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- Sun Aug 14, 2016 5:57 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Hypothetical eligibility question: "Super-Seniors"
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7086
Re: Hypothetical eligibility question: "Super-Seniors"
From NAQT's HS eligibility page ( http://www.naqt.com/hs/high-school-eligibility.html ): E. Affiliation Students may only compete at high school tournaments for schools with which they have an affiliation. A player automatically establishes an affiliation with a school for a given competition year ...
- Mon Jul 04, 2016 4:02 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE WITH QUIZBOWL
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3709
Re: CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE WITH QUIZBOWL
You mean have a good Monday.raffi_-_c-a-n-a-d-a.mp3 wrote:Happy America Day to you too!Cheynem wrote:VETO
- Wed Jun 08, 2016 1:42 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NASAT 2016 Mirror @ U of T (Sunday, July 17th, 2016)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3942
Re: NASAT 2016 Mirror @ U of T (Sunday, July 17th, 2016)
Will this be open to high school teams/players?
- Wed Jun 08, 2016 1:41 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: HSNCT 2016 Mirror PART 2 @ U of T (Sat, July 16th, 2016)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4287
Re: HSNCT 2016 Mirror @ U of T (Sat, July 16th, 2016)
Will this be open to high school teams/players?
- Fri May 27, 2016 1:21 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VETO 2016 @ University of Toronto (August 6th, 2016)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 12530
Re: VETO 2016 @ University of Toronto (August 6th, 2016)
Mistake?Calculus? wrote: Saturday, August 26
- Tue May 24, 2016 9:09 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Canadian Player Poll 2016: We Have Prizes!
- Replies: 33
- Views: 11823
Re: Canadian Player Poll 2016: We Have Prizes!
Next year we should have a separate ballot for the Canadians most skilled at quizbowl and the best Canadian community members so we can properly recognize people who are awesome people, but not necessarily the best quizbowl players. This poll was a mishmash of people voting using both of those crite...
- Tue May 24, 2016 5:26 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Help with HSQBRank! (incl. HS teams at college tourneys)
- Replies: 44
- Views: 28310
- Sun May 22, 2016 11:48 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Canadian Player Poll 2016: We Have Prizes!
- Replies: 33
- Views: 11823
Re: Canadian Player Poll 2016: We Have Prizes!
Submitted a ballot. Remember, #votevardomskaya!
- Tue May 10, 2016 9:43 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Canadian Player Poll 2016: We Have Prizes!
- Replies: 33
- Views: 11823
Re: Canadian Player Poll 2016: We Have Prizes!
I'll note that Tamara Vardomskaya should be on everyone's ballots because she led the Chicago C team with 23 PPG and 7 powers at the stacked main site of "stanford housewrite" and put up 21 PPG as part of the Chicago C team that finished 20th at ACF Nationals.
- Tue May 10, 2016 9:09 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Canadian Player Poll 2016: We Have Prizes!
- Replies: 33
- Views: 11823
Re: Canadian Player Poll 2016: We Have Prizes!
If you were born on Canadian soil and you're not there as part of diplomatic staff, you're Canadian. Period. Now you know more about Canadian citizenship law than Ted Cruz did before 2013.
- Tue May 10, 2016 8:03 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Canadian Player Poll 2016: We Have Prizes!
- Replies: 33
- Views: 11823
Re: Canadian Player Poll 2016: We Have Prizes!
TIL Even my ghost is better than Rafael KrichevskyThe Quest for the Historical Mukherjesus wrote:1 will nediger
2 patrick liao's ghost
3-25 also will nediger
- Tue Apr 19, 2016 12:15 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Where Are You Going Next Year? (Collegiate 2016)
- Replies: 46
- Views: 26307
Re: Where Are You Going Next Year? (Collegiate 2016)
I'm starting a 3-year JD program at the University of Toronto this fall and plan to continue playing quizbowl.
- Sat Mar 26, 2016 4:52 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2016 ONQBA Provincials (University of Toronto, 26 Mar 2016)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3978
Re: 2016 ONQBA Provincials (University of Toronto, 26 Mar 20
Lisgar A cleared the field to win the 2016 NAQT Ontario Provincials. Merivale went 3-0 in the top bracket to take second place. Bayview A finished 3rd, and "East Scarborough" finished 4th. Prelims: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3706/stats/prelims/ Playoffs: http://www.hsquizbowl...
- Sat Mar 26, 2016 11:32 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2016 ONQBA Provincials (University of Toronto, 26 Mar 2016)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3978
Re: 2016 ONQBA Provincials (University of Toronto, 26 Mar 20
Somewhat live stats, currently before the rebrackted playoffs, are available here: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3706/stats/prelims/ Lisgar (8-0), Bayview A (7-1), "East Scarborough" (5-3), and Merivale (5-3) are in the top bracket. The top scorers were Jacky Li from "East ...
