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by adosreme
Mon Jan 24, 2022 9:28 am
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: 2022 Carper Award community discussion
Replies: 16
Views: 8352

Re: 2022 Carper Award community discussion

Echoing Henry above, if there was ever a case to be made for a member of the Canadian circuit, there is no doubt in my mind that it should be for Joe Su . His enthusiasm towards promoting quizbowl in Canada at both the University and High School levels, the latter of which has become nearly non-exis...
by adosreme
Sun Mar 28, 2021 4:12 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Spring Novice at Toronto (March 27th, 2021)
Replies: 4
Views: 2223

Re: Spring Novice at Toronto (March 27th, 2021)

Thanks for playing and staffing yesterday! Players and staff are encouraged to join the Spring Novice discussion forum (it can be found under the Usergroups tab on your user control panel). Actually we didn't finish playing the tournament yet. It was 7pm when we got to the end of round 8 and since ...
by adosreme
Tue Jan 12, 2021 11:47 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Regionals: Playtesting Announcement
Replies: 3
Views: 1772

Re: 2021 ACF Regionals: Playtesting Announcement

I just found out about this and signed up today. Hope it isn't too late to join.
by adosreme
Sat Nov 14, 2020 4:01 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRO-Demia Online Tournament - 11/15/20
Replies: 21
Views: 6255

Re: ACRO-Demia Online Tournament - 11/15/20

Can I just confirm that we are starting at 1pm Central time, which is 2pm Eastern?
by adosreme
Wed May 27, 2020 3:22 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MARCATo (Summer 2020)
Replies: 48
Views: 19773

Re: MARCATo (Summer 2020)

In a similar vein, let's say player X (on team XY) negs but player A on the other team gets it correct on the clue before. Does X still get charged with a neg?
by adosreme
Thu Mar 26, 2020 7:52 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Terrapin Open Discord Mirror (3/28 - 3/29)
Replies: 7
Views: 4467

Re: Terrapin Open Discord Mirror (3/28 - 3/29)

Noble Rot wrote: Thu Mar 19, 2020 10:26 am
This mirror will cost $75 per team. You can pay by Venmo or check.
This will be a problem for us. We don't have Venmo in Canada and I can't send cheques in American currency. If you have PayPal, I can pay you that way, but the two options listed above are basically not possible.
by adosreme
Thu Oct 24, 2019 2:03 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2019
Replies: 9
Views: 11456

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2019

We've been trying to get in touch with you for the Canadian mirror to get an exception for a player who would otherwise have to play solo to join an open team instead. Can someone help us with this?
by adosreme
Fri Sep 20, 2019 1:19 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: TOEJAM III (Video Games, Fall 2020)
Replies: 5
Views: 5036

Re: TOEJAM III (Video Games, Fall 2020)

Has 2017 TOEJAM II been posted anywhere? Is there a way that I can get a copy of it?
by adosreme
Thu Sep 19, 2019 1:46 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Video: British Student Quiz Championships 2019 Final
Replies: 3
Views: 4005

Re: Video: British Student Quiz Championships 2019 Final

The Abydos Helicopter wrote: Thu Sep 19, 2019 1:38 pm
adosreme wrote: Thu Sep 19, 2019 1:10 pm I love your questions! Was this a housewritten set?
This was a Briticized version of SCT
I always like your localized content when we mirror Oxford and Cambridge Opens in Canada.

This was a very exciting match!
by adosreme
Thu Sep 19, 2019 1:10 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Video: British Student Quiz Championships 2019 Final
Replies: 3
Views: 4005

Re: Video: British Student Quiz Championships 2019 Final

I love your questions! Was this a housewritten set?
by adosreme
Thu Sep 19, 2019 7:02 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: FOGEY 2019 Set
Replies: 1
Views: 3007

FOGEY 2019 Set

Do you know who I can contact about possibly getting a copy of this set? I only see the one announcement of a mirror on this forum.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
by adosreme
Sun Jul 07, 2019 9:16 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: MacVanity VI at McMaster - July 6th, 2019
Replies: 5
Views: 5258

Re: MacVanity VI at McMaster - July 6th, 2019

kanenguyen9 wrote: Sat Jul 06, 2019 10:58 pm And for Mixtape, $120 was raised and will end up going to the Greater Lansing Food Bank!
The final total for this was actually $90 since Erik and I wrote packets for this.
by adosreme
Tue Jun 11, 2019 10:58 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NSC 2019 All-Star Game
Replies: 7
Views: 6091

Re: NSC 2019 All-Star Game

Banned Tiny Toon Adventures Episode wrote: Tue Jun 11, 2019 6:30 pm on the other hand calling it a pack is not!
Nah it's fine.
by adosreme
Fri Jun 07, 2019 1:05 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: GOLBEZ -- A Video Games Tournament (Saturday Night @ ICT and HSNCT 2019)
Replies: 73
Views: 37817

