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- Sat May 18, 2013 4:38 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Side Event: Schindler's Lit
- Replies: 143
- Views: 49448
Re: Side Event: Schindler's Lit
If you guys need additional staffers, I'd love to be helpful for this. Just let me know!
- Sun Nov 11, 2012 11:18 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Harvard Fall Tournament VII (Cambridge, MA 11/10/12)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 14259
Re: Harvard Fall Tournament VII (Cambridge, MA 11/10/12)
Sorry for the delay, but here are the super-playoff stats! We had to double check a couple of things but please let me know at [email protected] if there are things that still need to be fixed!
http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... rplayoffs/
http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... rplayoffs/
- Sat Nov 10, 2012 3:42 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Harvard Fall Tournament VII (Cambridge, MA 11/10/12)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 14259
Re: Harvard Fall Tournament VII (Cambridge, MA 11/10/12)
Just a quick update: prelim stats can be found here: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/1166/stats/prelims/standings/ and the teams are ranked as follows heading into playoffs: St. John's A, LASA B, LASA A, Hunter A, Seven Lakes, Dunbar, LASA C, Team Q, Wayzata, State College A, Hanover, Hunte...
- Sun Oct 14, 2012 9:56 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Harvard Fall Tournament difficulty discussion
- Replies: 53
- Views: 30071
Re: Harvard Fall Tournament difficulty discussion
I don't have much to contribute in terms of discussing the statistics of previous iterations of HFT, but I would like to say that a great emphasis has been placed on reasonable difficulty and quality checking throughout the writing process and while we understand that there might be some deserved do...
- Sat Apr 28, 2012 8:13 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MUT at MIT (4/28/12)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11977
Re: MUT at MIT (4/28/12)
Thanks to MIT for a well-run tournament on a well-written set. Just a note, I don't think we got 18 toss-ups in our first game against Yale. Teagan McClintock should probably have 0 toss-ups instead of 9, heh.
- Sat Feb 04, 2012 5:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NAQT-ACUI Region 1 SCT at Harvard
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7477
Re: NAQT-ACUI Region 1 SCT at Harvard
In DI, Yale A, Brown, and MIT A are playing off for first.
In DII, Harvard cleared the field. Yale C, Dartmouth, MIT B tied for 2nd, and are now playing off on half packets.
In DII, Harvard cleared the field. Yale C, Dartmouth, MIT B tied for 2nd, and are now playing off on half packets.
- Sat Nov 12, 2011 5:48 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Harvard Fall Tournament VI (11/12/11)
- Replies: 164
- Views: 69919
Re: Harvard Fall Tournament VI (11/12/11)
Sorry for not having live stats, but perhaps Coach Flowers's twitter might be of some interest to you? At least it's something xD
- Sat Aug 06, 2011 9:59 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: On-going Season Rankings V2.0 - Herp Derp
- Replies: 255
- Views: 110291
Re: On-going Season Rankings V2.0
Went through stuff from last year. Here's the changes from preseason to postseason rankings, for the top 25 of each. State College 1 -> 1 LASA 2 -> 2 Bellarmine 3 -> 3 Hunter 6-> 4 Maggie Walker 4 -> 5 Stevenson 5 -> 6 Auburn 12 -> 7 Dorman 7 -> 8 Seven Lakes 8 -> 9 St. Ignatius 18 -> 10 Centennial...
- Thu Jun 09, 2011 10:44 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2011 NASAT: June 11-12, University of Maryland-College Park
- Replies: 82
- Views: 31479
Re: 2011 NASAT: June 11-12, University of Maryland-College Park
Any estimate on how long the 12 rounds on Saturday would take? Thanks!
- Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:37 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2011 PACE NSC
- Replies: 114
- Views: 177953
Re: 2011 PACE NSC
When will the official final standings be released, because the "Results" link on the PACE website just goes to the PACE homepage? I think the results link should be http://www.pace-nsc.org/?p=1530 instead of http://www.pace-nsc.org/?=1530 . The correct link doesn't say very much except f...
- Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: CANCELLED - GREYSON at TJ (4/30/11)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4253
Re: CANCELLED - GREYSON at TJ (4/30/11)
Hm, I guess there's no point in us filling out that form now? Sorry for being so slow, but we actually did get 4 players to commit to going today...
- Fri Apr 22, 2011 12:00 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: CANCELLED - GREYSON at TJ (4/30/11)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4253
Re: GREYSON at TJ (4/30/11)
WJ plans on making a rare appearance at this as soon as we can get our registration in.
- Fri Apr 22, 2011 11:49 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Where Will You Be Going to College Next Year?