- Tue Mar 22, 2016 1:06 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2016 ONQBA Provincials (University of Toronto, 26 Mar 2016)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3978
Re: 2016 ONQBA Provincials (University of Toronto, 26 Mar 20
We currently have 9 teams signed up out of our field cap of 12 teams. A logistics email will be sent on Wednesday, March 23. Registrations will be closed at 11:59 PM Thursday, March 24, and a schedule will be sent to all teams Friday, March 25.
- Fri Mar 04, 2016 12:07 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: "stanford housewrite" Question-Specific Discussion
- Replies: 41
- Views: 11074
Re: Question-Specific Discussion
The clue about the HMS Agincourt in the Brazilian First Republic tossup is sub-optimal for two reasons: 1. Commissioning has a technical military meaning (officially entering into service with a navy) that is different from its everyday meaning (putting in an order). In the case of the HMS Agincourt...
- Mon Feb 29, 2016 11:59 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: COTTAGE Bowl 2: General Discussion
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2237
Re: General Discussion
One of the least enjoyable things about this tournament for me as an American was how conspicuously Canadian it felt. There were not just a huge bunch of hockey questions, but Canada-centric music and TV as well. This isn't an objective flaw of the tournament by any means, but it was very noticeabl...
- Sat Feb 27, 2016 1:49 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: "Stanford Housewrite" @ Waterloo (28/02/2016)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 10526
Re: "Stanford Housewrite" @ Waterloo (28/02/2016)
The team of Liao/Otsason/Rajasekaran which formerly planned on at the Maryland site will now be playing at this site. I've added them as a team to the field, because I'd imagine they still want to play together, but still intend to run this with four teams to maximize playing time. This means we ca...
- Mon Dec 07, 2015 1:33 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Stegosaurus Bowl (BASK) at Lisgar, Ottawa -- Dec 5, 2015
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3259
Re: Stegosaurus Bowl (BASK) at Lisgar, Ottawa -- Dec 5, 2015
The Lisgar Dragons, Sheena, Nadia and Katriona, won Stegosaurus Bowl, winning both of their seeding matches and going undefeated in the top room. As far as I know, this is the first time that an all-female quizbowl team won a quizbowl event in Canada. Because of the uneven number of post-seeding mat...
- Sat Dec 05, 2015 11:44 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Stegosaurus Bowl (BASK) at Lisgar, Ottawa -- Dec 5, 2015
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3259
Re: Stegosaurus Bowl (BASK) at Lisgar, Ottawa -- Dec 5, 2015
This is now being run as a doubles/triples tournament. Stats will be uploaded after the conclusion of the tournament.
- Sat Dec 05, 2015 9:15 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2016 ONQBA Provincials (University of Toronto, 26 Mar 2016)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3978
Re: 2016 ONQBA Provincials (University of Toronto, 26 Mar 20
Field White Oaks (1 team/1 buzzer) Bayview (2 teams/1 buzzer) Merivale (1 team) Westmount (2 teams/2 buzzers) Lisgar (1 team/1 buzzer) "East Scarborough" (1 team/1 buzzer) Waterloo Collegiate Institute (1 team/1 buzzer) Interested Toronto Montessori School Bloor Collegiate Institute Dr. N...
- Sat Dec 05, 2015 9:15 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2016 ONQBA Provincials (University of Toronto, 26 Mar 2016)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3978
2016 ONQBA Provincials (University of Toronto, 26 Mar 2016)
The Ontario Quizbowl Association, in collaboration with the University of Toronto's quizbowl team, is pleased to host the 2016 ONQBA Provincial Championship . It will be held at the University of Toronto on Saturday March 26, 2016 . This tournament will be the premier high school quizbowl event in O...
- Fri Dec 04, 2015 11:15 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Stegosaurus Bowl (BASK) at Lisgar, Ottawa -- Dec 5, 2015
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3259
Re: Stegosaurus Bowl (BASK) at Lisgar, Ottawa -- Dec 5, 2015
So Colonel By just dropped 3 of the 8 teams in this field, so the format is up in the air now. The current plan is dividing/combining Lisgar teams to either make a 4 or 6 team field and running a double/triple round robin plus finals. If the teams present want to use some other format, we would resp...
