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That policy is also extremely stupid and screwed at least one team out of a spot at the top bracket of ICT last year, not to mention the teams it stands to potentially screw out of qualification to ICT this year. Apropos of this, does NAQT have any plans to revamp how this is going to work? Needles...

100% definitely not a nefarious social science experiment using the minimal group paradigm, nothing to worry here.

This is a poll for Chicago Open 2019; vote in it! If there is an extremely strong consensus for a date not on this poll, we would likely try to make it happen (though this could pose logistical challenges). Despite the events of last year, we're endeavoring to do everything in our power to bring CO ...

After a protracted scheduling nightmare, OSU is pleased to announce a mirror of PIANO/Minnesota Open, which will take place on Sunday, March 24 , 2019. This is an OPEN tournament, and will feature at least 3 of the top-10 ranked teams in the country, so we expect to draw a very solid field. Location...

This is getting ridiculous. Almost two more weeks. Only about a month away from the tournament's earliest possible date. Still no information whatsoever about the tournament. What could possibly be causing such a holdup? Hey everyone - sincere apologies about this. We're dealing with a series of is...

The majority of elite LACs (and lots of other types of institutions) are experiencing declining enrollments in humanistic fields; at most schools I'm aware of, these declines have given rise to conversations about whether the institution is continuing to fulfill its mission of encouraging students ...

At the conclusion of playoffs, there was a three-way tie for first place between Wright State, CMU A, and CMU B. CMU A won a play-in game, leading to a showdown against Wright State. After an outstanding, back-and-forth game, Wright State first-clued the final tossup and 20ed the bonus to eke out a ...

Good morning! Here are the logistics for Sunday's event: First: IF YOU STILL NEED AN INVOICE OR W-9, please contact our treasurer, Chris Schroth (schroth.12@buckeyemail.osu.edu). If you haven't otherwise touched base with us, payment will be expected Sunday morning. Location/Time: Registration will ...

Hey Miami University, you're definitely not registered for this tournament (which requires you to email me as well as register on the ACF website). The emails I've sent to your contact from last year were not returned. Please contact me ASAP, or you won't be in the field. For everyone else: The curr...

I want to single out this set for praise, because it's actually quite a difficult thing to write a good "regular-minus" set, and the editors did a pretty solid job with this one. I have some concerns that it inched a bit too close to regular and away from minus - I suppose we'll get more d...

Field Update: CMU A CMU B CMU C CWRU A CWRU B Kenyon A Kenyon B Kenyon C Louisville A Louisville B Michigan A Michigan B Michigan C MSU A MSU B MSU C MSU D MSU E Wright State There are still spots remaining - make sure you've registered BOTH by sending me an email, and by filling out the ACF registr...

This tournament has been moved to Sunday, to prevent the incomparable suffering that would be induced by having to navigate OSU during game day. See you then!

Mike Bentley wrote: ↑Mon Sep 03, 2018 11:51 am Can you get the football team to move their game to accommodate you?

I texted Urban Meyer's wife, but he says he never saw it.

UPDATE: There is apparently a chance that the OSU home football game on this day could be scheduled for the afternoon. My current plan is therefore this: -If the football game is scheduled for the evening, the tournament will proceed normally. -If the football game is scheduled for the afternoon, th...

I am pleased to announce the Great Lakes site of ACF Fall 2018, to be held at the Ohio State University on Sunday, November 2018 . Registration Registration for this event has two steps: First , please email cwray30@gmail.com with team name, number, and buzzer/staffer information. Second , fill out ...

I want to elaborate on two main goals that I wanted to achieve while editing the tournament. First, I wanted to align CO, an emblem of the very highest level of quizbowl, with the conversations that have been taking place throughout this year about how to make the game more inclusive and welcoming ...

Don't make it about you. Your primary concern in discussions about issues affecting women in quizbowl should not be the feelings or experiences of men. The safety of women needs to be valued above all else in this discussion, even at the expense of hurting well intentioned men's feelings. No one sh...

I'm assuming that Bruce Arthur is right about the certainty of NAQT's decision, given that I have no reason to think that the people at NAQT are idiotic troglodytes, and only an idiotic troglodyte would consider employing Matt Bruce at a company that runs events for children. I understand that it's ...

I don't see a reason not to do all-NBA teams (by which I mean, 1st team, 2nd team, 3rd team, etc. Though also like, in terms of basketball skill, this would also be good and correct).

One more thing: I've heard from some coaches that there was concern over the bracket structure we used, both in terms of seeding, and in terms of playoff format. I'll address each of these. On seeding: This was in part a result of the sudden drops that forced us to revamp our schedule - we had to ch...

Congratulations to Dublin Scioto, who won Ohio's 2018 State Championship Tournament in the 2nd game of a thrilling advantaged final against Beavercreek. Congratulations are also due to Beavercreek, who were neck and neck with Dublin the entire way. Each of the first two games were decided by a singl...

A week out, the field is at 30; this is a fine number to work with, but I'm also happy to go to 32, if any stragglers wish to sign up. 32 will be the cap, though.

A logistics email will go out today, but all the crucial info is available in the post above. Looking forward to seeing everyone.

Update: First, the field currently stands at 31. I am likely imposing a 36-team cap, so any stragglers should sign up *very* soon. Remember that you are not registered until you complete the google form, but every team listed here is good to go. The opening meeting will take place in Independence Ha...

