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i look forward to your tossup on the planet venus that uses the indicator "this star" but more seriously that's a reasonable point i just think indicators should be accurate to modern understandings of things because it is important that players know what is being asked for If someone wan...

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i look forward to your tossup on the planet venus that uses the indicator "this star" but more seriously that's a reasonable point i just think indicators should be accurate to modern understandings of things because it is important that players know what is being asked for If someone wan...

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no I will continue to do so and couldn't care less because given the nature of myths involving fire it's clearly treated as a substance since the people telling those myths did not understand the nature of fire

your take is bad and wrong kthx

thank you for reading my essay

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Cheynem wrote: ↑Sun Nov 15, 2020 12:21 pm 2 PM real time. Check.

No, Eric definitely said 1 PM real time buddy

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So this is... an event... with people?

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Strong teammates, weak teammates, that is only the selfish perception of people. Truly strong players should try to win with their favorites. I like your style. You understand what's important. Go on -- the CHAMPION is waiting.

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For lack of a less tautological way of explaining it, you study for nationals by learning things that are likely to come up at nationals. Nats can be really hard! But to be honest, a team that can consistently snipe every tossup (but like, the stupid hard ones too) pre-FTP is probably able to consis...

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I'm disappointed that Neff, a "history buff interested in wars and military battles" wouldn't even engage mike sorice in a fight :(

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if we were asking about video games the kids know we'd just be properly asking about club penguin (2005) pbuh all day anyways right

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naan/steak-holding toll wrote: ↑Thu May 21, 2020 6:07 pm I personally think it's hilarious

bruh we get it jacob isn't funny x o x

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Man I go through all of the trouble to block Elon fucking musk on twitter and I can’t escape reading this jawn

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This is the actual analogy for all teams that have been mentioned https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f2/6c/17/f26c171e41b012c3b100e238d98c9b1a.jpg https://66.media.tumblr.com/fbdbbb0dfd80c183b4b0ca353775036a/tumblr_o8q52vc2411u8qp61o3_1280.png https://www.mygeekconfessions.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07...

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Banana Stand wrote: ↑Fri May 08, 2020 3:44 pm
Cheynem wrote: ↑Fri May 08, 2020 3:43 pm Why are Columbia and Chicago the only two teams booked for this hypothetical finals?
Because they’re the only S-tier teams this season

disrespectful towards itamar

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heterodyne wrote: ↑Fri May 08, 2020 3:17 pm A Yu-Gi-Oh match is composed of three duels. I suggest that Columbia and Chicago B have a play-in game to conclude ours– the winner can then play Chicago A.

wouldn't Columbia first play Chicago, then both teams would have the option to swap in players from their side decks for the following game

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Cheynem wrote: ↑Thu May 07, 2020 2:33 pm
2. The option of an online Nats is at least worth being put on the table.

(Mike's other points are good and right)

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db0wman wrote: ↑Thu Apr 30, 2020 1:40 am↓

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I would like to play this and would not like to commit multiple days to this

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In a similar vein, how does this set distinguish astronomy and astrophysics? Seems a bit arbitrary as currently set up (not that the way people have historically chosen if something in the vein of a "physical chem topic" goes in chem or phys isn't, but if the set's explicitly labeling them...

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Clearly the evidence was compelling enough that it prompted Eric to come clean after defending himself for the past week. One potential downside to revealing the method to the community at large would be that future cheaters, having internalized this thread, may change their behavior in a manner th...

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I accept Eric's apology and wish to commend him for having the courage to admit to this. The act of playing quizbowl can be a really frustrating experience - especially when you know you've heard something before, feel that you really should know it (or used to), and feel weak and powerless when yo...

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this is either going to be the best packet ever or I'll be very disappointed. Either way I look forward to going 0/2/6 on it :)

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Oof, I've been outed as a fraud

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Also with regards to national organizations saving their sets for next year... why the hell should they be allowed to do that? Why shouldn't they be allowed to? The fact that a national competition isn't feasible right now doesn't excuse that. Why doesn't it? If national organizations refuse to rel...

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Speaking as someone who ran a club with zero dominant grad students for 3 years, we had a huge attrition due to the time it would have taken to adjust to sets like MUT and EFT that we were playing in practice. The vast majority of our attrition (if not all of it some years) came well before we star...

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The achievements of my Chicago brethren are, I think, fresh enough in current memory that I need not highlight them at this point. I'd thus like to recognize two other Yalies: Ashvin Srivatsa and Spencer Weinreich. Their performances are best preserved in a tournament that I did not play with them:...

