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- Sun Feb 12, 2012 4:54 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Quizbowl sports analogies
- Replies: 38
- Views: 11523
Re: Quizbowl sports analogies
And, again like baseball, it's about as entertaining to watch on tv as being hit in the face with a mallet. The wording of this made me briefly picture someone on TV being hit with a mallet, which would be very entertaining. On a more serious note, having competed in curling at a high level (missed...
- Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:07 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: TERP 2 (Maryland Trash) 1/15/12
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8502
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: TERP 2 (Maryland Trash) 1/15/12
I'm available to quasi-competently fill a seat for any incomplete team that needs help in video games, '90s music, or obscure sports.
- Sun Nov 27, 2011 4:08 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: DATE CHANGE: BARGE at Maryland (1/14/12)
- Replies: 107
- Views: 63132
Re: DATE CHANGE: BARGE at Maryland (1/14/12)
Despite my misgivings at facing a field of this caliber and my literal zero writing experience, the phrases "not excessive difficulty" and "open" sound too good to pass up, so I would like to go for free-agent status here.
- Wed Aug 03, 2011 6:07 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: VCU OPEN TRASH (8/14)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 14423
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: VCU OPEN TRASH (8/14
Eh, sounds good to me!stevebahnaman wrote:Want to play with us?TheHumanPaperweight wrote:I would like to be a free agent for this. My strengths consist of being overshadowed by Neeraj Vijay at every trash tournament I've played to date.
- Sun Jun 26, 2011 10:44 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: VCU OPEN TRASH (8/14)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 14423
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: VCU OPEN TRASH (8/14
I would like to be a free agent for this. My strengths consist of being overshadowed by Neeraj Vijay at every trash tournament I've played to date.
- Tue Apr 12, 2011 12:25 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: comment on my work
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6832
Re: comment on my work
That means the moderator could not ascertain that "mean" qualifies as an "other word." You can list a dozen "_golden_ [x] or _golden_ [y]" or you can hope that moderators are not completely illiterate. Yes, you could do the former. There is a point at which we are okay...
- Tue Apr 12, 2011 12:01 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: comment on my work
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6832
Re: comment on my work
That means the moderator could not ascertain that "mean" qualifies as an "other word." You can list a dozen "_golden_ [x] or _golden_ [y]" or you can hope that moderators are not completely illiterate. Yes, you could do the former. There is a point at which we are okay...
- Mon Apr 11, 2011 11:58 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: comment on my work
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6832
Re: comment on my work
Thanks. Two other things, though: (1) that question was categorized as physics, not math, so I didn't have anything to do with it; and (2) for that bonus, if you were doing any kind of computation that took longer than five seconds, you were probably doing it wrong anyway. Yeah, I don't know why I ...
- Fri Mar 25, 2011 1:55 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: BLASTOISE Mirror @ University of Delaware (4/23/11)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4450
Re: BLASTOISE Mirror @ University of Delaware (4/23/11)
However, as this is originally a Canadian event, the folks at Lisgar have kindly given us permission to replace any "excessively Canadian" questions in the set with more Americanized ones of our own in order to accommodate the attendees of our mirror. So I don't get to play on bonuses abo...
- Tue Feb 08, 2011 6:22 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl Trash III @ UPenn 2/13/11
- Replies: 52
- Views: 16016
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl Trash III @ UPenn 2/13/11
Hello everyone, here is a confirmed field update as of today: Teams: Alabama (1 team, ? buzzers) Maryland (2 teams, ? buzzers) NYU (1 team, ? buzzers) Villanova (1 team, 1 buzzer) Delaware (2 teams, 1 buzzer) Free Agents: Gene Stoye If you're still interested in playing or if you're interested in m...
- Mon Feb 07, 2011 11:18 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NAQT SCT Region 3 and 4
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9073
Re: NAQT SCT Region 3 and 4
It was less than 1.5 hours away for a lot of teams (e.g. Penn, Rutgers-Camden, Delaware) and a max of like 3.5 hours away for the southernmost teams in the region. As the driver for the southernmost team in the region, I can report that our drive to the tournament was 5 hours on Friday night (we fa...
