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by **Standard-winged Nightjar** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 12:58 am

This is the roster sheet for the Online Skype Practice League (OSPL) - Round 4, which will begin on Wednesday, January 4 and will run for five weeks. The winning team will receive free entry into a National History Bee state or regional tournament of their choice and be eligible to play in the OSPL Champions League in May. Please email director at historybowl dot com or send me a private message to sign up for OSPL Rd. 5. Sign up as soon as you can! Good Luck!

Rosters for OSPL Round 4

Victoria Secrets
1. Nikhil Desai, Bellarmine College Prep, San Jose, CA
2. Matt Duchan, Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill, NC
3. Conor Reilley, Belvidere North High School, Belvidere, IL
4. Esther Sun, Ridgewood High School, Ridgewood, NJ

Halifax Machines
1. Ana Curtis, Macomb High School, Macomb, IL
2. Kara Vo, Ridgewood High School, Ridgewood, NJ
3. Anderson Wang, Wissahickon High School, Ambler, PA
4. Richard Yu, Hunter College High School, New York, NY

Whitehorse Throats
1. Michael Adams, Kings Park High School, Kings Park, NY
2. Isaac Kirk-Davidoff, Oakland Mills High School, Columbia, MD
3. Matthew Moschella, Christiansburg High School, Christiansburg, VA
4. Max Schindler, Ladue HW High School, St. Louis, MO

Yellowknife Fights
1. Megan Chen, IMSA, Aurora, IL
2. Michael Coates, Warren Harding High School, Warren, OH
3. David Hu, Rancho Bernardo High School, Rancho Bernardo, CA
4. Morgan Venkus, Loyola Academy, Wilmette, IL

St. John's Worts
1. Krishna Bharathala, Escobar Learning Commune, Farallon Islands, CA
2. Alex Kling, Latin School of Chicago, Chicago, IL
3. Graham Reid, Hanover High School, Hanover, NH
4. Ryan Rosenberg, Ardsley High School, Ardsley, NY

Iqaluit Igloos
1. Ian Torres, Loyola Academy, Wilmette, IL
2. Dylan Minarik, Belvidere North High School, Belvidere, IL
3. Collin Parks, Detroit Catholic Central, Novi, MI
4. Ben Zhang, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, Ladue, MO

Standings Heading Into Week 5
1. Iqaluit Igloos, 3-1, 1855 points
2. Whitehorse Throats, 3-1, 1505
3. Victoria Secrets, 2-2, 1325
4. Halifax Machines, 2-2, 1160
5. Yellowknife Fights, 1-3, 925
6. St. John's Worts, 1-3, 825

Schedule for OSPL Round 4 - All times PM and Eastern

Wednesday, January 4 Note new start times as of 12/26
St. John's Worts 180 - Yellowknife Fights 175
Halifax Machines 290 - Whitehorse Throats 90
Victoria Secrets 290 - Iqaluit Igloos 165

Wednesday, January 11
Throats 485 - FIghts 130
Igloos 430 - Machines 245
Secrets 455 - Worts 210

Wednesday, January 18
Throats 460 - Worts 305
Igloos 635 - Fights 150
Machines 405 - Secrets 310

Wednesday, January 25
Igloos 625 - Worts 130
Fights 470 - Machines 220
Throats 470 - Secrets 270

Wednesday, February 1
7:15 Machines v. Worts
8:00 Throats v. Igloos
8:45 Secrets v. Fights
9:30 Advantaged Final Game 1 (if necessary)
10:10 Advantaged Final Game 2 (if necessary)

by **Standard-winged Nightjar** » Thu Dec 08, 2011 6:28 am

Bump as a friendly reminder to anyone interested. Email me or send me a private message to sign up!

by **Francis the Talking France** » Thu Dec 08, 2011 9:49 pm

I will gladly play my 4th round of Online Skype Practice League quiz bowl.

by **Golden-bellied Starfrontlet** » Thu Dec 08, 2011 10:48 pm

Yo, I'll do this again.

by **Cubfan125** » Thu Dec 08, 2011 10:51 pm

Wait, do people who have already played still have to wait until December 30th?

by **Standard-winged Nightjar** » Thu Dec 08, 2011 11:08 pm

No, everyone, just go ahead and sign up. Alex, i'll put you down.

by **The Predictable Consequences** » Thu Dec 08, 2011 11:38 pm

Sure, I'll do this.

by **Cubfan125** » Fri Dec 09, 2011 1:01 am

Great, thanks.

by **gauss1181** » Fri Dec 09, 2011 9:54 am

I'll play this.