Re: GOLBEZ -- A Video Games Tournament (Saturday Night @ ICT and HSNCT 2019)

Hi everyone. I’ll be reading GOLBEZ in the Discord next Wednesday night, June 12, at 9pm Eastern. After that, I’ll be posting the set to the archives. Err--there are still side events that would potentially like this to run (i.e. NYC Open, if it does happen). Sorry for not pinging you, but I didn't...
by adosreme
Tue Apr 30, 2019 9:01 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 Canadian Player Poll
Replies: 44
Views: 24074

Re: 2019 Canadian Player Poll

People discussing quizbowl-related things is what the quizbowl discussion forum is for. I don't believe a semantics debate was the kind of quizbowl discussion that this thread was created to facilitate. That is immaterial. On this the board rules are clear (emphasis mine): As a result of the above,...
by adosreme
Sat Mar 23, 2019 8:55 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Mixtape: A Guerrilla Popular Music Event for Charity
Replies: 45
Views: 21545

Re: Mixtape: A Guerrilla Popular Music Event for Charity

I can't commit for sure yet, but send me a template and I'll work on questions for this.

Edit: I'll commit to writing a pack.
by adosreme
Sun Dec 16, 2018 10:44 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2018 Hit Songs Survey
Replies: 34
Views: 2864

Re: 2018 Hit Songs Survey

While I didn't think 2018 was that great for pop music overall, it (and 2017 too) was the year of Khalid, with two entries and an honourable mention. "OTW" also probably makes it if it was eligible. 10. "Heaven" - Kane Brown . I don't follow country nearly as much as I used to, b...
by adosreme
Tue Nov 06, 2018 9:30 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: No Banter, Please at Toronto (November 4th, 2018)
Replies: 3
Views: 4403

Re: No Banter, Please at Toronto (November 4th, 2018)

I strongly, strongly recommend that people mirror this tournament. It is extremely well-written (with a few hiccups here and there as virtually every tournament will inevitably have) and occupies a nice place probably midway between regular and super ACRONYMs difficulty-wise. As a warning, it does c...
by adosreme
Sun Oct 21, 2018 5:27 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: JCD II Announcement (Moved to December 1st, 2018)
Replies: 7
Views: 6030

Re: JCD II Announcement (Moved to December 1st, 2018)

I'm making plans to come down for this. Are there teams that could use an extra teammate?
by adosreme
Wed Jul 04, 2018 8:56 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NASAT Online Mirror 2 (7/28 to 7/29)
Replies: 17
Views: 7483

Re: NASAT Online Mirror 2 (7/28 to 7/29)

I just wanted to confirm that day 1 will be packets 1-10 and day 2 11-20? This is important as some of us already played the first half of the tournament (1-12) at a live site.

edit: our plan would be to have Rein solo the rounds on 11 and 12 then join him afterwards
by adosreme
Fri Jun 29, 2018 8:13 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NASAT Online Mirror
Replies: 27
Views: 10903

Re: NASAT Online Mirror

Can we play just one day or the other?
by adosreme
Sun Jun 03, 2018 11:23 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Carleton University Summer QB Weekend (June 9-10, 2018)
Replies: 2
Views: 2109

Re: Carleton University Summer QB Weekend (June 9-10, 2018)

I am coming up for this and don't have a team. I am looking for teammates.
by adosreme
Tue May 08, 2018 11:27 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM 11 @ HSNCT - Friday Night
Replies: 35
Views: 21343

Re: ACRONYM 11 @ HSNCT - Friday Night

aelrah wrote: Available together or split, and overall a delight to all who have ever met us
Can confirm
by adosreme
Wed Mar 14, 2018 11:28 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Best Film Player
Replies: 44
Views: 27967

Re: Best Film Player

While I always submit a film question to try and remedy this, the opera and ballet lobby is strong. Assuming the tournament divides Other Arts evenly between Auditory and Visual within each packet (which virtually every well-edited tournament does), it is simply not possible for film to get pushed ...
by adosreme
Wed Mar 14, 2018 2:07 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Best Film Player
Replies: 44
Views: 27967

Re: Best Film Player

It's a shame that Regs only had 2 films tossups (1 of we we couldn't play because UF wrote it IIRC) because Ophirstats has the potential to end these sort of debates in the future. It's going to be exciting to see the potential it has. While I always submit a film question to try and remedy this, t...
by adosreme
Mon Mar 05, 2018 1:35 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament @ UMD (3/3/18)
Replies: 15
Views: 9601

Re: Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament @ UMD (3/3/18)

A big thanks to Weijia for organizing this tournament and to all the staffers too for powering through an extremely long day even though they looked positively exhausted by the end of it.

