The July Crisis: Chicago Open History Doubles
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The July Crisis: Chicago Open History Doubles
So, since other CO side events are coming out of the woodwork, I figure I might too.
I am currently in the process of writing an all-history tournament. Ideally, I'd like this to serve as a side event at Chicago Open, where it has a proud two-year tradition.
This year's event is going to be a bit different from last year's:
-- packets will consist of 16 tossups and 16 bonuses
-- the questions will be a lot more diverse; there will be significant amounts of social history, and I have been experimenting with ways to write questions that are akin to "what historians actually do" while still being clue-dense. There will even be fine arts, social science, R/M, and other tangential subjects where I deem it historically relevant.
If you are likely to play this tournament on CO weekend, please post here and email me at barthur AT jd10 DOT law DOT harvard DOT edu. I need to know what level of interest there is, as do the people running CO weekend.
The Entry Fee will be $20 per team. Unfortunately, due to how low the entry fee already is, I cannot offer a buzzer or moderator discount. If you have special needs and cannot afford the entry fee, contact me and perhaps we can work something out.
EDIT: According to Seth Teitler's Post here, this tournament is tentatively scheduled for FRIDAY, JULY 18 (the 99th birthday of Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko) from 6 PM to Midnight. I can only hope that this does not interfere with anyone's pre-existing plans to celebrate Uruguayan Constitution Day. I do plan on starting as close to 6 PM as possible; since there are bonuses, this tournament will necessarily have to run efficiently.
I am currently in the process of writing an all-history tournament. Ideally, I'd like this to serve as a side event at Chicago Open, where it has a proud two-year tradition.
This year's event is going to be a bit different from last year's:
-- packets will consist of 16 tossups and 16 bonuses
-- the questions will be a lot more diverse; there will be significant amounts of social history, and I have been experimenting with ways to write questions that are akin to "what historians actually do" while still being clue-dense. There will even be fine arts, social science, R/M, and other tangential subjects where I deem it historically relevant.
If you are likely to play this tournament on CO weekend, please post here and email me at barthur AT jd10 DOT law DOT harvard DOT edu. I need to know what level of interest there is, as do the people running CO weekend.
The Entry Fee will be $20 per team. Unfortunately, due to how low the entry fee already is, I cannot offer a buzzer or moderator discount. If you have special needs and cannot afford the entry fee, contact me and perhaps we can work something out.
EDIT: According to Seth Teitler's Post here, this tournament is tentatively scheduled for FRIDAY, JULY 18 (the 99th birthday of Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko) from 6 PM to Midnight. I can only hope that this does not interfere with anyone's pre-existing plans to celebrate Uruguayan Constitution Day. I do plan on starting as close to 6 PM as possible; since there are bonuses, this tournament will necessarily have to run efficiently.
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Re: Chicago Open History Doubles
I'd play this again. It was a lot of fun last year, and I and whoever I play with probably stand less of a chance of going winless. So I'm definitely on board.
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Re: Chicago Open History Doubles
I have been a part of that proud two year tradition, and I look forward to rekindling that ritual. I like the inclusions of bonuses as well.
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Re: Chicago Open History Doubles
I'd love to play, even though there stands a good chance of me going winless.
Edit: Oh yea, I need a teammate. I'm not really good or bad at history, not very much deep knowledge, but I have a tendency to get random buzzes that I don't expect.
Edit: Oh yea, I need a teammate. I'm not really good or bad at history, not very much deep knowledge, but I have a tendency to get random buzzes that I don't expect.
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Re: Chicago Open History Doubles
I would play or staff - decent speed, good-bordering-on-great pronunciation, mediocre-bordering-on-bad history knowledge.
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Re: Chicago Open History Doubles
I would definitely play.
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Re: Chicago Open History Doubles
I will also be playing in this tournament.
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Re: Chicago Open History Doubles
I'll want to play in this tournament if I go to CO.
