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by jhn31
Thu Sep 18, 2008 12:02 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Global Announcement: ACF Fall 2008, 11/8
Replies: 47
Views: 33066

Re: Global Announcement: ACF Fall 2008, 11/8

I'd like to point out that the TD of the Mississippi State site is not going to be me, since I will be playing. I will still handle contact with teams and everything, but I am going to be playing in the tournament. The TD's name is Matt Kettleman.
by jhn31
Mon Sep 08, 2008 3:15 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: MSU Fall Tournament (10/4/08) Starkville, MS
Replies: 2
Views: 1523

MSU Fall Tournament (10/4/08) Starkville, MS

I could've sworn I already posted a topic about this weeks ago but it appears to be gone... The MSU Quiz Bowl Club will be hosting the 2008 MSU Fall Tournament, held on the campus of Mississippi State University on October 4, 2008. The tournament will use NAQT packet 78-A. This is our second annual...
by jhn31
Tue Sep 02, 2008 2:19 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: MSU Fall College Tournament (11/8/08)
Replies: 12
Views: 2874

ANNOUNCEMENT: MSU Fall College Tournament (11/8/08)

The MSU Quiz Bowl Club is pleased to announce that we will be hosting the MSU Fall College Tournament on Saturday, November 8, 2008 at Mississippi State University in Starkville, Mississippi. We will be using NAQT set IS-79 for this tournament. Fee structure: Base fee: $80 Buzzer systems: -$5 each S...
by jhn31
Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:55 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: ACF Fall South at MS State (11/9/08)
Replies: 5
Views: 2091

ANNOUNCEMENT: ACF Fall South at MS State (11/9/08)

The MSU Quiz Bowl Club is pleased to announce that ACF Fall: South will be held on the campus of Mississippi State University in Starkville, MS, on Sunday, November 9, 2008. Fees: Base fee: $120 Buzzer systems: -$5 each Staffers: -$10 each Laptop: -$10 each (max 1 per team) Travel: -$10 for every 20...
by jhn31
Tue May 27, 2008 5:17 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Possible Summer Novice Tournament at Irvine (6/21 or 6/28)
Replies: 33
Views: 13444

Re: Possible Summer Novice Tournament at Irvine (6/21 or 6/28)

so is the Missouri mirror happening?
by jhn31
Tue May 06, 2008 8:06 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Sun 'n Fun IX @ USF -- 5/10/2008 (Date Change)
Replies: 33
Views: 13798

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Sun 'n Fun IX @ USF -- 5/10/2008 (Date Change)

wd4gdz wrote:
jhn31 wrote:
wd4gdz wrote:They are probably going to some other tournament being hosted on IS questions or something easier, lolz.
Yep, we're just going to read Trivial Pursuit cards to each other Saturday.
More like the ones found on Pop-Tarts, amirite?
no, Trivial Pursuit Kids Edition.
by jhn31
Tue May 06, 2008 4:40 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Sun 'n Fun IX @ USF -- 5/10/2008 (Date Change)
Replies: 33
Views: 13798

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Sun 'n Fun IX @ USF -- 5/10/2008 (Date Change)

wd4gdz wrote:They are probably going to some other tournament being hosted on IS questions or something easier, lolz.
Yep, we're just going to read Trivial Pursuit cards to each other Saturday.
by jhn31
Wed Apr 30, 2008 1:03 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NAQT Community College Championship
Replies: 20
Views: 4308

Re: NAQT Community College Championship

I like the idea of a CC Championship held in late February using the d2 sectional set. In fact, I can say that Mississippi State would definitely be interested in hosting it, seeing that we're within a day's drive of all the Southeastern teams, but not so far removed from the rest of the country as ...
by jhn31
Tue Apr 29, 2008 4:45 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Sun 'n Fun IX @ USF -- 5/10/2008 (Date Change)
Replies: 33
Views: 13798

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Sun 'n Fun IX @ USF -- 5/10/2008 (Date Change)

Mississippi State is planning on attending as well (end of the year road trip!)
by jhn31
Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:16 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Presidential Candidates association test
Replies: 16
Views: 2083

Re: Presidential Candidates association test

The directions are different each round.

I ended up with pretty much what I expected...Hillary and Obama high, with Hillary a little higher, and McCain low.
by jhn31
Fri Apr 18, 2008 2:32 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CCs and the ICT
Replies: 37
Views: 6859

Re: CCs and the ICT

My suggestion would be: Allow CC SCT winners to go to a CC national tournament. If a CC team wants to go to the ICT, they can go to regular sectionals and try to qualify there. As a member of a team that was likely in that 25-32 range on d2, it was highly annoying to host the Mississippi CC Sectiona...
by jhn31
Sun Apr 13, 2008 12:44 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: MSU Invitational (4/12/08) Starkville, MS
Replies: 4
Views: 1482

Re: Announcement: MSU Invitational (4/12/08) Starkville, MS

The Quiz Bowl NIT was held today in Starkville. The winner was Mississippi State A.

