NAREN at TJ (1/30/10)

reindeer · Post by **reindeer** » Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:33 pm

Thomas Jefferson's housewritten tournament, NAREN: Just What Is It that Makes Him So Different, So Appealing? will be held at TJ on January 30, 2010. The field will be capped at 24 teams, with no more than 6 players per team and only 4 playing at a time. The format will probably be much like that of TJIAT, with 4 round-robin brackets of 6 for the prelims and rebracketing into another 4 brackets of 6 for the playoffs.

Register at http://activities.tjhsst.edu/quizbowl/tjiat.php, and questions can be emailed to us at [email protected].

Field (18):
Blake
Caesar Rodney
Gonzaga
GDS (3)
Longfellow (2)
Quince Orchard
RM (2)
St. Anselms (2)
St. Annes-Belfield
Walt Whitman (2)
Walter Johnson
Wilson

Fees:
$60 per team
-$5 for the first functional buzzer set
-$10 for any subsequent buzzer sets
-$5 for the first staffer
-$10 for any subsequent staffers

Distribution:
4/4 History
4/4 Lit
4/4 Science
3/3 Art
2/2 RMP
1/1 Geography
1/1 Social Science
1/1 Trash

The King's Flight to the Scots · Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:35 pm

St. Anselm's is interested.

Nine-Tenths Ideas · Post by **Nine-Tenths Ideas** » Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:44 pm

Blake, or "Isaac Hirsch, what crazy pseudonym school will he think of next?" is interested.

Adventure Temple Trail · Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:46 pm

GDS likes the idea of tournaments within the Beltway.
Therefore, GDS likes the idea of this tournament.

at your pleasure · Post by **at your pleasure** » Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:55 pm

Whitman is interested.

wexs883198215 · Post by **wexs883198215** » Sun Nov 08, 2009 10:32 pm

WJ is interested but can't think of a witty way to express that.

By the way, does NAREN actually stand for something?

reindeer · Post by **reindeer** » Sun Nov 08, 2009 10:35 pm

Yeah, it's actually the Nicely Awesome Rather Excellent iNvitational.

t-bar · Post by **t-bar** » Sun Nov 08, 2009 10:36 pm

wexs883198215 wrote:By the way, does NAREN actually stand for something?

Nicely Awesome Rather Excellent iNvitational

EDIT: beaten to it

Down and out in Quintana Roo · Sun Nov 08, 2009 11:26 pm

I don't see any conflicts for us on this day. Or at least, i will make sure there aren't any. We're definitely coming.

reindeer · Post by **reindeer** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 1:26 pm

This set will be available for mirrors occuring between 1/23 and the end of February, for a base price of $10 per team. We would prefer a distance of at least 200 miles from TJ. Please email us at [email protected] if you're interested.

Mirrors:
Robinson Invitational V (1/30/10)
Singles side event at University of Illinois--tossups only (2/27/10)

Rufous-capped Thornbill · Mon Nov 09, 2009 2:34 pm

I have little to say, except that this may have one of the best names to any tournament I've ever seen.

closesesame · Post by **closesesame** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 10:14 pm

Inkana7 wrote:I have little to say, except that this may have one of the best names to any tournament I've ever seen.

Oh God...

pfeffernuisance · Post by **pfeffernuisance** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 4:40 pm

Would like to mod on 1/30

The King's Flight to the Scots · Sun Nov 22, 2009 11:27 pm

Sorry to necro this thread, but what's the projected difficulty for this tournament?

Angry Babies in Love · Sat Nov 28, 2009 12:09 am

Journey to the Planets and rmgeokid wrote:...what's the projected difficulty for this tournament?

and RM is tentatively interested in sending two teams.

reindeer · Post by **reindeer** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 12:30 am

We're aiming for around the difficulty of HSAPQ #9, so somewhat easier than DAFT, Prison Bowl, or HFT, but harder than last year's HSAPQ sets.

Adventure Temple Trail · Sat Nov 28, 2009 12:41 pm

Also, are you keeping or doing away with the related bonuses? If you're keeping them, I'd recommend making the relations a little more distant than they were last year (i.e. not having a tossup on Oe followed by a bonus on three works by Oe that could have been in the tossup).

