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by **Matt Weiner** » Sat May 03, 2008 9:52 pm

Hey, I'm thinking of putting together some open events at VCU in August. The Saturday event would be a Chicago Open-level tournament written mostly by me, the Sunday would be a mirror of the Irvine novice if the people in charge of that event are willing to set up such a thing. Who would be interested in playing this?

Note date change in topic.

by **dyetman89** » Sat May 03, 2008 10:07 pm

I'd be very interested, and I think some of the other Stuyvesantians might be as well (presence in the country depending). BTW, first Titanomachy, and now this? Are you a packet-writing machine, Matt?

by **Gonzagapuma1** » Sat May 03, 2008 10:07 pm

I would be interested.

by **Sir Thopas** » Sat May 03, 2008 10:22 pm

Can you mirror this in Plovdiv please?

by **theMoMA** » Sat May 03, 2008 11:18 pm

I'd try to get out there for this.

by **Ukonvasara** » Sun May 04, 2008 12:37 am

theMoMA wrote:I'd try to get out there for this.

by **Pilgrim** » Sun May 04, 2008 12:44 am

Ukonvasara wrote:
theMoMA wrote:I'd try to get out there for this.

by **cornfused** » Sun May 04, 2008 1:59 am

Hmm... I would consider playing this... solo... six weeks before fall term starts. I'm officially an addict.

by **Atlee Hammaker** » Sun May 04, 2008 2:41 am

I'm too awful for CO and too ineligible for the novice tournament, but I might be able to moderate.

by **Bentley Like Beckham** » Sun May 04, 2008 11:21 am

CasanovaFrankenstein wrote:I'm too awful for CO and too ineligible for the novice tournament, but I might be able to moderate.

I believe Matt was making the novice tournament open to everyone and potentially splitting things into divisions if there was enough interest.

by **The Atom Strikes!** » Sun May 04, 2008 4:55 pm

metsfan001 wrote:Can you mirror this in Plovdiv please?

Going to the International Linguistics Olympiad?

by **Sir Thopas** » Sun May 04, 2008 5:04 pm

SwissBoy wrote:
metsfan001 wrote:Can you mirror this in Plovdiv please?

Going to the International Linguistics Olympiad?

Indeed. So it'd be like a 6-hour drive anyway, but you get the point.

by **Lapego1** » Sun May 04, 2008 8:44 pm

I'd hit this up.

by **Frater Taciturnus** » Mon May 05, 2008 10:31 am

but matt this coincides with BOOOOOOOOOTCAMP

EDIT: this sounds interesting and I am willing and available to be apart of this.

by **First Chairman** » Mon May 05, 2008 10:41 am

dude... bootcamp!

by **Matt Weiner** » Mon May 05, 2008 12:59 pm

Ah yes.

Now moving to the 16/17.

by **Dutton Speedwords** » Mon May 05, 2008 1:45 pm

I'd be interested in playing in the open tournament with a team and I'd do my best to convince some of my teammates to accompany me and play in the novice tournament (I could help read or whatever, or play, I'm not sure whether I'd be eligible or not).

by **NoahMinkCHS** » Mon May 05, 2008 4:55 pm

I'll actually be moving to Virginia about a week before this (thanks to the date change), so I might be interested in playing or helping read or something.

by **Jeremy Gibbs Lemma** » Mon May 05, 2008 5:34 pm

I would be interested in getting a Midwest mirror for this and will probably be around Kirksville then. I've never TD'ed but I will talk to Christopher to see what he thinks of this one.

by **Jeremy Gibbs Freesy Does It** » Mon May 05, 2008 5:37 pm

Awesome.

by **Ukonvasara** » Mon May 05, 2008 5:48 pm

Kent B wrote:I would be interested in getting a Midwest mirror for this and will probably be around Kirksville then. I've never TD'ed but I will talk to Christopher to see what he thinks of this one.

That would make it many times more likely that I (and probably the rest of Minnesota) would show up. Hooray!

by **cornfused** » Mon May 05, 2008 6:58 pm

Still no for me, though - if U of C mirrors it, then I'm in for sure.

by **millionwaves** » Mon May 05, 2008 7:00 pm

Kent B wrote:I would be interested in getting a Midwest mirror for this and will probably be around Kirksville then. I've never TD'ed but I will talk to Christopher to see what he thinks of this one.

Please do this.

