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kitakule

I apologise for the delayed update; Michael, Jon, and myself have all been quite busy and we haven't really had time to finish JaMES. That said, we recently started working on it again - so rest assured this side event is still happening. As it stands, JaMES is about 60% written and we hope to have ...

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I've got some scattered thoughts that I thought were worth posting here. Feel free to yell at me if you don't agree: As others have said on here, and like I said on the discord, survivorship bias heavily affects discussions like these. There seems to be a bit of "See?? We all agree!!!" att...

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Will there be an online mirror of this set?

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Just an fyi - this poll is missing the #25 ranked team.

kitakule

Two separate mirrors could be a good idea. People who want the closed mirror can play that one, and open players and those who don't mind have their own option too. However, it'd probably necessitate another series of polls to determine dates.

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I'll take a break from schoolwork to shill some of my teammates. Jacob Reed - What can I say except that he's the best player in the country and it's not close. He should absolutely be the #1 pick on every single ballot for the general poll, and should be ranked near the top on several of the catego...

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Could we get a field update please?

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What happened to this? I've never anticipated a set more than this one.

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I'll probably play this, schedule permitting.

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CPiGuy wrote: That's completely absurd. I think it's fair to say he's the best specialist in hsqb.

Seriously. I think Geoffrey's complete absence from any of the teams was arguably the biggest mistake with the All-World selections this year.

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I heartily endorse all the posts so far in this thread, particularly Weijia's and Jacob's. Matt Bruce being allowed to continue to staff (let alone read) at tournaments featuring hundreds of underage children, despite his creepy blog posts being up for anyone to see for years, gives not just NAQT, b...

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Is there any interest for a Northeast mirror, or one over Skype? I'm interested in playing this.

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Can I see the Joseph tossup?

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Because I'm somewhat bored, here's a shorter ranking of just Freshmen/below this year: 1. Me. I know, I know. 2. Matthew Lehmann 3. Clark Smith 4. Rahul Keyal 5. Luke Tierney 6. Tracy Mirkin 7. James Malouf 8. Annabelle Yang 9. Nitin Rao 10. Jonathan Tran 11. Ashwin Ramaswami 12. Pranav Sivakumar 1...

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Can I see the sugar tossup?

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Can I see the Sodom tossup? I'm really not sure why anyone thought this was a good idea; why not use "Sodom and Gomorrah" as an answer line? The cities are always mentioned together in the Bible and having to guess between the two on a tossup isn't fun at all. They don't even have separate...

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Invitations to the 2018 ICT How did Yale get two D1 bids? Shouldn't Michigan B have been awarded a D1 Undergrad bid? Did UNC, Carleton, and RIT not want a hosting autobid? Just curious. Also can't speak for the others, but we got a DI hosting auto-bid and a DI editing auto-bid (Jacob edited SCT).

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Could I see the Wallace Stevens and A Christmas Carol tossups?

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I'm really glad this is happening. Hopefully I'll have the opportunity to play it at some point!

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Would it be possible to make available the spreadsheet containing the updated fields for all sites, as done with other ACF tournaments in the past?

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We have one spot left in the field with less than a week remaining, so please sign up ASAP if you'd like to come!

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Are we really back to two state championships again? I take it that relations between the two LQBA factions weren't thawed over the summer, then. It'd be really nice to have one united front for Louisiana quiz bowl.

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With two days remaining, there are currently two spots left in the field. Please sign up as soon as possible if you want one or more of the final spots!

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Corry wrote:Well since this is apparently the best geography tournament ever, I'm even more interested in playing an online mirror of this - is that still happening?

Just wanted to bump this for visibility. Is this skype mirror still a thing?

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Any word on when this year's college contact list is going to go up?

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As someone who won't be going to CO, I'd also love a Skype mirror

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Here are some D2 teams to watch out for, based on what/who I know. Teams are in no particular order. Incoming freshmen : 1. Michigan State (Jakob Myers) - MSU gains Jakob Myers, arguably the best high school player from this past season. 2. Stanford (Ali Saeed, Ashwin Ramaswami, Young Lee) - Steven...

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Any chance for a Skype mirror?

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Quick question - will this set have bonuses? I just wanted to make sure since the announcement didn't mention them.

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Any chance that there'll be a Skype mirror for this? I don't think I'll be able to make it to any of the in-person summer opens but I'd still love to play this.

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I say this because I think this thread is likely to make zero progress if a whole bunch of people just post to say, "My teammate is really good at X. I saw him second-line a tossup on Y one time!" For what it's worth, I'm more interested in those kind of posts than in making any real &quo...

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Dominator wrote: superpowermarked tossups

Will the tossups have a three-tier point structure? I.e. will there be both superpowers and regular powers?

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I hope the Association and the Alliance can resolve the dispute quickly. Even though Mrs. Dugas is an awesome person (she was my coach for four years, after all), I'm inclined to side with the Alliance on this matter seeing as, well, they were here first. Also, the worksheet round is archaic and kee...

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I'd be interested in Skype 1v1s, for what it's worth.

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Father Comstock wrote:Geo is what got me hooked on quiz bowl. I'M SO READY.

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Any word on when stats for the whole tournament will be posted?

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Jared, do you have an idea of when you're going to decide the date for the tournament? So far, five schools have expressed the desire to play on April 15, so that seems like a good date to hold it.

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I noticed that no Louisiana teams got votes in here, which isn't surprising because the circuit there is pretty insular (though some Texan teams have started coming to our tournaments). Jesuit A and ESA A (I know, I'm biased) are pretty good teams. Unlike Florida, I don't think LA should get its ow...

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I noticed that no Louisiana teams got votes in here, which isn't surprising because the circuit there is pretty insular (though some Texan teams have started coming to our tournaments). Jesuit A and ESA A (I know, I'm biased) are pretty good teams. Unlike Florida, I don't think LA should get its ow...

kitakule

I noticed that no Louisiana teams got votes in here, which isn't surprising because the circuit there is pretty insular (though some Texan teams have started coming to our tournaments). Jesuit A and ESA A (I know, I'm biased) are pretty good teams. Unlike Florida, I don't think LA should get its own...

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April 29 and May 6 are right around finals for us, so April 15 will likely be the most popular date if we do manage to get enough interest.

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Auroni, could you post the breakdown of the African literature in this set? I can't remember any content other than the South African lit bonus. I know there usually isn't that much African lit in quizbowl tournaments, but this one seemed to have even less than usual.

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Can I see the kings of Israel, Elijah, and Moses tossups?

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What was up with the convex tossup? Surely "concave up" should have been accepted?

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Jonathan, I would certainly take into account what everyone else has said in this thread so far, but if means anything I study by reading packets and converting them into flashcards. My case might be a bit different since I came from an area with very bad high school quiz-bowl and this method helped...

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Yes, a thousand times yes. Is it stuff just from /r/polandball, or are Facebook comics included?

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randomguy1997 wrote:Time permitting, I want to write a half-soccer, half-baseball packet.

Nice!

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randomguy1997 wrote:Can I see the Book of Romans and Peter tossups?

I'd like to see them as well.

kitakule

Updated team count as of 9/2:

Darien (4/1/0)
"Gotham" (2/0/0)
Middlesex (1/1-8/1)
Suffield (2/0/1)
Woodland (1/1/0)
Greens Farms (1/0/1)
AMSA (1/2/1)

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If you are interested in signing up, please do so quickly; we still have lots of spots left and as the tournament nears they might fill up quite rapidly!

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