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by Housecarl Shield Wall
Tue Aug 20, 2013 12:01 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
Topic: Quiz Bowl Alliances
Replies: 14
Views: 23452

Re: Quiz Bowl Alliances

The IHSSBCA is not actually called a "quizbowl alliance", but is the closest thing Illinois has that I know of. You might also want to include PACE as a national quizbowl alliance, but I suppose it's high-profile enough.
by Housecarl Shield Wall
Tue Jul 09, 2013 4:29 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Tracking Second and Third Place in the Buzzer Race
Replies: 7
Views: 2880

Tracking Second and Third Place in the Buzzer Race

Earlier this summer, I encountered a curious buzzer set. During our testing, multiple players were able to ring in at once. I was worried at first, but the moderator reassured me that the system was simply tracking which players had buzzed after the winner of a buzzer race. Which got me thinking: Wh...
by Housecarl Shield Wall
Sat Mar 23, 2013 9:46 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Side Event: Schindler's Lit
Replies: 143
Views: 49129

Re: Side Event: Schindler's Lit

"Schindler's Lit" will be run Saturday night at HSNCT and possibly elsewhere if demand exists. I'll be at NSC but not HSNCT -- any chance this could be run at NSC as well? If not I will be inconsolable Alston and I from Bloomington would also like to state that we want to play this at NSC...
by Housecarl Shield Wall
Wed Mar 13, 2013 6:40 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Loyola Academy Spring Tournament (LAST) 4/13
Replies: 14
Views: 8795

Re: Loyola Academy Spring Tournament (LAST) 4/13

Will the JAMES set's trash packet be played? If so, how?
by Housecarl Shield Wall
Sun Mar 03, 2013 7:31 pm
Forum: New High School Teams
Topic: structuring good practice sessions
Replies: 5
Views: 3054

Re: structuring good practice sessions

My question comes mostly because recently, my school has added an "activity period" during the day where kids can choose a club and it meets during the day. During this session, I've had some brand new members come. This is good. But I can't figure out how to encourage them and make it fu...
by Housecarl Shield Wall
Sat Feb 16, 2013 8:04 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Masonic
Replies: 65
Views: 31297

Re: Masonic

Results from the Bloomington AA Sectional 1st: Bloomington 2nd: Peoria Richwoods 3rd: University High School (Normal) 4th: Washington This Masonic Sectional was quite enjoyable. A power outage during the fifth round was inconvenient, but failed to stop play. It was quite an experience, as I have ne...