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We looted some of the playoff pairings through Round 16 or so. I'll see what we can dig up.

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QuizBowlRonin wrote: After Solon negs and Lakeside gets the tossup, the following exclaimations were heard:

Lakeside: "Nice!"

Solon: "Dumbass!"

This was courtesy of the dearly departed sidar's irascibility, and of me not counting quadrants correctly.

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You know, getting the state overly involved in academic competition is not necessarily a good thing. Part of the reason Sue Korosa deserved her Cooper award this year was the role she played in the 80s in rescuing OAC from corrupt state officials who after presiding over unfair, favoritist question ...

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There's been enough chatter about an online high school poll. Now I'm going to do something about it. Starting this moment, through 12:00 AM Saturday (that is, before NAQT prelims), I'll take emails from registered users of this site listing the top 10 high school teams they've seen. Justifications ...

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Dr. Chuck, which team dropped yesterday?

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Certainly NAQT is trying to make an outreach effort. The increase in teams from the Midwest (Iowa, Minnesota) and California/Washington can be seen as proof positive. And I believe New Mexico had their first NAQT State Qualifier this year, courtesy of Mr. Zuffranieri. I'll be interested to see how t...

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Sure, why not.

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donut wrote:so does anyone miss potato and tomato because i do and what about mongoose and i hate sam keathley

No. And no one will miss you either.

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jrbarry wrote: 1. Benton (AR) and Walton (GA) are TIED and will need to flip a coin to decide that one.

Is the concept of tiebreaker rounds lost on these people?

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Is Abhinav a senior or junior?

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That was Los Alamitos, when I was a sophomore (the year before TJ had any nationals success). The two guys were named Charles and Brendan, and they pretty much burninated everyone. Charles was a beast and Brendan was very good. A brief googling confirms that this is indeed Charles Meigs of UCLA D2 ...

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Weiner, I think they're assuming the seniors will make up the Nationals teams, and the underclassmen will be available for the test.

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The website still says they're sticking to ten matches, maybe they haven't updated it yet.

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I would look for a top performance from Danville as well.

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94 now.

What surprises me now is the increasingly strong California/Washington contingent. It will be interesting to see Left Coast Quizbowl and how they match up against the traditional Midwestern/Southern/DC powers.

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We generally try to practice twice a week, 2 hours a practice, with material getting more difficult (some college packets) as the year moves on and Nationals draws nearer. We attend anywhere from 12-15 tournaments during our regular season (which is admittedly more than most). We have one coach and ...

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With 92 teams, only four spots left now. This opening meeting will certainly be something else.

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Holy shit, those are funny.

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Field has now hit 90, only six spots left, I suppose. It seems as if NAQT will be flying in half the college teams in the country for staffing! Out of curiosity, I heard that NAQT prefers to to hold the HSNCT at college and universities becuase of logistical problems at Georgia Tech in 2000. Perhaps...

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DumbJaques wrote:Raiders of the Lost Ark for Eratosthenes

Having recently played that exact question in practice (old NAQT HSNCT set), I can assure you that that is an entirely justifiable neg.

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Lafer, would you take me if I could come? My aforementioned grad party will probably have to be moved anyway.

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Ahmil Jilani.

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One of our alternates used to attend Shanghai American School in the mid 90s. He's looking forward to seeing a team from an alma mater.

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Trevkeeper wrote:That means that now there will only be 8 prelim rounds instead of 10, correct? Or is it still 10 prelim rounds?

Yeah, just 8.

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Bruce wrote: Though "Joe Table" is still not acceptable on Jose Mesa tossups.

In Cleveland, we would accept several other answers, each of which I would get banned for saying

solonqb

The field has now reached 80 teams, and I'll bet NAQT will extend it to 96 if they can get them.

Notable additions: St. Andrew's, duPont and Dunbar, some more MN and IA schools, Edmond and Holland Hall from OK.

solonqb

Fred, where do you get your questions from for Bobcat Bowl?

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From NAQT's website: Beginning April 21 of each year, NAQT accepts "wildcard" applications from schools that did not qualify under the above criteria but whose teams have demonstrated a high quality of play in academic competition throughout the year. Particular consideration will be given...

