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Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 9:52 pm
by Matt Weiner
Hey, I'm thinking of putting together some open events at VCU in August. The Saturday event would be a Chicago Open-level tournament written mostly by me, the Sunday would be a mirror of the Irvine novice if the people in charge of that event are willing to set up such a thing. Who would be interested in playing this?
Note date change in topic.
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 2 & 3?
Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 10:07 pm
by dyetman89
I'd be very interested, and I think some of the other Stuyvesantians might be as well (presence in the country depending). BTW, first Titanomachy, and now this? Are you a packet-writing machine, Matt?
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 2 & 3?
Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 10:07 pm
by Gonzagapuma1
I would be interested.
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 2 & 3?
Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 10:22 pm
by Sir Thopas
Can you mirror this in Plovdiv please?
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 2 & 3?
Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 11:18 pm
by theMoMA
I'd try to get out there for this.
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 2 & 3?
Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 12:37 am
by Auks Ran Ova
theMoMA wrote:I'd try to get out there for this.
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 2 & 3?
Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 12:44 am
by Pilgrim
Ukonvasara wrote:theMoMA wrote:I'd try to get out there for this.
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 2 & 3?
Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 1:59 am
by Maxwell Sniffingwell
Hmm... I would consider playing this... solo... six weeks before fall term starts. I'm officially an addict.
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 2 & 3?
Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 2:41 am
by Red-necked Phalarope
I'm too awful for CO and too ineligible for the novice tournament, but I might be able to moderate.
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 2 & 3?
Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 11:21 am
by Mike Bentley
CasanovaFrankenstein wrote:I'm too awful for CO and too ineligible for the novice tournament, but I might be able to moderate.
I believe Matt was making the novice tournament open to everyone and potentially splitting things into divisions if there was enough interest.
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 2 & 3?
Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 4:55 pm
by The Atom Strikes!
metsfan001 wrote:Can you mirror this in Plovdiv please?
Going to the International Linguistics Olympiad?
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 2 & 3?
Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 5:04 pm
by Sir Thopas
SwissBoy wrote:metsfan001 wrote:Can you mirror this in Plovdiv please?
Going to the International Linguistics Olympiad?
Indeed. So it'd be like a 6-hour drive anyway, but you get the point.
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 2 & 3?
Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 8:44 pm
by Lapego1
I'd hit this up.
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 2 & 3?
Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 10:31 am
by Frater Taciturnus
but matt this coincides with BOOOOOOOOOTCAMP
EDIT: this sounds interesting and I am willing and available to be apart of this.
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 2 & 3?
Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 10:41 am
by First Chairman
dude... bootcamp!
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 2 & 3?
Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 12:59 pm
by Matt Weiner
Ah yes.
Now moving to the 16/17.
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 1:45 pm
by Crimson Rosella
I'd be interested in playing in the open tournament with a team and I'd do my best to convince some of my teammates to accompany me and play in the novice tournament (I could help read or whatever, or play, I'm not sure whether I'd be eligible or not).
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 4:55 pm
by NoahMinkCHS
I'll actually be moving to Virginia about a week before this (thanks to the date change), so I might be interested in playing or helping read or something.
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 5:34 pm
by Jeremy Gibbs Lemma
I would be interested in getting a Midwest mirror for this and will probably be around Kirksville then. I've never TD'ed but I will talk to Christopher to see what he thinks of this one.
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 5:37 pm
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Awesome.
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 5:48 pm
by Auks Ran Ova
Kent B wrote:I would be interested in getting a Midwest mirror for this and will probably be around Kirksville then. I've never TD'ed but I will talk to Christopher to see what he thinks of this one.
That would make it many times more likely that I (and probably the rest of Minnesota) would show up. Hooray!
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 6:58 pm
by Maxwell Sniffingwell
Still no for me, though - if U of C mirrors it, then I'm in for sure.
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 7:00 pm
by millionwaves
Kent B wrote:I would be interested in getting a Midwest mirror for this and will probably be around Kirksville then. I've never TD'ed but I will talk to Christopher to see what he thinks of this one.
Please do this.
