by ryanrosenberg »

Wasabi wrote:
vcuEvan wrote:Someone should mirror this in the Philadelphia to New York area.
I would also be interested in seeing this happen, preferably before August.
I'd be interested in this happening the week before or after VCU Open.
Ryan Rosenberg
North Carolina '16
ACF
User avatar
Good Goblin Housekeeping
Auron
Posts: 1100
Joined: Sun May 23, 2010 10:03 am

Re: Missouri Open - July 6th, 2013

Post by Good Goblin Housekeeping »

tintinnabulation wrote:
Martha Dreyer wrote:
tintinnabulation wrote:Does anyone know where I can find info about the UIC mirror?
https://www.facebook.com/events/5648807 ... ts&fref=ts
Is there a more direct link to that event? FB keeps redirecting me to my "Events" page.
It's on 7/13 at Fenton high school in bensenville and there's a team spreadsheet

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc ... sp=sharing

allegedly a 9 team cap
Andrew Wang
Illinois 2016
User avatar
tintinnabulation
Wakka
Posts: 141
Joined: Wed Nov 23, 2011 1:04 am

Re: Missouri Open - July 6th, 2013

Post by tintinnabulation »

Martha Dreyer wrote:
tintinnabulation wrote:
Martha Dreyer wrote:
tintinnabulation wrote:Does anyone know where I can find info about the UIC mirror?
https://www.facebook.com/events/5648807 ... ts&fref=ts
Is there a more direct link to that event? FB keeps redirecting me to my "Events" page.
It's on 7/13 at Fenton high school in bensenville and there's a team spreadsheet

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc ... sp=sharing

allegedly a 9 team cap
Thanks.
Brittany Trang
Ohio State
Northwestern
User avatar
Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Chairman of Anti-Music Mafia Committee
Posts: 5647
Joined: Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:46 pm

Re: Missouri Open - July 6th, 2013

Post by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN) »

Uh, heads up to the Illinois site i guess, but I'm not the editor of the set, Itamar has been from the get go.
Charlie Dees, North Kansas City HS '08
"I won't say more because I know some of you parse everything I say." - Jeremy Gibbs

"At one TJ tournament the neg prize was the Hampshire College ultimate frisbee team (nude) calender featuring one Evan Silberman. In retrospect that could have been a disaster." - Harry White
User avatar
Cheynem
Sin
Posts: 7219
Joined: Tue May 11, 2004 11:19 am
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan

Re: Missouri Open - July 6th, 2013

Post by Cheynem »

What's your side event for this, Charlie?
Mike Cheyne
Formerly U of Minnesota

"You killed HSAPQ"--Matt Bollinger
User avatar
MorganV
Mafiarator
Posts: 459
Joined: Thu Oct 20, 2011 2:12 pm

Re: Missouri Open - July 6th, 2013

Post by MorganV »

wd4gdz wrote:
Make sure your seatbelt is fastened wrote: Roughly 30% of the tournament has been written thus far, and it is on pace to be completed by late May. The tournament will feature thirteen 20/20 powermarked packets.
Is the set finished?
Did we ever get an answer to this rather pertinent question?
Morgan Venkus
Urech hydantoin synthesis
Tidus
Posts: 525
Joined: Thu Dec 30, 2010 3:35 pm

Re: Missouri Open - July 6th, 2013

Post by Urech hydantoin synthesis »

Worry not, for I hear that the main site will be using a complete set.
Ben Zhang

Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell '23
Columbia University '18
Ladue Horton Watkins HS '14
Make sure your seatbelt is fastened
Lulu
Posts: 88
Joined: Wed Apr 11, 2012 8:46 pm

Re: Missouri Open - July 6th, 2013

Post by Make sure your seatbelt is fastened »

Ben is correct -- the set will be ready for Saturday. We are currently putting the finishing touches on it. I will have it emailed to all mirror TDs by Friday night.
Itamar Naveh-Benjamin
Mizzou '19
UVA '23
User avatar
Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Chairman of Anti-Music Mafia Committee
Posts: 5647
Joined: Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:46 pm

Re: Missouri Open - July 6th, 2013

Post by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN) »

Oh, right, my side event. The mystery theme is that it's vanity as fuck and all about music on my laptop's hard drive, except some of you may know my laptop stopped working soon after I started to work on the tournament, making it rather difficult to write. I got my laptop back to working within the last couple weeks but I needed to finish the music for Missouri Open first so the side event isn't happening until I'm more free to actually write it. Also, I have finished the auditory arts for MO (they're incredible and are going to change the way you view the world) and can add my voice to the confirmations that the rest of the set is being pulled together and will be sent out on time.
Charlie Dees, North Kansas City HS '08
"I won't say more because I know some of you parse everything I say." - Jeremy Gibbs

"At one TJ tournament the neg prize was the Hampshire College ultimate frisbee team (nude) calender featuring one Evan Silberman. In retrospect that could have been a disaster." - Harry White
StatsDiskPr0xy
Lulu
Posts: 16
Joined: Mon Nov 17, 2008 1:48 am

Re: Missouri Open - July 6th, 2013

Post by StatsDiskPr0xy »

Horned Screamer wrote:some of you may know my laptop stopped working soon after I started to work on the tournament, making it rather difficult to write.
OH NO!!!
Stats Disk Pr0xy
UTC '12

"here lies stats disk
peperony and chease"
User avatar
Mike Bentley
Sin
Posts: 6461
Joined: Fri Mar 31, 2006 11:03 pm
Location: Bellevue, WA
Contact:

Re: Missouri Open - July 6th, 2013

Post by Mike Bentley »

We're probably interested in mirroring this tournament in Seattle at some point in August, so it would be appreciated if any discussion could take place on a private forum.
Mike Bentley
Treasurer, Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence
Adviser, Quizbowl Team at University of Washington
University of Maryland, Class of 2008
Make sure your seatbelt is fastened
Lulu
Posts: 88
Joined: Wed Apr 11, 2012 8:46 pm

Re: Missouri Open - July 6th, 2013

Post by Make sure your seatbelt is fastened »

This happened. Thanks to all the teams who came - we hope you had a good time.

