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This tournament was the most exhausting yet exciting experience of my quizbowl career and I couldn't be more proud of it. I truly feel like I've finally proved myself and I am so happy to hopefully be able to continue in this role going forward. Y'all are incredible. This year I had the honor of bei...

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I just wanted to say that I appreciated how some of the issues brought up at ICT were fixed in time for IPNCT the next day. That's a quick turnaround, especially given how hectic the weekend was! One of the advantages of not having paper packets! I was a skeptic, but I generally liked the question ...

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This is a reminder that the MRNA II team is still accepting writer applications.

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Auks Ran Ova wrote: ↑Tue Apr 05, 2022 5:35 pm
matthewspatrick wrote: ↑Tue Apr 05, 2022 1:29 pm A highly design-qualified 'yes'

to be clear, if I were to do this, I would put serious effort into it. I just didn't want to put such effort into it unless people were actually interested

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Since I'm already getting questions, this is mostly just me being like "are you interested in the concept". I totally understand that this would be extremely design dependent.

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In this post I am speaking for myself and only myself.

How would quizbowl feel about enamel pins? I've been looking into the process for getting pins made a lot recently and I think it would be really cool to get some quizbowl-related pins made but I don't really know if there's interest for it.

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Tracy Kidder's book Mountains Beyond Mountains calls this founder of Partners in Health "a man who would cure the world." For 10 points each— A. Name this medical anthropologist who died in 2022. answer: Paul (Edward) Farmer B. Farmer did much of his work in this country. Wade Davis's boo...

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I have been told there was a bonus on Paul Farmer. Can I see this?

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Aaron's Rod wrote: ↑Sun Apr 03, 2022 9:54 pm The International Airports are on the International Level.

There are notably some non-international airports on that floor.

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Airports west of the Mississippi are located on the street-level floor of the conference center. Airports east of the Mississippi are located on the lobby-level floor of the conference center. Almost all other rooms are located one floor below street-level in the International Center Notable Except...

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Does quizbowl talk about Henrietta Lacks?

meebles127 · Re: Boilermaker Spring Novice at JMU (4/23/22) Could we have a field update?

Could we have a field update?

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This is a reminder that registration for the 2022 PACE NSC is now open to all teams, regardless of qualifications status, with no cap on teams per school.

PACE would also like to remind teams that your space in the field is not secured until you submit your $100 deposit.

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This is a reminder that scholarship applications are due tonight! Please remember to get your application in before the deadline.

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Thanks everyone for attending the second reading on Monday! Here are the results: Itamar N - 95 (6/1/1) Matt B - 70 (2/4/0) Young F - 25 (1/1/0) Taylor H - 25 (2/0/1) Laurence L - 25 (1/1/0) Richard L - 20 (1/1/1) Natan H - 15 (1/0/0) Rachel - 15 (1/0/0) Eli I - 10 (0/1/0) Mike B - 10 (1/0/1) Chand...

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This is a reminder to all that there are 11 days left to apply for the 2022 Morgan Costa-Rhodes Memorial Scholarship.

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Any school may now register up to two teams for the 2022 NSC, regardless of qualification status. If a school has qualified more than two teams via tournament performance, they may register up to that number of teams. The two team limit will be removed on March 21st. Teams registering through open r...

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We are holding an open call for writers for this set, for any category. All skill levels are welcome to apply. Writers will be expected to contribute at least 10 questions to the final set. If you’re interested in writing for this set, please fill out an application here . Writers are asked to submi...

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I am very excited to announce Medium Range Academic II: The Second Dose . The set will be head edited by Eric Mukherjee and I, Em Gunter, will be doing set logistics. The set will be subject edited by the following team: Eric Mukherjee (formerly University of Pennsylvania, currently Vanderbilt Unive...

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PACE will open registration for the 2022 NSC to all teams regardless of qualification status on March 1st, 2022. A maximum of two teams from a single school can register for the NSC without qualifying via the traditional tournament placement method. If more than two teams from a single school have q...

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I'm hoping to staff this tournament, if anyone will be driving through or near Charlottesville and would be willing to detour to take me back to school after the tournament I would be very grateful. I am willing to contribute to the cost of gas. Feel free to reach out through email at vef2jj AT virg...

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I'm happy to see another tournament choose to write 12 packets rather than 14 or 15. I basically agree with what Mike said: writers already do too much work for usually little pay to be writing 2 or 3 extra packets that almost never get played in tournaments (I've never played more than 12 games in...

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moron wrote: ↑Tue Feb 15, 2022 5:04 pm We have 8 teams currently registered, there is still room!

Who would these teams be?

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Well I'm silly, I forgot I could just paste it over here myself. Matt Weiner sent me an email and asked that I share the contents of his tournament preparedness box. He thinks (and I agree) that normalizing keeping a box like this could lead to better tournament efficiency. He also notes that you'd ...