Thanks,
Trygve
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 8:33 pm
by First Chairman
When does class and orientation start at VCU?
http://www.vcu.edu/academiccalendars/ That seems to cut it a bit close.
(Of course I wind up being "on call" for freshman orientations and first-month-of-class...)
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 10:38 pm
by Magister Ludi
I will play both of these tournaments.
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 3:03 pm
by Sima Guang Hater
I'll try to show up.
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 3:38 pm
by Mechanical Beasts
I'll try to show up, too.
My parents will probably not let me drive to VCU, considering that I've never driven solo to Virginia before and they (rightly) will have a low expectation for how much I'll sleep at this thing. Anyone coming to this thing who plans to take a route that goes through (or reasonably near) Pittsburgh?
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 4:27 pm
by Mike Bentley
It is likely that I will be there and probably pretty likely that other Maryland people will be there.
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 5:25 pm
by BuzzerZen
I will show up for whatever doesn't conflict with work, which I may not be able to predict very far in advance if I end up working at the Apple Store, so this post probably isn't too helpful, but whatever.
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 5:54 pm
by Mike Bentley
BuzzerZen wrote:I will show up for whatever doesn't conflict with work, which I may not be able to predict very far in advance if I end up working at the Apple Store, so this post probably isn't too helpful, but whatever.
Man if I worked in a place with a Genius Bar I would probably have to kill myself.
Edit: Here's your chance to take your best shot at Microsoft!
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 5:55 pm
by Matt Weiner
Just to be clear, there will be no discounts offered at this tournament for bringing overpriced pseudocomputers with the world's worst warranty plans.
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 6:02 pm
by Susan
Matt wrote:Just to be clear, there will be no discounts offered at this tournament for bringing overpriced pseudocomputers with the world's worst warranty plans.
Hey, any company that replaces a bunch of keys on my keyboard for free, and that doesn't bat an eye when I explain that they got knocked off when I dropped a tart pan onto my laptop, is fine in my book.
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 6:25 pm
by Deckard Cain
Kent B wrote:I would be interested in getting a Midwest mirror for this and will probably be around Kirksville then. I've never TD'ed but I will talk to Christopher to see what he thinks of this one.
I would undoubtedly show up for this as well.
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 7:25 pm
by BuzzerZen
Matt Weiner wrote:Just to be clear, there will be no discounts offered at this tournament for bringing overpriced pseudocomputers with the world's worst warranty plans.
Matt Weiner why do you hate everything I hold most dear
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 7:50 pm
by AKKOLADE
Matt Weiner wrote:Just to be clear, there will be no discounts offered at this tournament for bringing overpriced pseudocomputers with the world's worst warranty plans.
So no Alienware?
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 10:16 am
by Matt Weiner
OK, there is clearly interest for this, so I will take the next steps of finding out if we can get rooms at VCU, and talking to Irvine about mirroring their tournament.
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 11:10 am
by STPickrell
Matt Weiner wrote:Just to be clear, there will be no discounts offered at this tournament for bringing overpriced pseudocomputers with the world's worst warranty plans.
Matt, you and I may disagree on many things quizbowl, VHSL, and politically-related, but on the issue of Macs, we are in complete concordance.
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 5:36 pm
by The Goffman Prophecies
leftsaidfred wrote:Matt Weiner wrote:Just to be clear, there will be no discounts offered at this tournament for bringing overpriced pseudocomputers with the world's worst warranty plans.
So no Alienware?
Dude, you're getting a Dell!
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 9:16 am
by Jeremy Gibbs-Marangoni Effect
I'll probably be able to come to the Midwest mirror.
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:53 pm
by wowitsquinthaha
Can we play in just one tournament or do we have to play in both, cause I'm sure Cameron and Tommy and I would love to play in the Novice one, but I wont be here on the Chic Open one + we would uh...not do well. Ill talk to you about it on Tuesday though
Re: Two-tournament weekend at VCU August 16 & 17?
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:55 pm
by Matt Weiner
Hey, we just got our room reservations confirmed so this weekend will be happening. Expect formal announcements of both tournaments shortly.