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Campus map: http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/Facilit ... us_Map.pdf

If you get lost, just ask how to get to the main green; Wilson Hall is in plain sight.

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grapesmoker wrote:Do you mean brown or Brown?

Oh for the love of God...

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Crazy Andy Watkins wrote:
Real answer: what's the point WITHOUT YOU JERRY

To any male brown quizbowlers who read this: don't shave between now and the tournament.

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FIELD UPDATE: Harvard - 2 Brandeis - 2 UConn - 2 Columbia - 3 Penn - 2 Yale - 3 Williams - 1 Brown House - 1 TOTAL: 16 -Please post and/or email me if there is an error here. LOGISTICS: Registration will open at 8:15 in Wilson Hall; tournament play will start at 9:00 AM. Parking information is locat...

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Brown is bringing 2 (maybe 3) teams and 3 staffers.

And maybe I'll bring my cello along for some fun.

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Brown will bring some number of teams to this. I and perhaps a few others will staff.

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Well, the Maryland mirror certainly had more sun than fun (which would have happened regardless, it was steaming outside and the AC was too loud to use). I enjoyed most of the science (variational principle, etc.) with the exception of the multiple repeats (J-psi, Cannizaro), although at times I fel...

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We are still seeking mirrors for the following locations:

Pacific Northwest
Eastern Canada
Upper Midwest??

And any other major regions I left off this list.

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Michel Foucault wrote:to be played immediately after the conclusion of the Chicago Open Finals of 2011

Surely you don't mean immediately after? Most of us don't have the discipline to take 25+ rounds of 20/20 punishment in one day, especially if something goes wrong with the rooms again.

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I don't even know who some of my team is, since I can't ask a fourth player to take Aaron's place until you decide when the tournament is happening. I would be more able to attend on the 14th and would like the tournament to be on that date. Almost as important as the particular date is that it is ...

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Hey Guys,
I'm actually not playing SunNFun. Sorry for the miscommunication.

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I can't name any player who is an electrical engineer Aaron Rosenberg? I had no idea. Apparently Cody from VCU is as well. And Nathaniel Kane from RIT. It seems half of quizbowl has asked me the question in my signature at some point or another FWIW, I wrote that bonus on FETs/ depletion layer/ q-p...

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I must say, those are some interesting editorial comments in the packets.

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not... again...

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Megalomaniacal Panda on Absinthe wrote:I'd be particularly interested in seeing people like Kevin, John, and Aaron play on some of them

I won't be at VCU open, but I'd love to play these (IRC, anyone?).

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Thanks to Abid, Lloy, Shantanu, and Zahed for a very fun tournament, and congrats to Rob and Kevin. EDIT: I just want to mention, just for everyone's benefit, that my name isn't actually pronounce "Ah-beed". It's "Ah-bid". EDIT: For my benefit especially; I wasn't sure which one ...

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I will bring Brown's buzzer.

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I will bring Brown's buzzer system.

P.S. Jerry - I checked the engineering graveyard in Prince Lab and couldn't find the old buzzer. Looks like someone else commandeered it. For all intents and purposes, it has disappeared from the face of the earth.

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Church51907 wrote:Are there any plans for mirrors of this tournament?
Matt CHurch
U of L

Actually, the closest mirror to Louisville is probably UIUC.

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Charbroil wrote:Given the debate over whether EFT was actually close to ACF Fall difficulty this past season, will EFT again be "hard questions on easy answers" or instead "genuinely easy questions on easy answers?"

Our goal is somewhere between the two (i.e. closer to fall 2008 than 2009).

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I am pleased to announce that the fifth incarnation of the Early Fall Tournament will be held on October 2nd at Brown University. We originally announced this mirror as taking place on the 16th, but due to a large debate tournament eating up all the classrooms that day, we have moved it forward two ...

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State College wins over Southside.

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One more year at brown, then I'll probably go into the workforce for a year or two. After that, not sure. Due to other commitments, I doubt I will play in tournaments during the first semester, though I will still run the club on the bureaucratic end, and I plan to return in the spring.

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I'll be at Brown; I'd enjoy coming up to Boston occasionally.

