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Jeremy Gibbs Paradox

We just ended up doing a shootout on this after a couple of teams withdrew in the past 24 hours. I believe Sean Phillips and Mike Sorice were first and second in the shootout. Saying we did the shootout because teams withdrew is disingenuous at best. We did the shootout because we only received 5 p...

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Greetings! I'm Sean Phillips and for the fourth year in a row I am pleased to announce that Washington University in St. Louis will be hosting a mirror of Penn Bowl, this year on October 24, 2015. For information on the packet distribution/intended difficulty level I refer you to this post: http://w...

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Also on the geography front, it seems like Maricopa County comes up waaaaay too early in the AZ tossup.

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I'd like to second a lot of what Jacob said. The set read very well and whomever you had writing and editing the law q's did an excellent job.

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The 1830 revolution is primarily limited to France while the 1848 one is universally regarded as the most important geopolitical event in Europe between the fall of Napoleon and World War I. I had the same fraud thought when I was reading it. If this subforum is to be of any use to you for future en...

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There's a bonus in R9 that just said "Trash." And nothing else. I have constructive feedback that people will email me (a lot didn't want to create a hsqb account just for this.) and I will forward. We fixed this before this weekend's mirror; copy-and-paste error. Also the word you aren't...

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There's a bonus in R9 that just said "Trash." And nothing else. I have constructive feedback that people will email me (a lot didn't want to create a hsqb account just for this.) and I will forward. We fixed this before this weekend's mirror; copy-and-paste error. Which weekend? Because i...

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I greatly enjoyed the musical theater q's but a bonus on Sondheim and then a tu on a major Sondheim work is a touch excessive is it not?

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There's a bonus in R9 that just said "Trash." And nothing else. I have constructive feedback that people will email me (a lot didn't want to create a hsqb account just for this.) and I will forward.

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I want to thank my amazing crew for executing yesterday's event. They really rocked. Special shout outs to Jeff Hill, Charles Hang, Richard Yu, and Gordon Arsenoff! Each did stuff above and beyond! It was a great pleasure and an honor to host this event and the teams definitely helped make that so, ...

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Playoffs, Superplayoffs and finals combined:

http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... rplayoffs/

Congratulations to Hallsville A for winning WUHSAC XVII with a 500-160 win over Savannah in the final! Helias A takes third place overcoming Hannibal in a tiebreak.

More to come!

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Playoffs:
http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... standings/

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Prelim stats:

http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... s/prelims/

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Ok so we are now at 32 teams, and thanks to Richard Yu procuring us an extra room this means we can have all the game rooms in Eads Hall instead of splitting it over two buildings as in previous years! I will be sending coaches a note shortly.

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Whomever name checked Lee Epstein in the SCOTUS TU, I would like to give a slow clap. She was probably one of the best profs I ever had, and it thrilled me to no end to see her in the set!

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Since Rock Bridge has for the third year in a row elected to drop both it's teams and staffer commitments, we have availability!

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We are now approved by MSHSAA and are Platinum certified by PACE, meaning the top 25% will qualify for the 2015 NSC!

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Registration will be in Louderman 461 (Teams are asked to lounge in Louderman 458 while their coaches register) which is building 65 on this map:

http://www.wustl.edu/community/visitors ... rthmap.pdf

Game rooms will be in Eads Hall and Siegle Hall (Numbers 33 and 97, respectively).

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I apologize for the lateness in updating this. This is the current field. I hope to send a logistics email as soon as rooms are confirmed.

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So no individual stats?

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Updated to add Springfield! Thanks to their coach for mentioning to me that I was wrong an this doesn't conflict with Illinois Masonic sectionals for once! Illinois teams and coaches I apologize for the oversight as I would have included your schools in the first invite. Please let me know if you're...

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In addition, having the rosters in advance means you can create sqbs files before the event which saves your stat person a lot of time and frustration (particularly if whomever wrote the roster down has bad handwriting) the morning of the event. Also, it means your stat person is free the first roun...

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Updated to add a few more squads including Ransom Everglades, our first out of state entry!

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Richard will post stats soon but 16 teams played with Illinois having to win two games in an advantaged final over Northwestern (winning the first in a tie break). Both teams were ug eligible. Chicago beat Illinois B for the D II title. Great job to all who played!

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Field is updated and we are closing in on being 2/3 full!

