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ieppler

I believe that Whitman was planning on hosting its tournament on April 5th. Perhaps you could host this on the same day as NAQT Virginia States, whenever that is.

ieppler

GDS is interested in bringing somewhere between 1 and 5+ (!) teams, with middle school players likely included.

EDIT: It would help if I included "teams."

ieppler

While I agree with what earlier posters in this thread said, I'll try it anyway. 1. Shantanu Jha, Whitman. 2. I really can't decide between Dorman A and Whitman. Dorman looked more impressive when I played them, but I last played Whitman in September on the local format of the DC area. I see them fi...

ieppler

When will a field update be posted?

ieppler

Unfortunately, neither GDS nor me personally will be able to attend due to prior commitments. I hope that Dan will be able to forgive me.

ieppler

Can mixed high school teams play in this tournament?

ieppler

Great question, sorry I didn't address that in the original post. Normally it does, but this year it doesn't. This set will not conflict with ANY NAQT HS set (IS, IS-A, or any of the league and special State sets). If the SCT DII set is ready in time for this tournament, could it be used instead of...

ieppler

Doesn't the SCT DII set usually overlap with one of the standard-difficulty IS sets?

ieppler

Suharto has made his last "bucket list." He was a pretty bad dictator. I don't really think that he counts as "awesome" Coming soon to VH1: Top 100 Awesomely Bad Dictators I think Parade Magazine already does a top 10 worst dictators of the year or something. The Parade top 10 w...

ieppler

noted naqt studying machine daichi ueda

amirite?

ieppler

Same for GDS.

ieppler

segregold wrote:The 'Em

ieppler

Haha, it would probably help if I actually listened to the question rather than going by the reaction of the reader and the audience. You're right, it was a hose.

ieppler

Not mine, but funny anyway. On the 2005 HSNCT podcast, TJ A vs. Bentley:
"To the Lighthouse" for "the flop"

ieppler

aarcoh wrote:watson had 15 negs at nationals in 2007
if he attempts to have the most negs at nationals this year he'll be coming home in a body bag

I hope that you never play on a team with Dan Leifer.

ieppler

As to the above post about "the better history player," let me put it thusly: Lauren Feldman is a better history player than Dan Puma like I'm the Grand Witchdoctor of Timbuktu. They're simply not on the same level at all, whatever the ACE camp results may have suggested. Based only on pl...

ieppler

I just talked to him like 30 minutes ago.

ieppler

Well usually not 3-4 words, most of the time he waited long enough (anywhere from 1st to 3rd line) till some bell remotely went off in his head, then he'd take a huge risk. I tried to get him not to do it (even though, honestly, it was hilarious at times), but by the second half it was mathematical...

ieppler

FWIW, my cousin goes to Trinity (I'm assuming that you're referring to the Trinity School in Manhattan and not some other Trinity School) and didn't know that they had a team. This is the first I've heard of them, as well.

ieppler

But Lauren Feldman is a better history player than Dan Puma...

ieppler

March 29th is spring break for GDS and the Montgomery County schools (RM, WJ, Whitman.)

ieppler

If Stuyvesant and/or Hunter are not attending Gonzaga, the AI PACE set might be a good choice.

ieppler

yeah quint

edit: alex nutman will be making you a birthday cake and delivering it to you. he told me to ask what kind of frosting you want.

ieppler

Is this a high school tournament?

ieppler

I'll play. Some other people from GDS might also play, but I'll have to check at practice. I can probably bring a buzzer, as well.

ieppler

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ieppler

I remember hearing somewhere about a possible Whitman tournament on April 5th, but Shantanu or Adam or one of the other Whitman people on here would need to confirm this. Also, not that I matter much, but I can't make the 5th due to a non-quizbowl commitment. GDS still might send a team without me, ...

ieppler

Daichi, I've only played you this year at Centennial, where the questions were below average to say the least. Your rankings are probably correct (although I'm not sure that the gap is as big as you say it is), but I don't think that one game on terrible buzzer-race speed tossups without bonuses is ...

ieppler

The WashU set will be used at William and Mary on February 17th, so that probably isn't an option. I believe that there was a house-written set used at Illinois in October or November that wasn't really discussed on the board, so that might work. Another possibility could be the NKC/Hunter set, but ...

ieppler

What set will be used? All of the non-A sets except IS-70 have already been claimed for the DC area, and many DC area teams played IS-70 at Princeton.

ieppler

Quint, GDS A is now 51 in the Byko rankings. I expect you to read for me, not Daichi.

ieppler

They have competed in the Hammond tournament before:
http://ratings.aiquizbowl.com/team0607. ... 20A%20(MD)

ieppler

DumbJaques wrote:Gerald Greenbaum. The end.

What? I didn't know Charlie enjoyed being "inappropriately affectionate" towards other quizbowl coaches.

ieppler

GDS might not come because of chaperone issues, but if the team doesn't come I'll be there to read or do stats or whatever. Basically, anything for a day with Dan Leifer.

ieppler

Feldman?

ieppler

Agent Zero

ieppler

GDS B made the playoffs at GSAC, but the team is made up of freshmen, sophomores, and new players. I don't think that they could beat RM B on a regular basis. Would GDS B be eligible? If it is, GDS would probably bring a team or two and I might come and read or something. Also, would this tournament...

ieppler

Deesy Does It wrote:Pumsey

GDS will not be attending, as almost all of the team is away. I also heard that RM will be attending with more teams than usual.

ieppler

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ieppler

The problem is that some B-teams can defeat their school's A-team. (TJ last year, Eden Prairie this year, etc.)

ieppler

Someone left a Smartrip card in the forum at some point during the day. If it belongs to you, email me and I'll return it to you somehow.

ieppler

Unfortunately, GDS has its taping that day.

ieppler

Special thanks to Dr. Chuck, Steve Yang, and John Gilbert for reading and helping with logistics.

ieppler

Final results: 1. TJ A 2. Whitman A 3. RM A 4. WJ 5. TJ B 6. Whitman B 7. Gonzaga A 8. RM B 9-16: Blake, Banneker A, St. Anselm's A, Blair, TJ C, TJ D, Centennial A, TJ D, St. Anselm's B The TJ A-Whitman A final was one of the best quizbowl games that I've ever seen. TJ A was down by 45 going into t...

ieppler

After 7 prelim rounds, the standings were: 1. Whitman A 2. RM A 3. TJ A 4. Gonzaga A 5. WJ 6. TJ B 7. Blake 8. Banneker A 9. Whitman B 10. RM B 11. St. Anselm's A 12. Blair 13. TJ C 14. Centennial A 15. TJ D 16. St. Anselm's B The top scorers were: 1. Daichi Ueda, WJ-105 ppg 2. Dan Puma, Gonzaga A-8...

ieppler

[ETC: EDITED OUT because a phone number was listed and the tournament has already been held.]

ieppler

ieppler

Yeah, that's kinda what I thought.

ieppler

I felt that the Gray bonus was fine in terms of difficulty. However, those works have long titles, and the exact titles were required. In the five seconds given to answer the bonus, it was easy to miss a word or two, making the answer incorrect. It did seem sort of mean. I know that I misspoke and s...

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Zip Zap Rap Pants wrote: But we do have a willing and able tournament director, Dan Leifer.

This will be the best tournament in the history of quizbowl.

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