We had a lot of fun and would definitely come to UMD for qb again should we should our paths cross in the future!
by adosreme
Sat Feb 24, 2018 11:16 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: SMT Open Online Test Mirror (2/24)
Replies: 41
Views: 16438

Re: SMT Open Skype Test Mirror (2/24)

Thank you for allowing us the opportunity to play this set! It was a lot of fun and I definitely recommend it 100% to anyone who can make it to a physical mirror.
by adosreme
Sun Feb 18, 2018 6:53 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: SMT Open Online Test Mirror (2/24)
Replies: 41
Views: 16438

Re: SMT Open Skype Test Mirror (2/24)

First, let me mention that I appreciate your running this mirror and allowing us the opportunity to play it. That said, A couple days before the tournament, if there's no 10th team signed up, we will split what Jordan and I decide is the strongest team into two teams so we won't have byes Maybe it w...
by adosreme
Thu Feb 08, 2018 3:30 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: SMT Open Online Test Mirror (2/24)
Replies: 41
Views: 16438

Re: SMT Open Skype Test Mirror (2/24)

For what it's worth, Skype had trouble recognizing the microphone on my headset but Discord was fine.
by adosreme
Thu Feb 01, 2018 10:20 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: WAO II@ The Internet
Replies: 23
Views: 9926

Re: WAO II@ The Internet

Progcon wrote:Feel free to Paypal me if the fees are low. If not, you can pay me in cash at like Nats or something.
Awesome! I don't think there are any fees for you when I send from a Canadian account to a US one (the one I pay is pretty negligible iirc).
by adosreme
Thu Feb 01, 2018 6:53 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: WAO II@ The Internet
Replies: 23
Views: 9926

Re: WAO II@ The Internet

You can shift me if you want. Based on the UMD CMST thread, it appears that Michael and I overlap quite a bit anyway.

Edit: Harris, is it okay if I Paypal you the money? I only have Canadian cheques and we don't have Venmo up here.
by adosreme
Sun Jan 28, 2018 1:07 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament @ UMD (3/3/18)
Replies: 15
Views: 9601

Re: Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament @ UMD (3/3/18)

Some Canadians are considering making the trip down for this. I'll let you know once we get all our ducks in a row.
by adosreme
Tue Jan 23, 2018 3:08 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152848

Re: ELITE EIGHT: Best Song of the 2000s

The grandmother is {wise, dead}. wrote:Mr. Brightside by The Killers vs. Toxic by Britney Spears
Paper Planes by M.I.A. vs. Chicago by Sufjan Stevens
Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand
American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West vs. Hurt by Johnny Cash
Same
by adosreme
Tue Jan 02, 2018 4:26 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: WAO II@ The Internet
Replies: 23
Views: 9926

Re: WAO II@ The Internet

I'm interested in this if anyone wants to team up
by adosreme
Thu Sep 14, 2017 10:35 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: EFT Open Test Mirror (9/16)
Replies: 16
Views: 7830

Re: EFT Open Test Mirror (9/16)

Sorry for the short notice, but would it be too late for me to join one of the still shorthanded teams?
by adosreme
Mon Aug 21, 2017 10:55 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NASAT Weekend at Valencia College (August 19th)
Replies: 34
Views: 18318

Re: NASAT Weekend at Valencia College (August 19th)

I'd like to add my voice to the praise above. Thanks Chris and the rest of my teammates for letting me play with them. Thanks to all the readers and scorekeepers who gave up their time to staff this tournament. Thanks to Peter for the wonderful job he did keeping everything running smoothly all day....
by adosreme
Tue Aug 08, 2017 12:20 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: VETO 2017 @ University Of Toronto (Aug. 12, 2017)
Replies: 13
Views: 9202

Re: VETO 2017 @ University Of Toronto (Aug. 12, 2017)

tl;dr of logistics email: - your packets are due by noon Friday, please get them in - there will be a free agent team so long as it makes the field a nice number - tournament control is SS1084 and round 1 starts at 9am. Don't be late! - Seven-round round robin then two round playoff. Lunch around no...
by adosreme
Tue Aug 08, 2017 12:19 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: VETO 2017 @ University Of Toronto (Aug. 12, 2017)
Replies: 13
Views: 9202

Re: VETO 2017 @ University Of Toronto (Aug. 12, 2017)

Copy paste of the logistics email: I'd like to thank you all for your interest in playing VETO 2017! As we're less than a week away, here are the things that you'll need to know for this weekend: PACK SUBMISSION I'd first like to remind you that your packets are due by noon on Friday, August 11 (noo...
by adosreme
Mon Jul 31, 2017 3:12 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: VETO 2017 @ University Of Toronto (Aug. 12, 2017)
Replies: 13
Views: 9202

Re: VETO 2017 @ University Of Toronto (Aug. 12, 2017)

Samir Mechel from Westmount is looking for teammates. Is there any team that has room for him?