EDIT: Correction here. IMSA is in Aurora, not Rockford.

by **Standard-winged Nightjar** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 3:32 am

Update: The rule limiting 2 players per school has been scratched. Sign up today for the most competitive field of OSPL so far!

by **Christ, I Know** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 11:15 am

I"ll do this again.

by **No Electricity Required** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 8:19 pm

Can you put an Ana Curtis from Macomb down for a spot? I'll get you in contact with her relatively soon, David.

by **nadph** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 5:18 pm

How should I communicate scheduling constraints for this? I am attending class from 4:00-5:30 p.m. PST and 8:00-9:30 p.m. PST and want to make sure I'm not signed up for games at those times.

by **Boeing X-20, Please!** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 7:45 pm

Ian Torres would like to claim a spot and sign up for this. He'll e-mail you soon.

by **Standard-winged Nightjar** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 5:16 am

OSPL Round 4 is now closed. Nolan, your post came 3 hours after Collin sent me a private message claiming the last spot. If someone drops between now and Jan. 4, I'll let you know. Otherwise, Ian is first up on the Round 5 sign up list, to be posted soon.
Btw, this is a phenomenal field, and I'm looking forward to some great matches. I'll set the teams probably by around Dec. 27; Greg will look them over briefly to try and ensure parity as best we can, before I post them. Note that there will be two more iterations of OSPL after this, and then the Champions League in May. OSPL will then take a hiatus until early August. We'll do it again next year for sure.

by **The Predictable Consequences** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 9:46 am

Just a suggestion, for next year, would it be possible to run one iteration that is specifically designated for novice players? I've had a couple of freshman on my team who are interested in playing OSPL, but who have been scared off by the ridiculously strong field.

by **Standard-winged Nightjar** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 7:38 pm

Dripping Springs State Park wrote:Just a suggestion, for next year, would it be possible to run one iteration that is specifically designated for novice players? I've had a couple of freshman on my team who are interested in playing OSPL, but who have been scared off by the ridiculously strong field.

This is under discussion. I agree that some sort of differentiation is needed. The biggest issue being that each round of OSPL as is takes about 20 hours to coordinate/read for. so it's already 140 (w/champions league) free hours where we otherwise could be doing NHBB stuff we actually earn a living from. If others were interesting in volunteering as OSPL readers, this would become much more doable.

by **Standard-winged Nightjar** » Sat Dec 24, 2011 3:27 am

Rosters and schedule now posted. Happy Holidays from The National History Bee and Bowl and OSPL! Good luck!

by **Weighted Companion Cube** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 1:25 pm

nationalhistorybeeandbowl wrote:
Dripping Springs State Park wrote:Just a suggestion, for next year, would it be possible to run one iteration that is specifically designated for novice players? I've had a couple of freshman on my team who are interested in playing OSPL, but who have been scared off by the ridiculously strong field.

This is under discussion. I agree that some sort of differentiation is needed. The biggest issue being that each round of OSPL as is takes about 20 hours to coordinate/read for. so it's already 140 (w/champions league) free hours where we otherwise could be doing NHBB stuff we actually earn a living from. If others were interesting in volunteering as OSPL readers, this would become much more doable.

I'd be willing to read for a novice format. I think I could convince Conor Teevens to do the same.

by **Masked Canadian History Bandit** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 6:08 pm

nationalhistorybeeandbowl wrote:Rosters and schedule now posted. Happy Holidays from The National History Bee and Bowl and OSPL! Good luck!

Love the team names.

by **Standard-winged Nightjar** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 11:47 pm

Somebody dropped, so email or private message me if you want to claim the final spot.

by **Golden-bellied Starfrontlet** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 11:55 pm

Shouldn't it go to Ian Torres if he's still interested?

by **Standard-winged Nightjar** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 1:36 pm

Ian got it. He's now on the Igloos.

by **Standard-winged Nightjar** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 11:33 pm

That, btw, was ACF Regionals 2009 - packet by Brown Univ. Congratulations for surviving it - don't ever forget Gwawl! Next week, I'll tune it down a notch. Nice playing, though. Nikhil and Richard were the evening's top scorers. Ben's going to handle SQBS - I'll send him the sheets, and he'll get them up by this time next week. Til then.

by **Mewto55555** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 11:46 pm

Out of curiosity, why did the non-computational math tossup get skipped?

