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The Toad to Wigan Pier · Re: EFT Mirror at UVA(10/3/09) SC won game 1(430-205), game 2 is happening now.

SC won game 1(430-205), game 2 is happening now.

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After 10 rounds, MW went 10-0, SC went 9-1, an advantaged final is happening now.

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Stats through round 3 are up at: http://people.virginia.edu/~wab2m/eftst ... dings.html

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Matt Weiner wrote:Cut VCU to one team please.

What's the start time for this?

Registration is planned for 8:30-9:00, I will send an email tonight with the exact location and other helpful info.

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I have updated the field listing in the first post. We will definitely be meeting in New Cabell hall.

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PN News wrote:Is Uva still replacing every parking lot anywhere near campus with a building

Yes, so you your best bet for free parking is to park near the stadium. There are closer places to park, but the probability that there will be open space is slim.

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The Shockmaster wrote:Might you be looking for extra staff for this shindig?

Of course

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I don't like geography.

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The UVA Academic Competition Club is happy to announce that we will be mirroring EFT on October 3rd. I will be serving as TD for this site, so please email me at wab2m@virginia.edu to register. Pricing Base fee: $100 Buzzer discount: -$5 each Staff discount: -$10 each Location This Tournament will m...

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DumbJaques wrote:Is this going to be hosted at UVA? We don't have a Mid-Atlantic mirror lined up (for this or Minnesota Open), so it'd be cool if the UVA people could update us on the status.

I put in a bid to host it.

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If maryland doesn't want to host it, we probably could.

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It's okay to thirty a bonus or one-line a question if you're a good player. Really, it is. You don't need to go off and complain about how the Kutusov-Glasberg-Watanabe Effect needs to be moved later than the second line. You don't need to tell everyone on the board that Eyring-Theunissen Theory is...

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It was that a large chunk of the science skewed to science history or science biography (Kekule, anyone?) and that the minor science avoided earth science and astronomy altogether. I forgot about that question. I think there were more clues in that question about Gravity's Rainbow than about the th...

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While I was disappointed with the relative scarcity of science in this tournament, I enjoyed the tournament a lot. A couple of things however: 1.Please don't use the "X worked on the Encyclopaedia Britannica article about Y" clue, this is not particularly helpful on tossups about scientist...

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I am looking for a team and willing to write some questions.

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The Quest for the Historical Mukherjesus wrote:
grapesmoker wrote:
Cheynem wrote:That is pretty hard, when one considers all the mathematical options for groceries. Ten choices for pudding alone!
Actually, it's just solving the knapsack problem.
That's not just hard, its NP-Hard.

Luckily, it is only weakly NP-Hard

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Apparently Mike Bentley is no longer coming, so the Evan/Myself/Andrew Alexander team is looking for a new 4th player. Our packet was submitted a long time ago, so no writing is required.

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I recently read an article which has many parallels with this discussion.

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NSC2 now online

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The Quest for the Historical Mukherjesus wrote: -Immuno: Kuby's Immunology

Janeway's and Parham's are also very good textbooks

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mujason wrote:I guess I'll confess to the questions I wrote:
Chess computers bonus

Why? and under what category does such a question fall?

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I don't have a stake in any outcomes, and certainly don't speak for NAQT as Jeff does, but the per tournament distribution should be a complete non-issue. Questions are scattered evenly across packets. I look through the social science last night just to confirm that, despite what someone said, the...

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ACF-4 now online

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ACF#3 is now ready

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Diocletian wrote:
The 4 quarter set is being used next week in Texas
Since it is not listed on the HSAPQ website, where is this tournament?

I've been informed that it is no longer taking place and that I should go ahead and post the 4Q set here

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NSC-1 is now available

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Looking back at the question on the Halting Problem, I believe Chaitin's constant was name-dropped far too early. I recognize that computer science has far, far from a fleshed out canon, but to me Chaitin's constant comes second only to "undecidable" and "something stopping" for...

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theMoMA wrote:Will Butler is now eligible for this poll.

Why?