- Mon Jan 24, 2011 1:34 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Terrapin Invitational Tournament (1/22/11) at Maryland
- Replies: 55
- Views: 22967
Re: Terrapin Invitational Tournament (1/22/11) at Maryland
Fantastically chaotic, with every working node on a knot buzzer plus one being in play, answers given ranged from brilliant to hilariously off the mark. In the end David outpaced Isaac for the victory, as reported in the PERV thread on the trash board.mpellegrini wrote: How did PERV go?
- Mon Jan 24, 2011 1:27 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: PERV with TIT at Maryland 1/22/11
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5583
Re: PERV with TIT at Maryland 1/22/11
Did my troll answer(s) disqualify me from this event, or did I end up at zero or a negative number and thus get dropped to spare my precious feelings?The Schopenhauer Power Hour wrote: Stats from Maryland are below:
Irene: 25
Jordan: 105
Monica: 60
Dan: 150
Jeff: 45
Zach: 65
Chris: 140
Magin: 55
Ben: 45
Isaac: 170
David: 205
- Mon Dec 20, 2010 12:20 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Terrapin Invitational Tournament (1/22/11) at Maryland
- Replies: 55
- Views: 22967
Re: Terrapin Invitational Tournament (1/22/11) at Maryland
So does anyone want to be on my team? Currently it's just me. I'm going to guess that since Mason doesn't get back from break until the week immediately after this tournament, we won't be entering as a team. If that proves true, and if you're willing to accept a pretty lousy teammate, I would be be...
- Thu Dec 16, 2010 2:53 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Lames In Modern Tournaments
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3441
Re: Lames In Modern Tournaments
Yes, lames can make the difference between "let's ride the Mr. Schuester train all the way through this Glee bonus" and "oh yay, now we get three parts on people who got silent clocks in 24, " but like you said in the section of your post against them, Michael, "you can't s...
- Sun Dec 05, 2010 1:42 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: THUNDER II at Penn 12/4/10
- Replies: 48
- Views: 26164
Re: THUNDER II at Penn 12/4/10
nurgles_herald wrote:Not to sound naggy, but I, Cow, definitely got some TUs during Penn State's game against Princeton B. That said, great tournament, lots of fun, and Penn State looks forward to attending the next one! Great work, folks!
Ha-HA!! We have discovered the cow's true identity!!
- Tue Nov 30, 2010 3:52 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: THUNDER II at Penn 12/4/10
- Replies: 48
- Views: 26164
Re: THUNDER II at Penn 12/4/10
Do we have a read on what building we're in?
- Mon Nov 08, 2010 11:09 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: General Discussion
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7501
Re: General Discussion
Overall, many of the sports questions seemed quite obscure, although this could be another regional issue. The one that comes to mind is the bonus on Maryland alumni in the NBA. I understand the desire to write about something from your hometown, but this seemed a little too difficult. I think you'...
- Mon Nov 08, 2010 3:51 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: General Discussion
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7501
Re: General Discussion
What preview did the question writer find that was detailed enough to confirm that none of the 3D Sonic Team characters other than Sonic himself are featured in that game or warned of the Wisp capture? By my count, that clue still leaves Sonic, Shadow, Vector, Espio, Charmy, Tails and Knuckles viabl...
- Mon Nov 08, 2010 1:40 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: General Discussion
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7501
Re: General Discussion
I do have one question regarding the specifics of the Sonic the Hedgehog tossup. I don't remember too many of the specifics, but I negged it fairly early on a clue about being held captive on Prison Island in SA2, which was true of Shadow at a point in that game's plot before it happened to Sonic. W...
- Tue Nov 02, 2010 7:07 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: General Discussion
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7501
Re: General Discussion
I, for one, was somewhat disappointed that not every room read the "brought to you by" line at the beginning of every packet. I feel like I missed the joke on half the ones we did hear just because I wasn't ready for them.