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Here's some information that I will provide that will hopefully add to the discussion. UVA hosts a high school tournament each fall on an IS set, the Cavalier Classic. Here are the attendance figures for those tournaments for the past decade from naqt.com: 2014: 28 teams, 16 schools 2015: 28 teams, ...

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VHSL Scholastic Bowl state championship, February 2023

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My name is Mark Bailey. In 2019, I attended PACE NSC in Reston, VA as a high school senior at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, VA. I’ve been thinking about it and reflecting on the experience recently, and thought I ought to write about it before my memories become any more faded or warped. ...

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I am in need of teammates. I'm not particularly good and will probably get a few questions close to the end, and I am happy to play with anyone with a similar self-assessment. I am excited to play quizbowl and have a nice time just by being here.

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i think its hilarious u kids talking shit about itamar. u wouldnt say this shit to him at uva, hes jacked. not only that but he wears the freshest clothes, eats at the chillest restaurants and hangs out with the hottest dudes. yall are pathetic lol

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Sorry if this is a dumb question, but why is TJHSST not included in the rankings? Their performance on MRNA was very impressive, but so far that is the only set they’ve played and no other high school team has played MRNA (making it impossible to adjust). If they play another set that other high sc...

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Sorry if this is a dumb question, but why is TJHSST not included in the rankings?

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This tournament was a pleasure to attend. Thank you to Matt and everyone from VCU for hosting. I'm looking forward to coming back to Richmond in April.

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As someone who drove 5 hours to play Penn Bowl in October, which was one protest away from needing a 13th packet to decide a winner, my opinion is that 12 packets is not sufficient for a tournament at this difficulty level.

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Theresa was super helpful to me getting ready for our site of this tournament. Planning one site was hard by itself, and she was always responsive to my questions and helpful in dealing with the issues that we faced with preparing to host - and UVA was just one site out of a dozen that she was respo...

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UNC A won the tournament with a 12-0 record and Maryland finished in second at 11-1 after declining to play a final. UNC A won the Undergraduate title and William & Mary finished second in Undergraduate by a playoffs PPG tiebreaker over UNC C. Georgetown C won the DII title by finishing with a p...

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I've sent out the logistics and information email for Saturday's tournament.

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I'm posting here so others can weigh in because the schedule in the email was not clearly defined. For a 9-team schedule that has more than 8 games for most teams, it seems like any schedule would have to be the 9-round round robin followed by dividing into some sort of brackets. Dividing into 5/4 w...

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Assuming there are only 5 teams registered, will there be a house team in order to have a 6 team schedule?

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I am thrilled to announce we have received room reservations for more rooms and are expanding the field cap to 24 teams. It's not too late to come play ACF Winter and experience beautiful Charlottesville, Virginia this fall. If you are a non-team-affiliated staffer, we would love to have your help w...

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Can the tossups on the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia and the exile of Juan Peron be posted here as well if possible? The Czechoslovakia tossup gave a prompt on the Prague Spring close to the end when it seemed like that answer didn't fit with the clues at that point. The Peron tossup led to a n...

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Can the tossups on the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia and the exile of Juan Peron be posted here as well if possible? The Czechoslovakia tossup gave a prompt on the Prague Spring close to the end when it seemed like that answer didn't fit with the clues at that point. The Peron tossup led to a ne...

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maharhar17 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 16, 2021 9:53 am Purdue's quiz bowl team is currently working on a spring novice for next year. We'll post a forum announcement soon.

Is this happening? Are there any plans for a spring novice this year?

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we spent time waiting for Maryland B to finish their game even though it wouldn't have been a problem for them to come in a few minutes late, and then they didn't even come watch the finals. I made the request to wait because I was told by the staffers that their final game was on TU 19 and usually...

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I just want to share some feedback about how the tournament was run, because it's non-ideal to be finishing round 11 just before 8 pm. The morning rounds were slow. There was a delay in going to start the first rounds, and it wasn't clear why we were waiting at the beginning. It seemed like inexperi...

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I'd like to see the specific questions posted here because my memory/notes might not be right, and my apologies if anything is wrong. On the "Black Hills" tossup, I was very confused. The tossup seemed to clue the Fetterman Fight, which happened in Wyoming (and not very close to the Black ...

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Unfortunately, we're still waiting for confirmation about our room reservations. The event planning office told us they would get back to us on Friday, and they didn't, so we emailed Monday morning and this afternoon they said that there are some unspecified "new guidelines" and that we ha...

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I am pleased to announce that the Lower Mid-Atlantic site of 2021 ACF Winter will be held at the University of Virginia on Saturday, November 7, 2021. The tournament will be held in New Cabell Hall in Charlottesville. I will update with information about parking and directions within the next week. ...

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Congratulations to Detroit Catholic Central A, who went undefeated to win the tournament with a 10-0 record. Richard Montgomery A finished in second place. Congratulations also to all of the top players recognized with book prizes. Stats for this tournament can be found at https://hsquizbowl.org/db/...