- Replies: 67
- Views: 22433
Re: Where Will You Be Going to College Next Year?
I am pretty certain UMiami doesn't have an active team. The captain of my high school (Ransom Everglades) quizbowl team few years ago (Jay Sridhar) matriculated to UM, and was an editor for an ACF Fall tournament few years ago, but I don't think he took the effort to create a team there. Short answ...
- Sat Mar 12, 2011 6:46 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: PSAT/NMSQT @ St. Anselm's Abbey School (3/12/2011)
- Replies: 59
- Views: 33534
Re: PSAT/NMSQT @ St. Anselm's Abbey School (3/12/2011)
When I left, Gov was playing TJ B in an advantaged final. RM was 3rd, George Mason was 4th, TJ A was 5th, GDS was 6th, WJ was 7th, and Kellenberg was 8th. I think...
- Tue Feb 22, 2011 8:25 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: TJIAT @ TJ, 2/12/2011
- Replies: 37
- Views: 32778
Re: TJIAT @ TJ, 2/12/2011
I just think it is incredible how they managed to cover their knowledge gaps so quickly and become so dominant on every subject. It seems like their only weakness left at this point is in arts (or at least that's what I thought while getting pounded into the ground while playing them xD)
- Sun Feb 20, 2011 8:17 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2011 Ben Cooper NAQT MD/DC Champ. @ Georgetown Day (4/2/11)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5677
Re: 2011 Ben Cooper NAQT MD/DC Champ. @ Georgetown Day (4/2/11)
WJ is interested as well, but I will almost certainly be at the Science Olympiad state tournament on the same day.
- Sat Feb 12, 2011 7:54 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: TJIAT @ TJ, 2/12/2011
- Replies: 37
- Views: 32778
Re: TJIAT @ TJ, 2/12/2011
Oh, and not that it really matters, but you gave all of my points from the Caesar Rodney game to Djamil. He had been wondering why he was 21st in scoring or something like that.
- Sat Feb 12, 2011 7:04 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: TJIAT @ TJ, 2/12/2011
- Replies: 37
- Views: 32778
Re: TJIAT @ TJ, 2/12/2011
When WJ left, the BCC was going into a presumably advantaged final with St. Anselms. 3rd-6th were RM A, WJ, QO, and Whitman. Kudos to BCC. I have played State College and Gov A from last year and I don't think I have ever been so thoroughly stomped and almost grailed. It felt like I was on Charter M...
- Thu Feb 03, 2011 2:57 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: TJIAT @ TJ, 2/12/2011
- Replies: 37
- Views: 32778
Re: TJIAT @ TJ, 2/12/2011
WJ is probably going to bring one team to this. For purposes of bracketing, we'll be without our #2, Ophir, who's probably worth 2-3 ppb.
- Mon Jan 17, 2011 8:41 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Blair Bash - 3/19/11 - MBHS
- Replies: 38
- Views: 13262
Re: Blair Bash - 3/19/11 - MBHS
WJ can probably still get a team to this, but I will be at the county science fair, which is on the same day.
- Mon Dec 13, 2010 6:26 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Harvard Fall Mirror at Auburn (12/11/10)
- Replies: 62
- Views: 15271
Re: Harvard Fall Mirror at Auburn (12/11/10)
Was this the last mirror of HFT? In other words, is it possible for the set be posted on quizbowlpackets.com?
- Sat Dec 11, 2010 11:14 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: DR YAKUB (12/11/10) at the University of Maryland
- Replies: 39
- Views: 13922
Re: DR YAKUB (12/11/10) at the University of Maryland
I just wanted to sincerely apologize to every team that attended this tournament. I have no idea what happened between our coach and the players on our team that were supposed to go, but ditching a tournament is totally classless and I am sorry for all of the troubles we caused. Regardless what happ...
- Thu Dec 09, 2010 5:07 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: DR YAKUB (12/11/10) at the University of Maryland
- Replies: 39
- Views: 13922
Re: DR YAKUB (12/11/10) at the University of Maryland
The field appears set, though in theory we'd still take additional teams if someone got in touch with me very soon. Did you get TJ's registration? WJ is wondering the same thing, because we don't see a recent field update with our team on it. I asked my coach and he said that he is pretty sure that...
- Mon Nov 15, 2010 8:05 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: GSAC XVIII at Maggie Walker (12/4/10) - Seeking Mirrors
- Replies: 68
- Views: 42686
Re: GSAC XVIII at Maggie Walker (12/4/10) - Seeking Mirrors
WJ is interested. Expect a more definitive answer within the week.
