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Scott

I'm not sure about doing it on the night before the Dunbar tournament. This would be kind of inconvenient for us and Manual (maybe), because we don't really need to stay overnight for a tournament that is two hours away. The Saturday of state sounds like a good idea. Hopefully it could be later on i...

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Looks like KAAC isn't going to send a team to the HSAPQ All Star tournament. Therefore, we (the students/coaches) can make a team ourselves and send in a bid as Team Kentucky, but we'll have to act fast as the deadline is March 17th. Any ideas? I know I'm not really good enough to be on the team th...

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Nick/Cole and I would like to do the trash tournament.

Scott

Inkana7 wrote:I have no idea where we'll finish. Copley would probably beat us, though, if they do come Saturday.

From playing against them, I think you guys could definitely give Copley a good match, if you do not beat them.

Scott

Danville should enter a team. They would have to travel about 10 minutes or less and would get some great experience for their relatively young team. I'm sure Rachel and Dowell wouldn't have any trouble writing a packet, certainly not by the time they are seniors. I have written packets numerous tim...

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Our coaches have decided that it is in our best interest to not attend this tournament. Two of our starters have prior obligations and we do not see the point competing against teams of this caliber when we are shorthanded. We would love to come to any high school or college events at Centre in the ...

Scott

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Scott

So, we just won our district, and I have to say the questions surprised me. They were not great, but definitely a large improvement. To be honest, they seemed along the lines of NAQT-A (which I know isn't all that great.) I'm glad to see that KAAC is finally taking a little action with their words. ...

Scott

Grayson will have two teams here.

Scott

Can we have a field update, Joe?

When will we need to arrive at Centre to register, start playing, etc?

Scott

Our coaches have decided that it is in our best interest to only bring two teams.
Sorry the multiple changes in our plans, but this is probably for the best.
We would rather field two competitive teams, than one competitive and two lower level teams.

Scott

Most of the Kenton County districts played.
I think that was about it, though.

Scott

Ben, if you wanted to get your kids some exposure to good quizbowl, we would be more than happy to do some sort of scrimmage with them. We have tons of NAQT and other questions, and would be glad to try to help out. I think it is important to the quizbowl oriented teams in the state to help expose o...

Scott

That is very disappointing to hear.

What happened to progress over the next few years?

Well, at least quizbowl is growing in the state every year.

Scott

I actually think we can field a 3rd team.

Scott

We are going to bring a team to this.
If you have the arts tournament, I will enter that.

Scott

soaringeagle22 wrote:District competition is scheduled for this week. Naturally, that means there has to be snow in the forecast...

I actually can't remember a time when district was on schedual.
So is anyone else ready to see if the questions are more pyramidal this year?

Scott

We will be bringing two teams.

Scott

Crazy Andy Watkins wrote:
grayson77 wrote:Does anyone know any information about the T-party tournament at Centre?
I know plenty about it!

Haha; can you tell me what Grayson needs to do about sending a team? (If you know.) Thanks.

Scott

U of L is planning on hosting KY NAQT on April 17; however, they are not sure on the date yet.

Scott

If you do reschedule, late March would probably work the best for the majority of Kentucky teams.
(Because of JV "State" and KY NAQT being in April)

Scott

That date will be fine for Grayson; we should be bringing two teams.

Scott

Does anyone know any information about the T-party tournament at Centre?

Scott

I don't think we are going to be able to go.
We have had bad weather around here lately, and our coaches don't really want to risk trudging to West Virginia in the snow.
A local tournament is scheduled for that day, so we will probably go to that.

We will definitely consider going next year, though.

Scott

I gave my opinion and I backed it up. That is what I did when I initially answered your question. What followed my answer was not "crap," it was attempting to back it up. To me if quickrecall is not as reliable, it is not as fun. I do not enjoy people scoring points on me in areas they ha...

Scott

Opinions on the other seven Governor's Cup events (not Quick Recall) are welcome. Future Problem Solving is a very good event. It may not have anything to do with quizbowl, or even require factual intelligence, but it is a solid program. You may want to considering getting FPS spread throughout Nor...

Scott

I did answer your question at the beginning of my post, just added other stuff at the end.
Quick recall is somewhat fun, but not as fun as quizbowl.

