ANNOUNCEMENT: Minnesota Open III (11.20.10-11.21.10)

Frater Taciturnus · Post by **Frater Taciturnus** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 4:41 pm

Ronnie the Bear wrote:
grapesmoker wrote:
Morraine Man wrote:Ted Gioia, myself, Doug Yetman, and mysterious science player are a team for this.
Eric Mukherjee is not "mysterious."
Who among us truly knows Eric?

It would help if he would stop wearing that cape and cowl everywhere he goes. Unless "Eric Mukherjee" is the disguise.

Post by **DumbJaques** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 1:13 am

I don't think we heard confirmation from Minnesota, but Maryland would still like to mirror MO.

Post by **Auks Ran Ova** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 1:24 pm

DumbJaques wrote:I don't think we heard confirmation from Minnesota, but Maryland would still like to mirror MO.

You heard confirmation from us quite a while ago! I had a multiple-email conversation with Logan about this :-/

(in which we confirmed that yes we would be totally okay with you hosting a mirror and then we worked out most of the details of it)

Post by **DumbJaques** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 12:42 pm

You heard confirmation from us quite a while ago! I had a multiple-email conversation with Logan about this :-/

(in which we confirmed that yes we would be totally okay with you hosting a mirror and then we worked out most of the details of it)

Word. Sorry about that, I ask them not to tell me too many things to make sure I've got enough brain room cleared leading up to the release of Aliens vs. Predators III.

Announcement of Maryland site forthcoming tonight.

Matt Weiner · Post by **Matt Weiner** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 3:51 pm

DumbJaques wrote:Announcement of Maryland site forthcoming tonight.

Cool. Please try to avoid the 11/20 date since VCU (and its usual cohorts) are hosting a HS tournament that day but would like to attend this.

Skepticism and Animal Feed · Tue Oct 05, 2010 7:20 pm

My team for this no longer exists. I am looking for a new team. I already bought hotel and airfare so I won't cancel on you.

dyetman89 · Post by **dyetman89** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 7:34 pm

Morraine Man wrote:My team for this no longer exists. I am looking for a new team. I already bought hotel and airfare so I won't cancel on you.

It sure is delightful to be informed of my team's totally unexpected dissolution by browsing the hsqb forums instead of by, you know, receipt of even one email or pm!

Mike Bentley · Post by **Mike Bentley** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 10:04 pm

Trevor and I are still looking for two teammates...

Edit: I'd also be interested in sharing a hotel.

Pilgrim · Post by **Pilgrim** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 11:16 pm

It looks like Bentley/Davis will be combining forces with Arthur/Yetman. This tournament doesn't have any science, right?

Post by **Auks Ran Ova** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 12:28 am

Pilgrim wrote:It looks like Bentley/Davis will be combining forces with Arthur/Yetman. This tournament doesn't have any science, right?

4/4 CS/packet.

itsthatoneguy · Post by **itsthatoneguy** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 5:22 pm

Michigan is probably only going to bring 1 team to this event, but will most likely have more than 4 people. If interested in a teammate, let us know.

Gautam · Post by **Gautam** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 6:11 pm

Ukonvasara wrote:
Pilgrim wrote:It looks like Bentley/Davis will be combining forces with Arthur/Yetman. This tournament doesn't have any science, right?
4/4 CS/packet.

this means i dont have to write physics or chem thank god

Mike Bentley · Post by **Mike Bentley** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 7:14 pm

gkandlikar wrote:
Ukonvasara wrote:
Pilgrim wrote:It looks like Bentley/Davis will be combining forces with Arthur/Yetman. This tournament doesn't have any science, right?
4/4 CS/packet.
this means i dont have to write physics or chem thank god

If you also want to change the rest of the subjects to history our team will not complain.

Skepticism and Animal Feed · Wed Oct 06, 2010 7:53 pm

Our team will enter the game room to the tune of the classic oldie "No science tonight in my coffee, no science tonight in my tea"

Post by **Auks Ran Ova** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 2:08 am

itsthatoneguy wrote:Michigan is probably only going to bring 1 team to this event, but will most likely have more than 4 people. If interested in a teammate, let us know.

/sighs dramatically

That's cool actually, we have at least one person interested in playing. I'll add a chimera team.

itsthatoneguy · Post by **itsthatoneguy** » Sat Oct 09, 2010 1:05 pm

Ukonvasara wrote:
itsthatoneguy wrote:Michigan is probably only going to bring 1 team to this event, but will most likely have more than 4 people. If interested in a teammate, let us know.
/sighs dramatically

That's cool actually, we have at least one person interested in playing. I'll add a chimera team.

Does that team need to write a packet as well?