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Re: Chicago Open History Doubles
I'm interested in playing in this tournament, but due to my rather mediocre history knowledge, I'm also willing to read if there is a shortage of moderators.
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Re: Chicago Open History Doubles
If there's an abundance of moderators, I'll play, but since I really suck at history, I could read if needed, assuming people could stand my horrible pronunciations of foreign words.
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I'd be happy to read, score, or do statistics for this.
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Re: Chicago Open History Doubles
I definitely plan to compete in history doubles the evening before the main Chicago Open. If Tim Hartman is still in the Chicago area, I would like to have him as my history doubles partner. I hope to apply successfully for social studies certification and a history endorsement in a couple of years. The better variety of questions sounds intriguing. Last summer, there were sometimes three consecutive toss-ups on battles.
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Re: Chicago Open History Doubles
I will be happy to play this. I will be happier if all of a sudden out of nowhere I get paired with Adam Kemezis again to ride his coattails, but if not, oh well.
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Re: Chicago Open History Doubles
If I'm at CO, I'd do this. I could play or staff, whatever. I'm just a semi-decent/not very good history player, so I don't care what I do.
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Re: Chicago Open History Doubles
I'll play this!
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Re: Chicago Open History Doubles
Yes, of course.
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Re: Chicago Open History Doubles
Sounds good to me. I will likely play if I'm around this summer.the questions will be a lot more diverse; there will be significant amounts of social history, and I have been experimenting with ways to write questions that are akin to "what historians actually do" while still being clue-dense. There will even be fine arts, social science, R/M, and other tangential subjects where I deem it historically relevant.
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Re: Chicago Open History Doubles
If you find out you won't be able to play, I hope you don't mind me bringing you on board as a consultant of sorts. It would be useful to have somebody who has actually done history in an academic setting, which I never have.Awehrman wrote:Sounds good to me. I will likely play if I'm around this summer.the questions will be a lot more diverse; there will be significant amounts of social history, and I have been experimenting with ways to write questions that are akin to "what historians actually do" while still being clue-dense. There will even be fine arts, social science, R/M, and other tangential subjects where I deem it historically relevant.
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Re: Chicago Open History Doubles
Bruce, that's an even better idea. I think I should be able to lend a hand. Email me (my last name @northwestern.edu), and maybe we can work something out.
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I'll play if I'm around
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Re: Chicago Open History Doubles
I'm not playing CO, but this should be worth driving up from Normal for. Sign me up.
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Re: Chicago Open History Doubles
I would like to play in this event and I think I already have a partner to play with.
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I'm playing and looking for a partner.
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Re: The July Crisis: Chicago Open History Doubles
UPDATE:
I have finalized the entry fee at $20/team. In addition, I have posted information about the tentative date of the tournament.
I have finalized the entry fee at $20/team. In addition, I have posted information about the tentative date of the tournament.
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Re: The July Crisis: Chicago Open History Doubles
l'll play gladly and with whomever
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Re: The July Crisis: Chicago Open History Doubles
Current Sign-Ups:
Players:
Rob Carson
Ahmad Ragab
Bryce Durgin
Greg Peterson
Chris Ray
Mike Gentley
Brendan Byrne
Trevor Davis
Billy Beyer
Charlie Dees
Sorice
Sorice mystery teammate
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Eric Mukherjee
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George from Dorman mystery teammate
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Garsten Gehring
Matt Weiner
Jonathan Magin
Guy Tabachnick
Andrew Hart
Paul Drube
Greg Baboukis
Greg Baboukis mystery teamamte?
Eric Douglass
Rom Masrour
Ray Luo
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Moderators:
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Katy Peters
Please let me know if anyone on this list no longer plans to attend CO, or has anything else they feel I should know.
