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by Diocletian
Sun Feb 19, 2012 12:56 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2012 Texas Invitational (Feb 17-18)
Replies: 33
Views: 10478

Re: 2012 Texas Invitational (Feb 17-18)

We played 19 rounds today and finished at 8:40. Hunter won the NAQT portion by beating Bellarmine twice in a row in the last two rounds. The prelims for ACF Regionals were also played with the top 12 teams doing a playoff tomorrow morning. Stats can be found at texasquizbowl.org.
by Diocletian
Thu Jan 26, 2012 9:33 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl (Jan 28th, 2012)
Replies: 48
Views: 26364

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl (Jan 28th, 2012)

When is this starting/where at Penn is it happening?
by Diocletian
Mon Dec 05, 2011 4:11 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl (Jan 28th, 2012)
Replies: 48
Views: 26364

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl (Jan 28th, 2012)

Haverford will definitely have one team.
by Diocletian
Tue Sep 20, 2011 10:39 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Fall 2011 Northeast at Yale (11/05/11)
Replies: 20
Views: 9854

Re: ACF Fall 2011 Northeast at Yale (11/05/11)

What time do you expect this tournament to end?
by Diocletian
Mon Jul 11, 2011 9:29 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Lone Star State (Texas) 2011-2012
Replies: 50
Views: 19722

Re: Lone Star State (Texas) 2011-2012

Next year will be something of a rebuilding year for Texas with the departure of last year's LASA A and Jiawei from Seven Lakes, but this leaves the field more open than it has been for a while. I'd say Seven Lakes is the best team going into next year followed by LASA and then Cistercian.
by Diocletian
Sat May 07, 2011 10:45 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: 2011 NAQT MSNCT
Replies: 59
Views: 22318

Re: 2011 NAQT MSNCT

While I'm far from being the authority, what I know is that Kealing is one of two AISD magnet middle schools, and LASA is the lone (?) magnet high school. While there are kids at LASA who did not go to Kealing, and I presume there are kids at Kealing who won't go on to LASA, it isn't inaccurate to ...
by Diocletian
Sat Apr 23, 2011 1:11 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: On-going season rankings
Replies: 391
Views: 125639

Re: On-going season rankings

No.
by Diocletian
Sat Apr 23, 2011 12:19 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Texas Invitational (April 22-23, 2011)
Replies: 49
Views: 24399

Re: Texas Invitational (April 22-23, 2011)

LASA B was 4th and Cistercian A was 5th.
by Diocletian
Fri Dec 10, 2010 12:43 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Texas 2010 - 2011
Replies: 125
Views: 44204

Re: Texas 2010 - 2011

Repeat Post.
by Diocletian
Fri Dec 10, 2010 12:43 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Texas 2010 - 2011
Replies: 125
Views: 44204

Re: Texas 2010 - 2011

I'm pretty sure Benji was just explaining why a Seven Lakes v. Cistercian matchup didn't occur. No offense was meant to you guys. I see nothing wrong with "just noting" a fact like that since you guys are diligent in "noting" any circumstances in your favor, as this post clarifyi...
by Diocletian
Tue Oct 19, 2010 12:16 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Texas 2010 - 2011
Replies: 125
Views: 44204

Re: Texas 2010 - 2011

http://texasquizbowl.org/d/10plano/

Aaron is now on the A team. Adam and Max return from the HSNCT team. We have a number of underclassmen to fill teams.
by Diocletian
Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:10 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Texas 2010 - 2011
Replies: 125
Views: 44204

Re: Texas 2010 - 2011

Welcome to the forums! It's awesome to see another person from Texas post here. The more people that are involved in the state, the better off we all are. LASA does not bring back its entire B team as Rina and Lokesh have graduated, but we have a new group of enthusiastic freshmen that we're excited...
by Diocletian
Sun Aug 29, 2010 8:19 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: LASA Fall Novice Mirror (9/11/10)
Replies: 2
Views: 2038

LASA Fall Novice Mirror (9/11/10)

