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Skepticism and Animal Feed wrote:I don't think I'm spilling any ACF cabal secrets when I say that Nationals will be substantially more accessible this year. Some may be downright disturbed by how many of the answers they will have heard of.

I have already sharpened my pitchfork!

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Tommy Tutone 2 wrote:I don't think Gonzaga A put up 4.33 PPB one round while scoring >500 points.

Getting 30 tossups that round probably had something to do with that.

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I know for a fact we will miss the second bracket because cody wont buzz the tossup on Earnshaw's Theorem because he is so confused that I haven't buzzed already on the tossup on the thing I had never heard of until he insisted that I knew what it was.

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so wait who did the Brown team that finished third last year lose that makes people think they will be a second bracket team? Did Dan Klein get strangled by his girlfriend or something?

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Yesterday the idea of using the DII SCT was floated. Centennial's ATTACK should be available as well. I don't know if this is still the case, but I recall in the past that DII SCT shared questions with an IS set. This has not been the case for multiple years. Anyway, VCU will not be running the Mid...

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Smuttynose Island wrote:The Hothem Hariharan Academy defeated St. Anselm's in a two game final to win this tournament. Maggie Walker came in third.

Full results can be found here.

Frater Taciturnus · Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: 2012 VCU Spring Tournament (3/10/12) Complete Prelim stats

Complete Prelim stats

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Stats are at the database.

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If one more team signs up, I think I will be able to expand the field to 21 and let cosby and Varina's b teams in off the waitlist. If you are still interested in playing this tournament, please contact me ASAP.

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Sir Thopas wrote:
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Sir Thopas wrote:May 14th?!
Does this date hold some special significance I'm not aware of?
No, just who the hell is out of school by May 14th?

The last exam at VCU ends at 3:50 PM May 11th, so yeah plenty of people.

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List of villages in West Virginia wrote:(#allgirlquizbowlteams)

WE GET IT

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I have expanded the field to 18. Further registrations beyond 18 will be welcome, but will be placed on a wait list where they will be added in case of further expansion/drops in the order they register.

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We have three spaces left in this field, with 2-5 more becoming available if I can find more staff.

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The set is now available as http://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/a ... ionals.zip

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And, lest any of my "acolytes" or "disciples" pre-empt me, one of the many reasons that the Harvard approach to high school quizbowl is not going to work (in addition to ignoring the very reason that pyramidal tossups and progressive-difficulty bonuses exist and failing to expla...

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A quick note on eligibility: This tournament is for undergraduates. You can be any year in playing as an undergraduate as long as you are in a typical degree-earning program. Undegraduate here is defined as "have not earned a bachelor's degree" or the equivalent of such (i.e., you can have...

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Now that many tournaments feature some kind of prelim rounds/afternoon rebracketing, I've noticed a number of posts about difficulties in trying to merge two SQBS files. Trying to merge two separate files is usually a pain due to inconsistent player or team names, so I've learned to do the followin...

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jmannor2 wrote:Does anyone know if this set is going to be posted to the archive soon?

I expect to be able to upload this as well as some others sometime this weekend.

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40 hours remain until this set is played; I do not have confidence that the issues can be fixed in time. I would recommend a set like VCU or RAVE be mirrored instead at the two 2/25 mirror sites. While I'm not involved in the writing of the set that the VCU team is collaborating on for use at our M...

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The idea of a 200 tossup game between TJ and Delaware sure goes a long way towards explaining the delays in the tournament, which ultimately were not as bad as feared.

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ValenciaQBowl wrote:Well, sure. Just know when y'all drive down here to bring along your UK or JCTC diploma, as putting either on your dashboard will allow you to park in handicapped spaces in Florida.

Community College smack talk: continues to be the weirdest thing on the boards.

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It's a shame we never got the quizbowl equivalent of the Decision from Shantanu, Matt Weiner, Dallas and Ike. Actually, I've thought about this more and I'm optimistic that this will eventually happen on a very special quizbowl podcast, which will hopefully be even more over-the-top than the origin...

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bt_green_warbler wrote:You'll have to ask George.

http://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/archive/GM3.zip

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Frater Taciturnus wrote: The VCU team reserves the right to cap the field based on availability of space and staff.

Based on the staff that I have so far, I am currently capping the field size at 16 pending the availability of more staffers. We have eight registrations at this time.

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The first one that comes to mind is the Auguste Rodin toss-up. It mentioned Burghers of Calais(which for some stupid reason I didn't buzz on and should be slapped for it) then Paolo and Francesca, which I finally buzzed on. I was informed it was still a power. I don't think I can even remember Burg...

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Stats have been updated on the quizbowl database Division I: http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/868/stats/div_i_sct/ Division II: http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/868/stats/div_ii_sct/ The stats claim that we heard 435 tossups in one game against UConn A, which I'm pretty sure is inaccurate. ...

