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Mike Bentley

This Tournament Goes to 11: Maryland Tournament #11 Saturday, December 1st, 2007 University of Maryland, College Park ANNOUNCEMENT: The Maryland Academic Quiz Team will be holding a mirror of Iowa’s This Tournament Goes to 11 that we’re calling Maryland Tournament #11 on Saturday, December 1st at ou...

Mike Bentley

Not to hark on this "IS sets are terrible for quizbowl" debate again, but if you're looking to do a non-IS set, both TIT/MLK and Penn Bowl will be taking place in January if you wanted to mirror those tournaments. Both TIT and Penn Bowl were at least pretty well received from the regulars ...

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Sorry, that was in the original full word document announcement I sent, but it's not here. It's Tucker Hall room 120. I'll remind everyone who's coming by email though. And thanks Mike, just let me know the moderator situation soon. Edit: and oh yeah tell Charles he'll get free breakfast and lunch ...

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Yeah, we'll be bringing two teams. For what it's worth, one team will be Div I, one Div II. We're definitely bringing one moderator (Jonathan). Charles is still deciding whether he's coming or not.

Mike Bentley

I would have bought it, but my 360 got stolen this summer.

I played the beta and it didn't really excite me at all. It looked and played very similar to Halo 2. I imagine the full game would be a lot better, though.

Mike Bentley

Actually I heard that another high school would be interested in mirroring this tournament, so if you could, please refrain from discussing about specific questions here. Again, you can send comments directly to me at my e-mail address.

Mike Bentley

By the way, if anyone remembers any glaring factual errors or repeats that we didn't catch, please e-mail them to me at mike000@umd.edu. This set is probably being used for another tournament (although don't worry about talking about stuff here), so I'd like to clean up any errors anyone might have ...

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In retrospect (after the 6 prelim rounds), it did seem somewhat unfair that WJ was in the same bracket with TJ A. Also it was puzzling that Gonzaga and TJ B managed to not play each other and therefore be both undefeated. Most of all the bracket with GDS/Kellenberg/Seton Hall was significantly stro...

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Bentley Like Beckham wrote:I'd like to congratulate the Phillies for what looks like it will be another successful year of almost making the playoffs. Good jobs, guys.

Well, hey, whadda ya know...

Mike Bentley

Thanks to everyone for coming. I'd like to thank all of the teams and all of the moderators for making this a good tournament. The final stats (including playoffs) can be found here: http://www.studentorg.umd.edu/maqt/2007/Maryland%20Fall%20Classic%202007%20Final_standings.html TJ A defeated Whitman...

Mike Bentley

Again, if you're in the DC area and are free tomorrow, we could really use your help moderating and scorekeeping. The majority of our readers can leave by lunch time, or stick around and get some free pizza. Just let me know if you're coming.

Mike Bentley

In case any teams coming check this forum but not their e-mail: Registration will be between 8:15 and 8:45 on Sunday morning. We're trying to get games started by 9:00 AM. Registration will be taking place in the Physics Lecture Hall in the Physics Building. Parking is available for free across the ...

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Hey Evan, you can officially put us down for bringing a half team (either 4 or 5 players).

Mike Bentley

Does anyone know how long it takes them to send out audition e-mails from the online tests?

Mike Bentley

Kent B wrote:Answers pulled out of ass:
Hemingway, Smits, Winehouse .....

but the five letter f word ... wtf .... i still haven't figured that out

If it's the bird / airline upgrade thing, then it's frill.

Mike Bentley

Looking up some of the questions, I realize I didn't miss as many as I thought just be straight up guessing right. British general ?... I don't remember that one. The one asking for the dude with a non-pull over sweater named after him. Cardigan turned out to the be answer. All I could think of was...

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Kent B wrote:Five letter F word, Mike ???

What?

That wasn't too bad, though. I definitely missed the British general one, and two other ones that I can't think of.

Edit: I appear to have guessed right on the Radium question.

Oh, and maybe you're talking about "frill"?

Mike Bentley

If anyone in the DC area is available to moderate on Sunday morning (we plan on doing all of the prelims before lunch), please contact me or Brittany. We could use a few more people to fill in the reading gaps and help out our less experienced moderators / scorekeepers.

Mike Bentley

I can get you some Comp. Sci. once our high school tournament is finished (this weekend).

Mike Bentley

I don't know how feasible it is, but you could always try hosting on a Sunday. That would at least eliminate a lot of SAT / Taping issues, although I guess it might limit some teams from coming for religious reasons.

Mike Bentley

I wouldn't really have a problem either way. Separate fields are probably a better idea for trying to keep newer people around, but I can see college teams consistently losing to high school teams as being discouraging.

Mike Bentley

I plan on failing the college one again tomorrow. Either that or my browser can act up again and the test won't start.

Mike Bentley

You guys could always make the trip down to Maryland. We went to Boston several times last year and it wasn't that bad.

Mike Bentley

I'd like to congratulate the Phillies for what looks like it will be another successful year of almost making the playoffs. Good jobs, guys.

Mike Bentley

This announcement is a cross posting with the post in the College Announcements forum. Essentially, the tournament is open to any high school team that wants to enter. The questions are at the "regular season" college level, and high school teams will be most likely playing against college...

