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This is still happening. You and Maryland are the only full teams signed up so far, but there are also some free agents who've expressed interest. You have to send us an email to officially register, though.

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Cheynem wrote:#13 They Think It's All Over (Kenneth Wolstenholme, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wyLvagyApY)

That's a good one, but I'm deeply disappointed that this didn't make the cut. (Also, for context.)

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Happy April, everyone. Everyone who owes us a packet has now submitted, with the exception of these four teams: Yale A, Stanford B, Louisville, and Rutgers. The first three of those teams have all contacted me to establish a timeline; Rutgers, please do the same! We submitted our packet last night....

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Field (teams/buzzers/staffers):
Maryland (1/1/0)
NYU/alums (1/1/0)
Princeton (1/0/0)

TOTAL: (3/2/0)

Edit: ignore this field -- see field in first post

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Congratulations to North Babylon A for winning the first edition of the revived Scarlet Knight Invitational Tournament! East Brunswick A took 2nd place and Delaware Valley C took 3rd. Those teams have qualified for the NAQT HSNCT in May. In addition, those teams plus 4th-place finisher High Tech hav...

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We have expanded the field to 18 teams and may expand it further.

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The King's Flight to the Scots wrote:Hey, it's time to start thinking about rescheduling this, before anybody leaves on Friday night.

Naveed sent everyone an email yesterday about postponing this to Sunday. We're still waiting for confirmation.

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We have just reached our field cap of 16 teams. Additional teams will be placed on a wait-list for now. Depending on how many staffers we get, we may expand the field at a later date.

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Peter13 wrote:I don't see McMaster on that list. Did you not receive our packet?

Ditto for Rutgers.

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I'm pleased to announce that this tournament has been awarded Gold certification from PACE, meaning that the top 20% of the field will qualify for the PACE NSC in Rosemont, IL on June 4-5, 2016. In addition, the top 15% of the field will qualify for the NAQT HSNCT in Dallas, TX on May 28-29, 2016.

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Field (teams/buzzers/staffers):
Delaware Valley (3/3/1)
East Brunswick (2/1/0)
High Tech (1/4/1)
MAST (2/0/1)
Middlesex County Academy (1/1/1)
Middlesex Middle (1/6/1)
Middletown South (1/0/0)
North Babylon (2/3/0)
Point Pleasant Borough (3/0/0)

TOTAL: (16/18/5)

Waitlist:

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As indicated by Emmett's post above, Rutgers University-New Brunswick is hosting a revival of the long-dormant Scarlet Knight Invitational Tournament (SKIT) on Saturday, February 20th using NAQT IS-153A. A full announcement will be posted shortly.

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I would like to thank the people posting in this space! If I would have know in June that this date had a history bee, I would have never selected the date! Next year I will book that first weekend in December!!! We are currently sitting at the amount of teams worth going through the tournament! TH...

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WE ARE LOOKING TO GET OUR COUNT TO 16-24. IF WE CAN NOT MEET THE NUMBER WE WILL BE FORCED TO CANCEL :( There's an NHBB tournament at Princeton on the same day that probably limits the amount of teams that can come to this. If the field size remains this small, it may be a good idea to look into res...

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Folks on The A.V. Club comment section discussing Matt Jackson's performance (and smile) last night (you have to scroll down a bit). Some choice bits, both positive and negative: "Matt is a Peanuts background character brought horribly to life." "[Matt]'s like an android assassin pro...

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Great Bustard wrote:Northern NJ (C Set) - Saturday, Nov. 14 or 21 (the 21st is the most likely, but not certain)

Both of those dates have already been claimed (by Kellenberg and Bloomfield, respectively).

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So apparently Lusher Charter School won the New Orleans phase, which means that they now advance to the overall finals in Chicago...which is the same weekend they're registered to play the NSC.

Hopefully they make the right choice.

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There are two Livingston B's (#'s 181 and 191).

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Unfortunately, regular season tournaments in this area seem to have concluded for the year. However, if you're looking ahead to next season, Princeton University traditionally holds a tournament on an NAQT IS-set in late September, and St. Joseph's High School in Metuchen usually hosts one on the hi...

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Albert, is this happening? Is there any more information? It may or may not be happening. We probably won't hold tryouts because there's not enough interest. Transportation might be iffy. I don't even know. Also, I spoke to many of you about this through email and Facebook quite a while ago, but fo...

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Hello, everyone. Well…that was a mess… We will not mince words: we severely screwed up this tournament. More detailed communication will be sent out to the teams in attendance about the nature of all the problems that arose, including a full explanation of our staffing fiasco (others who wish to kno...