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I just put a report in on my latest post in that thread to get it moved over here. Thanks Jonah

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In addition to pads and tampons I think having a TD box with basic supplies would be a great idea. I've started a list here: Tampons/Pads Band-Aids Kleenex Masks Hand Sanitizer Cough Drops OTC Pain Killers (I personally would not feel comfortable giving minors medication at a HS tournament, but I se...

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Would it be possible to perhaps have a ticket system or google form, so owners of private forums can submit a 'ticket' to get their subforums made public when their sets are clear?

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For schools that do not having tampon/pad vending machines in their bathrooms, tournament directors should make an effort to have some of these products in their control room in the event that a player or other event participant needs one. These should be given free of charge, and in an ideal world,...

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How did this tournament go? This tournament is open to those who are high school seniors or younger. All teams must consist of players from the same school. This tournament is open to schools from Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Quebec, and the Maritime Provinces. This tournament will use both ...

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PACE has over 50 members across the country, and among the members are several people who coach--or who have coached--quiz bowl at a variety of levels. PACE has created a coaching hotline for new coaches to tap this experience if they have any problems that crop up, or for any questions that they mi...

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Quizbowl, I have literally never seen a more positive response towards a TD after a tournament. Reading the wealth of positive feedback made me want to cry, and I'm happy to see a shift towards more positive discourse. I forgot to mention this earlier, but I want to say thanks to Harry White for ans...

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I was discussing this with a teammate, but I don't remember hearing a single question (tossup or bonus) on jazz in the entire first 10 DI packets. We also found there to be a dearth of film/art film content. One thing that did stick out was the (what felt like at least 5/5) video game questions. Wh...

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Thanks for writing and editing; it an overall fun set to play! One gripe: on the bonus on fractals (Packet 3?), we answered 'coastlines' for the first part. Our mod wasn't sure whether or not to prompt; they eventually decided to prompt (with the encouragement of the other team, thanks William &...

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Greenwood_Satvik26 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 06, 2022 9:35 pm We also have a lot of comp math which SUCKS. Usually, 3-4 comp math questions in round 1 and 4. Going completely off topic, we had a bonus that said name four [entities]. We got all four correct hehehehehe.

I strongly suggest editing out that answerline as it's probably not clear.

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Congratulations to Maryland A for winning the Division I field after a 1-game final against UNC A! Congratulations to William & Mary A for winning the Division II field after playing a disadvantaged final against George Washington A! Congratulations to James Madison University for being our Unde...

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Stats for this tournament will be updated throughout the day and can be found here.

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PACE is proud to announce the 2022 Morgan Costa-Rhodes Memorial Scholarship, a one-time $2000 college scholarship for current high school seniors. About Morgan Costa-Rhodes During her short time at Parkersburg High School, Morgan Costa-Rhodes achieved success in every area in which she was involved....

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A reminder to all teams interested in playing the 2022 PACE NSC that wild card bids are now being accepted. Teams that have not qualified for the NSC through the above system can submit a wild card bid. Additionally, a school that has qualified its A Team for the NSC can submit a wild card bids for...

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The PACE Tournament Handout is a way for Tournament Directors to get information to coaches and teams about what quizbowl is, quizbowl resources that are freely available for teams, and ways to become part of the quizbowl community. PACE believes that good information can help all teams enjoy quizbo...

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Please welcome PACE's Winter 2022 class of new members:

Arjun Nageswaran
Hari Parameswaran

Congratulations, and we look forward to their contributions to PACE!

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PACE membership status changes for the year 2022 will be posted in this thread.

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The initial post has been updated with a link to the field.

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If Neg5 is now out of bounds, I'm pretty much out of options for keeping stats using my school-issued devices, which are 100% Mac. SQBS won't install on my MacBook Air(see attachment), while YellowFruit no longer works for Mac, or at least not on mine. If anyone else can get YF to run on a Mac, I'm...

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If Neg5 is now out of bounds, I'm pretty much out of options for keeping stats using my school-issued devices, which are 100% Mac. SQBS won't install on my MacBook Air(see attachment), while YellowFruit no longer works for Mac, or at least not on mine. If anyone else can get YF to run on a Mac, I'm...

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Due to unforeseen circumstances involving Sunday's snowstorm I will not be able to TD this tournament. As such, Chandler West will be TDing. Please direct any day-of concerns to them.

Additionally, we are still looking for an additional team to sign up to round out our field.

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This is a reminder that today is the final day to submit nominations.

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This is a reminder that tomorrow is the last day to submit nominations.

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The initial post has been updated with full details.

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Happy Holidays, Quizbowl! The Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence is now seeking applications and/or nominations for new members! Nominations can be submitted at the form above or by email to Catherine Qian at secretary@pace-nsc.org by January 4th, 2022 at 11:59 P.M. EST. The Partnership...

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