LASA will host a mirror of the Fall Novice Tournament on Saturday, September 11 at a location to be determined in the Austin area - a final determination on the location should be made early this week and will be communicated to participating teams in a timely fashion. This event is intended to intr...
by Diocletian
Thu May 27, 2010 7:25 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Spring Offensive at HSNCT (5/29/2010)
Replies: 217
Views: 87896

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Spring Offensive at HSNCT (5/29/2010)

Unfortunately, Daniel and I must withdraw from this.
by Diocletian
Thu Feb 04, 2010 9:36 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Spring Offensive at HSNCT (5/29/2010)
Replies: 217
Views: 87896

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Spring Offensive at HSNCT (5/29/2010)

It looks like I will play with my teammate Daniel Chupin.
by Diocletian
Fri Jan 15, 2010 7:20 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Texas '09-'10
Replies: 44
Views: 9382

Re: Texas '09-'10

Hey, welcome to the forums. It's always good to see other people in Texas take an interest in doing well on a national level. I really hope to see you guys at our mirror of UGA classic (more info can be found at viewtopic.php?f=1&t=9222).
by Diocletian
Thu Jan 14, 2010 12:26 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: LASA Mirror of UGA Classic (2/13/10)
Replies: 7
Views: 2270

LASA Mirror of UGA Classic (2/13/10)

LASA will host a mirror of UGA Classic on February 13th, 2010 in Austin, Texas. The base fee for this tournament is $75 per team. Discounts will be offered for travel ($10 for teams traveling over 150 miles), for schools entering multiple teams ($10 discount for each team entered beyond the first), ...
by Diocletian
Mon Oct 19, 2009 9:16 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Texas '09-'10
Replies: 44
Views: 9382

Re: Texas '09-'10

By any chance do you know anything about the Texas Winter Training Camp outside the standard info my coach gave me?
I don't have any details in particular, but more information can be found at http://www.texasquizbowl.org/d/TeamTexas/camp.htm.
by Diocletian
Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:12 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Texas '09-'10
Replies: 44
Views: 9382

Re: Texas '09-'10

Hey Brian, it's great to see that you're interested in participating more in Texas quiz bowl. To answer your questions: 1. Most of the major formats that are played in Texas (NAQT, HSAPQ, and Chip) are differentiated by their distributions i.e. how many questions per round come from what areas of kn...
by Diocletian
Sat Sep 12, 2009 6:53 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Texas '09-'10
Replies: 44
Views: 9382

Re: Texas '09-'10

Results from LASA's mirror of Fall Novice can be found at https://webspace.utexas.edu/arb2353/www ... dings.html
by Diocletian
Sun Sep 06, 2009 10:12 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Fall Novice at LASA 9/12/09
Replies: 15
Views: 3649

Re: Fall Novice at LASA 9/12/09

Field Update:
  • LASA (2-3 teams)
    St. Johns (2-3 teams)
    YES Prep (1)
    FWCD (1)
    Cistercian (3)
    Seven Lakes (1)
    Westlake (1)
by Diocletian
Sun Aug 30, 2009 5:00 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Fall Novice at LASA 9/12/09
Replies: 15
Views: 3649

Re: Fall Novice at LASA 9/12/09

Field update:
  • 1. Fort Worth Country Day (1)
    2. Cistercian (1)
    3. Seven Lakes (1)
    4. LASA (2)
    5. Westlake (1)
by Diocletian
Thu Aug 27, 2009 9:40 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: LASA Dunbar Fall Mirror (11/14/09)
Replies: 2
Views: 1415

LASA Dunbar Fall Mirror (11/14/09)

LASA (Austin, TX) will host a mirror of the Dunbar Fall Tournament on November 14th, 2009. The base fee will be $70. Discounts will be offered for travel ($10 for teams traveling over 150 miles), for schools entering multiple teams ($10 discount for each team entered beyond the first), and for teams...
by Diocletian
Thu Aug 20, 2009 1:57 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Fall Novice at LASA 9/12/09
Replies: 15
Views: 3649