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This sounds very similar to the Deep Bench format of Carleton College's Eric Hillemann (where the preliminaries seed each individual and victory is a matter of total points distributed by seeds and wins) as well, though it might need some modification so as to not take 20+ rounds and last a weekend....

solonqb

What happened to Garfield?

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My money's on State College or Raleigh Charter. As for Brindlee Mountain, your competition for the small school award will undoubtedly be Danville.

Sollosi, will you be reading for HSNCT?

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NAQT has now posted the current field. Updates can be found at http://naqt.com/hsnct/2005/field.html This post will be updated to reflect the changing field. Shanghai American School Shanghai, China Brindlee Mountain High School (x2) Guntersville, AL Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School Mont...

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DaGeneral wrote:Gotta love the interstate rivalry. Are there other cases of rival schools having an annual "border war" in quiz bowl?

Uh, AFAIK, this has more to do with a certain player on the Missouri team than with any nascent cross-border rivalry.

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Mr. Larry Horse wrote:
I guess that "I hate black people" is funnier than anything I've written. Good call, Jerry.

Actually, it is.

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Holy crap, you guys are coming there all the way from Shanghai? Which one are you going to?

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It was TK421 in the movie; wasn't it THX 1138 in the book (backhanded reference to Lucas' previous movie)?

I won't spoil the other question. :)

And don't worry as far as filling up a forum, me and Weiner once spent an entire thread arguing about the relative merits of Star Wars novels.

solonqb

Ohio State's program is in pretty sad shape. They play CBI, I think, and they got owned when they went to NAQT SCT at DePauw a couple of years back. I hear it's mainly an organizational problem; they can't find an advisor worth a damn. To prevent this thread from being hijacked by Ohio people, I'm c...

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Thanks for the compliment, but Caltech hardly needs me to make it a great university. Bob mentioned the colleges for the seniors on his team, and Jim Hrdlicka's a junior.

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Questions are now on sale to teams that attended the tournament for $10 a set plus shipping and handling. Email me at adjnere at yahoo dot com if interested.

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No. Kill their egos with ACF Nationals packets. In practice once last year, TJ A ~75, TJ B ~30. I said kill their egos, not their desire to play quizbowl. Getting my team to practice ACF Fall is like pulling teeth (and ACF Fall itself is sufficient practice for NAQT and PACE nationals). I enjoy it,...

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At this point, I'm pretty sure Caltech's gonna be it.

I sat in on their quizbowl practice and played a few ICT packets with some of the team. If you are a high school player who has notions of being immediately dominant in college just like you were in HS, kill your thread of an ego with ICT packets.

solonqb

You can email [email protected] or [email protected] if you want to talk to someone on ND quizbowl.

Edit: messed up an email address

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I think you and Mr. Egan are taking for bashing what is an eagerness to play Illinois teams and see how they stack up aginst the rest of the country. There is no need to be so defensive; no one is construing Illinois as any less intelligent than the mean.

solonqb

Why not a double round-robin packet submission? Have each team write two packets and staff during their byes. Record determines winner, and have a tiebreaker round ready if necessaty.

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Thanks to Matt Weiner's generosity, full stats are now available at the following links: Preliminary Standings after 8 rounds http://www.hsquizbowl.org/SCC2_standings.html Individual Standings http://www.hsquizbowl.org/SCC2_individuals.html Playoffs http://www.hsquizbowl.org/SCC2_playoffs.xls The to...

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Who was it?

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Ohio won't determine its Panasonic team until April 30, the date of the OAC-format state championship. The chance of the OAC steering commitee consenting to an all-star team are slightly less than a snowball's in hell.

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18 teams competed in the second edition of the Comet Classic Invitational. The top 4 teams from each 9-team preliminary bracket advanced to the playoffs. Quarters 1 Garfield Heights A def. 8 Orange by forfeit (I guess Orange didn't realize they were playoff seeded and left) 2 Findlay A def. 7 Solon ...

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Solon: 84-10

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Is the Roman guy Marius? Just guessing.

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