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Bryn Reinecke and myself will be playing in this. Feel free to contact me at [email protected] if you are interested in joining our team. We'll gladly play with anyone.

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Wasn't the Gamecock the one where Robert Whaples showed up after, like, a thousand years off playing? Yeah, that's right. I met him there and got him to write one packet for each of the first couple Delta Burkes. I can't remember if he was a grad student in economics or teaching it at Wake Forest. ...

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Let's see, though, if I have a question for Dave: did you play at a master's/open tournament at South Carolina (Columbia) in '97 or '98 (it was only held once)? It was the first time I'd played in years, and I recall that the two best teams at the tournament were a Maryland team and a SC host team....

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South Carolina player Jake Spinella is likely transferring to UNC-Chapel Hill this fall. He'd probably like to play quizbowl there. He's a very good philosophy player and has decent knowledge in other areas.

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I was interested in knowing who wrote the Lee Atwater question. I liked it and would like to see more "behind the scenes" types from US history come up.

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Could someone please post the discount schedule for this tournament for moderators, buzzers, and laptops.

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Papa's in the House wrote:Let's try this again.

Second bracket (with an outside chance at the top bracket):

Georgia Tech

I was told Tech wouldn't be coming.

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I am fairly sure that the stats for the first NGU-Clemson game are incorrect, as it says that we got no bonus questions correct and Justin (who should have one 10 and one -5 for the entire tournament) is listed as our top scorer for that round. I'll see about getting that fixed. I haven't had a cha...

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Congratulations to Georgia Tech for winning the USC mirror of the Minnesota Undergraduate Tournament. Tech ran the field, finishing 10-0. South Carolina A and Wofford tied for second. Phong Nguyen of USC A was the leading scorer. Thanks to USC alums Bryn Reinecke and JR Fennell for reading/scorekeep...

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For those coming to MUT at USC tomorrow, we will be in a new building. We will meet in Gambrell Hall. It is a very short walk from our original venue, the business school, so parking is the same. Here is a map showing where Gambrell is: http://web.csd.sc.edu/cgi-bin/uscmap/uscmap.cgi?type=number&...

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I'm copying Mike Cheyne's of Minnesota's post from the master MUT thread to clarify what teams are eligible to come to this tournament. Let me know if anyone has questions on this or anything else regarding the USC mirror: Note about eligibility: This tournament is for undergraduates. You can be any...

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I was definitely introduced to/learned about the following things because of pro wrestling, and I credit getting several tossups on these subjects to internalizing them at a fairly young age. Off the top of my head: Bolshevism/Khrushchev/Zhukov/Communism in general Samoa/Iran/the Sudan/Uganda/severa...

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Congratulations to Alabama for winning. This tournament had a lot of parity, and I read for several very close matches. A bigger field would've been nice, but I was impressed with the attitude and play of the teams that played.

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Has the e-mail with the final info been sent out yet? One of our team members is driving separately and needs all of the relevant info (registration times/meeting room number/etc.) very soon. Please contact me at [email protected] ASAP. Thanks!

Got it. Thanks!

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This is the general announcement for the University of South Carolina mirror of this year's Minnesota Undergraduate Tournament (MUT), which will be held in Columbia on Saturday, March 17, 2012. Please read this entire announcement, especially information concerning the St. Patrick’s Day festival in ...

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I just want to know if you have any familiarity with the southeast circuit at all. How does it come to pass that other schools all across the country somehow manage to make this transition and yet only one region remains outstanding? No, I meant what I said about taking a wild guess - I live in the...

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The tense is key in understanding what I meant on this part; We are not, in the present, ready to compete with teams who combine for more years of college quiz bowl experience than number of years I've been alive. We will be, and we're moving towards this, but for now, we belong in DII, if just for...

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Great to hear, Wes. South Carolina will have a regular team. And Bryn Reinecke and myself will be playing as an open team. If anyone wants to join our team, just e-mail me at [email protected] .

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Serious Games Showcase and Challenge wrote:Postponed? Why so?

Room reservation issues is my understanding.

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I've gotten word that this mirror is being postponed to a later date.

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Thanks!

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Is there any info on base fees and discounts?

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I'll take one last stab at middle ground. Andrew talked about teams "composed of players with two or more years of experience," but what if the writing requirement were reduced for those teams with only one player across the two-year line? I think half a packet would be more fair for thos...

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The Hub (Gainesville, Florida) wrote: On another subject: The only question I want to bring up specifically is the Piaget/Kohlberg/Erikson bonus. Did anybody else think that didn't have a hard part?

Like the Milgrim bonus, the Piaget/Kohlberg/Erikson bonus was plenty challenging for novices.

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I wish there was more film in the tournament.

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Some reliable, meaty, concise online sources for US history are websites for national parks, battlefields, and other historic sites. For example, if you want to write a question on the Battle of Cowpens, http://www.nps.gov/cowp/index.htm has pretty much everything you need. And this works for biogra...