Players:
Rob Carson
Ahmad Ragab
Bryce Durgin
Greg Peterson
Chris Ray
Mike Gentley
Brendan Byrne
Trevor Davis
Billy Beyer
Charlie Dees
Sorice
Sorice mystery teammate
Ryan Westbrook
Eric Mukherjee
George from Dorman
George from Dorman mystery teammate
Jerry Vinokurov
Garsten Gehring
Matt Weiner
Jonathan Magin
Guy Tabachnick
Andrew Hart
Paul Drube
Greg Baboukis
Greg Baboukis mystery teamamte?
Eric Douglass
Rom Masrour
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Moderators:
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Please let me know if anyone on this list no longer plans to attend CO, or has anything else they feel I should know.
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Re: The July Crisis: Chicago Open History Doubles
I am in, soliciting teammates.
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Re: The July Crisis: Chicago Open History Doubles
I will play; I'm looking for a teammate who knows European/Asian/military history.
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Re: The July Crisis: Chicago Open History Doubles
Yeah I guess if anyone out there is looking for someone who sort of knows American, Ancient and to a lesser extent European history, let me know.
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Re: The July Crisis: Chicago Open History Doubles
I would also like to play; whoever wants to take me as a teammate would be fine, I guess.
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Re: The July Crisis: Chicago Open History Doubles
Am in, need teammate.
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Re: The July Crisis: Chicago Open History Doubles
Also interested and in need of teammate.
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Re: The July Crisis: Chicago Open History Doubles
Ya left Greg Baboukis (that's me) off the list of players. I may or may not already have a teammate lined up. He's not on this list either, but since I'm still not sure if he'll be there or not, it can be left for later.
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Re: The July Crisis: Chicago Open History Doubles
Hi, I'm Eric Douglass and I'll be playing this event. Contact me at [email protected] if you're interested in being my teammate.
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Re: The July Crisis: Chicago Open History Doubles
I was somehow omitted from the tentative early entry list. I am still looking for a teammate whose Asian, world, ancient, and military history could complement my political, American, British, and Western history.
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Re: The July Crisis: Chicago Open History Doubles
This is great. So far 28 people have expressed interest, which would mean 14 teams. I really hope we will have enough rooms and moderators to support so large a tournament.
(And enough packets too...right now I am planning to write 14 packets, but don't worry. If we need more I can always bring more writers on board)
(And enough packets too...right now I am planning to write 14 packets, but don't worry. If we need more I can always bring more writers on board)
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Re: The July Crisis: Chicago Open History Doubles
I now realize that I had already entered the History Doubles. Tim Hartman was great as my teammate last summer, but he may be locked out due to a lack of a posting if the field is capped at 28 players (14 duos). Any interested teammate who is also already entered may e-mail me at [email protected] or [email protected]
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Re: The July Crisis: Chicago Open History Doubles
If there's still room in the field, I'd love to play. Otherwise, I can help moderate.
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Re: The July Crisis: Chicago Open History Doubles
I'm on that list twice, Bruce.
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Re: The July Crisis: Chicago Open History Doubles
UPDATE:
(1) There are currently 29 people signed up. I am going to go ahead and cap the field at 15 teams; this number is most convenient for me. If you sign up after the 30-person cap has been hit, I will put you on the waiting list; worry not, everyone on last year's waiting list got to play in the tournament due to late drop-outs.
(2) I will be writing 14 packets for this tournament; 13 for use in the regular rounds, and then a finals packet of Westbrookian difficulty that will be used in case of a tie.
(3) The Tournament Beings Promptly at 5:00 PM. Please be there at 5 PM. This does not mean "leave your hotel at 5 PM", this means be in Cobb at 5:00 PM.
(4) If you have picked a teammate, PLEASE EMAIL ME with your team. My address is barthur AT jd10 DOT law DOT harvard DOT edu. This will also let me build an email contact list that I can use to mass-email announcements without spamming this board.
Thank you.
(1) There are currently 29 people signed up. I am going to go ahead and cap the field at 15 teams; this number is most convenient for me. If you sign up after the 30-person cap has been hit, I will put you on the waiting list; worry not, everyone on last year's waiting list got to play in the tournament due to late drop-outs.
