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So, word on the street is that with my application, which came in 2 hours before the deadline, we have a tryout of a whopping 22!!! people. This should be very interesting and I'm glad to see everybody is coming out to this.

22? Wow, that's pretty impressive. I hope my application made it in on time... Is a list of people trying out going to be posted?

It did

I'll publish a list on Wednesday.

Here it is, a day late (but hopefully not a dollar short). Good luck to the following students who will try out for Team Illinois on February 21:

Chris Adams, Tuscola
Ben Carbery, Oak Park-River Forest
Ben Chametzky, Carbondale
Andrew Deveau, St. Ignatius
Dan Donohue
Ged Dzuriecsko, Lisle
Abid Abdul Haseeb, Auburn
Zahed Haseeb, Auburn
Kevin Hu, Naperville Central
Stephen Lane, Macomb
Krystle Leung, Naperville Central
Jessamyn Lockard, Moline
Kevin Malis, Stevenson
Jeremiah Monk, Carbondale
Quinn Rosenthal, Wheaton Warrenville
Adam Smith, Maine South
Lloyd Sy, Auburn
Robert Volgnan, Latin
Geg Ward, Buffalo Grove
Tristan Willey, Macomb
Nolan Winkler, Loyola
Marcel Youkhna, Loyola

David Riley wrote:Dan Donohue, redacted

Whoa.

Since nomination by a coach isn't required, I didn't think there was a problem.

fixed.

I mean, you do still attend that school don't you? If you somehow don't go to Viator at all anymore then how are you going to play NASAT?

Frater Taciturnus wrote:I mean, you do still attend that school don't you? If you somehow don't go to Viator at all anymore then how are you going to play NASAT?

Yes I still do attend that school. But if you knew that administration like I do, you'd also wanna cover your ass. Best to put as much distance between them and my quizbowl-related activities as possible.

So, since this is coming up in less than a week now, does anyone know a good way to get from Chicago to UIUC? And/or would someone happen to be taking a bus from somewhere close to Chicago if there are multiple students from a school going? I can compensate for travel costs if I could somehow come with you if that is the case. Anything that doesn't make my parents drive 2-3 hours would be much appreciated.

In decreasing order of pleasantness, here are the public transportation options: Megabus, Suburban Express, (major dropoff), Amtrak, biking, hitchhiking, walking, LEX, Greyhound. Shoot me an IM/Facebook message/email/whatever if you want more help with public transportation.

For anyone in need of a ride, my dad is bringing Malis, Nolan, Marcel, and Ben Carbery. And possibly Deveau. So if you need a ride, we can take you as long as you can get a ride to my house. (Email/message me for my info.) I think that's all the car can fit though, unless I drive (I don't really want to), so you'd have to be the last person.

Long story short: there is one spot left in the Donohue shuttle to NASAT. Who wants it??

Could you pick me up in Carbondale? I hope it's not too out of your way.

We can squeeze you in. Just drive to Dan's house.

Chametz wrote:Could you pick me up in Carbondale? I hope it's not too out of your way.

Yeah, that's out of our way. Plus there's no room. :P

Hey so like, is anyone informed enough on this to post which people are participating in which category rooms?

Jonah told me that about half of those participating are in his room, Social Studies.

If the people from the selection committee don't wanna reveal it, we could just out ourselves. And, obviously, we're not really concerned about the vast majority the people who don't post here. I'm in social studies. And since he doesn't post, I'll say Ben Carbery is too.

Dan-Don wrote:If the people from the selection committee don't wanna reveal it, we could just out ourselves.

SCIENCE!

adeveau wrote:

Dan-Don wrote:If the people from the selection committee don't wanna reveal it, we could just out ourselves.

SCIENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fixed, and joining you.

I'm in Social Studies as well.

Lit

Fine Arts.

Rather than taking up valuable bandwith, I will post a list of subject choices tomorrow.

