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OctagonJoe

Anyone know what the field is looking like for RATRACE? I know that Wayzata is (hopefully) sending one depleted team, Minnetonka may be sending a team, and Eden Prairie is not sending a team.

Also, any complaints regarding the word titular should be stopped, as it makes the quiz bowl go round.

OctagonJoe

Quick stats for those interested: 1. St. Thomas A 2. Orono A 3. Wayzata A 4. Armstrong C 5,6. Armstrong A/B, I don't remember the order or actual names I thought the tournament was well-written, well-run, and even exceeded my high expectations that came from knowing the people working on it. The rep...

OctagonJoe

For the interested, MNHSQB League results: 1. EP 2. Orono 3. Minnetonka 4. Wayzata 5-8. DeLaSalle, St. Thomas, Simley, St. Anthony 9-16. Rosemount, Chaska, Benilde, Irondale, Armstrong, Edina, St. Paul Central, and St. Louis Park The West division had 3 of the top 4 teams, showing how unbalanced div...

OctagonJoe

Final Standings: 1. EP 2. Chaska 3. Wayzata 4. Edina I agree that the questions weren't that great. I also agree with the lack of lit sentiments. Somehow 73A made me look forward to the questions at Thursday night's playoffs. As for playoffs, Wayzata is in disarray, as I know about 6 people who all ...

OctagonJoe

Wayzata will be a little mixed up, as Chris Heffner and Noah Rosenthal can't make it. This means our A team will be our normal 5 but now without an alternate. This is also somewhat the case for playoffs next Thursday, which neither Noah nor Chris H. can attend. As for predictions, I'd put, assuming ...

OctagonJoe

If we are planning or hoping to use the Hampton block, should we post here about potential/actual use? To be clear, I think Mitu and I would be interested in said arrangement, but I want to know the protocol.

OctagonJoe

I can tell you that we're planning on going, our coach is just sort of notoriously slow on signing up teams. We'll have at least two with a max of three teams, unless something changes significantly from what we said at practice last Thursday. Hopefully, Mitu can correct any mistakes I've made in th...

OctagonJoe

In regards to your reactions: 3. Sorry 4. Look at the season stats. We've always beat our B team by a couple hundred points (or 9 points on a different format). Yesterday just turned out differently for us, as I'm sure was your feeling at GINVIT. My best excuse would be the 5 tossups in a row that w...

OctagonJoe

Any predictions for SnowCAT? I'm going to go out on a limb and say EP gets first (barring the possibility that any players were involved in the red cup scandal). After that, I would guess Chaska, then Wayzata, then Minnetonka A/Orono A/EP B/Wayzata B. I'm glad that this tournament will be run on a n...

OctagonJoe

Will free agents be assigned teams once a good match is found or will those teams be created closer to WoQ time?

OctagonJoe

I doubt results will ever be put online, so the following is based only on what I've heard or recorded. The tournament was yet again tossup only with one point per tossup answered and 24 tossups asked. The prelims consisted of 10 rounds for 12 teams, although at least 1 team was missing. The seeding...

OctagonJoe

Nevermind, just remembered having read this post in the Weekend of Quizbowl area. Let's just hope it doesn't turn out to be a gawdawful piece of sh*t, a la IS-70 Not looking like tomorrow will be a great tournament of any sorts. I'll still post whatever important stats I can remember once I get home.

OctagonJoe

Last year's was an NAQT tossups only set of some odd sort. I remember Hentzel being there because of Mitu "Don't Call Me a Maxim Gun" Ramgopal's nice neg in the consolation match that had to be sorted out through 20 minutes of phonecalling, which in the end got Minnetonka 3rd and our B tea...

OctagonJoe

Classic Lake Conference Tournament is tomorrow, and I am very afraid. Last year, we got into the championship game and played Cooper A, beating them 29-2. I just don't know what to expect this year. To make things more interesting, I've also nearly lost my voice from a cold that's lasted since Monda...

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Sorry to burst the happiness bubble, but Pilgrim was also captured at the Battle of the Bulge. Pilgrim=Vonnegut for the most part, except that Vonnegut is also a character in SH5 and then, debatably, the whole time traveling stuff. I had not considered Pilgrim as an answer until Sam posted, but ther...

OctagonJoe

Even though I'm guessing that most people who read this forum where at TOMCAT, basic results as best as I can recall: 1. Eden Prairie A 2. Chaska A 3. Wayzata A 4. Edina A 6. Wayzata B 8. Minnetonka A I believe Orono A was in there and then I can't recall the other team. I was surprised by the resul...

OctagonJoe

Any predictions for TOMCAT?(by which I mean who do people think will come in 2nd, 3rd, etc.?) My predictions have Chaska, Minnetonka, and Wayzata rounding out the top 4, in some order (currently done alphabetically). Updatewise, it seems Wayzata will be sending 3 teams, with our A team almost normal...

OctagonJoe

In regards to stats, does anyone know what should be done if there is an error in the stats? Or does it not really matter?

OctagonJoe

As much as can be said in the form of overall results would be nice for those of us who missed, since there's no knowing when the stats will be put online. Also, the thing Mitu asked about, if he was serious.