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Oh man, 2013 ACF Nationals! I played this solo as a freshman with very little knowledge of what I was to expect at Nats (besides late buzzes and not a lot of points). I remember before the tournament being baffled that there was a possibility that I would become the D2 champion by default, and after...

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So a goldfish tournament?

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well hyde park has like 2 eating options and northwestern has like, several more and is closer to my (the protagonist of reality) house

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The science in this set was my favorite of the regionals I've played ('18, '19, '20). To add to the discussion about bait, my one gripe is with the "protein" question in packet E (Central Florida A et. al.) I buzzed and answered "protease" when I heard "MEROPS" (I did ...

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Edit: Also, I thought some of the quantitative questions were a bit weird. For ex., asking for a "magic angle" of 1.05 degrees, or the precise number of bandits in a Chinese gang (118? forget the exact question. but maybe that one is OK, if it's well-known.) There seemed to be a few quest...

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I see your point. I'll write a different pitch emphasizing stability and professionalism of question providers when I get to a computer later today. Yea sadly this seems like one of those situations where you have to have a pitch that appeals to the administrators or whoever's in charge as opposed ...

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Cheynem wrote: ↑Mon Jan 06, 2020 9:22 pm Is Wang forgetting 2016, in which the original editors had to scale back and a group of intrepid souls, including myself, was entrusted with CO?

it was so traumatizing that I've wiped it from my memory

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Hey guys, The community has had the luxury of having teams ready and willing to write CO before the previous CO was over the last few years, but it appears that we're in a situation we haven't had to deal with since 2012 or 2013 . Is anyone willing and/or able to work on 2020 CO? I'm pretty much inc...

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Hey, not to try to criticize this project before it happens, but aren’t you the kid we had to repeatedly tell not to try running an online event on recycled NHBB questions?

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Are printed copies of "a good accounting tossup" written by a Mr. Charles Martin Jr. acceptable as prizes?

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MLaudermith wrote: ↑Fri Oct 04, 2019 11:12 am Have stats from Earlybird been posted yet?

mostly on neg5 here

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I can only assume in this situation that #25 is a hirschianwhiever you want goes here!”
It’s prerty shocking to me in that regards that Chicago A is only 25th

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Chris Ray I think deserves more accolades as a film player, although his knowledge seems more towards the trashier end of the film spectrum. - Un Cheyne Andalou: This was by far one of my favorite quizbowl experiences of all time. Between matches at KABO, Chris Ray approached me and said "Hey ...

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Hey, I don't want to sound dismissive, but isn't that the premise of this link?

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That Tyndall question would have probably been great if it was like... other ac. Was a bit upset to have played the Bletchley Park tu - seemed like a game of chicken on "this facility where people are... solving problems?" Set was fun - difficulty control very noted, had nice "Chris R...

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John Ketzkorn wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2019 10:55 am
DumbJaques wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2019 9:37 am Please make every effort to pay me at some point tomorrow. I will not be accepting cash.
Given that this is the case, is there anyone willing to do cash -> venmo this year?

Willing to do this for a usurious transaction fee

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A question for local Evanston/Chicago folks: Friday night I'll be interested in hitting a local brewpub or two. It looks like Sketchbook is definitely interesting, and maybe Smylie Brothers and Temperance (the last of which looks to be further away?). Are those good calls, and if not, other suggest...

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A question for local Evanston/Chicago folks: Friday night I'll be interested in hitting a local brewpub or two. It looks like Sketchbook is definitely interesting, and maybe Smylie Brothers and Temperance (the last of which looks to be further away?). Are those good calls, and if not, other suggest...

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I am by no means an elite player, but I have done quite a bit of studying over the years, and have never used nor seen the appeal of flashcards. I take bulleted pencil-and-paper notes on the harder details of everything I study, and I don't understand how flashcards could be more helpful for me. Is...

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Thank you John for the write-up! In addition, according to the Cambridge Open stats , the team 3 Four Men In A Boat (John Lawrence, Andrew Wang, Jakob Myers [4 games played, due to transportation] and Mike Sorice [2 games played, due to injury]) cleared the field, defeating Chandrew Smith (Chris Ra...

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Max Schindler has some useful insight here

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Many thanks to the folks at Illinois for running an excellent Side Event Weekend--for being so accommodating about packing in so many events, for keeping everything moving at a good pace, and for helping to staff all of the events. Further results/stats from various events will trickle in over the ...

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This set was super fun and people should play it!

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Top 5 for minus-fives: molting electron pairs calcite tangent function mercury (the element, with early clues about mining history) Would you be able to post the conversion stats and text of the electron pairs question? I distinctly remember at least one clue that pointed to electrons just as equal...

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