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With Delaware's registration, we are closing the field at 14 teams. A logistical e-mail is forthcoming. EDIT: It's been sent out.

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Antrobus63 wrote:I see that you don't want mixed teams, but doe this apply to high schools as well?

I'm going to have to say yes, for now. However, if the head editor ([email protected]) gives you an exemption, I'd be happy to let Team PA into the field.

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Are there campus-loop buses that can take us to Hickman Hall from the NJTransit station? Indeed there is. Thank you for reminding me to post about that. Teams who are arriving via the NJ Transit should take the Weekend 2 bus ( NOT the Weekend 1) from the Train Station stop (located at the intersect...

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The location of the tournament has been switched from Murray Hall on College Avenue campus to Hickman Hall on Douglass campus. The original announcement has been updated accordingly.

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Field:

Teams (#/Buzzers/Staffers):
Columbia (2/0/0)
Delaware (1/3/0)
"J.P. Wynne" (1/2/1)
Lawrence (2/1/0)
Maryland (1/1/0)
NYU (1/0/0)
Penn (3/0/0)
Princeton (2/0/0)
RPI (1/1/0)

TOTAL: (14/8/1)

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This is the general announcement of the Rutgers mirror of the Minnesota Undergraduate Tournament (MUT) on SUNDAY , April 12th. More information about the set, including its distribution, can be found in its original announcement , and questions from past iterations can be downloaded here . Eligibili...

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Out of curiosity, is Coach Powers organizing nasat tryouts again? I'm not interested in attending, but I have teammates who are and am definitely willing to help any way I can. And if he is, he should keep in mind that Rutgers may be hosting a mirror of MUT (the set traditionally used for NJ NASAT ...

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Coldblueberry wrote:Please host @ Rutgers!

We'd certainly like to, but we're still awaiting confirmation from Rob on whether it's okay for us to host.

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historical pun wrote:This sounds good (of course I'll pay my quarter share).

More like third share, unfortunately. (One of our players dropped.)

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historical pun wrote:I'm in the area and might be interested in playing this on Saturday... any update on what teams look like or if there's space for a (bad) free agent?

We currently have only three players on our team (and already have a non-student, so no need to worry about fee increases).

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Does the Penn State mirror have a date yet? Not sure; I'll follow up with them. I'll also have some more mirror info added to the OP shortly--there are plenty of regions left open though, so please contact me if you're interested in hosting! Any news on this? Also is there a possibility of another ...

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Here's an update of Mohan's list of the top teams at GSAC using the newly-released and expanded Morlan rankings: 1. High Tech A 2. Wilmington Charter A 3. Deep Green A 4. State College A 5. Ithaca A 6. Ridgewood 7. Manheim Township A 8. West Egg 9. Hunter A 10. Mountain Lakes A 11. Bergen Academies ...

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tejasraje wrote:What time will this start?

We will start at 10AM.

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Just to facilitate planning, what will be the building/room numbers be for the tournament? And has a schedule been set? The tournament will take place in Scott Hall (43 College Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ), although I don't know about room numbers yet. EDIT: The tournament will take place in Room 106...

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I don't know what happened with Livingston, but based on their performance at PHSAT, I was surprised that they didn't make playoffs. In all fairness, that prelim bracket was pretty loaded, but I did expect Livingston to come out on top. They were missing two members of their A-team (Geoff and Natha...

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Great Bustard wrote:NJ States at Ridgewood has now been moved up a week to January 17, as the school has just told me that there's SAT testing that day. 1/17 looks open on the above calendar and that was the weekend we ran NJ States last year, so I guess this shouldn't be a problem. Sorry for any inconvenience here.

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Hello fellow NY/NJ quizbowl people, I have a question for the the general populace: Given that the first Saturday of January is the 3rd and that many high schools won't be back in session from Winter break until the following Monday, would many (any?) teams be willing to go to a tournament held on ...

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Bloomfield has added a NAQT tournament on March 7, hopefully they'll be able to follow through this time. Considering what happened the last time Bloomfield hosted a tournament, I'm not sure we should hope for that. Well they're on the schedule. I notice Livingston's tournament wasn't listed on NAQ...

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Al Hirt wrote:Bloomfield has added a NAQT tournament on March 7, hopefully they'll be able to follow through this time.

Considering what happened the last time Bloomfield hosted a tournament, I'm not sure we should hope for that.

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I'm having a hard time finding info on Livingston from New Jersey. Can anyone help? Livingston's A-team next year will (likely) consist of Nathan Chow, Shira Li, Sora Nithikasem, and Geoff Tseng. They were extremely balanced while playing together at NJ States and also had nice bonus conversion. Th...

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