Full stats can be found here:

http://www.freewebs.com/jhn31/080412%20 ... dings.html
by jhn31
Wed Apr 02, 2008 6:20 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: College Jeopardy finally finds a way to avoid quizbowlers.
Replies: 23
Views: 6830

Re: College Jeopardy finally finds a way to avoid quizbowlers.

WOAH! A Mississippi State student who ISNT in the quiz bowl club in going on Jeopardy!?
I better message him quick and sign him up...
by jhn31
Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:10 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Inserting political opinions into questions
Replies: 20
Views: 3152

Re: Inserting political opinions into questions

I'm not going to pretend it was a great thing that I had to send the last few rounds during the tournament, but only the last two rounds arrived late enough to cause a delay in starting those rounds. I'm sorry about those two delays that I caused, but that doesn't excuse your bullshit. In the futur...
by jhn31
Wed Apr 02, 2008 12:35 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Inserting political opinions into questions
Replies: 20
Views: 3152

Re: Inserting political opinions into questions

Looking over the 32 (thanks NAQT distribution!) current events bonuses, and thus 96 bonus parts, that you heard on Saturday, i see exactly 2 parts that could in any way be regarded as "political opinions." One of them was targeted at the right wing, one at the left. They both consisted, l...
by jhn31
Mon Mar 31, 2008 2:25 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Inserting political opinions into questions
Replies: 20
Views: 3152

Inserting political opinions into questions

Does this bother anyone else? It just seems to be that quiz bowl questions should be politically neutral and not attack politicians, ideologies, etc. I bring this up because of a certain bonus at FICHTE (I know, I can't talk about it specifically for another week)...and I even agreed with the politi...
by jhn31
Thu Mar 27, 2008 5:28 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Sunday fall tournaments
Replies: 49
Views: 8437

Re: Sunday fall tournaments

The point of this thread was to try to work AROUND those activities so they would not preclude us from playing quizbowl tournaments. If your only contribution to this discussion is going to be "well, if you like quizbowl, you should drop those activities", then maybe this discussion is no...
by jhn31
Thu Mar 27, 2008 11:13 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Sunday fall tournaments
Replies: 49
Views: 8437

Re: Sunday fall tournaments

Glad to know I'm not the only marching band member on this forum.


Anyway, I'm not trying to tell anyone not to go to church, but even here in the Bible Belt, football is more important to almost everyone on the team than church.
by jhn31
Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:04 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Sunday fall tournaments
Replies: 49
Views: 8437

Sunday fall tournaments

If your team is like mine, it's full of rabid college football fans who wouldn't even miss a road football game to go to a quiz bowl tournament. For our club, this means hoping that a tournament is scheduled on an open date, and essentially taking the rest of the semester off. What do people think a...
by jhn31
Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:49 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Productive discussion about expanding to new schools
Replies: 59
Views: 13973

Re: Productive discussion about expanding to new schools

I started a club at MSU nearly 2 years ago, and we've built up to almost 20 regulars. One thing that got people to come to meetings regularly was having an intramural quiz bowl league using NAQT practice questions, and keeping stats and all and declaring a champion, so that if they skipped, they wer...
by jhn31
Sat Mar 01, 2008 10:59 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Building a buzzer
Replies: 15
Views: 10967

Re: Building a buzzer

jhn31, who did you speak with in CAB? I wouldn't give up just yet on checking out the sets- you just need to speak with the right people. Did you talk to the AD of Campus Unions? She'd be a good place to start. In theory, if those buzzers were purchased with your student activities fee, they should...
by jhn31
Fri Feb 29, 2008 5:49 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Building a buzzer
Replies: 15
Views: 10967

Building a buzzer

Since the Campus Activities Board here has so kindly banned us from borrowing any of the 3 buzzers sets that they only use once a year, we've decided to try to build our own buzzer set. I know I once saw a website with directions on how to do that, but I was unable to find it on Google. Can any of y...
by jhn31
Thu Feb 28, 2008 6:21 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Productive discussion about expanding to new schools
Replies: 59
Views: 13973

Re: Productive discussion about expanding to new schools

http://www.hcasc.com/enroll.asp I used this website to find email addresses of all HCASC teams within several hours of MSU and invite them to our tournament on April 12. Unfortunately many of the people on this list are Campus Activities Coordinators and probably don't know what I'm talking about an...
by jhn31
Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:43 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: MSU Invitational (4/12/08) Starkville, MS
Replies: 4
Views: 1482