Post by **Auks Ran Ova** » Sat Oct 09, 2010 4:12 pm

itsthatoneguy wrote:
Ukonvasara wrote:
itsthatoneguy wrote:Michigan is probably only going to bring 1 team to this event, but will most likely have more than 4 people. If interested in a teammate, let us know.
/sighs dramatically

That's cool actually, we have at least one person interested in playing. I'll add a chimera team.
Does that team need to write a packet as well?

It'd be appreciated (anything would, really, especially if they were inclined towards writing science), but it's not required; we should be able to cover for that with editors' packets.

dtaylor4 · Post by **dtaylor4** » Sat Oct 09, 2010 10:00 pm

Given the number of potential side events, what is the tentative schedule for them?

Post by **Auks Ran Ova** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 1:41 pm

Wild Kingdom Saturday night, everything else Sunday morning (arranged roughly by interest/when interested people have to leave).

itsthatoneguy · Post by **itsthatoneguy** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 4:19 pm

Ukonvasara wrote:It'd be appreciated (anything would, really, especially if they were inclined towards writing science), but it's not required; we should be able to cover for that with editors' packets.

We'll work on something. However, Michael and Phil are not coming to this, and Surya is on the packet-writing team, so you may not get that much science (if any).

Also:

Ukonvasara wrote:Wild Kingdom Saturday night, everything else Sunday morning (arranged roughly by interest/when interested people have to leave).

This makes me sad, as we probably would not be able to play anything on Sunday :-(.

Sima Guang Hater · Post by **Sima Guang Hater** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 4:42 pm

I'm planning to show up with Penn to the Maryland site at this point - I can contribute the 4/4 science to one team's packet assuming I can talk to rob about what to write about. [This is assuming penn doesn't write a packet]

grapesmoker · Post by **grapesmoker** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 11:07 am

Ukonvasara wrote:Wild Kingdom Saturday night, everything else Sunday morning (arranged roughly by interest/when interested people have to leave).

What is "everything else?"

Cheynem · Post by **Cheynem** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 11:19 am

Off the top of my head:

Mike Bentley's VAIN (videogame thing), various other videogame things
apparently Ike Jose has some goofy lit packet
Andrew Hart's music thing?
maybe Eyes That Do Not See II?

We're a little hampered on Sunday by the fact we get something of a late start, so we can't run a ton of events, although we could always try last year's strategy of burning some events at Mayo. I may or may not cobble together a packet for the amusement of the children.

Post by **theMoMA** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 3:11 pm

I was probably going to run the prelims of my thing over lunch on Saturday (it should only take about 30 minutes). The finals could be right after MO (would take about 20 mins) or on Sunday, depending on travel plans.

No Rules Westbrook · Post by **No Rules Westbrook** » Thu Oct 14, 2010 6:16 pm

If the whispered-about RPG event is still in the cards, I have a packet for that. It would need to finish pre-1:30ish on Sunday given my flight arrangements.

Gautam · Post by **Gautam** » Thu Oct 14, 2010 9:37 pm

Dear people who want to play this tournament,

Please submit packets.

--Gautam

Post by **Auks Ran Ova** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 7:29 am

Hey, people who previously expressed interest in attending this tournament in the event that it didn't conflict with HFT: Where'd you go?

Mechanical Beasts · Post by **Mechanical Beasts** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 7:54 am

This weekend is, unfortunately, not better for at least myself and Dallas.

Mike Bentley · Post by **Mike Bentley** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 11:48 am

gkandlikar wrote:Dear people who want to play this tournament,

Please submit packets.

--Gautam

You should be getting at least half of our packet this weekend.

Jeaton1 · Post by **Jeaton1** » Wed Oct 20, 2010 12:49 am

I'm generally out of the loop these days and I know it might be on the late side for planning such a thing, but is there any talk of a West coast mirror of this and its delicious side events?

Golran · Post by **Golran** » Wed Oct 20, 2010 12:57 am

Mik will be announcing a UCLA mirror any day now, as soon as he gets rooms reserved.

Auroni · Post by **Auroni** » Wed Oct 20, 2010 2:03 am

Golran wrote:Mik will be announcing a UCLA mirror any day now, as soon as he gets rooms reserved.

We're planning to send a team or two (if we're very lucky) to this.

Post by **Auks Ran Ova** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 5:28 am

I've made a long-overdue update to the packet/field list; I'd really like to hear soon from Magin and his team about when their packet might be coming. I've heard rumblings about packets from various teams at the east and west coast sites; those teams will surely receive some sort of discount.

We've still got room for more teams, as should be obvious; in particular I'd like to hear about Toronto's prospective attendance and about Chris Romero's suggestion that he'd bring a team if this didn't conflict with HFT, which it now conveniently doesn't.

