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by Bender Bending Fernandez
Tue Jan 16, 2018 12:40 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Sic Semper Trashis II @ (Bristol) Virginia High School
Replies: 7
Views: 4469

Re: Sic Semper Trashis II @ (Bristol) Virginia High School

He would tell you it's based on a game called K-Tell-Hell, the origins/details of which I am not sure of
IIRC, Charlie Steinhice of UTC ran these back in the day. Dunno if he invented it.
by Bender Bending Fernandez
Mon Feb 07, 2011 6:52 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Tournament by the Sea VIII (Mar 20, 2011)- PBT mirror
Replies: 13
Views: 3198

Re: Tournament by the Sea VIII (Mar 20, 2011)- PBT mirror

I'm in pending availability of teammates. Is there a packet discount or does PBT not want our crappy southern packets?
by Bender Bending Fernandez
Thu Jun 03, 2010 2:34 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2010 HSNCT discussion thread
Replies: 194
Views: 51283

Re: 2010 HSNCT discussion thread

I think NAQT does need to do something more formal with moderators, like maybe some kind of qualification process, or at least a formal training session on the Friday night. Forgive me from dragging this discussion away from anime, but this is a good idea. The Friday night scrimmage I thought was e...
by Bender Bending Fernandez
Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:34 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Early Bird/Southeastern @ Berry College -- 11/7/09
Replies: 23
Views: 3826

Re: Early Bird/Southeastern @ Berry College -- 11/7/09

Hilarius Bookbinder wrote:http://www.simpleocr.com/
(For a more direct link: here)
Thank you! Now back to your regularly scheduled tournament announcement.
by Bender Bending Fernandez
Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:27 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Early Bird/Southeastern @ Berry College -- 11/7/09
Replies: 23
Views: 3826

Re: Early Bird/Southeastern @ Berry College -- 11/7/09

Shockingly in 2009, there are scanners that exist in your college, and the corresponding software that will allow you to scan to Microsoft Word. It still takes time, but just pointing out that there is another option. I'd never considered it. Not that I don't keep up with new technologies like the ...
by Bender Bending Fernandez
Wed Aug 26, 2009 3:15 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Early Bird/Southeastern @ Berry College -- 11/7/09
Replies: 23
Views: 3826

Re: Early Bird/Southeastern @ Berry College -- 11/7/09

It's also just a show of good faith. Why hide the packets? Not to mention good community behavior. Is it good community behavior to insinuate that there's something to "hide" because the packets aren't online for whatever reason? I don't know why they haven't released the packets, maybe t...
by Bender Bending Fernandez
Wed Aug 26, 2009 11:53 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Early Bird/Southeastern @ Berry College -- 11/7/09
Replies: 23
Views: 3826

Re: Early Bird/Southeastern @ Berry College -- 11/7/09

What would last year's set prove? Packet submission tournaments will differ depending on the question writing abilities of the teams submitting, and even if the same teams attend, the team composition will be different. The editor may be the same, but even an experienced tournament editor can only d...
by Bender Bending Fernandez
Sat Jun 07, 2008 9:03 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Great News! CBI "Susp"Ends!
Replies: 89
Views: 28554

Re: Great News! CBI "Susp"Ends!

As for the stiff-necked part, CBI was also extremely resistant to change. They seemed to have this deep-seated conviction that the way they did things was the only proper way, and that customers who complained about their policies could be safely ignored. The players were never their customers. The...
by Bender Bending Fernandez
Tue May 20, 2008 5:37 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Art Names
Replies: 47
Views: 8480

Re: Art Names

I'm going to repeat my assertion from the last time this was discussed that, for works that do not have author-granted titles, the moderator should always lean toward lenience, at least prompting and often accepting. Yes, reasonable variations on a non-authorial title (Arnolfini wedding/marriage/po...
by Bender Bending Fernandez
Mon May 19, 2008 6:07 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Art Names
Replies: 47
Views: 8480

Re: Art Names

Per this article (I know Wikipedia isn't always accurate) , we should accept Trimalchio after most plot clues, as a version called Trimalchio has been published . Since Trimalchio was published, shouldn't it be considered a separate work? After all, I've heard plenty of questions on Stephen Hero . ...
by Bender Bending Fernandez
Mon May 19, 2008 10:45 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Art Names
Replies: 47
Views: 8480

Re: Art Names

I'm all for alternate titles. I still have no idea what the actual title of that Watteau painting is. But if The Poet is an old, discarded title for The Thinker , and not an alternate title, then it shouldn't be accepted. Should we accept Trimalchio in West Egg for The Great Gatsby ? Heck, if someon...
by Bender Bending Fernandez
Wed Mar 19, 2008 5:57 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Tournament by the Sea V & 10: Woolworth the Trip (Mar 15
Replies: 8
Views: 2857