Re: Announcement: MSU Invitational (4/12/08) Starkville, MS

The MSU Quiz Bowl Club is pleased to announce the MSU Spring Invitational Tournament, an NAQT tournament held at Mississippi State on April 12. The tournament will use IS-76. We are aware that this is the same day as the NAQT ICT, but we are aiming this tournament at teams that didn't qualify for th...
by jhn31
Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:11 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: MSU Invitational (4/12/08) Starkville, MS
Replies: 4
Views: 1482

Re: Announcement: MSU Invitational (4/12/08) Starkville, MS

If any school that qualified teams to the ICT has players who aren't going who want to come here, we'd welcome that as well.
by jhn31
Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:08 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CBI Regionals Discussion
Replies: 85
Views: 12649

Re: CBI Regionals!

Here's the field for CBI Nationals: Arizona State Ball State Florida State* Georgetown (KY) Maryland-Baltimore County Minnesota* Ohio State* Pomona Providence Rice Rochester* Seton Hall Washington (St. Louis)* Western Oregon Wisconsin* "random second place finisher" Teams marked with an * ...
by jhn31
Mon Feb 25, 2008 4:22 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CBI Regionals Discussion
Replies: 85
Views: 12649

Re: CBI Regionals!

I actually found the CBI tournament at Jacksonville to be pretty fun, except for the occasional ridiculous questions. For example, they didn't provide pencil or paper, and we got a bonus (with a 5-second time limit for bonuses) asking what 35% off of $18 is, and I was just like "uh...." I...
by jhn31
Mon Feb 25, 2008 4:17 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: MSU Invitational (4/12/08) Starkville, MS
Replies: 4
Views: 1482

Announcement: MSU Invitational (4/12/08) Starkville, MS

We're going to be hosting an NAQT tournament, probably using IS-76 on April 12. We realize this is the same day as NAQT Nationals, so you can consider this the NIT if you want. Anyone is welcome to attend. We're going to try to reach out to teams that have never participated in NAQT before, especial...
by jhn31
Mon Feb 25, 2008 8:53 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CBI Regionals Discussion
Replies: 85
Views: 12649

Re: CBI Regionals!

I actually found the CBI tournament at Jacksonville to be pretty fun, except for the occasional ridiculous questions. For example, they didn't provide pencil or paper, and we got a bonus (with a 5-second time limit for bonuses) asking what 35% off of $18 is, and I was just like "uh...." CB...
by jhn31
Fri Feb 15, 2008 12:46 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CBI Regionals Discussion
Replies: 85
Views: 12649

Yes, those of us on Delaware's team conspired to deaffiliate after the departure of Dave Balseiro. So this year, CBI undoes our efforts by direct contacting an administrator. Is this a neat trick others are experiencing? Isn't this how it's always been? College Bowl has a network of random student ...
by jhn31
Fri Feb 15, 2008 9:44 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Division II, Community Colleges and the ICT
Replies: 4
Views: 1375

I agree wholeheartedly with everything you posted, Noah.

Option 1 is what I advocate.
by jhn31
Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:49 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CBI Regionals Discussion
Replies: 85
Views: 12649

MSU will be there, but without one of our top 2 scorers, who refused to go. I agree that the tournament isn't very good, but I bad quiz bowl is better than none in my book, and who doesn't love a free trip to Jacksonville with official excused abscences. Really though, I'm a hardcore MSU baseball fa...
by jhn31
Thu Feb 14, 2008 8:16 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: RESULTS: ICT Warm-up @ Illinois, 4/5/2008
Replies: 18
Views: 6661

Mississippi State is interested in attending.
by jhn31
Thu Feb 14, 2008 5:45 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NAQT SCT Results and ICT Invitations
Replies: 52
Views: 10982

bjb87 wrote:I think the best thing to do might be to completely ignore a team's record when deciding who should and shouldn't get a bid to the ICT, and instead look at PP20TUH, Points Per Bonus, and Strength of Schedule.
And maybe we should let the baseball teams with the most runs and hits make the playoffs.
by jhn31
Thu Feb 14, 2008 5:41 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NAQT SCT Results and ICT Invitations
Replies: 52
Views: 10982

It only seems fair to me that you should have to have a winning record at Sectionals to be considered for a Nationals bid. This is patently ridiculous. I may be no expert, but I'd guess our ppth, tuppth and bonus conversion were somewhere near the top of the at-large D1 teams; would you prefer that...
by jhn31
Thu Feb 14, 2008 5:25 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NAQT SCT Results and ICT Invitations
Replies: 52
Views: 10982

