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by remake20
Sun Jan 15, 2017 1:49 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: Litchfield Open Scholastic Tournament II [3/18/17]
Replies: 3
Views: 6371

Re: Litchfield Open Scholastic Tournament II [3/18/17]

Current Field:
Litchfield x2
Immaculate Conception x2
Rochester x2
Next Generation x2
Greenville x2
Mt. Zion x2
Franklin x2
Carlinville
by remake20
Tue Dec 20, 2016 5:39 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: Litchfield Open Scholastic Tournament II [3/18/17]
Replies: 3
Views: 6371

Litchfield Open Scholastic Tournament II [3/18/17]

We are excited to be hosting the second iteration of the Litchfield Open Scholastic Tournament (LOST) at Litchfield Middle School (Litchfield, Illinois) on March 18, 2017. It is our hope that it will be a valuable learning experience for all students involved. Here is a picture of what kind of exper...
by remake20
Tue Apr 12, 2016 10:41 am
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: LOST I - 4/9/2016, SCOP MS [Litchfield, IL]
Replies: 9
Views: 6961

Re: LOST I - 4/9/2016, SCOP MS [Litchfield, IL]

Due to a very unfortunate series of events, I was unable to make it to the tournament. However, David (my co-host) said it went very well. Congratulations to Next Gen on their impressive performance. Stats are here . Thanks to Kristen for the upload. I'd also like to give a huge shoutout to all of t...
by remake20
Sat Apr 02, 2016 4:14 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: LOST I - 4/9/2016, SCOP MS [Litchfield, IL]
Replies: 9
Views: 6961

Re: LOST I - 4/9/2016, SCOP MS [Litchfield, IL]

We are one week out and we are very excited! We have 16 teams (not bad for an area of the state where the Saturday tournament is almost nonexistent) and everything is coming together.
by remake20
Wed Jan 06, 2016 4:16 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: LOST I - 4/9/2016, SCOP MS [Litchfield, IL]
Replies: 9
Views: 6961

Re: LOST I - 4/9/2016, SCOP MS [Litchfield, IL]

Noted. If you want to send me your field list when you have it, I'll make sure there is no overlap.
by remake20
Sun Nov 29, 2015 7:11 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: LOST I - 4/9/2016, SCOP MS [Litchfield, IL]
Replies: 9
Views: 6961

LOST I - 4/9/2016, SCOP MS [Litchfield, IL]

We are excited to be hosting the first Litchfield Open Scholastic Tournament (LOST) at Litchfield Middle School on April 9, 2016. It is our hope that it will be a valuable learning experience for all students involved. All middle school teams from south or central Illinois are welcome to attend, as ...
by remake20
Wed Jun 03, 2015 11:21 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2015 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 102
Views: 77123

Re: 2015 HSNCT discussion

Can I perhaps see the Grorillaz TU from R1?
by remake20
Mon Jun 01, 2015 3:11 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois '14-'15
Replies: 91
Views: 41008

Re: Illinois '14-'15

Huge congrats to the Illinois teams who once again represent our state well on the national level. Particularly to IMSA for having almost a perfect 50% power rate across the board, making my eyes happy. Oh yeah, and 4th place is pretty cool too I guess.
by remake20
Wed Apr 22, 2015 11:33 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: On Introducing Good Quizbowl
Replies: 10
Views: 6319

Re: On Introducing Good Quizbowl

First off, thank you everyone for the advice and keep it coming if you have it. The main reasons for the house-write are the desires for some good experience and our MS's budget is extremely tight so we were looking to maximize profits for them. However, we are are not totally opposed to hosting a m...
by remake20
Tue Apr 21, 2015 7:43 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: On Introducing Good Quizbowl
Replies: 10
Views: 6319

On Introducing Good Quizbowl

I, having a passion for quizbowl, am pained frequently at the horrific nature of the local middle school circuit and have been longing to try and bring some change. I've just been approved to run a tournament next year (after being snubbed for this year) and I have some questions regarding introduci...
by remake20
Mon Mar 09, 2015 10:38 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: IHSA 2015
Replies: 21
Views: 5937

Re: IHSA 2015

I seemed to find myself less mad at this year's set, but that was probably just cause I lowered my expectations to a more realistic level. A lot of it was pretty appalling. Perhaps the most frustrating part were the multiple hoses. Math, as always, was pretty questionable.
by remake20
Tue Mar 03, 2015 12:26 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Maintaining High Levels of Mental Stamina?
Replies: 17
Views: 9033

Re: Maintaining High Levels of Mental Stamina?