OctagonJoe

Wayzata will not be attending GINVIT, unless by some miracle I can get A team to undermine our coach's authority. I guess, in a state where we don't often get snow and are so unprepared for it, this makes sense. Hopefully everyone will still enjoy playing without us.

OctagonJoe

Does anybody know what's up with GINVIT tomorrow, as it is supposedly going to be a bad storm (or so I hear)? Our coach is considering canceling, to my chagrin, as she doesn't want to be overly risky. Also, assuming the storm of the century does not stop the competition, does anybody have prediction...

OctagonJoe

I'm not sure what you guys have in the way of a travel budget, but many of us in the Chicagoland area would love to have competition from Minnesota teams. I can't say this for sure about any other schools, but I know Wayzata and I think most other schools have limited travelling ability on what the...

OctagonJoe

Brash and unfounded is rather harsh wording. :sad: I think it is necessary to say this when considering things on a national level. While other teams out east have probably been improving, I feel Minnesota has regressed a little from our previous stature of qualifying 13 or so teams for Nationals la...

OctagonJoe

I'd be interested in hearing some predictions on how Wayzata and EP (and any other MN teams that decide to join the party) will do against the rest of the nation at WoQ. Both teams certainly looked impressive to me statistically, and EP looks quite strong indeed. As for Wayzata, I'm interested to s...

OctagonJoe

September 2007 AI MidAtlantic Season Opener: http://www.aiquizbowl.com/results/maso07.html Ezell-Harding Christian Tournament (TN) discussion: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3988 L L Lewis Cup (OK) discussion: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4053 Maryland Season Op...

OctagonJoe

I believe that would have been Michael Wright from Eden Prairie and Sam Peterson from Chaska, but now it's looking like it will be Michael, Igor from EP, (Mitu) and myself making up a team.

OctagonJoe

I am not sure if Wayzata is going to attend, as Mitu hasn't contacted me about what's going on tomorrow morning and I'm guessing if we did attend it would just be Mitu and I. I really would like to attend, but if Mitu doesn't give me any confirmation I don't want to show up tomorrow without a team a...

OctagonJoe

Any idea what the field is looking like at this time?

OctagonJoe

I'll try and explain myself well as I seem to have failed to do so last post. What I was trying to say was that Eden Prairie is still a strong team, but in this one tournament the results were a lot different from what I remember and have recorded from last year. In our game, EP got a more than resp...

OctagonJoe

After yesterday, I must say that my own opinion about the field in Minnesota has definitely changed. I still feel that Eden Prairie will dominate, but they were definitely weaker than last year and, possibly due to the format, were basically carried by Michael through the prelims and presumably the ...

OctagonJoe

Or exactly 555-135. Could have been closer (maybe 555-165) if I hadn't screwed up answering a free question after a neg.

OctagonJoe

As for the questions, without giving anything away, I thought there was a lot of range between buzzer races on the first few words and some questions that went to the end or unanswered for the games Wayzata A played. Overall, I felt the content was fine and would agree with Michael that the tourname...

OctagonJoe

Continued results from playoffs:(Team lost to) t5.Edina A (Eden Prairie A) t5.Orono A (Chaska A) t5.Eden Prairie B (Minnetonka A) t5.Wayzata B (Wayzata A) t9.Estherville (Eden Prairie A) t9.Hudson (Wayzata A) t9.La Follette (Wayzata B) t9.North St. Paul (Minnetonka A) t9.Rosemount (Edina A) t9.Minnt...

OctagonJoe

The first night of League play is through, and I only have limited results thourgh hearsay and other such means. Minnetonka A is 4-0, Wayzata B is 3-1, and Wayzata A is also 3-1. As for unofficial but should be correct stats for Wayzata A, our games went as follows: Wayzata A 640 Minnetonka C 60 Way...

OctagonJoe

According to our coach's most recent e-mail, Wayzata will be playing at Minnetonka this year in the West Division, and we may not be attending SOCIAL because our coach wants to teach us a lesson. I'm not sure if she was just trying to sound threatening, but she is never easy to read and I wouldn't b...

OctagonJoe

I think the best idea for divisions would be to have Wayzata, Eden Prairie, Minnetonka, and Orono/Chaska in separate divisions and wait for playoff time to decide who is the best. This is a very elitist view, as I'm sure 4 out of these 5 teams could bust and end up not being their division's top see...

OctagonJoe

I think what Hagen wants is for Wayzata to focus on the little people that day, because the underclassmen on our team are little in stature this year. Best thing we can do is try to become readers/scorers or co-coaches for the day, depending on what we're allowed to do. It might be fun to serve as a...

OctagonJoe

Does anybody know how the League's pool play will be divided up this year? With Minnetonka and Armstrong as hosts, I know that means the old West Division will be split up somehow, but I've not been able to find any information on what teams are playing in which division. I've been nagging Mitu for ...

OctagonJoe

Having missed out on the fun of most of this discussion, here are my soon to be disregarded thoughts. This year's field is going to be a lot different in its depth. Eden Prairie is still going to dominate because they have Michael and Igor "OMG IT'S BERNINI" Luzhansky, so number 1 in the s...

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