Re: Fall Novice at LASA 9/12/09

It would be especially great if you could bring underclassmen since the idea behind this tournament is to get new people who will hopefully keep Klein coming to good tournaments in the future.
by Diocletian
Sat Aug 15, 2009 11:28 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Texas '09-'10
Replies: 44
Views: 9382

Re: Texas '09-'10

The details were just posted in the regular season tournament announcements thread.
by Diocletian
Sat Aug 15, 2009 11:25 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Fall Novice at LASA 9/12/09
Replies: 15
Views: 3649

Fall Novice at LASA 9/12/09

LASA will host a mirror of the Fall Novice Tournament in Austin, TX on Saturday September 12, 2009. Since this tournament is meant to introduce new and less experienced teams to pyramidal questions, players who have participated in either NAQT HSNCT or PACE NSC will not be eligible for this tourname...
by Diocletian
Fri Aug 14, 2009 11:45 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Texas '09-'10
Replies: 44
Views: 9382

Re: Texas '09-'10

Only Stewart and Max will be back at St. Mark's.
by Diocletian
Wed Aug 05, 2009 8:00 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Texas '08-'09
Replies: 82
Views: 12295

Re: Texas '08-'09

Since you haven't identified yourself, I will assume that you are a player or someone else equally involved in a Dallas-Ft. Worth area team and address this to such a person. It is true that there was only one tournament within an hour's drive, but I think there are some other things worth looking a...
by Diocletian
Mon Jul 27, 2009 8:40 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Texas '09-'10
Replies: 44
Views: 9382

Re: Texas '09-'10

Who's returning to LASA next year?
Everybody.
by Diocletian
Fri Jul 24, 2009 10:30 pm
Forum: New High School Teams
Topic: Books "for Quizbowl"
Replies: 217
Views: 225033

Re: Books "for Quizbowl"

By far the most in-depth and informative book I've read on Roman history is A History of Rome: Down to the Reign of Constantine ( http://www.amazon.com/History-Rome-Down-Reign-Constantine/dp/0312383959 ). Though, as the title indicates, this book doesn't cover the very last years of the empire, my e...
by Diocletian
Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:14 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Texas '09-'10
Replies: 44
Views: 9382

Re: Texas '09-'10

Just out of curiosity, and for the benefit of my cousins, are there any teams or tournaments within 90 minutes of the Dallas area? Yes. St. Mark's hosted a tournament last year that attracted 11 area teams, and, though it is a little more than a 90 minute drive, there have been tournaments in Templ...
by Diocletian
Fri Jun 12, 2009 1:21 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Texas '08-'09
Replies: 82
Views: 12295

Re: Texas '08-'09

I know bigger percentages of our fields are from Houston, and he's based in Katy now, so those two things have a good bit to do with it. I totally understand the point about Mr. Romero living in Houston. My point with the post was to suggest that perhaps one of the reasons that so much of our field...
by Diocletian
Fri Jun 12, 2009 1:06 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Texas '08-'09
Replies: 82
Views: 12295

Re: Texas '08-'09

I think that using NAQT questions to gradually get "top players" who "want a challenge" to try HSAPQ questions sort of defeats the purpose of using HSAPQ questions. Those questions are written in the pyramidal format so prevalent in high school and college quizbowl, but are spec...
by Diocletian
Fri Jun 12, 2009 12:34 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Texas '08-'09
Replies: 82
Views: 12295

Re: Texas '08-'09

Plano ISD teams at NAC: 7 (Plano A/B/C, Plano West A/B, Shepton A/B) This is why we need more tournaments in Dallas like the one that St. Mark's hosted. We played one of the Plano schools at their tournament and they didn't seem to be too bad for a team that was experiencing pyramidal questions for...
by Diocletian
Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:37 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Texas '08-'09
Replies: 82
Views: 12295

Re: Texas '08-'09

I of course agree with Pulak about having as much HSAPQ as possible. My previous post is an attempt to reach a compromise.
by Diocletian
Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:33 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Texas '08-'09
Replies: 82
Views: 12295