- Mon Nov 15, 2010 9:47 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Harvard Fall Tournament V (11/13/10)
- Replies: 106
- Views: 132074
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Harvard Fall Tournament V (11/13/10)
When is this this mirror?Crazy Andy Watkins wrote:Also--the questions are not clear for discussion until Rockford Auburn runs their tournament. There may well be a discussion forum set up.
- Sat Nov 13, 2010 8:20 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Harvard Mirror at Whitman 11/13/10
- Replies: 35
- Views: 12109
Re: Harvard Mirror at Whitman 11/13/10
Urm, looking at the stats, I think Maggie Walker A was in the Mjollnir bracket, not the Nothung bracket.
- Sat Nov 13, 2010 6:30 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Harvard Fall Tournament V (11/13/10)
- Replies: 106
- Views: 132074
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Harvard Fall Tournament V (11/13/10)
I would imagine that's intentionalJudy Sucks a Lemon for Breakfast wrote:"JT?" Really?
- Thu Nov 11, 2010 12:45 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Harvard Mirror at Whitman 11/13/10
- Replies: 35
- Views: 12109
Re: Harvard Mirror at Whitman 11/13/10
"St. Anselm's" will no longer be in attendance here, but "The Favre-esque Aidan Mehigan Solo Gunslingin' Experience" will make an appearance. to be Favre-esque you would have to say that you were retiring from quizbowl permanently around 4 times XD And you'd probably have to bet...
- Mon Nov 08, 2010 8:13 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Harvard Mirror at Whitman 11/13/10
- Replies: 35
- Views: 12109
Re: Harvard Mirror at Whitman 11/13/10
For bracketing purposes, my availability for this tournament is doubtful and I believe Ophir's is very questionable. This means our team could very well be composed of the same kids that got 12.66 ppb on the Fall Novice Set ( http://activities.tjhsst.edu/quizbowl/noexit/NOEXIT_teamdetail.html#t25 )....
- Sat Oct 23, 2010 5:49 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: University High School (Morgantown, WV) - October 16
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3134
Re: University High School (Morgantown, WV) - October 16
NAQT and its outrageously high music distributionCarangoides ciliarius wrote:A news article and a news report? Pretty cool: http://www.wboy.com/story.cfm?func=view ... ryid=87792
- Mon Oct 18, 2010 11:10 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: FRIGHT: The Tournament to Keep Fear Alive @ RMHS, 10/30/10
- Replies: 48
- Views: 19794
Re: FRIGHT: The Tournament to Keep Fear Alive @ RMHS, 10/30/10
Oh, sorry, I thought our coach had already done it because he had already talked to me about going. I'll prod tomorrow.
- Mon Oct 18, 2010 5:00 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Harvard Mirror at Whitman 11/13/10
- Replies: 35
- Views: 12109
Re: Harvard Mirror at Whitman 11/13/10
Well, it is Chartersalmon of wisdom wrote:The tournament is capped at 24 teams, but if your asking about a limit on the number of teams per school, we don't have one, just nothing too ridiculous.
- Sat Oct 16, 2010 5:46 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: TJ Fall Novice Mirror (10/16/10)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 14419
Re: TJ Fall Novice Mirror (10/16/10)
Eh, sorry our team left early. I'm quite not sure why they did that.
- Wed Oct 13, 2010 11:05 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: TJ Fall Novice Mirror (10/16/10)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 14419
Re: TJ Fall Novice Mirror (10/16/10)
When will registration be?
- Sun Oct 10, 2010 11:09 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: On-going season rankings
- Replies: 391
- Views: 132544
Re: On-going season rankings
I'm a bit surprised by how TJ is still 10 places above RM. I would have figured on that gap decreasing by a little more after RM's victory at UMD Fall, even with the flaws in the set.
- Mon Oct 04, 2010 7:11 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: PHSAT XVIII (10/2/10) Results Thread
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3402
Re: PHSAT XVIII (10/2/10) Results Thread
Am I missing something or is this perhaps slightly informative of the question content...?Andrew Jackson's Compatriot wrote:[comments of questionable relevance to question content were here]
Don't risk it! - the mgmt
Not anymore! - the mgmt
- Sun Sep 26, 2010 9:42 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: On-going season rankings
- Replies: 391
- Views: 132544
Re: Preseason (AHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA) Top 25
Case in point: I just chose a random competitive team I played at NSC, Richard Montgomery A. Kuo-Kai ( http://pace-nsc.org/2010stats/2010_PACE_NSC_Aggregate_playerdetail.html#p2_70 ) went 0-10 against RM at NSC; William ( http://pace-nsc.org/2010stats/2010_PACE_NSC_Aggregate_playerdetail.html#p2_0 ...