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Writing a tossup on Multithreading is a horrible idea and while some might disagree with me, I think that writing tossups on things like phagocytes is a bad idea for the same reason that writing tossups on things like "carnivores" is a bad idea. A better tossup would be on a specific cell ...

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In all the games we played on Saturday, nobody on either team ever actually chose a math calculation bonus. All other categories were regularly chosen, however. Did anyone in the tournament choose a math calculation bonus? How many times were they actually chosen? Just curious. In the room that I m...

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Did North Myrtle Beach actually come to this tournament? Curious to see if they actually attended one this year finally. Again, our school couldn't afford it. I am the only person on my team willing to pay to go to tournaments, and please don't treat this like were going to travel to 20 tournaments...

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grapesmoker wrote:The randomization problem is a perfect argument for why an online collaborative system of packet editing would be a great boon to quizbowl.

It is coming, and in fact I could use some help testing such a system.

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Does anyone have any info about the NAQT VA State Championship? It is listed on the NAQT website as happening March 7 at UVA, but I've not seen any announcements for it in the Tournament Announcements forum, nor have I received any other email, snail mail, or anything else about it. I tried to emai...

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AHS Eagles wrote:Does anyone have any info on NAQT States beyond Will's post stating that 3/7 is the date? Does anyone have registration information, such as the fee schedule, in particular?

Thanks,

It is looking like we are going to have to change the date since I am having problems getting rooms on that date.

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DumbJaques wrote:Once again, could we get a field update for this event? I've heard from various sources that UVA and William and Mary and VCU and other people are attending, but it would rule to have it officially posted.

It's looking like we won't actually be coming....

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Registered as tachyonwill

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UVA will be coming with one DII team

The Toad to Wigan Pier · Re: CARDINAL CLASSIC XVIII MIRROR@UMBC, 2/14/2009 UVA is probably coming.

UVA is probably coming.

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VA NAQT States ~3/7

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In the semifinal match between Gonzaga and Gov, Gov won 420-260. In the finals, WJ beat Gov 425 to 240. Prelim stats are located at http://www.student.virginia.edu/~quizbowl/cav13/cav08_standings.html . Playoff stats are located http://www.student.virginia.edu/~quizbowl/cav13/playoffs/playoff_standi...

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Gonzaga, Walter Johnson, and Maggie Walker went 4-1 in the top bracket. MW and Gonzaga had the lowest points per game so they played a play in. Maggie won this game and is now playing Walter Johnson in the finals.

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I am uploading stats after each round here. http://student.virginia.edu/~quizbowl/c ... dings.html

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fisherman wrote:Is Godwin registered?

I have never received an email saying that they were coming, if Godwin is coming now would be a good time to tell me.

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UVA is planning on bringing at least one team and I am in the process of another team even as I write this.

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intothenegs wrote:What will the prelims/playoff format be, and will there be consolation rounds for teams that don't make playoffs?

This is not set in stone yet. I would like to have consolation rounds and there probably will be.

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Update:
Eastern Montgomery
Cave Spring 2
Auburn High School 1
Honaker
Gonzaga
Collegiate 2
Monticello
James Monroe High School
TJ 3-4
Fairfax
St. Catherine/St. Christopher Hybrid 2
Gov 2
Walter Johnson
Total: 19
If you have registered and you are not on the list please let me know.

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Do you have an email address I can contact you at?

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Dear Will, Fairfax HS competed in the previous three Cavalier Classics, but this year we were inadvertently left out of the contact loop for the October tournament. Having said that, is there still any slots open for our team next Saturday?........please let us know asap. Thanks! Dave Carr Academic...

The Toad to Wigan Pier · Re: Cavalier Classic XIII (10/25/08) at UVA Hopefully between 5 and 6.

Hopefully between 5 and 6.

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I will post a field update tomorrow. At the moment it is looking like we will have registration between 8:30 and 9 in Wilson 402(A map is here http://www.virginia.edu/webmap/ACentralGrounds.html) Price breakdown: $80: first team $60: each additional team -$10 buzzer discount (each, limit 2) -$40 mod...

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