Down and out in Quintana Roo · Sat Nov 28, 2009 12:44 pm

RyuAqua wrote:Also, are you keeping or doing away with the related bonuses? If you're keeping them, I'd recommend making the relations a little more distant than they were last year (i.e. not having a tossup on Oe followed by a bonus on three works by Oe that could have been in the tossup).

Yeah, we practiced on an old TJ set the other day and were a little annoyed at some of the related bonus answers that just got way too hard (i.e. "name these OTHER German chancellors").

reindeer · Post by **reindeer** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 1:25 pm

We decided to stop using related bonuses this year, so this shouldn't be a problem.

Down and out in Quintana Roo · Sat Nov 28, 2009 1:57 pm

Cool, i'm sure it'll be a great set. We'll surely bring our A Team to this.

wexs883198215 · Post by **wexs883198215** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 3:15 pm

reindeer wrote:We're aiming for around the difficulty of HSAPQ #9, so somewhat easier than DAFT, Prison Bowl, or HFT, but harder than last year's HSAPQ sets.

Surely you don't mean to lump Prison Bowl in with the really really hard tournaments of this year?

Down and out in Quintana Roo · Sat Nov 28, 2009 3:36 pm

2008 Prison Bowl was quite hard.

2009 Prison Bowl was still slightly more difficult than what i believe is "regular difficulty," but i didn't have a problem with it much.

I'm sure this year's set will be good.

t-bar · Post by **t-bar** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 5:33 pm

wexs883198215 wrote:
reindeer wrote:We're aiming for around the difficulty of HSAPQ #9, so somewhat easier than DAFT, Prison Bowl, or HFT, but harder than last year's HSAPQ sets.
Surely you don't mean to lump Prison Bowl in with the really really hard tournaments of this year?

Yeah, you're right that Prison Bowl wasn't as hard as DAFT or HFT. However, it was certainly harder than last year's HSAPQ sets, and we want to hit a mark slightly below it.

wexs883198215 · Post by **wexs883198215** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 5:47 pm

Alright. Looking forward to this.

lagazzaladra · Post by **lagazzaladra** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 10:04 pm

This tournament is now about six weeks away. We only have three teams signed up officially so far, so it'd be great if we could get in more registration earlier rather than later like at TJIAT.

Down and out in Quintana Roo · Wed Dec 16, 2009 11:54 pm

lagazzaladra wrote:This tournament is now about six weeks away. We only have three teams signed up officially so far, so it'd be great if we could get in more registration earlier rather than later like at TJIAT.

Done. I don't think i'll be bringing multiple teams here, but i'll just keep that option open. I'll talk to kids about it to gauge interest.

rchschem · Post by **rchschem** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 12:31 pm

Raleigh Charter is planning to bring one.

reindeer · Post by **reindeer** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 9:56 pm

Thread bump to remind everyone, with four weeks to go, to please sign up at http://activities.tjhsst.edu/quizbowl/tjiat.php.

arabidopsis · Post by **arabidopsis** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 2:25 pm

We're now an NSC qualifier. Please register at http://activities.tjhsst.edu/quizbowl/tjiat.php

arabidopsis · Post by **arabidopsis** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 1:47 am

Posting to thread bump. Please register guys, nobody likes doing brackets for 20 teams.

Down and out in Quintana Roo · Fri Jan 22, 2010 7:09 am

Frankly i'm a little baffled as to why more teams haven't signed up. Perhaps it's Penn Bowl on the same day? Is there a prevalence of It's Academic tapings this day, as well?

rchschem · Post by **rchschem** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 7:53 am

Dr. Isaac Yankem, DDS wrote:Frankly i'm a little baffled as to why more teams haven't signed up.

Maybe they're intimidated--it's a wicked field. :)

Down and out in Quintana Roo · Fri Jan 22, 2010 10:18 am

rchschem wrote:
Dr. Isaac Yankem, DDS wrote:Frankly i'm a little baffled as to why more teams haven't signed up.
Maybe they're intimidated--it's a wicked field. :)

Well, welcome to the Mid-Atlantic/DC Metro region!

wexs883198215 · Post by **wexs883198215** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 11:21 am

I hope getting (insert awful ppb) on the DAFT set isn't causing some of the teams that typically come to TJ to skip it this time around.