Taking the advice given in the last thread, I've found the water/walking/exercise between rounds seems to help, though the biggest impact is just a good night's sleep and breakfast. I tried the almost dangerous levels of caffeine and it had so little effect it was almost laughable and I don't even c...
by remake20
Mon Mar 02, 2015 11:45 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Masonics 2015
Replies: 17
Views: 6100

Re: Masonics 2015

2A: U-Lab is the team to beat, and Macomb or Litchfield are the only teams that could. Not too sure about this. Newman CC is the highest ranked team in that division, and having played or seen play all of the teams you mentioned, I feel confident in saying that they are the favorite going in. Of co...
by remake20
Mon Feb 23, 2015 11:27 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Masonics 2015
Replies: 17
Views: 6100

Re: Masonics 2015

My apologies if it sounded like I was undermining Fremd, bashing Auburn, or anything else of the sort. I know both are excellent teams and, seeing the results, was curious on how it happened. "Quite an upset" probably were not the words I was looking for.
by remake20
Sun Feb 22, 2015 12:59 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Masonics 2015
Replies: 17
Views: 6100

Re: Masonics 2015

Anyone know the Fremd/Auburn score? That's quite an upset.
by remake20
Mon Feb 09, 2015 3:31 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois '14-'15
Replies: 91
Views: 41008

Re: Illinois '14-'15

Throwing in my two cents here from a non-elite/from Chicagoland (which for downstaters is everything north of Peoria) point of view. I think the answer to this is much simpler than has been presented. People either enjoy quizbowl and improving, or they don't. Having "super players" doesn't...
by remake20
Mon Nov 03, 2014 2:47 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois '14-'15
Replies: 91
Views: 41008

Re: Illinois '14-'15

I'm just looking at the tournament IHSSBCA tournament calendar and I can't help but notice the lack of dates. Is there a reason we are down around 10 or so tournaments? It's still a bit early, but there were more tournaments listed on September 23rd of last year than there are now (according to arch...
by remake20
Sun May 04, 2014 9:13 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois '13-'14
Replies: 143
Views: 77681

Re: Illinois '13-'14

Some facts from the SSNCT: Litchfield was the highest placing team with a 4th place finish. Of the seven IL teams, Westmont was the only team not to make the playoffs, missing them by only one game. We had more top-10 finishers than any state with three: Litchfield, Cumberland, and Macomb (Additiona...
by remake20
Fri May 02, 2014 1:41 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2014 NAQT Small School NCT: Congratulations Hallsville!
Replies: 46
Views: 19250

Re: 2014 NAQT Small School NCT: May 3-4, Minneapolis

Several people from our team would definitely play a Star Wars set.
by remake20
Fri Mar 21, 2014 10:40 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2014 IHSA
Replies: 80
Views: 26496

Re: 2014 IHSA

How on earth does the 3-way tiebreaker work? I can come up with no possible way in which Carterville gets put third in pool 1 of Class A. Per IHSA rules, you throw out the game against the common opponent, and only look at scores between teams in the circle of death. Carterville had 350 Urbana U-Hi...
by remake20
Fri Mar 21, 2014 10:33 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2014 IHSA
Replies: 80
Views: 26496

Re: 2014 IHSA

How on earth does the 3-way tiebreaker work? I can come up with no possible way in which Carterville gets put third in pool 1 of Class A.
by remake20
Wed Mar 12, 2014 1:32 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2014 IHSA
Replies: 80
Views: 26496

Re: 2014 IHSA

Does anybody remember the bonus series on "something-something short stories by Clark"? Is that trash lit? The Bret Harte bonus? That's regular lit, and a completely acceptable bonus topic - just unbelievably, ridiculously hard. Outcasts of Poker Flat/character from Outcasts of Poker Flat...
by remake20
Tue Mar 11, 2014 8:26 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2014 IHSA
Replies: 80
Views: 26496

Re: 2014 IHSA

This Urn Is So Grecian wrote:"This Romanian sculptor"
Out of curiosity, how many people got this one after the first three words?