Mike Bentley

Titanomachy at Maryland: Not to be Confused With TIT Sunday, October 28th, 2007 University of Maryland College Park ANNOUNCEMENT: The Maryland Academic Quiz Team is pleased to announce a mirror of Titanomachy, a tournament also being held at the University of Alabama. We are not very cleverly callin...

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yo UMD kids just fyi we (TJ) will probably be sending 2-4 teams. i am posting this here because our captains, while lovable, probably haven't told you we're coming. we also might send more teams due to our immense new member turnout (silberman they were all waiting until you graduated) Thanks. Just...

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Ok, this "tournament" is now up on the Quizbowl Cast. Check out http://www.doc-ent.com/qbc (episodes 11), or just subscribe to the XML feed and they'll download automatically.

Mike Bentley

Ok, these episode are finally up on the Quizbowl Cast. They'll automatically download if you subscribe, otherwise you should probably check out http://www.doc-ent.com/qbc They're Episode 13.

Mike Bentley

Ok, these episode are finally up on the Quizbowl Cast. They'll automatically download if you subscribe, otherwise you should probably check out http://www.doc-ent.com/qbc They're Episode 12.

Oh, and Mark: Any way I can get this year's set or the sets of previous years? Shoot me an e-mail.

Mike Bentley

For teams planning on registering late, we will be accepting registrations up until 12:01 AM on Saturday, September 29th.

Again, we'd like to see some more teams register for what ought to be a competitive tournament.

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Stat74 wrote:A "busload" is probably 7, possibly 6 or 8.

If those are 7 or 8, that's ridiculous (in a good way if that wasn't clear). I can't wait to see Charter I kick some ass.

Mike Bentley

Out of curiosity, how many rounds do you plan on doing? As much as I want to play all of the rounds, I get the impression teams new to the ACF circuit won't appreciate staying much past five o'clock.

Mike Bentley

Yeah, how about some Salty Dog by Flogging Molly or Shipping Off to Boston by Dropkick Murphys instead.

Oh and I guess there's that Jimmy Buffett guy.

Mike Bentley

This poll will close Friday. Unless there's a big surge of people wanting to have it on Saturday, it looks like it will be taking place on Sunday.

Mike Bentley

How do you physically plan on handing these out? I get the impression a lot of people in your state probably have strong opinions of you, so I might avoid directly giving it to most people (or even mentioning yourself on the handout). Instead, maybe leave one on each desk in the rooms that you play ...

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Hey so I just found out that we have up to $1200 of school money to spend on a buzzer system. What is the most ludicrously expensive buzzer system out there? You could get at least two more knots with that much dough. Out of curiosity, where would one purchase another Knot from? I looked online for...

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Hey so I just found out that we have up to $1200 of school money to spend on a buzzer system. What is the most ludicrously expensive buzzer system out there?

Mike Bentley

Maryland plans on hosting a mirror of Titanomachy, the tournament currently being written by Matt Weiner and others for UA, on the weekend of 10/27-10/28. However, there have been some requests to hold this tournament on Sunday, 10/28 rather than Saturday, 10/27. Before I make the full announcement,...

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I wouldn't completely discount Blake; I see several of my team members with a fierce drive and determination to get ahead, and I can see them becoming quite good before the end of the season. We'll probably start off weakly; Guess we'll see at the PB tournament. Are you guys planning on coming to t...

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Maryland will be bringing two buzzer systems and either one or two moderators. We're still working out how many teams we're brining, but it should still be at least two.

Mike Bentley

For teams that haven't played in this tournament in a while, we've made a few changes that we feel have made it a more academically rigorous and enjoyable tournament. Here are two sample packets from last year: Preliminary Round: http://www.doc-ent.com/quizbowl/Round%201.doc Finals Round: http://www...

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Maryland is considering bringing anywhere from 0 to 1 teams (by which I mean it's possible we'll bring a team of fourish people). It will depend on transportation and how many people are willing to take most of Friday off to drive up to Brandeis. I wouldn't schedule your tournament around us, but we...

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Also, I want to bring up Alien Ant Farm's "Smooth Criminal" Amen. Add to that The Ataris' "Boys of Summer" and Disturbed's "Land of Confusion". What the hell is it with the '80s and punk covers? I guess you haven't seen "Punk" Goes '80s (notice the elitist qu...

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charlieDfromNKC wrote:Jessica Simpson's cover of "These boots are made for walking," except the original makes me laugh even more it's so bad.

You should check out the Operation Ivy version.

Mike Bentley

Maybe you should just send out a big poll to every team that might be interested asking them to check all dates that they can come and all dates that they can't. It seems hard to keep track of it just by going through this thread.

Mike Bentley

laszlow wrote:Plus, it's probable that I play, research, write about, and talk about video games more than anyone else on this board.

O RLY!?

Seriously though, can I get that videogame packet?

Mike Bentley

Fred: I'll get back to you shortly Here's the barrel roll question: In Wave Race 64, it earns you at least 1400 points and can be performed in two directions by inverting the way the control stick is moved. In another game, both the Blue Marine and the Landmaster are able to do it. The character wh...

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grapesmoker wrote:
Steroid McBlooddoper wrote:I'm waiting for Jerry to come into the thread and complain how we all have bad taste in music again.
There's already a thread for that, silly man!

Hence the "again".

Mike Bentley

I'm waiting for Jerry to come into the thread and complain how we all have bad taste in music again.

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