Down and out in Quintana Roo · Fri Jan 22, 2010 12:38 pm

Considering that i trust that this set will be written 1) with plenty of editing, 2) without two-line quotes that give you no information whatsoever, 3) not in increasing difficulty by round to the point where they are not convertible, and 4) by a team that's been doing them for years... i think we should be in for a good conversion rate.

wexs883198215 · Post by **wexs883198215** » Sat Jan 23, 2010 12:24 am

I just hope that the other teams who don't typically do that well are aware of that as well.

Anyways I think this will be a good set to play on, and I'm pretty excited about the field.

Down and out in Quintana Roo · Sun Jan 24, 2010 10:36 pm

Yikes, this field.

Now all we need are surprise guest appearances from Hunter and State College and we'll be all set huh?

Post by **Kouign Amann** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 11:24 pm

How about a surprise guest appearance from the formidable St. Anselm's B?

So, I may be able to get together another team for this. I'll try to know for sure by the middle of the week.

reindeer · Post by **reindeer** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 1:24 pm

We're only at 22 teams now, so it looks like we're going to cap our field at 24 instead of 36 and do four brackets of six.

Post by **Kouign Amann** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 1:30 pm

The second St. Anselm's team is now definite. I don't know our registration password, so could someone at TJ just take note of that?

reindeer · Post by **reindeer** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 3:22 pm

Prof.Whoopie wrote:The second St. Anselm's team is now definite. I don't know our registration password, so could someone at TJ just take note of that?

Done. We're now at 24 teams, but there'll be a waiting list if more teams are interested (email us at [email protected]).

t-bar · Post by **t-bar** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:39 pm

ATTN: Matt Bollinger and presumably other people too! Over lunch, we will be reading some packets from TIDUS, a collegiate-level video game tournament written by the University of Maryland's Jeremy Eaton. If you or someone on your team is interested in playing, please let us know at [email protected] so we know how many people to arrange logistics for.

Playing:
Matt Bollinger (St. Anselm's)
Isaach Hirsch (Blake)
Alex Leuta (Whitman)
Aidan Mehigan (St. Anselm's)
Todd Pollack (Whitman)
Paul Sausville (Blake)
Tim Yee (Blake)
Phillip (Whitman)

Nine-Tenths Ideas · Post by **Nine-Tenths Ideas** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:57 pm

Oh hey, assuming Blake isn't doing something crazy for lunch I'll definitely play, and see if any of my teammates are interested.

Post by **Kouign Amann** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 7:25 pm

I am comically bad at video game questions.

So I'll play.

Nine-Tenths Ideas · Post by **Nine-Tenths Ideas** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:39 pm

Upon further consultation, my esteemed teammate Tim Yee would also like to play.

Angry Babies in Love · Mon Jan 25, 2010 9:50 pm

Richard Montgomery would like to unregister one team to brings us to two. (I misplaced our password so I couldn't really do it the official way, sorry)

at your pleasure · Post by **at your pleasure** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 10:10 pm

I will probably not play, but my teammate Todd Pollack and possibly other Whitman people will play.

jbarnes112358 · Post by **jbarnes112358** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 9:33 am

Weather is calling for snow on Saturday. What are your contingency plans? At what point would you postpone/cancel?

Down and out in Quintana Roo · Tue Jan 26, 2010 9:44 am

Oh, crap... yeah if it snows, like actually snows and not just flurries, i really don't think we can make it to this, considering all the back roads we have to travel on in Delaware just to get to Route 301. Or i'll just say this; my fiancee will kill me if i tell her i'm going to drive a 200-mile round trip during the snow.

Let us know about plans to postpone, if possible.

rchschem · Post by **rchschem** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 9:46 am

jbarnes112358 wrote:Weather is calling for snow on Saturday. What are your contingency plans? At what point would you postpone/cancel?

We'll lose our hotel money anyway, so we're coming unless I-95 is closed. Damn the torpedoes!