Scott

I used to like quick recall a lot, in 7th grade, before I went to ACE. Know it is okay, better than no academic competition at all. Is quick recall painful and completely unfun? No Is quizbowl much more fun and reliable? Yes I think that for elementary school and maybe even middle school, quick reca...

Scott

OK, for a moment, everyone please remove your quiz bowl hats. They give out quizbowl hats? Does anyone know if the ones :chip: gives out are made of tinfoil? I'm not sure you're going to be successful in getting people's opinions on a message board when the first thing you do is tell them to disreg...

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Why should you introduce a lower quality format to a state where quizbowl already has a strong presence. I have played both quizbowl and quiz recall a lot this year, and have to say that quick recall is simply not a accurate determinate of knowledge. This is clear in situations were one team beats a...

Scott

Thanks for reminding me about that Sandy.
I had forgotten completely.
It would be a lot easier for us to travel to Centre that day.

Scott

I really hope we can make it to this.
It would be our first ever multi-tournament event.
I will try to convince one of our coaches to go.
If we attend, it will be with two teams.

Scott

I guess that makes sense.
I would like to see HSAPQ or something of the like for next year.

Scott

Good job to Dunbar and Adair for getting 1st and 2nd at State Beta quizbowl. However, the questions and format was a little odd. (NAQT A, tossups only/single elimination) We played horribly (4th place), but I guess it was still practice. I also learned that Corbin has a pretty decent team and should...

Scott

I know that it is not likely,
but is there any chance we could see some type of singles tournament sometime that weekend?

Scott

It is probably Lexington, MA.

Scott

Does Lexington HS even have a quizbowl team?

Scott

Personally, I believed that this set was one of the better ones I have played on.
I preferred the longer tossups greatly to the short, buzzer race prone NAQT IS and A sets.

Really the only packet that Grayson had difficulty issues on was #10.

Scott

Haha, that is probably true about the poll.

Someone contacted me about using the New Trier Varsity set.
Our tournament might be too late for that, however.
What questions would your teams like to see used?

Scott

Yea, that was pretty careless on my part. I do hope that Centre can host a tournament this year, though. In spite what happened to what happened to HSAPQ earlier this year, I still think their questions are far superior to NAQT. Grayson is thinking about having a tournament at the Galt House the Sat...

Scott

I really hope Grayson can make it to Parkersburg. We are planning on going to the T-Party mirror at Centre, if it takes place. Would anyone be interested in participating in a KY Quiz Bowl Mid-Season poll? If so, please let me know, so that I can get it organized. Edit: to remove the extremely unint...

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We would like to attend, but cannot commit just yet.

Scott

Grayson will definitely be attending with 2-3 teams.

Scott

Oh, that makes the loss a little less daunting.
She and Idrees were good players nonetheless.

I was not especially pleased with our performance as a whole, but was with our PPB.
I am happy to go from having one of the lowest ppb at U of L to having the 5th highest at Wright State.

Scott

The tournament felt like a miniature HSNCT to me (in a good way.) The format was exactly what was needed for the amount of teams that were there. However, it seems funny to see South Range and Danville in the consolation bracket. As for the questions, I have never been fond of NAQT IS. Against Dunba...

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Grayson, KY, is interested in attending.

Scott

Susan said that Dunbar would want to attend the scrimmage tournament if it was at our hotel. We could actually accommodate more than six teams if there is interested. Homewood has a few conference rooms that we could use in addition to the guest rooms. Someone ask Joe to make sure he is okay with th...

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That is nice to know. We may be able to head out to Olive Garden and B-dubs before the scrimmage. :grin: I think we could host the event. I will have to check with our coaches. We reserved 6 rooms, so coming up with three should not be a problem at all. All of them are suites with tables and seating...

Scott

We could definitely use a room at Homewood; the rooms are very nice and roomy. :smile: However, seeing that we are in South Central KY, we have a four hour drive. I hope this will not keep us from competing; we would love the scrimmaging. Can you tell us the "Field" so far? I am guessing G...

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We are having a hard time finding a coach who will be able to take us this day. We are definitely still interested in going though. I really hope we can make it; I would like to get another "shot" at Johnson before state. :grin: Also, I would like to clarify, the coach was not forcibly rem...

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