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- Tue Nov 09, 2010 12:07 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall New England: Brandeis (6 November 2010)
- Replies: 77
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Re: ACF Fall New England: Brandeis (6 November 2010)
As I recall, I competed in Fall and Winter (and also MUT) for the past two years with EPHS, so I thought I would have to. Maybe that's not the case, though?
- Mon Nov 08, 2010 11:53 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall New England: Brandeis (6 November 2010)
- Replies: 77
- Views: 20093
Re: ACF Fall New England: Brandeis (6 November 2010)
As Neil (Gurram) said above, I'm definitely not dropping out of quiz bowl just yet; just busy this weekend. Plus, we would have had to write a packet, which I neglected to do this summer.Frater Taciturnus wrote:Playing Tiddlywinks with Neil Fitzgerald.TheKingInYellow wrote:Where's Anurag?
- Mon May 31, 2010 4:38 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2010 HSNCT discussion thread
- Replies: 194
- Views: 51254
Re: 2010 HSNCT discussion thread
I'll echo the sentiment that this was the best HSNCT yet. The vast majority of tossups seemed great to me: pyramidal, reasonable answer choices, all that good stuff. In general, the questions basically seemed to do a good job of distinguishing between better teams and worse teams, which is the point...
- Thu May 06, 2010 7:13 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Where Are You Going To College Next Year
- Replies: 57
- Views: 19848
Re: Where Are You Going To College Next Year
If you and/or anyone currently there (Kai, Anurag, etc.) want to work on reviving the team, Harvard is radically in favor of just that. I hear that the MIT team is still holding practices, just not much else, in case that helps your plans. Yeah, I did go to a practice they hosted over Campus Previe...
- Tue May 04, 2010 10:28 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Where Are You Going To College Next Year
- Replies: 57
- Views: 19848
Re: Where Are You Going To College Next Year
MIT most likely Awesome! It'd be really cool to see their quizbowl team reactivate; they had a really good program not long ago and the talent is definitely there. As for me, I'm headed to Yale. I believe that noted good quizbowl player David Huang from Charter is also headed to MIT. Third MIT here...
- Sun Apr 25, 2010 6:31 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Spring Offensive at HSNCT (5/29/2010)
- Replies: 217
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Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Spring Offensive at HSNCT (5/29/2010)
Eden Prairie also seems to have a question mark. We will certainly be attending, although I don't have a final roster yet. Do you need a roster before the tournament? If so, by what date?
- Mon Apr 19, 2010 12:34 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Minnesota '09-'10
- Replies: 139
- Views: 25025
Re: Minnesota '09-'10
I'll just weigh in belatedly on a couple aspects of Saturday's tournament. Going into the tournament, the four teams I thought we had the greatest change of losing to were STA, SPC, DLS, and Chaska. Of these four, we only played SPC (albeit twice), in part since all four of them ended up on the othe...
- Sun Feb 21, 2010 3:25 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Minnesota '09-'10
- Replies: 139
- Views: 25025
Re: Minnesota '09-'10
I agree with what has been said about the playoff structure: sure, it saves time, but I don't think most of the teams would mind moving playoffs to a Saturday and having a full-length tournament to decide the league winners. It's also unfortunate that the format on which the league finals are played...
- Tue Jan 26, 2010 4:43 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NAQT and distribution change
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5651
Re: NAQT and distribution change
This might be taking things in a slightly different direction, but why not reduce trash (or computational math) in favor of religion and mythology? Correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like the high school distribution has 0.9/0.8 religion and mythology out of 24/24 per packet, significantly less t...
- Wed Jan 20, 2010 6:53 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Minnesota '09-'10
- Replies: 139
- Views: 25025
Re: Minnesota '09-'10
I have heard very few true literature lightning rounds, and science comes up around once per meet. Much more common are geography, politics, world facts, "name the word which...", and cross-disciplinary "name the person"; these stuff are all easy to list. I actually remember a p...
- Tue Jan 19, 2010 4:11 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Minnesota '09-'10
- Replies: 139
- Views: 25025
Re: Minnesota '09-'10
There was also a lot of play at the level that said "this team made a good decision in not going to ACF Winter". I'm not entirely sure what you meant here, but for the sake of clarity: I certainly don't think Gaurav or anyone was suggesting that every team should go to ACF Winter. Experie...
- Sun Jan 17, 2010 9:43 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Minnesota '09-'10
- Replies: 139
- Views: 25025
Re: Minnesota '09-'10
Hmm, okay. I sure look dumb now, don't I?
It's possible that it was just a perception bias. I'd still like another look at those packets, though; my team and I weren't the only ones to get that impression. I'll report back if and when we get a copy of the set.
It's possible that it was just a perception bias. I'd still like another look at those packets, though; my team and I weren't the only ones to get that impression. I'll report back if and when we get a copy of the set.
- Sun Jan 17, 2010 9:08 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Minnesota '09-'10
- Replies: 139
- Views: 25025
Re: Minnesota '09-'10
I didn't attend TOMCAT (instead opting to play ACF Winter, which turned out to be a wise decision), but while we have this distribution here courtesy of Jeff, I'll throw a few things out there in relation to Thursday night league play. In this distribution, we have something like the following. My m...
- Mon Jan 11, 2010 3:03 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Spring Offensive at HSNCT (5/29/2010)
- Replies: 217
- Views: 87872
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Spring Offensive at HSNCT (5/29/2010)
I intend to play this, most likely along with Gaurav or somebody else from EP.
- Sat Jan 02, 2010 8:53 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Fall Novice Tournament Discussion
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5380
Re: Fall Novice Tournament Discussion
I would consider this set a success. I saw a round in which all 20 tossups were answered, which made me very happy (the average Minnesota team is not particularly good; I remember a 45-15 round at last year's mirror of Hunter Prison Bowl*), and most rounds saw most tossups answered. I do think that ...
- Fri Oct 02, 2009 8:02 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Minnesota '09-'10
- Replies: 139
- Views: 25025
Re: Minnesota '09-'10
Gaurav and I are on here from EP, as well. I'm glad somebody finally started this thread.
As far as I'm concerned, the quiz bowl season starts at EFT tomorrow, and it looks like you'll be there as well. Good luck!
As far as I'm concerned, the quiz bowl season starts at EFT tomorrow, and it looks like you'll be there as well. Good luck!