Strongside · Post by **Strongside** » Thu Nov 04, 2010 11:14 pm

Our team (Charlie Dees, Jonathan Magin, and I) are looking for one more teammate. Jonathan and I have already committed to writing at least 16/16, so you wouldn't have to do much writing. If you want to be on our team, email me or Jonathan.

minusfive · Post by **minusfive** » Sun Nov 07, 2010 9:37 am

Sorry for the short notice, but UToronto is not going to come to Minnesota. We will be fielding a team (I believe) for the Maryland mirror, if there's still space.
Will no doubt get out to Minn at some point.
Sorry.

Post by **Auks Ran Ova** » Sun Nov 07, 2010 12:35 pm

minusfive wrote:Sorry for the short notice, but UToronto is not going to come to Minnesota. We will be fielding a team (I believe) for the Maryland mirror, if there's still space.
Will no doubt get out to Minn at some point.
Sorry.

No worries; I'd certainly want to save like seven hours of travel time if I were you too. Hope to see you at some point!

Post by **Auks Ran Ova** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 8:49 pm

I'd sure like to have some questions from Trevor Davis and Doug Yetman soon.

Post by **Auks Ran Ova** » Tue Nov 09, 2010 3:55 am

Barring anything out of the ordinary, I'm going to lock the field here at nine teams. We're projecting a 15-packet set (13 + 2 finals), though there's a small outside chance we could get a sixteenth together. The main site's format will likely be as follows: after a full round robin with packet byes as appropriate, we'll drop the house/chimera team and do a 4/4 bracketed RR, followed by standard ACF-style finals, which I may or may not read from behind a beard of bees on a stick.

magin · Post by **magin** » Tue Nov 09, 2010 9:30 pm

Since no one on my team can write science questions that use clues rewarding what people in science actually do, if anyone not contributing to an MO packet would like to write 3/3 or 4/4 science for us, I will reciprocate by writing you the same number of(non-science) questions for another tournament. My email is [email protected]; this offer is on a first come, first serve basis.

Mike Bentley · Post by **Mike Bentley** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 1:59 am

I need a place to stay on Saturday night. If anyone has space in their hotel room for me, let me know. I'll certainly pay for my share of the bill.

Post by **theMoMA** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 5:29 pm

Any MO attendees interested in playing basketball on Friday night? I'd need to reserve a court, so there would be a $5 charge. Send me an email at [email protected] if you're interested; if we can get six or so involved, I'll go ahead and reserve one.

Post by **Auks Ran Ova** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 3:10 am

Final field update, with final packet penalties (mostly) and shiny new team names.

itsthatoneguy · Post by **itsthatoneguy** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 1:51 pm

theMoMA wrote:Any MO attendees interested in playing basketball on Friday night? I'd need to reserve a court, so there would be a $5 charge. Send me an email at [email protected] if you're interested; if we can get six or so involved, I'll go ahead and reserve one.

We sort of discussed this on Westbrook's FB status, but Michigan is arriving too late to play basketball. :-(. I'd definitely be interested at another tournament.

Rob, Ben's last name is Forster (You have him listed as "Ben").

Post by **theMoMA** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 11:44 pm

It looks like there isn't enough interest in Friday night bball. Would Michigan and Illinois people be willing to play on Sunday morning? I can probably find us a court (and we'd be back in time for Sunday events). When are you guys leaving?

dtaylor4 · Post by **dtaylor4** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 11:46 pm

theMoMA wrote:It looks like there isn't enough interest in Friday night bball. Would Michigan and Illinois people be willing to play on Sunday morning? I can probably find us a court (and we'd be back in time for Sunday events). When are you guys leaving?

Sunday morning, count me in.

itsthatoneguy · Post by **itsthatoneguy** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 1:08 am

We are leaving early (9-10, possibly even earlier) because we're gaining an hour on the ride home. So unless this game is super early, we may be out. I will bring shorts just in case though.

grapesmoker · Post by **grapesmoker** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 1:23 am

I'm definitely in for Sunday.

No Rules Westbrook · Post by **No Rules Westbrook** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 1:55 am

All qb discussion shall henceforth occur as responses to my Facebook status updates!

But anyway, I'm cool with Sunday morning.

Mike Bentley · Post by **Mike Bentley** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 2:06 am

Or, uh, we could play the like 1 million side events taking place on Sunday.

itsthatoneguy · Post by **itsthatoneguy** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 2:07 am

Magin is also in, but since he's staying with us his participation will depend upon our going or not.

To whomever is getting the court, this would have to be SUPER early because I don't know when other Michigan people want to leave.