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One of NAQT's goals for this year's SCT was to lower the difficulty of the tournament (in both divisions). Did we succeed? Discuss. Yes, probably a small bit more than I expected despite you saying that this year's set was supposed to be easier. Will similar adjustments be made for ICT and/or HSNCT...

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NKBoughner wrote:Qualifiers from Region IV? We play the no. 2 from that region first round at states, just wondering whether that will be Cave Spring or Christiansburg

Pretty sure that I heard that Cave Spring won that regional with Christiansburg in second.

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Maggie Walker A 780, St. Catherine's 0 St. Catherine's: Quentin Robbins 0 0 0 0, Emma Robbins 0 0 0 0, Joseph Burris 0 0 0 0 Maggie Walker A: Sarah Angelo 0 0 0 0, Greg Tito 0 6 0 60, JR Roach 0 3 0 30, Tommy Casalapsi 0 11 0 110 Bonuses: St. Catherine's 0 0 0.00, Maggie Walker A 20 580 29.00 twenty...

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I have been informed that this tournament has received Platinum Certification from PACE, meaning that the top 25% of the field will qualify for the National Scholastics Championship.

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sir negsalot wrote: Most of the country still will be unable to play on these questions unless more hosts come forward.

Even though it was from Illinois, based on what got posted about the set this weekend I'm kinda perfectly okay with that.

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It would probably be wise to either merge this list with Eliza Grames' earlier project or otherwise make sure there aren't discrepancies between the two by beginning with the large amount of data found there. It would be a cool thing if hsquizbowl could keep a publicly-updatable, always-available l...

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It is my understanding that the NAQT Entering Freshman Contact List is basically no more. As such I have taken the liberty of creating a means to maintain contact between teams and to make it easy to get people in touch with teams at their schools. If you have a team, please fill in this spreadsheet...

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staaaaaaaaaaaaaats? It has been well over a month since this tournament happened, and with the number of claims about the set being tossed around in this thread, it would be really nice if we had actual numbers to investigate said claims.

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jonpin wrote:More like KEEP CALM AND CONSISTENTLY UNDERRATE TEAMS THAT START WITH A 'K'.

KLADUE?

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saintanthony wrote: 35% TV and Other Disney (ABC, DIsney Channel, People, Actors, Place, Videogame, Other)

I hope this sneaks in a sports question or two under the principle that Disney owns ESPN.

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This is the general announcement for the 2012 Virginia Commonwealth University Spring Tournament. This is a high school academic quizbowl tournament, to be held at New Kent High School on Saturday, March 10th from 8:30 AM until shortly after 4:30 PM. LOCATION, DIRECTIONS, PARKING: The tournament wil...

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Perhaps this postponement was too hasty. I was VERY worried that only two schools had shown interest in playing with about a week left before PBT4, and because reserving rooms for hosting at Williams Hall is not cheap, I did not want to squander what was left of our meager funds due to a former qui...

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VCU would like to claim March 10th for the VCU Spring Tournament on a collaboration with the Ohio State University.

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Ballots

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The poll is closed. I will tabulate and post results after lunch/class this afternoon.

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Douglas Freeman High School and New Kent High School are collaborating and are seeking out a team interested in writing 2-3 packets for a tournament set in exchange for a free mirror and a percentage of mirror fees, of a set that will be edited by me, to be intended for use beginning in January 2013...

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Congratulations to the “A” team from Hunter College High School (New York, New York) for finishing first in the 2011-12 Mid-Season Poll. Hunter captured 12 of 15 first place votes, with two of the remaining three going to Centennial High School (Roswell, Georgia) and the remaining vote going to Bell...

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Another benefit of switching MACC to March 10th, if possible; you'd be able to go to Prison Bowl. Also, given the lack of HSAPQ sets being played in the area, that might be a good set to use for a tournament. Agreed on all these points, I just again hope March 10th SAT isn't seen as a huge issue (b...

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Dominator wrote:It has come to my attention that my emailing the set to George for inclusion on quizbowlpackets.com was an ineffective move.

http://www.quizbowlpackets.com/archive/2011IMSA.zip

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Leucippe and Clitophon wrote:George Berry now has access to the archives and can add to them.

I do indeed. Obviously, there is a bit of backlog, but my goal is do be up to date by the end of this weekend.

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2012 Benjamin Cooper Academic Ambassador Awards: Call for Nominations The Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence is pleased to announce that it is accepting nominations for the 2012 Benjamin Cooper Academic Ambassador Awards. The awards, which recognize those who contribute to the “spirit ...

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Do not plan on being able to cross Broad Street, basically.

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RyuAqua wrote:More substantive content for GDS: Has anyone in the region used HSAPQ Tournament-22 yet? If so, what portion of the area hasn't yet heard IS-109 or wouldn't hear IS-113?

My reading of the thread suggests that all three of those are currently available for the greater mid-atlantic region.

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I just wanted to say that the idea of a non-GSAC non-VCU regular annual event in the Richmond area is quite the exciting development, and I will assist any way I can.

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