- Wed Sep 22, 2010 9:38 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: FRIGHT: The Tournament to Keep Fear Alive @ RMHS, 10/30/10
- Replies: 48
- Views: 19794
Re: FRIGHT @ Richard Montgomery HS, 10/30/10
WJ is interested, likely with one team. Hopefully none of our team members will feel some silly need to spend tons of time grooming themselves before homecoming
- Fri Sep 17, 2010 12:22 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: TJ Fall Novice Mirror (10/16/10)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 14419
Re: TJ Fall Novice Mirror (10/16/10)
I'm going to do my best to get 1-2 teams from WJ to skip Blake and come to this. Coach Safford seems fairly flexible about this.
- Wed Sep 15, 2010 9:35 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Planned HS Top 25(+?) Rankings
- Replies: 51
- Views: 12817
Re: Planned HS Top 25(+?) Rankings
WJ also gets Ophir, our #2 back. He's pretty good at NAQT, at least compared to me. We lose most of our rap knowledge but remain essentially the same team.
- Fri Sep 03, 2010 12:24 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Maryland Fall Tournament (9/25)
- Replies: 45
- Views: 17333
Re: Maryland Fall Tournament (9/25)
WJ will have one team for this.
- Sun Jun 27, 2010 4:00 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: The Future Caliber of Mid-Atlantic/Northeast Quizbowl?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4837
Re: The Future Caliber of Mid-Atlantic/Northeast Quizbowl?
We are hunting for dedicated new players, but don't even have bodies to drag to tournaments right now. Why is that, exactly? You two are nice guys, you have a good coach, your school is academically-oriented (and in Newsweek's Top 100!)... you should be able to find a few other smart guys around wh...
- Fri Jun 18, 2010 7:38 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: The Future Caliber of Mid-Atlantic/Northeast Quizbowl?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4837
Re: The Future Caliber of Mid-Atlantic/Northeast Quizbowl?
Ophir and I will both be back, but our third player, Ashu, has graduated. We are hunting for dedicated new players, but don't even have bodies to drag to tournaments right now.
EDIT: By the way, Ophir tells me that Blair is graduating its entire A team.
EDIT: By the way, Ophir tells me that Blair is graduating its entire A team.
- Mon May 31, 2010 2:30 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2010 HSNCT discussion thread
- Replies: 194
- Views: 51800
Re: 2010 HSNCT discussion thread
Are the moderators reading in the playoffs supposed to be the best moderators in the tournament? In our second (and unfortunately last) playoff game, we honestly had one of the most incomprehensible readers I had ever met. He was quiet, slow, and slurring words all over the place. It was such an obv...
- Wed May 26, 2010 8:34 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Congratulations to State College - #1 Pre-Nats!
- Replies: 45
- Views: 19314
Re: Congratulations to State College - #1 Pre-Nats!
Hm... I suppose this is the price we pay for not showing up to stuff in the last two months
- Mon May 03, 2010 1:07 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: MD/DC state championships
- Replies: 42
- Views: 8618
Re: MD/DC state championships
Money is tight at WJ and I suck at NAQT anyway, so don't expect a WJ contingent. Oh yea, the Asian parents think APs are important or something.
- Mon May 03, 2010 1:05 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Cheapest Way to get to HSNCT from Really Far Away?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4407
Re: Cheapest Way to get to HSNCT from Really Far Away?
Heh as much as I love my teammates, I don't think the awesome car trip is an option. My coach would resign first or something. I don't think we'd get a bus either. I guess it's $250 each for 2-way plane tickets, which is doable I suppose. Savings of less than $100 are not worth doubling the travel t...
- Wed Apr 28, 2010 5:48 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Cheapest Way to get to HSNCT from Really Far Away?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4407
Cheapest Way to get to HSNCT from Really Far Away?
So WJ (near DC) is kind of dealing with some financial issues, so we are exploring non-airplane options for getting to Chicago for HSNCT. What would be the best way to do so? I know the Greyhound adds up to about $100 cheaper per person compared to flying. Are there better options?
- Sat Apr 24, 2010 7:25 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: VCU Season Finale Tournament IV -- April 24, 2010
- Replies: 58
- Views: 88607
Re: VCU Season Finale Tournament IV -- April 24, 2010
Is this the last mirror of this set?
- Sat Apr 24, 2010 3:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: VCU Season Finale Tournament IV -- April 24, 2010
- Replies: 58
- Views: 88607
Re: VCU Season Finale Tournament IV -- April 24, 2010
I guess I'll be the first to repeat how scary Gov is? Holding TJ to a single toss-up?!?