(2) I will be writing 14 packets for this tournament; 13 for use in the regular rounds, and then a finals packet of Westbrookian difficulty that will be used in case of a tie.
(3) The Tournament Beings Promptly at 5:00 PM. Please be there at 5 PM. This does not mean "leave your hotel at 5 PM", this means be in Cobb at 5:00 PM.
(4) If you have picked a teammate, PLEASE EMAIL ME with your team. My address is barthur AT jd10 DOT law DOT harvard DOT edu. This will also let me build an email contact list that I can use to mass-email announcements without spamming this board.
Thank you.
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Re: The July Crisis: Chicago Open History Doubles
Selene and I want to sign up as a team. Is 15 teams actually more convenient than, say, an even number of teams? If it winds up being a hassle, we can drop out and read. In the meantime, I guess you can put us on the waiting list.DJ Shadow wrote:UPDATE:
(1) There are currently 29 people signed up. I am going to go ahead and cap the field at 15 teams; this number is most convenient for me. If you sign up after the 30-person cap has been hit, I will put you on the waiting list; worry not, everyone on last year's waiting list got to play in the tournament due to late drop-outs.
Oh no, not The Tournament Beings!DJ Shadow wrote:The Tournament Beings
-Seth
Seth Teitler
Formerly UC Berkeley and U. Chicago
President of NAQT
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Formerly UC Berkeley and U. Chicago
President of NAQT
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Re: The July Crisis: Chicago Open History Doubles
Well the advantage of 15 teams to me is that with a bye, I have two additional moderators. Perhaps the tournament beings can fill that role, though?
Bruce
Harvard '10 / UChicago '07 / Roycemore School '04
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Re: The July Crisis: Chicago Open History Doubles
Turns out, my travel plans prevent me from playing this, so please take me off the list. If you need any help writing (preferably American History) please let me know.
Billy Beyer, formerly of FSU
Re: The July Crisis: Chicago Open History Doubles
I'll play for this or read if it's full.
Evan Adams
VCU '11, UVA '14, NYU '15
VCU '11, UVA '14, NYU '15
Re: The July Crisis: Chicago Open History Doubles
since i'm playing with Matt Weiner I should probably be on the list
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Re: The July Crisis: Chicago Open History Doubles
Here are the teams that I know of:
(1) Magin/Luo
(2) Lafer/Weiner
(3) Sorice/Yaphe
(4) Teitler/Koo
(5) Carsten/DEES
(6) Bentley/Drube
(7) Hart/Carson
(8) George from Dorman/Eric Douglass
(9) Todd Faulkenberry/Nick Clusserath
(1) Magin/Luo
(2) Lafer/Weiner
(3) Sorice/Yaphe
(4) Teitler/Koo
(5) Carsten/DEES
(6) Bentley/Drube
(7) Hart/Carson
(8) George from Dorman/Eric Douglass
(9) Todd Faulkenberry/Nick Clusserath
Last edited by Skepticism and Animal Feed on Sat May 31, 2008 11:00 pm, edited 5 times in total.
Bruce
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Re: The July Crisis: Chicago Open History Doubles
Paul Drube and I are on a team.
Mike Bentley
Treasurer, Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence
Adviser, Quizbowl Team at University of Washington
University of Maryland, Class of 2008
Treasurer, Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence
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University of Maryland, Class of 2008
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Re: The July Crisis: Chicago Open History Doubles
Charlie Dees and I have decided on a whim to team up for this
Carsten Gehring
Wayzata HS '08 | Carleton College '12 | Denver Publishing Institute '12
Wayzata HS '08 | Carleton College '12 | Denver Publishing Institute '12
Re: The July Crisis: Chicago Open History Doubles
Rob and I will try to avenge our defeated performance at last year's tournament.
Andrew Hart
Minnesota alum
Minnesota alum