- Sun Nov 22, 2015 10:21 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: An unofficial history of “Reach for the Top”
- Replies: 28
- Views: 18505
Re: An unofficial history of “Reach for the Top”
Here's the CTV piece, featuring appearances by among other people, Jay Misuk, Aaron dos Remedios, Britney Castleman, Kim Campbell, Alex Trebek, and Matt Jackson.
http://www.ctvnews.ca/w5/50-years-later ... -1.2667775
http://www.ctvnews.ca/w5/50-years-later ... -1.2667775
- Tue Oct 27, 2015 12:28 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Specific Question Discussion (Penn Bowl 2015)
- Replies: 56
- Views: 12561
Re: Specific Question Discussion (Penn Bowl 2015)
There is an option in Word (and Pages) to turn off tracking for spelling/grammar errors, which greatly improves readability.Muriel Axon wrote: In Word, the red squiggle for unrecognized words can make v's and y's hard to distinguish.
- Wed Sep 09, 2015 3:10 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Preseason Poll
- Replies: 43
- Views: 36039
Re: Preseason Poll
Anyone with Chatzilla can set their client to log whatever channel the discussion is in. Some other IRC programs should also have this functionality as well.Periplus of the Erythraean Sea wrote:Yeah, I don't have the program that lets you record the log on my computer anymore. If someone can do that, I'd really appreciate it.
- Mon Aug 17, 2015 2:31 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VICO Thanks and Discussion
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3544
Re: VICO Thanks and Discussion
This was a really fun set to play, and having so much historiography in one tournament was a super cool experience, so thanks to Jacob and Will for writing this. My one complaint is that the first two sentences of the Lyanna Stark tossup aren't actually about Lyanna Stark, but different people, and ...
- Fri Aug 14, 2015 12:21 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Good Teams Playing A Sets
- Replies: 24
- Views: 11000
Re: Good Teams Playing A Sets
paperwork for nats takes at least three months. Isn't that what wildcard bids are for? NAQT wildcards start in February, which is borderline too late for schools in the main Ottawa board. And if you're in Toronto or Hamilton, I've heard that the paperwork can take up to half a year, so waiting for ...
- Wed Aug 12, 2015 10:06 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Good Teams Playing A Sets
- Replies: 24
- Views: 11000
Re: Good Teams Playing A Sets
There's might be some teams for which an A-set tournament is the only qualifying tournament nearby.
- Sun Aug 09, 2015 7:13 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VCU Open mirror at uWaterloo (15th August)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 17161
Re: VCU Open mirror at uWaterloo (15th August)
I'm coming as a free agent. If bouncebacks is the difference between playing one extra side event on Saturday, I don't want them, otherwise, I don't care.
Side event preferences: SHEIKH/Tricon/VICO/CO/Modern/Music
Side event preferences: SHEIKH/Tricon/VICO/CO/Modern/Music
- Tue Jul 28, 2015 9:50 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: "This Things I Believe"
- Replies: 44
- Views: 16653
Re: "This Things I Believe"
Incidentally, I strongly resent the implication that our trophies were in any way "dime-store." Just FYI, we spent over $800 on trophies for Nationals this year, including some pretty solid pieces that you would not be ashamed to put in a glass case at your institution of higher learning....
- Sun Jul 26, 2015 11:40 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VCU Open mirror at uWaterloo (15th August)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 17161
Re: VCU Open mirror at uWaterloo (15th August)
What's the schedule turning out like? VCU Open Saturday and a slate of side events on Sunday? One day Will Alston will attend a Canadian tournament. I'll make it to Ottawa Hybrid this coming year, I swear! I'm not afraid of Canadiana. And AFAIK Ottawa Hybrid isn't happening this year (no editors) an...
- Fri Jul 24, 2015 5:02 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VETO at the University of Toronto (2015-07-25)
- Replies: 82
- Views: 39579
Re: VETO at the University of Toronto (2015-07-25)
Are games starting at 8:30 or later (e.g. 9)
- Mon Jul 20, 2015 10:37 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Open HSNCT Mirror at the University of Toronto (2015-07-26)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4770
Re: Open HSNCT Mirror at the University of Toronto (2015-07-
Can we have an updated field list and a proposed schedule (will it just be RR+finals?)?
- Sun Jul 19, 2015 1:35 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2015 CO Visual Arts
- Replies: 131
- Views: 59330
Re: 2015 CO Visual Arts
Final stats are here. Kelly Tourdot and Mike Sorice defeated Will Nediger and Saajid Moyen in a one game final to win the event. The top scorers for this event were Will Nediger with 95.71 PPG (as well as 8 superpowers), Jordan Brownstein with 87.14 PPG, and Matt Bollinger with 75 PPG. After the se...