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Thanks for the kind words, Joey. Congratulations to Georgia Tech for going undefeated and winning MAGNI at USC. USC A finished 2nd and USC B finished 3rd. Will Butler of Georgia Tech led the tournament in scoring with 111.5 PPG. Phong from USC A, Jake from USC B, and Joseph and Joey from Auburn roun...

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Still time to sign up for MAGNI at USC. Also, just wanted to let everyone know that we're adding a $5 laptop discount. They will be in good hands and will be safe kept for the entire tournament.

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Hey, the USC team looks like it will be short-handed, but we've booked rooms for a full team, so we've got extra room at our hotel. If anyone wants a room for $15 on Friday night, let me know. We'll probably be coming in pretty late (I can call ahead to try to check you in), but hey, $15 is a pretty...

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I really wish we could hold it on the 22nd, as Alabama, Auburn, Dorman, and Tech could all attend/bring more teams that weekend. Unfortunately that's USC's fall break weekend, and we wouldn't have the readers. Also, reservations would be hard to get in two weeks anyway. We really appreciate y'all's ...

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Just wanted to remind everyone about our MAGNI mirror. We've got plenty of room for more teams.

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I've sent it out. Anyone else who wants it or anyone who didn't get it for some reason, let me know and I'll send it to you. Also, pretty much everything in the newsletter is from the message boards, so definitely monitor the boards regularly for the latest info.

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I see that the date has been changed in the announcement, but in case anyone missed it, the Duke novice event is now going to be on September 17th.

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The Academic Team at the University of South Carolina will host MAGNI on 10/15/11 in Columbia. MAGNI is a collaboration between Chris Chiego and Auroni Gupta at UCSD, Matt Jackson, John Lawrence, and Kevin Koai at Yale, and Jerry Vinokurov. It will be a regular difficulty tournament. REGISTRATION: T...

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I haven't sent it out yet. Look for it this week. Sorry for the delay.

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Thanks everyone for posting your interest in getting a newsletter. I'll be releasing the first newsletter of the 2011-2012 season sometime this week; if anyone else wants to sign up, feel free to post here.

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I really enjoyed this event. It definitely had accessibility issues for anyone without legal training, but I don't think that was a bad thing. In a way, I hope that non-lawyers (and hopefully some prospective law students) got a chance to get a taste what you really do learn in law school. I thought...

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Bryn and I have room for another person or two on our team. Contact me at ericd25 at hotmail.com if interested.

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Bryn Reinecke and me need two teammates for the VCU Open Trash. Feel free to contact me at ericd25 at hotmail.com if you're interested in joining our team.

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Bryn Reinecke and myself need two teammates for the VCU Open. Feel free to contact me at ericd25 at hotmail.com if interested in joining.

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But like, the only date listed between September 7 and Thanksgiving that doesn't have a conflict with a "major" game is October 8? Can we host more than 1 tournament, or what? Like, I totally said in my first post that teams shouldn't not host solely because there is a big game on a weeke...

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If no one else is gonna say it: Maybe the South wouldn't be such a joke in the college quizbowl realm if its quizbowl players didn't routinely miss tournaments to watch football on television? It's not like they are ON the football team. No one wants a conflict with other events when hosting someth...

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Those really aren't problems, Alex, nobody hosts anything right after Thanksgiving and Iowa State doesn't have a team, so I expect us at MU to literally be the only people affected by such a conflict. I went ahead and added that game anyway. I'm not sure what the plans are for that area of the coun...

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The games listed in the post above basically involve major programs with a focus on the Southeast since that’s the region that seems to have the most conflicts with football and because it’s the region I’m most familiar with. I also have sprinklings of Big 10 games and a few others that caught my ey...

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I thought it would be useful to have a listing of some major college football games that could potentially impact college quizbowl scheduling, attendance, logistics, etc. This list basically begins in mid-September and goes through the weekend before Thanksgiving, which seems to cover most of the fa...

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(1) First, I think there is some merit to the idea that we have college quizbowl and high school quizbowl for a reason: circuits can most naturally form and be justified based on level of education and there's a place for strict rules. If there's a concern marketing the college circuit because ther...

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Greetings, HSAPQ is pleased to announce that the following teams' bids for the National All-Star Tournament have been accepted: Texas: Head coach: Chris Romero Player 1: Thomas Littrell Player 2: Benji Nguyen Player 3: Jiawei Li Player 4: Jonathan Xu Player 5: Roger Cain Player 6: Carlo DeGuzman Dis...

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South Carolina won't be able to make it. Good luck!

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I will point out that in my opinion rewarding teams who have easy matches and run up scores on weaker opponents is nothing more than praising the bullies for being bullies instead of rewarding the teams that fought hard for the wins they received. That said I believe W-L should always be the first ...

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One more thing I'd like to emphasize is the lack of communication with Minnesota. It's not really good form to run a tournament in such a radically different manner without mentioning it to the people who wrote your event. Part of the reason Minnesota wrote 14 rounds was give teams plenty of rounds ...

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