Re: Texas '08-'09

I think that TQBA's concern is that tournaments with difficult questions (dominated by a few teams that are used to the difficult questions) tend to chase off the majority of newcomer teams. I have no doubt that this is a reasonable fear, and I agree with the idea that one major thing that must be ...
by Diocletian
Fri Jun 12, 2009 1:42 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Texas '08-'09
Replies: 82
Views: 12295

Re: Texas '08-'09

I agree with Charlie. Ideally we would be able to do plenty of both. I also strongly encourage Klein to host an HSAPQ tournament if possible. As for the readiness of the Texas field for the NAQT v. HSAPQ debate- while I agree that getting teams away from Chip is the primary concern, this is why we h...
by Diocletian
Fri Jun 12, 2009 1:37 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Texas '08-'09
Replies: 82
Views: 12295

Re: Texas '08-'09

For what it is worth, I do think that we should continue to play NAQT sets in Texas for a couple of reasons: 1. They (especially A-packets) can help bring in teams from Chip (think St. Mark's this year). For the sake of good tournaments, however, I would limit such use of A-packets to maybe the firs...
by Diocletian
Thu Jun 11, 2009 10:21 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Texas '08-'09
Replies: 82
Views: 12295

Re: Texas '08-'09

We played a little HSAPQ at the prenationals event last year, and I know LASA would love to play more HSAPQ, but I don't know what other's views are or what TQBA is going to do.
by Diocletian
Tue Jun 09, 2009 1:31 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Texas '08-'09
Replies: 82
Views: 12295

Re: Texas '08-'09

Four of the five guys that LASA plays were only sophomores this year, right? You've certainly set a high standard, only dropping from tied-7th to tied-11th with such huge turnover from the previous year. Hopefully, TQBA will be able to help you guys get battle-tested. I'm not really sure what to th...
by Diocletian
Tue Jun 09, 2009 1:14 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Next Year
Replies: 74
Views: 12808

Re: Next Year

To keep from hijacking this thread, I'll respond to this in the Texas thread in the comparisons subforum.
by Diocletian
Tue Jun 09, 2009 12:41 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Texas '08-'09
Replies: 82
Views: 12295

Re: Texas '08-'09

We went to ACF fall at OU this year, and we plan on going to fall, winter, and maybe regionals next year.
by Diocletian
Tue Jun 09, 2009 12:18 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Next Year
Replies: 74
Views: 12808

Re: Next Year

Texas showed up pretty well at NAQT, with LASA tied for 7th. LASA is always impressive on NAQT - will they travel more and/or play on non-NAQT good questions more to prove it for sure? LASA is returning its entire team. Though we will probably not travel too far in the regular season due to budgeta...
by Diocletian
Sun Jun 07, 2009 7:39 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Texas '08-'09
Replies: 82
Views: 12295

Re: Texas '08-'09

So I guess there aren't really that many posters from the Houston area? I know that LASA has a few guys on the forums, but I don't think I've really seen anyone from St. John's or Bellaire here (though I may just not be paying attention). Has the Texas circuit always been this (seemingly) weak? I m...
by Diocletian
Wed May 06, 2009 11:12 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: HSAPQ: Fall Tournaments Sets Available
Replies: 150
Views: 29831

Re: HSAPQ: Fall Tournaments Sets Available

The 4 quarter set is being used next week in Texas
Since it is not listed on the HSAPQ website, where is this tournament?
by Diocletian
Thu Dec 04, 2008 1:57 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Texas '08-'09
Replies: 82
Views: 12295

Re: Texas '08-'09

cornfused wrote:
Diocletian wrote:I'm curious to see what others think of the field from Texas this year.
What IS the field from Texas this year?
Most of the time it seems like the only really competitive teams are St. John's, Bellaire, and LASA.
by Diocletian
Thu Dec 04, 2008 1:28 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Texas '08-'09
Replies: 82
Views: 12295

Texas '08-'09

I'm curious to see what others think of the field from Texas this year.