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Northwestern loses Dylan Max Rong (formerly of Northwestern) has joined up Max is a big loss for us, though obviously not as big a loss as Dylan is. Also worth noting is that Northwestern had essentially no bench last year: of the two returning players other than Adam and I, one is studying abroad ...

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(found the stats, please delete)

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Cheynem wrote:Mike Bentley and I are playing together. We have a track record of finishing somewhere between first and last, if you're interested in joining us.

Room for one more?

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Northwestern still has Adam and Greg, if their grad programs don't prevent them from playing, as well as a small but extant supporting cast. We'll both be there and will be playing, though neither of us will have a TON of time to put into it. There are, I believe, 2.5 other people (rising juniors D...

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So, preliminary battle lines in terms of the Midwest next year: Notre Dame (Slick Rick) vs. Minnesota (Brian Kalathiveetil/John Waldron) vs. MSU (Me/Devin) vs. Chicago (a lot of good history/lit players) vs. Mizzou (Joe) This is gonna be lit I've heard that WUStL and Illinois play quizbowl. Also po...

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Adam Silverman got every single biology and chemistry tossup in the ICT playoffs. He also supplanted that with some pretty darn good generalism, managing to take a bunch of important questions from some of the game's best specialists in their categories. It's too bad you didn't get to see this in t...

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During our game against Northwestern at ACF Nationals, notable demigod Michael Coates got a tossup on Marfan syndrome second line. When we asked him about it after the game, he said that he buzzed on the clue about the Ghent criteria because he had once gotten tested for Marfan syndrome using the d...

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We'll be reading the only unused packet from this weekend, Finals 2, in the #quizbowl IRC channel at 9 PM eastern tonight. Out of curiosity, how many packets went entirely unused (at least Princeton and Northwestern, right?), and how were those packets chosen? Quality? or was it just that they were...

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Since no one else has posted something similar in this thread yet, I thought I would go ahead and share the stats-tracking sheet that I've been keeping throughout the season. It's not the most thorough, but it should still be helpful, and its updated through this past weekend's WAO mirrors. I'll tr...

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Finals will be up shortly, but here are the trophy-winning teams from yesterday. Dylan will post a more comprehensive wrap-up at some point, I assume, but congratulations to the teams below, and thanks to everyone for coming! OVERALL: 1. Chicago A 2. Michigan B UNDERGRAD: 1. Michigan B 2. Kenyon DIV...

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Could we get a field update? I'd like to make sure Northwestern's registration email was received.

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kdroge wrote:the Invincibles (as opposed to say, the Phoenix Park Murders) is going to lead to lower power and conversion rates.

I agree with Kurtis, but this seems as good a moment as any to point out that Chris Borglum got this on literally the first clue. It was a ridiculously good buzz.

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Cheynem wrote:Some packets were combined, and we will also be using some editors' packets for the playoffs.

OK, that solves that. Thanks!

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How will packets work with no byes? There are byes for the prelims. The prelims will be played over 10 rounds. In odd-numbered rounds of the prelims, a packet from Bracket A will be read, and two teams from Bracket A will have a bye. In even-numbered rounds of the prelims, a packet from Bracket B w...

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What's the tournament format? Two brackets of ten teams each, followed by...??? Two prelim brackets of ten. Teams finish either in the top five or bottom five of their prelim bracket. In the playoffs, they then play the corresponding half of the other prelim bracket. Finals as needed. How will pack...

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I'm not sure I agree with your logic there, Vasa - what the ACE folks are claiming is just that Hypothetical Solo Eric Xu isn't within the definition of "team." I don't think anyone objects to the idea of eligibility rules in general... certainly, an elementary school team with Jeff Hoppes...

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(I'm out - couldn't make this happen with work)

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MorganV wrote:
AZQuizbowl wrote:"did you know the Rhodesian Ridgeback was bred to fight lions?"
I'd think that dragons would have a pretty easy time fighting lions

Wrong country.

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No Rules Westbrook wrote:Matt Lafer and I are seeking teammates for CO. Science and music players welcome.

I'll be joining Matt and Ryan, but we're still looking for a fourth!

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jonah wrote:Northwestern site stats: http://www.qbwiki.com/statistics/2016-m ... dings.html

Every player with a power, and the low PPB was 20. That was neat.

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Northwestern will have Dylan, myself, and Max Rong for both nationals; Mike McCauley, who played SCT with Dylan and will likely score/contribute at about the same rate as Max, is probable for ICT and possible for Nats.

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If we're making predictions, I'll say that Auburn/IMSA, Hinsdale/Barrington, Latin/Mater Dei, and Keith/St. Teresa get out of their pools.