Edit: Eric Smith is also looking for a team to join. If you have room and don't mind taking either of them, please let me know.

Edit 2: Dean Ah Now is also looking for a team.
by adosreme
Mon Jul 31, 2017 9:17 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2017 Div I ICT Mirror at Toronto (July 29th, 2017)
Replies: 14
Views: 7207

Re: 2017 Div I ICT Mirror at Toronto (July 29th, 2017)

On Sunday we ended up playing the Chuck Berry Memorial tournament (won by Ian Greig) and 4 rounds of FLOREAT (which we played in a hybrid team/individual format since there weren't many people playing). Here are links to the scoresheets for the two events:

Chuck Berry
FLOREAT
by adosreme
Thu Jul 27, 2017 1:03 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NASAT Weekend at Valencia College (August 19th)
Replies: 34
Views: 18318

Re: NASAT Weekend at Valencia College (August 19th)

ValenciaQBowl wrote:I think I have a seat for you, Aaron, if you want to play with me and Stan Young (coach at Chipola College in Florida). But there are other options, too. Follow your bliss!
Yes, I'd love to play on your team. Thank you very much!
by adosreme
Thu Jul 27, 2017 12:51 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NASAT Weekend at Valencia College (August 19th)
Replies: 34
Views: 18318

Re: NASAT Weekend at Valencia College (August 19th)

bradleykirksey wrote:With that said, Peter dropped his team anyways so that he could focus on TD-ing so that shouldn't be a problem.
And with that, I'm guess that means I'm looking for people to play with. Is there a team that would be willing to take me in?
by adosreme
Thu Jul 27, 2017 8:17 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: VETO 2017 @ University Of Toronto (Aug. 12, 2017)
Replies: 13
Views: 9202

Re: VETO 2017 @ University Of Toronto (Aug. 12, 2017)

Aaron Manby (ironmaster) wrote:I will read Kate's side event.

Ian's et al. are unable to come with him, so the team is going to be Jay, Ian, Peter, and myself.
Okay perfect. Updated.
by adosreme
Wed Jul 26, 2017 8:02 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: VETO 2017 @ University Of Toronto (Aug. 12, 2017)
Replies: 13
Views: 9202

Re: VETO 2017 @ University Of Toronto (Aug. 12, 2017)

Side event update: Kate Kohn has allowed us to run her trash side event, Kate Kohn's Colossal Conundrum, so we (pending volunteers to read) will be doing this after VETO concludes.
by adosreme
Wed Jul 26, 2017 8:21 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2017 Div I ICT Mirror at Toronto (July 29th, 2017)
Replies: 14
Views: 7207

Re: 2017 Div I ICT Mirror at Toronto (July 29th, 2017)

Arch Stanton wrote:How amenable would Paul/Erik/everyone be to running Chuck Berry Saturday night, either before or after SINS? (Mostly asking out of a selfish desire to not have to book a hotel room for Saturday night.)
I won't be there Saturday.
by adosreme
Wed Jul 19, 2017 1:55 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NASAT Weekend at Valencia College (August 19th)
Replies: 34
Views: 18318

Re: NASAT Weekend at Valencia College (August 19th)

Is there a field cap? I'm interested in attending but still have to finalize things regarding teammates
by adosreme
Mon Jul 10, 2017 8:41 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: VETO 2017 @ University Of Toronto (Aug. 12, 2017)
Replies: 13
Views: 9202

Re: VETO 2017 @ University Of Toronto (Aug. 12, 2017)

Just a reminder that there is just over a month until this tournament! If you are interested in playing, please send me an email with your registration!
minusfive wrote:Is the Trans Canada match happening?
It is not.
by adosreme
Mon Jul 10, 2017 8:13 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2-day HSNCT Mirror @ Toronto (July 8th-9th, 2017)
Replies: 18
Views: 8640

Re: 2-day HSNCT Mirror @ Toronto (July 8th-9th, 2017)

I hope all the players enjoyed FTP 2. It was not as polished as I would have liked, but I would encourage all players to give me constructive feedback. I decided to head FTP 2 after hearing comments from players about FTP 1, so I'd love to hear what people thought. Hopefully many good buzzes were h...
by adosreme
Fri Jul 07, 2017 3:42 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: First One Hunna Days (Election 2016) **UPDATE** read OP
Replies: 47
Views: 24802

Re: First One Hunna Days (Election 2016) **UPDATE** read OP

We're planning to run this as a side event at the Toronto HSNCT mirror and still have not received the packets. Would someone be able to send them to us or get us in touch with the authors of this set? I am the author! PM me your email and I'll send it to you ASAP I got your email. Thanks a bunch!