- Sun Jul 19, 2015 12:34 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2015 CO Visual Arts
- Replies: 131
- Views: 59330
Re: 2015 CO Visual Arts
Rounds after 7 preliminary rounds. The last round will consist of crossover games between teams with the same new seed (i.e. Pizza1 vs. Fire1)
- Sun Jul 19, 2015 1:34 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CO History 2015
- Replies: 139
- Views: 68403
Re: CO History 2015
This will be the schedule, unless something changes before tomorrow afternoon.
- Sun Jul 12, 2015 12:04 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2015 CO Visual Arts
- Replies: 131
- Views: 59330
Re: 2015 CO Visual Arts
I can staff this if you still need staff.
- Wed Jul 08, 2015 12:45 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Delta Burke 2014 Set Discussion
- Replies: 42
- Views: 16870
Re: Delta Burke 2014 Set Discussion
If the first couple of words of a tossup are not uniquely identifiable enough to justify buzzing, then one should probably not buzz, just as one wouldn't buzz two words in on a tossup beginning "This man..." This isn't a good analogy. If you're playing a tournament where it's very possibl...
- Tue Jun 02, 2015 10:01 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NASAT mirror at uWaterloo (27th June)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 13094
Re: NASAT mirror at uWaterloo (27th June)
Are there going to be any side events for these two days?
- Sat May 30, 2015 12:18 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Delta Burke mirror at uWaterloo (28th June)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7060
Re: Delta Burke mirror at uWaterloo (28th June)
I'm assembling a team for this.
- Sat May 30, 2015 12:15 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NASAT mirror at uWaterloo (27th June)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 13094
Re: NASAT mirror at uWaterloo (27th June)
I'll play this and am looking for teammates.
- Sat May 30, 2015 12:13 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VCU Open mirror at uWaterloo (15th August)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 17161
Re: VCU Open mirror at uWaterloo (15th August)
I'm actually thinking about flying out to this site, since I'm not busy this summer and probably won't be able to go to anything on the 8th. I've also never been to Canada before, so that would be cool. It'd be cool to play with and meet people I've never played before, too, though I'd most prefer ...
- Fri May 29, 2015 11:28 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VETO at the University of Toronto (2015-07-25)
- Replies: 82
- Views: 39579
Re: VETO at the University of Toronto (2015-07-25)
I emailed Rein, but regardles if I have my own team, I plan to play this and am looking for teammates.
- Mon May 25, 2015 12:44 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MÖRE WEIGHT
- Replies: 41
- Views: 18500
Re: NASAT mirror at uWaterloo (27th June)
This way it's easier to follow the rules.Black Miao wrote:doesn't that spell out MEREWEIGHT?
- Sat May 23, 2015 11:01 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Click Here to Become Sad
- Replies: 59
- Views: 29038
Re: Click Here to Become Sad
My godfather's sister's husband (Harry the Historian, Historian laureate of Calgary) subscribes to a magazine called The Beaver , from the Canadian Historical Society. Is that a good source for Canadian History? I'm a big fan of Canda's History , which hasn't been known as The Beaver for 5 years no...
- Sat May 23, 2015 12:49 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Click Here to Become Sad
- Replies: 59
- Views: 29038
Re: Click Here to Become Sad
Since my initial “most misrepresented” comments were meant to focus on factual accuracy and the playability of questions, this post is mostly about how the writing of Canadian questions in quizbowl can be improved. Musings on Canadian historiography, why Marshall is (mostly) wrong, and how that appl...
- Tue May 19, 2015 1:32 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Click Here to Become Sad
- Replies: 59
- Views: 29038
Re: CO History 2015
It's pretty insulting that the question writer decided that a routine peacekeeping stint was the most important deployment of a regiment that fought in the Boer War, both World Wars, and Korea, and has three Victoria Cross winners. So I wrote this question and actually don't recall writing it - I r...
- Tue May 19, 2015 12:48 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Click Here to Become Sad
- Replies: 59
- Views: 29038
Re: CO History 2015
7. In what was probably their most important deployment yet, this member of a certain nation's armed forces was deployed to Bosnia attached to the U.N. in 1997. For 10 points each: [10] Identify this regiment of horse based military units based out of Alberta, which Prince Charles was part of at on...
- Mon May 18, 2015 6:48 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Click Here to Become Sad
- Replies: 59
- Views: 29038
your official Canadian cavalry regiment discussion thread
EFT 2010: [10] Identify this regiment of horse based military units based out of Alberta, which Prince Charles was part of at one point. ANSWER: Lord Strathcona's Horse Wow. This is the single worst Canadian history question I've ever seen. The only thing in this that is correct is that it's based ...