I also think I don't have a team (I can't remember if I do??). Anyway I sometimes suck and sometimes don't suck, but you really won't know until it's too late for everyone.

Update: I've heard from some coaches that there may be issues with school system bureaucracies processing payment by the day of the tournament. I completely understand this - just contact me ahead of time, and we'll work something out. Field: Miami Valley Northmont Copley A Copley B Beavercreek Solo...

The Ohio State University Academic Team is proud to announce the return of Ohio's NAQT High School State Championship Tournament to OSU this spring. The tournament will be held Saturday, April 7 , at Ohio State's Columbus campus. Registration will begin at 8:15 AM, with rounds beginning at 9:00 shar...

but this tournament had a different audience, and I think experienced college lit players should know Chabon enough to get him there. I'll have more to say about difficulty in the other thread, but this tournament definitely was harder than we wanted originally but I think that's probably better wi...

a list of really, really difficult lit answerlines / bonuses, so it's all in one place (disclaimer: maybe some of these aren't hard; I tried to filter out the ones that were just "I don't know lit" and focus on things other people also remarked as being hard, or which I'd never even seen ...

Mad respect (and much gratitude) to the MSU club, who managed to, miraculously, avoid something disastrous happening to torpedo this event. I say "miraculously" because, at the beginning of round 1 this morning, we had approximately 5 packets. ("Approximately," because packet 1 w...

Congratulations to Michigan State, who defeated Kentucky in the first game of an advantaged final to win ACF Fall. Wright State won the DII title in impressive fashion, as the only DII team in the top bracket and certainly the only one in the mix for the overall title. CMU C took our second-place DI...

Also, we have the BUMPY set (a visual movie tournament), and will run it after the main event if interest is sufficient.

The field is now set for this event. Please meet in Enarson 245. We will begin registration at 8:15, with rounds to begin at 8:45. If you are late and have not contacted me with a compelling reason, we will begin reading round 1 without you.

I think Collin is being too hard on himself here about the delays. Yeah, it got a little crazy early on, but we made up some time. I also think Collin is to be commended for being extremely responsive to feedback when a couple teams pointed out that the initial schedule was suboptimal and needed upd...

We're approaching our field cap, so anyone interested in the tournament should definitely contact me asap.

I know there's been discussion of this issue in various threads, but I wanted to centralize and generate discussion about the more exigent issue (what are we going to do about this?), rather than why we find ourselves in this position to begin with (infinite one-off subject packets, etc.). As far as...

Running Field: Carnegie Mellon: 2 teams, 2 buzzers Michigan: 4 teams, 3 buzzers Kenyon: 2 teams Wright State: 1 team, 1 buzzer Miami University 2 teams, 2 buzzers Michigan State: 3 teams, ? buzzers Case Western Reserve University: 1 team, 1 buzzers Western Kentucky University: 2 teams, 2 buzzers Lo...

I am pleased to announce the Great Lakes site of ACF Fall 2017 , to be held at The Ohio State University on Saturday, November 4 2017 . ACF Fall is the premier introductory-level collegiate quizbowl tournament, and we're looking forward to seeing a number of new and returning faces. The tournament w...

I'm not sure if this is possible given staff concerns, but I'd suspect a scab team could likely be rounded up yo avoid a bye. I also encourage anyone on the fence to join said scab team, becauze this tournament is going to be s wonderful experience.

Is there anything happening before the 8:00 PM party start time on Friday night?

Clark unfortunately had to drop, so we're looking for someone else for Thought Monstrosity.

I'd like to take some time to reflect and look at the set before posting in full. For now though, I think I'll just note that as far as I have been able to discern, nobody sent Ike any nasty messages. If that is indeed the case, I think it's pretty dubious to clearly suggest otherwise in a public fo...

Yeah, I'd rather have Aidan's set get the showing it deserves - perhaps as a side event at the Spring Open weekend? But I do think we should set tricon up as an official event, either Friday night or as the final thing Sunday (with apologies to the Chuck Berry enthusiasts, that seems like an awfully...

I thought this set was well-written, creative, and fun to play - all in all, a top-quality production that we could only expect from Jordan. I did want to take some time though to single out one way in which I thought this set was far more than good, and indeed was truly outstanding: This tournament...

To be clear, I don't think you aren't the right person to edit this project, but rather that if you did, it would probably be better to use a modified editing model given the confluence of the subject and your style. Conversely, I think you are a fine choice to take a major role in writing for a col...

Matt Wiener and I are playing this together (and, I think, still looking for a team).

Hey, as perhaps the foremost critic of Modern World I, I'm going to make a suggestion that I hope is taken very seriously here: Use many, many writers for this set. While Will has certainly addressed many of the issues that plagued MWI, it won't be at all a controversial statement to say that his qu...

Looking for teammates for everything but SACRONYM.

Hey all, OSU will be hosting a once-a-week open practice this summer (time and day of the week TBA - see poll). We'll probably have a mix of high school, college, and open players, and will read questions appropriate to the audience that shows up. So, if you're in Columbus-ish, you should come! Inte...

I'm in, would prefer NASAT Saturday/side event Sunday (and perhaps also Saturday night; all quizbowl all the time, etc).

Entirely willing to believe this year's packet doesn't constitute much of an example of the problem (indeed, one reason this practice is so damaging is that players could have been led to negs out of anticipation of the packet following previous traditions). Practically speaking, I'd say the best wa...

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