Another one that stood out to me was the Wagner tossup. He changed opera houses was about the only meaningful clue until the giveaway (well and the whole 19th Century German)
by remake20
Mon Mar 10, 2014 10:09 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2014 IHSA
Replies: 80
Views: 26496

Re: 2014 IHSA

Does IHSA consider trash lit, lit? Or was that just an askew opinion of what literature in quizbowl is?
by remake20
Tue Feb 25, 2014 12:24 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NAQT Illinois State Championship - 2/22/2014, Urbana, IL
Replies: 72
Views: 31611

Re: NAQT Illinois State Championship - 2/22/2014, Urbana, IL

I'd like to thank Mr. Sorice and the rest of the staff for an excellent tournament that will easily go down as my favorite to date.
by remake20
Wed Feb 05, 2014 5:10 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: HSQBRank 2013-2014: Witty Subtitle
Replies: 203
Views: 107685

Re: HSQBRank 2013-2014: Witty Subtitle

Fred, are you still wanting local media contacts?
by remake20
Mon Jan 20, 2014 3:37 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois '13-'14
Replies: 143
Views: 77681

Re: Illinois '13-'14

Some thoughts from the Springfield tournament: Dunlap was the dark horse of the tournament, obtaining second after some solid play and a surprise win over Springfield. But their 16.67PPB (4th) for the day isn't that impressive. Jackson played well, claiming the top individual spot at 122PPG, but wha...
by remake20
Wed Jan 15, 2014 1:49 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NAQT Illinois State Championship - 2/22/2014, Urbana, IL
Replies: 72
Views: 31611

Re: NAQT Illinois State Championship - 2/22/2014, Urbana, IL

I would also prefer the timed matches for the reasons already listed, especially coming from a team who is hoping to attend the SSNCT and has never played under official NAQT rules.
by remake20
Fri Jan 10, 2014 10:00 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Staying Alert
Replies: 46
Views: 29735

Staying Alert

As more of obscure theory, how do you stay sharp during tournaments? I often find myself fairly alert during the mornings of tournaments in which I am quite awake, but as the tournament goes on I, more often than not, find myself becoming slightly fatigued to the point when my performance during the...
by remake20
Fri Nov 22, 2013 12:09 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Learning Computer Science
Replies: 2
Views: 1863

Re: Learning Computer Science

Thank you very much. I will look into those.
by remake20
Wed Nov 20, 2013 12:34 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Learning Computer Science
Replies: 2
Views: 1863

Learning Computer Science

I play on a team with literally no knowledge of computer science. So I was wondering what resources on computer science you would recommend to get a grasp on the area. I'm not looking to become an expert in the subject, just anything that will allow me to answer a lot of common questions.
by remake20
Fri Mar 15, 2013 5:53 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: IHSA 2013
Replies: 78
Views: 22072

Re: IHSA 2013

Congratulations to Peoria Christian and IMSA! The AA final looked very intense. Sounds like it was a great day of competition.
by remake20
Fri Mar 15, 2013 8:06 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: IHSA 2013
Replies: 78
Views: 22072

Re: IHSA 2013

Good luck to everyone today. I wish I could come watch.
by remake20
Sun Mar 03, 2013 11:38 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Masonic
Replies: 65
Views: 31298

Re: Masonic

My bad. That makes sense now that I really look at it.
by remake20
Sun Mar 03, 2013 9:16 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Masonic
Replies: 65
Views: 31298

Re: Masonic

One example of the "swing" that stuck out to me was the geography pairs in the final. On the second bonus (Angola/DRC/Namibia), DRC was meant to be a hard part, but a sentence was added that (to me) made it a second easy part. The one that stood out to me was the 3rd part of the Brothers ...
by remake20
Sat Mar 02, 2013 11:38 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Masonic
Replies: 65
Views: 31298

Re: Masonic

Just out of curiosity, how long on average does it take you guys to write a deck of questions?
by remake20
Sat Mar 02, 2013 8:40 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Masonic
Replies: 65
Views: 31298

Re: Masonic

Thank you very much to the Masons, Mr. Reinstein and Mr. Taylor, and Springfield High School. I enjoyed myself thoroughly. Congrats Loyola! Peoria Christian, Elmwood, and Cumberland are all great teams and played very well.
by remake20
Tue Feb 19, 2013 4:51 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Illinois '12-'13
Replies: 153
Views: 81994

Re: Illinois '12-'13

As someone from Litchfield, I've never heard of anyone in our regional except Vandalia, Metro-East, and Mt Olive. I wasn't aware that the other 5 existed