Since it's apparently kosher to do so, here's the list:

Fine Arts (moderator: David Riley)
Greg Dzurickso, Lisle
Abid Haseeb, Auburn
Kevin Hu, Naperville Central
Greg Ward, Buffalo Grove
Marcel Youkhna, Loyola

Literature (moderator: Matt Laird)
Stephen Lane, Macomb
Kevin Malis, Stevenson
Jeremiah Monk, Carbondale
Lloyd Sy, Auburn
Robert Volgman, Latin

Science (moderator: Mike Laudermith)
Andrew Deveau, St. Ignatius
Krystle Leung, Naperville Central
Nolan Winkler, Loyola

Social Studies (History, RMP, social science) (moderator: Jonah Greenthal)
Chris Adams, Tuscola
Ben Carbery, Oak Park-River Forest
Ben Chametzky, Carbondale
Dan Donohue
Zahed Haseeb, Auburn
Jessamyn Lockard, Moline
Quinn Rosenthal, Wheaton Warrenville South
Adam Smith, Maine South
Tristan Willey, Macomb

jonah wrote:Social Studies (History, RMP, social science) (moderator: Jonah Greenthal)
Chris Adams, Tuscola
Ben Carbery, Oak Park-River Forest
Ben Chametzky, Carbondale
Dan Donohue
Zahed Haseeb, Auburn
Jessamyn Lockard, Moline
Quinn Rosenthal, Wheaton Warrenville South
Adam Smith, Maine South
Tristan Willey, Macomb

No Steve Server?

He's got some other commitment. My guess is that it involves shotput.

I want Adam Smith to fittingly destroy a tossup on The Wealth of Nations.

Seriously though, why am I excluded from the Fine Arts list...?

Because Riley's email omitted you, and I just copied that. As soon as I post this message, I'll fix it.

jonah wrote:Since it's apparently kosher to do so, here's the list:

Literature (moderator: Matt Laird)
Stephen Lane, Macomb
Kevin Malis, Stevenson
Jeremiah Monk, Carbondale
Lloyd Sy, Auburn
Robert Volgman, Latin

Hoo boy.

Abid--you were the last one to respond, Jonah had an older list.

Anybody want to kick off predictions?

Speaking of people omitted from lists, I don't seem to be listed in any of the subject rounds in the latest email. Indeed, there seems to have been somewhat of a reduction in people in the Social Studies room.

Yeah, I think there's something wrong with the SS list. Some people definitely got cut off.

Ike Pappas wrote:Anybody want to kick off predictions?

I predict Deveau makes it.

For the subject round, how many questions will it be? Will there be tossups and bonuses or just tossups, and how many rounds worth of questions will be asked during that round?

I will be sending additional details later this week, but remember we will be relatively short on time. The plan now is to have 20 tossups in the 1st, 2nd, and subject rounds, and tossups and bonuses in the group rounds.

Dan-Don wrote:

Ike Pappas wrote:Anybody want to kick off predictions?

I predict Deveau makes it.

My guess is Deveau, Lloyd, Ben Chametzky, and Dan-Don. Unless the plan is to take one person from each room, then it would probably be Deveau, Lloyd, Ben Chametzky, and Greg D.

EDIT: The Social Studies room is really stacked.

Which Ben C.?

jonah wrote:Which Ben C.?

Ben Chametzky, sorry.

Deveau + Lloyd is a lock for sure. They scored over 220 PPG combined in both Auburn-Deveaus matches last Saturday - that combo is pretty sick.

From there I guess it comes down to who is impressive in the SS room. I haven't seen a bunch of them play but Zahed, Chametz and Dan all seem like possibles. There's too many names that I don't recognize from that room to make any real predictions

Zahed pointed out to me last night that Abid is a growing RMP, social science, and music powerhouse, in addition to his visarts prowess. So Abid has a lot of nice niches that he could fill for Team Illinois.

Dan-Don wrote:Zahed pointed out to me last night that Abid is a growing RMP, social science, and music powerhouse, in addition to his visarts prowess. So Abid has a lot of nice niches that he could fill for Team Illinois.

Abid is terrible at RM... I would say "God-awful", but that reference might be lost on him. I'm not sure he's a music powerhouse yet, either.

Pressure's on: According to Coach Riley's latest email, there will be 4, not 5, members of Team Illinois.

I'm sure Riley will send a more detailed email about it, but:

The entire event will be taking place in David Kinley Hall.

For parking, the usual recommended lot (E-3, next to the Main library) is free on weekends. Park there, go around to the south side of the library, cross the street.

If you have a laptop, and want internet access while on campus, let me know, and I will try to get you a guest account.

Guest wireless, please. My NetID got deactivated about a month ago.

jonah wrote:Guest wireless, please. My NetID got deactivated about a month ago.

I should clarify: email me by Friday, as I will activate them then (they last for 72 hours.) Also, Jonah has claimed one. I can only grant one more.

Announcing Team Illinois 2010:

Ben Carbery
Andrew Deveau
Kevin Malis
Lloyd Sy

Congratulations!

What a nice-looking team! Must have been some tough decisions, considering I could take 4 from the ones cut and have an amazing team, too!

True. We deliberated till about 7pm, and it was a tough decision.