Here are the (mostly complete) stats:

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


I've messaged a couple of admins on here requesting a private discussion board be set up. We would love to receive feedback so that we could fix the set for next weekend's mirrors.
Itamar Naveh-Benjamin
Mizzou '19
UVA '23
Make sure your seatbelt is fastened
Lulu
Posts: 88
Joined: Wed Apr 11, 2012 8:46 pm

Re: Missouri Open - July 6th, 2013

Post by Make sure your seatbelt is fastened »

A private discussion forum has been set up for Missouri Open -- please request to join it if you would like to leave feedback on the set. Alternatively, email me at [email protected] with any feedback and/or questions.
Itamar Naveh-Benjamin
Mizzou '19
UVA '23
alexdz
Rikku
Posts: 458
Joined: Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:29 pm
Location: Conshohocken, PA

Re: Missouri Open - July 6th, 2013

Post by alexdz »

Board admins: I cannot request to join the Missouri Open 2013 usergroup. It says I must be invited...

Well, to be blunt, I'd like to be invited.
Alex Dzurick
====
Owner/Editor, SAGES Quizbowl Questions
Middle school teacher, Rohan Woods School
====
South Callaway '08 -- Mizzou '12 -- Illinois '17
SCMS coach '12-'13 -- EFIP coach '20-'21 -- RWS coach '22-present
User avatar
Cody
2008-09 Male Athlete of the Year
Posts: 2891
Joined: Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:57 am

Re: Missouri Open - July 6th, 2013

Post by Cody »

Join "Missouri Open 2013" (not "Missouri Open 2013 discussion").
Cody Voight, VCU ’14.
Make sure your seatbelt is fastened
Lulu
Posts: 88
Joined: Wed Apr 11, 2012 8:46 pm

Re: Missouri Open - July 6th, 2013

Post by Make sure your seatbelt is fastened »

Renesmee LaHotdog Voight wrote:Join "Missouri Open 2013" (not "Missouri Open 2013 discussion").
Thanks, Cody - yeah, I requested a subforum from two different moderators, and I think both complied. However, I think one of them was shut down, so there should only be one now.
Itamar Naveh-Benjamin
Mizzou '19
UVA '23
User avatar
Jeremy Gibbs Paradox
Rikku
Posts: 410
Joined: Thu Nov 13, 2003 11:54 pm
Location: St. Louis, MO

Re: Missouri Open - July 6th, 2013

Post by Jeremy Gibbs Paradox »

On a side note are the two games not in the stats going to be entered? I have my record from our room.
TINA! BRING ME THE AXE!!!!

Sean Phillips
Boonville HS 00
WUSTL 04
SLU Law 07
Member MOQBA 2008-present
Is it wrong I like Boonville most of those 3?:)
Make sure your seatbelt is fastened
Lulu
Posts: 88
Joined: Wed Apr 11, 2012 8:46 pm

Re: Missouri Open - July 6th, 2013

Post by Make sure your seatbelt is fastened »

Please email them to me - the moderators from those games never gave me the scoresheets.
Itamar Naveh-Benjamin
Mizzou '19
UVA '23
User avatar
MLaudermith
Wakka
Posts: 142
Joined: Mon Aug 14, 2006 10:22 pm
Location: Bensenville, IL

Re: Missouri Open - July 6th, 2013

Post by MLaudermith »

Just wanted to avoid confusion.

The Chicago area mirror this Saturday (July 13th) is being held at Fenton High School in Bensenville, not at UIC.
Mike Laudermith, Fenton High School
IHSSBCA Member-at-Large

"Where can you belt back a fifth of scotch on the Firth of Forth?"
--geography tossup from the pioneering days of Illinois Scholastic Bowl
User avatar
ValenciaQBowl
Auron
Posts: 2558
Joined: Thu Feb 05, 2004 2:25 pm
Location: Orlando, Florida

Re: Missouri Open - July 6th, 2013

Post by ValenciaQBowl »

Itamar, we at Valencia haven't heard back about our e-mail reminders to send the packets for our mirror to Boris Nguyen for printing (yeah, we're old-fashioned that way). It's really important (critical, actually) that Boris have those packets before Friday morning (July 12) so he can print before the college closes at noon. You can send him the set at [email protected] Thanks!
Chris Borglum
Valencia College Grand Poobah
Make sure your seatbelt is fastened
Lulu
Posts: 88
Joined: Wed Apr 11, 2012 8:46 pm

Re: Missouri Open - July 6th, 2013

Post by Make sure your seatbelt is fastened »

Chris Romero is hosting a mirror of this tomorrow in Texas as a warm-up for the advisors at the quizbowl camp he's running.
Itamar Naveh-Benjamin
Mizzou '19
UVA '23
Jeslimak
Kimahri
Posts: 3
Joined: Mon Sep 10, 2012 11:47 am

Re: Missouri Open - July 6th, 2013

Post by Jeslimak »

Heyo, John Slimak from PSU here. We are still planning on hosting a mirror in the fall. Our current date for the event will be September 28th. We're figuring out the last little bits of logistics and we'll get our event announcement up before the end of the week.
John (Eddie) Slimak
Penn State
Locked