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Now that I seem to have regained the ability to speak in complete sentence, some additional thoughts: First I want to say it was truly an honor to host such a large and diverse field. A big part of the reason I was so keen on doing a full round robin was so teams could hit people that they usually w...

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Also Alex it appears I owe you a book. So sorry. I will make this right.

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Book hand wrote:I am almost certain that I did not have 10 negs against Truman State.

Duly noted and will be fixed by Monday. Apologies.

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Illinois A beat WUSTL 360-325 to end 15 rounds of QuizBowl FUN!

Stats:

http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... all_games/

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After a full round robin that but for some technical issues and a team trying to play in the wrong room, we finished the round robin by 6:20 with a circle of death. Seeded on ppg, Illinois A is playing Mizzou on a full packet for the right to play WUSTL in a winner take all final. Thank Ahura Mazda ...

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Field is now full.

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Your prelims and crossover files are the same thing. Also am I to understand that you hosted 16 teams and guaranteed 9 rounds to each whereas Chicago had the same number of teams and yet guaranteed 11? And you had basically the same fee structure? I'd like this established so people know where their...

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After assessing the situation, I am confident in expanding the field to 14 teams. That means that we have, once again, one spot open! If we stay at 14, I plan to do a full round robin followed by advantaged final if necessary.

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The field is now full. Let me know if you are interested in being wait listed. I am very keen on expanding this awesome field, but I will give priority to teams who can provide qualified moderators.

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One spot left!

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Field is almost full! When the wait list begins, I am reserving the right to move up teams providing moderators. I can probably expand to 16 or 18 but only with sufficient staff.

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So I read 11 rounds of this yesterday, and some of it was quite nice, some I met with consternation. As Jacob said, there were NUMEROUS typos. A clear lack of TLC whether from time constraints or what was evident from the get go. I've requested a copy from my mirror so I can be more specific and I p...

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But the thing is, you don't have to know subway geography really at all to know that. I haven't been to NYC in over a decade and barely recall it but what other major city is going to have a major amusement park and THAT many routes? It all seems quite fraudable in power.

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Field is updated. Quite a few teams are interested in the remaining spots with only a few weeks to go. Please register as soon as you can so I can get a better handle on field expansion! Very excited for what looks to be an extremely diverse field!

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That absolutely defeats the purpose of having a pool in the first place. A team that would normally be fourth could have missed the three statistically best teams and still be undefeated. In this event I would have sacrificed your house team and ran a full round robin.

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These stats make no sense. Are rounds missing? Because it looks like you were doing a round robin, stopped after round seven with one team at 6-1, another at 5-1, and another at 5-2 and had a "two game advantaged final" between the first two teams? We could only play seven games (ten pack...

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These stats make no sense. Are rounds missing? Because it looks like you were doing a round robin, stopped after round seven with one team at 6-1, another at 5-1, and another at 5-2 and had a "two game advantaged final" between the first two teams?

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About half full now. If registrations change because of the nearby mirror at Northwestern please let me know.

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Added Eureka and Ladue.

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I edited the above post to reflect that registration will be in Eads 102 and begin promptly at 8 am with an eye to rounds starting at 8:30. Eads Hall can be found on the following map and is building 33:

http://wustl.edu/community/visitors/map ... r=20140429

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Field (14/14) Mizzou (1 team) Washington University (1 team, 2 buzzers) Western Kentucky (1 team 1 buzzer) Harold Washington College (1 team) Harding (1 team, 1 buzzer) Kenyon College (1 team, 1 buzzer) SEMO (1 team, 1 buzzer) Truman State (1 team, 1 buzzer) Deserted Village (1 team) Drake (2 teams,...

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Greetings! I'm Sean Phillips and for the third year in a row I am pleased to announce that Washington University in St. Louis will be hosting a mirror of Penn Bowl on October 25, 2014. For information on the packet distribution/intended difficulty level I refer you to this post: http://www.hsquizbow...

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A couple new entries are added.

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Updated field to add Fort Osage, Washington, and Savannah.

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Field (32/36) Oakville (1 team, 1 buzzer, 1 staffer) Hallsville (2 teams, 2 buzzers, 1 staffer) (ss) Mehlville (1 team) Tuscumbia (1 team, 3 buzzers, 1 staffer) (ss) Priory (1 team, 1 buzzer) Helias (2 teams, 1 buzzer) Parkway Central (1 team) Webster Groves (2 teams) Washington (2 teams, 3 buzzers)...

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