It seems ridiculous to me that a 2-10 team would be on the waitlist at all, or that the 6-6 Princeton teams got bids over 10-3 Florida State and Georgia (who aren't even waitlisted!) It only seems fair to me that you should have to have a winning record at Sectionals to be considered for a Nationals...
by jhn31
Thu Feb 14, 2008 4:25 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NAQT SCT Results and ICT Invitations
Replies: 52
Views: 10982

Wow, only 1 Southeastern team in d2, even including the waitlist??
by jhn31
Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:14 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ICT bid prediction
Replies: 41
Views: 8236

by jhn31
Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:21 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: ACF Regionals Southeast at Vanderbilt: 2/16/08
Replies: 18
Views: 4815

MSU would definitely come, but thanks to scheduling of tournaments by other high schools and that other SEC university in Mississippi, we had no choice but to schedule our high school tournament for Feb. 16.
by jhn31
Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:20 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ICT bid prediction
Replies: 41
Views: 8236

anyone want to take a crack at picking d2?
by jhn31
Wed Feb 13, 2008 5:28 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ICT bid prediction
Replies: 41
Views: 8236

I assume there's some kind of strength of schedule multiplier also?
by jhn31
Tue Feb 12, 2008 1:51 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NAQT South SCT @ UA (02-09-08) Full Announcement REG Closed
Replies: 46
Views: 11572

I don't think I can add anything further to the "packetgate" discussion, so I'll drop it. I do not feel like I was personally wronged, and I don't have "sour grapes" about it, and I hope no one was offended by my comments. I wish UF, FSU, and UGA the best of luck at d2 Nationals,...
by jhn31
Mon Feb 11, 2008 3:55 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Private Sectionals Discussion Forum Signup and Access
Replies: 94
Views: 17767

jhn31
by jhn31
Mon Feb 11, 2008 12:33 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NAQT South SCT @ UA (02-09-08) Full Announcement REG Closed
Replies: 46
Views: 11572

Seriously, why are you turning a mistake into some great affront upon yourself? Even suggesting forfeiture is possibly the biggest case of sour grapes on this site in a long, long time. I didn't say it was a great affront on myself. I just wanted to make sure I had facts right and share what I thou...
by jhn31
Sun Feb 10, 2008 11:51 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NAQT South SCT @ UA (02-09-08) Full Announcement REG Closed
Replies: 46
Views: 11572

Nice mischaracterization of me there, DumbJaques. Please don't misquote me or take what I say out of context. Anyway, I really don't mean to single out the FSU team by this, because they've always been friendly and likable. My only point is that it's clearly stated that d1 and d2 share questions, th...
by jhn31
Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:26 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NAQT South SCT @ UA (02-09-08) Full Announcement REG Closed
Replies: 46
Views: 11572

It is not obscure that d1 and d2 packets share questions. An experienced program like Florida State should definitely be aware of this. I don't doubt that they were. But, for the past few years, NAQT has had a policy that the shared questions would be in the same round in each division. It was just...
by jhn31
Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:01 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NAQT Mississippi CC Sectional
Replies: 1
Views: 1082

Co-Lin - Wesson won the second consecutive MS NAQT CC Sectional today, defeating Northeast MS CC twice in the last two rounds (once in a scheduled round, and then in the tiebreaker) to finish in first at 9-2. http://www.freewebs.com/jhn31/080210%20MS%20CC%20NAQT/08MSCCSectionals_standings.html Full ...
by jhn31
Sun Feb 10, 2008 9:58 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NAQT South SCT @ UA (02-09-08) Full Announcement REG Closed
Replies: 46
Views: 11572

I think that the match definitely should have been played on a new packet, and if at some point a new packet couldn't be found, that FSU should have forfeited the match. LOLZ --It is not obscure that d1 and d2 packets share questions. An experienced program like Florida State should definitely be a...
by jhn31
Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:50 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NAQT South SCT @ UA (02-09-08) Full Announcement REG Closed
Replies: 46
Views: 11572

I don't mean to talk bad about the Florida State team, who were always nice and seems to have been honest, but I think that the match definitely should have been played on a new packet, and if at some point a new packet couldn't be found, that FSU should have forfeited the match. Not only that, it d...
by jhn31
Sun Feb 10, 2008 4:40 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NAQT South SCT @ UA (02-09-08) Full Announcement REG Closed
Replies: 46
Views: 11572

Can someone explain to me exactly what happened with Florida State's d2 team already having heard some of the questions in their playoff match with Georgia? I have some things I would like to say about that, but I definitely don't want to make an ass of myself by talking before I've heard all the in...