Thanks,

Trygve

by **First Chairman** » Mon May 05, 2008 8:33 pm

When does class and orientation start at VCU? http://www.vcu.edu/academiccalendars/ That seems to cut it a bit close.

(Of course I wind up being "on call" for freshman orientations and first-month-of-class...)

by **Magister Ludi** » Mon May 05, 2008 10:38 pm

I will play both of these tournaments.

by **The Quest for the Historical Mukherjesus** » Tue May 06, 2008 3:03 pm

I'll try to show up.

by **Crazy Andy Watkins** » Tue May 06, 2008 3:38 pm

I'll try to show up, too.

My parents will probably not let me drive to VCU, considering that I've never driven solo to Virginia before and they (rightly) will have a low expectation for how much I'll sleep at this thing. Anyone coming to this thing who plans to take a route that goes through (or reasonably near) Pittsburgh?

by **Bentley Like Beckham** » Tue May 06, 2008 4:27 pm

It is likely that I will be there and probably pretty likely that other Maryland people will be there.

by **BuzzerZen** » Tue May 06, 2008 5:25 pm

I will show up for whatever doesn't conflict with work, which I may not be able to predict very far in advance if I end up working at the Apple Store, so this post probably isn't too helpful, but whatever.

by **Bentley Like Beckham** » Tue May 06, 2008 5:54 pm

BuzzerZen wrote:I will show up for whatever doesn't conflict with work, which I may not be able to predict very far in advance if I end up working at the Apple Store, so this post probably isn't too helpful, but whatever.

Man if I worked in a place with a Genius Bar I would probably have to kill myself.

Edit: Here's your chance to take your best shot at Microsoft!

by **Matt Weiner** » Tue May 06, 2008 5:55 pm

Just to be clear, there will be no discounts offered at this tournament for bringing overpriced pseudocomputers with the world's worst warranty plans.

by **myamphigory** » Tue May 06, 2008 6:02 pm

Matt wrote:Just to be clear, there will be no discounts offered at this tournament for bringing overpriced pseudocomputers with the world's worst warranty plans.

Hey, any company that replaces a bunch of keys on my keyboard for free, and that doesn't bat an eye when I explain that they got knocked off when I dropped a tart pan onto my laptop, is fine in my book.

by **Deckard Cain** » Tue May 06, 2008 6:25 pm

Kent B wrote:I would be interested in getting a Midwest mirror for this and will probably be around Kirksville then. I've never TD'ed but I will talk to Christopher to see what he thinks of this one.

I would undoubtedly show up for this as well.

by **BuzzerZen** » Tue May 06, 2008 7:25 pm

Matt Weiner wrote:Just to be clear, there will be no discounts offered at this tournament for bringing overpriced pseudocomputers with the world's worst warranty plans.

Matt Weiner why do you hate everything I hold most dear

by **Ronnie the Bear** » Tue May 06, 2008 7:50 pm

Matt Weiner wrote:Just to be clear, there will be no discounts offered at this tournament for bringing overpriced pseudocomputers with the world's worst warranty plans.

So no Alienware?

by **Matt Weiner** » Thu May 08, 2008 10:16 am

OK, there is clearly interest for this, so I will take the next steps of finding out if we can get rooms at VCU, and talking to Irvine about mirroring their tournament.

by **STPickrell** » Thu May 08, 2008 11:10 am

Matt Weiner wrote:Just to be clear, there will be no discounts offered at this tournament for bringing overpriced pseudocomputers with the world's worst warranty plans.

Matt, you and I may disagree on many things quizbowl, VHSL, and politically-related, but on the issue of Macs, we are in complete concordance.

by **The Motley Eye** » Thu May 08, 2008 5:36 pm

leftsaidfred wrote:
Matt Weiner wrote:Just to be clear, there will be no discounts offered at this tournament for bringing overpriced pseudocomputers with the world's worst warranty plans.

So no Alienware?

Dude, you're getting a Dell!

by **Jeremy Gibbs-Marangoni Effect** » Fri May 09, 2008 9:16 am

I'll probably be able to come to the Midwest mirror.

by **wowitsquinthaha** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:53 pm

Can we play in just one tournament or do we have to play in both, cause I'm sure Cameron and Tommy and I would love to play in the Novice one, but I wont be here on the Chic Open one + we would uh...not do well. Ill talk to you about it on Tuesday though

by **Matt Weiner** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:55 pm

Hey, we just got our room reservations confirmed so this weekend will be happening. Expect formal announcements of both tournaments shortly.

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