Re: Tournament by the Sea V & 10: Woolworth the Trip (Mar 15

Any idea when they will be posting worldwide results for the TQ?
by Bender Bending Fernandez
Thu Feb 14, 2008 1:28 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Sun 'n Fun IX @ USF -- 5/10/2008 (Date Change)
Replies: 33
Views: 13800

*ahem*

You forgot to mention the music round by the lovely and/or talented DJ Rob.
by Bender Bending Fernandez
Tue Jan 16, 2007 7:53 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Jeopardy 01/05/07
Replies: 1
Views: 1365

He's going to Australia, but not before we tease him about Thermopylae some more.
by Bender Bending Fernandez
Tue Jan 16, 2007 7:50 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Sword Bowl: collegiate academic QB at UTC 1/27/07
Replies: 7
Views: 4943

Has info about the University of Louisiana-Lafayette mirror been posted anywhere yet?

Will there be a trash tournament following SB or any of the mirrors?
by Bender Bending Fernandez
Tue Jan 16, 2007 7:34 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Sunshine State Invitational 2007 Trash Results
Replies: 3
Views: 2585

Thanks for a great tournament, I'd almost forgotten how much I love trash. (It's the best thing since sliced bread, of course :grin: ) I know you guys were worried about some of the submitted packets, but the ones we played were pretty decent, edited by administration
by Bender Bending Fernandez
Thu Aug 03, 2006 3:12 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Question theft
Replies: 5
Views: 2947

I'm all for punishing plagiarism with Chuck Norris roundhouse kicks to the face, but it's probably more productive to contact the relevant players and coaches behind the scenes. Public call-outs of plagiarism will probably lead to more animosity, which is exactly what QB needs. And inevitably some T...
by Bender Bending Fernandez
Thu Aug 03, 2006 2:58 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Ideal trashy distribution?
Replies: 32
Views: 15955

I have no problem with video game questions (even though I miss most of them) as long as they aren't all on current games and aren't too deep. As has been noted, games haven't penetrated as deep into the cuture as movies and tv. The one's I've heard to date have been pretty fair, with memorable ones...
by Bender Bending Fernandez
Wed Jul 05, 2006 2:11 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: RESULTS: Summer Camp trash tourney 6/25/06 at UT Chattanooga
Replies: 1
Views: 2094

Re: Summer Camp trash tourney 6/25/06: results, stats, grati

We had numerous bragging rights and speed buzzes, but Al Przygocki was recognized for a combo, getting Stringfellow Hawke on a speed buzz when it went unanswered in all other rooms. Grrrr....still mad about this one. My own fault, of course, but I misheard the toss up and thought they were asking f...
by Bender Bending Fernandez
Thu Jun 15, 2006 6:17 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Southeast Tournaments: Fall 2006
Replies: 31
Views: 14924

Re: Southeast Tournaments: Fall 2006

At the moment, there are two tournaments scheduled in the southeast for fall of 2006. CotKU at UTC and ACF Fall at FSU. I want some more! Who wants to mirror the Early Fall Tournament? Or PARFAIT? Georgia Tech? USF? Anyone? We had actually discussed the possibility of USF mirroring EFT at our meeti...
by Bender Bending Fernandez
Fri Jun 09, 2006 11:15 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: high school - college retention
Replies: 72
Views: 31108

ValenciaQBowl wrote: soon we'd have nine-line toss-ups on Corkan the One-Eyed, the fun-loving drunkard of The Bridge on the Drina.
Somebody read their Benet's this morning.
by Bender Bending Fernandez
Tue May 30, 2006 12:39 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: JS Mill Mirror in Orlando
Replies: 10
Views: 6645

I heard a few other rooms got by with saying just Maine too. I dont want to name people online, but I'll say he was wearing a USF hat and that should suffice. There's no hard feelings, but I'm going to give him a hard time about it next time I see him. I should have guessed. We have good-naturedly ...
by Bender Bending Fernandez
Mon May 29, 2006 8:12 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: JS Mill Mirror in Orlando
Replies: 10
Views: 6645

P.S. I still protest not getting the tossup on "sinking of the Maine" when I said the Maine and then was prompted and basically gave the entire last line of the tossup, although still neglecting the word "sinking". ;-) Who was reading that round? I got away with just "Maine...
by Bender Bending Fernandez
Mon Apr 17, 2006 3:02 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Ghetto Warz commentary
Replies: 21
Views: 14228

mrmaguda wrote:The worst packet was the one with the 2 comedy central bonuses. That's fine for a trash packet but not an academic one.
Nope, that's bad for a trash packet too. :cry:
by Bender Bending Fernandez
Thu Mar 23, 2006 3:26 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: packet trading for usf sun and fun
Replies: 0
Views: 1650

packet trading for usf sun and fun

We have an academic tournament coming up on April 1 (yes, seriously) and we should have enough packets, but we're looking to trade packets for backups just in case. If you have an academic tournament not in the south east US in the next couple weeks and are interested in trading, please contact me a...