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By the way, state pools: AA Aurora (IMSA), Urbana (University), Rockford (Auburn), Piasa (Southwestern) Barrington, Macomb, Hinsdale (Central), Orland Park (Sandburg) A Breese (Mater Dei), Athens, Chicago (Latin), Johnston City Rockford (Keith Country Day), Decatur (St. Teresa), Port Byron (Riverdal...

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Stats are up. Thanks again to everyone for coming!

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Couldn't be more interested.

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And a decent pile of points in Northwestern - DCC B.

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I'd also like to get on the waitlist.

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Here are the packets I have so far: I think that's all I got. We still need packets from the Canadians, Trevor Davis et al, Dylan Minarik et al, and Doug Yetman et al. Get those packets in or we'll boot you out. We just had a player drop a couple of days ago - we're scrambling to get his stuff done...

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Any sort of field update? I'd really like to play this.

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I'll be starting at Northwestern Law. I'll play at least the major ACF/NAQT tournaments, and probably more.

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I don't care about tournament formats as such, but I am a little disheartened by the fact that the field is capped and the limit was reached some six months out from CO. I'm very interested in playing this tournament, but apparently not checking the boards every day is enough to potentially put you...

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the charm wrote:I posted in the main thread about this a while ago, but I am searching for teammates for this site.

Dylan's playing with me, Brad Fischer, and Michael Lindvall.

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Dr. Loki Skylizard, Thoracic Surgeon wrote:10% saying they want the bottom four teams to average zero PPB sure is a... thing.

7% want the field to average 30 PPB.

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Is there any estimate on the end time for this tourney?

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Congratulations to IMSA, your 2014 Illinois State Champions for Class AA!

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With one game to play: IMSA is 2-0. A win against Bloomington puts them through to the final. A win for Bloomington and a win for winless Springfield against Carbondale puts Bloomington through. Wins for Bloomington and Carbondale would make a circle of death, with (losing) IMSA needing 250 and (win...

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Does anybody remember the bonus series on "something-something short stories by Clark"? Is that trash lit? The Bret Harte bonus? That's regular lit, and a completely acceptable bonus topic - just unbelievably, ridiculously hard. Outcasts of Poker Flat/character from Outcasts of Poker Flat...

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For those keeping score at home, there are 64 teams left in this monstrosity: Uni-High Normal, Champaign Centennial, Bloomington, Normal Community Macomb, Springfield, Rock Island, Dunlap Jerseyville, Carbondale, O'Fallon, Belleville West St. Charles East, IMSA, Metea Valley, Wheaton Warrenville Sou...

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I remember when seeding meeting results were among the more active days in this thread. Good times. Keith's sectional: 1. Sterling Newman 2. Morrison 3. Lena-Winslow 4. Keith 5-8. I don't remember, my AD has the paper From a game theory perspective, this is interesting to me - Lena-Winslow was rank...

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Assuming that Jacob's claim that "a lot of Russian scholars" "[refer] to a lot of tsars by their first and middle names" is true (I don't know whether or not it is), this seems reason enough to accept Russian patronymics or whatever. As long as they're uniquely identifying, of c...

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-The Mark Reynolds tossup seemed like someone's stream of consciousness rant about Mark Reynolds. I know nothing about the guy, but the clues seemed rather fleeting. Seconded on this - I play enough fantasy baseball that I expected to lock down anything on current players, and this got to the end b...

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Is this set clear?

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Not sure if the "Greg Lawrence" was intentional or not, but it won't be a Lawrence team. Just me, maybe Jonah Greenthal or something.

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I'll be playing this (solo or with teammates if I can find them).

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Weighted Companion Cube wrote:
cornfused wrote:Traffic is down because of the trolls that populate /lobby.
There are a good amount of mods now, so that number has plummeted significantly.

The "oreoz" guy is still in there pretty often, though.

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Traffic is down because of the trolls that populate /lobby.

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Plan Rubber wrote:If this is morphing into the matchmaking thread, I'm going and would like teammates.
Same here.

Me too.

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There is a follow-up Atlantic Wire article! http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/03/harvard-and-question-quiz-bowl-cheating/63488/ On the other hand, it's unclear if Watkins used those questions to gain an advantage in the actual championship. In the statement he provided to NAQT when it an...

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That was basically it. Conor buzzed about a line and a half in on the parable clue and said extended metaphor and got negged. Auburn went on to pick up the tossup and some bonus parts (not sure how many). At the time they had a decent lead, but we had a strong second half and almost rallied back to...

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Auburn defeated Belvidere North 400-370 to advance from their sectional. There was an interesting protest that I will discuss once questions are cleared. Fremd won . Feel free to comment on questions. Do tell. I'll leave the full story to more knowledgeable people, but apparently the protest in the...

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