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We would love to get to 24 teams in the field and it's not too late to register! There's currently room for 1 more team in the field. I will be sending out an info email to registered teams tomorrow or Wednesday. We have room reservations and plenty of staff for this tournament and are really excite...

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"The ruins of this empire's town of Tadmekka lies in the modern-day town of Essouk, which means "the market" in Arabic. Ibn Khaldun wrote about the contemporary fall of Tadmakka to this empire. Tadmekka's currency of gold dinars was noticed by travelers to its caravanserai, located n...

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The Academic Competition Club at the University of Virginia will be hosting its annual fall tournament, the Cavalier Classic, on Saturday, October, 2nd using NAQT IS-204 . This tournament will be held in person in Charlottesville ; more information about the exact location of the tournament will be ...

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UVA is aiming to host Cavalier Classic, our annual fall tournament, on October 2nd. More information to come.

Edit: The tournament announcement post can be found at viewtopic.php?p=385659. The tournament will be using IS-204.

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What time is this tournament starting? Here it says it's at 10 but your email says at 11. Either way, I don't understand why it's not starting earlier (9 or 9:30 at the latest, which seem much more normal). I'm not great at wrapping my head around the scheduling possibilities, but it seems like this...

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Can you please update the field?

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UVA is not able to send a team to a mirror of this set on this Sunday (3/7) but would be able to send a team if there were a mirror next weekend (3/13).

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VHSL added a document on their website this afternoon listing these dates: First Level Deadline - February 13 Next Level Deadline - February 27 VHSL Championships - March 13 In light of this, UVA's Virginia Spring Tournament will be held on 2/27. While there may be conflicts with some VHSL region or...

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The Academic Competition Club at the University of Virginia will be hosting the Virginia Spring Tournament on Saturday, February 27th, 2021 using the SATURNALIA question set. This tournament will be held online using Discord . All teams will be guaranteed at least 9 games. Geographic restrictions: T...

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Be aware that March 13, 2021 is the new date of the VHSL State Scholastic Bowl Tournament. The State tournament is no longer at Jamestown HS and will be held on-line. The level 2 (Regional OR Super Regional) deadline is now Feb. 27, 2021 and the Level 1 (Sectonals/Regular Season OR Regionals) deadl...

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UVA is aiming to host the NAQT Virginia State Qualifier on March 13th. In past years, this tournament has used the DII SCT question set, which we hope to be able to do again this year. This tournament will only be open to teams from Virginia.

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Since the uploaded stats reports don't show the final finish order, here are the final placements of all teams: 1. Richard Montgomery B 2. Maggie Walker 3. Richard Montgomery A 4. Centennial A 5. Georgetown Day School 5. Norfolk Academic Guild 7. Early College at Guilford 7. BASIS McLean 9. NCSSM A ...

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This is the same set as UVA's Cavalier Classic, so please be aware you can't play both that tournament and this one.

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We will be starting the opening meeting at 9 am, with the first round beginning at 9:15. In order to start on time, all players should arrive by 8:50. I'll be sending out an information email in the week before the tournament so everyone knows what to expect.

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vespesian4 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 12:01 pm Will bonuses which are not computational math be read at this event?

Yes.

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Since the UNC site is already at 19 teams, does that mean one of those teams and any additional teams from the Lower Mid-Atlantic that want to play ACF Fall will be moved to play at this site? How are you going to decide who plays at which site?

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The announcement for this year's Cavalier Classic on 11/14 can be found here. This tournament is using IS-197. We hope to see you all online in November!

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The Academic Competition Club at the University of Virginia will be hosting its annual fall tournament, the Cavalier Classic, on Saturday, November 14th, 2020 using NAQT IS-197 . This tournament will be held online using Zoom . All teams will be guaranteed 9 games. We will not be using computational...

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I was a bit slow in realizing this - since ACF Winter is on 11/7, please change our date for Cavalier Classic to 11/14.

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Although we're not sure what this semester is going to look like, UVA would like to tentatively claim November 7 for Cavalier Classic.

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UVA is planning on hosting NAQT States on April 11. An announcement will be posted soon. In previous years, this tournament has been run using D2 SCT. This tournament is not restricted to only Virginia teams. We hope to offer an opportunity for all teams in the area to compete in a challenging, com...

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Arabidopsis failiana wrote: ↑Mon Feb 24, 2020 8:46 pm UVA is planning on hosting NAQT States on April 11. An announcement will be posted soon. In previous years, this tournament has been run using D2 SCT.

Am I missing something to get this on the calendar?

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UVA is planning on hosting NAQT States on April 11. An announcement will be posted soon. In previous years, this tournament has been run using D2 SCT.

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I feel like "ox" definitely should have been accepted for the cow tossup. I'm fairly sure that when I read the Odyssey, it referred to "ox-eyed Hera."

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Cavalier Classic at UVA is on October 26 using IS-188. There's already an announcement posted.

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