by **Cheynem** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 12:08 am

Out of curiosity, how do you handle using such recent packets? 2009 ACF Regionals is a relatively recent high-profile tournament which I would expect a number of high school teams to have read. I'm not saying this to incite OMG CHEATING! accusations, but rather to ask how you handle such situations.

by **nadph** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 1:51 am

Yeah; this packet in particular may be problematic because a video of it can be found here. I am certain I saw this video some time ages ago (long enough that the memory of the exact questions in it escaped my head). I thought I was getting a little too lucky on this packet, and in retrospect it likely is because many of the clues from it had been drifting around in my head before. I sincerely apologize for not catching this error and will play a rematch/forfeit my score for this game if it is necessary.

by **Standard-winged Nightjar** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 3:52 pm

Everybody: this is the Online Skype Practice League. With 24 really good players, it's almost impossible to find a good packet that nobody's read through. Unless you read a packet like, within the past month, don't worry about it if you have a vague recollection of it. If people want to pay for OSPL, then I could commission a set, but I don't think that's where we're going anytime soon. Max, I skipped the math because I overlooked it in the first game, and then stayed with that for the final 2 for consistency's sake.
Going forward with OSPL, we're probably going to run 8 rounds of OSPL next year - 4 Varsity and 4 JV. Then the Champions League for each would have 4 teams. That would account for differentiation. Varsity and JV will be based on experience/ability, not year in school. I'll have the final say on who can play where, but again, that's for 2012-13, so that's a ways off.

by **Christ, I Know** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 5:47 am

Was I supposed to have gotten the scoresheets by now? I don't think you've sent them to me, but my email does weird things to messages from NHBB, so I could be wrong.

by **Weighted Companion Cube** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 12:17 pm

Any possibility the time for the Igloos match could be changed to 930. I'm not free from 8:15 to 9:15 now.

by **Christ, I Know** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 7:50 pm

Stats are here

by **Mr. Joyboy** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 11:38 am

What were the results for week 2?

by **Michael Adams** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 3:11 pm

I just want to apologize for my absence from wednesday's match, I'll be there for all matches from now on unless something unexpected comes up

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by **Francis the Talking France** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 1:42 pm

C.R.E.A.M. wrote:What were the results for week 2?

This.

by **Christ, I Know** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 4:45 pm

stats updated

by **nadph** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:30 pm

I'm currently driving home from school for this and will be home in 5-7 minutes; would we be able to postpone the beginning of my team's match to accommodate this?

by **Francis the Talking France** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:37 pm

Yeah, we're waiting for you.

by **Christ, I Know** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 9:01 pm

Who else had an Andrew Hart grail or came close to one?

by **Standard-winged Nightjar** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 1:03 am

OSPL Rd 4 is running on Thursday this week, since Greg, Nick, and I are all occupied tomorrow evening.

by **MorganV** » Thu Jan 26, 2012 9:18 pm

I can't play tonight, sorry.

by **Standard-winged Nightjar** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 12:23 am

Sorry we're missing last weeks stats - I'll get them to Ben and post scores from last week on Sunday once I'm back in NJ. It's been a busy week.

by **Golden-bellied Starfrontlet** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 6:13 pm

Would moving next week's OSPL to Thursday be ok with people? Because Conor and I have conference on that Wednesday and probably wouldn't be able to make our matches.

by **gauss1181** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 6:16 pm

Thursday won't be a good evening for me to play OSPL, as I have a math team meet that day.

by **Christ, I Know** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:11 pm

Stats updated again, tell me if something isn't right since SQBS did something funny when I readded David Hu to the roster.

by **Just a Guy Made Of Dots and Lines** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 11:41 pm

I'll be pinch-hitting for Nolan and the Fights this Wednesday night. Hopefully it won't affect the finals situation.

by **Standard-winged Nightjar** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 8:41 pm

Stats finally now complete. Note the earlier start times tomorrow. Teams 2-2 or better should plan on potentially playing in the final, since you still all have a shot at making it. There will be only one 4-1 team, since both 3-1 teams (Throats & Igloos) play each other.

by **Golden-bellied Starfrontlet** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:08 pm

Collin Parks has informed me that he has found a teammate from his school to sub for me. Thanks Collin!

by **Christ, I Know** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:52 pm

nationalhistorybeeandbowl wrote:Stats finally now complete.

Hm, they don't include week 3's matches, since I haven't gotten scoresheets yet.

by **MahoningQuizBowler** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 12:35 am

This just ended.

Round 5 scores

Throats 325-125 Igloos
Machines 285-160 Worts
Fights 395-90 Secrets

FINAL

Throats 295-160 Igloos

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