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Would you like to play together, Andrew?
EDIT: Scratch that; it looks like I'm playing with Chris Ray. Sorry Andrew, I posted this before checking my email box (fail on my part).

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Want to play; searching for a teammate.
EDIT: Want to team up, Rich?

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I'll echo all that has been said. Despite being exhausted and cranky on both mornings (apologies to the team that had to watch me throw my notebook) and far out of my comfort zone on most subjects, I still had a lot of fun. On the contrary, I loved the art in this set and, in particular, really appr...

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Thanks to Harvard for a fun tournament and a great birthday party. In other news...

the Northeast buzzer crisis continues! I am once again in possession of a Buzzersystems.com buzzer. This one has no label, so I'm guessing it's Penn's. Can anyone confirm this?

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Sir Thopas wrote:Did not and will not play, would like to see discussion.

Likewise.

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A reminder about the buzzer chain: Brown now has Yale's buzzer, Yale has Penn's. We will attempt to end this on Saturday.

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I plan on playing Chicago open, preferably with some new teammates. My strongest areas are fine arts (especially music) and physics/engineering, although I also know some myth, literature, and non-western history, plus the occasional random stuff here and there. EDIT: My email address is aaron_rosen...

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dtaylor4 wrote:Of course I do not speak on behalf of Brown, but my instinct says yes. Extra buzzers are always good, in case something breaks.

My thoughts exactly.

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I'd love to play this. Let me know if you want to team up. I'm pretty good at most areas of music but somewhat weak on Baroque, and I know some art as well. Some opera knowledge; don't know a thing about ballet.

edited for changes in teammate strengths

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In light of the current field size, we may postpone this tournament to the 13th. If so, I'll post an announcement here.

EDIT: Never mind, we're leaving it on the 6th. The current field:

RPI
Dartmouth
Williams
Brown house

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Teams traveling from afar: your best options for lodging are in Pawtucket.

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I agree with this, though I'd say that operas with Italian libretti, especially very well-known operas, should almost always be written in Italian in the question. There is a pretty good chance you'll confuse someone with very good knowledge if you translate aria names that are well-known in the or...

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The conductors bonus was mine. I think Karajan is definitely better known than Szell due to his gigantic recording catalog/the Nazi thing/etc. Anyway, this was probably the most fun I've had at a tournament all year. Very nice job, editors.

edited for clarity

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grapesmoker wrote:You found our other buzzer?

No, but I still have Penn's buzzer.

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Brown will be bringing two teams and two buzzers to this.

EDIT: How badly do you need the second buzzer system?

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I've posted to move this thread to the first page of the announcements forum. As of now, the only teams who have expressed interest are:

Williams
RPI

Please, let us know if you're coming.

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List of ferry operators in Japan wrote: Prefer Saturday, but agree with Andrew.

What he said.

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Here are our data:
DI: Jerry
DII: Guy and Ben
Staffers: Ian, Daniel, me

Edited for grammar

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I went 0-1-1 at this tournament and it was the most fun I had all weekend. Thanks Jeremy!

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The Quest for the Historical Mukherjesus wrote: EDIT: Aaron, want to partner up.

If it's on Saturday, yes!

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Sign me up!

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I'm told that there was a previous incarnation of Brown Quizbowl before Jerry arrived, one that went inactive when all the active members graduated. I'd like to learn more of these mysterious quizbowlers. Anyone have any stories?

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Several engineering concepts would fall under "other science", especially in chemical, mechanical, and electrical. Others (take the civil engineering examples of "landfill" or "truss" or "traffic") would get relegated to "your choice". I would divid...

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I am pleased to announce that Brown University will be hosting the northeast mirror of the 2010 Minnesota Undergraduate Tournament, to be held on Saturday, March 6th. It will be edited by members of the Minnesota Quizbowl Club. This will be a novice-level tournament, roughly equivalent in difficulty...

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Whig's Boson wrote:Nothing in my posts should be construed as apologism for list tossups.

Of course not. What I'm saying is that taxonomy is hard to write well.

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It's fine to use clues about things scientists actually study- a lot of the hostility to questions like this (especially taxonomy and the geologic time scale) was that they did a poor job of rewarding science knowledge and were often frauded by players with limited experience in the subject. Yeah, ...

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